The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-01
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Some of the Ups and Downs OF Western
Editorial Life


Editorial Life
We extract the following from the
last issue of the Arizona Kicker:
HAD TO DO IT.-That gander-shanked
wing skeleton who edits the mortgaged
sheet down on Blackjack avenue is out
with TRADE against us for shooting
Sioux Jim last week. He is seeking to
get up yIblic feeling against us, al
though he very well knows that we
were fully exonerated by the coroner's
jury
Sioux Jim, who was half breed. was
lighting drunk. He was looking for a
victim when he met us on Apache ave-
nue.. He drew his knife with the purpose
of carving our anatomy to strings, but
before he could proceed we pulled our
gun and sent six red-hot bullets into
his carcass. He was the third man we
have had to kill this fall in defense of
our own life, and as we have had to paw
all the burial expenses in each case no
one can claim that we have shot for fun.
1t cost us $50 cold cash to plant Jim in
decent shape, and no one would have
given $40 for him when alive.
PERHAPS III WAs.-Last week mum.
Der of gentlemen organized what they
called 1.-THE Debonaire Literary So
ciety," and secured room over Plum's
grocery for their weekly place of meet
ing. There was good deal of chuck
ling and grinning around town when it
was learned that we had been DELHI
erately snubbed by the aforesaid society.
Many friends called to tender their SYM
pathies and advice, but we did not need
any consolation.
Where is that society to-day? Echo
answers: ''Where?r We simply tele-
graphed to Omaha, Denver, Lincoln,
Virginia City and two or three other
towns that such person, wanted for
DEMONSTRATING, barn-burning or bigamy
was here, and within four days the De-
bonaires were wearing bracelets Per-
haps 1T was good idea to snub us. Per-
haps some other society will try it on.
GIVEN lT UP.-With this issue of the
Kicker we cease the weather forecasts
which we have been publishing as fore
casted from our own observatory for the |
last six weeks. While we have had |
wonderful luck in hitting the weather
Tor three and four days ahead, our LEGAL |
subscribers have had no interest in it !
and have discouraged our enterprise.
This arises from the fact that no one |
here cares cast iron cent what the |
weather is. If fair they go out and |
shoot jackass rabbits and run horses.
II foul they gather in the bar-room and
drink whisky and play seven-up. The
east that concerns them is what the
weather is going to be on the morrow,
Ind we don't propose to educate them
Up to feel anxious about it.
WE PLEAD GUMTY.-We were calico
Upon the other evening to act as referee
or prize fight at the Arcade Athletic
ooms, and because we refused the honor
ertain persons are observing that it
vas because we felt '.stuck up and
bought ourselves better than the gem
raj run. We plead guilty to both insin.
ations. We are altogether too high up
the scale to referee prize fight.
nd we feel ourselves as far above GER
ain men in this town as the eagle is
bove the grasshopper.
And why not? What other newspaper
this country has increased it's circula-
ION two hundred per cent. in six months9
What other newspaper has combina-
ON under its roof of grocery, feed
tore, butcher shop, bakery, q sad
lery and repository for the sale of
People who take us for
scrub haven't got their eyes open yet.
SETTLED IN FULL.-The fifth breach
promise suit brought against us in
10 last eight months was settled out of
'urt yesterday and all further proceed
gs discontinued. Thissuit was brought
y Miss Aramantha De Rives, daughter
the well known Judge De Rives, OF
lckass Terrace.
We determined at first to fight this
ut to the bitter end, but it having come
our knowledge that Mrs. De Rives
I'd overheard certain declarations of
'rs, and that the fair plaintiff had pre-
rived all our letters we deemed it
after of prudence and economy to set
e. AS the terms were not to be con.
dered secret, we state them here. We
liked the fair Aramantha because VIC
scovered that she had cork foot and
bad case OF catarrh. If we ever marry
} want a wife who is sound on her pins. b
d we don't care to stumble over an h
TIT to cure catarrh every time we pass {,
rough the house. h
While the plaintiff had the bulge ON b
to certain extent, we had some fl
ing of bulge to Offset it. We knew 81
at her mother used to run a second d.
nd clothing store in Denver, and. by p
certain sheriff, we could
We had the judge returned to prison
serve out five more years. We agreed
pay $40 and keep quiet-s20 in trade =
S20in cash--and the proposition was "
'epted. This ends the case and leaves 81
good friends, and we sincerely hope 81
It the dear girl will soon he better of al =,
; catarrh, and that her cork foot may 4.