The story of Lancaster, old and new : being a narrative history of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, form 1730 to the centennial year 1918, Part 18

Author: Riddle, William, 1837-
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : The author
Number of Pages: 352


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Reminded that all things must come to an end sooner or later, the octogenarian cannot divest him- self of the thought that in many respects the volume has failed to measure up to what certain friendly helpers had been led to expect through their gen- erosity. If then, disappointment follow, let the volume's shortcomings be charged to the war times during which it was written.


There has seldom been a time during the past six months that the author's mind has not been distracted, yea, bewildered, confused over bulletins


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and newspaper reports, first over war with Mexico, later with that on the Eastern continent. Ordinarily during more peaceful times the very mention of writing the story of Lancaster would have brought forth a friendly, hearty response, but not so during war and rumors of war such as the country is passing through at the present time. With a young man, the writing of a book could afford to wait a more propitious season; not so with one who has reached his four score. He cannot turn the dial of time backward. And so, recalling Lot's wife, and the punishment dealt out to her for looking backward, the chronicler has acted in conformity with a rule of his life, never to give up until the results of his efforts have been achieved.


Every hour in the day came reports of what was going on at the recruiting station, recalling how, more than a half century ago, the boys went their way to do battle for their country. It has been said that opportunity awaits every young man, at times the man the opportunity. And then, but for the Civil War, there might never have been the great Abraham Lincoln, a Grant, Sheridan, Lee or a Sherman, names ever to be held revered among the world's greatest patriots. And as I sit reflecting comes the thought, Why should mothers worry over their sons going to war? Let them not despair. A half score years hence, if still living, they may rejoice to see their sons holding positions of trust and honor in their own home town or city. So, my dear mothers, wives and sweethearts, do not worry, for whatever happens is for the best; for, as


NINE YEARS' RULE BY GEORGE SANDERSON 281


has been said, one of these days they will be coming home to be making of their city a still "Greater Lancaster."


All honor then to the Committee whose labors in behalf of the "Red Cross" have been crowned with success. And as for the contributors to this fund, their liberality goes far to prove that the citizens of Lancaster are generous to the limit in contributing to every worthy cause.


Suddenly reminded that there must be a limit to even a book's pages, the volume will close with the names of the twenty-five magistrates, only one of whom has been elevated to the high position of Lieutenant-Governor of Pennsylvania, usually spok- en of as the "Red Rose" of Lancaster.


And here they are since the city was first incor- porated in 1818: John Passmore, Samuel Carpenter, Nathaniel Lightner, John Mathiot, M. Carpenter, Christian Kieffer, Jacob Albright, John Zimmerman, Thomas Burrowes, George Sanderson, William Aug. Atlee, Frederick S. Pyfer, William D. Stauffer, John T. MacGonigle, D. P. Rosenmiller, William A. Morton, Edward Edgerley, Robert Clark, Edwin S. Smeltz, Simon Shissler, Dr. H. E. Muhlenberg, Chester W. Cummings, John P. McCaskey, Frank B. McClain, Harry L. Trout.


In mention of the names of the twenty-five magis- trates, dating from 1818 to the present time, the minutes fail to state of a death occurring of anyone while in office. Only in one instance, and that in the case of Jacob Albright, was there a vacancy from this cause, and while Mayor Albright died the year


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following, in 1856, he was too feeble to fill out the term of his office, resulting in the election of John Zimmerman, who held the office for a single term of one year. This yearly rotation of office went on until 1868 when, under the new charter, mayors were elected for two years, since changed by act of Assembly.


Out of this galaxy of twenty-five, only eight are living to help celebrate the incoming Centennial of the city as a municipality, namely, Robert Clark, Edwin S. Smeltz, Simon Shissler, Chester W. Cum- mings, John P. McCaskey, Hon. Frank B. McClain, and the present incumbent, Harry L. Trout. Who will be the next mayor to succeed the present chief magistrate, only time can tell.


However, in finally concluding the volume, no greater reward can await our present mayor's out- going than to be able to say, "I have done my duty for the people, of the people and by the people of Lancaster."


May he join with the octogenarian in saying, "I love my home better than any other home, my city better than any other city, my county better than any other county, my State better than any other in the Union, and my country better than any other country in the world!"


With the foregoing as the school-boy's slogan, the probability is, on reaching his voting age, he will love his city to the extent of making it a "Greater Lancaster," religiously, socially, industriously and commercially.


THE END.


