The sun., 1892-10-09
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
The Editor Comments Upon Numb r OF
Happenings In Ilis Town.

A worp OF CAurIoS.--The accident that oc-
currod to st. Louis man named John Baker
in this town last Friday evening was tho result
OF misunderstanding which could not hive
come about hal he posted himself on the rules
OF pokcr as laid down in this locality. What is
known as a straight" Is not counted here at
all. lle supposed 1t was and reached over for
tho pot and was shot in tho neck by Abe Hun
gerford. Fortunately tho wound is not q
serious ono. and lie will be able to be
about in few days. One OF the first
things which stranger should do on his ar
rival here is to post Himself on our way OF
playing poker. On most other things he can
slosh around in a way to please himself. and
will be excused on tho ground OF ignorance.
but our people are very touchy on poker. and
generally shoot first nnd explain afterwnrd
Poople who call at the Kicker oillce for tho
purpose OF getting posted will be turned over
o our new agricultural editor. who is
thoroughly up In all points. and takes real
pleasure in impartinG his knowledge to others
CAME HOME TO RoosT.-For the past three
weeks our esteemed contemporary has been
declaring in double-loaded long primer type
that our removal" by some wildeyed Anar-
chist would please Frovidenc. and be OF in
calculable benefit to this Territory. Soma
stray copies OF his paper somehow reached
Tombstone and fell into the hands Of party
who concluded to accept the call" H..
buckled on his nrmor and came over to make
us feel sorry that we were wealthy enough to
change collars three times a week and keep a
regular toothbrush on hand for emergencies.
but he made a sad mistake. He got here
after dark. and he got us mixed up with our
esteemed. About 10 o'clock he flung n homb
and the explosion was hoard ali over town.
But little damage could be done. as the whole
outfit isn't worth over 500 and the editor was
chewing The rag and yelling for revenge
no ii will We sent oyer yesterday and offered
to 40 his nresswork this week and lend him
h ius tss a o Soxs M us 9hes ddw sa
the street shooting at us with an old revolver
about rod long, but we never get really mad
CuRIous CoINcIDENcE-We keep our rum
ming mule in stable back Of tho Office The
oSEt dny mar sa" close sa
later than usual 70 see il anything would hap.
dir dreeton ss1e et I'm in s hurry !i and next next
right arm in a sling and claiming to have been
fired at by some one in ambush down by the
he are Soabt paes
as he states and We we congrat%l!ate him on his
suit in hot fushes and cold chils alternately
dartine over the anat omy of the fooler We've
seen it tried half a dozen times. and we have
always been informed by the victims that they
wished they had tackled u cactus seventy-ilve
years old instsnd p
SOMETHING H ArpENEp.-We rode out with
the Coroner and several other eminent citi-
ZenS Sunday morning to view an inquest on a
body which had been found suspended to the
limb Of a tree on Three Mile Hill. 1t was the
general impress on. from the way tho rope
was fastened and other trinine CIRCUMSTANCES.
He was a total stranger in these parts. and he
had nothing on his person by which he could
be identified AS near as we could make out.
after a patient examination. he was travel
ing about to see tho country and got tired of
walking. In this emergency he probn bly, bor-
rowed a caynse from Major Callahan,s drove.
and was getting along as we'll as could be cX-
recte under tho circumstances when, some Of
the Majors men ran across him. We don't
suppose they asked him many questions or
made much effort to discover whether he had
n poor old mother or not who would wonder
why her boy never came home. The boys out
that way arc always rushed for me. The
body was cut down and buried. and the usual
verdict OF heart failure" returned.