12 Dec 1891
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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1891
Page
1
City Treasurer Fred Fuss announces the redemption of Tombstone Contingent Fund warrants registered up to July 1 1890. Warrants must be presented at the County Treasurer’s office within ten days from December 4 1591. Interest ceases from this date.
To let the Mint Saloon in Bisbee with wine cellar and billiard table and all fixtures and furniture. Apply in ten days to James Beaty Tombstone or Neil Johnson Bisbee at Fremont street opposite Fly Photo Gallery.
Notice of sale based on court order listing assets from the Kinnear cattle ranches in southern Arizona. About 1200 cattle including 450 steers aged 2 to 4, 120 horses, mares and colts, plus two ranches with improvements and farming tools. Descriptions include 80 acres and 140 acres with houses, wells, corrals, windmill, and water tanks. Bids invited via Geanets, Recenset Reason, Ariz. Holiday goods and new clothing stock also advertised locally.
A collage of brief items recalls oddities and facts from across the era. A Mas steals church carpet in Caldwell Kansas, a Pawnee county official stays at the poorhouse, a Florida angler seen daily with no catch, a San Diego minister speaks on Providence, and farm accounts show long price averages. Other items touch on fashion, memory feats, and notable people in the arts and industry.
A Kern County case shows a 400 prosecution and an acquittal after a dispute over 00 cents. In Kansas a justice of the peace let lawyers settle a case by gaming. An old New York estate worth £100000 saw a final ruling in favor but only 3000 to 4000 remains. Johnstown trial involved a lightning rod agent amid fraud notes and a farmer claims unseen influence.
A town burned after a destructive blaze discovered at 9 30 this morning left water access dry and dried the wooden frame buildings. Only two structures survived while damages neared $100000 with incendiary cause suspected.
The paper lists instruments fled in the recorder’s office and a Bisbee reader asks which Washington lawyers handle land patent business and fees. It notes the Examiner Bureau of Claims offers guidance, while a local lawyer may give practical answers. Also advertised are buggies for sale, farm goods, stage fares, and liquor offerings at local shops.
Advertises fruit trees peaches apricots apples pears and more plus grape vines roses and flowering shrubs for sale at Fulton and 2nd streets. Also lists rare items like Italian chestnut pomegranates and shade trees, pot plants in a greenhouse, and a furnished two room cabin for sale with cheap prices noted for silver lead and copper in New York.
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