The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-10

but the democrats and the Jonesboro
Gazette Is happy. The last issue of the
Jonesboro Gazette, prior to the election,
warned dem 1crats to beware of republican
tricks and trades and to "see to it that none
be elected to office but democrats, and the
100000 debt created by republican board
would soon be wiped out" All sensible
men in Union county know that there never
has been republican county
commissioners court in Union
county. Democratic commissioners
are responsible Tor the 100000 dollars.
It's true, few years ago, Joshua Lewis,
republican, was on the board, and at
present NJ. V. Ussery, another republican,
is member of the county commissioners
court, and when this is said all is said that
can be truthtuIly said relative to republi-
can commissioners. We know that the
statement in the Jonesboro Gazette, that
a republican board created the $4,000
debt is an umitigated and malicious false
hood against the republicans of Union
county, and as such we let it 90
We were considerably surprised when we
got our last weeks BULLETIN and read that
Mrs. Whltcamp had been acquitted IN the
suit against her, in which she was charged
with being an accessory IN the numbering
of her husband. Foul murders are becom-
ing rather common, and it does seem that
if we do not soon have few frst-class
hangings, no mans life will be safe, 'spe-
cially if some one has grudge at him.
Money god of this world-works
wonders. 1t will suborn juries, will buy
states attorneys and coroners and do a
great many wonderful things. The strang-
est thing of all that il will do--in this
republican government Of ours, where every
voter is considered equal to the president
it will buy voters. Here in Dongols, we
see It's potent influence at every election,
even when it is no more than school cleo
ton, Sometimes especially when it
didn't lay around loose-nickel cigars and
forty rod whiskey were used for this no.
bic O. purpose, OF buying voters. After
all we are not respondent, we believe we,
If not improving, are not retrograding. We
have, to Us ono real grievance and that is 10
pay taxes to educate our youths and not com
polling parents and guardians to send said
youths to school, In plain English, we arc
for compulsory education, and if we can't
have it, then don't tax us.
Here in Dongola we have had more
than score Of children that have not at.
tended school a day the past term, yet we
have paid our teachers $4,000. Let US
have a law that will compel attendance,
andjf any patron ncglects to send his
children to school, let the penalty for such
neglect be severe.
Many deaths have occurred thus winter
in the vicinity Of Dongola, The undertake
or here, Thomas Rinchart, sent out twenty
collins in the month of January, which he
says is twice the amount that he ever furn-
ished before in the same length of time.
What the diseases have been we know not,
but are inclined to think that he who for
every little all resorts to strong medicine,
will soon shuttle off this mortal COLL
Blest with good supply Of common sense
is all that nature needs, to overcome nine
tcnths Of the sickness incident to this eli
mate.
The straw stack law suit we have no
room to report. OLD TRIM.