INDEX


Act ordering "Nightly watch," 100 Administration Building, 269; erected, 1818, 162


Albright, Jacob, 246, 281


Anderson's Ferry & New Haven Turnpike, certificate of stock, 83-84


André, Major, prisoner in Lan- caster, 64, 65


Assessment, kept low, 136


Atlee, William Augustus, 118,


271, 281; Chief Burgess, 49; oath of, 46, 47, 50, 54


Bachman, John, 127 Bakers, public, 39


Bank, Farmers', chartered in 1810, 107


Bank, first, antipathy against, 108


Bank, first established in Lan- caster in 1803, 106; fails, 107 Bank of Pennsylvania, branch of, established in Lancaster, 106; fails, 107


Bankers, various kinds, 107 Banking in Lancaster in early days, 108


Barracks, for troops, fitted up, 64; how prisoners escaped from, 65, 66 Barton, David R., 114


Barton, George W., 165, 178 Barvel, John, 86


Bather, anecdote concerning, 202


Bats, in First Reformed church, 192


Baughman, John, 86 Bausman, John, 119


Bausman, William, 60, 118


"Berks, Old," formed from Lan- caster County, 13 Bickham, James, 118


"Big Stump," bathing resort, 201


"Black Maria," 139


"Blowing-up" meat by butchers, 38, 81; fine for, 39, 81


Blunson, Samuel, 50


Boel, William, 86 Bomberger, John, 115


Bomberger, George H., 158


Bond, first engraved, issued by city, copy of, 238


Boogh, Christian, 46


Borough of Lancaster, chartered, 23 Boude, Samuel, 118


Bowman, Mary, 167


Bowman, Rev. Samuel, 58, 167


Bread, sold by weight, 39


Brigade, old women's, 161


Brintenal, Joseph, tallest con- stable, 138


British, burning of National Capitol by, 112, 113; de- parture of, 113 Brown, Luke, 115


Brussels carpet, story of, 169-175 Bryan, Samuel, 91


Buchanan, James, 259-260; an-


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ecdote, 122, 123; letter from to Mayor Carpenter, 229; starts coal fund for poor of city, 229


"Bucket brigade," 43


Buengard, George, 114, 115, 116 Burd, James, 118


Burgess, appointed by charter of Lancaster Borough, 24; first action of, 25


Burgesses, chief, list of, 118


Burgesses, list of, 119


Burrowes, Thomas H., 266, 271, 281.


Butchering a profitable business in Old Lancaster, 90


Butchers, "blowing up" meat, 38, 81; fine for, 39, 81; bringing dogs to market, prohibited, 80; list of in new market house, 90; not to sell meat on Sabbath between nine in the morning and five in the afternoon, 25; stalls for in new market house to be numbered, 89; trouble with, 80, 81


Byerle, Michael, 23, 24


Calder, George, 215


Canal at Wrightsville, remains of still visible, 133


Canal, to Baltimore and Phila- delphia, cost of, per mile, 133


Capital, of Pennsylvania, Lan- caster the, 185; ambition of Lancaster to become, 184-187 Capitol of United States, de- stroyed by enemy, 112 Captain of ward, duties of, 111 Carpenter, Emanuel, 52, 53 Carpenter, Henry, 130


Carpenter, James C., 241, 242


Carpenter, Mayor, 278; letter to, 228-229


Carpenter, Michael, 222, 281


Carpenter, Samuel, 114, 116,


119, 281; becomes mayor, 132 Carpet, Brussels, story of, 169- 175


Center Square, court house advertised for sale, 240-241; piked by County Commis- sioners after complaint by burgesses, 92


Certificates, loan, ordered de- stroyed, 210


Chapmen, violation of law by, 35


Charcoal, burning of, by black- smiths, penalty for, 38.


Charter of Borough of Lancaster, 24


Chief burgesses, list of, 118


Chimneys, catching fire, danger of, 37; penalty for, 37 Chimney-sweeps, 37, 38 Christ, John, 115


Circular, old, on graft, 126-130 City Hall, no meetings of bur- gesses or councils in, down to 1854, 91; ordered erected in 1795, 90; specifications for, 90-91; suit against Common- wealth of Pennsylvania for refusing to pay rent for use of, 91; ownership of, disputed until 1854, 100; ownership of, City Solicitor instructed to inquire into, 96; ownership of, opinion by City Solicitor on, 96-99


