Evening star., 1896-09-19
RpM THE ARIZONA KICKER
Selections Msde for The Star by NJ. Quad


The Panther Hill Advocate, which was
established by ]. NJ. Simms two months
ago, suspended publication last week. and
the outfit will be moved to New Mexico.
The Advocate was fairly good weekly
and Mr.. Simms is a good fellow, but the
mistake he made was in not knowing the
people around him. Wen bet a dollar to
a cent that we can ride over to Panther
Hill and pull every nose in the town and
get away all right. They are lot OF blow
hards and buffers over there, but Editor
Sin,ms permitted them to walk all over
him from the start. When they found
they could pull his nose twenty times a
day and not get hurt, they had regular
pulling matches every day in the week.
We sent him over a gun, but he looked
at it with tears in his eyes and let things
go right on. Had he boxed three or four
nen he would have doubled the value OF
his plant in a month and been elected
mayor Of the town. and perhaps gone to
the Senate, but he had no sand.
Not His Fault.
Mr. Jim Hellso, postmaster Of this town
(who Is ourselO. regrets the little affair
which happened at the post Office Wednes-
day afternoon, but is consoled by the
knowledge that no fault of his brought 1t
about A stranger named Barnes entered
the Office and began shooting through the
gel eral delivery window to hurry up the
clerk, who was busy elsewhere for the mo-
me mt. There was printed sign before MI
Barnes nose that shooting was played out.
hut he paid no attention to 1t. MIR. Hellso
w no Is ourselO stepped out into the cor
rider and requested the shooter 10 desist.
but he pulled second gun and opened
fire on the postmaster. He had fired three
| shots when he fell. 1t was at first thought
he was fatally wounded. but the doctors
| row say that he will pull through and be
out again in few weeks. 1t is unpleasant
| for the postmaster to have these things
occur. but when they do he Is expected
| to get the best of them, and mas always
done so thus far. Mr.. Barnes freely ad-
mits that it was all his own fault and
| that after this he will be content to pound
| en- the floor with a club or to jump on his
hat and utter a wharwhoop.
Out for Business.
While we were returning from Jackson's
| Bend last Sunday afternoon we fell in with
| q stranger at No Mans Creek who seemed
| to be out hunting jack rabbits. We had
| given him few valuable hints on how
best to hunt the long-eared jack. when
he suddenly turned on us and held us up
| fer SIS In cash. a silver watch and both
| our gUrs. He had big revolver looking
| us straight in the left eye before we had
| any idea that the circus had come to town,
| and Under the circumstances We thought
| 1t best to shell out. He was a peremptory
|
he gave us his word that nothing but dire
| necessity would have induced him to rob
a newspaper man. We tried to get him to
| open game Of poker with us. knowing
couple of hands, but he was in hurry and
soon went his way. The sheriff went out
| with posse next day and beat up the
| country, but the traveller was not to be
| found. We have nothing particular against
Kim. as he Lsed US well and said he was
| a regular reader and an admirer of the
| Kicker. but II we meet him again will plan
| to haze the hold-up on the other foot.
The Pine Hill Why.
Last week We announced that an indi-
vidull known as Cheerful Jim" had been
lyl ched by the vigilance committee al
Pire Hill, and great was our surprise when
he walked into the Kicker office the other
day and said he was feeling as well as
Usual. but for sore throat. 1t seems tha,
they old hang him. but some of the
crowd we're half drunk and the remainder
anxious to attend dog fight, the job was
so poorly done that the victim wrggled
out of the moose and walked off Cheerful
jim shouldn't have been lynched in the
first place. as he simply shot man in the
foot by accident but as long they set ou
to hang him. their bunglins work was a dis
| grace to the whole territory. Jim says Sc
himself. and adds that he wouldn't live il
| Pine Hill thirty days If they would Civ,
him the town. He can swear chew tobac
| co ana swallow soup, but 1t will be a week
or so yet before he can work his throa
on corn beef and potatoes. He will max.
his home at Giveadam Gulch hereafter
and II our people ever have occasion L
!. hang him he will feel proud Of the way it.
done.
Always in the Lead.
Monday morning CT last week we re
ceived direct from Chicago, and in gooc
order. the first and only paper cutter eve
seen In this locality and all day long tn
office was crowded with interested sight
, seers, each Of whom had word In prais
! OF our enterprise. We don't want to ap
pear vain or boastful, but we feel that W
: may be excused fer observing that ever,
. step we have thus far taken has exhibite,
a spirit Of enterprise totally unknown Il
I this region before our advent We hay
/ several more in view. and hope to continu
to merit praise so literally lavished upo
, cur efforts. There seems to be a genera
impression around town that a paper cut
t ter will also cut hair and trim finger nails
but such of it would be attended wit
= | Danger.
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