Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-16
Additional Local.
Dress goods at greatly reduced prices

Dress goods at greatly reduced prices
at Delavan's.
A full line of Rubber boots and shoes
at Delavan's at lowest prices.
The best one dollar horse blanket in
the market can he found at Delayan S
Mrs. w. c. Burns and Mrs. Nj. T..
Chapln, Of stanton, are visiting Miss
Burns this week.
Without any question the finest stock
of novelties in fancy goods suitable FOR
the holiday trade is to be found at Mrs
Bart Miller's.
friedrich Reynolds is a very clever
actor, 1.-The Australian" is the best
play seen in this city for long time
Milwaukee Daily News, Sept. Is, 90.
The Zeta Sigma, the young mems
society at the College, gives the Alpha
Theta, the young ladies society, ban
quet at College hall next Tuesday
evening. 1t is TO be sort Of fare
well spread for the holiday vacation.
Tire ladies of st. Johns church have
received notice that they will receive
$500 from the general missionary fund.
This with what the ladies cleared from
the far last Wednesday night, $3.50,
makes very hand ne sum 10 receive
abo 1t Chris tmas time.
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John Lansnaw. OF Pine RIVER, was
injured last Wednesday but how ser-
iously the RECORD was unable TO ascer-
tain. He was in his barn doing the
chores and went to throw down some
hay for the horses. BY some slip he
missed his footing and fell into the
manger about twenty feet. He was
insensible for some little time but man
aged finally to crawl to the house. 1t
was thought at first that he had suf-
fered no serious injury but Thursday
morning was in such pain that a ply
sician was sent for
According to the Detroit Journal
Sheriff King ought 10 ''set 'em up or
else sue the Journal for libel, the fol.
towing is what he has TO say: n more
chagrined officer than the sheriff Of
GratiOt county has not been seen in
Saginaw in many day. Wednesday
evening he came over TO this city to
take in charge William Leland under
arrest for obtaining goods under false
pretense. The sheriff and his prisoner
stepped into one OF our hotels, when
presently a lady greeted him. lie
asked 20 talk with her privately IN II e
next room, which was agreed TO, the
sheriff keeping watch Of the front
entrance. The result was the same
old con" trick, sadder and wiser
official, and lonely trip for the sheriff
back To Gratiot county thrown in.
Loland, however, was discovered and
rearrested later as be was about to
take a train south.
Last Wednesday VIII Cornwall,
constable Of Colon, St. Joseph county,
accompanied by Wallace Burch, a
farmer living near Centervllle in the
same county arrived in towa and be-
gan making inquiries in regard to one
Samuel Is. Vanderkar whom, they
claimed, had run off with b lrch's four
teen.year old daughter. The couple
ran away some four weeks ago and
were tracked to Jackson where the Of
ficials lost all trace Of them. Wander
kar is pensioner and this fact was
made use of in locating him The L.
S Pension agent at Detroit was written
to regarding where his pension voucher
was to be sent aud returned answer
that he had been requested TO send it
to Alma Armed with this Information
the officer and father came here and
soon found that their man had bought
farm near Butterfeld's mill, in South
Arcadia and was living there with the
girl IA man and wife The father and
constable accompanied 10y Deputy Sher
if Leonard drove out after him Wednes.
day night. The arrest was m tde with
ont any particular trouble but as Van
derkar had the reputation of being
bad man, he stands six feet four in his
stockings, he was brought in shackled
accompanied by the girl who until the
party left for Ithaca. refused TO pay
any attention TO her father. Tie case
is somewhat complica' ed by the action
of the girl who claims that she Is mar
ried to Vanderkar and is over eighteen
years old. 1t IL said by those who
know him that the fellow is worth
some 81 ,00o. He declares that he Will
fight the case through TO the end.