notices have, a picture not more than an inch square inserted, representing a woman standing by herself and look- ing somewhat forlorn. �A Navigable Susquehanna. In No. 120, dated December 18, 1789, there is an account, two columns long, of a very largely-attended meet- ing held at the house os Archibald

and the era of better highways came along. At almost every session of the Quarter sessions Court petitions for roads were pre- sented. From 1729 until 1775 fully one hundred and fifty of these peti- tions were acted upon. The King's Highway. At the Board of Councils held at Philadelphia on January 29

, kindly-hearted man, and had numerous pupils, some of whom speak kindly of him to this day." As most people know, and as all can well understand, the portrait painter's profession in a small city at that day was neither well patronized nor profitable,and Mr. Armstrong was compelled to enter the lower

should also share in the credit and honor of the performance- Hence the general character of the date or building stones was something like this: �• BUILT BY HENRY AND FANNY STEINER, 1765. This stone was generally of sand- stone, although at a later period mar- ble was used. The stone was insert- ed in

coincidence that at �the moment the Continental Congress was adopting the Declaration of Inde- pendence, the Scotch-Irish squatter sovereigns of the Susquehanna Valley, in convention assembled, were declar- ing by solemn resolution for freedom and independence. The Pennsylvania Assembly instructed their

from February, 1754, to April, 1757, at the rate of £20 per annum. MILLER & HOLLAND. 1752-1753. Henry Miller and S. Holland were, however, the ostensible founders and proprietors of the Lancaster Gazette, begun in 1752. The first column was in the German language and the sec- ond in English, and so the

at an early period. A reference to Ellis & Evans' His- tory of Lancaster County alludes to the early theatres here in this wise: "Dur- ing the town and borough existence of Lancaster, and for years even after it was incorporated as a city—in 1818— dramatic exhibitions and concerts were usually held

, still retained the large double folding doors of the barn, while the yard at the rear, with its sheds, was used for the accommoda- tion of the proprietor's cows. The double doors were made available for scenic purposes when shut, having a rude landscape scene painted on the boards, and when they were

manuscript diary In the library at Harrisburg, will serve to show how we appeared in the eyes of the foreigners and what they had to say about us: Lieutenant Anbury's Account. "December, 1778. At Lancaster met with a curious reception. Story afloat that the country round about was to be given to Baron

which was made and delivered to Thomas McKean Thompson, the Secre- tary of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania, to be filed in his office, is clearly shown by his receipt and sig- nature attached to the document. The complete document is as follows: "Tuesday December 4th 1804. The Electors of President