The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-12-26

| Last Sunday evening the church was crowd
| ed. MI. Bache had finished the re ding of the
ssrvice and had stepped to the front of the rail
| a make an announcement of the meeting of
the Literary A ociation founded by the yourg
| ment was "All young men are cordially IN
| vited to attend"
| looking and shabbily- dress l man in pew
| near the centre of the church, who had risen
| to give emphasis to his qustion. "How about
| the old men? Pm getting old, and want to
| know"
| Bache, thinking that he had to deal with lu-
matte, and hoping to quiet him by pacific
"Oh, yes ~ he was heard to say sneeriugIy.-
! 'Ye're all welcome! Ye're all welcomed"
| congr- ration approached eau ously the su,
posed -unatlc: but, seeing them, he bean a
sill came to hand, and kept them at bay
| Then he we quiet again, and Mr.. Bache + d
four St mas OF the, hymn that prece4o the
: aermon. But while he was reading, those OF
| the women who had not run away while the
| hymn books We're flying through the air,
sou ut safety in fight, and Mr., Bache had seri-
| Gus 1. rs of panic. He continued the reading
! however, and the supposed maniac kept up a
| rambling bGsso accom- niment that nobody
| could understand, Al,er Ic ding the hymn,
| Mr.. Bache retired to the vestry to change lobes
Me:nwhile, several of the Congregation had
| hurried to the Forty-seventh street police sta
| ton and just al, Mr.. Bache began his sermon
| they returned with three police officers. The
latter marched up the af.le to the pew occu-
| pied by the disturber, and one OF them whis-
4 and made no reply. Then all entered the pew
and pulled him out in'o the aisle but here he
| made a desperate resistance, and used his lungs
/ so powerfully as to drown the voice of the
preacher. Seeing that the women of the con-
gregation were frightened and ready to run
| Mr.. Bache signed to them to keep quiet, and
/ took his sea-, The struggle in the aisle went
on constantly, and, for the first time in the his
| tory of the church, the thWack of the locust
was heard within its walls. The officers say
they could not manage the man without using
| their clubs. At length they removed him, and
| MIR. Bache proceeded with his sermon to a di-
miniShed congregation.
| At the police station the prisoner was found
to be Timothy BurnCs. He taken before
1 Justice FIammer, at the Yofkville Police Court
| Monday morning, and on the complaint of Mr..
| Iohn ii. Cochran, one of the congregation, was
fined So and held in $500 bail to keep the peace
| for one year. BurneS is of ordinary size, but
very strong. At the time of the outrage he was
| craZed with drink. Some members of the con-
Eregation say that his action was inspired by
iisorderly persons in the neighborhoOd, who
nave not forgiven the diatribeS of the Rev Jno.
McCaffrey against Rome. In deciding the case
Justice Fiammer said he was resolved to pun
.sh such outrages at any cost.
The Rev. Mr.. Eache said. last evening: "Aiy
church is in Il very bad neighborhood. Indeed,
never go there in the evening without
volver. Once, after Mr.. McCaIrey had deliver
d a more than usually bitter sermon against
the Pope, the church was stoned. There is
scarcity of police officers in the neighborhood
and that is one reason go armed. l am afraid