. In 1792 Mr. Ellicott was appointed Surveyor General of the United States. In 1795 he superintended the construction of Fort Erie, now Erie, Pa., and was also employed to lay out the towns of Warren and Franklin. In 1796 his friend, Washington, appointed him United States Commissioner to determine the

known, went to the fol- lowing places, and the price of some is given: 1761. Lititz, Pa,, congregation chapel ( £ 40). 1767. Albany, N, Y. Bishop Hehl writes in the "Church Diary" then when this organ was finished and set up here (in Lititz), "a great many strangers from Philadelphia and Lan- caster

. Samuel Evans, of Columbia, Pa. When the Bible-loving Slaymakers came To the sylvan land of Penn, Did they know they had chosen the rarest spot That ever was known to men? Did they know that this shire would be queen of the State, This State the queen of all, On this, the Solar System's best, Our own

day, his father destined �the "firstling of the flock" for the holy ministry, and William Ramsay was "ordained and installed pastor of Fair- field Presbyterian Church, May 11, 1756." It is to be regretted that the humble Drumore house in which were born these three eminent men—severally distinguished

How the Pennsylvania Railroad Came Through Lancaster. The casual purchase of a basketful of old books at a recent public sale threw into my possession three small manuscript volumes of rare local in- terest. They relate to an incident in the history of Lancaster city and os the public works of the

President, died last night of an inflammation, it's said, in his head; been complaining for eight or ten days past." On the fol- lowing day, May 24, he adds: "Prep- arations making, it's said, at [the] Court House for a grand interment of President Wharton this afternoon at the Lutheran Church. It's said