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Wichita eagle., 1889-05-04

Base hits-Brooklyn s, Athletics 5.
Errors-Brooklyn Z, Athletics 10.
Pitchers-Lovett, Mattimore and Sew
ard,
KANSAS CITY, May 3-James McGarr,
second baseman Of the Cowboys, said to-
night that he had been notified that his
services would not be required after the
10th inst. McGarr has been considered
one of the best infielders of the home
faar
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

A BOHEMIAN mechanic has built a
bed that. as soon as laid upon, begins
playing airs from Auber and lulls the
occupant to sleep with eolian sweet
ness. At the hour set for rising it
changes its tactics and thunders forth
one clashing march after another until
relieved of the sleeper's weight
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

A CHICAGO paper in its advice to
young women says: "Don't write, ex-
cept when it can't be avoided. to men.
Make oil your notes, acknowledging
courtesies, ETC., short and to the point. -
1--WE would like to add," says Mime
apolis paper, ''don't write at all if you
can't letup on this pet angular hand of
yours and cross your 't's,' dot your IS
and make an Il look like an 4. )" Don't
imagine that because your papa hap
pens to be lawyer that your chirogru-
ply should resemble footprints on the
sands OF time tits neither necessary nor
complimentary to your papa.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

THOMAS A. ED1soN's capacity for
work does not seem to decrease as he
goes on in years He frequently re-
mains at his desk until two or three
o'clock in the morning, then catches
few hours of sleep in his Office and is
at his tasks again by eight
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

Tue Governor of North Carolina in
his annual message denounces the
apparently growing disposition to
resort to lynching." 1t is a sad COM
mentary upon 1889 civilization when
such criticism by the Governor of a
great State is made necessary, and
sadder still when it is applicable to
several States.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

WHILE the buffalo, the elk and the
antelope. those comparatively HARM
less creatures, are fast disappearing
from tho hunting-grounds, there ap-
pears to be quite an abundance of saw
age b:utes left in tho land. A COM
plain: comes from the Yellowstone
Park because of the largo number of
1ierco animals, mountain lions and
bears which are thronging into it. No
one is allowed to discharge a gun
within the limits. The bears and lions
have found out about this, and so thew
proceed to growl and fight with i'm
Ounitv.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

Tue ordinary Brooklyn IN. Y. man
appears to stand blow with consid-
erablo serenity. Two gas reservoirs
containing $4,000 cubic feet OF gas
blew up the other evening, and the re-
port states that the night Waterman,
sixty-five years old. "was in the midst
OF danger, but simply had his hat
blown of. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

HE most disastrous accidents of
1887 were due to railway collisions.
During 1883 the majority of whole
sale fatalities was caused by storms,
floods and shipwrecks. Several ocean
steamers went down with hundreds of
passengers, storms and foods in Next
co and China counted their victims bv
hundreds. and like disasters of lesser
magnitude were reported from every
part of the globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

HE mackerel and halibut of the
New England coasts are leaving those
waters. The fishery reports for the
year 1883 show a falling off of about six
million pounds in the catch of those
two kinds of fish. So long as the her.
ring fisheries continue productive,
however, the packing-houses on the
coast OF Maine will be able to supply
the market with genuine French sar-
dimes, as usual.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

1t is stated that Queen Victoria
has reduced her household expenses
$3.50. 600 year. 1t is suspected that
she has concluded to do her own bak-
ing hereafter instead of buying bread
at the bakers Herald.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

The career of a Government clerk Is
fairly typifed in the case of James
Eveleth, the veteran of the War De-
partment. He began working for, the
United States in 1929 at $500. a. year.
In 1886 he was given $1,000 a.year;
In 1850. 81, 260 q year; from 1851 to
1853 he was paid $500, and the next
year he was promoted to $1,000 In
1864 he was given $1,000. and in 1885,
on account of advancing age, no was
reduced to q. 600. There he Is now at
about eighty years Of age. and there he
will die, unless, perhaps, he live long
sa0ugh to suffer further reductiena
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

The Duchess OF Marlborough has
sent to her attorneys in New York for
$3.50, 600 with which to furnish her
new house in London. She has her
Duke In England, but her ducats are
in America.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

THERE are in Connecticut in pro-
portion to its population, a singularly
large number of old people, of whom
a goodly number are women. This
would seem to indicate that its repu-
tation as land of steady habits is de-
served
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24
The late Mrs. Jay Gould left all her

