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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1894
Page
4
A fragmented railway timetable notes daily service with Benson and Yuma stops, east and westbound arrivals, and a one hour time difference between Pache and Tombstone. It also includes a 24 hour thermometer range ending at 6 p.m. and mentions nascent service observations.
Fresh notes report Overlock's boiled goods, Frisbie B Logan named postmaster at Yuma, Pima County spends 20 000 on court expenses. Choliders search yields gold in Arivaca. Miner James Hopkine dies at 51 in Tucson county hospital. Silver City reports lithographic stone discovery near town. Chinese inspector Emil Silignac removed per Washington news. Simmons Liver Regulator praised after other doctors failed. Frank B. Austin, Tombstone native, now justice of the peace in Phoenix with busy court. Phoenix Gazette libel cases delayed to March. Don Ricardo Jones ay ls of Hermosillo sells half a Colorado mine for 500000. Vanderbilt reports 75 dollar gold ore near Prescott and treats crew to a week’s beard pay and fall bonus.
W C Starr District Attorney states that Scott White filed suit in Cochise County for sheriff in the second quarter of 1503 for 4091.20. Judgment awarded 9191.40, leaving the county net 1202.40 winner. This contradicts yesterday's article in the Vrosrecton. Dated Jan 7, 1894.
Experiential notes from D. D. Fredericks of New York praise Asacoce Pow evs PLastexe and Buaxprern’s Prius for vitality and cure of fatigue, coughs, colds, and debility in women and children. Cited pharmacy endorsements claim skin safety and broad relief for throat, chest, digestion, and kidney issues. Other items report Tycon Teachers Institute, Old Glory with bangles in Tucson, and Armour Packing Co considering a Nogales packing plant for Sonoran beef.
The Tombstone board, led by Chairman Perkins, approved indigent care bids and hospital quarantine rates, set printing and tax list rates, and authorized various job work and election printing contracts. They approved bonds for indigent care, accepted clerk and treasurer reports, and adjourned. A local testimonial endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Advertising and post office letter notices follow.
The report notes snow in the mountains about two arcs deep. Judge Masterson travels with Mr. Tom Chattman to Wilboz then Deming New Mexico to see his pneumonia-stricken daughter, planning a brief return. Frank White opens a New Year saloon as Carey brothers advance ore through Cooper mill. The Huntington mill touted as a prime gold saver frames camp life. References to Syrup of Figs and Simmons Liver Regulator appear.
Rev F W Downs and Rev C B Nugent appear in church notices with varied service times and Sunday School hours while a large Winslow's Soothing Syrup advertisement touts its use for teething pain and diarrhea, claiming decades of trusted maternal use and worldwide sale.
In the Probate Court of Cochisn County the estate of John H Thede deceased. A court date is set for January 2 at 2 oclock pm at the court house Tombstone to hear the application of George Babes for letters testamentary. Any interested party may appear and contest.
A thorough sleeping car service between San Francisco and Chicago established via Southern Pacific El Paso Texas Pacific Ft Worth and Rock Island RR. Also a through sleeper to St Louis via Southern Pacific El Paso Texas Pacific and Tron Mountains. Buy tickets over the B&P to board a sleeper at Benson or other line stations in Chicago or St Louis without changing cars.
Ames Duncan announces a public notice dated November 27, 19% appointing a Live Stock Inspector for the City of Tombstone. The service requires all persons carrying pigs and lacunoye to report when cattle are ready for inspection.
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