The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-31
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
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Full of Surprises.


western Editorial Life Continues to Bs
Full 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
have always wasted their lead we arc
growing tired of the operation. 1t is a
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 more subjects for
our private graveyard.
GIVING 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 u.s. 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.
I'VE 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. If not, he will be found playing
pendulum some morning from the limb
of tree.
EXPLANAToRY.-The 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
filled the column. We thought it read
pretty strong whom 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 o 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 bouquet to the widow with our
compliments, but that was the best we
could do.
THEY OBJECTED.-The twenty-five
hands over on Smith & Wiley's rancho
are easily stampeded. One of them is
named Haddon, and two or three weeks
since we commented on the size of his
mouth, We did il entirely in his praise,
as we believe him to be the only man
in Arizona Who CO n hold a pint of water
in his mouth. His friends got wrong
impression, howe yer, and the other
afternoon the whole crowd rode over on
personal visit. We didn't go off fish
ing because they were coming; it was
simply a coincidence. We didn't bor-
row mule and 60 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 return
because VIC had any fear, but the fish
bit so we'll we hated to leave 'em. Some
day, when the cowboys have time and
we have time, and every thing is all
right we shall hope for long visit and
q friendly chat-Detroit Free Press,