The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-05-20
The Arizona Kicker.


a Pleasant Surprise. During the past
year The Kicker has no less than six
different editors of the "Horse Talk"
department. AS near as we can remem.
Der one was lynched over in Clinch
Valley, one was shot by Colonel Taylor
for referring to his thoroughbred as a
burro, and the other four threw up the
sit without notice and Travelled further
west to get change of climate. Last
/ week a dudish Young man, wearing eye
glasses, patent leather shoes and 4 white
shirt, came along and applied for the
place, and We took him in on the full
expectation of having to foot his funeral
expenses within week. He went over
to Lone Tree last Tuesday TO witness the
horse race, and he hadn't cleared the
town before he had given an order to
| Dan Powers the undertaken, to trim up
oae of his popular twenty eight dollar
collins and engaged three hacks for IA
funeral procession. We confess to being
| powerfully surprised and considerably
chagrined when our horse editor walked
into the office Thursday morning IN the
best OF health. He had not only escaped
without a scratch but during his sojourn
at Lone Tree had split Major Jacksou's
| left ear with bullet bluffed Jim Will
| Jams to staudstill and stood off gang
OF sixteen cowboys wEo objected to his
| to his decision i'll one of the races. We
at once jumped his salary to seven
dollars p2r week, and the first time he
has to drop man in self defense We
we shall make it eight dollars. We feel
it our duty TO warn the public to look
out for him. lie halls from Boston, aud
the oldest pioneer in town would take
type. He drawls his speech, looks as
harmless as a rabbit, and most any man
would figure he could be scared out of
his shoes with one whoop. He is deCe pit
i've, however. He shoots with both
hands, moves like flash Of light
ming and is a dangerous man to foil with
14boW G0ldGn City.-We und, rats, d
that the East is being flooded wi II
circulars descriptive of Golden City,
which is represented as a new town
fourteen miles east of this. 1t is al
effort or the part of certain peculators
to perpetrate a gigantic swindle. The
circu als tell of 900 inhabitants, pure
air, excellent water, three railroads, good
schools, plenty of churches and Other
attractive things, and offer city lots sc
By $50 feet in size for the low price OF
thirty dollars each. We rode over to
Golden City last week to look into the
matter The site is a mountain. The
schools, factories and churches" consist
of one 'shack" occupied by an old
Indian so mean that his tribe kicked
him out. He also Constitutes the ,00C
inhabitants. The air may be all right
but we couldn't find the water, the rail
roads. the agriculture nor the rush
Every city lot stands on end, with it,
hiud legs in the air and is liable to have
a rush oil blood to the head. We have
been warned not to pitch into this
BOOM" but VS. unhesitatingly pro
nounce it a swindle of the most con
temptible sort. Tie maintain is govern
ment land to begin with and would be
dear bargain at fifteen cents unless one
wanted to become hermit among
rattlesnakes and buzzards. In that case
one might go a quarter. We do MOI
know the swindlers engaged in the
scheme but if they will call upon us
singly or collectiyely-we won't require
any formality nor keep them waiting
over minute on the front steps.
Success to Him.-The Hon. Thos. G
Kane, arrived in town from Columbus
O., on Monday i'll search of his brother
James who is supposed to have met his
death in this vicinity some time last
fall. After looking over the records oil
the eleven men in cur private graveyard
was not among them. Neither did any
of the descriptions on the Coroners books
fit him. We remember however that a
man was hanged near Turkey Bend in
September for riding off on one of Major
Green's mustangs aud we gave Mr..
Kane letter of introduction and full
directions. The Major is always willing
to put himself out under such crcum
stances aud we havn't much doubt that
the gentleman from Ohio will discover
that the stranger was his missing brother
He needn't feel the least embarrassed il
it turns out that way as we never make
family matter of such things We
simply hang the man, bury him if the
ground isn't baked too hard and the
affair stops right there.