The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-07-15
REAL LIVE JOURNALISM.
A Few More Extracts From The Famous
Arizona Journal, The Kicker

The last issue of the arizona
Kicker contains the following:
| "a Lie Nailed. Old Moses Taylor,
that excresence on the face of hu-
manlty, who has been licked, rail-
ridden, jailed, and bounced from
every town in the east, is reporting
around town that we let up on
George the Gouger because he SUBJ
scribed for the Kicker. As there
may be some one foolj enough to be-
lieve in the old hyena's yarn we will
explain that George, who keeps the
checkered-front saloon, was falsely
misrepresented to us by rival in
business, who hoped to drive him out
OF town. We did wade into him for q
spell; and even tried to get him
lynched, but we we're in error. While
he has shot three men they were all
trying to get the drop on him.
George has subscribed for the Kicker
because he likes it, and we have let
| up on him because he is an enter
prising citizen who means to do what
is o. K.
We return our thanks for bottle
OF port, sent in yesterday. As for old
Nose, we've bought the rope which
will hang him Within a week if he
doesn't leave town.
A Bad, Bad Man.-If there is q
meaner and contemplate coyote on
the face of this foolstool than "Maj."
jackson Doty, the old skinflint gro
Ger on the corner Of Sitting Bull sv-
enue and Cheyenne street, we'll g i've
$50 for his address. We object to
personalities in a newspaper, but we
say that Of all the low-down, dog.
goned old gum backs in this territory,
he takes the cake. He'd cheat q
blind woman out of her dead baby's
coffin, and he'd lie if offered 800 to
tell the truth.
LATKR.-Maj. Doty has come in
and subscribed for the Kicker since
the above was in type, also con-
tracted for $50 worth of advertising.
We take pleasure in informing our
readers that he is business man of
the old school, honest, reliable, and
that as citizen his record is above
reproach. Long may he wave.
A Suspicious Oharacter-That old,
superanuated wind-bag who runs the
Weekly Star and calls himself an
editor and publisher, has again been
criticising the political course of the
Kicker. We invite and can stand
criticism from men of sense, tut the
idea of an old jail-bird breaking the
bars in Illinois, robbing a farmer of
his hogs, and coming west to start a
paper with the proceeds and criticise
his superiors from week to week is a
little too catosh.
For the benefit of the officers of the
law we would say that this old kuss,
who goes by the name of Daniels, is
about 30 years old, yellow-faced, long
nosed, several warts on his chin, and
a game leg. He can, no doubt, be
tried for q dozen different crimes.
We did think once of shooting him,
but the cost of the shot and powder
| figure more than his carcass is worth.
Retraction.-Last week we stated
that Blue-Nosed Pete, the shoemaker
on Apache avenue, was about to wed
Aunt Sal Jackson, the cook in the
Red Cloud restaurant. We gave Pete
away as an escaped convict from the
Ohio penitentiary. and also threw in
hint that Aunt Sal had done time in
Joliet for shop-lifting.
1t affords us great pleasure this
week to announce that Peter was for
many years a banker in Boston, and
was always noted for his general
worth. He has not only subscribed
for the Kicker, but presented us with
a new pair of boots. AS to Aunt
Sally, we are pleased to know that
she came west as missionary, and is
cooking simply for recreation. She
graduated at a famous seminary, has
been married twice and has always
had the reputation of being a lady.
She has also subscribed for the
Kicker, and we take great pleasure in
setting her right before the public.
We shall probably retract some more
next week-in case the subscriptions
comes in.
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