The late Mrs. Jay Gould left all her
money in her husbands keeping until
about three years ago, when she jok-
1ngly declared she would not trust
him any longer and demanded an ac-
counting from him, as she desired to
retire from Wall street. MIR. Gould
ordered his book-keepers to figure up
bis wlte's interest exactly, and pur-
chased all her stocks, bonds and other
securities at their market value. She
received over $4,000, 900. The money
was invested in Cover ament bonds
and other securities of undoubted SOL
iG:tv
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

RICH finds OF gold in the Honqua-
Hula mountains of Arizona are re-
ported, ono man claiming that he and
four partners took out $50, 600 in seven
days. The "diggin's" are sixty miles
from Sentinel Station on the Southern
Pacific railroad.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

The Charm of Truth. 49, Angry
farmer Ito boy in tree)-"What are
you doing in my apple tree?' Boy
STEALING apples, SIR" Angry farm
er CATER a seconds thought)-"By
gosh! Eat 'em. my boy, eat 'em."-
Life
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24
FROM WARRINGTON.

On the 18th the one hundred and eighty.
third anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's
natal day was fittingly observed in vari-
Gus places by typographical societies.
COLLECTIONS Of internal revenue in the
United States for the first six months of
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889, were
<63t 81, SIS, an increase Of 1865, 957 over the
corresponding period Of the previous year
DURING the seven days ended on the 18th
there were 358 business failures in the
United States against 397 the previous
seven days. The total failures in the
United States from January to date was
9S1, against 9l3 IN 1888.
INFORMATION was received by the De-
partment Of State on the 18th that the Jap
anese Government had abolished the ex-
port duty on drugs, woven goods, timber,
cereals. spirits, beasts, fuel, etc.
Artwenty-six leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
81, 124, 1S9,526 against $3.50, 523, 1893 the pro-
vlous week. As compared with the cor
responding week of 1883 tho increase
amounted to al.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

THERE is decided movement in
West Virginia in favor of CHANGING
tho name Of that State. Its promoters
say that every State should have a
distinct name of its own, so far re-
moved from the namo OF any other
State that no confusion of names can
arise. West Virginia is so near like
Virginia that the people do not enjoy
1t. Curious enough, they all agree
that kanawha" is the name for the
State,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

An unique reason for remaining
single was that given by q New York
club man. He said he would rathe,
live an old bachelor than marry and
take the risk of raising boy who
might play on the ACCORDION.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

-Humorist-" wonder how Octo-
Der got it's name?" Miss Sharpg;rl-
LIT got it's name from the numeral
octo. which applies to the eighth
month of the year, and burr, a deli
cato allusion to the opening of the
chestnut season. TEX as Siftings
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24
An Emhexxlor Aerai9nefl.

NEW YoRK, Jan. 21-William L. Wythe,
formerly managing clerk of the brokerage
firm of w. 8. Lawson & Co., 40 Exchange
place, was arraigned at the Tombs police
court charged with stealing 5000 Of bonds
OF the Evansville & Terre Hauto railroad
from the firm last September. Wythe re-
fused to make q statement and was admit
ted to bail In the sum Of SO, 600. Members
Of the firm state that Wythe also embez-
zled about 10000 IN cash and this Is the
whole extent Of the defalcation. o..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

IRELAND no longer sends the great
est number of emigrants to this coun-
try, being behind Scotland and En-
gland. The influx from Italy also bids
fair to Overshad0w that from Ireland.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

RAILROADS throughout the country
are becoming alarmed over the pros
pect OF q short supply Of ice next sum-
m0r ~ hs*E ~ 80 80 - z. 4s $50

The birch rod used by the first
teacher In Vermont school-house,
over one hundred years ago, is nailed
over the present teachers desk. ....-s.,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24
WEST AND SOUTH.

