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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1892
Page
3
A long miscellany from Tombstone echoes regional events. Notes cover state officers election talk, San Carlos and Mexican birth sympathies, mining prospects in Cochise and Tomastoke districts, reform movements, and local incidents including horses stolen near Florence and a gold bar reported at Harqua Hala.
A writer recalls sparing a shrike nest and later being attacked by a lamus bird in his garden. The bird repeatedly strikes the narrator’s head with a “Check” cry and seems to seek revenge for the life spared, implying memory of the previous year’s events.
In 1877 the New York Times published Swinburne’s Lochrine in fourteen columns after an American firm paid $1250 for early cables. Earlier, the Sun received sheets of Lochrine. Lincoln’s assassination was described in six columns from New York to the Standard. The longest telegram was the revised New Testament sent to the Chicago Tribune for May 22, 1882.
Dr Mott Smith minister of finance forecasts hereditary monarchy in Hawaii will end, as annexation to the United States is seen as desirable. He notes stabililty of the present government, critical view of British influence, and sugar policy shifts under free entry for imported sugar.
Chas A Bailey of Pomona California reports discovering the bodies of Hattie Morgan and Joe Miller near Tombstone and asserts strong belief the killings were committed by Apaches. He recounts sightings of three Apaches nearby and a three man moccasin trail, then informs Fort Bowie before Fort Grant action. The piece notes care for a found eighteen month old child, and markets a watch club pitch from Exrme Warton Co New York offering $28 hunting case watches with COD shipping.
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