City loan, redemption of, report on, 198-199


City, management of, 187


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City scales, 219-220 City Solicitor, instructed to in- quire into ownership of city hall, 96; report on, 96-99 Civil War, economy after, 273 Clark, Robert, 281, 282 Clerk of burgesses, manifold duties of, 41


Coal fund, started, 229 Cochran, John J., 246


Conestoga Indians murdered by Paxton men, 43-45


Conestoga Navigation Company, directors and investors in, 133; purpose of, 133; formed, 132; city invests $10,000 in, 132; sold by sheriff, 133; end of litigation with, 134


Conestoga National Bank, deed for plot of, 31


Conestoga River, water pumped to city from, 176


"Conestoga," steamboat, 215 Congress, United States, in Lancaster, 184


Constable, duties of, in borough of Lancaster, 138 Continental currency, 80


Cookson, Thomas, 23, 24, 118


Cooper, William, 114


Cope, Caleb, 119; Major André a prisoner in house of, 65


Cord wood, sold for benefit of corporation, if deficient in measure, 40, 81


Corporation Book, 22-32, 52, 94, 185, 242


Councils, elect John Passmore first Mayor, at salary of $200 per annum, 122; special meet- ing of, to petition railroad to come through Lancaster, 142


Court house, erected in 1730, 61; treaty conference in, 62; de- struction of by fire, 62; second, description of, 63; Center Square, advertised for sale, 240-241; Center Square, dis- mantled in 1852, 233


Cummings, Chester W., 281, 282


Debt, permanent, of city in 1830, 135 de Graff, John, 90.


Dehuff, John, 24, 118.


Dehuff, Henry, 23, 60, 118


Demuth, Henry, 131; quoted on "Sun" and "Union" hose companies, 43


Dering, Henry, 72, 87, 88, 118 Dickson, Mary, postmistress, 102, 246


Dickson, William, 116


Diffenderfer, Michael, 60


Diffenderfer, Philip, 87, 88, 119


Duchman, Jacob, 115


Duffield, George, Controller Gen- eral, uses City Hall, 91


Eberman, John, 119 Edgerley, Edward, 281 Edward Coleman, packet boat,


2, 125, 213, 214, 215 Edwards, Thomas, 17 Eicholtz, Jacob, 115


Eicholtz, Leonard, 119


Elliott, Johnny, 140


Ellmaker, Amos, 178


Episcopal church, described, 57, 58 Evans, Thomas, 86


Fair week, annual, 56, 57 Fairs, revived, 66, 67


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F. & A. M., Lodge No. 43, 42, 51, 87, 88, 89, 91


Farmers' Bank chartered in 1810, 107


Federalist, recipe for making, 131-132


Ferry, Stans, 61


Finance Committee, report of in 1865, 273-274; report of, in 1831, 135


Firearms, shooting of, pro- hibited, 40


Fire companies, seek financial assistance, 220


Fire department changed from volunteer to paid service, 268 Folke, John, 23, 24


Fortney, Melchor, 258


Franciscus, Christopher, 90


Franciscus, Stophel, 60


Franklin and Marshall College, procession to new site, 253 Franklin, Ben, "Poor Richard," 36


Frazer, Reah, clerk of Select Councils, 137, 158, 179


Free, John, 86


Frey, Jacob, house of, the usual place of meeting of burgesses, 116; meeting of burgomasters at home of, 34


Fulton Hall, 241, 242, 243, 246; erected on site of old jail, 104 Fulton, Robert, 104 Fultz, Bobby, 236


Gambling, various species of, 103 Gas introduced into city, 216- 219; opposition to, 218 Gentlemen's Jockey Club, 249 Gettysburg, battle of, news car- ried to Lancaster, 114


Getz, John, 217


Gibson Inn, 17, 21, 32, 82


Gibson still, 26, 56, 68


Ginger-horse decorator, "Tood- ler," 237


Gordon, historian, quoted, 29


Graeff, Jacob, 86


Graeff, Sebastian, 23, 24, 119


Groff, Andrew, 87


Graft, a century ago, 126; in councils, resolution regarding, 263; old circular on, 126-130 Gratz Brothers, 47


Griest, Elwood, 246, 247


Grove, Marks, letter to, 130-131


Gruel, Mammy, 103


Guns, fines for firing, 94


Hager, Christopher, 90; and son, erect Fulton Hall, 105


Hager, Ellen H., 102, 246


Hager, H. W., 246; postmaster, 102


Hahn, Daniel, 130 Hall, Charles, 119


Hambright, Frederick, 126, 129, 130


Hambright, George, 113


Hamilton, appropriating the name, in different businesses, 20


Hamilton, James, 186, 233; founder of Lancaster, 14-18, 19, 23, 24, 27, 41, 60, 96 Hamilton, William, 113, 119, 246 Hammerly, George W., 246 Hand, General Edward, 104, 118, 176, 177, 233; elected burgess in 1789, 72; letter by, 72-76 Hannigan, Tommy, 140


