Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-12-05
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Western Editorial Life Continues to BE
Fnlt OF Surprises.

Western Editorial Life Continues to he
Fan Of Surprises.
We extract the following from late
issue Of the Arizona Kicker:
A Foolish IDEA-Certain people in
this town are in the habit Of shooting
Into the Kicker Office every night or
two, in hopes TO riddle us. Sometimes
they shoot through window and some
times through door, and although they
hare always wasted their lead we are
growing tired of the operation. It is
foolish idea to suppose we sleep in any
one spot in the Office on two successive
nights, and if these would-be assassins
haven't got sense enough to haul off we
shall go into ambush outside some night
and gather couple moro subjects for
our private graveyard.
G1vINa HIM A SHow.--During the
afternoon of Wednesday last, while out
with the boys on the great rabbit hunt
in Strawberry Valley, we several times
felt the whizz of bullets and wondered
| who could be SO careless 1T seemed
that ex-Ald. Johnson, who was forced
to resign when the Kicker showed him
up as bribe-taker, wasn't shooting at
jack-rabbits, but at US. He sent at least
half dozen bullets in our direction be-
fore the boys caught on to him. Then
they would have hung him UP but for us.
We believe in giving everybody show
out West. We believe that is the way
to build up the country. We begged
Johnson off and gave him show to re-
pent of the error of his ways, and we
hope he will have sense enough to profit
by 1t. II not, he will be found playing
pendulum some morning from the limb
of tree.
EXPxANAToRY.-Th third column of
the second page of this issue will be
found blank. 1t is not our fault. Colonel
John Kyloff, one of the old pioneers OF
this town, died last week, and his widow
sent in an obituary notice which just
filed the column. We thought it read
pretty strong when we set it up but as
the Colonel was the third man to sub,
scribe to this paper and pay in advance
we intended to let it slide. The forms
were all ready for the press when de-
tective arrived from Portland to identify
the Colonel as thief, embezzler, biga
mist and all-round bad man. His proofs
were so straight that we hadn't the
cheek to publish the obituary. We
sent a bouquet to the widow with oul
compliments, but that was the best W.
could do.
} THEY OBJECTED twenty-five
hands over on Smith & Wiley's ranch,
are easily stampeded. One of them il
named Haddon, and two or three week
since we commented on the size of hi
mouth, We did it entirely in his praise
as we believe him to be the only NAL
in Arizona who can hold pint of waite
in his mouth. His friends got a wronI
impression, however, and the othe
afternoon the whole crowd rode over o.
q personal visit. We didn't go off fish
Ing because they were coming; it wa
simply coincidence. We didn't boz
row mule and go off at a gallop be
cause we didn't want to see the boys
: but because we were limited as to time
We didn't wait until midnight to retur
because we had any fear, but the ifs
bit so well we hated to leave 'em. Som
day, when the cowboys have time an
we have time, and every thing is al
: right, we shall hope for long visit an
l o friendly chat.-Detroit Free Press.