Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1859 — Mr. Thurston's Remains Eound at Last! [ARTICLE]

Mr. Thurston's Remains Eound at Last!

[From the A drian (Mich.) Expositor, Meh. 8.

Our city was thrown into considerable excitement, this morning, in consequence of the arrival of two or three gentlemen from Sylvania, with a part of the remains of the ; lost aeronaut, Ira J. Thurston, whose tragic lute, last summer, is so well remembered bv our readers. The facts of the discovery, as near as we can ascertain, are these: 'Last Sunday, as the son ot Michael Hoag was searchin'* for some sheep in the woods, on the fanfl of Mr - 8. Miner, about four miles soutii-east of the village of Sylvania, he discovered the remains ol the body of a man. He immediately ran to his lather, who, in company with Mr. Miner, repaired to the spot, and there found abundant evidence that the remains were those of Mr. Thurston, who must have fallen from his positmn on the valve of the balloon, where he was seated when carried off so singularly last summer. These gentlemen immediately proceeded to collect what could be found, but only sticce-ded in finding the skull, and one foot in a boot, anda few'other small bones. The rest of the bodv has been carried off’ by wild beasts. They found, however, the coat, pants, vest and shirt, and nil them Mr. 1 hurston s cards upon which he took his minutes on his balloon trip from Adrian to the place of landing, near Sylva- 1 " nia. The pencil marks on tne cards were so water-soaked tue writing could not be made out. 1 hey lound,however,in.a memoranda book? a letter directed to Mr. Thurston, from a firm • n Philadelphia, which was in reply to inquiries about balloon siik. <. They also lound Mr. Thurston’s watch, and kina', both of winch are fully identified by many ot our. citizen- as bis property--1 be watch is unhurt, but stopped at twenty minutes to twelve o’clock, which shows the time he fell. All that remains ol the unfortunate Thurston, about whose fate there so much solicitude, is now enctosedJn a small box, dt this office, where we huve so often trreeted his honest lace, and answered his pleasant salutation in day past.