, Democratic contender. In 1860, it was owned by "Hiestand, Huber and Hecker-" It continued to be a Republican paper until its de- mise about 1920. The Express, published from 1843 until 1876 was originally neutral politically, strongly supporting the temperance cause. Begun as a weekly, it had developed into

official court records of Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D. C. Autographs-16 rare papers in the handwriting of Lincoln valued at $10,000. Autographs of hundreds of Lincoln associates. Pictures—Hall collection of about 1700 different items. Metallic Lincolnia—a wide

possibly remember seeing me at the Phila. Convention, introduced to you as the lone Whig star of Illinois. Since the adjournment, I have remained here, so long, in the Whig document room. I am now about to start for home; and I desire the undisguised opinion of some experienced and sagacious Pennsylvania

- counts of private schools usually contain the important dates associated with the history of the institutions, statements about the courses of study and certain statistical information concerning the more illustrious alumni, very little is said about the schoolmaster beyond the mere mention of his name

site along the Susquehanna. Of many marker events in which I have taken part in Lancaster and neighboring counties, there has been none whose purpose appeals to my per- sonal appetite for local historical facts as much as does this one marking Wright's Ferry. All of us interested in history have

gallons of foreign spirits are now annually im- ported into this country, which cost about two million dollars, clear of freight, duty and charges. If this money, instead of being sent abroad, were distributed among our farmers at home, and applied to the purchase of corn and rye, it would greatly promote

, $ 571.33 " employees in William Diller's machine shop, 12.21 " citizens in the north-east ward, 482.87 " employees in the Lancaster locomotive works, 88.75 "Miller and Fellenbaum's machine shop, 20.00 " " C. M. Howell's marble works, 12.50 " citizens in the south-east ward, 318.66 " " " " south-west ward

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country

Sarah, nineteen, eldest daughter of the Esh household, the great moment of her life had arrived—the biggest event in the life of any Amish girl. She was about to be married to David King, of near Intercourse. Four bishops, a preacher and a deacon took part in the solemn pro- ceedings. It was a typical

An Early Threshing Machine in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER LATE in the summer of 1806, a threshing machine, invented in Scotland, was erected at David Witmer's mill in Lancaster county, Pa. The machine was capable of threshing 35 bushels of oats in an hour, of threshing and cleaning 100