Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1891 — DR. BURCHARD DEAD. [ARTICLE]

DR. BURCHARD DEAD.

A Man Whom a Few vyord* Made Widely Known. The Rev. Dr. Samuel D. Burchard of New York city, died at 3 o’clock on the 3.'»th at Saratoga. Dr. Burchard came prominently before the public in 1884, when a reception to Mr. Blaine, the then Republican candidate sot President, was tendered at the Fifth avenue hotel to New York by several hundred ministers of various denominations, Dr. Burchard was there and had been chosen to address Mr. Blaine to behalf of the clergy. As he neared the close of an address of affectionate regard and esteem for Mr. Blaine lie used practically these words: “And tve admire and welcome you, Mr. Blaine as a steadfast opponent of rum, Romanism and rebellion.' Adventurers and adventuresses at seaside hotels have been more numerous than anybody remembers,, this year. /