Harrison, William Henry, 212


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Hatz, John, 126 Haverstick, George, 133 Hazen, General, testimonial of regard to, 64 Heitshu, Philip, 115


Henry, Ann, 167


Henry, Joseph, 87


Henry, William, 43, 46, 101, 119


Hensel, Freddy, 236


Hess, Michael, 86


"Hickory" town, why named, 82 High constable, salary of, 61 Hobson, John, 46, 64, 80, 118 Hoff, John, 119 Hoover, Jos., 90 Hoppel, Owen, 153


Hose house ordered built, 42


Houston, James, cashier of first Lancaster bank, 106 Hubley, Bernhard, 119


Hubley, John, 86, 88, 115, 119


Hubley, Michael, 118, 119


Hubley, Rosina, 133


Hugsters, complaints against, and fines for, 61 Humes, Samuel, 115 Hurford, Lewis, 213 Huston, Mattheus, 109


Incendiaries, patrol for protec- tion against, 110 Income of city in 1830, 135 Isle of Memory, 195


Jacks, James, 119


Jackson, Andrew, 199; death of, 221; resolutions on, 221-222 Jail, old, dismantling of, 226-227 Jenkins, William, 115 Jewish graveyard, laid out in 1747,47 Johns, Jacob, 86


Johnston, Abraham, 23, 24 Junket trip on "Edward Cole- man," 214-215


Kaegy, Jacob, 119


Kauffman, Christian, 86 Kauffman, Solomon, 90


Keenan, Father, 59 Keffer, Henry, 114 Kelly, William, 86


Kevinski, John, 269


Kieffer, Christian, 240, 281 Kirkpatrick, William, 87, 114, 116 Krug, Jacob, 88 Kuhn, Adam Simon, 118 Kuhn, Frederick, 87, 119


Lafayette, General, 163-164, 166; death of, 165; resolu- tions on, 165-166


Lambard, Uriah, 90 Lamps, on streets and alleys, set up first in 1798, 102 Lancaster, a city after being borough for seventy-six years, 121; beginnings of, 10; in 1730, 11; chartered as a borough, 23; incorporated into a city, 114-116; in past Revolutionary times, 55-57; resources of, in early days, 28 Lancaster City Fractional Cur- rency, 199


Lancaster City Gas Company, given right to lay pipes in city, 217 Lancaster City Loan, scrip, 199 Lancaster Jockey Club, 249-252; rules of, 250-251 Lancaster Corporation Book, long-lost volume, 22-32, 94


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Lancaster County, Lebanon


County formed from, 13; "Old Berks" formed from, 13; separation from Chester, 13 Lancaster Locomotive and Ma- chine Manufacturing Com- pany, failure of, 265


Lancaster Locomotive Com- pany, 264


Lancaster, Susquehanna and Slackwater Navigation Com- pany, 133, 213


Land owners, panic among, 112


Lauman, L., 88


Lawman, Ludwick, 46


Lebanon County, formed from Lancaster County, 13


Leibly, John, 90


Leibley, John, Jr., 90


Lemmon, Jacob, 116


Lenhere, Philip, 119


Letter of General Hand giving advantages of Lancaster, 73- 76


Levy, A. L., and Joseph Simon, merchants and fur traders, 47; unique advertisement of, 47-49 Liberty Bell, spirit of, 4


Liberty Bonds, 239


Liberty Loan, 270


Lieibly, Andrew, 90


Light, John, 119


Lightner, Nathaniel, 281; be- comes mayor in 1824, 132


Lightner, Newton, 242


Linnæan Society, 269


Lintner, John, 133


Liquors, cider and spiritous, fine for exposing for sale, 40


List of mayors of city, 281


Loan certificates, ordered de- stroyed, 210


Lodge No. 43, F. & A. M., 42, 51, 87, 88, 89, 91, 243, 245, 259, 261, 262; proposals from in reference to building new market house, 87-88; arrest of Grand Master of, 111 Lowman, Henry, 55