CAPTAIN JAMES LEE, SR., said to be the
Oldest and wealthiest steamboat owner in
tho United States, and founder Of the Leo
line of boats plying on tho Mississippi.
died at Memphis, Tenn, on the 10Th. aged
eighty-three years.
On the 10th Mrs. Courtney, living near
Hale's Springs, Tenn, went to church,
leaving her two children locked up in the
house Upon her return she found both
her little ones dead, their clothes having
lgnited from the fireplace.
1T was said on the 10th that the grand
jury at Indianapolis, Ind, had found in
d1ctments against thirty-five persons for
violation Of the election law.
The Statehood convention of South Da-
kota, In session on the 10th at Huron, de-
ciared that the people Of both North and
South Dakota were ready and anxious for
two States, and that the people of South
Dakota, irrespective of politics, petitioned
the present Congress to take measures
that would Immediately admit the Terri
tory into the Union as State.
Two MEN named Webb and Harris shot
each other to death at Poteau, l. T., on the
18th, and bystander who witnessed the
fight was fatally wounded.
The inauguration Of James p Eagle as
Governor OF Arkansas took place on the
18th.
GOVERNOR FowLE, of North Carolina.
was inaugurated at Raleigh on tho 18th.
GEORGE HACKER, of Indianapolis, who
stabbed his employer, James Bruce. be-
cause tho latter expressed qualification at
the election Of General Harrison, was SEN
fenced on the 18th to fourteen years in the
penftentiarY
IT was discovered on the 18th that
George Meadows, the negro who was re-.
Gently lynched at Pratt Mines, Ala, as the
assai'ant of ArA Kellmer, was innocent OF
the crime for which he died. The real
colp-it was confined in jail.
HE discovery was made at the death
ON the 18th Of William Keane, St Louis
newsDoy, that he had amasscd fortune of
tlo'Oo the largest portion of which was
invested In bonds and securities.
The miners at Cromwell, w. Va. and in
the Immediate section, over four thousand
In number, went out on 4 strike on M
18th. The trouble was over loading cara
MRS. g. A. RALPH, Of Sioux City, Il. an
English woman, rose from the dinner
> table on the 18th and shot herSelf dead No.
(. The New Mexico Legislature on the 18th
Dy unanimous vote passed memorial ia
Congress; praying for the admission Of that
Territory Into the Onion. a
=. IHs report OF q annals pox epidemic IN
Denver, Col..: was on the 18th positively
denied BY the authorities Of that city.
MICHAEL LoyTUs,s miner at Helena, n,
T., had both Of his arms blown of on the
18th BY an explosion Of giant powder.
In Dakota and Minnesota the thermom
eter ranged from - 20 IS degrees l,elew
zero on the 16th-the hrstvery cold weath.
or In that region thus winter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24
An Oil Flood.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2l.-One of the immense
tanks Of the Standard Oil Company at
South Chicago, holding about 1900, 900
gallons Of petroleum, burst yesterday with
loud noise, and a. q consequence twenty
acres are submerged. The company has
the area picketed with men prepared to
use the utmost precaution against fire.
The loss will be from e. 600 to Is, OOO.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

Uoou MOVIE 1oF M1chtKRn Lumbormon.
OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 20.-An amendment
has been made in the order in council, re-
Gently adopted, by which tho export duty
on pine logs was increased from two
dollars to three dollars per 1000
feet, which provides that the
increased duty. shall not apply
to any logs cut and ready for shipment at
the date Of the passing Of the original
order. BY this change some thousands of
logs owned by United States lumbermen
and ready for shipment from Canada to
Michigan In the spring will leave Canada
At the old rate Of duty.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24
THE EAST.

CHARLES KING, Of Danvers, Mass, cele-
brated his one hundred and eighth birth.
day on the 10th. He has six hundred de-
scendants living.
T. V. PowDERLY denounced Barry in
Pittsburgh on the 10Th as an Anarchist,
and said it was for that reason he was e.
PEELED from the Knights of Labor.
WITHOUT any known cause Mrs. John
Greer, wife Of lumberman at Sunshine,
Pa, killed her babe and then committed
suicide on the 10Th, using revolver
On the 10th Nicholas Seidel died in Al
SAGE township, Pa, aged eighty years.
When twenty two years old deceased be-
came violently insane, and for period of
fifty-five years he was chained fast in his
room, his friends refusing to send him to
an asylum.
In fire in house at Pittsburgh, Pa,
on the 10th, Mrs. Arthur Roddey was
burned to death and her child seriously
injured.
DEALERS In washboards, clothespins
and similar articles Of domestic use
formed trust in New York on the 18th.
OK the 18th Mrs Clarissa Cox died at
Wakefield, Mass, aged one hundred and
one years three months and eleven days
On tho 18th H. F. Voight, former cashier
OF the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of
Pittsburgh, Pa, which failed in Septem-
Der with liabilities of $3.50. 600, was
arrested on the charge of embezzling $780,
Co.,
CHARLES AUSTIN, book-keeper for Bussey
& Mcleod, stove founders at Troy, N. ",
for twenty years, disappeared on the 18th,
taking with him SO, 900 or more of the
firms money.
The cigar makers in forty factories in
New York City. over one thousand in
number, struck on the 18th against re-
duction in wages.
Ar Shamokin, Pa, the Corbin and Elk.
celsior collieries, employing fifteen hun
dred persons, suspended operations in
definitely on the 18th owing to the dullness
of the coal trade caused by unreasonable
weather.
The British bark Sibel, with q crew of
twenty men, which left New York June Is
for Bangor with a cargo Of oil, was on the
18th given up for lost.
On the 10th shortage Of so, GOO was dis
covered in the accounts OF the late Henry
P. Marshall. who was for. twenty years
cashier OF the Seamen's Bank for Savings
in New York
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24
The News Of the Week.
BYsTELRoRxPH AND NAL,
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FlFTl9TH CoNsoR9oe.


