Telegram-herald., 1886-08-28
FIVE CENTS
TAKE YOUR CHOICE
The Candidates for County
Offices Passed ia Review,
THEIR TRADES ClLukGS AND RECORDS
Study Wei The Men. Weigh Carefully
Their advantages - Waiting the
Verdict o. toe Voters Excel
lent Timber 10 Select from.


Vow that the several political parties
have held their State Conventions nomi
mated candidates and adopted platforms.
the campaign val be apeugtrsp $3.50 b sen-
Gine boom. The several @ale committees
even now are outlining abe wars of ihe
campaign and The sab Aenienanis in the
various counties pil carry ant tie wishes
and diotaiions of their masters
The deht in Kent county toe coming Eu
VII be, what SIS termed rr Fsoltosi Iar.auos.
pretty one. in4smuch as ihe osnd.dales
are evenly matched aud there are no dead
easy walk awa1s li ls Nei early i.II I1t
ral WORK. tasioulsts Republicans aad l'n3-
hlhIuuuisis viii caalaci .EaFlus cam
! Iaiens aud ihe candidates alI have lfll-
ing chance Win ihe prseat sarm wealth
ar. bat lltNe aside from organization and
/ the sending olt ~ documents RlIl - done
/ hut az the irets ilee Rllh fea in Ihe Az.
tumnal days speaker. Elil be pgi ln The
field and the woods auf school houses Uil
rnE with The silver tones 0i the various
/ spread eagle campaign orators.
Before ihe heat az ihe b4itle 10 is Guine
| that The voters shouia inform iheasselee.
/ 81 The various candidates aud study sell
! their qualifications. 50 with this end iu view
/ the lELEsnsN HERkLn par1des ihrIu ell In
view and ieaFes ii io Tie voters to decade
beiween them. Tie county of Kent is one
of The MIDST important in fhe Stale ihere.
! fore good mcn and true should be- CA led ga
20 serve The people JOY tie coming two
years.
For state Senator the nominations are.
j. II Maynard. Prohibition Geo 4. STARK.
Fusion, Cnas. = brlknap. kapub.ican.
/ Maynard is resilent ui tie village of
Sparta. prominent tirne has al Ia = been
an ayONei frmpefauI advocate and gas cd
one time financial 81 interested ln he Hai
of this CITY STARK farmdr resi- d. al
Cascade has consigr grlhle t4ans 'ant las
for several yelr blu a A. dmter .o1 lhe
| Board OF ruDefkls04s iirIk h. is tuOkn
az "fhe boy sOldibr wax lr3mttsl li1r
bravery. has been engaged BOZ manuiacthir-
ing for several wears and scrrel lhe cay two
| YEAR since a. Mayor
The asprants for Sheriff are Col J. b.
Bishop, Republican. Ii ID Plumb Fusion.
| AMI g.. a. Vanderbilt Prohibition. Colonel
/ Bishop served the county for six wear. as
/ Register of Deeds. carries Ritl him the scars
| oi battle and Is one uf the most popular
/ young business men in The city. III D.
| Plumb is Young miller engaged ln busi-
mess with his father az NiH Greek while
/ Vanderbilt. who lives on farm near ihc
/ tween niling The soN and following his
/ trade Of carpenter.
Three bright iesal lights are p.tfei against
each other for Prosecuting Attorney. Sam
! ID. Clay. Fusion John N Stone keplIl-
can. Mvron IT Walker. Prohibition Sam
1 ID. Clay is too vel known to require miro
/ ducton. John IS Stone has represented
/ tie District in Congress. been lnl'ei STATES
/ District Attorney and held pubic Office fnr
/ ISL L.. has.
/ cutting Attorney OF ANcEan tounty aud
] Circuit Judge of tle Twentieth District.
/ Myron II. Walker is graduate of the High
] School. former resident of the village of
! Lowell and q bright young hmb oi fhe Jaw.
/ He was defeated ior le same of some
| two years since.
! For County Clerk thc candidates are Corr
nelus J. Harvey. Fnson. q. d. ncGraaf
/ Republican w. j Shedd. Prohibition. a.
| J. Harvey is q prominent Young man oi
/ Holland pareniarc. who has he.d ths office
! of Clerk of the Police Court and since the
death Of q II Goodwin has been the County
| Clerk a. III DeGraaf is engaged in hDsI-
ness n this city and has for many years
| represented hls ward in thc Common lnuu-
! ell w. p. shedd has lately been admitted
/ 90 the bar and for several months acted as
the agent of the Law and Order League.
For Register % Deeds II D Mccormick
/ Fusion. H. " Sellers Republican and N B
| Blaine Prohibition are before ihe people.
| M McCOrmicE is a veteran soldier was for
| several years supervis or OF GRAND Rapids
| township and has Tor ihc past four ytar. htId
the Office which he siiil c0vets Sellers Is 3
| young man and has for The pasi twelve
| years pilotei lie Cedar Springs I.IUfr over
| The stormy journalistic sea and tor flc past
| two years has represented the Ilr8 ktri
| District in The state Legislature. Blaine is
a dry goods merchant in the village ol
/ Lowell and very popular in ihai ena oi ibe
/ county.
The candidates for County Treasure are
| g. ~. Stchhins Iutiun. 4 j. tcIenu. Lo-
| publican and Howard Morley Prohibition
| Siehbins is n farmer in Sparta township
/ genial. wbole-ssuied fellow and a brother
of A Sfebhins who hss held fhe office
! for The past four wears. Iolson IL the prouri-
eior OF a gen raj store az Alaska and super
| visor ~ Caledonia township Morley n
proprietor of general store 81 Deiar
| Springs and has been very successisI in his
business undertaking.
| For Circuit Court Commissioner the candi-
dates named are Stbranf Mes-eius and
Gustvo a W0f Republican. ,. ID Com
| stock and los Muffburr Frsinn- Nose.
Hewitt and q Hrie. frohihiunn Messe-
lus Is vonng Holland attorney with
| fairly lucrative practice. e A. N0f b.
well known Hebrew. uith law practice ~
al one time clerk of the Superior Court and
for the pasi four wears has been Comuis-
soner Wurzburg IS German and iife
Comsiock has held the Office four wears
Hewitt isa Lowe farmer ard g. q Hrdc
is widely known 81 a iaRgerof conslde.anle
ability
q N Braiish and q u Chappie are ibe
Fusion team for C0roneu s. g. Graves
snd y , Wa'laee the keYub.ican Bria-
isb ard Chsppie have both heid the office
lof toe pssi Two veafr and their comret-
tors are weA known a. sEa'ful Efficient
physicians
For Comfy Surveyor pur -kePIs is fhe
4 Republican NOMINEE. siias Martin. Fu-
sion and Asa ,isFfon Prohibition hN are
civil engineers and wei known in theIr seV-
era Gisfrirfs
Thus are fhe several county Urtffs made
up They are sl good mafsria' and 81 is
f0r the voter 10 make his choice
They Refuse 20 arhifraf.
Bos1or Mss. haa 27.-Ths latest sfofs
~ iho Peace Commission to settle tilf look
ont 20 fortv-tvo shoe farfories has proves
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