The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-09-13
The MYsTERY OF 4 MUMWY

THE MYsTERY OF MUMMY.
DETROIT July e3-One Of the saddest brought
light years almost literally unearthed in Craw
sHun. ans nsssa rev P.s"rs
dry goods clerk, aud Farweather Martin of Chicago
old sehoema,es Were hunting n NM and exploring through
French shot turkey which came near the camp The
bird wounded and could not fly away, but half flew
half along the ground before him. He had not
followed il hundred feet from camp when he sud-
denly found himself going down into the bowels of the
In the uncertain light of evening he had fallen
old shaft or pit, having mouth only three Or
feet and almost concealed by weeds aud BUSH
aud being, afterwards ascertained by
uIement, twenty seven feet deep. When French went
down he bumped from side to SIDE and landed a in
eap ut the botto elbows skinned knees battered and
the his body pretty well shaken up. The bottom
the pit much larger than the mouth, being almost
feet from side to side Ii had been dug out, II men
had shaft down that and then started TO
dig drifts. The soil very hard and in places
shalt had been cut through the rock.
1t may be imagined that the clerk not long in rails
ing the alarm, but tue depth OF the PIT 50 muzzied his
Mhiie this going French discovered that he
had company down there. II dark he could see
nothing prevented from Knowing the size OF
the pit finding that he had broken bones, he
him little and laid his hands onwhat he knew
10 a human skeleton and nusy odor filled
his nostriis. His yes assistance doubt
ideraby increased by the discovery and when assisted
pit by of the line carried with the
camp equipase he in joking. 1t de.
examination OF the place by daylight.
and when morning Martin lowered down the
shaft The bushes were away around the mouth
to give HIM light and enough OF filtered down to en-
There was body there sure enough The figure Of
with his back TO the wall, knee drawn up
and thy other extended The hands rested on the ground
either side and the head had fallen the lett
shoulder Ii was not skeleton but a mummy. Most OF
the hair had fallen of the skull and the clothing had
n.ouiuereu breath would blow it to There
boot on the right loot only the one lying on the
ground distance away Inc soiss could be torn OIL
easy bottIng pad The flesh the body
ana limbs had greatly deca,yed leaving knees, elbow
and JOINTS entirely bare but any flesh remained
had shrivelied turned the color
IN ground small heap OF aust which had once
Deen ai Against the wall, within reach OF the num-
my, y bundle of clothing.
While Martin making these discoveries below,
French scouting the mouth OF the shaft Ly
ing anos, edge it r-ted barrel of RI
he and the head OF light The stock had rotted from
the gun and the decayed from the axe bile
the metal itself was almost eaten up with rust When
the unfortunate hunter explorer Tell into the pit he
doubtless did, might carrying these articles
in his hands, might hung bushes at the
edge OF the pit for few seconds beiore and sought to
lily hten his toad.
Feeling quite that clue mystery would be
found pack skeleton, Marn ptOceesi-
very carefully his search. The clothing the
bundle OF bones Ie TO pieces n. soon hanalee There
Russia-eather wallet lying between the shrivelIed
leIt ros this gone that
1t required handling. some portions
it lost before 1t reached sunlight above the
from il almost suffocatng. In
Martin made still more important discovery.
He found "a memorandum book, having an almanac III il
and the days Of the week printed on alternate pages The
book we'll bound and, owing to It's thickness, had
stood the OF time much better than the thick
oled boots The almanac was for the year 1885, and nust
be taken proof that the stranger fs Into pit
that lie could not, OF course have almanac la
ter than the Year III which he lived ana would not be
likely to carry year old at the Many
the leaves and crunbied away, and portions
MANY Others lost but enough lett, aud enough
the writing could IL made form of the
chapters the history wild Mchi-
igan rttsu with Ink the following words writ
| ten here and ther. through the book:
Thence sss,;n "shpmen,s;,, acre tract" Coy
A." ',;rand Haven j. for shall leave lor-;n
thence by lake to- "den,aaa for aoouts NO 40
south CO
The above parts of sentences were cleaned from per
haps the rs, twenty in the BOOK. The seemed
been filled with writing in pencil, in
with pencil. Woris could be mace
out now and then but the oniy complete
reads: southwest corner marked ny X lone pine
tree standing OH knoll stone Pile at loot Of tree
The unfortunate had written his the in
side OF the first cover OF the book. The presence
could be family but single GER
ainiy be made out Martin thought the first looked
like William, while French feels quite was
Charles There evidently initial, standing Tor
middle name, and the last short enough for
Wood, Gregg Brown. As near as they could b.. Ike
out, there six letters in the name.
The bundle lifted out with all possible care and
in IL were found two pairs Of wooden socks, wooden
shirts vest blade razor buttons and bits Of pa
per which resembed small portions of grcenbacks Not
OF the articles Of clothing much more than dust,
and the slightest breath them to pieces No book
card or anything 10 furnish found In the bum
Ole or about the pile Vi backened The skeleton
lifted OF its long resting place in hopes that
knife or tobacco box might be found but the
days hunt for the clue the young
made another discovery-the bones OF the skeleton
lett leg were broken. That the first discovery From
place, fu! ofgr, and rock in this one place
which was stratum OF red clay, the poor had cut
inches about foot apart evIdehtly hoping reach the
mouth o the pit by that He tau cut inches To
within thirteen feet OF the surface and mo-
ieht had lost his balance fallen bottom and rem
dered Nil hopes vain by breaking his leg He could do
nothing then but walt for death. He might have had
small saPpiy OF food-perhaps enough four or i've
days wear where the skeleton found nine plain
MARKS on the wall each one standing for figure ~
he had made them To stand for days. He tell hen
day ended and night and suffering terrible
AID bodily pain, he had made to indicate the na-
sage OF time and hoped for release way before he
should be called upon 70 make another Worn our NJ last
he mad braced his back against the wall and dedfsa
c'"nah Enquirer
Fair Haven Comm oyserman, over two years aYo
leased salt pond Of ut Block Island Tor
raising oysters lie established bet ee
the POND aud sea by means Of me. Over 800 acres az
oyslrbeds are now thriving in the pond and the OYSTER
man expects soon TO begin tIansplantng them in sn-
abe waters TO fatten the bivaves for the market
mineral has been found in Kern county Cal which
- PuLAng me geoioglsts, no one Knowing to call
H. IL II opaque; In color tin white Iuster meta,lic
ahhat.d SOFT yields TO the finger NAIL leaves streak
tue color OF amagam the back Of II 1.
unchanged by heat which reduces Hungarian cruc-
pre- perfectly insolubie in nitric muratic aes or
any o. Iheif combinations and has specific gravity
ABOUT equal to that OF msplckel.
Al Nauzier France long ago three mad ,vaos ,ob
possession OF deserted mansion and by using r,I ii.ts
a,,ing chains, and groaning aud yelling dismnllv at
aeed the attention OF the simple residents when thew
csedsd 20 enact for their edcaton the spectacle 81