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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1896
Page
4
Time table notice for the Prospect or Railroad outlines limited Sun Set and Benson bound schedules. The Pacific time zone shows 8 Benson and Tempe and Kyreve times with a general manager J J Frey and assistant LH Atexren. Train Master at North Poaait.
Silver quoted at 07-2. A gum social thrives in Gila Bend as Col. Wm. Herring heads to Tucson. Joseph Tasker arrives from San Diego to tend cattle. Anecdotes on Mexican cattle imports and U.S. inspections in 1895 note 239 575 head crossing the line. Pearceville and Fittaburg captivate Arizonans while Cripple Creek draws Colorado visitors. G. E. Kohler, with two children, travels to Tuc son for investments as Fish Bros. wagons arrive.
Reports confirm five smallpox cases at Congress with strict quarantine and deportation restrictions for residents and travelers. Deputy sheriffs stationed, alarms run high as locals worry exposure while official hopes say the outbreak may soon be stamped out.
A travel chronicle details a New York City to Caribbean passage aboard the steamer New York, visiting Turks and Cape Haitien in Haiti, Puerto Plata, and Samana. The writer notes political prisoners, local customs, rough roads, and scenic rivers, with experiences aboard gondolas, the Samana and Santiago railroad, and mule and pony travel through La Vega and Moca. The piece ends mentioning Dominican railroad ownership by New York capital, and island products like coffee, cocoa, bananas, and logwood.
Deputies Cadwell and Alvce captured Harry Styles, a man wanted in Grant County New Mexico for murder. Sheriff Baylor Shannon reported descriptions matched and the prisoner would ship papers tomorrow or Monday. Styles confessed to killing in self defense, claiming prior Mexican life weariness and intent to stand trial.
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