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Another Hurricane in iowa.

DEs MoINEs, June 22.-Anolher
terrible rain and wind storm passed
over Iowa this afternoon. The re
Gently desolated town OF Malcolm,
still exposed TO theclemenis through
the damaged and Tooiiess buildings,
was exposed for three hours to the
pitiiess storm. The damage To
goods rescued from SATURDAYS storm
T. is enormous and probably total.
AZ pleasantville, Marion county, the
residence of P. Lyon was badly
twisted and props placed against it
on the east side driven through the
wall. Numerous chimneys and
shade and fruit trees in chat vicinity
were blown down and signs and
awnings whisked away. Il is
thought the damage north and east
OF here is more severe.
DuBUQUE, June 22.-Word was
received at ten o'clock tonight here
of q heavy wind and rain storm
along the lines of the Illinois Cen
tral Railway west during the after
noon, with great damage at indie
pendence. The wires were all pros
trated and tonight not one is work
ING and it is impossible to get com
munication with any side. Such
facts as we have were brought in by
conductors and some of the passen-
gers. The storm struck Independ-
ence a little before fye o'clock and
wrought great destruction. Fences
were torn up, barns wrecked, houses
leyeled and trees uprooted. The
windmill of the Illinois Central
road was blown down and many
houses and buildings unrooled.
The tall smoke stack at the insane
asylum was nearly demolished and
all the business houses unrooied.
The depot OF the Burlington and
Cedar Rapids Railway is said TO be
a wreck. The roof OF Fonda's store
was taken oil and also the roof of r.
O'Briens One OF the Lowery sta
bles was unrootcd, and one report
says the bridge across the river was
injured. Sells circus exhibited at
independence, but fortunately the
blow came up before the perform
ance was open and the crowd had
dispersed. The circus tent was bad
ly damaged and one wagon contain
ing animals was lifted bodily from
the ground and carried some dis
tance. MANY people were in town
and many of their horses We're kill
ed by the flying debris and their
wagons smashed. Two men were
killed, but it is impossible to obtain
their names.
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In many respects the nomination
was a happy one. 1t viii awaken
the Republican manhood Of old Lam
caster to the highest pitch of enthu-
siasm Mr.. Brosius is particularly
a savorite of the Dunkavds, relig
ious sect which abonnds in thecoun-
ty. These people. all Republicans,
are slow to engage in . political
contest When they dotake hand,
however, their influence is felt.
Thus. in 1880 the interest infused
into this peace and quiet-loying de-
nomination swelled the Garfield ma
jority to upequaled proportions.
This nomination insures their inter
est this year. a long continued
/ professional relation between them
and him has created Il sympathy
that insures the largest majority ev-
er given in the county. The best
estimates put Lancaster down for 81
600 majority. Carry the news to
Stewart.
HOW THE NOMINATION WAS RECEIVED
N HARRISBURG.
The nomination of Mr.. Brosius
for Congressman-at-Large was re-
ceived with great satisfaction, not
only by the politicians, but by the
people generally. 1t was generally
conceded that the nomination was a
strong one, and it was observed in
convention that the most prominent
Republicans voted for the success.
fulnomiuee. Chairman Cooper says
the nomination is frst-class in every
respect, and c. L. Magee regards it
as splendid. Gen. McCreary, of
Erie, thought the selection am ex-
cellent one, representing as it does
the vast Republican vote Of IA sec
ton seldom recognized on the State
ticket. James McManes, of Phila.
delphia, said it was a most excel
lent nomination, and one of the
best things that could have happen
ed to the Republican party. The
veteran soldiers, Republicans, too,
were gratiiied that another veteran
had been placed on the ticket, and
generally : the nomination is regard
ed as a safer and stronger one than
that OF Thomas NJ. Marshall.
WHAT IS THOUGHT oF TT N LANCAs-
TER.
The following is from lastevening's
Enquirer:
Lancaster County is honored at
last. Marriott Brosius, Esq, Of this
city, has just received the nomination
for Congressman-at-Large. 1t is
needless for us to speek in commend
alton of this nomination. Mr. Bro
sius is so well known in our commu-
nifty, that praises Of his ability, in
tegrity, and independence would be
but the carrying of Goals to Newcastle.
He has not sought this Office, nor,
any political preterment. /
The honor has come to him unsought (;
and unasked. No one can assert :
that bosses" have made him. Heis /
the choice of free and untrammeled |
Convention. He is a Republican by |
choice and education. and in the
halls OF our National Legislature /
will not only MAINTAIN the principles
of the party, but make his mark in
the councils Of the country. In this
not only has the "Old /
Guard" been honoTed, but the party
at large can congratulate itself in
having on the ticket one who Is an
honor to any cause. The ticket is
nobly cJm!peted-we are well con-
tent. +
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ADcsperate A Trio Captured.

