Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1890-08-28
The "AYiE0na Kicker. "

Pete Smith. Pete is the ch~p rho
killed Col. Williams in salo,.I row
last fall, and who has had shot at
several other eminent citizens, IN
Guiding ourself. For the last two
weeks he has been running the town,
and his refusal 10 take hint result
ed in his being waited upon by the
Vigilance committee.
We reached the ground 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 be 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 that
could dash up his obituary in good
English, but the ungratefuI rough
kept on kicking and would not even
argue the case.
A man in this country can't have
everything he wants, no matter how
big buffer he is, and when it was
seen how unreasonable Pete was the
boys went 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 man like Pete
Smith objecting to a man like us
seeing him drop off a barrel, rather
caps the climax. We are charlta-
BILE enough to believe he was a little
off.
A CARNARD.-The story in GER
tain Chicago papers that the editor
of the Kicker runs faro-room in
connection with the newspaper bears
the ears marks of our jealous -pated
contemporary. There isn't a word
of truth IN it.
Itwas suggested by Col, Kane
about month ago that we give up a
portion of our office space during
the evening to 8 poker club of which
we are president aud we cheerfulIy
adopted the night from z to H.. but
poker isn't faro--not by long shot.
Our enemies will gain nothing by
circulating such absurd stories about
our character.
He STRUCK A SNAG.-On the lSt
day of April we started Indian Dick
out of town to see how quick be
could make journey around the
world. To tell the honest truth, we
hadn't over ton of confidence in
Dick, but we had so much ambition
that we gave him $l.50 and told him
to draw on us for more when he
reached Yokohama. The other day
we heard Of him up at Overton's
ranch, only 20 miles away, and that
lie had been there ever since the Sd
of April. 1t seemed that he was do
ing bravely on his trip until he
struck Overton's, where and East
ern genius Is making some sort OF
whisky out of the cactus roots. The
first taste OF that liquor nailed Dick
right to the spot, and he hasn't NOV
ed 10 rods since. Under these cir
cumstances all bets are declared off,
and all guesscs have been turned
loose in tie back yard 10 shift for
themselves.
DRAWING THE LINE..-Maj. Atwood
of Thom mbstone came down the other
day to ask great favor of. us. He
wanted us to give HIM one of the
bodies out of our private graveyard
as starter in establishing one of
his own. While the Mayor has been
our friend from first to last and while
he always had dollar for US in the
days when we were hard up, we
must draw the line somewhere. He
can have our shirt, or our fine comb,
but friendship ceases when he ap-
proachrs the graveyard which we
have been at so much pains and ex-
pense to fit up and make a feature
of lhls section of the country.
DoN'T SToP HM.-Last week we
engaged new arrival from the East
TO act as local editor of the AlckeT.
He assured US that his name was
Barlow, and that he was close fol-
lower in the footsteps CT Horace
Greedy. Alter "a hours trial he got
tight, stole our Sunday boots, COB
bled mule and lit out towards sun
down. pun't stop him on our ac-
count. The owner of the mule may
want to see him, but We don't.
Those boots cost us SIP, but if Mr..
Barlow will only keep away we shall
consider it good bargain. He IS
about the 20th disciple of Greedy,
Bennett or Raymond we have tried
in the last year and we are tried
very tired.