Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-03-14
Items from the Arizona Kicker.

ANOTHER CUT.-We desire 10 an
nounce to the readers of the Kicker
that we have mad another cut in the
price OF bar soap. aud for the next
two weeks shall offer six bars for a
quarter. This is one bar ahead OF
any thing yet offered west OF Chicago,
and. while il brings the profit way
down 10 zero. we expect TO reap some
little honor from our enterprise. The
grocery which we run in connection
with the Kicker is coming rapidly TO
the front, and il is only question OF
few weeks when it will stand at the
head. Our goodsare fresh, warranted
full weight and prices lower than any
where else.
He WAS CoRRECT.-There was con
siderable astonishment exhibited by
our people the other day when the
Governor Of Arizona shook hands with
us in front OF the post Office, and We
have noticed considerable change
in the demeanor OF certain people
towards us ever since. The Governor
was correct. We are no clam-shell
hidden in the drifts, and he appre-
ciates the fact He knows and re-
spects tie power OF the press. He
knows that a great paper like the
Kicker, having behind il, but under
one and the same roof, grocery,
feed store, butcher shop, harness shop,
crockery store and gents furnishings,
must WELD mighty influence for
good. The people in this burgh who
have been looking upon US as n one
mule power had better get their eyes
open.
CAME TO GRIEF. The suit of the
Widow Gibbs against us for breach Of
promise, damages $4,000. came up in
court last Friday. This suit was insti
tuted six months ago by the court
house ring, which has sought our
downfall ever since the first issue Of
this paper. That is, they put the
widow up 10 sue us, and have ad-
vanced the money as IL was needed.
When the widow was put on the stand
she testified that on the night OF Feb
ruary 81, 1887, we ask her to marry
us. She insisted that the date was
correct, and that nothing could
change her mind about il. We then
exhibited the records OF the jail To
prove that on that day night We
were prisoner, having, as some OF
our readers may remember, departed
from the line OF virtue and gone on
bender. This exhibit Knocked the
widow out in the first round, aud
confounded her supporters, and we
don't believe they will tackle us again
after that fashion. AS for the widow,
she was only cats paw, and We
have sent TO her house basket Of
groceries, n clothes line, n set OF cups
and sa ucers and sack OF -four 10
prove that we have no malice.
IT WILL BE VRRY QUIET. Our city
election which takes place next Tues.
day will be n very quiet one, and
the singular spectacle OF two tickets
almost without candidates will be
presented. As both tickets were
made up OF ring candidates We felt IL
our duty To publish, as far as We
could secure II, IA Ills DRY oi each. Our
Biographies included thirteen out ot
the sixteen candidates, aud the pub
IicatiOn was only three days old when
most OF them We're hunting other To-
caiities. They average all the way
from murderers down 10 barn-burn-
| ers, and We are not likely to be
troubled with them again. What IL
left Of the two tickets Is fairly clean
and honest. We are sorry we had to
/ interfere, aud thus place the parties
in such queer fx, but we felt 1t n
duty we owed to the public.
A WASTE OF MONEY. Some person
who has grievance against The Kick
er left an Internal machine on our
doorstep one night last week. It was
a starch box filed with giant powder
and two pounds Of bullets, and was
so arranged a. TO explode when the
cover was lifted. We took it in and
started TO open II, supposing some
modest admirer had left us n box OF
fruit or confectionery, but on second
thought concluded 10 soak II for
awhile. This action saved our life
Not only that, but 1t prevented the
destruction OF our institution and
! probably OF much surrounding prop
erty. Wehave made every effort to find
he fiend who put up this job, but 10
far without success. We realize that
there are many men in this coiDmun-
ity who banker for our life, but We
hope to disappoint them. IL they
feel that they must have IL, why not
fire buckshot into our bedroom win.
dow, ambush u at night or pick n
quarrel on the street, This plotting
to scatter our bloody fragments over
our large aud excellent stock Of gro
ceries IL both unkind and unreasona-
BILE.
DIED.-In this city yesterday Pete
Shumaker, aged "a years, 8 months
and IA days. Pete was the individual
who attacked US on the 2lst in front
Of the post-ofiice witha cavalry saber'
being offended at an editorial criti
cisiug the policy Of the Car Of Russia
towards Turkey. We let daylight
into him ia four places, and we pait
his doctor bill and funeral expenses
he sleeps well. He Is better on
Death loves a shining mark. Eastern
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