near the site of old Fort Du- quesne. In its general appearance it may be described as an old-time "bull's eye," of the most pronounced type. It is two inches in diameter and one and a-quarter inches thick. The case is of silver, but the outer shell is not detachable from the works, to which it is

not pay the bond he had given sor the purchase money, and Franklin in 1754 put one William Dunlap in charge. He rented the establishment to the latter from February, 1754, to April, 1757, at the rate of £20 per annum, then ceased. Those were the days os small things in the newspaper world, as well as

AN OLD DIARY (INTRODUCTORY.) The brief paper which is to follow this introduction consists of a series of extracts selected from a diary kept by Matthias Zahm, beginning in 1835, and ending in 1849. Although Mr. Zahm died thirty-two years ago, there are, no doubt, a number of persons present who

surmise. According to Rupp, it was built at great expense in the same year that the town wa s laid out, 1730, and the earliest mention os the sulling mill in any deed I have seen is in Record Book L, p. 62, when sor the sum os £40 and for his natural affec- tion, Stephen Atkinson, under date of March 30

, immediately west of what was then the banking house .of The Farmers' Bank of Lancaster,now Far- mers' Trust Company. In fact, it was the property lately purchased by Albert Hupper, confectioner. The dimen- sions of the lot were then as they are now, thirty-two feet two and one- quarter inches on East King

paper and printing one thousand administration (& Execu- tor's) advertisements. "JESSE KENDALL." "Received April 20th, 1815, of Wil- liam Bausman, the sum of Five dollars and a quarter being for printing quires of Administration Bonds "JESSE KENDALL." "Received September 11th, 1815, of William Bausman

, mostly receipts. Folder 4 Ledger book for the Hale Lumber Company. 1868-1877. Gift of Caroline S. Nunan, 27 August 2003. Folder 5 Record book for [Steinman Hardware Co.] showing stoves sold and to whom. 1897-1901. Box 2 Folder 6 Account book for [Steinman Hardware Co.] May 1909-June 1914. Folder 7