in the good old town of Lancaster, to look after the bodily ailments of her citizens.* Events Mllitary, Under date of October 25th, 1787, I find the following notice: "Those that are in Arrears for Militia fines are requested to Discharge the same before the 20th day of November next. Delinquents

town of Lancaster; and that Thomas Green, George Aston, William Paschal, Richard Buffington, William March, samuel Miller and Robert Parke, of the County of Chester, or any five of them, in continuing to lay out as aforesaid, the said road from the division line aforesaid until it falls in with the

city is left to conjecture. How long he remained in the river town and when he came to Lancaster is unknown. The first contemporary notice we have of Mr. Armstrong dates back to December, 1849, which reads as fol- lows: "We were very much gratified with a recent visit we paid to the gal- lery of Mr

died—the mother in 1755, he earlier. Mr. Connolly was elected a vestryman of St. James' Epis- copal Church October 3, 1744. Upon the death of his mother, James Wright, of Columbia, was appointed the guardian of the young lad, who was given all the advantages in the way of education which Lancaster at

of Lancaster city than the stone residence located on the northwest corner of North Duke and Orange streets. It was a fine specimen of the pre-revolutionary style, and even down to the day when it was torn down to make room for St. Paul's Reformed Church was admired by all who were acquainted with it

-Irish in Donegal, as well as elsewhere, were thoroughly loyal to two things, the cause of independence and the Presbyterian faith. When the church was without a pastor they would go to "land's end" to find one. When their liberty was assailed they clamored for firearms, powder and lead. They believed

Early German Printers of Lancaster. I regard it as not a little to the credit of Lancaster city that twenty- one years after it was organized into a municipality,in 1751, a German print- ing press was set up within its limits. This contrasts very favorably with what occurred in the city of Philadel

at an early period. A reference to Ellis & Evans' His- tory of Lancaster County alludes to the early theatres here in this wise: "Dur- ing the town and borough existence of Lancaster, and for years even after it was incorporated as a city—in 1818— dramatic exhibitions and concerts were usually held

EARLY LANCASTER THEATRE, The Hon. W. U. Hensel a short.time ago called my attention to an incident related by the eminent actor, James E. Murdoch, in the interesting volume of memoirs written by him, in which he relates some of the more striking events of his theatrical career. As the scene of the