The Jeffersonian – July 28, 1894.
We despise the idea of using the columns of this paper as a medium of complaint, and have always strictly refrained from doing so except at times when we were compelled to do so by the welfare and safety of our citizens being in jeopardy. Of late there has been constant complaint made against a certain crowd of fellows for keeping the East End in a continual disturbance from dark until near dawn by their hideous yells and the discharge of firearms. This “fogging” up the town, as they have wittingly dubbed it, may be exceedingly funny for the culprits guilty of it, but to those who go to their beds at the customary hour, it is a perfect source of annoyance and worry. The timid women are frightened, and wonder and question if a bullet, cause by the promiscuous discharge of guns will destroy one of their lives or pierce the body of one of their children. We do not know to whome to attach the blame for the non-apprehension of these would be toughs, but someone is responsible for it and shall be held accountable for the destruction of any life or property. Such lawlessness should not be for one moment tolerated. These young men should stop and ralize that the wild days of the “woolly west” are over, and should settle down and assist their neighbors in the upbuilding of society and be a credit to the community in which they live. We are sure these yound men would not do so if they could sum up the consequences of their foolish and unwise practices.
