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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1898
Page
4
Fragmentary item describes the Maricopa and Phoenix rail stations and mentions officials such as General Manager J. Gresox and Train Master A Navors. The text references daily Pacific time and local station procedures.
Local notes report a Tucson marriage license issued to J L Duncan of Willcox and Mrs Mattie Finley of Tucson. A Tombstone citizens meeting is planned at the Justice office for January 9. A competing exam for a transportation agent post at Fort Huachuca is set for February 7 at the customs building in Nogales.
A libel suit was filed in the Dietriot Court this afternoon claiming damages of 25 000 for a malicious article published in the New York Sun on Sept 17 1897 and later in the San Francisco Chronicle. The plaintiff W. Greene sues P B Warnkvros and wife. Counsel BC Davis at 185 Reemen street Breck-1.
The Board of Supervisors named Wm. Hughes as Read Overseer of Bisbee and reappointed John Gable as Court House Junitor. A sergeant appoints A. W. Howe and W. A. Harwood as Assessor, with Deputy Clerk positions deferred. District business includes Phoenix court session and DA English’s trip. obituary notes Mark P. Shaffer of Spin-dale, Wash., former San Diego assessor, and Thomas Delaney of Tombstone.
The Cochise County Board adjourned at 10 p m January 5 1898 with full attendance. Minutes were read and approved. Claims were unanimously allowed and warrants issued for trial amounts. Bids for indigent sick care printing jailer burial and related services were opened and evaluated. The board adopted rates for county hospital care printing advertising and other services and adjourned to January 6 1898. A notice about a cheap bicycle sale and a new Southern Pacific time schedule update followed.
Six cattle cars from south Texas reached Willcox via J. B. Coxe ten days after arrival in El Paso. Territorial Veterinarian J C Norton ordered quarantine for as long as needed, sparking debate about quarantining cattle from outside authorities. Cattle are secured near Willcox and deemed unable to spread disease during quarantine.
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