New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-08
SLIGH IND JAGGERS.


interesting; therefore we know not why men
sbould snend their time in making fiction. DAY
or two ago The Tribune printed short dispatch
from South Carolina concerning httle JOUR- 10,
istic difficulty at town named Chester we
hone we are right in thinking that perhaps
the incident deserves more extended notice OWING
n several diverting features of the case Inc
gentlemen involved were Mr. Christopher ohgp,
a correspondent of Charleston newspaper 'n'
Mr. Rob JaQcers, who is described as >" the editor
NJ q temperance paper" Bob Jaggers appears W
rs an ominous name for che editor Of a temperance
manor The name. of course. really makes nVue
difference. but this one would seem to AWAKEN eus-
picion. No doubt it is all right but-boo Jag
GERS 1t is not name which would invite SUI
scriptions to a temperance paper. houis iVi
Total Abstinence Bob Jaggers, iii Is hoC Vi'e
riaht kind of name for the place lhe 1ein-
perance Guide and Fireside Friend BOD Jagger''
editor, there Is something wrong with IL "ner'
ever you try it, He might write 1t ROBERT jag
perres-ths would help il somewhat, ana give MS
subscribers more confidence In his paper
But we must hurry on. The controversy, Ill
the words of the dispatch, grew out OF newspaper
articles On Monday afternoon Christopher
Sigh. with memories of small ale clustering aoouV
his name. despite the disguised spelling, way
laid Jaggers and held drawn pistol at MS heuo
Rob JaQqers, for some unaccountabe reason, was
unarmed, so he threw up his hands ana TOOK
n cowhlding," the same being administered oS
christopher Sigh. b. j. was enraged' Inc ols
patch says: Then Jagges got his gun. ne
came out on the street and opened hle OH
Slioh" who. with immediate Subsequently, re-
turned the Shots" proceeding which spoke
biohlv for both his valor and his honesty. The
ID nc oun m
fired five shots at the editor Of the temperance
noner all of which missed, the chief probably
being n little unnerved, while Bob Jaggers, en-
tirely sober except as to his name, managed 10
score two shots on the unspeakable Sigh. 1hey
we're not good bullseye shots, but they Clipped
him off considerably around the edges and made
him regret the cowhiding All hands were swao-
bling ont and reloadng their weapons when the
whole town turned OUT and conquered peace
The chief staggered away, Christopher Sigh went
home and put a new cracker on his cowhide'
while Bob Jaggers walked to his office and wrote
q singing editorial on The Curse of Rum In the
Police Department" in which he said None
Of his five shots came anywhere near us, Whlskey
was at the bottom of this deplorable display OF
poor craftsmanship. He should be dismissed from
office without delay. 1t is time to call halt on
these drunken officials We stood perfectly still,
but the best he did was to put one bullet through
our coat-tal Shame on such shooting as this
Shame on the voters who put such men In Office
Down with the wine-bibber in places Of trust"
We cannot see that any very valuable moral
can be drawn from this, although there are sew
cral small and obvious ones such as that you should
never leave your pistol at home, should not drink
if you are on the police force, and so forth. But
these arc unimportant matters. We hope that the
chief of police at Chester will reform, and that
Christopher Sigh and Bob Jaggers will stop quar-
renng And if the latter could contrive to tone
down his name little in some way, we believe
that he could build up bigger subscription list