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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1891
Page
2
The Giza river Jevee broke flooding Yuma and surrounding areas. About half the town’s business and residences destroyed. one man drowned in bed. Ten miles of track washed out. wires down. communication disrupted for days. Relief committee formed. Gillespie treasurer to collect aid.
Reports from Nogales and Sonora cover a hot mineral spring strike near Nogales, a Mexican custom house project, Diaz officials touring ramie plants, and a wave of Chinaman arrivals. Also noted are a proposed Pima county division, road and lumber developments in Flagtail Cocopino, potato farming, Apache county cattle sales, and the Deming to Topolobampo railroad plan.
Local notes report mining activity with a 22 mule ore convoy shipping ore carbonate ore to Pueblo for reduction claiming 30 percent lead and 100 oz silver per ton. Weather notes log 0.10 inch rain in 24 hours and a Sunday sermon at Schieffelin Hall. Messages from Wyoming announce a death, and reports of pox in Albuquerque alongside a county boundary note.
The text notes cordage is protected by a fifteen percent ad valorem tariff and that the plant grows wild over thousands of acres of lead in Arizona. It adds it seems strange the inventor must go to Mexico to receive recognition of his genius.
The Board of Supervisors will offer property for sale at the court in Tombstone on Wednesday September 10 at 10 o’clock. The parcels include various lots and mines in Tombstone, with improvements, and units such as Buena Vista wine and Richmond mine 20 acres. Proceeds apply to unpaid 1888 taxes. sales continue as purchasers appear.
The Solomon Lo0ce No 5 Freemasons host a monthly meeting on the third Saturday at Masonic Hall. All visiting brothers in good standing are invited to attend, with stated meetings on the Thursday before each month’s meeting and notices of special gatherings.
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