The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-08-25
FERMENTED AND FOMENTED
DEVILTRY!!
The Most Disgraceful Sabbath Scenes
Ever Witnessed i'm JacksOn!!!

The Most Disgraceful Sabbath Scenes
Ever Witnessed i'm JacksOn!!!
There were large excursions to this
point on Sunday, over the M. & G. r. R.
In all there were twenty three coaches,
jammed full. The colored Baptist Meet
ing at the Fair Gr,u:d was largely at
tended, but a very considerable portion
of the white eXcursionists were bummers
and dead beats, who came along for the
evident purpose of showing the colored
people and the people of Jackson just
how big fool could be created in SEM
blance of the image of man. A sweet
scented gang was from Athens, and pre-
tended to be a portion of a company of
National Guards-though, as we heard
remarked on the streets-a good healthy
miner in one of our mines could take
pick-handle and run the whole company
of such soldiers out of the County. This
gang paraded about the streets with sun
flowers pinned to their coats, and doubt
| less thought they were doing something
exceedingly funny, but some of the good
people of Jackson thought they were
delegation of lunatics from the Athens
| Asylum. They were headed by thing
| with plug hat on. The thing had its
mustache waxed, and evidently thought
it looked like Napoleon III. 1t really
looked like sick and diseased terrier
dog. 1t is necessary to add that the
Athens folks are doubtless as much
ashamed of this thing as are the Jackson
folks.
Among the Druggists, we believe
Williams and Miller had common decen-
cy enough to respect the Sabbath. Scott
and Lewis kept their ranches open, and
conducted their business in open defiance
of law and decency.
The doggery kept by AL Caster on
Main Street, was open nearly all day, and
a crowd of carousing, drunken men
surging in and out. This is one of the
very lowest holes in town, yet the officers
could do nothing with it.
The low. dive kept by Peter Fischer,
and the next door near the Railroad, kept
running right along. The conduct at the
Fischer rancho was beyond all description.
The yard was full of drunken, bowling
mob, men were passing in and out of the
two street doors, and there was general
revelry and deviltry raging about the
place. At this place, glasses of beer were
carried into the street and sold publicly.
while the policemen and Marshal were
looking on. We noticed one policeman,
Charles Caudle, going about the street
carrying beer-glass in his hand. We
1oo4 T., Hoe
object in making this public exhibition
of himself.
Drunken men were staggering around
in plain view of Mayor, Marshal and
Policemen, but there was no way to reach
them, because it was Sunday!
This state of things cannot last long
If these hoodlums cannot be arrested on
Sunday, they should be promptly arrested
on Monday morning. And we wish to
suggest to Mayor Aleshire that there is
strong and growing public opinion that
zone dollar and costs" is not an adequate
punishment for the general deviltry that
is being carried on. We wish to speak
plainly, so as to be understood. We are
positive that we saw as many as fifty
drunk men reeling about the streets on
Sunday. People who have any regard
for decency will not long submit to such
state of things. If the officers can find
no way to arrest these drunken brutes-
no matter who they are-and shut them
up, like so many hogs, until they get So
ber enough for trial, then punish them
severely, the people will doubtless see to
it that they secure officers in the near fu-
ture who will enforce the laws. 1t is no
punishment to drunken loafer to bring
him up and fine him dollar OF two and
costs, then let him go without paying
anything. We think the Street Commits
sioner might find something for such fel-
lows to do.
The officers should bear in mind that
two or three bloated and blistered dog
gery-keepers in Jackson do not shape nor
reflect public opinion, and that people
who feel an interest in the welfare of the
town will not feel disposed to permit,
much longer, such scenes as those of last
Sunday. We have seen some rough times
in jackson, but we never saw anything
more disgraceful than the scenes of last
Sunday.
A police officer should regard one man
as no better than another-where both
are violating the laws, and men cannot
hope to continue themselves in office by
Furnishing crime in one direction and
winking at it in another. Marshal Owens
seemed willing to discharge his duty to
. the utmost limit, but could do nothing
while handicapped by existing laws. We
think, however, that a few more brutes
might have been locked up.
THE District Meeting of the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society, will be held
at the M. E. Church, September Sth, day