Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-02
4 ROIiL BETROTHdL.

The long talked of arrangement by
which the English Government was to be
connected with that of Russia has at last
been definitely settled The cable announ-
ces that Prince Alfred Ernest Albert Duke
of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxony, Count
of Ulster and Kent, and captain in the
Royal Marines, is to be married to Marie
Alexandrovitch, the Grand Duchess and
chief of the Regiment of Lanccrs.
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert was born on
the 9th of August, 1874, and therefore
is now in his twenty ninth year. Marie
Alexandrovitch was born on the 9th of
October, 1858, and consequently is now
about twenty years of age. There has
been much talk in regard to the proba-
bility of the union of these two houses,
the majority of opinion being, with one
or two notable exceptions, that the union
would not be effected, because of certain
combinations which had been made in
the East, where across the great des-
erts and from Tashkend down to At
ghanistan, England and Russia have
been generally supposed to be at swords
points. The words of newspaper cor
respondents seem, i'll this case at least,
to have been utterly at fault, aud it is
only the cool AUgemciac Zeitung, of
Augsburg, which seems to have pro-
nounced with perfect assurance the fact
that between Russia and England, i'll
regard to the Eastern question so far as
it relates to Central Asia, all is now and
eventually must be at peace. AS assur
ance in regard to the amicable inten-
tions of the two Governments, nothing
could be more comforting than the an
nouncement that the long limited at mari
tai conf JUNCTION between these two great
Governments is at last to be accomplish
ed. Although the announcement that
the marriage has been officially arranged
has been made, it is not yet known on
what day the nuptials will take place.
REMA ARKABLE TENA CITY or LIFE.
w tllC Illitll WIZ, oll tllt
2ith of June, was cut through the body
with scythe by an insane man near
Lancaster, Pa, is still alive, and the in
dications are that he will recover unless
Inflammation sets in. The Lancaster
Eraniner thus describes the wound {:
"The scythe entered the right side
| al oh tha him
tended transversely through the body
in an upward direction until the point
appeared in the left side below the arm
pit. The wound at the entrance was
five and half inches in length, and at
the terminus one and half inches
long. Meyer proceeded IL short distance
with the scythe extending through his
body, and then pulled it out, reeking
with blood, lnaided. The lobe of the
right lung was severed, and it was not
expected that he could live more than
few hours. To the surprise of all, his
condition is now favorable to his re-
covery. Meyer has been conscious since
~ occurrence, speaks distinctly, and
and sleeps without difficulty. He
small man, about 80 years old, and
/ rather delicate appearance. "
HE managers of the street-car lines
The large cities of the country have
years been casting about for some
|ctual mode of circumvcnting the
ndling conductors. Nothing, how
Il, has ever yet been devised that
|lld meet the emergency. The boast
lkee has been sadly deficient in this
pcct, and it has remained for the
stran to supply the dcsideratum.
conductor of the Vienna street-car
given in the morning, when he starts
his trips, two or three little books of
kets each about two inches square,
ntaining $50 tickets, numbering from
one up as the case may be. He is re-
quired upon collecting fare to give one
to each passenger, who is requested to
hold it until they leave the car. In the
meantime, the company has Il number
of detectives employed, who jump upon
the car on the route, examine the tick
cts of each passenger and note the high
est and lowest numbers on the tickets
and tear of corner. The noting the
numbers is to see that they are always
in regular order, and that no old tickets
have been picked up and given out by
the conductor instead of the new ones
from his book The conductor never
knows when the detective will appear,
but always expects him, and conse-
quently is always honest. If any pas.
senger is found without ticket, or any
frauds are discovered, the conductor is
placed under arrest and the detective
takes charge of the car.
The dangerous fascinations which
holes in circus tent possess for small