: WEDNESDAY,, Jan. is lin the Senate an
amendment to the Tarin bili to make salt
free was defeated. A copy of the pro-
oeedings Of the North Dakota Statehood
convention In favor Of the division Of
tho Territory and the admission Of
North Dakota was presented. In the
House bill was passed making Co
lumbus, O., port Of delivery. The
claims Of Territories to Statehood were
discussed. ,se- '@''z
THURSDAY, Jan 1.-THE time of the
Senate was cccup ed in discussing the
Tariff blu. The bill authorizing the con.
struction sof . bridge across the Nissis
sippi4 ct La Crosse, Via, was reported
favorAbly. In the House the Territorial
bills were further considered. u
FRIDAY. Jan. 1&-1n the Senate tho
sugar bounty amendment to the Tariff
billsw passed by vote Of 81 to IS The
amendment provides for . bounty of one
cent pound on sugar produced from
beets, sorghum and cane grown in the
United States. In the House the Omnibus
Territorial bill was passed as substitute
for the Senate measure by party vote of
yeas, 1873; nays, 100 Tho bill admits North
and South Dakota, Washington and Mon
tana Territories. Thirty private pension
bills were passed at the evening session.
SATURDAY, Jan. 18-1n the Senate dis.
cussion Of the Tariff bill occupied the
time. The credentials of Senators-elect
Hoar (Mass.) and Higgins Del were re-
ceived and fled. The nomination Of
Walter l. Bragg, Of Alabama, to be Inter
State Commerce Commissioner. was con.
frmed. In the House the Fertilization Ap-
preparation bill was passed. The Ford
Committee on Immigration reported their
person who 10 an idiot, insane, q pauper
or liable to become q public charge; or
who his been legally convicted of felony,
other infamous crime or misdemeanors;
or who is q polygamist, anarchist or 90
cialist; or who is am cted with any loath-
some disease; or who has entered into con-
tract to labor for any one
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24
KANSAS e. NEBRASKA
GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE
Where Arc You Going?

WIFE,, do you start7 Where FRONT Howmany
Ia your par u What amount OF freight OF
baggage have ;ou1 What route do you prefer
Upon receipt Of IN answer to the above ques.
lions you win be furnished. free OF expense, with
: :: r.; 5: SIS: =:
ssb.e INFORM W. Sas.sAS Nation which
caii in person where necessary. Parties not
ready to hyswer above questions should cut out
and preserve this notice for future reference. II
may become useful. Address G II. WARREN,
General Passenesr Agent. st. Paul. MINI.
1oud lor nsw 1a1 81 Northwest
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

Mrs. HARRIET BEECHER Stowe has
largely regained her health. and is
able to walk about on fine days She
writes letters to her friends In firm,
etl,onD hand Sz-as 2esss ssas X - - s'a'l-s
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24
LATER.

