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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1892
Page
3
The article reports on Blaine’s national campaign signals and cabinet shifts, Arizona and New Mexico admission votes, court actions in Tombstone and Bisbee, and local civic efforts. It notes the Warner observatory move and a Bunyan of local crime cases, with ongoing political maneuvering in Denver and Minneapolis.
The Arizona admission bill clears the House and is welcomed in Tombstone as statehood prospects brighten. Governors and state officers would be elected in November with a January legislative session to choose two U.S. senators, while New Mexico would issue bonds for a new capitol. The capital move from Santa Fe to Albuquerque stirs debate, and mining, land, and Cochise county real estate issues loom as prospects for silver-friendly politics grow.
The June 6 1892 Cochise County Board of Supervisors opened bids for furnishing 16 cards of Black Jack wood at $8 per cord from P B Warnekros and for building the Bisbee branch jail. W B Crawford won the jail contract for $750, bond and deed conditions specified. A $100 warrant to Peter Johnson and E G Norton was approved upon deed conveyance of additional county land six feet south of the present jail lot. The meeting adjourned to 9:30 a.m. June 7, 1892.
OCR snippet lists names and districts including Old Reliable Pinery canyon Chiri cahua and Turquois, with individuals such as T. K. Mitchel Lillie Nightingale Tur quiet district Ar meny and N. E. Roscom, indicating a partial roster or listing.
The Alta Mining Co of Harehaw wins in a dispute against Benson Smelting and Reduction Co. The U S Supreme Court sustains the territorial and district court judgments totaling 4 500 dollars for unlawfully converting ore. Sheriff may sell the concern under execution. Waxtep salary 25 per week with agents wanted for Chicago Gen's Supply Co.
June 4 items show Mrs. C. R. Nugent returning home and Rev. J. G. Pritchard coming back from Portland. Families prepare trips across California and Prescott, with Geo. Shibley headed home to Wisconsin and rumors of his companion. Joe Helly’s arrest spurs posse activity as Andy Leara is serenaded after a wedding. June 6 notes report the old schoolhouse torn down for a new building and a wedding in Topeka Kansas. Local discussion credits nature over art, with judges selecting Dame Nature.
A Mexican woman was fatally struck by a train on the New Mexico and Arizona line yesterday near Nogales. Deaf and unable to hear the approaching engine, shewas struck after the train rounded a curve despite the engineer's efforts to stop. The cowcatcher lifted her briefly before the wheels passed over her neck, severing her head from the body.
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