SUyBURY, jane 22.-Wliam
Whipple, Abraham WhiDple and
William Forest, who belonged TO an
organized gang which has commit
ted robberies and other crimes in
this vicinity recently we're arrested
last night. Forest was found in his
house at this place and made a des-
perate resistance. He drew revol-
yer, and, climbing on the roof OF mis-
house, defied the officers. He was
finally captured, but escaped by
jumping through a window in the
magistrates office. He was after
wards recaptured and lodged in jail
The Whipple brothers were found
near Montandon, eight miles above
here. One ofthem leaped through
a window. and after n chase Of half
a mile through the fields. was shot
in the back, but was not seriously
wounded Both were then lodged
i'm iail
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rhc Western Crops.


ArcnlsoN, Kan, June 22.-Iar-
yesters are busy all over Kansas,
even in northern sections. The
weld will exceed the estimate o. .
month ago, and wheat in many sec
tons turns ont twenty-five or forty
bushels to the acre and of the very
best quality. Rye and oats are
equally good, and both are beyond
danger, Corn is now growing mag
nificently, the acreage. being larger
than ever. The farmers are coHse-
quently happy.
THE OUTLOOK IL THE NORTHWEST.
Chicago. June. 22.-Report, from
the northwest continue favorable 20
. fine wheat crop, From portions
of iowa and Nebraska corn IS re
ported to be in a most encouraging
condition. but in some sections OF
those states and elsewhere So the
northwest the growth IS backward
and the outlook less promising. G
i. Perkins president Of the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy railroad
sees nothing encouraging in the croT
prospects in Illinois and Iowa, al
though Nebraska and Kansas, h
thinks, promise well
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THE Republican State Convention
recalled to put in nomination a
candidate for Congressman-at-Large,
in place of Marshall, OF Allegheny,
declined, met at Harrisburg on
Wednesday last (2lst inst.) Out of
the pol delegates that constitute a
full convention 232 were present,
which shows the deep interest taken
by the Republicans of the State,
when the season of the year, the
sacrifice of business interests, and
the trouble and expense Of a second
trip to Harrisburg are considered.
The convention was called together
to do a single act, and it wisely re.
fused to do anything more. Mar
riott Brosius, Esq, of Lancaster, one
of the purest men and ablest lawyers
at that bar, was nominated with the
same singular unanimity and en-
thusiasm that swept over the con-
vention when his predecessor, Mar
shall, was named for the position.
Mr. Broslus, who was a member of
the convention, did not dream of a
nomination. and one hour previous
to it, was not thought of for the po-
sition. His selection is truly an in
stance of the Office seeking the man,
and not the man seeking the office.
The new nominee is an Independent
in the true sense of the word, a solid
Republican, a useful citizen, and
has proved his devotion to Repubi-
can principles not only with his
tongue, but by his blood. He is a
brilliant orator and a representative
of the best type of Republican man
hood. THIS ticket is now complete.
another gallant and manned soldier
has been called to the front, and all
true Republicans viii go into the
fight with earnestncss against the
wicked coalition of a few disap-
pointed boilers from our ranks, with
the Democrats.
We append a few notices of Mr..
Brosius's nomination, from newspa-
pers Of all shades of political senti-
meut:
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Terrible Tragedy in P!.tsbnrgh

PTTsBURGH. June pa terrible
tragedy was discovered in the Nine
teenth ward shortly after noon 4
young man named Longkoop, aged
about eighteen, employed at the
Liberty stock yards, went home for
dinner, and not finding his mother
in the kitchen ne went up stairs. A
horrible sight presented itself. His
mother was found dead in a pool OF
blood, which had flowed from a bull
let hole in her head. while his father
was lying dead with his throat cut
from ear 70 ear, and a butcher knife
lying by his side. It Is supposed
he killed his wife and then cut his
own throat. No further particulars
have yet been received.
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BisCSiUS.

