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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1888
Page
3
A lengthy list of government and political posts is provided, including officials in the Farnsworth territory such as secretary and auditor, and U S officers like marshall and attorney. Also shown are land office staff, county officers, and city officials with assorted roles and names. Local notices mention services, shops, and community ads.
Epitaph notes ongoing maneuvering for sheriff, treasurer, justice, and supervisor seats. It highlights figures like Slaughter, Coyle, Clark, Herring, and Hennessey amid party splits. Outlook hints at contest within Republican and Democratic camps and calls for careful choice in a volatile territorial election.
In Tombstone on June 1 ex-Sheriff J P Gabriel and Joseph Pay clashed in a Tunnel saloon. Shots wounded Pay in the right shoulder abdomen and left thigh, and Gabriel near the heart. Pay died at 2 a m, Gabriel remains unconscious.
The General Conference designated the second Sunday in June as Children’s Day for all Sabbath Schools to fund educate pot children and support missions. In this place the event will feature a morning sermon by Rev G L Pearson and an evening praise concert with music readings and recitations. Public attendance invited for both services with community helpers assisting.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors invites sealed proposals for public notices publishing from July 1 to December 31, 1888, county job printing, feeding county prisoners, burying indigent dead, taking insane persons to the asylum, supplying fresh milk meat drugs groceries and other goods, and wood delivery. Each bid requires a $500 bond. bids due June 30, 1888. openings July 2, 1888. board reserves right to reject all bids.
Probate Court of the Covhie Territory orders sale of Ambro Lyall estate in Tombstone area. Auction set for May 23 1688 with 10 percent cash down to bidder J Lyall admin. Sale follows court confirmation. Attorney R F Lon for estate. Desate of purchaser April 15 1888.
Public notices announce a probate sale of the estate of Imtros Lyall in Cochise County Arizona with items including cattle and other personal property, conducted by Administrator Jove Lyant, April 25, 1888. Separate notices invite sealed bids for military supplies and forage stations across multiple Army depots, with bids due May 14, 1888, and June 30, 1888, addressed to Quartermaster offices and Captain Mo. J. Clague, Chief CS, in Los Angeles and Arizona locations.
The Justice of the Peace for Mor nour, Arizona summons the defendant in a contested matter filed in the county court. The notice requires appearance within five days of service or fourteen days if served out of county, with judgment by default possible. The case involves a mining claim in the Ponce area and references a debt of 180 dollars plus interest from December 9, 1887.
Assignee action records a notice dated May 3 188 regarding Tombtins. The document notes transfer or settlement of obligations and directs affected parties to acknowledge the assignment by a specified date.
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