Tombstone epitaph., 1891-03-15
LOCAL NOTES.

been abandoned.
 Pete Perasich, Ed. Carluyon, and Walter Boyle have leased the Junietts mine and moved there today. They pay a cash rent which is new depart ure in the method of chloridihg, bu, one which has its good features.
 Phin. Frary came up from the Ose Negro yesterday,
 Jim Hart has returned from a two months visit to & mine a few miles north of Gila Bend. The claim is owned ny George Hine, brother o Charles Hine of Tombstone, and it reported to be paying handsomely. John Choat. who had been in the employ of Vail, the cattle man, fol two or three years, was taken sick about three weeks since and brought to town, where he died yesterday. He has brother in the employ of Dick Clark on the ranch. The deceased was native of Texas, aged thirty seven years. The funeral took place this afternoon from the Methodist Church and was attended by many friends and acquaintances of the two brothers.
 IN. Curtis came up from the river to day.
 Our merchants have large lines of dry goods on the road, for the spring trade.
 The dressmakers are full of business making preparations for the calico ball.
 J. M. Nichols (Napa Nick) returned to-day from a visit to California.
 There was a cannonading down in the lower part of town last night. No one was hurt, although Chief Ryan thoroughly investigated the affair.
 Captain Tevis made flying trip to lewiston on Sunday last.
 Judging from the many narrow escapes being made every day from drowning in crossing the rivers be- tween Maricopa and Phenix trip to the capital is no child's play.
 Sam Mott, manager of the Steen & Wood "World of Mystery" which has heen creating such furore in Califor- mia this winter, came in to-day and has been billing the town. The com pany play at Bisbee tonight and will be here one night only, Monday, March l6. owing to the delay of the railroad company to get them through on time.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church will be held on Thursday, March l2, at 2 80 p. m., at the resi- dence of Mrs. A. J. Godfrey, on Saf. ford street.
 The Sonora placer diggings are at- tracting some attention again this spring. The abundance of water in the streams this year makes it profit able to work the gravel with compare tive ease and profit. Many finds of rich nuggets are reported, but none as rich or large as the piece brought up three years ago and purchased by Harry Jenkins for $40O.
 An Indian on the Salt river predicts another storm there to day. Prof. Foster, of Kansas, predicts another big storm tomorrow.
 A cable was shipped 10 Tempe from Tombstone last week to be used across the river for the ferryboat to run on. When any part of the Territory or the State of Sonora, Mexico, needs any thing from needle to an anchor a telegram is sent to Tombstone and the response is always, shipped goods to- day"
 We have had the "War Horse of the Huachucas" and other extraordinary characters, but the "Poet of the Hua- chucas" leaves them far in the dis ,ance. Here ir the first verse of eleven, published in the last issue of the post paper, the Sentinel: old mountain Huachuca Extends two arms to the North And with these arms embraces A pret y little fort.
 MT. H. T. Williams, of Fairbank, who has held the position of postmas- ter there and also has 8 drug store there, will open a frst-class drug store in the Scribner building, opposite the o-~,o., 1gso. IT,