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i CONTENTS OF A CORNER8TONEAfter Fifty Years Resolved Back Inf*Boat.Where a few weeks ago stood the little stone building which was the original church house of the present large and flourishing congregation of St. John's Evangelical church, there is to day only a hole in the ground. At 2 o’clock this afternoon the corner stone and the stone above were the only two above the sur*face, and a crowd of over one hundredstood in the sun to see them toppled oyer and the contents of the corner stone discloeed. With a few strong shoves the cover of the long closed hols was laid bare and the stone cap was pried off. Inside, quite black with rust wps a sirall tin box, which was handed to Mr. Shettler, the rector of St. John's, who reve'ently opened it before the throng Nothing was said, nor was there anything to say. The contents of the box were a blackened mass that crumbled under the touch. Not even a com was found. The leather cover of a small Bible was the only thing that could be recognized. The case should have been either of copper or lead, her*meticallv sealed, but being only tin*with a loose fitting cover, the air worked its way in and played havoc.The structure was erected in 1339 at a cost of one thousand dollars by Henry Rohr, while the Rev. Mr. Bitner was pastor of the church, aud has been in use as church or school house ev.-r since. It has been razed to make way for a large and handsome public school building.
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Massillon Daily Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Mon, Jul 23, 1888
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