The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-01-11
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Very Lively Days in Arizona Newspaper
Life.


WE MEAN BUSINESS Our contemporary
came out last week and laid claim to
bona fide circulation of 5000 copies. We
are willing that he shall do reasonable
amount of lying but such stupendous fal-
styling must cease.
Wen bet 500 to $50 that he hasn't got
1000 circulation.
Wen bet 500 to SIS that he hasn't got
$780,
| Wen bet 800 to a cent that his actual
circulation, counting in all deadheads, Is
not over $50.
Further, we'll give him our check for
500 if he dares to take advantage of any Of
the above opportunities to make more
money than he has seen for twenty years
before.
| FCoURsE.-A Massachusetts, subscriber
to The Kicker writes to ask if there are
any churches in this locality Does he i'm
agine US to belong to the Cannibal islandsi
OF course there arel That is, there is one
around somewhere, and we've heard talk
Of another. IL the writer had read his copy
of The Kicker as closely as he ought lie
would have remembered the case where
Shorty Pete sat on the church steps and
put bullet through Hank Jackson's nose
thirty yards away Churchesl We should
| CGlNANtS hdNS huO bSth hClu NNly
regularly since old man Davis spent one
whole night breaking out the windows,
but the boys are liable to catch preacher
most any day and put him at work.
| A CANARD.-The story ailoat on the
streets yesterday to the effect that we
had finally killed the postmaster in this
town must have been started to affect
prices on the mule market. There WIS
not the least bit of truth in it. There ism I
the slightest excuse for his living, but we
suppose he will continue to do 50 in order
to spite the G0000000 Inhabitants of the
United States We can't see any other Oh
ject.
While on this subject it may he well for
us TO remark that we shall visit the post
master tomorrow to inquire why in Texas
it takes four days for copy of The Kicker
to get down the road twelve miles. He'll
fly mad, as usual, and will quite likely at.
tempt To draw his gun on us. If lie does
we shall very likely decide to kill him and
have done with it. Everybody says We
/ have delayed the matter altogether toe
long for the good of the postollice depart
ment.
No SToP.-Wc understand that Colonel
Smiley, who has been down on Tho kicker
/ ever since we showed that the capital and
G assets of The Great Arizona Land Com
: pauy" consisted solely Of two acres of sand
! and pair of long legged boots, spent more
! than two hours the other day trying to get
Jim Taylor TO stop his subscription to thi.
/ paper. The object was to make MS fee
/ bad, but it didn't work. Jim not only
dotes on The Kicker but can't hardly wait
for publication day to come around. BE
} sides he tried it on us last summer, ant
how did he come out2 1t took us half i
. day to find him, but after he was found il
y didn't take him two minutes to sIb9Crih,
again. We don't compel man to sub
+ scribe but afterhes become Il Subscribed
he has got to have mighty good reasons fo
t throwing up his hand Indeed, he's got t,
o own mule that can Outrun ours,
RETRACTloN.--Thc policy of The Kicke
q since the first issue has been to stat
l. things fairly and truthfully, gnaNYhenrve
:, we have discovered that a published item
i has done any one injustice we have not beel
II slow to follow it with an explanation salts
Il factory to the party aggricped. Last weel
q we had a local item to the effect that som
Il miserable wretch had robbed Major Smith
u clothealne Of four shirts, and we indulge,
in the hope that he would speedily b
q caught and given dance On the head Of
~ barrel.
: 1t seems that we were mistaken, and tn
H. mnj5r feels that he has been placed in
r false position to the public. The fact Is a
~ he wishes nS to state, he does net own f5i
IA shirts, but only two, and neither of these
j! a white one. They are old blue fuun,
4. Shirts much the worse for wear villa
~, WIS really stolen was Navajo blankc
n aud we are glad to make this retractio
u md sat the major right before this con
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