THE nomination of Marriott Bro
sius, Esq. OF this city, for Congress
man-at-large, by the Republican
State Convention on Wednesday,
was totally unexpected, and as COM
pletely spontaneous as was that OF
Mr.. Marshall at the convention OF
May 10th. The pretence on the
part of a few papers, notably the
New York Tribune, that il was "a
set up of Cameron is beneath con-
tempt. and only serves to exhibit IN
a more than usual odious light the
absolute want of common sense, on
the part of that class of journals, IN
everything that pertains to Pennsyl-
vania politics. No nomination ever
MADE by any convention, of any
party. in any State of the Union,
was freer from what is implied by
the term set up" in all its relation
ships. 1t was the spontaneous ac-
ton of the convention, in opposition
to whatever scheming there may
have been on the part of the mana
gers.
In our opinion Mr.. Brosius will
prove a strong candidate. His char
acter as a citizen is unassailable, and
his record as Il Republican is with
out blot. His competency is not
questioned, and if he takes the
stump, which he probably will,
he will make friends everywhere, in
all parties and all factions. If the
managers of the Independent party
were wise they would take down the
name of William McMichael and
put in its stead that ofMarriott Bro
sius. If Mr.. McMichael were as de-
voted to the cause of protection as
he pretends to be, he would with
draw and secure the election of an
unwavering friend Of that policy by
throwing his influence in favor OF
Mr.. Brosius. lie is more OF re-
former and less Of a politician than
Mr.. McMichael, end very certain TO
beat him out of sight if the latter re-
mains in the field.
In Lancaster county the lndc-
pendent ticket may receive a scatter
ing vote here and there, but the
nomination of Brosius effectually
puts a stop to its.power for mischief.
1t is a complete eye-opener to those /
who have been made to believe that
corruption and bossism run riot
in our State Conventions. That gun
is spiked.
In the meantime many Of our ed /
itorial brethren are inquiring Who /
is Brosius? Possess yourself in pa
tience, dear friends. Ere many |
moons shall wax and wane you will /
cease to ask that question l-Lancas-
ter Inquirer.
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THE Meyersdale Commercial IS, as
Artemus Ward said % his kangaroo.
IAN amoo>ia little egss." LAST year
it advocated the election Of the Re.
publican candidate jor Judge in lis
columns. but on cleotion day its ed
itor openly worked and voted against
him. Ii got the contract from
Chairman Pile to print the tickets,
and then attempted 10 defraud Re
publican voters 10y so heading one
third Of the Judicial tickets, that if
voted, they would have been reject
ed as illegal. And now, having de-
serted the party and run up the In
dependent iag, il is doing its level
best to elect the Democratic ticket.
and-what must bring n broad smile
TO the face OF every Republican in
the county, it alleges that the HER
AID has left the Republican ranks
aad viii soon follow it into the
bosom of the Democratic party. Ii
rs plainly evident from this that the
- amoosin little cuss" is not comforta-
'ble IN its new associations and as
= misery loves company" il hopes
10y this falsehood to make the people
believe that it does not aleae merit
the eonSempt and disgust which are
SO lavishly bestowed upon Il by all
fair and honest men.
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! Horrible Suicide.

LANCASTER, June 20,-A most Ie-
termined Gaze of suicide came to
light in Little Britain township yes
terdav. William :. Reed, aged for
tv-nine years. an industrious wheel
right, became insane some time ago,
and as hegrew violel;it was decided
to place him in an asylum this week.
He was not watched on Sunday. and
yesterday morning when the family
went in search Of him, his bodv was
discovered hanging in the loft, his
throat terribly sashed, and several
wounds IN the back part ofhis head.
Reed had evidently tried to kill
himself with n hatchet. striking
himself three times OF the back Of
the head, but as that did not pro-
duce the desired effect he took q
large knife aud cut his throat. sever
ing the Wind pipe but missing the
jugular vein. Bleeding profusely,
and covered with blood, the uufor-
tunate man then tied rope to q
rafter, secured the other end about
his neck, threw himself forward and
strangled himself 10 death. When
found his knees We're about four
inches from the floor, and life was
extinct. He leaves q wife and four
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\ Shocking Tragedy.

