Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-11-17
THANKSGIVING D4E
I'm, Proclamation Issued by me Pres'ds'" 81
the United States.

the United States.
Proclamation by the president OF the
United States:
Constant thanksgiving and gratitude
are due from the American people to the
Almighty God for His goodness and
mercy which has followed them since
the day he made them nation and
youchsafed to them free government
With loving kindness He has constantly
led MS in the way OF prosperity and
greatness. He has not visited with
swift punishment our shortcomings, but
with gracious care he has warned us OF
our dependence upon his fOrbearance
and has taught us that obedience TO His
holy law is the price of continuance oil
His precious gifts. In acknowledge
ment OF all that God has done for us as
n nation and 10 the end that on an ap..
pointed day the united prayers and
praise OF grateful country may reach
| the Throne OF Grace, |, Grover Cleve-
land. president OF the United States, do
hereby designate and set apart Thurs
day, the Goth day OF November, as q day
OF Thanksgiving and prayer, to bs Kept
and observed throughout the land. On
| that day let all our people suspend their
ordinary work and occupations, and IN
| their accustomed place OF worship, with
prayer and songs OF praise, render
| thanks 10 God for all His mercies, for tho
| abundant harYests which have rewarded
| the toll OF the husbandman during the
year that has passed, and for the rich
| rewards that have followed the labors
| Of our people in their shops and their
marts OF trade and traffic. Let us give
thanks for the peace and for the social
order and cOntentment within our bOr-
ders, and for our advancement in all
that adds TO q nations greatness, and,
mindful Of the affective dispensation
with which portion Of our land has
! been visited, lot us, while we humble
ourselves before the power OF God, ac-
| knowledge His mercy ia setting bounds
| 10 the deadly march OF the pestilence,
| aud let our hearts DO chastened by sym.
patty was9i our fellow cOuntrymen who
have suffered and who mourn.
| And AZ we return thanks for all the
blessings which Wa hava received from
| the hands Of our heavenly Father. lot
us not forget that He has cniOined upon
| us charity, and on this day Of thanks.
| giving Let us generously remember the
poor and needy. SO that our tribute %
| praise and gratitude may be acceptable
in tue sight OF the Lord
Done at the city Of Washington on
tho first day Of November, eighteen
hundred aud lightweight, and ia the
year Of the INDEPENDENCE u the United
States, one hundred aud thirteen
I II, yrTkpaaa 4 hawa
/ signed my name and caused tho seal Of
tho United States 10 bp affixed
GEoYER CLEVELAND.
BY tho President,
I. f. BAYARp,
Secretary Of State
MEN IXD TOuFN
Admiral Porter has written some rc.
minisccnccs Of Garibaldi.
Mr. Thurman has been presented with
thirteen snuff boxes.
Prince Bismarck intends TO write tho
life Of Emperor Frederick.
Henri do Bornicr Is preparing
drama in which Mahomct is 10 be tho
leading figure.
Giuseppe Verdi, the musical com.
poser, who holds the rank Of senator ia
Italy, has just celebrated his ilth birth.
day.
George W. Childs has at his country
seat near Bryn Mawr grove Of trees,
each Of which was planted by some IA.
nous person.
Miss Jane .Stull, who lived near
Owiugsville, Ky, died the day on which
| she was 10 have become n welded vito.
At her own request she went 10 the
grave clad in her wedding robes
Hiram Lukens, printer. has been ON.
ployod on the Doylestown Pa. Iutolli.
geuccr since 1892. He set III tho whig
election ticket in 1910. aud has set an
every other Whig and republican elnr
ton ticket for Bucks county since then.
Belva Lockwood proclaims tho some.
what startling doctrine that every girl
should have the right 70 pay for hcrown
ticket 10 tho theatre, and not make some
| poor young man spend half his weeks
salary for flowers, carriages aud tickets.
under penalty Of being considered mean
and stingy.
Herr Rudolph Flab, the universal
proyider in the matter Of earthquakes.
has issued his annual budget Of alarm"
says London exchange. Gle saws
we are to have plenty Of earthquakes
next year, tho days upon which hp has
fixed being March II, April IL. NAV n.
august II, September ., October "a and
November g.
The king OF Wurtemberg, who Ia
creating such sensation in Europe by
the honors he has bestowed on his three
American fayorites, Is a half,dcmented
oldgentleman. His favorite amusement
consists in Harvesting cockchafers 10 n
little paper. wagon and then driving
them with feverish excitement over 2
big table, while his secret conrt conn.
ciIors and others keep them from falling
off the edge. aug
KILLED ny A MARSHAL
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