The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-17

MYSTERY.


Discovery of Human Remains in the Tw ,n-
tieth Ward-sIx skeletons Exhumed-Excite-
ment I'm the Neighborhood.
Late on Saturday afternoon the residents OF the
Twentieth ward and vicinity were some what ex-
cited by report that some human remains had been
disinterred by wOrkmen engaged in digging clay
Oed in the neghborhood OF Twenty-fourth and
Brown streets Great excitement was o;casioned
fora time by the report and many visited the scene
OF operations to satisfy themselves OF its truth.
The place where the workmen are engaged In
SIDE fs,S Of street below Twenty street
small street renning parallel with Master and close
t1rer in the neighbor6ood. the workmen on Satur-
day came across some bones undoubtedly human,
Pieces Of csfIins were also discovered There were
marks OF at least six graves.
nothing more was discovered, nor can any light be
thrown upon the subject as TO how the bodies came
Catholic Cemetery but no % authority V can be given
for the conjecture. No one In the neighborhood
The bones SO far as discovered, have been piled
together, and loose dirt thrown upon them They
appear TO be common property. Every visitor that
as o curiosity. 1t is said that boys have run away
with fully ene-han OF them. whoever any one OF the
skeletons may have belonged to will have o hard
time to collect together the several pieces OF his
bodily frame should he ever have need OF 1t In the
ei morning by the e dis diggers, q which was Immediately
seized upon by tavern-keeper, probably to be de-
cOrated with ribbons, and In turn decorate his bar.
The goo6 man thus taking possession Of his neigh
bor's property, however, promised, in wild and
somewhat overdrugged, that he would bring cart
and take away the bones himself to a graveyard II
nobody else did it. 1t is to be hoped in that case
that he will add his private collection to the general
stock The discovery OF this top OF SKULL being the
only event of the morning, was the subject OF CON
siderable remark by the crowd gathered to await
The possessor handled it 10 true gravedgger STYLE
and it only needed the presence of rstclass actor
10 III in the ''Hamlet" 1t was declared to be the
hold n larU q Tnus
have been q dumbheaded or mnlish woman because
the bone was SO thick. Bets were freely given and
taken as to the chances of finding relics the
spot Some even went SO far as to state as their
drm conviction that money also would be dug up in
Some privately announced their intention OF
coming in the dead Of night to continue the search
have been who have thus been buried unheeded and
unknown thing s IS certain On at @ an qI rs rhas race
them In thedr unmarked graves.
LOCAL Opes AND ENDs.-A horse stumbles on Third
Nzaproszeni Jesfesce na nasterue zgro madzenie
%orS HE SiedzIee dnia ie. y GoSznie;s
giej po polidnn. We have examined into this affair,
fxgh, spos HSohtiwynn1fklooc niIat idopavz.
"A smart .letter-write states In country ex-
change that Charlotte Cus6man Is crazy, and "Whis
Installation OF Rev. j. R. Miller, pastor elect OF
MThe pisenf % t and QUAKER li City oSancs, Junior
Order U. A. NJ, are progressing rapidly.
-rDrayt0n b. Lewis mas assumed tie city editor
ship OF the Press A good selection.
The National Exchange and Republic National
Banks have been consolidated.
The proprietEess Of drinking saloon in this city
weighs ak hundred pounds.
THE Produce a ssociations banquet comes OF al
the Continental on the 26th.
-The weather !aabout equal in changeability to
bOarding-sch0ol miss.
The Reporters Base Ball Club will Ghow the
folks what's what.
-Old man Jupe, he Of mythology, is eviAsntly OF
the move.
-"Cope take wSlk" is the latest for 'Letls take
n drink"
THE Inauguration OF Gesry promises 60 b,
dreary.
Eva Brent ia fittedGO adorn the operatic stage.
Look cut for a scarcity OF water next summer.
The Delaware has been bridged--0n paper
-Gcnerai Wagner signs for the Mav0ralty.
The type-stickers volt the moor to-night.
-Detective Gordon Is 80 and handsome.
Alderman Kerr aspires to the ermine-
The streets OF Kensington are filthy.
oysters aEc poor