The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-26
the ARIZONA K

THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Some of tho Up and Downs 81 Editorial
Lie In west.
We extract the following items from
the last issue of the Arizona Kicker:
The LAST SrRAw.-F0r the last six
months Major Davis. Of this burgh.
has lost no opportunity Of abusing u
and boasting Of what he would do II
We did not step softly. The a for
this conduct lies In the fact that the
Kicker not only called him = horse
thief. but proved him . bigamist be-
sides. Last Saturday the Major. who
has no more right to that title than .
mule has to that Of professor" Dor
rOwed q shotgun and gave out that he
had camped on our trail and meant to
riddle our system with buckshOt on
sight Word was brought to US. and
although We were very busy at the
time experimenting our combined
weekly newspaper. harness shop. gro
Gerry. bazaar and gum store (all under
one roof. and the largest retail estab-
lishment in Arizona), We laid aside
our work and went over to Snyder's
saloon in search Of the Major. We
found MIN. and we gave him such .
whipping as no nan in this town ever
got before. He lies q broken and
stranded wreck on the shores Of time.
so to speak. and the doctor says 1t will
be six weeks before he will find any
moro trails or do any more camping.
SLIPPED A COG.-In company with
the elite Of this neighborhoOd We were
invited to the abode Of Judge Graham
last Thursday evening to witness the
marriage Of County Clerk Dan Scott to
the beautiful Arabella johnson. only
Of the aristOcratic widow
Johnson. Of Bay Horse flights. The
widow had made y spread worthy Of
the days of Cleopatra. and Dan had on
. new suit sem by express from Omaha
for the occasion. Every thing passed
off pleasantly until eight o'clock. at
which hour the bride was discovered
to be missing. and investigation sOOn
brought out the fact that she had gone
dead back on Dan and skipped the ira
la, whatever that is, with u bold cow
boy named French Jim. She left .
message to the effect that she could
never. never love q man with q cata-
ract in his left eye, and that meant
Dan. There was feast. but no we'd
ding. and Daniel will have tOtry again.
ExPLANATORY.-As several versions
Of the incident that occurred in
Office Saturday night arc flying around
town and have probably been tele-
graphed all over the world. We deem
it but right to give the particulars as
they occurred. We were seated in the
editorial chair. writing a leader on the
situation, when q rough
known around town as
Mike the Slayer called in. As We
had never had a word with the man.
suspected no evil. As a matter Of
INCb VIC AC1CACvX SOK OuI SuOSCE1 RtAOu
book. surprising. Of course, that he
the best weekly in America
'Or a year. The Slayer then announced
hat he had come to Stay US. nOt be-
cause we had ever done him harm, but
because the influence of the press was
out the good old times and
customs. We retreated towards the
lOOr Of U harness department. He
pursued us with a drawn knife. W.
hen felt it u duty to draw our gun
Ind let six streaks Of daylight through
MS bedy, and a. he went down We
stepped to the door and vent boy for
he 1t was . clear case of
'elf-defense. and the inquest was .
fOrmality. We lament the sad
occurrence. but No One can blame US. !
We paid his burial expenses, and in
mother column will be found his Obitu-
Try. written in our best vein and with |
mt regard to space. N Oother Arizona
.ditor has ever done half as much.
No HARM DONE.-The boys got after
stranger the other evening who was
out as a horse-thief, and ran
linn all over town with the object of
him up to = limb. In some
manner he gave them the slip. and in
heir zeal they got hold of Judge Dow
ley and held him up to . limb for over
minute before the error was discov-
red. The judge is gu-guing around
Nth a sOre throat and stiff neck and
hrcatens to bring about fifty damage
uits. Take q friends advice. Judge,
hush up. You got of powerful
asy, considering your general charac-
er. While it was a mistake, the boys
not 50 far wrong after all. We
rish such mistakes would occur Oftener.
We BIDE OUR TINE-While selling
FRS. Colonel Prescott four pounds of
'runes for half . dollar the other day
Button entered and asked US
o step across the street to the Office of
Williams. We Obeyed the re-
uest. and ere at once served with q