The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-11-16


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The following is the assignment of the
Michigan Congressman to committee
service in the House:
A. S. Williams-District Columbia (Cbair
mani; Expenditures of the Postoffice Depart
| ment.
Edwin willits--Patents; Expenditures of the
Interior Department.
J. II. McGowan-Prvate Land Claims.
r. w. Keightley-Pubhc Expenditures.
j. w. Stone-Mines and Mining.
nj. s. Brewer-Coinage, Weights and Meas
ures.
o. d. Conger--Judiciary; Expenditures of the
Department of Justice.
G. G. Observation-Disclosures
j. A. Embellishments; Expenditures of
the Navy Department
The Washington addresses of the
Michigan delegation are as follows:
A. s. Williams, National Hotel.
Edwin Willis, 211 East Capitol street.
J. ii. MCGOWAN, SO street, S. T..
f. w. Keightley, SO street, s. L.
j. w. Stone Metropolitan Hotel
M. s. Brewer, Metropolitan Hotel
0. ID. Conger, National Hotel.
G. G. Ellsworth, 44S III street, N. w.
j. A. Hubbell, National Hotel.
SENATORS.
T. W. Ferry, National Hotel.
/. p. Christiancy, III Fourteenth street, NV.
THE following Thanksgiving procla-
nation was recently issued by Gov.
Croswell
The present year has been one of manifold
blessings. Peace and plenty have prevailed
within our borders. The fruits of the earth
bax, hmm do, fLo h..
We have enjoyed health in a remarkable de-
gree. Our people have been secure in their
homes, and the sacredness Of person and prop-
erty has been preserved. We have been saved
from war, with its attendant horrors, and from
that disorder which elsewhere in our land has
destroyed many lives and much property. Our
rich harvest gives hope that the clouds of
financial distress and embarrassment which
have settled upon us will soon be lifted. We
have enjoyed the advantages of home, Of So
ciety, OF religion and of good government, and
have advanced in all the elements that consti-
tute great, free and prosperous people. Asa
manifestation of our gratitude for the rich
blessings we have thus enjoyed, have deemed
1t fitting and proper, in accordance with Gus
tom derived from our ancestors, and worthy to
be practiced by their descendants, to designate
Thursday, the Goth day of November, instant,
as day of Thanksgiving and praise to Almighty
God, whose wisdom supervises all human af-
fairs, for his great goodness to us as people.
And do earnestly advise all the inhabitants
of this State to refrain from their ordinary oe
equations on that day, and gathering them
selves together in solemn assemblies, to rende-
the just tribute and praise of grateful hearts
to our Heavenly Father for the favors He has
SO freely bestowed upon us, and to seek their
continuance and His guidance, to the end
that we may obey God, and I've the human
race, that we may walk in the ways of peace,
understanding, and benevolence, assisting the
poor and unfortunate, protecting all citizens in
their just rights, knitting ourselves together as
brethren of one great family, with pure lives,
to secure to ourselves and our posterity the
blessings of peace, of learning, of temperance,
of righteousness, and Of good government, for
all time to come.
Given under my hand and the great seal of
the State, at the city of Lansing, this fifth day
of November, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven,
and of the independence OF the United States
of America the one hundred and second.
CHARLES NJ. CRoswEII.
BY the Governor
II. O. ID HOLDEN Secretary OF State