Lutz, Stephen, 90


MacGonigle, John T., 281 Malone, John E., 247


Manheim, Petersburg and Lan- caster Plank Road Company, 251


Market, forestalling, citizens pro- test against, 137


Market house, erected, 42; new, building of considered, 87-88; ordered erected, 88; finished in 1798, 89; list of butcher stalls in, 90; search for favor- able site, 168; dispute over ownership of, 261-262


Market houses, four new, loan authorized to pay for, 245; report of committee on, 245 Marshall, James H., 246


Mathiot, John, 188, 189, 190, 200, 213, 222, 281; elected mayor in 1831, 135; death of, 189; resolution on, 189


Maxwell, Hugh, 133


Mayer, George, 46


Mayer, George Lewis, 133


Mayors, list of, 281


McCaskey, John P., 281, 282


McClain, Frank B., 281, 282 Mechanic's Society, 207-208 Memory, Isle of, 195


Metzger, John, 24


Metzger, Philip, 90


Militia of state called out, after


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INDEX


destruction of national capitol, 112 Miller, Abe, 140


Miller, Elmer, 126


Miller, John, 118, 119 Miller, John, Jr., 87, 88


Miller, S. Clay, 247 Mitchell, James, 17


Mitchell, W. B., report on run- ning water for city, 179-181 Montgomery, John R., 178; elected president of Select Councils, 137 Moore, Ann, 246


Moore, George, 246; postmaster, 102


Morton, William A., 281


Moser, Jeremiah, 115


Muhlenberg, Dr. H. E., 281


Musselman, P., 86 Musser, George, 115


National foundry, hunting site for, 219


Negro, white, advertisement of- fering reward for return of, 101


Newspaper carrier, Christmas custom of, 247


Newspapers, daily, none prior to 1756, 36


New Year's, fines for firing guns on, 94


Nightly watch, 100


North American Hotel, 40, 56, 153, 168 Nuisances, elimination of, 51


Old Trinity, built in 1736, 58 Ordinance admitting Pennsyl- vania Railroad to city, 156- 159


Pall-bearers, old-time custom of, 124


Parr, William, 64, 118


Passenger station built by Penn- sylvania Railroad Co., 266 Passmore, John, 272, 281; ap- pointed first chief magistrate of Lancaster city, 121; of Quaker ancestry, 122; elected first mayor, councils, 122; fines himself twenty shillings, 123; weight, 124; retires to profession of law, 126; death of, 124


Patrol, uncalled-for arrests by, 111


Paxton men, 43-45


Peddlers, violation of law by, 35


Peelor, Jacob, 159


Penn, John, 46


Penn Square, 234


Penn, Thomas, 24


Pennsylvania Legislature, ne- glected to pay rental of ten- plate stove, 108


Pennsylvania Railroad erect sta- tion, 155; granting property to, 155; ordinance admitting, to city, 156-159; grant of property and privileges to, 266 Plank road, 251


Philadelphia and Columbia Rail- road, 178 Philadelphia in 1861, 5


Pierce, Caleb, 17


Pilgrim Fathers, 41


Pinkerton, Henry, 119


Pioneer Hotel, 153 Policemen, modern, 139


Porter, David, Governor of Pennsylvania, 211; visits Lan- caster, 212


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Porter, George B., 133; resigns as president of Select Councils, 137


Postlethwait's, 15 Postmasters, list of, 246-247


Poultney, Thomas, 47


Promoters buy up real estate, 30; stranger, 134


Property tax, first laid in 1812, 111


Property taxation, system of, inaugurated in 1791, 82


Provisions, current price of, in 1789, 76


Public offices, building of, or- dered, 85-86


Pyfer, Frederick S., 281


Quakers in Lancaster County, 12


Railroad, efforts made to have enter city, 141-159; incoming of, advertisement, 141


Railroad engines, names of early, 156


Railroad Committee, report of, in 1833, 146-148; report of, in 1834, 149-152


Railroad, Philadelphia and Col- umbia, 178


Ralffe, James, 118


Rathfon, Jacob, 178


Rathvon, S. S., 269


Recipe for making Federalist, 131-132


Redemption of city loan, 198- 199


Reed, Peter, 114, 116


Reichenbach, William, 118


Reigart, Adam, 115, 118, 133 Reigart, Adam, Jr., president of first Lancaster bank, 106


Reigart, H. M., 245, 246 Reigart, I. Franklin, 271 Reigart, Jacob, 72, 80, 118 Reinoehl, Adam C., 247 Reitzel, John, 114, 116, 119 Report of Finance Committee,


in 1831, 135; in 1865, 273-274 Report of Railroad Committee in 1833, 146-148; in 1834, 149-152


