Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-06
The Arizona Kicker,

property in amounts from W, OUO TO
$4,000. d. E. johnson, $50 Paxton blk.
The Arizona Kicker,
Detroit Free Press: We take the
following from the last issue Of the
Arizona Kicker:
A Disappointed Mana tough from
New Mexico, who called himself ''The
Terror of Bloody River" struck our
town the other day with Il wild yell,
and started in to fOreclose on a mort
gage. The boys were mostly asleep or
out shooting i~ack-rabbits, but it wasn't
over seven minutes after the Terror
uttered his first whoop that he lay a
wilted daisy on the street. The cor
oner counted eighteen bullet holes in
his body, and humbly observed that
there was no call for an inquest.
The age of the Terror has passed.
There was a time when it was consid-
cred real funny for a tough to capture u
town and pop over a dozen leading citi-
zens, and his picture was certain to APP
pear IN some illustrated paper as a
hero, but that time has gone by. Ter
rors nave become dog cheap, and no
one wants to buy.
The coroner has our thanks for his
kindness toward US in this particular
case. We are trying to grow some cat
nip and asparagus in our back yard,
and he gave us the body of the Terror
as a fertilizer. We should like two or
three more, and trnst that our friends
will be on the lookout to supply US.
Not Our Fault.-We want it distinctly
understood that we had nothing what
ever to do with the unfortunate acct
dent that occurred on Jackass Hill last
Tuesday evening. Mrs. General
Featherstone issued cards for a high
,,tfaa ,r1 r,,ct pf thn nlita Of tho tnmn
had gathered at her two-story adobe,
when the sheriff swooped down and TOOK
away seven prisoners. mostly charged
with horse stealing.
We neither gave them away nor
knew that such araid was intended, but
this proves anew the folly of such gath
erings. Society wants to show off, of
course, but what's the use in collecting
a crowd for the benefit of.the sheriff?
He Must Go.-While we have no per-
sonal feeling against Major Bigden, the
present postmaster, the fiat has gone
forth that he must go, and it would be
useless for us to defend him. Indeed,
when one looks over the past year he
must conclude that the major has only
himself to blame. The charges against
him are:
l. Running the Office on the one-man
power principle. In a new town like
this all the boys want hand in running
the postoffice.
2. Refusing to circulate among the |
saloons and poker rooms and show that
he didn't feel above the boys.
3. Putting on a heap of style when
ever an inspector is here and refusing
to introduce the boys.
He must go. He might be an orna-
ment in New York or Philadelphia, but
he is too rich for the blood of a new
western town.
Becoming Serious.-Those young men
who make a practice of firing into The
Kicker Office on their way up town at
night may be extracting u great deal of
fun over it but we are not. AS long as
they fired high no particular damage
was done except to the stovepipe, but of
late several bullets have whistled too
close to our couch for comfort. We
nave been patient and forbearing, not
wanting to deprive the boys of any |
legitimate amusement, but this firing
must be stopped or we shall a vigOr-
Gus measures against the shooters.
Hit Us Wrong-We have several
times announced that we had our ION"
spells and our off spells in regard to
fighting, and that citizens who tackled
us must take their chances. Last Fri
day the old broken-backed hyena who
edits the opposition sheet saw us get a
letter in a mourning envelope at the
postofice, and he concluded it would be
an ''off" day with us and pitched in to
get satisfaction. The mourning en-
velOpe enclosed a letter from the bank
at Tuscon, giving notice that a draft
sent for collection had been, much to
our establishment, collected.
The old reptile above referred to
therefore hit US dead wrong, and he
had no sooner put up his dukes than we
went for him and had him hollering for
mercy inside of five minutes. He says
in his issue of yesterday that he
thought we were trying to draw a gun
on him, but that is too thin. What he
really thought was that we had hit him
with a ton of granite.
We Had To.-We understand that
some OF our leading citizens blame us
for the arrest of Colonel Jim Drake,
who was pinched and taken to Omaha
the other day. We did write a letter
to the sheriff that jim was here and
could be had any day in the week, but
we had to. He not only persistently
refused to subscribe for The Kicker, but
he avoided our grocery and dealt with
non advertisers. In addition to this
jim was getting pulled up and con-
ceited, and he had an idea that he was
running the town.
We want to be friendly with all, but
we must be used right. The first duty
of every man in this town who knows
he is wanted by a sheriff anywhere is to
in and subscribe. Price So per
year, invariably in advance.
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