controlled, the tavern and the dwellings of John Gonter, Jr. and Mr. Briggs, were destroyed. A committee was appointed in Lancaster to receive donations for the unfortunate individuals whose property was thus destroyed. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, November 22nd, 1822, stated that a total of $400.75 had

Report of Committee on Muhlenberg Tablet The tablet in memory of Henry E. Muhlenberg was placed on the Appel building, at the northeast corner of Duke and Grant Streets, on June 4th, 1929. The bronze tablet, 12 by 18 inches, from the Matthews Company, of Pittsburgh, cost $69. The bill was paid by

corner of the market house. It was to take up in length three pillars of the market house, and not more than four feet of the inside. There is, however, no record of this place having been occupied by a fire company. The year 1764 seems to have been one of considerable activity among the fire fighters

Governor Clinton in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER E WITT CLINTON, statesman, was born in Orange county, New York, March 2nd, 1769; and died in Albany, New York, on February 11th, 1828. He served his native state in sev- eral offices throughout his life, having been a member of the state

South-east Ward. By Messrs. J. Gundaker, Slough and Diffenbaugh 86.45 South-west Ward. By Mr. Hugh Wilson 143.60 $681.51 Adam Reigart, Jr., chief burgess of the borough of Lancaster, remitted this amount to the officials of Newburyport, and received the following acknowledgment: "Newburyport, Mass

; and that a bill of the expenses attending this work be submitted to the Commissioners of the county, as a proper public charge, to be paid by the county at large. It being suggest- ed that a nightly watch and lighting of the streets of the borough would be attended with much public advantage, it is