Wichita eagle., 1889-11-22
Cheap John Houses are Trying to Initiate.
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The ARIZONA N,CkER.

The Editorial Burdens which . Genius OF
the Pres Has - Bear GracssnlSy.
We extract tho following itAms from the
last issue OF The Arizona Kicks:
1HxY WILL KNOW HoaAL-A combine
ton, calling itselt the AcuoONra eompaay
OF Chicago. gave Q ahoW a asms snst a
Reynolds han Last Friday night No tssA
tickets were sent = this oeacs, AzS WhO re
sent our half breed ro1ler boy 60 70 he
manager with a note ssktng HIM why IN
Texas he had neglected such IN impsstant
duty, he returned word that The K3chsr
could kick and be hanged TO it Ws thws-
fore kicked. We hired CoopsrS hGh for ths
same night, gave . fyes dAneA, and ths Acme
Opera company opened to an anfssncs COM
posed of the landlords cro0 eyed boy add
two old half breeds who thought sonasbody
was going to be scalpedL
There's nothing mean about ux We sim
ply want what Is due TO the profession, and
what has been granted IL from time imme-
mortal When an amuseznsnt combination
sets out to ignore Us and make Us sing small,
somebody viii certainly hear somsthing drop
before getting 10 the top Of tine hill.
Nor SAYING A WoRD.-Many Of orr sub
scribers are asking why The Kicker has moth
ing TO say in favor Of either Of the local tick-
cts now In the Geld There sre TWO reasons
First because VIC were not nominated on
either ticket; and, secondly, because q bigger
gang Of rascals were never up for cfiice, We
wanted to run for mayor. II b no rs being
over modest about such things We are bet
ter fitted for the position than any other man
in town The Office should have been glad TO
seek Us Ii didn't do SO, aud No Ne sought it
Weshould have filed the position with credit
to all, but the gangs wanted tool and %
they nominated Doc Burrows and Bank
Jones 10 head the two ticketS Neither OF
these men viii ever serve. Within ons month
we viii have both of them back at Joliet 10
serve out their unexpired s=utences
We have been warned that we must como
out and support one ticket or the other. or go
to the wall Begin your wall business, gen
tlemen, soon as you please, When you
down us you have got to beat Z grand aggre-
cation Of newspaper, grocery, feed store.
harness shop, butcher shop and knitting fac
tory, all under one roof, presided over by one
head, and each doing u fine business
Nor JUST YET-The Tom Cat Silver
Mining company sent us a certificate of stock
of the face value OF S5O0 last week ard asked
us To editorially mention the fact that the
z;as of the age for investors We can't con-
scientiously do it yet We want 70 wait
awhile and see whether we are TO be Assessed
on the stock or not and we'd like To hear Of
some one who has received dividend We
used to take everything in silver stock that
came along, apd puff up their OIL s~indles
without stint, bat we have made "a change OF
base in this respect. We found that a com
.s,.b Ia
beat us.
THEY Took ExCEPTIoN.-Tali Bill, Of the
Gem Saloon; Ohio George, Of the Arcade
Poker Rooms, and Lovely Jim, OF the Red
Front Sink of Iniquity, took exemption to our
kindly remark III Last weeks iszne that whisky
and poker were trying 10 run tbs town, and
they laid FOR Us accordingly. On Friday al
sernoon we were examining the carca<s Of
big jackass rabbit killed over In the gulch by
Sam Andrews, and on exhibition in front Of
Davises' butcher shop, when the three worth
les above named approached and ngnihsd
their intention Of cooking our goose We
had them covered by our gun In five seconds,
and we held them 10 line with hands up for
full FIVE minutes a. "a exhibition. When
they had been disarmed we allowed them ~
sneak away
we COL ctaiul I'd own Town, 6if1 We
never set out 70 run it, but propose ~
talk In pkain English on al subjects aud
guard the pubic Interests b. the boat Of our
ability. II the three parties named do not
subside az once, we shall encourage q crowd
10 turn or, with a rope some frsty evening
and pull their heads check up sgatnst Inns
He STILL LivLs fe6raska subscriber
writes TO inquire II there il any other weekly
published in this burg There is. Ne have
a chatsel mortgage on everything but tbs
red headed, eros eyed, Top sbouldsrst coyote
who edits it, a1d car close him up at any
minute bar we let hfm run On in order %
keep hira of the town. We rather like his
audacity as well Hs prints $50 copis~. mons
of which can he read on account Of the poor
press work and yst be claims the largest cir
culation in the known world lie knows We
own the very chair be sits II. but yet he de-
votas four columns each week 70 abusing Is
personally
Yes. Re Still lives. poor old unfortunate
But we going % give him rope fsr ;es
winter. II he ~ss bounced out be might
have 20 ran for the Detroi, Pre-
Press