Show THE ARIZONA KICKER an account of st one bided duel duct atilla mul U harry happy result A ice TO JOMn zAL on several accusio ns during tle the past year we have made mention of the critter down the kt whom journalistic decency compe p us uto co lie ran can ri neither lither write shoot play piny poker L er badr ka a I 1 lie le lies lias not ony 1 mado madi beyea atte intes to cawi ti nate ui in but has tried to steal bodies horn from graveyard weyard Kr and bribed men to act ihu ilbra on anre on wednesday afternoon bat at a t wt wr met the critter nt at the pet pe t t ollice office and had bail some words with wilb him ile HP at challenged us to fight a duel and the affair came off in tile the rear of the engine louse house at 3 we arrived on oa the ground without weapons while lie ho had s P navy revolver and 3 spare cartridges we all allowed owed b him I 1 in a name the d istance distance 10 prices paca and wo we then took cook our tation SO feet beet away back to him aud and requested request cil ted lim to blaze beitze amay till he got tired ile he promptly re spouted wv we stood with our hands under our coattails ird and our face to a bill board with circus picture pictured on it the critter shot and yelled relied and whooped and hot and no body with hirn him till his liitt bullet was gone then some soine of tho the boys who ob ejected to the noise noisa h auw him oil an and d steered liim him in the direction of his carpet rag foundry and the duel was declared over tile the best shot lie made come within a toot foot of us and most of them were rive five or six ten feet wide of the target larget in IB the iha name cf western journalism we protest again this man continuing to call himself au an editor and ride about tho the country on oil free passes the idea of a reptile who cant do better shooting than that corn com I 1 is 0 s TITE CRITTER snot SHOT ing IDS into this territory to publish ft a paper and seeking to mold public opinion is a positive insult oven even to the coyotes aud and jackass rabbits his case should be brought up before the next nest meeting of the P press Ss association oci tor for action and unless we ar are greatly batly mistaken in the makeup of that 1 body there will be a resolution adopted outlawing this men man from the society of all journalists in their own limits limit s when wo we reflect that arizona is crying tor for admission to the household of 0 states antes and that if she is admitted that lop eared critter will have to be taken in too we feel like laying aside our pan 1 cn and declaring that we will never take it up again to argue and civilization A As OBSTINATE MAX MAS we have never bought to convey the impression that we conducted a sunday school in connection with anu ricel r we loved humanity in general so much that it made us weep when a man went froug there are times however when we feel eel it a duty ditty to give a fel fellow lowman mao a pointer ili intended tended to benefit Us his moral and physical welfare such an occasion came to hand the other afternoon when a stranger to this locality who called himself bald gill bill shot shat the hind buttons off our oar coat as we were baun bering down apache avenue bill stood in front of the white norse saloon and did the shooting sho otias to show tile the boys that hi he is was up in gunnery wo walked up to him anil wai bained tied him that times lad had changed in this town and that if 11 he wanted liberty to prance around hed bitter atop burning bomina powder when we found him sulky and obstinate we went out of our way to soften him up and left him believing that he would resolve to be a better citizen of ahr most glorious territory in till all north america an hour later he be ambled into tho the dead duck saloon and jumped on a table and yelled my ole pop was a thunderbolt and my nia ma chain lightning arid add im their only soul soni some days im a cyclone twisting mountains up by the roots and then agin im only a gentle spring freshet tre act banks full fall and still a at the rate of four feet a linit copl wheres the critter as smelt of my autes and said he find no odor of brimstone anti and cold bizeul some ot of the boys tried to quiet him but the proud spirit was soaring high and come down no 0 one interfered with hint him until he be had shot ane the necks off of four decanters and split dan freemanb freemans Fre F re emans left ear earm v ith a bullet and then he sank to earth to rise no more the reason of his bis sinking as explained by the coroner was owing to the weight ot of lead in his body the boys had bad particular against him but he be made them weary with his sell self conceit while ho he dicht follow OUT our well meant advice we bore him no grudge aud and gewere the first firotto to chip in tor for his funeral expenses and to offer our services as aa pal pallbearer I 1 bearer |