The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-05-31
THE DEVILS HARVEST!
A Young Man Murdered, Another
Killed by Cars
A Man Beaten Nearly to Death
With a Wagon Spokel

The experiences of the past few days
have been such as may well startle the
people of this community. For long
time Jackson has enjoyed comparative
peace and quiet. but the whisky seemed
to get the upper hand for a couple of days
last week. This was largely due to the
fact that the lawless element of Coal
township-where they have local prohi-
bition-unites with the same element OF
Jackson, and forms decidedly unsavory
combination. A few more transactions
like that of last Friday night, and few
more such cost bills as it will necessarily
incur, will bring the people of Jackson to
the point of driving the Devils Dens out
of Lick Township.
On last Friday night a platform Dance
was instituted at the old Fair Ground.
This was one of the lowest, most disrep-
utable and disgusting dances that ever
disgraced civilized community. We do
not desire to offend any of the public
spirited citizens who brought this curse
to town, but it is a time for speaking
plainly. We gather our impressions from
reliable sources, including personal OBJ
servations. The affair was under the
management of John Conrad, John Tur-
ner, a man named Daniels, and two men
named Wallace. It is generally conceded
that the dance was the hardest ever seen
in Jackson. A fellow was trying to "call," !"
and could be heard clear across town,
though his tongue was so thick that per-
son fifty yards away could not tell what
he was trying to say. Occasionally a
word was thrown in which perhaps
meant the words "swingp' The whole
affair sounded something like this:
"Schway !-All-pumme -nadel-Whe-e-el
-pee!-Wa-a-ghI- II Hi-yah!-Y
neutrality-suspicious. thar, Lizzie!-
Shake 'er down, Sail BLANK, Blank,
Blank D Yah-ah-ah! h!-Yawp!-Whee-e-
e-eshLHi-yah!- -Schway! Schwayl'
All this time the drunken men were
hoeing it down, heel-and-toe, double-shuf-
de, Ole-Virginny fashion, while the feet
of the big girls were evidently trying to
knock hole in the ground. If we had
been called upon to secure picture of
the Devils Jubilee, III which the Arch
Fiend and his imps were rejoicing over
the downfall of souls, we should have at
tempted to secure an instantaneous view
of that dance.
This yawping, bowling rage was kept
up until few minutes before midnight, |
when the climax was reached. Some
men were running the swing. and there
were some decidedly hard characters rid
ing around in the boxes. Occasionally |
some one would jerk the wire attached |
to the front ends of the boxes. and on ohe
or two occasions parties were thrown
out In one box was John Montgomery,
with girl who lives in jackson. John
is married man, but he didn't care for
that, neither did the girl. While the
swing was in motion, some one, said to
have been some boys, attempted to seize
the wire supporting the front of the box
in which Montgomery and his girl were
seated. This angered John, and when, a
short time afterward somebody upset
the box in which John and the girl were
sitting, John got out, and, pushing some
boys aside to make his way to his victim,
stepped up to Ben. E. Humphries. young
man who was standing near, looking on,
but not interfering with the swing SO far