Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-03-07
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CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
SUNDAY. MARCH 7, 1875.
Dan Rice's Latest.

gone into bankruptcy at last. Dan
usually bursts ever year, but is always
found on his 'pins' again, and this is
the first time that he has gone into
bankruptcy to settle with his credi-
tors.
This morning there was received at
the office of the Clerk of the United
States District Court, in this city, a
formidable looking document by ex-
press from Girard, Pa, Rice's home,
which proved to be a voluntary petit
ton In bankruptcy. The most strik-
ing feature of the petition is that while
the liabilities run up to something like
$s5, 1000, Dan puts down his entire as
sets to be suit of clothes, valued at
$73. Even that, he claims, is exempt
under the laws of the State, so we pre-
sumo the aforesaid assets consist sole
ly of what he has on his back. His
creditors, who number altogether up
ward of two hundred persons, will have
happy time dividing those assets
among them.
Some of the debts were incurred as
far back as 1869; but the most of them
were during the past year, when Dan
had a circus on a small scale, travel
ing mest by river, and showing for a
while on the Robinson lot, in Alle-
ghany.
Among his secured debts, Rice
mentions in his petition one for SIS 25
for individual tax levied upon him by
the borough of Girard. The biggest
debt of all is $26,S4O 81, which is due
G. r. Spalding, the well-known show
man. His list of creditors presents
greater variety of persons, probably,
than can be found upon the petition
of any party whose name appears in
the Bankrupt Court.
Judging from the creditors and the
character of the debts, one would infer
that Dan has been running his differ
years solely on the capital of other
parties, as we'll as having extremely
good luck in getting credit, t,even among
those who generally consider them
selves "smart enough'' to get their
money always. His list of creditors
includes showmen, theatrical agents,
editors, job printers, newspapers, law
yers, doctors, bankers, steamboatmen,
canvas-makers, carpenters, coal deal
ers, oil-retiners, painters, brick-ma-
kers, lumber dealers, hotel men,
boarding house keepers, liverymen,
storehouse keepers, engineers, grocers,
photographers, carriage makers, black
smiths, laborers, and others, too nu-
merous to mention.
Rice's creditors are scattered all over
the United States-there is even one
in Europe-wherever, it might be said,
Dan had his show; $4,000 of this for
rent, and the remainder is all borrowed
money; S2,666 is due three steamboat
men at Castleburg, w. Va, for the
charter of the steamboat; $1,000 is due
w. J. Harmon, of Nashville, for the
use of boat; A. J. Flesher, owner of
the steamer Agosa, is creditor to the
amount of $3,292 81; $2,245 4S is due
A. G. Powell, of Middleport, for the
charter of boat; $2S7 45 to ID. K. Bar
rett, of Marysville, w. Va, for serv-
ices as captain of the boat, and 1868 05
to David Plnwman- mate Rice
owes the tax collector of Memphis
$225 for circus license, and the Clerk
of Courts of Louisville $50 SO for the
same.
The list of creditors who have loaned
money to Dan is very extensive, the
amounts ranging, besides the Spauld-
ing one above, from $500 to $500.
They comprise showmen, lawyers,
doctors, auctioneers, business men,
land owners and others, who are in
different cities of the country. His
tailor bills and hotel bills are numer-
Gus, and they extend all over the
United States. There is a bill of $500
for jewelry from III. Franker of Dres-
den, Prussia. The sail-maker in New
York who made the canvas for the last
Rice show is short $1,000.
Dan seems to have "got into" the
newspapers badly, too. He owes pa
pers in Philadelphia, st. Louis, Louis
Vile, Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland,
and other places. The editor of his
former paper, the Cosnsopolite, wants
$50 salary; Jennie Greenwood, New
York, type-setter, 500; Lenor of New
York, who furnished the printing
press for the COsmOp0Iite, would like
to have $2,200-and so on.
Among the noticeable debts is one
for $3.50 for boarding young lady in
home, and 1850 due the Methodist
Church of Girard, being Subscription
in aid of said church."
The whole bankruptcy matter is to
come before Register Woodruff of Erie
next Wednesday for judication.--
Pittsburg Leader.