Revolutionary Daughters, 160 Reynolds, John, 115


Richards, Luther, 230


Rio Grande, soldiers departing for, 1


Roberts, John, 86, 119


Robinson, Moncure, 143


Robinson, Thomas, 86


Rosenmiller, D. P., 281


Ross, George, 52, 119; letter of thanks to, 53; answer of, 54


Ross, Patton, 159


Ross, William, 80


Ross, Wm. B., 126, 129; letter by, 130-131


Russel, Philip, 90


Salaries of city officials in 1865, 274-275


Sanderson, George, 271-272, 281; clerk of the burgesses, 26


Scales, city, 219-220


Schaeffer, E., 158


Scott, Joshua, 143, 145


Segar, Frederick, 86


Selling goods on the Sabbath forbidden, 26 Shaffner, Casper, 53, 119


Shaffner, Charles, 86


Shearer, Jacob, 115


Shearer's distillery, 79


Shindel, Jacob, 158


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Shinplasters, 198 Shissler, Simon, 281, 282 Shoemaker, anecdote concern- ing, 169 Simon, Joseph, 47


Sketch Book of Pennsylvania, quoted, 232-233


Slaymaker, A., 99


Slaymaker, H. E., 246


Slaymaker, Jasper, 133


Slaymaker, Samuel, 116


Smeltz, Edwin S., 281, 282 Smith, Charles, 87, 88


Smith, Henry, 130


Smith, Joseph T., 115


Smith, William, 86


Smoking on streets, 94 Snyder, Governor, appoints John Passmore first chief magistrate of Lancaster city, 121


Society of Master Mechanics, 208 Soldiers departing for the Rio Grande, 1 Spencer, Louis W., 247 State capital, ambition of Lan- caster to become, 184-187; Lancaster the, 185


State capitol, efforts to have it removed to Lancaster, 168 State house purchased by city, 245


Stauffer, William D., 281 Steinman, Frederick, 118 Steinman, John F., 116, 133, 178 Stevens, Thaddeus, 254, 256-259 Stiff, Harry, 193 Stone, John, 246 Stone, Luddwig, 119


Stove, ten-plate, rental of, not paid by Legislature, 108; un- successful attempt to locate, 110


Stove, ten-plate, 185 Street extensions, damages for, 224 "Sun" hose company, 43 Swarr, Hiram B., 246 Swine running at large, 80


Tax, property, first laid in 1812, 111; rate, kept at minimum, 135 Taxation, property, system of, inaugurated in 1791, 82


Taylor, General, in Lancaster, 231


Taylor, Zachary, president of United States, death of, 230


Thackara, Jim, 140


Thomas, George, 24


Tippecanoe, hero of, 212


Tippling on Sabbath, fine for, 25


"Tommy, Blind," 140 Trout, H. L., 247, 281, 282 Turbett, Samuel, 246


"Union" hose company, 43


Van Camp, Squire, 103 Voght, Christian, 46, 119 Volunteers during War of 1812, how supplied, 113; to march to Baltimore, 113


War of 1812, consequences of, 112 Warrall, Peter, 119 Watch, nightly, provisions of act ordering, 100


Water, pumped to city from Conestoga River, 176; revenue from, in 1839, 200-201; run- ning, for city, leading advo-


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cates of, 178-179; running, for city, report of engineer, con- cerning, 179-181; works, cost of, up to 1839, 200 Weaver, John, 115 Webb, James, 119


Webster, John, 57


Weitzel, George, Town Clerk, 116 Whitlelock, Isaac, 119 Whitmonday, fairs on, 67


White negro, advertisement of- fering reward for return of, 101 Whiteside, Abraham, 86 Widow and widower, story of, 194 Wilcox, Henry, 246


Wiley, Thomas C., 221 Wilhelm, Adam, 119


"William and Sarah," bricks


brought over in, 93 Williamson, H. S., 195 Wise, Charlie, 258 Wood, Ingham, 115 Worrall, Peter, 23, 24


Wright, A., & Nephew, 215


Wright, John, 15, 17, 50 Wright's Ferry, 15, 18


Yost, John, 90 Young, Baker, 140


Young, Mathias, 23, 24 Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, 246


Zagnr, Nathaniel, 86


Zantzinger, Paul, 86, 88, 89, 118 Zimmerman, John, 266, 281, 282


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