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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1891
Page
3
Post office hours shown as general delivery from 8 am to 1 pm with opening time listed. Monday schedule and department hours noted. Local facility details are partially garbled but indicate a service window and general delivery timing.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a 7.00 pairtmsk time and a te.05 am reference with Laily exemption for Sam. Details are unclear and names appear inconsistently. Further legible text needed for a precise item.
Daily report notes George Metcalf returning to Oso Negro and Scribner from Bikes, with Mrs Herring ill since returning east. Hints of capital moving to Tucson, Clum listed as post office inspector from Cincinnati. Seaverne couple head to Boston for two weeks, ghost dance teased for Masquerade ball, and Chinese New Year celebrated with a loud din. Bond of Jo Curby reduced to 1000 dollars amid new trial grant. St Valentine ball preparations underway with a noted quartet. Senate rumor of Florida county creation with Deming as seat. grant county division proposed. Pumpkin weighing 137 pounds draws notice. Yuma Sentinel cites Southern Pacific trains from Tucson to Los Angeles waterless, while Dalton and Bowne address education topics. Census report talks of county counts. mining prospects praised. Tombstone district well dividend history cited. finish notes warn of legal and mining reports.
The Territory reveals the number of school children ages six to eighteen and the apportionment per county. Totals show 12,976 children and a seven thousand dollar allocation. J M Dunning reports healing at Hookers Hot Springs after rheumatic treatment lasting a month.
The article notes Mexico already uses free silver coinage and coins silver dollars with the eagle and the serpent, suggesting a model for the United States. It argues capital inducements to rescue the economy and mentions a territory Supreme Court ruling taxing railroads on reservations. It also covers local class meetings, travel to San Francisco, and mining development at Necossee or Necossi, with Tombstone’s mining activity expanding.
Twenlay's Daily reports Cochise county division as a major topic with Cochise colony and mixed reactions in Tucson about Miles county split. A T and S P A R Co tariffs raise ore shipping costs. $50 ore at $8, $100 ore $9.50, $200 ore $11 per ton to Socorro and Pueblo. Other items note a mind reader leaving Michigan for Arizona, public masquerade seating, Fort Grant deserters en route to Alcatraz Island, and local figures like J E Durkee, William Shilliam, Dr Williams, and Galloway involved in recent bills and estates.
A column discusses the proposed Miles County, citing tax rolls and tally sheets. It questions valuations, voter counts, and county division claims, noting Wilcox tax figures and counts from Cochise and Graham counties. The piece critiques embezzlement records, public figures, and development plans, hinting at broader regional political and economic tensions.
In Tombstone on February 10, the will of J H Tracy is being executed with five sons named as heirs and beneficiaries. The local notices indicate probate actions and distribution of the estate among sons.
Report of a fatal shooting six miles from Nacomar. Bush, a Tombstone resident, was killed after a confrontation with an armed man in timber. Jobo Dart traced the killer, with others returning to confirm the scene. Bush had warned of danger and faced ongoing trouble with several persons. The incident occurred during a pursuit along a timbered country, with shell casings found near the brush.
Clark reports a weeklong chase across rough Arizona terrain for the Todiane who killed Chijello Smith at McGowan’s ranch. An Indian camp was found on the east slope of the Chiricahua mountains, with two Indians spotted and one identified as Massy, a former Geronimo escapee. Captured provisions and blankets were taken, but much of the trail was lost to rock. Doings note Coconino county bill passage and legislative actions on Australian ballot, school ages, coal land openings, and school district bonding.
Vandivere of California proposed annexing Lower California but the Mexican government organ Diario Oficial rejects the idea. It states neither the people nor the government would cede any national territory and notes the need to amend the constitution, which no one would risk initiating.
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