Show World (July 1910)

24 THE SHOW WORLD July 30, The Greater Norris & Rowe Circus will be sold by Harry G. Sheridan Referee in Bankruptcy At Peru, Ind., Saturday, August 6th AT 10:00 A. M. This circus is almost complete, and ready for the road. Property consists of the following; 42 Head of Horses and Ponies 4 Lions 2 Tigers 2 Elephants 3 Camels and other animals (cages and dens) Band Wagons; Ticket Wagons; Calliope; Property Wagon; Poles; Seats; Harness, etc. TERMS CASH Peru Trust Company, Trustee PERU, INDIANA SELLS-FLOTO SHOWS MAKE CIRCUS MIND WORKING. HIT IN LEAVENWORTH Floto Circus showed here July circus h handle. It was pronounced by e one to be the best and cleanest show seen here for many years. The horses attracted particular attention, espe¬ cially among lovers of good horse flesh No circus ever visited this city with horses which compared at all favor¬ ably with those of the Sells-Floto. ' t was the center of an 'd who i sis kept in such 5 out how the many horses were in such splendid condition. The s men said that good horses to that George Aikin has left the John Robinson Big Shows to accept the position which he has just vacated. Joe Berris is with the Yankee Robin¬ son Circus. . A. D. Moreland and Frank Griswold have both retired from the show business, the former made a fortune with the Main circus camp and stands and is now selling automobiles and Mr. Griswold is look* ing after his fruit ranch. The Forepaugh-Sells Shows are contracted for here early in Septem¬ ber. The Reese Brothers' Ministrels and the. Minnelli Brothers’ Dramatic Company, both playing under canvas- have appeared here this begitf with and plenty of timothy hay, oats, and attention did the work. The performance was especially good, with every act a headliner. The stunts of Spader Johnson evoked a continual roar of laughter, as did those of the many other clowns. The absence of grafters was conspicuous and created much favorable comment. The Sells-Floto circus has certainly made a place in the hearts of the amusement loving people of this city and if they return next year their J i be much Rehearsing at £ .label Hite and s pany, including Mike _ . paring for another season’s trouping in “A Certain Party.” The star and her husband have taken a twelve-rc residence at Sheepshead Bay and hearsals will begin future. —Corlette. Bill Cars Caught in Wreck. Two of the Hagenbeck-Wallace bill jars were damaged in railroad wrecks recently; one was taken to the Wabash shops in Peru and the other ' Lake Erie shops in the same place. CRAWFORD TO BATTLE PICTURE COMBINE St. Louis Magnote Prepares to Fight Octupus Which Cancels His License—Is Strongly Entrenched. ADRED CIRCUS HAND CHARGED WITH ROBBERY at New- ith, it is Saginaw. _ Charles Smith, negro employe, v . Saginaw police department at castle, Ind., last week. Smith, u •charged, is the originator of trouble which occurred in this i at the Hagenbeck-Wallace shows June 3, and is the man whom John Carroll describes as having robbed him. After the robbery, and during the melee in which the crowd of negro employes made their assault upon Police Lieutenant McCoy, and also threatened Captain Baskin, who went to the rescue, he is said to have taken a leading part. Finishing European Engagement. Vardon, Perry & Wilber, “Those Three Boys,” are about to return to America after, an extended tour of Europe where they played many of the principal music halls; they sail September 14 and will spend Septem¬ ber 24 in Chicago prior to opening on the Sullivan & Considine time at Winnipeg. «srvsfs**i iaginaw, Mich, July 25.-In lieu of >0 which he claimed was coming to l for carrying water for the Two ' / here on Friday, Albert a kick by Boss Irish. I before the r got >w nere x-vmA __ out of town and the boss e up the $4.00 and the costs agement here I_ o _s. .Col. Cody as°his guests at the afternoon formance the little folks from St ESTES ew York. July 26.—The Shubert atrical Company of New York re- :ly filed with the secretary of state otice that by unanimous consent $1,500,000.