OCR Text |
Show Flour Burled During Civil War. While the grading of Main atrcet, Manassas, Vs., waa ' In progress recently re-cently the workmen discovered that their plcka went to a depth that indicated indi-cated a subterranean cavity. Upon investigation it waa discovered thn a trench to the depth of three feet had been dug and a number of barrels of flour put therein and concealed from the enemy on the evacuation of Manassas Ma-nassas by the confederate troops. A large quantity of barrel staves and a white aubstanco resembling decayed ' flour were exhumed. |