Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-31
Tur ARIZONA KICKER.
western Editorial Life Has Its Ups
and Downs.

hot stem softly. Tas reasol To- ihls
conduct lies in tho fact that the Kick
~ not only called hum q horse
thief but progel him u big tm'5t oe-
side4 Last saturday ths mllor, VINO
M no more right 10 thai title than
mnl, has 1, That o. probe 'sle, bor-
rowcd a shotgun ami gave out thai NO
.bod camp,l ON our trail and msnht
70 riddle our System with buck
shot on sight. Word was brought 70
~ and although we were very busy at
the time experimenting our combined
weekly newspaper, harness shop. gro
cery, bazaar and gun store Iall unaer
one roof, and the largcs, retail es'ao-
lishmont Ia Arizona, so laid ASIDE
our work ana went over 70 snyders
saloon in search oi the mayor we
found him, ana we gave him such
whipping AZ no mia In town ever got
before. lie lie3a broken and stranded
wreck on the shores 0, time, 80 70
sneak. and the doctor says 1t will DO
siy weeks before DO will tnl any more
trails or do any more camping
SLIPPED 4 COG, In company with
the cllto Of this usighborh3ol We waro
invited to the adob, u Juig1 Graha ~
last Thursi " evening . witness the
marriage 81 County Cler!, Dan Scott 20
the beautiful Arabslla Johnson. only
daughter OF the arist9craiic widow
johnson. OF Bay Horse Hlghth The
widow had made Il spresl worthy OF
tho days Of Cleopatra, aal Daa had on
d new suit seat BIZ express from Oma-
ha for the occasion. Everything
pissed o.. plea autly until ) o'clock, at
which hour the brlla was dise 1ycred
10 be missing, sud inyossjg .llal s11H
brought out the tnet that she had gone
dctd back on Dan and Skipped tho ira
Ia. whatever TINT i, wish bold coz.
boy named Frcnch Jim. Shs left a
message /. the effect that she eOuld
never, noycrloye d IA IN with n cat ract
in his Jeff eye. that meant Dan. Tacra
was u tcass, bat no wedding. aud
Daniel will have - try again
EXPLANATORY = As several hversions
Of the incident that occurred in our
ofilcs Saturday night arc dying around
town and have probably b,sn tsle
graphcd all over the world. We d5c,n
it but right 70 give the particulars as
they occurred;
We we're seated in the editorial
chair. writing lea ler on tho Euro
pean situation, when rough charnc
ter known nround town as Mike this
Slayer called IN A. wo hal never
had word with the maa. wo susp6c.
ted no evil. "a natter OF fact We
reached FOR ou' subscription book.
supposing. Of course. that he wanted
the best weekly Ia America for year.
The Slayer then announced that ha
had come TO slay us. not because wa
had ever done him harm. but because
the influence Of the press was driving
ont the good old times md custom.
We rctreated towurJs the door lor
Our harness department
lie pursued ns with drawn knife.
We then felt Il our duty u draw our
gun and let six strenks OF daylight
through his body, and ai he won't
down we stepped to tho door and scul
a boy for the coroner II WINS clear
case Of seli-de'onse. aud the lnaura,
was mere formality. We lament tho
sad occurrence, but no ono cnu blame
Us. We paid his burial expenses. aud
in another column win bs found hia
obituary. written ID our best vain md
without regard to space. No other
Arizona editor has ever doao half 4.
much.
No HARM DoSE, The boys 90,
after stranger the other evening
who was pointed out 81 d horso.thett
and ran him all over town with tbc
OBJECT OF pulling him up to limb.
10 some manner he gave them the sllp.
aud In their zeal they got hold OF Judge
Downey and held him up to n tlrnt
Tor over n minute before the error wa,
discovered. The Judge Is gu.guirg
around with sore throat and Nh
neck and threatens TO bring about
nifty damage suits.
Take friends advice. Judge and
hush up. You got on powerful oasy
considering your general character
while it was a mistake. the bows wore
not so far wrong after all. We wisb
such mistakes would occur oftenor
WE BIDE Our TINE. While soit,n.
Mrs Col. Prescott four pounds :,
prunes for half u dollar the othor Az,
Constable Button entered md o.LoS
Us 70 stop across the street TO the os,os
OF Esquire Williams. We obeved -
request and were at once served Win
warrant charging us with keen,n,,
oales o. nay on the sidewalk in fron,
., inc Kicker Office, TO the dotr,moa,
~ peue'trIans As is well known NJ
run q grocery. feed strore, harnos.
shop' bazaar and music house q ~
nectlon with the Kicko. -, " ~