LancasterHistory Research Collections

Unveiling of the Tablet Commemorating the Bicentennial of the James Wright House and the Sesquicentennial of the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania By ELIZABETH F, G, HIESTAND a Five Great Granddaughter of John Wright Paraphrasing the words of the old familiar song, "The sun shone bright on the old

Sentinel. Edited �by James Cameron, near the Farmers' Bank. 1830. Standard of Liberty. Published by Herman Villee and Luther Richards. Masonic Opponent, published by Cyrus S. Jacobs. 1833. Marietta Advocate and Farmers' anti Mechanics' Intelligencer, founded by William McCay. File in State Library. 1835

considering the public more than ourselves. We commend ourselves and our newspaper to our German citizens and remain their obedient servants. STEIMER, ALBRIGHT & LAHN. The Journal had its birth in 1794 and under various editors and owners was published until 1839, when it was merged into the Intelligencer

Susquehanna Rivers," without mentioning the Conestoga, Swatara, or any other particular route. They, if you please, were planning a state-wide arch for traffic; but, omitting the keystone. While bewildered solons debated, James Buchanan was born at Stony Batter, near Mercersburg, Pa. He finished at

MURAL PRESENTED TO CITY OF LANCASTER By WILLIAM FREDERIC WARNER On Friday evening, December 28th, 1934, a mural painted on one of the walls of the council chamber of the municipal building, (depicting "The Arrival of James Hamilton," in 1729, who came for the purpose of establishing Hickory town as

HOLLOW SCHOOL An Old School And A Letter Written By A Teacher 146 Years Ago. (Reprinted from an article in the New Holland Clarion of April 29, 1893.) Over in Leacock township, along what is known as the Ridge Road, stands the Hollow Schoolhouse. Standing, as it does, on the top of a ridge, from

, Edward J. Zahm and Major Charles M. Howell, a conspicuous Democrat. They are all dead. W. S. Wood had charge of the Presidential party, and Mr. Franciscus, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany, looked after the transportation, with Mr. Lafferty as trainmaster. They had engine 161 fitted up and

- enridge and that was also the trend in Lancaster County and the re- mainder of the state. George Sanderson, Mayor of Lancaster, was owner and editor of the Intelligencer in 1860, and from that period until the present, the paper has been sympathetic to the Democratic party. The Lancaster Inquirer began

become State printer, and Dr. Thomas W. Veazey established the Anti-Masonic Herald at New Holland, Lancas- ter County; it was the initial party newspaper to make its appearance in Pennsylvania. 20 This was the first of many Antimasonic newspapers to ap- pear in Pennsylvania; in fact by April, 1831, there

castles and the battery in the harbor of Carthagena, and at- tacking the Spanish admiral with his flag ship and sinking all the rest of the Spanish vessels. The article goes on to state that Pennsylvania con- tributed loyally to this victory, and there was a great demonstration about the State House. The