The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-09
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Items from the Last Issue of That Enter
prising Western sheet.

prIsing Western sheet.
A QUEER PRoCEEDING.DThe other
night some of the boys came around ana
routed US out OF bed at midnight to go
over and SOC 'em hang Pete Smith.
Pete is tho chap who killed Colonel
Williams in u saloon row last fall, and
who has had "a shot at several other
eminent citizens, including ourself. For
the last two weeks ne has been running
the town, and his refusal to take a hint
resulted in his being waited on by the
vigilance committee.
We reached the grounds to find Pete
standing on a barrel with a rope around
his neck. He knew his time had come,
and was ready to die game, but no
sooner did he learn Of our presence in
the crowd than he began to protest and
object and demand that we DO run into
the scrub. We called his attention to
the fact that he had had two shots at us
at close range, and that we were the
only party on the ground who could dish
up his obituary in good English. but The
ungrateful rough kept on kicking and
would not even argue the case.
Aman in this country can't have every
thing he wants, no matter how big a
buffer he is, and when it was seen how
unreasonable Pete was the boys wont
ahead with the hanging just the same,
and Mr.. Smith won't sail around our
streets with a gun on each hip for many
moons to come. We've seen some queer
things out here, but the idea of a man
! like Pete Smith objecting to a nan like
us seeing him drop off a barrel rather
caps the climax. We are charitable
enough to believe he was n little of.
A CANARD.-Tho story in certain Chi
cago papers that the editor OF the
Kicker runs a faro room in connection
with the newspaper bears the
of our jealous-pated contemporary.
There isn't a word OF truth in 1t.
1t was suggested by Colonel Kane
about a month ago that we give up a
portion OF our Office space during the
evening to a poker club OF which we are
president, and we cheerfully adopted
the suggestion, and q game is on every
night from seven to eleven, but poker
isn't faro-not by a long shot. Our
enemies will gain nothing by circulat-
ing such absurd stories about our char
acter.
He STRUCK SNAG-On the first day
Of April we started Indian Dick out OF
town to see how quick he could make a
Journey around the world. To tell the
honest truth, we hadn't over a ton OF
confidence in Dick, but he had so much
ambition that we gave him a dollar and
a half and told him to draw on us foI
some more when he reached Yokohama.
The other day we heard Of him up al
Oyerton's ranch, only twenty miles
away, and that he had been there ever
since the Sd OF April. 1t seemed thai
, he was doing bravely on his trip unit
he struck Overton's, where an Eastern
genius is making some sort OF whisky
, out of cactus roots. The first taste o
: that liquor nailed Dick right to thu
, SPOT. and he hasn't moved ten rod
since. Under these circumstances al
bets are declared of, and all guesse'
nave been turned loose in b back yar'
/ to shift for themselves.
DRAWING THE LINE-Major Atwood
, Of Tombstone, came down the other da.
to ask a great favor of US. He wante'
' us to give hin one of the bodies out O
:. our private graveyard as a starter II
= establishing one OF his own. While tn
r Major has been our friend from first t
last, and while he always had adolla
. for US in the old days when we wer
\ hard up, we must draw the line some
where. He can have our shirt, our raj
bits foot, our dream book or our fin
comb, but friendship ceases when he al
prpaches the graveyard which we hay
been at so much pains and expense to
. up and make Q feature Of this section {
the country.
IS DoN'T Stop HIM-Last week We OF
gagged q new arrival from the East to az
q as local editor of the Kicker. He q
8; sured us that his name was Barlow an
ID that he was n close follower in the foo
steps OF Horace Greeley. After twent.
four hours trial no got tight, stole oil
X Sunday boots, gobbled a mule and
out toward shutdown. pQp'tstop him G
Of our account The owner Of the mule ma
- want to fee him, but We don't. Tho
boots cost US sI2, but If Mr.. Barlow wi
le only keep away we shall consider it
y good bargain. He is about the twsptiet
ly Disciple of Greeley, ennett or Ra
8. mond we haye tried in the last yea
Is and we are tired-yery tired, -petro
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