Smyrna times., 1882-05-10

relics. a subscription has been started t,
raise a fund for his family and promises t,
rival that of Sargent Mason. Photo.
graphic pictures taken after death are foI
sale in the windows of book stores an,
news dealers, in the usual profusion o
styles and sizes. There were no picture
taken while living for the reason that i
would have led to Identification, and tha
any state is liable to produce robbers W ! !
be readily admitted, but it must ever stan.
to Missouri's discredit that Jesse Jane,
and his confederates found sympathy anC |
secret protection for seventeen yeaIs. |
This is Buchanan county and there ar
plenty of men in this county and they al,
not all in this county either, who have nc
sympathy with the general government
or any thing that has been done since the
Emancipation Act was proclaimed Every
thing nowadays is unconstitutional anG
the country is growing worse all the time.
We are sorry to think that Missouri ha,
had more than her share OF such benightt d
minds and her battle scared reputation
coupled with intolerance and old foo\
sentiments has proved to be an unsavor,
mass to the emigrant who for many year,
| have been going across her, and around
her, to avoid her sentiments and laws
until she has been surrounded on all sides
but one. with States more powerful than
/ herself, while the fact is that her immcns,
/ size and resources of minerals and ricn
timbered and prairie land entitle her TO
! rank first among the Wcstcrn States. The
remark was made by Il practical mind that
the death Of Jesse james and the breaking
up Of his gang would practically add from
three 10 five dollars to every acre of land
/ in Northern Missouri The old fogits M,
getting in a smaller minority all the tim,
as was seen the other week in the city
election ofSt. Joe. While Jesse James was
Il literal dead head they conceived
that the hest infectivc that could be an
piled was 70 20 in with the Radicals as
they have called them and elect Il set OF
men that would give a different cast and
coloring to the reputation of that ambition,
young city which recognizes no rival but
Kansas City.
Arriving at Topeka, the capital of the
temperance banner State, a. well as the
State that prodUces more wonderful things
than any in the Union, which are not all
found in the realm of nature, but many in
the scope of mind: she is said to have
more men in the common walks Of life
who can read Latin and Greek, than any
sister state. HENCE. there is no lack o
material for new Governor, If the grcat
St John does not suit. But he is battlin.
: with the elements 10 admiration. and il
: conversation with a policeman, who saiC
> quite number Of saloons are still runnin.
, in defiance Of Governor ST John, bur
think after while we will close them up
we are getting one law point after anothe
=, ON which they stand, but in my opinion
they must yield.
Spring prospects are very fine in ever.
: direction. Fruit has been unhurt and i
setting fuller than the trees can beal
' Winter wheat is looking very fine an
:, the only apprehension Of an abundan
" harvest is from the chinch bug. Emm
grafton has not been heavy but the growt
: Of the city is lively and substantial
~ Ever yours,
RAMBLER.
= Topeka, KANSAS, April 26, 1882