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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1890
Page
3
East and West mail arrivals note 1 a m departure at 3 a m. Obituaries report Wm Rollo death last Tuesday and Masonic lodge planned at Florence. Governor Wolfrey bill stalled. smallpox scare subsided. Harvey updates on residents, churches, mines, theaters, and social events amid sunny Arizona conditions.
Charles A. Keene died last night at Engine Company No. 1 rooms from pneumonia. A 43 year old veteran born in Brooklyn, he served as a musician in the 159th New York Infantry from 1862 to 1865 and belonged to Burnside Post No. 2 G A R. Funeral will be from Schieffelin Hall with Burnside Post and Engine Company.
A prominent writer argues secular government conflicts with moral order and religion. The piece asserts Christianity is part of common law, shaping liberty and justice, and that state and church should not be separate in spirit though kept separate in form. It cites Washington Lincoln Grady and court opinions to claim religion anchors public virtue.
The Prescott district mines report strong production with the 20-stamp mill pounding out abundant gold. Quartz Mountain mill crushes good ore and ore ships to Kansas City while Hillside mine slows. Roads muddy. planners expect $500,000 ore shipments next spring and summer. Weaver Hassayampa Walker and others shipped $20,000 locally. Yellow Jacket shaft down 140 feet with mammoth ore body. Twenty men at the mine. one team hauls ore to Arivaca nine miles away. Several mines show good results and sales talks are active.
Dr. Hoeffer reported to Pima that spotted fever, a malignant illness resembling measles and influenza, is spreading in towns on the Gila below Solomonville. Urges suspension of schools and public gatherings and advises avoiding visits to the sick unless necessary. Heavy rains since Saturday night have caused snow melt and higher creek and guich levels.
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