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Tombstone Epitaph

Location

Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1891

Page

5

Local Notices Chronicle Tombstone and Nearby Towns

Monday's Detly Ko P will meet tonight. Snow yesterday morning. The rain gauge shows six hundredths of an inch melt. William's hotel at Maricopa burned. loss about 3000 dollars. Chas Wright, longtime Fairbank resident, died and was buried. The territorial university closes for holidays from the 23d to 28th. A shipment of stock from Proctor and Quinn ranches to California. Tombstone and San Diego winter notes and various moves in town life.

Proctor and Quinn Tucson California Chas Wright Fairbank

Murder at Fairbank Ends in Fatal Shot

Richard A Helms was killed in Fairbank during a confrontation over stolen buggies linked to R J Fisher. Fisher describes firing after a door was forced by Constable Carr and Justice Alvord. Helms died at noon. The victim, formerly with Copper Queen Co in Bisbee, was a Bisbee K of P member. coroner's inquest to follow. preliminary exam set for Wednesday. Tucson gains a jewelry store opening by H Schmeiding from Tombstone.

Joseph Haffner Fairbank R. J.fisher Fisher Gray Benson Constable Carr Alvord Haffner Carr Richard Helms Joe Taml Ston Tam Richard A Holmes Copper Queen Co Bisbee Bisbee Lodge K. of P Biabee Tucson Corbett H. Schmeiding Tombstone Schmeiding Torchatone

Cowboy mounts wild bull in Australia show tale

Geo Felton of Gila county wowed natives by mounting a wild bull without saddle or bridle in an Australia tour story from the Silver Belt. Meanwhile Co G members plan a Christmas Eve Armory Hall ball aimed at funding improvements and a sparkling social event.

Geo. Felton Gila County Australia Co. G Armory Hall

California party to prospect Arizona dry placer claims

From Phenix a group plans to inspect Arizona dry placer claims using a newly patented dry washer successfully tested in California. A 35 pound model is carried for trials, with a larger 180 pound device stored in Tucson awaiting progress.

California Republican Phenix Arizona Tucson

Railroad from Fairbank to Tombstone Proposed to Readers

Gage Leach Berrett and Wood present H J Richards locating engineer report with broad gauge estimates: grading 37565.68, bridges 8518.25, ties 11910.75, tracklaying 2000, engineering 2000 total 61986.38 plus 25000 material at Fairbank and 10000 rolling stock, about 100000 overall. Narrow gauge could save 25000. Ad funds seem doubtful.

Gage Leach Berrett Wood H.J. Richards Fairbank Tombstone Tucson

The Storm devastates Los Angeles area reports

The Los Angeles papers describe one of the era’s most disastrous storms. Pasadena suffers heavy damage, orange orchards lose much of the crop, and Mrs. Brown in Verdugo Canyon dies in a blown down house. Injuries occur from surrounding accidents.

Los Angeles Pasadena Brown Verdugo Canyon

New Postal Union Expands to Several Colonies and Nations

New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, West and South Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, British New Guinea and the Fiji Islands join the postal union on October 1. Rates fall to five cents per half ounce for letters, one cent for half-ounce newspapers, and two cents per card, with a nine-country exclusion remaining.

New South Wales Victoria Queensland West and South Australia New Zealand Tasmania New Guinea Fiji Islands

English Florist Seeks Yucca Export Contacts

A London firm A M Waite & Co seeks Spanish Bayonet yucca plants and asks Prescott Arizona for names of any local houses exporting the article. They request contact details to open business relations and begin correspondence.

Prescott Corner London Arizona A.M. Waite& Co St. Helen's Place

Coroners Inquest Concludes Inconclusive Verdict

A Fairbank jury failed to determine the cause of Richard A. Holmes death finding no evidence the wound was self inflicted or caused by an unknown assailant. They adjourned to Tombstone to interview the prisoner, but Sheriff refused to present him to Justice Alvord while under murder arrest. The verdict remained unchanged.

Mm. McKay J. W. Eglecomb Ghos. Heath W. C Russell J. R. McKay G. Salcido Fairbank Richard A. Holmes Tombstone Justice Alvord Herring

Physician offers free remedy for consumption cure

A retired physician claims a vegetable remedy can cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and throat lung diseases and nervous debility. He will mail the recipe with full directions in German French or English to any reader who writes with a stamped return and paper name. W A Noyes 820 Powers Block Rochester N Y.

Ast India W. A. Noyes Power's Block Rochester

Apache Soldiers Ride Through Globe En Route to Fort Huachuca

Company 1 vta Infantry led by Lieut Wm Elliott, comprised of Apaches and Apache Mojaves, passed through Globe on December 10 en route from Whipple Barracks to Fort Huachuca via San Carlos. Sixty members travel with 55 Indians, 11 women and 8 children, plus ten troopers from the 2nd Cavalry. they were enlisted at San Carlos last April and have been peaceful so far.

Vta Infantry Wm . Elliot Globe Fort Huachuca San Carlos Whipple Barracks Phenix Sg’t Bennett Sg't 2Nd Cavalry Lieut Elliot Prescott

Local Names Listed in City Notices

DM Hasler and wife from the city appear alongside Wm Swayzee and CR Wilde of St Davids and Rankin of Sonora. Names include R Comfort of New York and Palace, C Wheeler of Tucson with DM Barringer of Philadelphia. CE Osterhouse of Sonora and Ban Jose EC Fesler. Indians, Seward Blake and J Louis appear with Miss Hetty Casperson of Willcox and 80 Fredericks of Sonora with FE Williams and wife Crittenden.

DM Hasler C Wheeler Tucson Barringer Philadelphia Osterhouse Sonora EC Fesler Seward Blake J. Louis Hetty Casperson Willcox Fredericks FE Williams & Wife Crittenden

County Records and Affidavit Notices

Fragmentary notices list transfers of mining property from Frank Glading to William Glading and others in Cochise district plus an affidavit by J P Johnson on San Rafael mine in Tombstone district. Also a misleading ad offers saved dollars on groceries and an illustrated catalogue from a Chicago supplier.

William Glading Frank Glading Dragoon Nuts Cochise J P Johnson San Rafael Tombstone Dist Cxicaco Generan Surply Co van Buren

Telegraphers strike widens as orders pull out all workers

Tucson dispatch reports the Order of Railroad Telegraphers has ordered all members to leave, tying up dispatches across the Atlantic and Pacific lines. The strike threatens a general stoppage as allied trades federations may join, while the 8 P line disruptions remain unconfirmed.

Tucson Atlantic and Pacific

Gold treatment profits surge for Dwight patients and shipments

The report notes strong financial gains from bi-chloride of gold therapy. It estimates 700 local patients paying 26 dollars weekly, totaling 17 500 weekly and 910 000 yearly. Home treatments add 9 dollars per cage with 200 cases daily, yielding about 655 230 annually. Total direct income reaches 565 200 each year.

Dwight

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