Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Wastsrn Editorial Life Has Its Ups ans
Downs.

western Editorial Life Has Its Ups and
We extract the following from the last
issue of The Arizona Kicker:
HAD TO Do IT.-That gander-shanked liv-
ing skeleton, who edits the mortgaged sheet
down on Blackjack avenue, is out with
TRADE against us for shooting Sioux Jim last
week He is seeking to get up public feel
ing against US, although he very well knows
that we were fully e1onerated by the coro-
ner's jury.
Sioux Jim, who was a half breed, was
fighting drunk. He was looking for a vic
tim when he met us on Apache avenue He
drew his knife with the purpose of carving
our anatomy to strings, but before he could
proceed We pulled our gun and sent six red
hot bullets into his carcass. He syas the third
man we nave had to kill this fall liz defense
of our own Life, and as we have lad to pay
al the burial expenses in each case, 10 one
can claim that we have shot for fun IL cost
US S::;j cod cash to plant jim IN 'ecent shape,
and no one would have @iver so for him
when 81 We
FiE.iAFs IT WAs-Las, "7ee, Il number
of ger .i-.neu organized what they called
'.rhe Deboaair Literary society" and So
y
we1i.iy place o: meeting. There was a good
deaf OF ciIuckiing ana gr:Iuing around town
when il was learned that Il. ha.i ,ee.i delib-
eratety snabbed by the ;.fore.aid society
Many frienGs called To tender their syinpa-
thies and advice, but We did not need any
consolation.
Where Is that society today! Echo an
swers where We simply telesraphed to
,i,,i 4 'ir nd
two or three other towns that such a person,
wanted Tor horse ste;:ling barn burning or
bisamy. was here, and within four days the
Dictionaries were wearing bracelets. Perhaps
lit was a good idea to snub us Perhaps some
other society viii trv il on.
GIVEN IT UP--.. lin this issue of The
Kicker we cease the weather forecasts which
we have been publishing as fc5ecasted from
our own observatory for the last six weeks
While we have had wonderful luck in hitting
the weather for three ami four days ahead
our local subscribers have had no interest in
it and have discouraged our enterprise. This
arises from the fact that no one here cares a
cast iron cent what the weather is If fair,
they go out and shoot jackass rabbits and run
horses. If foul, they gather in the barrooms
and drink whisky and play seven up. The
Is going to be on the morrow, and we don't
propose to educate them up to feel anxious
about it,
WE PLEAD GUILTY.-We were called upon
the other evening to act as referee for prize
fghl at the Arcade Athletic rooms, and be-
cause we refused the honor certain persons
are observing that it was because we felt
''stuck up" and thought ourselves better than
" NJ, k1Nt
situations. We are altogether too high up in
the scale TO referee prize fight, and we feel
ourselves as far above certain men in this
town as the eagle is above the grasshopper.
And why not! What other newspaper in
this country has increased its circulation 200
per cent. in six monthsi What other news
paper has "A combination under its roof Of
grocery, feed store a butcher shop, q
bakery, sa'!dlery and repository for the
sale of wheel barrows! People who take us
for scrub haven't got their eyes open yet.
, SETTLED IL FULL-rhe fifth breach Of
promise suit brought against us in the last
eight months was settled out of court yester-
day and all further proceedings discontinued.
This suit was brought by Miss Aramantha
De Rives, daughter of the well known Judge
De Rives, of Jackass Terrace.
:, We determined at first to fight this suit 10
the bitter end, but it having come to our
knowledge that Mrs. De Rives had overheard
certain declarations of ours. and that the fair
plaintiff had preserved I'll our letters, we
deemed il matter of prudence and economy
to settle. As the terms were not to be con-
sidered secret, we state them here We
bilaed the fair AramantiIa because we dis
covered that she had u cork fool and bad
case Of catarrh. Ii we ever marry We want
q wife who is sound on her pins, and we don't
care TO stumble over outfit to cure catarrii
every time we pass through the house.
While the plaintiff had the bulge on us to a
certain extent we had something of bulge
to oiT.et it. We knew that her mother used
to run n second hand clothing store in Den
yer. aud by teleGraphin- certain sheriff We
could have had the judge returned to prison
to serve out five more years. We agreed to
pay $40 and keep quiet-S30 in trade and $50
in cash-and the proposition was accepted
This ends the case and leaves all good friends,
and we sincerely hope tla. the dear girl will
soon be better OF her catarrh. and that her
cork foot may not stand in the way of an
other loving her truly aud devotedly. DE
troit Free Press