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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1891
Page
6
Detroit guest Mrs FP W Bagg visits as Mammoth and Tombstone society discuss conventions and court matters. Local business and ore shipments from El Paso, a 900 thousand dollar sale near Mammoth, and a disturbance over a grave’s funeral schedule are noted along with a funeral for Wm Clancy and tribute to George BR Ariwell.
In Deming the Barbacomari cattle drive progresses toward opening shipping season. The AT 48 Fin Slling yard prepares stock cars as Barbacomari eyes Kansas for $3.50 per head offer, Brace countering with $2 per head. A Three ranch shipment heads to Chicago with cattle described as in fair condition despite scrutiny of shipping rates.
Si Bryant reports limited current ore shipping from the Tom Sethelie in Turgeois with $47,000 value sent and $22,000 recovered. He plans to erect works during a brief period, as the ore shows little long term value aside from shipping costs. Hudson and Pidwell mine the Black Diamond in the Dragoon mountains and expect shipment of high grade copper ore with silver content. The sorted ore is around 70 percent copper and will soon be shipped.
Two major land cases set to headline the land court docket created by the last Congress. The Peralta grant and the La Sanja grant stand as leading disputes anticipated to shape the court's early work.
Washington correspondent details the Peralta claim of up to four million acres in Central Arizona now before the Court of Claims under the Bowman act. The case traces to a 16th century Spanish grant for 300 square leagues and involves prominent lawyers, with ongoing appeals over whether the land equals four leagues square.
The readable lines show fragmented financial items and creditor references. Names and amounts are partially garbled, with mentions of assignments, invoices, and merchandise values totaling around several thousand dollars, but details are unreadable.
From Trisday's Daily reports Mrs T A Joel of Nogales visits Mrs Bastian while W B Tyler of Lower Sulphur Spring Wesley arrived this afternoon. Pneumonia claims Coors Schmid in Bisbee and George Goad dies of pneumonia. A plucky boy travels 75 miles from Tucson to La Osa delivering snails for food. The Blythe colony lands near Yuma are offered for sale. The Phoenix Herald notes a new Arizona constitution likely to include a test oath.
General Wings' residence at Yoo kere destroyed by Gre yesterday, family escaped in night clothes. 14 Grippis raging in New York with 900 Chicago deaths last week from La Grippe. Pennsylvania rail traffic halted by heavy snow. American National Bank of Kansas City resumes operations. Farmers Alliance reports 11,000 initiations since November election. Counterfeit $2 silver certificates circulating. mint director Leech foresees silver dollars after July. Tomb of Mary Washington owner Shepard sues brokers for $20,000. Shepard wins. Missouri cattle quarantine ordered. southern cattle labeled and stockyards segregated. Durango mine sale to French syndicate for $140 million. Senator Stanford sick with grippe. Chicago microbe theories stir medical circles. Cleveland gold bug letter cited by Senator Daniels. California horses shipped east in quantity. Italian commerce minister says invitation to world’s fair will be accepted. delay due to missing papers. Rosecrans denies imminent removal from office. White’s Butter and various local notes end fragmentary.
Four men from Tombstone responded to an ad in the Phoenix paper for tunnel work at Imaris mines in Sono ra. They paid about 23 dollars each to travel but found no work and were told the company had no hiring plans. The Puot reovox will investigate the matter thoroughly and publish results in due course. Arizona Abroad notes Charley Meadow reports Wild West show audiences in Ackland. Ensor Val resigns Tucson Citizen for Phoenix Republican.
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