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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1891
Page
8
Telegraph notes show arrival times for the Tombstone prospector at Bisbee seven cents, Fairbank nine and ten o clock a.m., with a later Bisbee arrival of two dollars ninety cents. Department signals list Pacific time. The report lists a 24 hour thermometer range ending seven o'clock p.m. on July 3 with a maximum reading noted.
The Otty council convened at night in the new Recorines court room on the city hall's lower floor. Only Councilman Hare attended. Officers reported, bills were referred to the finance committee, and several warrants were drawn on the salary fund. The Haec of the Huachuca Water Co and the City Water Co were paid by warrants on the general fund. The clerk was instructed to advertise delinquent tax notices, and the meeting adjourned. A local bank statement from J. E. Hare of Trenton, Texas notes a boy's illness and praises Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, sold by H. J. Peeve.
Wm Bartholmes returned from San Jose with notes on a desert lake where he theorizes water originates from the Gulf of California rather than the Colorado River. He notes rising water with tide-like waves, water now 25 percent east, and a sailing probe pursuing discovery. Old timers question river-origin claims.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors met at 10 o clock with Supervisors Mo ery and White present. By unanimous vote the expense fund was drawn and various jury and justice fees approved. The board adjourned to 10 o clock a.m. July 3 with orders to close accounts and transfer balances.
WD Martinez of Ben- Gh is recorded today, Lige Connor on Abe street, A Bauer shipped one trainload of cattle, harness race at Pawon's at 3 pm Saturday. Joeger returns from Huachuca brewery with bottled beer. Will Bayless to run 100 yards at Prescott, coal hopes from Sonora fields. Can Can table stocked, Judge Berry and wife in San Diego for a month. Hair care ad for Hall's Hair Renewer. Col Wier's mining million in New York summer deal. Can Can fare rich with chickens fruit and ice cream. Cesar quote and Sarparilla pitch. Can Can noted as cool spot. Allen English seeks 60‑day leave to visit California. Cherry Pectoral praised for colds and lung ailments. Dan euch building 70,000 brick in Alamo.
An old advertisement touts Mr Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a fifty year remedy for teething colic and diarrhea, urging readers to ask for Mire Window's Roohing Syrup by druggists worldwide. A separate note reports the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe began paying station agents via sales commissions on tickets, aiming to boost business though early results unknown.
The notice warns of early death from poisoned blood and touts Dr Acker's English Blood Elixir as a universal purifier. It promises a positive guarantee and urges readers to apply as agents for the Economy Suet Bureau, asking for responses to P O Box 565.
Rev F W Downs pastor delivers Sunday services at LE am and 745 pm with Sunday School at 12 m Morning subject Sabbath Doncor tion and evening song service invites all readers. Also includes catalog ad for groceries dry goods and other goods with 20 cent postage receipts and musings on typographical slips and Flowers of Europe statistics.
Notice from the Ex Officio Tax Collector announcing taxes on all property within Tombstone city limits for the fiscal year 1891. Taxes are due at City Hall and will become delinquent after July 25, 1891 with a 5 percent penalty added. July 3, 1891.
Sealed proposals invited by the Office of the Chief Quartermaster Los Angeles for furnish ing and delivery of forage to 41 military stations in the Department of Arizona including Fort Apache Bowie Grant Haachucs Thomas San Carlos Whipple Barracks Forts Bayard and Windows in NM and San Diego Barracks Cal. Bidders must present at 9 am August 4 1891. Preference given to American and Pacific Coast production.
Dust goods and wines advertised with prices. ground care offered by cemetery sexton Thomas Tunny. Engle's two horse rig service Tombstone to Bisbee schedule. stores promote flour, seeds, produce and fashion items. lost diamond ring reward. business opportunities and ads for purveyors in Tombstone and Bisbee. H. W. Hasselgren health drink. alfalfa, potato and cheese ads. Hoefler and Hoaxter grocery items. Mrs Gallen moves military dressmaking shop to Fifth Street near Weil's Fargo.
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