JUDGE Love of the U. s. Court has rem
Tered q decree against the Keokuk 4
Northwestern railroad for the sum of $780,.
DBL ~ due on mortgage to Andres b.
I6tOre
TIE fire in the Grand Opera House block
destroyed the entire auditorium but did
very little damage to the Office portion.
No lives were lost and neither did any
troupe lose any property: The fire origi-
mated in the basement around the electric
light apparatus Loss 1876, 600, insurance
$50, 600
BERR1sFoRDs cracker factory, 1t Paul,
4inn.. was burned out on the morning OF
the 22nd Loss $4,000
EARLY on the morning of the 21st at
Point Allerton, the barge Josephine went
ashore with crew of four men, three of
whom were drowned and ami one saved
REV. MR. LOCKWOOD of Fairfield, N. j.,
while suffering from IN attack of acute de-
mentia, on the DIST attempted to burn his
entire family by locking them up in a
room nnd setting fire to the dwelling
They were rescued by neighborA
| DURING q fit of jealous anger, Thomas
Preston Of Germantown, Pa, on the after
noon of the Dist, shot and fatally wounded
bis wife
| A SOUTH bound passenger train on the
Philadelphia l. Reading road ran into q
tre'ght train near Shalnokin, Pa, on the
21st The passenger train was badly
wrecked and the engineer killed
0ER1H MILLER, "a young girl'of Chicago,
attempted to shoot her mother on the night
Of tho 10th. The provocation was that her
mother tried to prevent her from fire.
luenting houses Of doubtful reputation.
WHILE some young men of Burlington,
Iowa, were shooting at q target on the 21st.
one OF the bullets went wide of the mark
and killed Frank Allen, we'll known
sitisen - =.
III examining a toy rife belonging 10 a
Younger brother, Fred Ralbert of St Paul,
Mum, accidently shot himself in the temnle
md was instantly killed on the Dist
FIFTY horses were recently stolen from tho
Canadian Customssa officers ut Winnenep
md were tracked ~ far a. tho Montana
line 49,, -
CHARLES ". Su6sld, tho grain dealer who
jEeft St CHARLES, MINI. recently. leaving
liabilities Of 5000 coo arrived It Winnepeg
on Saturday last 80 @
TH1xE hundred houses wer6 DESTROYED in
The eaborat Valley, AstA, onths Fist BY .
shock Of earthquake
Sam Wymek a aged oitissn. of Canton.
Oak, committsde suicide onS the 2lst b
banging hmsele - !
ADu11cuL1xp occurred at MSmphis Tenn,
lpn tho 2lsts between ViIliim ]. sepn Z
medical stude1t and Leo Paluaer. q negro
After rough and tumble night the negro
tan towards hts house whsnrBspp drew .
revolver and fred two shoh Tho bullets
seEuck Nary Palmer. sa'sistsrs of the negro
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FA1IH1r trains collid4d Oh the 18th ct
Kent q, ard both eaxines and ton cars
q e1erchAndts0 wof1 wrecked and Engt.
Iheef WaSAner. Of GALLON O., was killed.
1 ANIL giving w6thaAra tho right to vote
at Oh municipal elections was killed IN
the Ohio House q Representatives on the
16t6.F -ss9e,2asF- e-srses
ANAN named Ridenour. who had twice
been convicted and sentenced to death,
upon his third trial on the 18th ct Win
chester. Va, was acquitted.
On the 18th Andrew Shuman, who
for nearly thirty three years had been
editorialiy connected with the Chicago
evening Journal. twenty. eight years "a
It, managing editor, announo ed his retire
mont on account Of poor health.
BolAR tMo1 adviceS Of the 10th say that
two daughter Of Henry Thomas, q
farmer. attempted to elope with Samuel
and Charles Hasburn, brqthers.swhen the
Old man made his appearance and shot and
killed the young men and one of his daugh-
terA Soon aftsr the farner wis lynched
0ZAloh sssss ssassasss 81.
WINE three boys wer6 hunting on the
10Th near Rckerk, Ind.,A they dug into an
old log after . rabbit and discovered Q pot
q gold coins. The treasure counted out
"a TRAIN was derailed on the 10th near
Elwood, Mich. and J. b. Macdonald, of
Escanaba Lieuteuanfr Governor of the
State; Horace Tuttle. president Of the
commonwealth Iron Company, Of Cleve-
land, O. and William g. Cochrane, OF Es-
canada, president OF the Cochrane Mining
Company, were killed, and many other
persons were injured. .a-
C1rlzsNs Of Tiptonville, Tenn, hanged
three men on the 10th who were guilty of
murder.
By the falling Of bridge over the
Green river at Spottsville,. KY. on the
3th Involve men were Killed and seven
others were fatally injured.
MISS FLORA RoHR, pretty girl of six
teen years, at Fayette, Mo-, killed Mrs.
johnson, the mother of her youthful
sweetheart who had steadily opposed the
match, and then committed suicide. :
NEAR Brookfield. NO., Mrs. Malinda
Hall, widow and her four small chill
dren were murdered on the 10th by the
woman's cousin, Joseph Howe, q school
teacher. He fired the residence and cre-
mated his victims.
In Indianapolis on the 10Th the Federal
grand jury indicted some sixty persons
for election frauds.
A RIOT occurred on the 10th at Ty Ty,
Ga. between whites and negroes in which
two OF the latter were killed.
A FIGHT occurred at an attempted lynch
ing on the 10th in Young County, Tex, be.
tween lynchers ana the sheritr's posse. in
which six Of the former were killed and
many wounded.