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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1893
Page
3
The page notes various moving notices and local updates. Stillwell travels to Prescott while Mariane Jett heads to the old country. A writ of habeas corpus issues for Chas Simmons, and Bisbee rail service faces a washout.
Official report of Cochise County Board of Supervisors proceedings on July 1893. Appointed Watson road overseer Birbee district and bonded bond set at 1000 dollars. Resignation of J A Rockfellow as justice of the peace of Willcox read and accepted. W F Nichols appointed justice of the peace for Willcox. bond filed per law. Supplemental bond for J J Patton assessor filed. Warnekros released from liability after June 26, 1893. Bond of J J Patton as assessor approved. Richard Morgan seeks monthly $15 from county hospital inmate status. decision deferred. Bond of S Stanton road master Benson rejected for form. revised bond required. Bonds for E Clifford and Geo Mr Platt road overseers approved. Claims allowed and warrants drawn for scalps and real estate items. Resignation of Frank Hare as supervisor read and filed. Meeting adjourned to 5 PM. G W Cheyney reports from Southwest Silver Convention in Silver City with enthusiastic reception.
From Friday's Daily, A Hoffman of San Francisco is noted as the Palace. Mark Smith amid Phooix and Nanda with friends, while Jack B teniy for San Fra former's mother. An Arizona subdivision remains the Pacific coast’s only area free from a bank failure. a Bisbee road washout inconveniences travelers. Premium Note Co. of San Francisco reportedly defunct. Shareholders to recover face value from A Cohn & Bro. Tommy Gates named territorial prison superintendent. Cochise County holds 1,588,000 acres surveyed and 2,491,265 unsurveyed. 1020 acres taken under desert land act and 1150 under homestead act in the year to June 30.
The board of prison commissioners adjourned yesterday after a session of several days. C. Bagg was chosen chairman. Reforms were initiated into the prison system with a goal to cut operating costs by 20 percent for the year. Swain is in town for medical treatment with his family in San Diego.
Reports from Guaymas describe J A Nangle returning from the east as financial stringency widens. Miss De Willing of the W C T U plans a temperance talk at the Methodist church. J E Pauley returns from Yavapai and Coconino counties noting active gold mining near Congress mine with a $100 per ton vein near Yarnell. County supervisor meetings proceed under sheriff guard with McAllister and Reilly presiding in the recorder’s office after adjournment and a guard kept at the door.
A county meeting convened at Sethietfelin Hall to resolve a long running dispute between boards of supervisors. Mike Gray elected chair, A W Smith secretary, six members tasked with drafting resolutions, and speakers like James Reilly and Judge Reilly discussed legality, resignations, and a proposed Tucson follow up.
The meeting resolves to protest county warrants drawn by the legal board of supervisors and to urge the sheriff to desist from interference. It directs publication of the resolutions in the Tucson and home papers and asks the district court judge to advise on steps to enforce the court decree. The group also calls for official duties to be recognized and for Superintendent McAllister and Chairman S to act, with a message to Tucson for further guidance.
A garbled ad-style notice extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for nervousness and weak digestion. It claims renewed digestion restores vigor, steadies nerves, and guards against malaria and kidney complaints, urging daily use to achieve strength and balance.
Welcome Rain Benson and vicinity was visited by a glorious rain last night extending as far as Pantano. The river was very high and water standing in shell lakes between Benson and Fairbanks. Along the SP road Lordeburg reports the country soaked from the effects of the storm. Sulphur Spring valley near Willeos is a vast lake of water. Everything points to a prosperous season for industries aided by the abundant rains.
A damaged snippet lists numerous personal names and places, followed by an offer of a free remedy guide in German French or English with preparation directions. It mentions mailing by request to a Rochester New York address and a price reference for a related item. The fragment suggests a late 19th or early 20th century classified style.
A fragmented notice references 0 percent prepaid terms and weekly earnings around $70 to $100.5 for years, citing FO. nox S71 in New York. The brief hints at energetic sales staff and promotions in a shaky OCR fragment with unclear dates or entities.
Fragmented notes touch on Icelandic secrecy about whistling as sacred law, the Midnight Sun in the far north, and a sketchy contrast with a fictionalized Lannioon featuring arctic flora. The passage then oddly shifts to Africa with a union of kaffir servants and a strict house mistress regime based on registered character, all presented in a garbled, satirical travelogue style.
The article discusses mail system workers in the United States, changes to mail bags for safety, and a proposed new set of postage stamps. It mentions Mr Glad and the Philatelic Journal, noting a law stamp for Britain at 4 pence for postal and telegraphic use, marking a first of its value.
Astronomical notes discuss Planet Xoptane temperatures reaching nine Domired below ser and cite a Tie Brace telescope in Cambridge Massachusetts. The piece mentions Meson being distant, Mars color theories by Herschel and Lambert, and debates on atmospheric effects and oxidation in early observational chatter.
A jumble of short items mentions varied curiosities and miscalls including a suicide note with a pillowcase, alleged prevalence of “susseernve” girls in Fort Scott, writer’s cramp tips, a Bayonne beauty ending an engagement, a San Francisco priest robbed during a ritual, and other scattered vignettes from different places.
The late Duke of Sutherland reportedly made and destroyed ninety-one wills before one satisfied him. The king of Grove holds a small income of about £40,000. Archduke Ludwig of Austria, heir apparent, travels incognito awaiting ascent to official status. Englishwoman Geesang Braner owns a vast shop of dancing dolls, mechanical toys and money boxes, buying clever street inventions hawked in London.
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