The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15
THE ARIZONA ElCNA.:.

THE ARIZONA EICN...
Its Talcnted Editor Il Somewhat Disable,
hut still Ian tiio i:inS.
The following items arc culle.i frou
the last issue of the arizona Kic.cs:
..Ir PLEAsEs Us.-On Monday after
noon a delegation Of u foremost citi
zens. headed by that laSk. long. lean
cadaverous. dyspeptic old hrmbug
Colonel Jim johnson. visited the Kickc
office for the purpose of intimidaiins
its editor and proprietor. The Colone
made us 4 little speech. in which h,
said that our style WAS altogether too
breezy for this locality. and that if WI
did not mend Our WAYS the people pro
posed to chip in and establish Il secon.
paper here to ii us out. We hear
the Colonel to the end. and then Will
an iron side-sticS drove the gang into
the street.
Chip in! Start another paper here
Why. in the first place. the whole gang
couldn't raise fifteen dollars to save
their necks. and in the second place 8
new paper might rake the whole dis
trict with Il fine tooth comb and no,
find another advertiser or subscriber.
If we didn't bOayd and lodge O%urself,
do all the editing. composition. job
work. press work. rolling and mailing;
if We weren't rem free and used to
wearing II shirt for four weeks; if we
couldn't feel happy after n meal on
crackers and cheese. the Kicker would
have never kicked twice.
''lt pleases US! The idea of anot her
paper makes us smile. The fact that
Colonel Jim JOhnsOn-a man who stole
his title in Indiana and busted up rs ::
faro dealer in O.naha-is behind the
move makes US grow fat! We shall
open on this old he-wolf next week.
unless he skips the town. and if we
land him in Jail he must remember that
he provoked the fight"
BRASS WEDDING. On Tuesday even
ing Of last week Major Pee Scott and
his wife. Of Jackass Hill. held their
brass wedding anniversary. and it
eclipsed any thing in the society limo
vet attempted in this locality. Their
dugout WIS illuminated by two pounds
of tallOw candles. and Green's strin.
band furnished the most %cn;rancinS
music. All the nobs were present. and
dancing and feasting prevailed to =
late hour.
''The only event which marrcl the
pleasure of the evening was an arrest
made by our sheriff. He collared Gen.
eral De Lisle, a society star. just As he
had finished his first waltz. and we are
informed that the Colonel will be taken
back to Wisconsin to stand trial for
barn-burning.
':NO presents were given Or expected.
It was more TO Introduce Mrs. Scott to
high society than any thing else. Pete
used to be 4 baggayeman on the c. Il.
4 Q. road. and his wife WAS II beer
Singer in u St. Louis saloon. Some If
the heightened didn't take kindly to her.
but this blowout. which served to show
off their new carpets and up:i ,ht piano
will place her on the top shelf. There
is some talk that Pete is liable to arrest
for tu~nko-steering in Chicago. and that
his wife could be .tripped up for rob-
berry. but we wish the couple many re-
turns of the happy occasion. We were
there in person. and vOuch for tho
fact that it was a square meal"
'-OBrrUARY.-Sunday afternoon last
Knapp passed in his checks.
after an illness of only two weeks. His
wife hal supported him by laundry
work for the last two. years. and al.
the widow has donned the weeds
and is figuring on a tombstone with =
lamb ON top of it. we've got a dollar
says she's glad the old l"afer has
gone to a hotter country. If sh" isn't.
we are. for he made Offics his loaf
ing place. and the tobacco stains he left
him will keep his memory green
for 4 year to come"
.'THAT's OUR BssINEss.-A pumpkin
weekly published over in Tomb
stone by a dough-faced renegade from
New England has been pokinG fun at
us for publishing dead ads. We &C.
to six columns. but that's
our business. We set out to furnish
our subscribers with literary matter
they could comprehend and
Besides. we r sending sample
of the Kicker all over the coun.
try. and pride compcls u to make =
show of advertising.
Go ahead with your fun. old fugi-
tive! Keep it up a couple Of weeks
and we'll send your description
10 the chief Of police II Boston. We've
heard he wanted to Zee you for about a
minute. and that you broke out before
vou had served half your sentence
Detroit Free Press.