The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-16

as dcadbcut the ntncr wueE. mas sent
us word that he will shoot us ou sight
Bet he won't do 10. l:rt he cant do IT,
Bet he can't hlt % barn door across the
street. Come aud pop away, major.
MIR PARKER of Eue Hill came over
To This gulch the other day 10 shoot
Mr.. Stehbins Tor some reason or Other
aud returned home with II bullet In his
leg lie was probably hit hy accident,
but he feels as bad about It as II II had
been the real thing
A stranger named Albright entered
the postolllce the other day and began
shooting right and left to make things
hustle He was removed to ,he hos.
pilal with Il bullet in his side and has
re .dered ample apology. He says 1t
was temporary insanity and that he'll
have no more of It.
We understand that Mr.. Felix Of
Wolf Creek. while on his way over
here three or four days ago to call orr
city marsha liar. had the misfortune
10 drop his gun and wound himself in
the foot. It's risky playing with weap-
ons you know nothing about
An item in "A Chicago paper the other
day said every woman IN Giveadan
Gulch carried revolver when she
went shopping and did not hesitate 10
use II II prices were too high. We
have ladies here who can hit the bulls
eye nine times ont OF ten. but they are
never reckless about their shooting.
Mr. Skinner. the quack doctor, and
Mr. Hines. the shySter lawyer. drew
their guns on each other on the street
last Wednesday. aud for a minute or
two there was n lively ruSilade Same
old thing cartridges wasted
and no me hurt. We don't know why
men de- these things, but they must
have some reason for It.
The mail carrier on the Snowy Hin
route reports the snow as twenty feet
deep In the mountain country and that
II IA impossible to get through 1t win
be July before the last of it is gone
our horse editor went over TO Lone
Jack IN search Of items the other day
and came home with a bullet In his
neck 10 throw up his job, We want a
new man The salary is Sl2 per week.
and that Includes getting shot at as
often as occasion requires. Sometimes
| It is once y week and sometimes ui-
most every day. but good dodger is
seldom kurt
Notice is hereby given that we have
| had the telephone removed from the
Kicker office. Ina way it was u handy
thing. but every day or two some
one thirty or forty miles away would
use it 10 call US Il linr and n scoundrel.
and we got tired Of il. They must
now come in and see us and give us
a fair show You cane shoot man
over the telephone, 10 matter how bad
he abuses you.
A New Mexico editor, Jealous OF our
reputation. has starred private ed
itorial graveyard, but is honest enough
TO state that up TO date his sole vic
tim is a half starved coyote that was
chewing away at the back door OF his
Office. our y. g. e. Is az present under
FIVE feet of snow. but It win come out
beautiful in the spring.
A number OF persons were hung for
horse stealing In this vicinity last
summer and James Cotton OF Chlca-
go is here 70 see II one Of them was
his brother. Any one having any In
formation IA regard to the matter will
please send II in. The name of the
missing man was sammy. and he al
ways loved horses. especially those not
his own.
The Lone Jack Recorder says that
we ought 10 be lynched for our cheek.
Good lands. but II there Is anything
we do lack IL Is that very cheek. We