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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1892
Page
3
The Tombstone assessment roll totals 321 999 this year down from 389 632 last year. The board of equalization will meet on the 16th to consider raises likely to restore the previous amount. The decline follows heavy losses among local cattlemen who have largely moved away to the east or to California to manage their herds.
A patent medicine advertisement touts Drummond Lightning Remedy for rheumatism as superior to cheap nostrums. It claims a speedy cure for $5 per bottle, with prepaid express shipping from Drummond Medicine Co. in New York and requests for agents.
On behalf of my family I thank the public of Tombstone for their generous labors to avert the recent calamity and for sympathy and kindness after our misfortune. I express heartfelt gratitude.
Coal croppings pronounced exceedingly promising near the New Mexican line by Tom Loudan and Bart Alvord in the Guadalupe Canyon vicinity. They plan to return and develop the find. The Sonora coal fields prospected by Copper Queen Co. run in a direction suggesting the new discovery lies on the same belt along the proposed Santa Fe extension from Deming, signaling a valuable addition to Cochise county’s dormant resources.
Lospon is two and a half times as wealthy as Paris. England has eight times as many miles of railroad as the United States in proportion to size. DexMank offers benevolence through insured old age aid. Athiens is praised as the most moral city in Europe. The Grecian capital had no matrimonial society scandal in living memory. Vienna’s official Gazette seeks a hangman with 220 dollars salary plus lodging, 100 dollars for two assistants, and five certificates of ability.
Jaxes Verse writes in a room crowded with charts and instruments keeping to scientific possibility in stories. Kipling’s coming journey is discussed and Mrs. Dart defends Hawthorne’s social reserve. Robert A. Johnson receives a silver vase from English peers for copyright service. Allen English singers in Tucson return home.
Builders push plans for a custom house near the town line as survey work on the Hoe side proceeds. On the opposite bank, well drillers have found little water and may relocate northward to join American prospects, who report ample supplies on their side.
Thursday notes reveal Yuma beak demand and Nogales lumber use. Tombstone and Yuma residents discharged or moved. The Rage train delay from Benson. El Paso trips for Mrs Walsh. local mining, taxes and spiking sidewalks. new custom house and banks in Nogales. a deadly Roslyn mine explosion. ore from Ton Sorin’s mine. Williams drug store sale. a Fourth Ward taunting masquerade. Daly Mining lawyers at Biste. Mexican reporter punished for a scoop theft.
The Journal-Miner disputes Ed Welle of Prescott drafted the amendment to the funding act for the last legislature. Wells will not deny it, but either he did it or several sixth legislature members have poor memories.
The excerpt describes poverty in Sonora with stark imagery of cane houses and communal meals. It contrasts wealthier city dwellers with a vast poor class, notes Indian labor earning more, and details travel and freighting practices. Travel by ox carts and four-in-hand setups, crowded hacks in Guaymas and Hermosillo, and rough, rapid city transit convey a vivid, if sweeping, outsider impression.
A major effort to build the largest reservoir in the world is proposed in central Arizona at Box Canyon near the Tonto Creek and Salt River junction. The dam would rise 200 feet, backwater 16 miles to the Sierra Ancha range, holding about 103.05804 billion cubic feet of water to irrigate the Gila Verde and Salt valleys to the Colorado at Yuma, backed by New York capital and aided by local lime rock and timber resources.
Sheriff Kelton returned from Willcox last night and says the town is lively with many cattle being loaded and freighting brisk. Glebe activity also noted as steady.
A birth is reported in Tombstone on May 13 to the wife of H. J. Peto’s son. The notice records a newborn boy and notes the family’s pride in the new arrival.
The party led by H. C. Drinkwater toured the Old Guard mine and its adjoining Herschel vein this morning. They explored five levels, collected ore samples, and noted the Herschel vein may lie intact under the Old Guard, potentially boosting its future production.
An ad asserts that prompt action protects kidneys from Bright’s disease and diabetes as Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters activates sluggish organs. It claims relief for malarial, dyspeptic, constipation and nervous invalids and notes usefulness against la grippe since its appearance.
Major G W Vaugn reports the first ten miles of grading completed on the 8 F P & P railroad with 500 to 600 men along the line and more laborers arriving weekly from Albuquerque. Four engineering parties are active as crews spread toward Ash Fork. A separate Mines and Mining department will head the World’s Fair exhibits, featuring a large dedicated building and the richest display of mineral wealth ever gathered.
The Republican League of the territory met at Phoenix yesterday and elected officers led by President Ben Heney and First Vice President William Hancock of Maricopa. C M Funston of Coronino serves as Second Vice President with J B Woodward of Maricopa as secretary and A Grow of Cochise as treasurer. Delegates to the National Convention include George Christ of Pima G W H Shaver of Maricopa George W Beecher of Mojave and George E Brown of Yavapai. California faces heavy rainstorms bringing cooler weather and high winds today and last night.
Friday's Daily notes ripe apricots and figs from Yuma and that the court will open in Tombstone on Monday. It mentions the Comet shaft reaching the fourth level, 38 cases before the supreme court, and various local updates including jailer William Ritchie, a territorial convention in Tacoma, and prisoners recaptured after a two week chase. Additional items cover a Guaymas rail tie shipment, Italian emigrants by train, Storrs' recovery from paralysis, a new salt deposit near Kingman, and several Arizona railroad, mining, and legal notes.
May 9 report on K of P revels and town talks in Bisbee. Speakers favored rural labor and city advantages but missed specifics on working conditions. Audience leans toward Bisbee as balancing country and city benefits. May 11 notes include Mrs Collins visit and a wedding announcement for Thomas Whitehead and Nellie Brown. Democratic convention questioned over silver coinage plank.
The Star editorial notes the Santa Cruz water storage company avoids failure amid internal confusion among its promoters. It recalls United States recovery from the Fred Smith defalcation as a cautionary memory of financial shocks and resilience.
The Riverside Reflex debuts in southern Ca Voraia with editor Hug aboom credited. Unclear if this is the editor’s real name or a chosen alias tied to a decade in Tombstone, as hinted in the first issue.
The region faces strong winds signaling abundant rain next summer. The Republican league platform mentions the silver question, hinting the white metal may rise to a premium by November 4.
The supreme court adjourned with Justice Wells absent and no business transacted. It is said Wells will resign, a move seen as a blow to law in Arizona. Geonox Cunst leads factions while party leaders plan Chicago delegates and contest for the presidency.
Journal notes Fitzgerald’s arrest as head of the Santa Cruz storage reservoir project. backers lose faith, yet Tucson remains confident in his honesty. Court bonds him at 5000 dollars amid allegations he embezzled about five times that sum.
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