Tombstone epitaph., 1892-03-27
TOMBSTONE DISTRICT IN '7S
Parscn Brown Expounds the Gospel Under Difficulties, at Charleston on the Banks of the Roar
 ing San Pedro.

! Tougbnut, Lucky Cuss, Vizina and Head Center, together with other bonanza claims, were turning out the richest of carbonate and chloride ores, and Tombstone District, which but a short year or So before was the undis- puted haunt of the Apache, was now teeming with life and animation. Contention Hill was now dotted with great hoisting works, and towards 1 Tombstone, the restless searchers after live mining camps turned their foot steps. The ore from these rich mines was milled al Charleston, a milling camp on the San Pedro river in south- eastern A1zona. Charleston was nine miles distant from Tombstone. and the road between the two places was busy thoroughisre, lined as it was with huge ore wagons drawn by from sixteen to twenty animals who tugged at the traces in response to black-snake whips, and the desert air fairly shuddered, as the dust begrimed teamsters yelled at the patient mules Tn beautiful language soft and sweet"
 Architecturally considered, Charle S. ton was not a success, variety was lacking in the rambling adobe structures, more useful than ornamen- tai. Along the banks of the river were scattered the camps of the pros pectors and the "schaks" of the Sonor- anians, and when the shades of night had fallen, the voice of the Arizona canary Qaekass) was abroad in tho land, mingling in soft cadence with the dolorous chant of the musical Mexicanos.
 The population of Charleston was mainly composed of men employed in and around the reduction works; in addition to these, however, the stock men along the river made 1t their headquarters the troopers from Fort Huachuca dropped in as often as Uncle Sam's regulations would permit and carefully sampled Charleston whisky. ProspeeIors purchased their outfits; Mexican traders favored the merchants with their patronage, and numerous trains of burros laden with goods, upon which the Mexican Gus toms officials failed to collec. the ex- tortionate duties imposed, crossed the Sonora line; and last but not least, a choice selection of desperadoes, who, from constitutional dislike to be interviewed by the officers of the law. found Charleston, on account of it's close proximity to the boundary line, 8 desirable place of residence, and under cover of night, many head of stock passed down the valley, such stock having come into possession of the festive cowboy without the formal Ity of bill of sale. Charleston was indeed painted red" when the last named element "shooped up" The crack of the revolver then became a familiar sound, and much valuable time was lost by leading citizens through serving on coroner's juries.
 Money was plenty: Miners were paid s4 and mill men and mechanics S5 to S7 per day. The lowest coin in circulation was two bits nickles were unknown. No railroad had crossed the territory, and there was no demand for cheap labor to harvest the crop of bullion that flowed from the mills, the roar and rumble of whose stamps echoed and re-echoed across the valley of the San Pedro. In fact. Charleston was Hive camp"
 One Sunday morning AIS passed up the main thoroughfare, the following "soTIs" met my astonished gaze:
 "PREEcHIN MOTHS"
 The Rev. Josiar Brown will preach al the Dans-haul, at 10 o'clock a. m.
 TxT.
 "The wiked flea when no man pur- suith but the rychus, is as bold as lion"
 It Is proper to state that the Rev. Josiah had no hand in the preparation of this remarkable notice. It was the sole production of Mir Bill Jones, who laid claim to having been 6 deacon "back east before the wsh," conse- qaently he deemed it his duty to do all that lay in his power to make the 1 first "preechin" in Charleston a suc- cess.
 As for the Rev. Josiah, it transpired | that nc had been informed by trus.- worthy persons in Boston. that the { snohie red man of ArizonaD was sadiv l