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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1892
Page
2
The notice lists subscription terms including One Year Six Months Three Months and One Month with prices for delivery. It specifies 10 delivered by carriers for 25 cents per week.
City and County official paper notes Prats Trees offers bearing fruit trees peach apricot apple pear quince cherry nectarine Italian chestnut pomegranate shade trees mulberry honey locust grape vines raspberries currant bushes plus roses flowering shrubs and greenhouse pot plants at Fulton and 2nd streets Tombstone Arizona.
The Honorable J W Fennimore sheriff of Kent County Delaware resides in Dover. He is fifty nine and declares August Flower a superior remedy for sick headaches throat and mouth pains claiming relief when symptoms arise. Endorsing his personal experience he urges others to try the product as well.
A Philadelphia Times reader from Hamre Conn reports a Lan don county grove of hollow chestnut and walnut trees on Nickerson hill that yields eerie melodies when the southeast wind passes through. The sounds, compared to demons and a giant blowing through a comb, rise during equinoctial storms in September and can be heard up to eight miles away, signaling approaching weather.
The article compares the upas tree to hops, noting upas antarin as a potent poison causing skin eruptions and internal harm. It discusses how exposure to the tree’s foliage or night influences can trigger dermatitis, with hops also provoking reactions in some individuals. A clinical account des cribes a hops fomentation causing skin burning and muscle stiffness after six hours.
Short union notes report Lancashire miners count between 42,000 and 43,000 in their union. A recent southern France strike cost about 450000 in lost wages over a fifteen day action. George W. Childs and Anthony J. Drexel are elected honorary members of a typographical union. Women Shoes Sitters Union in San Francisco members spend evenings singing and dancing.
Guardian of the estate of JE Durkee & Co. announces a public sale of the partnership property in Tombstone Arizona Territory. The auction includes 73 height quart and cake wagons, 39 work horses, 148 work mules, furniture, utensils, and real estate of about four and a half acres west of Fort Street between Safford and Fremont. Proposals must arrive sealed by 4 pm at the office in Tombstone. bids must be for the whole estate with a bond of $1000. The guardian reserves the right to reject bids.
In the District Court of the Territory of Arizona Cochise County, Martin Costello files to quiet title to the Silver Bear mine in Warren District. The Silver Bear Copper Mining Company is summoned to respond within ten to thirty days depending on service. The notice is dated March 18, 1892, signed by District Court official A. H. Emanuel and Sheriff C. B. Kelton.
The Board of Supervisors of Bisbee County will accept sealed bids for painting the county courthouse exterior with two coats of lead and oil in eight colors and painting the courthouse roof with one coat of treeroof tar. Also bids for graveside work at the town cemetery include decently marked coffins, straightening of graves, and supervision by the Justices and ex officio Coroners. Proposals require bond of 600 with two sureties and must be delivered before a stated deadline. board may reject any bid. Attest William D Monmonier, Clerk.
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