Street Railway Company. The earliest move to secure a bridge at this point proved ineffective, as ap- pears by the following minutes of the County Commissioners: "1753—August 9.—The Commission- ers and Assessors met according to adjournment and settled the accounts of the county with Peter Worral

talent, and (here and there) by some acknowledged genius, such as Burns; a few communica- tions to the editors, and notices of marriages and deaths. Occasionally only a news item. We find that, "on the 7th inst. (of September, 1804), as Mr. James Coch- ran of this county was driving his team (the

disapprove these claims. William Henry was born in Chester County on May 19, 1729. His father died in 1747 and the family became pretty much scattered. He then came to Lancaster and apprenticed himself to Matthew Roesser, a gunsmith, who lived on West King Street in this town. The usual term of

on what terms or upon what condition the public buildings at the seat of Government are held by the Legislature and the several offices attached to the Government. Therefore "Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to make inquiry of the Com- missioners of the County of Lancaster for the purpose of

I. EXTRACTS FROM MORAVIAN DIARIES AT BETHLEHEM (Relating to Early Events in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Made by Dr. John W. Jordan and Sent by Him to Hon. Charles I. Landis, at Lancaster, Pa. DIARY I. 1768 Feby. 12 Hopson & Henry with 2 other citizens settled a dispute with Mel- choir Schneieder and

Council, praying that proper persons might be appointed to view and lay out a road for the public Service, from the Town of Lancaster, till it should fall in with the high road leading to the Ferry of Schuylkill, at High street, and that a Review might be had of the said Public Road in the County of

History of the District Court of the City and County of Lancaster, A history of the establishment and abolition of the District Court of the City and County of Lancaster may not be important to the present genera- tion, and it is easily ascertained by any one who is willing to make diligent search

data concerning it. It has also, through him, been mentioned in Ellis & Evans' History of Lan- caster County. But the magazine has long since been discontinued, and rare copies are only to be found in the hands of a few col- lectors. Then, too, additional information has since come to light, which