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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1893
Page
4
Information fragment notes trains carrying passengers arriving at Benson eastbound at 315 PM and westbound 324 Pacific times. It also mentions a thermometer range for the 24 hours ending 3 PM May 20 and includes a reference to Manmum. The readable text is partial and unclear.
Scott White returns from Bisbee. Loans offered on Phoenix real estate at 8 percent. Ben Crawford to be deputy collector at Nogales under Webb. Gov. Hughes names Winfield Scott chaplain of the National Guard of Arizona. B. W. Wood represents Tombstone in the Silver Convention at Phoenix. Constituents praise him. W. K. Perkins travels by stage. plans a flying trip to El Paso before Bisbee. Poultry butcher report notes 57 head slaughtered in April. Deputy O'Leary says yesterday's freight in Huachuca mountains peaked at Ramsey Canyon without damage. Phoenix City Council imposes eight dollar monthly license on printing shops. barber shops and blacksmiths license lifted. Subscribe to the Semi-Weekly Errand. Hall's Hat Renewer advised for baldness. Alfred C. Sheen ill with gout. claims disease is aristocratic. Three Integra Christiansen children under Mrs Wen Morris care. Judge Duncan inventories ranch and estate of the deceased yesterday.
A late grand jury report notes seventeen indictments nine charges ignored and one dismissed. It commends the county treasurer, reviews jail and probate operations, criticizes printing costs for delinquent tax lists, and cites bond conditions for county officers. It also covers sheriff and recorder offices, assessor books, and a Turner case note. Several members owe subscriptions to the Ertrim. A local arrest and a hospital stay are mentioned along with Cochise county residents and land purchases in Solomonville.
The article reports the first annual Silver League of Arizona convention in Phoenix with E F Kellner elected permanent chairman and Captain John McCasey as permanent secretary. It endorses free coinage of silver and urges governors to form state committees for presidential appeals to Congress. It also notes a large gold ore block discovery at Eagle Tail mountain, its value around 27 thousand dollars, and transport plans to Sentinel for World's Fair exhibit. Additional items mention a calf-killing indictment of McKee Rainey and upcoming retrial of cases involving D D Rows and Copper Queen Co.
An old advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative from the California Fig Co. It claims quick action on the liver and bowels, relief from constipation, and broad consumer satisfaction. The copy emphasizes taste, safety, and that the product bears the maker’s name on every package.
A lone highwayman halted an express train about a hundred miles from El Paso on Thursday. The messenger yielded $100 and the robber, after entering the smoking car for chewing tobacco, seized all money the peanut butcher had. He escaped with $235 and disappeared into the brush.
Governor Hughes appoin ts Howard C Boone as Territorial vice Thomas Hughes who resigned The appointment to fill Hughes seat comes as Thos K Sorin stands in for Boone on the World’s Fair board A G Hubbard named World’s Fair Commissioner from Yuma county June 1 rates cut Benson to Santa Monica 31 05 good 60 days Benson to Chicago 70 90 good through November 0 1593 notices and letters from Tombstone post office and trial notes with Ana Turner and her son in branding case by jury
A boxing bout between La Blanche and Billy McCarty for 4000 dollars took place last night under Cree cent City Club auspices. The ten rounds featured savage exchanges with La Blanche scoring left jabs and a decisive finish after McCarthy knocked him through the ropes, drawing the packed crowd’s acclaim. Separately, notes praise Son of Figs use, Grand Lodge officers elected at Flagta il, and athletic endorsements for Altroock’s products and Chamberlains Cough Remedy.
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