Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1878 — Remarkable Phenomenon. [ARTICLE]

Remarkable Phenomenon.

About twelve years ago Mrs. Weis, an estimable lady aged about 60, died at her home near this city, and her remains were interred on the farm of a relative, Mr. Jacob Kocpf, about two and a half miles north of Fort Wayne. As the farin was about to pMBRmt of the hands pf the ..family, the body was yesterday disinterred for the purpose of being-re-moved to lindenwood Cemetery. The coffin,which nad been wasting in a damp place, was found to be well preserved. When .opened the remains presented a most striking appearance. The features were unchanged, having altered in no respect since death. The body waa completely petrified, every portion of it being as hard as a rock. When struck with the hand the resulting sound was as loud as if a stone wall had been hit. Mrs. W. was a very large woman in her lifetime, and when she died weighed about 200 pounds. The weight of the body yesterday was so great that it taxed to the utmost the strength of six large men to move it The lines of the face were hardened, and the entire body was as rigid as a bronze statue. The remains were complete, with the exception of the feet, which were gone, there being only two small bones left, which were detached from the ankles. The body was brought to this city yesterday and reinterred in Lfcldenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Weis was Tne motner-in-law of John Vondermark, Esq.— Fort Wayne {lnd.) Sentinel.