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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1890
Page
3
Local items report Paul Noriega will deliver the Epitaph and collect subscriptions. Weather notes, church services, real estate movement, tax changes, and city debt plans appear alongside oddities, stage lines, bandit tales, and a quirky goats story from the Tombstone region.
A harmonious Republican County Committee meeting at the courthouse elected delegates to the Territorial Convention, apportioned county representation, and set dates for the primary on September 26 and county convention on October 11. Chairman A H Emanuel led the session with proximately 83 delegates allocated.
The newly formed Territorial Board of Loan Commissioners met in the Governor’s office, with Governor Westley as president and T D Hammond as secretary. They instructed the secretary to contact county supervisors, city officers, and school trustees about funding indebtedness through 1891. Fees were set for publishing the funding law in multiple papers. The board adjourned with plans to reconvene June 2. A separate Nogales dispatch reports General Miles meeting with Corral and Fenochio to discuss cross border cooperation against outlaws in Sierra Azul.
Attentin Engine Company calls a June 27 meeting and lists a three month arrears drop. Republican and Democratic party calls set August conventions. Riordan promises railroad work and Phoenix car delivery before snow. Church services at St Pauls with baptism and a sermon on Faith Hope and Charity. Social at City Hall raises funds for new uniforms for upcoming Tucson games. Emerald mine prospects spark Grand Central activity. Rev Mansfield preaches on Business linking to religion and welfare. perception of capital vs labor debated.
A narrator recalls a brutal night camping by the Snake River in Idaho where swarms of mosquitoes drove men, women, and children into a tent, forced fires to die, and left bites and swelling. The tale contrasts harsh insect life with a humorous, exhausted perspective on survival and the quiet aftermath of the trip.
The district school trustees met Friday and appointed Sarah L. Herring as first assistant, Mrs. W. Bradley as second, Bertha Herring as third, Mary Hennesey as fourth, Sarah L Herring as librarian, and Mrs. P. B. Holland as janitrix. Principal appointment postponed. Also notes John Nobile ill at Fort Huachuca with typhoid malaria and a fatality in Phenix. Letter list from Tombstone post office shows Hicks John, McCarthy Tim, Moore L J, Power John, Wolverton.
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