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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1894
Page
4
Fragments describe unknown trains and distant routes, with scattered references to places and companies. The garbled text hints at transportation planning or accidents, mentioning western regions and potential Pacific connections, but specifics remain unclear.
Local notes report Bisbee area registrations and a San Jose booking. Phenix public schools enroll about 511 paynts as the board of supervisors meets Monday to audit accounts. Moves include Dr Porter relocating to Safford and Rev Downs seeking conference support in Tucson. A piano lesson offer by Mrs Scott White and Overlock’s plastering update brighten Fremont street. Oysters sold at Gan Cen. price five cents per dozen.
Notices from Catholic and Presbyterian churches cover services and Sunday School times While town politics surge with names like Duncan Wentworth and Hawkins reports mix with a plan for a monster ratification meeting at Mule and a letter from New York Mention of Judge Rouse and the Tombstone case adds legal echoes alongside a chicken robbery incident and betting schemes revealed in a gambler's bean game The page notes cattle manager Snyder appointment at Whitbeck Cattle Co and U S Mexico monetary conference debate with a Tucson court hearing continuing next Friday
The Postel Telegraph company has secured the right to lay its line along the Atlantic and Pacific railroad from the Colgr ale river to Mohave. Three work gangs push ahead and expect operation to Mohave by December 1. The line starts at La Junts New Mexico with two heavy copper wires and intends future spurs to San Francisco Los Angeles and Phoenix.
A recreated old-time advertisement proclaims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best treatment for sores ulcers and rashes. It promises guaranteed satisfaction or money back and lists skin ailments and piles. Sold for cents per box at Tom-one Drug Store.
Mr Snyder of Whitheck Cattle Co arrived today and plans to stay overnight with Mr Peckard. He will depart east tomorrow and return in about a month to arrange shipping of beef cattle from the cow pans range both in the U S and Sonora. He advocates turning money into cash quickly and intends to ship cattle as beef steers upon his return while noting a quarantine order affecting Mexican cattle until December 1. He believes the order concerns cattle entering the ranges from the south but does not affect shipments from Sonora to be buying centers.
Rates set from Menton to St Louis 41.85 dollars and to Chicago 47.35 dollars. These apply via Texarkana or Katens City to St Louis and in New Orleans, St Louis or Kan ne City to Chicago. For further particulars contact C R Teste, Agent, Benson.
I have been appointed manager of the H. Whitteck Lord & Company succeeding Mr. Robbins and have taken charge of all land, cattle, horns, and property of the company. All business and property of every kind used in connection with its operations belong to the company and are claimed by it. Contact me at Georgetown, Texas, or my foreman Geo Sjindle in charge of the ranch for any dealings with the company. The doctor mentioned in Fronteras remains in Bisbee, with practice in Sonora no longer assumed. The United States court of private land claims set Cochiti district mineral belt as public domain, granting 90,000 acres instead of 114,000.
A near new first class team of males with harness and wagon offered for cash or cattle exchange. Buyer to inspect, terms negotiable, ready for quick sale.
A historic remedy advertises Syrap of Figs as an effectual gentle cure for habitual constipation and sluggish systems. It claims to awaken kidneys and liver without irritation, dispel headaches colds or fevers, and promote overall health in soft terms. The tone reflects old medical advertising with emphasis on natural balance and annual remedies.
Public notice that Cochise County tax assessments for 1854 are held for collection. Taxes delinquent after the first Monday in December 1895 incur a 5 percent penalty. Payments accepted at the county court house Tombstone from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., by Scribner, Treasurer and ex-officio Tax Collector.
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