Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1877-11-24 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

PARIS MYSTERY. ture, which stood on a slope, was rectangular, with its Th long axis north and south, the lowest course of bricks e Paris correspondent of the Standard says: A being hollow, of the hopocanst kind, the remainder, most tragic occusrrteoc n e—whether accident, suicide, or be roved—is now the talk of , for the most part, ordinary tile-shaped ones, such as I murder remains are to be seen in the Roman walls. The sides were I 'n'eme. t appears that eon rly in the morning one of built up to the height of about lft with bricks and i the dredging barges on. the. Seine came across the body mortar, and the tomb was covered in by an arrange- . of a young woman floating on the water near the meat of bricks hating the upper courses overlapping Bridge of Gre . nelle The deceased said to be of rethe lower, no as to form a eloping roof; outside these, marekaableblbaecakutyaweasownmost elegantly dressed. She the roof was coped by similar bricks laid slanting. and *rimmed with lace, had gold 1 Iscoracelets on her arms, diamond rings on her fingers,. in place nf "idge-piece was a course of flanged or 1 and flowers in her hair. These facts, joined to the channeled bricks, surmounted by the upper edge of . the slantieg ones. This arrangement was no doubt , a esence of any bonnet or other covering, at once led to designed to carry off the surface water which might the conclusion that the deceased had been to a wedfilter through the soil with which the whole tomb ding or party of some kind. One of her rings bore was coveted. The interior measurement was 6ft. 10in. the date emiraven inside, of "4 Aced, 1877.' The in length, by lit. 9in, in width, and the same in depth. body was taken to the dead-house, where it was recogi d during the day. It turned out to be that of Within WBS found the skeleton of an adult male in 11 se . ' fairly good preservation ; on the right side of d 22f DI Louis 'the I Antonia Balade, age , the wife o H. I Frampourmoie, a hair-dresser, established in the skull were the bones of a bird, and near the right hip the broken fragments of a small vessel of baked clay, Rue du . Ban. Madame Frampourmoia was the to which bits of burnt matter were found adhering. ; youngest daughter i of Monsieur Balade, a retired I hair-dresser living n the Rue Taitbout. She was Numerous iron nails arid one or two small pieces of , I wood were also discovered. The floor was formed of married to Pourmois about three months .. IL Fram a bed of mortar, having under it one of chalk. The ' ago. The union was what is called a marriage of love' and, according to all accounts, the couple apinterment seems likely to have been that of a Roman ~e. peered to be very happy. On Thursday last M. and not earlier than the year 400 A D., at which date, alaiame Frampourmois were invited to a wedding, at cording to the antiquary Mr. M. H.Bloxam, cremation I which all the relations on both sides were present. had fallen. into disuse. Considering in what close ; proximity to the important city of Verulam the tomb During the dinner which took place after the nuptial ; . was found, it seems not improbable, especially if future i .. ceremony, and which was given at one of the most fashionable restaurants near the Bois de Boulogne, a research bring similar tombs te light, that this was the 1 s ; quarrel elrose about money matters between M. Balade site of the Roman cemetery, which has, up to this ; and H. rrampourmoss, but, thanks to the mediation time, never been discovered. ,-, lof the other guests, it was settled amicably, and the THE LAST OF THE ROYAL DR u