Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-06-14
A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
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Parliament disclosed most remarkable
discovery, which, were it not SO conclu-
siveIy authenticated, would be almost inn 4
possible to believe. The story, as con-,
densed from official reports, is that twh
peasants, or rather shepherds, from the vil-
lage of Ivan -Egcrseg, near the ancientcityE
Of Veszprinl, aud not far from Lake BaiA-
ton, came TO Pesth, and to q jeWeler offered
some broken fragments Of what evidently
was some very old golden ornament for fe-
male wear, probably . bracelet or band for
the upper arm. The jeweler questioned
the shepherds, and, their answers being
Unsatisfactory, he had the men arrested on
suspicion Of being thieves. On the exam
ination they told tale which was 80 as
tonishing that it was communicated to the
Minister of the Interior, and this function
ary ordered an investigation by scientific
officers. The information Of the shep-
herds was, that in the woods skirting Ivan
Egerzeg, where they had some huts for
shelter when out at night, they had been
digging at a little hill, wanting the earth
for building purposes. Suddenly they
came upon what appeared to be q square
structure Of brick walls, with a stone Gov
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they found that these walls enclosed an
opening into the earth, and resolved to
sound its depth. Lowering stone tied to
rope, they ascertained that the shalt about
three feet III diameter. or nine square fest,
descended perpendic nlarly TO . depth ef
over hundred feet The pebble they had
lowered reached what seemed like stone
floor beneath, and from the sound itself,
they judged that this opening must lead
to some large subtefranean hall. hi
They agreed to keep their discovery
secret and explore the mystery. - day or
two afterward the shepherds were again at
work. They prepared snsll square
board, freighted with stones and IN the
center Of it they placed threa Lighted
candles. This they let down through the
SHAFT and by the lightrof the candles they
saw distinctly that the inner sides Of the
shsft were smooth, and apparently ended
in some large apartment As the ,9andies
continued to burn Ill the way down, they
came to the conclusion that the ajr could
not be vitiated, and that it would be safe
to go down. They next prepared rope
ladder of the eSrequisite length, secured ses.E
eral lanterns, and then, one Of them let
himself down the shaft. AT the bottom
he stood in wondermsnt as he gazed upon
lareesquare hall, the walls covered with,
faded paintings chairs, benches and tablesi
standing around, ornamented With gold
and ivory, and large, heavy door, hung on
golden hinges leading to other rooms.
The shepherd climbed the ladder, and taa
his companion of, the discovery. Both 6f
them went dow1s togeiher, and Walking
about, found themselves in q succession of
rooms abounding with elaborate1y carved
furniture of q style they had never seen
before. In some Of them were low, large
stands, evidently used TOR beds; there were
also closets, bureaus containing armlets
swords, shields and henllets There were
also bfesst plates OF leather, covered with.
iron and studded with ornaments il gold
Some Of the arnllets they took away, broke
them up, and carried thsm to Pesth for
sale. in which transaction thew were ar
rested The officers Of the HungarilH
Ministry of the Interiof-began their inves-
tigation under the ancient law which
makes all such discoveries the properly Of
the crown, and their report, as comnluni-
Gated to Parliament, ,sis8 s8still more startling.
Their researches clearly establish il O. =
fact, that this subterranean structure WINS
undoubtedly an old Roman castle, built
many centuries before Huns and Magyaas
left their Asiatic homes to invade this part
of Europe This section ess Il Hss gary 81 .ss.
in the province Of Pannonia, Of the Roman
Empire, and in the vicinity OF Lake Bala-
ton there was Il. large the
agriculture and military settisia nts Of the
Romans extending for Ea.ny miles. and
traces Of this Roman occupation, which
continued down to the. sixth century 6f
the Christian era, have repeatedly been
found. But how this vast structtlfS, which
is said to Two aeTess ana built M Two
stories high sass;,s ss ~ VI. sf
and brick, was covered with earth To 4
depth of more than sixty FEEL, over which
a forest Of heavy timber had groWnsaps
screst, too the. .hl.as.. is incntioHed as Id
the Oldest preserved chronicles Of the
kingdom, the officers have 50 far found II
impossible to account for. IN one roofs
several skeletons Of human beings have
been found, but the bones were tho osfkNch
decayed to indicate with certainty theFace
to which they belong IA A tA0eOngA
search Of this wOnd dsffnl bull dfn ID If06
|prdposed, further deSclopm nay caesa
up the mystery. The shan thrnnaE Mhlch
the firSt discovery was mAde III believed 10
have been either : chimney Of u 0h0619
atory 0r lookout ~ lrun hONk6 ha1o -
found feltened "a the VAN ind az. oNkieh
means Of ascent and ds1ceil ls= i6iHe 8 n =
bly, attached. fh0 mimi " Of tlie i 10
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