St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-03
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
The Western Editor Also Has His
Troubles.

Troubles.
Detroit Free Press.
We extract the following from the last
issue of the Arizona Kicker:
THEY Cor LEFT-Feeling the need of
a few days rest from brain work, we
hied ourselves to Jim's Peak, last week,
to remain about ten days. Soon after
supper stranger approached us. and
gave US hint that the boys were plan
ming a serenade, and that we had better
have a speech ready.
In this Western country some words
have double meaning. A ''Serenade'
may mean sweet, soft music by the
band. with call from lot of jolly
good fellows, OF it may mean visit
from the gang who are provided with
rope but no music. In order to be on
the safe side we took up temporary
home in thicket, and from thence dis
covered that this was to be rope sere-
made. Some of the boys from JOhnSon'S
| ranch had determined to lynch us as
| great moral warning, but while they
| were hunting for US around the hOtel
| we were meandering through the jack
! pines and midnight darkness to safer
| quarters.
In one sense we don't blame the boys
so much. An occasional hanging adds
zest and gusto to this Western life, and
it is very rare that the victims friends
can claim that any mistake was made.
In another sense the boys are to be
blamed for their lack of taste. We have
it on good authority that they meant to
hang us with all old mule chain. There
were thirty of them in the crowd. We
make no boasts, but let our readers
watch for developments. Well have
sheriffs and detectives hereafter-at
least thirty one of them before the week
is out-and then we shall borrowa shot
gun and go Oh hunt after the odd one.
SOLD AGAIN-Our esteemed contem-
pOrary has made another dismal failure.
On Monday he came out in double
loaded two-column article OH the Whar-
ton shooting case and tried his best to
prove that we had an active hand in it
and were re spOnsible for Judge John
sons death. At the coroner's inquest.
held on the same afternoon, Maj. Bliss
testified:
81 was sitting at table in the Red
/ Cross saloon with the editor of the
Ric ker. We were there to talk over
the Mckinley bin and to take the in
itia tory steps toward establishing an
9th er Sunday school. Judge johnson
, came in. He was pretty drunk. He
f saw Bob Wharton at a table beyond Us
l
: Kicker kindly asked him to put it UP
and offered him years subscription Il
the paper to go home and take nap
f The Judge refused and pressed forward
E TO get shot. Next moment Wharton
r dropped him.
This was the truth and the whole
truth, and yet our jealous-pated con
temporary, hoping he had hold OF
{ US, tried his hardest to make out tina
! but for us there would have been Ii,
t shooting! We used to refer to him a
p toothless. knock-kneed, bow-legged
4 lop-eued, hump-backed, wnite-livcred
n cross-eyed and SO on. We have mort
Il age on his whole outfit. and we use,
d to threaten TO foreclose on it. We use'
f to meet him on the street and scare hin
i | i nto kneeling down and begging OH
= pardon. We now let him have his owl
d way. Some day we will bury him il
F our private grave yard--some day WlIel
# he has tired US completely out.
l. THEY ARE WRoNG.-Those of our cit
p Zens who are asserting that orr lat
d trouble with the postmaster was cause
n by Jealousy of his position OIL our par
n. are doing US a great injustice. True
ID we were candidate for postmaster, an
he | true, ALSO we are mighty sight bette
re man for the place than the present il
m | cumbent, but we are not jealous. Wanf
Iv | maker refused to appoint us. and we II
e. fuse to wear Wanamaker'S clothing
ID It's an even thing thus far.
The trouble began as soon as this ma
entered the postoffice. He held bac
" our mail, and made US weary in man
death one day, and for two months b