it was ordered that the same should be forthwith opened, cut, clear- ed and bridged (if necessary), of the breadth as the Court should thereafter direct, according to the Act of As- sembly of this State in such case made and provided. This order was directed "to the Supervisors of the roads and

AN OLD NEWSPAPER Recently there came into my hands a file of The Hive,a weekly newspaper published in this city more than one hundred years ago. It consists of two volumes, the initial number being of the date of June 22 , 1803, and the last number of June 12, 1805. I sup- pose few of our citizens

years. She was a birth-right Quaker, but John West was not. He came to Pennsylvania in 1714, but only joined the Meeting about 1759. It is said by Harris, in his Biographical History, that Benjamin West came to Lancaster in 1749, and that, while there, at the suggestion of William Henry, he painted his

Tuesday in November next, all offices attached to the seat of (the) government of the State of Pennsylvania shall be removed to the Borough of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster by their respective holders, and shall after the first Tuesday in November next cease to be •exercised elsewhere, and shall

another. Feby. 15 Hopson & Henry appointed arbitrators in another case by the Court. April 13 The Moravian minister and Henry visited the imprisoned negro. April 17 Henry and Phil. Thomas visited James the negro. April 18 After execution of the negro James, Wm. Henry called on Mr. Barton, who had been

- defined road or combination of roads from Philadelphia to Lancaster county was known, at least in part, as "The Great Conestoga Road." The town of Lancaster had then no existence, and the road to which I refer ran considerably to the south of where that town was afterwards located; but, when Andrew and

, and he was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in June, 1786, and to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on January 8, 1787. He began the practice of the law at Sun- bury, and then coming to Lancaster, he was admitted there at the May term of 1787. He was a delegate to the Constitutional

ought not to be lost. For these reasons, it has been thought appropriate that the story should be retold, as it is now known, in a periodical of more importance, and with this purpose in view, I have undertaken this task. The first subscription library in Pennsylvania was started by Benjamin Franklin