Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-04-19

We extrasb ths following from the last
issue Of the Arlsona Kicker. which came
ont o. half shsst;
ExPLAEAToRY.- owe our rcaders
and apology for the halfshest We were
Obliged 70 Issue this week. Monday
morning, - We entered the post ofiles
aftsr our mall, which, by the way, 10 i've
timss ~ large % that Of any other estsb-
lishmeut In Arizona. Mr.. WanAmaksr's
man Friday, who was appointed post
master against The protests Of nins-tsnths
OF our people. came out into the cOrri-
dor and demanded . personal Apology
for what The Kicker said about him last
week. In oar pioneer days, whom We
lived on roots and hadn't second shirt
70 our back, We used to get down and
crawl Whenever requested. We felt that
we bad 70. We were tenderfoot and
lacked sand. A change came. We
haven't been doing any creeping fotethe
past two years. On tho contrary, we
have had the revolver and the other man
haa done the lour-legged act
Therefore, When Wanamakcr's Friday
demanded an apology, and took us BY
the ear to enforce obedience, we lit onto
him with weight of two tons, aud had
him hollering for mercy insids Of two
minutes. Before letting him up we took
his gun away, and In some manner 1t was
discharged, aud the bullet went through
the palm OF cur right hand. The wound
| will prevent our using the pen for some
weeks. and we must dictate our copy.
MORE ExPLANAToRY.-W anamAker' .
man Friday has y brother named Jim,
who 10 loafer and cur from way back.
We stated last week that we believed he
1 sts.Ia an LAT In nd
the statement seems TO have put some
| '.git" into him. After we had licked hIa
brother and got back TO the ofilcs jim
came sueaklng down the street and fred
at us through window. He had shot.
gun, but he Aired 90 high that no one
was touched, and he was out Of sight
be fore We got TO the door.
10 few days We are going on hunt
for jim. We shall locate him and walk
in on him aud slice OF his ear and nail II
on our Office door. Let him accept THU
notice as fair warning OF our intentions
While he didn't hit US W th any oil hi,
buckshot, tho idea of such = ehuckaloo
nriug at US with intent to kill ratified
our nerves and sent us TO bed when ",
ought 10 have b,en getting out copy.
FURTHER ExPLANAToRy.-Stm me thre,
weeks ago wiid-cycd guyasticutus en-
tered this town by tbs dirt road ant
struck US for ''Aif." He gave the nam
oil j. Melville Graham, and claimed t.
have furnished ell the train fodder 70
most Of the New York papers for tn
Last ten years. "A he offered to wori
Tor "a per week and buy his crackers an
cheese irom our grocery, we didn't qucs
tion him a. closely as we otherwis
might. lie had wo ked two days whe
we got hurt, and what did the lop-eare
brother Of a hyena do but 20 off and ge
: drunk and lay down just whore Co
Haven's drove Of mules would run owe
, him in going 10 waterl He was trample
out oil sight into the sand, and on top {
) our other troubles we bad to hire biz
dug out and buried. But for his kicl
over We could have issued . full fhet
, and got II out on time. We've had hi
j carted Cd to one corner OF our privai
burying ground, and shall mark h
grave; hut we don't mourn.
, 1.-THE LATEST. III our readers are M
\ satisfied with the above explanations "
0 have another to fro At them. Owing {
0 our wounded hand we could not do
U stroke OF writing. We could dictati
however, and We hired young Bill Eliii
Q sou Of old Eeprsbats Ellis, to act as OF
. sinanuensis. We had dictated sbo,
halt . column when he diusred with !
= GU how TO spell cordial He insist,
4 that 1t was CORFU aud rather than .
: the Engliah language knocked out '
0 ceased debating. nred Bill out, AMI gar
an old tramp printer $40 and told him
20 ahead aud run out half u sheet. IT.
all we could do under the circumstances
aud we beg the indu gencs of our sui
= scribers. Next week we shall be u
! right. and We promise an issue Of III
Kicker which will make tho sand hy
: tity directions"