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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1891
Page
3
One year rate is 5 dollars for the Tombstone Epitaph. six months cost 2 dollars and 50 cents. Carrier delivery to any city area is 25 cents per month.
Arizona counties comply with compulsory school law except Cochise where residents resist attendance. The Comstock mine paid workers $196781 in the last month while the Cal and Virginia mine disbursed $36911 for labor and quartz mills contributed $24000 in payouts.
A public school house is dedicated in Las Vegas New Mexico. Notices advertise prize contests and admission policies for ladies with escorts. Territorial secretary filed six railroad incorporations by Prescott residents Theodore Otto and others. The line aims to form the North and South road.
The piece argues that Arizona’s previous “every man for himself” ethic is yielding to cooperation to showcase the territory to eastern readers, and that Tombstone should pursue a shared, focused effort to benefit its citizens and attract attention.
The column surveys Arizona politics and national shifts, noting Mark Smith’s record and calls to question his impact. It reports cabinet reshuffles, including Miller to a circuit judgeship, Lew Wallace as secretary of war, Noble to justice, Clarkson to interior, plus local jail notes about Chinamen in Tucson and curious cargo-money passages.
Tuesday Daily notes Coronado water requests and M D Scribner's business trip to Bisbee. It lists two loaded stages for Fairbank with Nogales passengers, a tin mine near Salton Lake, Lea horses sold for 61 dollars, and assorted local notices. The group mentions sugar factory repairs, guild meeting, and various ads and state updates.
The report details Isadora Peralte's death from a rifle discharge while Dago Miranda allegedly cleaned a loaded weapon near her. The inquest found the death accidental and the defendant relieved of blame. Witnesses testified the couple cohabited for three years with no prior trouble, and funeral arrangements were noted.
Discussion notes that framers fear mistakes could jeopardize Arizona's path to statehood. A strategic push by the Democratic majority could influence the success of statehood, though opinions vary among Arizona supporters.
Ricardo Diaz a Mexican worker was killed at a rock quarry near Fairbank on Saturday. A heavy rock slid from a bluff and struck his head as other workers escaped. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by a premature bias.
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