Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-24
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
The Editor Dlsposes OF AN Inquiry and
the Attentions OF Stranger.

The Editor DispoSes of an Inquiry and
the Attentions OF Stranger.
From the New York sun.
Nor EXACrLY-An eastern subscriber to The
Kicker writes to inquire if this town has
mineral springs and is health resort. 1t has
no springs as far VIC know of, and isn't exactly
health resort. The climate is healthy or
unhealthy, according to the man. We have
known strangers to come here and gain three
or four pounds of flesh per week. and again
others wouid fall away rapidly that when
hung up to a limb there was hardly weight
enough to keep the rope taut There WAS
Utah Joe, for instance. His friends thought
he was going into a decline and advised
him to come here to restore his health
During the first week OF his stay he was
SO quiet that everybody took him for q theo-
logical student, and he gained almost a
pound day. He began the second week BY
Dragging of the number of men ne had planted
and ended up by shooting pipe out OF Alder
Iaan Henderson's teeth and threatening to clean
out this Office. He didn't gain any that week,
and when he left town Saturday night he was
losing fat at the rate of pound n mile. We
have but very little sickness here and malaria
L. entirely unknown. The deaths are most
always vcry Sudden and the coroner feels called
upon to hold an inquest and search the pockets
of the deceared. We think the right sort OF
man can continue living in this locality until
he gets SO tired of drawing his breath that he
viii go out and suicide unless tied TO a rost
WHO WAS HE?-Monday morning at about 10
clock, while his honor the mayor (who is our
self was in his Office in the town hall. a boy
entered and Informed him that a stranger, who
was lame in the hip and could not climb the
stairs, wished to speak with him on the street
on important business. With that cheerful
courtesy characteristic OF the gentleman his
honor at once laid aside his work and followed
the boy down to the street. The only stranger
in sight was a bad-looking headed man on
white mule. and his honor had scarcely
reached the sidewalk before this fellow
opened fire and began TO yell. His honor
had left his gun upstairs, bat as soon
as he realized the situation he lodged about
trying to borrow one. The result brought out
singular state of affairs. Steve Whites
pistol was foued and the cylinder would not
rcvo!ve. Abe Johnson's was caught in the lin
Ing of his pocket and could not be extracted
Tom Williams. who is always blowing around
about being hecicd for a sudden emergency
handed out gun without n single cartridge in
1t. His honor got hold of five different weapons
before he found one ready for business.
Meanwhile the rN-headed man was vhooping
it up and the mavor was dodging about. As
soon rs he opened fire the stranger decided to
git. The mayor got three Shots ut him. and
the last one must have struck him hard, as he
dropped one of his guns and clutched the saddle
TO keep from falling.
Who the stranger was or is no one seemed to
have al idea, but it is pretty safe to believe
that he was sent in here by the Cinch Valley
cowboys, none of whom has sand enough to
show up in person. He couldn't have been in
the locality very long or he would have auown
his man better. He had nerve enough. but
was a very poor shot. Only one bullet oat Of
the ten or twelve he fired was a line shot, and
that passed through his honor's hat Most of
the others went into the telegraph pole in f-on.
of the door. We have no particular fault to
find with the stranger. whoever he is, but as
for the four or five of our fellow townsInen who
were standing around with useless guns in their
hip pockets, we feel they deserve the harshest
criticism. \ gun is of no earthly use in this
country unless it is in order. If not in order,
| then man is an idiot to load himself down
with 1t. He d better carry a stone in his pistol
pocket n club his shoulder As for Tom
Williams. who wasn't loaded at all. he'd better
go bury his gun and arm himself with a corn
cutter or buzz saw. He'd have been in a
nice fix to have begun a religious discussion
with some of the BOYS, wouldn't ne? We have
crossed his name off our subscription books
and We want him to keep away from our Office