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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1882
Page
4
A London report notes silver at 52d per ounce in October while the Pennsylvania Railroad dispute appears settled. The piece reviews coinage changes, ship losses, and a curious mining tale from Colorado, ending with a note on a copper iron exchange process at Campo Seco.
Thos Fitch and wife left Wednesday morning and will visit several eastern cities before returning. The family indulged in some first of the season strawberries. Mikiucas leaves for Trom in ten days and expects about thirty days away.
Washington dispatches report inquiries into straw bond cases in the post office department and a court battle over star route ads. Other items note a Washington Territory statehood push, changes to timber culture planting rules, coinage commission appointments, Blaine attack articles, midlothian mine disaster relief appeals, and international political notes from London and Ireland.
The planned prize fight near Bayou St. Louis moved off government land and will likely be decided in Mississippi. Ryan vs Sullivan opened at 1 PM with Sullivan sweeping rounds. time of the bout 26 minutes. Referee dispute resolved by selecting Rex Brewster and Buck Handy in New Orleans.
A discussion on lodes within placer claims and patent rights. The general land office ruled that discovering lodes within placer claims after patent applications does not bar patent issuance if such lodes were unknown at the date of application. Becker’s lode claim faced challenge from Sears but testimony indicated no known lodes existed when applied for.
In a discussion on engines and machines the flaw of constant tinkering is warned. Proper setting and factory calibration are favored over ad hoc adjustments. A shop anecdote highlights the decline from meddling, urging to keep machines in order and “let well enough alone.” The piece also includes a social note on The Pastor’s Welcome with a Tombstone gathering and an evening program.
General and J Carlyle's grave is unmarked except for decaying wreaths. The University of Warzburg plans a August tercentenary. In German towns art classes for mechanics are expanding. Gold found in Gainesville, Georgia pays 50 cents a pan. Parisian death by own action shares are described. Oscar Wilde jokes are recounted. Theebaw of Burmah reportedly ill but possibly recovering, with delirium tremens. Garfield quotes on college life. A spiritualist, Charles H. Foster, is deemed insane. An inventor in Dryton, Brooklyn proposes a 150 mph elevated transit tunnel. Gen. Hubbard, Minnesota governor, earned a Nashville battlefield wound. Atlantic & Pacific to Colorado River costs cited, and a southern extension to Mohave planned.
A miner at Hallen back colliery Wilkesbarre 2000 feet underground spent nine years crafting a complex clock in spare hours. James McGlynn completed the piece inspired by an astro omical clock, featuring three balconies with moving figures a Molly Pitcher cannon a presidential panorama and religious allegories. The clock includes a powder smoke clearing fan and a continuous display of apostles justice death and other symbolic scenes.
A body found near Willow Springs confirms Jacob Whitsel was stoned to death by a dozen Indiana tribesmen after an ambush. The attackers killed Whitsel to prevent alarms, cut the horses loose, and fled toward Cochise pass as local troops are urged to scout the region.
Local splinter notes a large freight arrival for merchants, reports E G Woopnung held on three forgery counts, a telegraph line to the mountains, Wells Fargo manager Joux Brent improving after a Benson shooting, Nugget ownership by Contention company, and a new grocery on Allen street. Also mentions Wells Fargo express moved to Voisard building, court verdicts on Ewing and McGinnis, Glynn and Lapeau burglary trials, and council memorial over health office finances.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors met at 10 a.m. with Chairman Joyce and Tasker present. They approved minutes, adopted a resolution to reclaim $271.50 from Pima County Bank agency for excessive mortgage tax payments and instructed tax collection adjustments on specific mortgages, then approved bills and adjourned to February 8.
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