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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1890
Page
2
A brief notice from Tombstone Arizona indicates a weekly edition published Saturdays on Fourth Street between Fremont and Allen, in Cochise County. The fragmentary line hints at the paper’s location and schedule but lacks further details about content or staff.
A long critique charges Cochise County Board of Supervisors with wasteful, evasive handling of finances after pledges of tax relief. It accuses them of inflated levies, hidden school fund misstatements, ignored hospital and alien laws, favoritism in mileage, and needless bond dealings while demanding accountability before the next election.
The first issue of the Elk published at Gallup New Mexico has been received. It is bright and newsy and is a credit to the publishers. We wish it success.
The Buckeye Canal Company met this morning with one absence. Delegates including Col. D. S. White and W. E. Hurley agreed to extend the completion deadline of the Buckeye Irrigation Project to December 31, 1890. The plan to build a 50 foot bottom canal from the Gila river to the Hassayampa, about 45 miles, aims to reclaim 100000 acres at an estimated cost of 680000 dollars. The new company lists Judge Wm. Barnes of Albany as president, with prominent financiers from Equitable Mortgage Co of New York and Kansas City Investment Co. They will meet on the 25th to finalize active plans. Col. White remains local manager.
A Seoteh Colony to emerge fifteen miles from Bisbee on the Sonora line will host about 150 families. Copper Company plans the railroad through the town site with artesian wells in Sulphur Spring valley. Professor Douglass and son arrive to manage the new settlement as Scotch citizens engage in agriculture in Cochise County.
Prof C C Marsh read an Academy of Sciences essay describing a monstrous dragon skull six feet long found in the Rocky Mountains. Several others were discovered in the range. The skull featured horns on its head sharp points at the brain base and a powerful beak with a single horn above. The animal was the most powerful and dangerous known to modern science.
Acting Governor Nathan O Murphy offers a five hundred dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who murdered David D Duncan at his Cochise county home around January 25 1890. The proclamation dated February 7 1890 was signed in Phoenix with Assistant Secretary Tuos D Hammond witnessing.
Executive documents report Alfred Richards, a respected Arizona Territory citizen, murdered in Tombstone around January 31, 1890 in a brutal act. The notice names a suspect or suspects and outlines ongoing pursuit by authorities. The release emphasizes the severity and public concern over the case.
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