The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-02-17
Random Thoughts.
BY THE EDITOR.

City every year In recent number
of the Tribune / noticed the following
editorial:
"There is an ominous increase oi
public fee ling in the case Of the Hud-
son-st. murder, and the smoke that
foreruns an eruption is already mani
fest. Yesterday the inquest was held,
and before the doors there gathered a
large crowd of citizens, whose bearing
was only tolerably calm. Two of the
daughters Of the victim were on the
witness -staDd-two little girls only l 1
and 10 years old-who saw the act.
The hardened character of the assassin,
his insolent questions and answers, are
but the natural expression of the class
of which he is a notorious member
The case is so clear and the offender so
defiant that we cannot possibly mag
inc any other result than immediate
trial and the speediest possible execu-
ton of the law This carnival Of muir
der must be ended" ....... .....
But the trouble is, when a murderer
is punished, the Tribune sets up
whine of sympathy for the criminal.
Recently a brute named Kriel was hung
in Louisville, KY. He came into his
own house in a state of furious intoxi-
cation, seized his wife who was helpless
from sickness, and cut her heart out.
The Tribune had no word Of sympathy
for the poor murdered victim, but many
kind words for the incarnate devil who
killed her. The argument of the Trib
une, and that class of papers is, that
hanging does not check. murders; but
l notice that when Judges and jurors
become so corrupt that the law is fail
ure, and vigilance committees COM
mence hanging murderers, that murder
soon ceases. There is strong talk of
vigilance committees being appointed
in New York and other places. at.
have not the least doubt bat that
intemperance is the cause ofall this
carnival of crime, and that the inordi-
nate use oftobacco, especially by boys,
tends directlyto habits ofintemperahce.
These evils are fearfully on the increase,
and what the end is to be, the Lord on
ly can foresee. rpd.8 .ysal
propose to take up considerable
space this week in publishing what /
cut out OF three or four Of my exchang-
es in one evening. | could fill the pa
per with similar articles. .t l.a
1t was the proud boast Of a leading
lawyer of Chillicothe few years ago
that they never enforced the law against
selling liquor on the Bottom. The
harvest arising from this seed is a boun-
teous one Here is an editorial from a
late number Of the Chilicothe Regis
ter: .G
"On Tuesday last a mere child, 8 or
years of age, was arrested and taken
to the calaboose in a state Of maudlin
drunkenness, his reeling form and idi-
otic stare causing one to shudder while
looking at him. The boy, we hear,
had stolen the liquor some place, and
with it became thus beastly intoxi-
Gated. :" ,oau ..Y .a-. .H.. .atr'I
And this, from the last number of
the Chilicothe Gazette: .s
"SHooTING AFFRAY. -On Sunday
evening about half past ten o'clock at
the saloon of George Bechler, on Wa
ter Street, a difficulty arose between
Mr.. Beichler and a mannamed Will
liam Bacon, in the course Of which
Beichler was wounded in the leg by a
pistol shot fired by Bacon. The cause
of the affray as we learn it from eye
witnesses was that Bacon came in and
asked for some beer, which was denied
him by the bar-keeper on the ground
that Bacon owed an unsettled account.
The lie was given to this and high
words arose, in the course Of which
Bacon was struck by the bar keeper,
retreating from his blows until he pass
ed out of the door. A short time'after
Bacon reappeared at the door Of the sa-
loon demanding his bat which bad fall
en- off in the course Of the melee Mr.
Be;chIer started to the door for the pur-
pose Of returning the hat, and just as
he was in the act of stretching out his
hand to give it 10 him Bacon fired, the
ball lodging in the calf Of Beichler's
leg, Bacon was arrested by officers
COnley and Dennison in about au hour
after the affray. Dr. Scearce was call
ed in and in attending to the wounded
man's injuries succeeded in extracting
about one-third of the ball." iY OF
Here is an article from one of the
Cincinnati papers;lna 55l5a aai 2m
GA SERIOUS DIFFICULTY m THE EIGH-
TEENrr WARD.-The] following is re-
,vised statementof the facts connected
with the shooting affair in The Eight
eenth Ward, which we mentioned yes
terday morning '9a2 ..'l" L''
About O'Clock Monday night, two
men, one named Dick Hern, a car dfi-
YER on the Seventh street line, the 9TH
era man named Powers, in the employ