The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-07
D0NG0LA LETTER.
A MEDLEY OF INTERESTING NEWS FROM
"OLD TRIM

"oLD TRIM"
DoNeoLA, July 3rd, 1851.
The ten dollar silver certificate, stolen
from Mr.. Joiner, Of which we wrote last
week, has been returned, or at least he has
been paid back ten dollars. The slime
haired" young man, OF whom we before
wrote, appears to be the thief; at any rate
his father is the man that paid Mr.. Joiner.
We are not disposed to give his name, and
for good reasons will speak no more of it,
till itgoes before the grand jury, as 80 it
will.
The Dongola summer fstcuffs, are now
on the tapis, and it is a remarkable fact
that, some Of our citizens enjoy them huge
ly. One fellow, we have, whose chief bust
ness is to guzzle "tangle foot, ;" and sit on
the corners and discuss the science OF fist.
cutting. He seems to be entirely carried
away with the idea of other mems abilities
to shoulder mash.h On the night of the
End instant, Simon Alden, got mixed up
with Ed. Hathaways fists and boots to a
degree that, those who know no better,
might readily conclude that the comet
had hit him. A few days ago the Dongola
''son of a-&c. on Wheels" got into knock
down on our streets. Of course our town
treasury on each occasion was replenished
with few dollars. If ever a town under
the sun needed dose of blue mass il GER
talnly is Dongola We do not wish to cast
any stigma on Dongola, for it is our home,
and we know that VIC hold citizens that
will compare favorably with the best citi-
zens of any Of our sister towns; yet at the
same time we have an element that is not,
by any means, desirable. We still live in
hopes that the day is not far in the future
that will see Dongola rid of all its roughs,
bruisers and thievers. 1t is no use denying
that we have them, but it is the duty of
every good citizen, to come down on them
IN manner that will reform them, or drive
them from among US.
On the end instant we were shocked by
the news that at thirty minutes past eight
o'clock a. m. of said day. President James
A. Garfield was assassinated. Surely as a
nation we must be growing weak and it
does seem that in few moro decades of
time we shall be completely Mexicanized,
and that no man holding important Office
need expect to escape assassination. AS
yet we know nothing definite concerning
the affair and are anxiously waiting for
daily paper, so that We may learn some
thing.
The daily scenes in Dongola. are men 60
ing into saloons taking their schnnaps, and
walking back on The streets to boast over
their pets in the shoulder MASKING line;
little boys cursing each other and occa-
sionally some old man. Men in knots on
certain notorious corner arguing against
the inspiration of the bible, Boosting that
in the new revision of King James transla-
ton, the word hell is expunged. Not one
of them ever having read chapter and
none knowing scintilla of what is con-
tanned in the revision. But among it all
we have redeeming qualities, and we hope
to see them soon standing out in bold
reliet,
A visit among the farms is proof that
times are good, as many improvements are
being made. Our mill men and merchants
are doing lively and paying business, and
all who try are doing well. OLD TRIM.