HAMILTON. 0ST., June 22.-Yes-
terday afternoon Alexander Forbes,
who two weeks ago came from Erie,
Pa, in order to prevail upon his
wife, from whom he had been sepa-
rated for six years, to live with him
again, after an interview with her at
the house of Geo. Ralston, where
she was living as housekeeper, pulled
4 revolver and shot her through the
heart. She ran behind Ralston to
shield herself, and Ralston received
a bullet in the head. The man and
woman fell dead within few steps
of each other. Forbes then put the
revolver 10 his own breast and sent
a bullet into his heart. Six children
are left orphans by this terrible deed,
which was committed in their pres
ence-three belonging te Mrs. Forbes
and three to Ralston. whose wife is
dead. Before Forbes committed the
deed he presented his little boy with
a $40 gold piece and his daughter
with n gold watch.
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Tried TO Murder His Faith er.

New BRITAIN, COM, June 21-
Lewis y. Steele. son ofLewis Steele.
tried to kill his father Yesterday af-
ternoon while crazcd with liquor
furnished to him by Il girl thirteen
years ofage. The attempt was made
in a secluded spot in the woods, u
mile north of this city. He was de-
tered by his fathers screams for
help. but bad hacked his throat and
stabbed him in Il horrible manner
with . duh knife The injuries in
fiicted are not fatal. The son was
bound over in $500 bonds for an as
saul; with intent TO kill. They had
been on good terms previous to the
assault.
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y Horse Thief Breaks His Neck

MUNCIE, IND., June 22.-Jesse
Nixon had a buggy stolen last night
and to-day captured the thief near
Parker. He placed him on q train
and tied his LEGS together to bring
him 10 Muncie iail When near
this place the thief jumped from
The train and broke his neck. From
paaers ON his person it was found
his name Is Frank Stratton, North
Lebanon, Clinton countc, Ohio.
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Drying Powder in an oven.

NEW ALBANY, ND, June 22.-Jo-
seph Snyder, living near Georgetown,
nine miles from this city, having
some wet powder, placed it in the
oven OF his stove to dry. and anlar-
emily forgot it, as an explosion oc-
cured soon after which blew things
in MI directions. His two children,
who were in the room at the time,
were struck by pieces OF the stove
and fatally injured, the oldest dy-
ing in ten hours after.
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The "oid Guard" TO the Front.
Lancaster EEGniEer.

Lancaster EEGniEer.
Lancaster county is honored al
last. Marriott Brosius, Esq, of this
city, has Just received the nomina-
ton for Congressman-at- Large. II
is needless for US to speak in COM
mendation Of this nomination. Mr..
Brosius is so well known in our
community that praise Of his ability,
integrity and independence would
be but the carrying of Goals to New
castle. He has not sought this Of
fee, nor, indeed, any political pre-
ferment. The honor has come to
him unsought and unasked. No
one can assert that "bosses " have
made him. He is the choice of a
free and untrameled convention.
He is a Republican by choice and
education, and in the halls of our
National Legislature viii not only
maintain the principles of the party,
but make his mark in the councils
Of the country. In this nomination
not only has the "Old Guard " been
honored, but the party at large can
congratulate itself on having on the
ticket one who is an honor to any
cause. The ticket is nobly COM
Dleted-we are well content.
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Cowboys Again in Caldwell.

CALDWELL, Kan. June 23.-Two
men supposed to be COWBOYS from
Indian Territory, started a disturb
ance in the Red Light saloon here
Yesterday, and the City Marshall,
George Brown, went in to arrest
them. While attempting 20 disarm
one Of the ruifians the other drew a
revolver and shot Brown through
the head, scattering his brains all
over the floor. Before the alarm
could be given. the desperadoes
mounted their horses and started
for the Indian Territory. \ pursu-
ing party was Immediately organ
lied. but so far the murdercr5 have
not been captured.
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suicide or Three Young Girls.

