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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1891
Page
3
Section outlines license taxes for merchants, tavern keepers, liquor sellers, traveling hawkers, insurers, pool tables, theaters, gaming, and public dances. Notes applicability, exemptions, monthly and quarterly rates, effective April 1891. Also reports Nogales population figures, a dust incident, smugglers caught, a special train shipment, and Treasury denial of relief on ore duties.
Local column reviews hints of job placements across Pima and Cochise counties with mentions of Barbacomari cattle drive, Colbath family departures for California, and photos of the scene from a shooting on Fremont street. It covers ore reports from Mammoth and Turquoise, wage strikes, arrests, and various town happenings including travel, weather, and local legal matters.
Miss Scott returned Wednesday from a pleasure visit to her friends in Oakland California and Fort Worth and others. Troops with Captain Fowler escorted the paymaster from the siding. The men welcomed Major Towar and the long candy pull at Mel Parcholy's on Wednesday. Wingate has been heard from. Troops settled in commodious barracks, officers and their families seated in quarters. Lieut. Wallace commands a Navajo company once seen as ornamental. Postmaster General Wanamaker’s anti lottery act reduced money orders postal notes and registered letters at New Orleans post office. Money orders paid and postal notes decreased year over year. The University news notes water in a well at 77 and 90 Fahrenheit and irrigation work begins. The Grove Silver Belt cites a Tucson banker warning of overburdened financial institutions. Yuma Sentinel notes plans to plant eastern oysters at the Colorado River mouth. Pima County reports 1422 voters. Cochise 1104 votes. Vina 1 voter per nine inhabitants. Cochise 10 per inhabitant. Mrs Colbath and family left for California with Maud Colbath and Grace Geary.
A large pumping firm plans to operate the Crand Central and Contention mines in Tombstone on share terms. Cornish pumps will lower water, enabling mining and royalty payments on hoisted ore. Fort Bowie’s SiR. DeLong reports tax reforms stalled and liquor bills fear increased costs, while Mr Jot Donke wins a Nogales brick contract for a new customs house.
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