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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1898
Page
3
Daily notes report town visitors and residents traveling to Bisbee Congress San Bernardino and Bangor Maine. Officers and soldiers, including Co H Fifteenth Infantry, move toward Ft Huachuca while Flagstaff to Globe railroad plans loom. Local families, witnesses in a case and a few friends are referenced amid scattered reminiscences.
A long-standing Cochise pasture project involving 75 miles of wire is discussed as Hon. B. A. Packard travels to New York. The report cites barbed wire construction on the Demon grant, cattle movements, and Packard’s plan to fence and regulate range. Market notes from Buffalo News and Rochester Democrat chronicle declining cattle prices and ore shipments, with ownership listed as Allison Bros. and the Commonwealth (Pearce) interests receiving recent gold values.
Reported events recount Broncho Bill and partner Johnson attending a Geronimo dance last week. They spent over $500 in town, bought five suits and goods from M Porter, and left for the Black River after a late night incident.
A misquoted discussion questions the idea of ten regiments of immune troops for Cuba and other territories. Dr I J Walbridge explains immune meaning resistance to tropical diseases, noting purported racial differences in susceptibility and claims about colored soldiers’ acclimation to climates like Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines.
An almost new 50 horsepower boiler with full front 54x16 and standard size steam and mud drums is offered at a bargain. It has been in use only a short time and is in perfect condition. For particulars apply or address The Prospector.
Whipple notes report many volunteers arriving at the post and formal command by Capt. F.G. Ruecell with Lieut. Tupes turning port command over. Water works and mining to be overhauled, no more property taken, with general orders to follow. Also referenced are a Cuban battle correspondent and a dramatic account of Captain O Neill’s death, plus a note on the seventeen year locust misnomer.
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