protection. According to the records of Donegal Church one William McDowell died there on September 12, 1759, aged 77 years, having fled from his home on the "Conecaeheague" in Cumberland (now Franklin) County 1 Archibald Loudon's Narratives, Carlisle, Pa., 1811. 2 Rupp's History of Lancaster and Y ork

good order and ready to do business. The wagon is as good as new. Those wishing to follow a pleasant business will please call on the under- signed, residing in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pa. HENRY RAEZER. H Daniel S. Von Neida, born December 23, 1844, son of Jacob and Catherine Swartz Von Neida

, Cope, 1881, pp. 50, 173. THE BOROUGH FATHERS 59 # 214 CASPER LOUGHMAN bought a lot in 1741. He died February 5, 1745, aged 53 years (Mora- vian record) . RICHARD MARSDEN #67, 226 was clerk of the county commissioners, 1729-30. MATHIAS REASOR (MATTHEUS ROESER) #425 was a gunsmith, whose rifles were

all Public Monies by me re- ceived or expended, and in all other Respects discharge the Trust reposed in me with Justice and Integrity, so help me God. EBEN HAZARD Sworn before me, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Lancaster, in the State of Pennsylvania, this twenty-second Day of

town; the houses were chiefly of frame filled in with stone, of logs, and a few of stone The Lancaster town was too large, at an early period, in proportion to the population of the surrounding 14 Halle Reports, Vol. 1, p. 542. 15 Gottlieb Mittelberger's Journey to Pennsylvania in the Y ear 1750, p

Alleghenies was, that the Six Nations owned the Ohio Valley, and had placed it with their other lands under the protection of Eng- land. Some of the western lands were also claimed by the British as having been actually purchased at Lancaster,Pennsylvania, in 1744, at a treaty be- tween the colonists and the

provisions by affixing a stamp to each bottle of Bitters as an indication the tax had been paid. Although stamps of the regular government issue must have been used, apparently they were not canceled in such a manner that they can now be identified. The Directory of Lancaster County for 1866 indicates that

Locomotives—Made in Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY As stated in the constitution of this Society, its object is, among other ramifications, to mark the growth and progress of population, wealth, educa- tion, agriculture, arts, manufactures and commerce in the city and county. "Peace hath her