Oxford eagle., 1883-02-08
A DEAD BODY.
Encased in a Very Handsome
White EnameIed Casket TAX
en- Out of
The River at Delta, la.-De
scription of the Remains of
the Young Girl.

Monday morning Capt. Pearce,
of the government works at
Delta, La, reported toJustice
Dangerfield, of Madison parish,
the discovery ofa metalEe buri-
al case, which was found drift
ing about in the river just OPP
posite where the government
work was in progress. 1t was
caught by one Of the laborers,
and, having been brought to the
Louisiana shore, was made fast
to a piling and watched until de-
livered safely into the official
keeping of Justice Dangeriield.
With the aid of six able bodied
men the case was carried up
the steep bank to the top OF the
levee, which proved to be
considerable feat, owing to the
fact that the handles had cor
roded by time and rust until
they could no longer bear the
weight expected of them in the
first instance. A cold chisel
was soon brought into reqnisi-
ton, and the face plate being
removed from the coffin 1t was
found to contain
THE REMAINS OF A YOUNG LADY.
The body was dressed in a
beautiful white rep-silk dress.
:. A handsome piece of lace en-
: veloped the neck, which was
8 caught as the throat ard held
in position by an elegantly de
,, ,, signed gold breastpin. The
=. right hand, the index finger OF
r which wore large, heayx~xald
|sst sstTL--1 TLo.,o,..--. ..n1 ~. left hand ex-
a. tended down the body. Tht
~ ~ garments. of the deceased were
'sr in a perfect state of preserva
u. ton. but the body was beyon'
* recognition. The face was yer.
OF much discolored, in fact almos
30 :" black, and the hollow eye-sock
I'd cts and gaping mouth presented
to a ghastly spectacle to the feV
le who had ths morbid curlosit.
N I, to witness it. The teeth wer'
~ ~. almost pearly white, well'shap
,ir ed, regular, and in a remarkable
Id state of preservation. The de
ge ceased could not have beer
OF more than eighteen or twent.
an wears of age, and perhaps
NV A BRIDE.
bo No traces of the fell diseas
,st which caused her death were 1
ng anywise apparent. Her pos
MS ton in the coffin was Just th
~ : same as the day it first encase
I'D her remains, and laces, tim
IRE mings, garments and all lay
nd gracefully about the body as Q
len the sad occasion when the dea
was arranged for final intermeh
mi; The coffin was oval shaped, D
ing was undoubtedly very nan
! to some and costly in its da
ble' When taken out of the rlv
1,1 boy Yesterday, it looked eXceedif
orn " ancient, and was almost co
rear pletely pitted with rust; .
lers Acre and there sufficient OF
ors Former self remained to sh
' the bthat it had originally been WI
this. WAS then known as a Raym0
iern white euamelled metallic bul
llish case, the very handsomest
nusI use some twenty-five Gears a
, the TheseNcon nav H.
81 the market since 1860, and ne
it is supposed that the deeea
was referred to hese has lain In
land grave for fully twenty ye
=. vs. -, There is no manipulate on
ncin- coffin, a fact which rendere
ough impossible for justice Dan
field to ascertain tie name
the deceased.
lress- ,n uoNEsTEAD .hBANl
eifer, AN ~
assity nd
vault The remains aro e't"'
liver, from a private burying gr'
image lust below Goodrich Lam
where those taken from
man, river at Kleinston the
Stew day were likewise renoY
'eaver come from. Pilot Qai
"io'e the Belle Memphis, =
this reporter yesterda!
homas number of. large, h.
y ni'eu % monuments have recent
,or for in the river at the point
ted, and coffins have beei