went in turns from the East to the West. There was an effort made to orga- nize an amateur press association in Lancaster county, and the subject was well ventilated in its several papers; but the project fell through, owing, in part, to slower communica- tion in 1877 than now existing, when trolley

THE AMERICAN RIFLE. Upon various occasions in the pro- ceedings of the Lancaster County His- torical Society, attention has been called to the importance of the rifle in the early history of the country, and to the fact that the city of Lan- caster, and its suburban water powers, furnished a centre

, in a building now owned by H. F. Bruner. He purchased the "Golden Fleece" Hotel, in Lancaster, and moved there. He was also connected with the stage line. Andrew Boggs, who married a niece of Mrs. Wilson, bought the hotel. After the war of 1812 they moved to Hagerstown. Some of Mr. Wilson's

remains in manuscript. I have reason to believe the map I have described and which is exhibited here to-day is exceedingly rare. I never saw one before or heard of one. No doubt the original is on file in the archives at Washington. This one possibly owes its presence here to-day to the fact that its

, whither his people had fled srom persecution. He was a min- ister, as well as a doctor. He located at Lancaster, and became a prominent citizen. He was born in 1748 and died in 1823.—Stapleton's Memorials os the Huguenots, p. 56. �in the eastern end of the county, would come to our house early in the

building in this county, and the country et large. A New Highway Called For. The foregoing brief account of the early road making has been prepared as introductory to an attempt made by the people of this city and county in 1770 to have a new King's highway built between Lancaster and Philadel- phia, by a

East King street; seven barns and stables east and west were burned. A stranger who was standing in the crowd was pushed down and robbed of $1,000. Patrolling com- menced to-night in Lancaster. November 23—Sold 107 shares of Lancaster Bank stock $33.25; $35.75. November 29—To-day the Mora- vians had

must have been, for it is also noted (p. 23) that "there was paid to Stephen Atkinson, 5th month, 30th day, 1722, £2 for' two wolss." It is of this man, and of the fulling mill which he built, with a few notes concerning others os the same name, gathered srom the old deeds, �records and wills os a long

upon it by the subsequent pro- prietor. In after years, the Anti- Masonic Party had their headquarters at this hostelry, and on one occasion the complete demolition of the front of the building by their opponents, who had headquarters at what is now the Lancaster County House, bears witness to the

An Old Receipt Book. It is always interesting to make comparisons, and when you have a hundred years as a dividing line and you know what is on this end of the line, curiosity, such as the fisherman possesses under such circumstances, leads us to wonder about the other end. The old book in question