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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1892
Page
8
The 24 hour climate report shows 58 degrees as a maximum and near freezing minimum with 15-100 inch rain totals. Local items include deaths, property sales, business notices, and minor incidents across Tombstone Bisbee and surrounding towns.
NYT reporter describes Creede on the eve of a public lands sale as men fire revolvers at night to deter newcomers and speculators. Despite threats, buyers gather at daybreak, eight blocks sold at prices well above minimum valuations, with one lot at 350 dollars. violence is confined to intimidation tactics by some locals.
Hotel arrivals list R De Haven San Francisco Miss K Carran Tres Alamos. Canada Pacific railroad boast of long mileage. Mexican contractors import Chinese labor to build railroads. Five cent fares carry over four hundred million passengers last year. Many US railroad accidents in 1890 blamed on drunkenness orders failure. Great Western Argentine line tests burning crude oil in engines. Mendoza firm to supply crude oil. Hermosillo oranges and Michigan apples advertised from Wolcott. Request for Hampton V. Goldthwaite whereabouts with sister in New York. Tombstone post office letters advertised for week ending March 5 189%.
Reported cattle conditions show losses easing from last year with Graze and Prospects bright in Wilcox and Quijotoa regions. Water returns in arroyos and grass stands several inches high as ranchers eye Fresnal valley and southern county ranch activity. A kitchen note adds praise for Tombstone Can Can restaurant meals at 50 cents.
Mrs. Sarah F. Rankin offers ladies and children hair cutting and dressing from her residence on Sweetnut street between 2d and 3d streets. She lists shampooing dyeing bleaching curling wig making and hair jewelry plus wax flowers and perfumery. Also notices rent for two houses and a Ginghams shipment at the New York Stone.
The recorder notes a deed filed by Mary H. McClelland to Colbert and Mary Fountsin for lot 14 block 48 at a price of 3130. In the butcher report W F Nichols of Wilcox reports 18 cattle slaughtered in February.
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