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Show THE MENACERIE CONE. Til Kresiver nf a Clreus l.nses Pari iiMn Assets. Sr. Jim:i'H. Mo., July 'M Sumo week ago Sells A: Andress' circus and menagerie went into Ihn hand of a receiver, re-ceiver, and Col. John V. Tyler, a real estate man, was appointed by the court as such. Col. Tyler took charge of tho elephant, a one-horned rhiuoceros, a iloiible hiioiped camel and numerous other nieiiNgerio stork which wero lo be fed and quartered until the couit ordered linal disposition of them. All went well until yesterday morning, morn-ing, when the colonel awakened lo li lid that a cruel and unusual larceny had been committed. The elephant, tho enmel, the rhinoceros and live horses were spirited away during the night nud the most thorough search failed lo bring forth nny rlew to them. The keeper of the i-lephatit Is also gone. Tho supposition is that tho larceny lar-ceny was committed by some one eon-nee'led eon-nee'led with the show. Kiden lian been sent out in different directions, and telegrams nnd cards lo all points in the neighborhood in I he hope of arresting arrest-ing tho elephant and his compatriots. |