LANvILLE. Ill. June 22.- Allie
Mills. aged II. Mary Oglie, aged Il,
and Mary Jones, aeel -, committed
suicide this morning by taking arsen-
ic. Allie Mills gave as her reason
that her father lived with a shame
less woman. Miss Oglie's reason
was that she was an orphan, and
Mary Jones took She drug because
the others did.
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Sioux CITY, Ia. June IA re-
port WAS received ut Sanborn sta
ton, on the ST. Paul and Milwaukee
Road, twenty miles northeast Of
Hospers, Iowa, that Pringhar, Iowa,
was wrecked by q storm last night,
and that six people were injured.
Primchar, Iowa, Is eight miles south
Of Sanborn and is the county seat of
O'Bricn county. It has about 300
Inhabitants. Surgeons from San
born have gone TO Primghar. \
farmer came to Spencer, a station
twenty miles east Of Sanborn. with
the report that IN his neighborho0d
six persons were killed and forty in
jured. At Spencer the cyclone also
did much damage unrootIng build
ings. rearing up sidewalks and blow
ing down barns. residences and bus
mess blocks. In the southern part
of Clay county It blew down twenty
houses killed five people and injured
about twenty-five. The cyclone
hurricane struck Hospers, fifty miles
northeast Of Sioux City,at six A. NJ,
and destroyed the Presbyterian
church, school-house. Carpenter shop
and twenty-five residences and barns
1t lasted only fifteen minutes. Hen
~ Gauic, a farmer, was fatally iuiu-
red. The course appeared 10 be from
west to east, in a path about five
miles wide for fifteen miles. Eigh-
teen freight cars Of the Chicago and
ST Pan! Railroad were TUNED up-
side down, the depot and adjoining
were lifted from their
carried ten to twenty
feet and badly wrecked A pecu- (
liarity OF the storm WAS that the
wind entirely missed some buildings
its path, while destroying others. .
be loss is too Widcsl read 10 be .
closely estimated. IN Hospers alone /
it is probably $4,000. Outside the .
village about twenty-five houses and !
barns were destroyed.
In Fenton township, Kossutb .
county, the house of William Myers .
was blewn down and all the mem .
5ers Of the family were hurt.
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Losses by the Cyclone in Iowa.

DEs MONIES, June 22.-The follow
ing estimates is made of the damage
done by the cyclone in various coun-
ties of the state: Boone, $4,000 /:
Story, $4,000; Jasper, $4,000 ;
Poweshiek, $4,000; Keokuk, $780,
600; Henry, 81, 100000; Pocahontas,
$4,000. The Chicago and Rock Is
land Railway Company lose in mer-
chandise and property s41 600, and
the Iowa Central Railway Company
$40 900. The total loss is estimated
at from s2,500.000 to 100000.
CHICAGO, June 22.-The following
despatch has been received here from
J. II. Duifus, mayor Of Malcolm |
have Just returned from Northwes-
tern Iowa, and find this town in ru-
ins. 0ne-fourth of the population
is homeless and destitute. Every
business man has suffered severe
losses, and many business houses
are destroyed. There is no one here
able to give assistance. Every
church and public houseis destroyed.
We are obliged to hold funerals in
the street. Aid will be thankfully
received. Send contributions to W.
E. Gould, cashier of the Malcolm
Bank.
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\ Deadly Stroke Of lightning.

CHARLEsTowN, 5. c., June %
80 z o'clock this afternoon during a
violent rain storm. the house of J..
Wilson Glover. On Johns Island.
about twenty miles from Charleston.
was struck by lightning and Mr.
Glover, who sat near an open via
dow, was instantly killed. His
three-year-old daughter, who sat On
his knee, was SO shocked that she
died in about AN hour, and an in
fant that was in his arms is not
expected to live. The whole side Of
the house was torn out by lightning
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Anything to Win the Maiden.

DECATUR, ILL.,, June 22.-Some-
thing of stir has been created here
among the Hebrews because Of the
fact that a young gentleman ofthat
faith has rcnounced il and united
with the German Lutheran Church
Of this city. lie was baptized by
Rev. LandcroG the pastor, in the
presence of q great crowd Of people.
The Hebrews assert the Young man
Joined the church in order that he
might win the hand and heart of a
young German girl, "a member Of
the church.
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or Excellent Rcpuie.

E9r.h 1I-cfleca, lad.
Mr.. Marriott Brosius, of Lancaster
county, nominated by the recon-
vened Republican Convention at
Harrisburg yesterday for Congress
man-at- Large, is 4 gentleman of eX-
cellent personal repute, a member of
the bar. whose abilities are recog-
nized by his associates, and we be-
lieve of political affiliations which
are generally considered independ-
ent. A nomination, in fact, which,
being inoffensive and creditable,
could generally be accepted as wor-
thy Of undivided Republican sup
port.
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Rose Cold and Hay Fever.

Being seriously troubled with
Hay Fever and Rose Csl2 | tried
Ely's Cream Balm, aud was surrris-
ed in obtaining almost immediate
relief. l earnestly recommend it to
all similarly afflicted. w. P. An
DEUs, Druggist, Metuchen, n. J.