, a community by that name where there still stands the iron master's house (Kepler Lodge), although no trace of the forge remains. That there was a furnace, also called Martic — a part of the same Company's operations — is less well known, unless one has encountered one of the rare stove plates pro- duced

imposing and convenient structures. The finest improvement yet made on the street is that just completed by Mr. A. C. Kepler, owner of the building occupied by Kepler and Slaymaker, No 40 North Queen street. The building is four stories high including the basement. The first and second floors are furnished

, was on the southeast corner of S. Queen & Vine Sts. It is one of the oldest taverns in Lancaster and still doing business on the same site. Samuel Bethel purchased this site, (Hamilton lot #135) in 1740 and no doubt put a building on it some years later. We do know from the records of Lodge #43 Free and Accepted Ma

McCauley, 37 North Queen Street, Lancaster. 1859 Samuel Lodge, Columbia. Aaron S. Kreiter, Litiz. Giles Green, Rawlinsville. Savery & Thompson, Rawlinsville. Adam Hallacher, Rothsville. Joseph Corns, Safe Harbor. 1865 S. A. Ensminger, of Manheim, photographs and ambrotypes. His old camera was placed