Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-03

over TO the United States, Il will prob
ably be upon his wedding tour, for his
marriage 10 the Princess Mary of Teck
will take place within the next two or
three months. The prince is the Sec
opd son of the prince of Wales
and in consequence of the death of
his brother. the duke of Clarence,
in January, 1892, he is heir pre-
sumptive TO the English throne. He is
very popular young man, 20 years old,
manly, intelligent and active. lie has
been educated in the navy and Is n
! fine oarsman, an expert sailor. good
boxer, famous hand at tennis, and
altogether considerable of an athlete.
! When he was IA years of age he was
put on board II. NJ. y. "Brittania, with
his elder brother, and there the two
boys were trained in the hardest kind
of routine and drill work.
He afterward served on II. NJ. ;,
"Bacchante, and in 1890 he was made
lieutenant and placed in command OF
II. VI. S. Thrush" At that time he
made trip TO the Mediterranean and
| thence came to this country by way OF
Bermuda. For time IL was thought
he might visit Newport. and society
was in hutter of excitement over the
prospect of entertaining the prince
who was young and handsome and
heart and fancy free. Prince George
was not TO be enticed, however. but
turned his back upon Newport wher
he reached Halifax. coldly remarkine
that he thought Halifax was gooo
enough for him.
Prince George has always had an ex
ubcrant appreciation of life, its curl
GUS humors and variety, It's pretty
women and its convivial men. His
name has never been seriously mixeC
up with scandal, wherein he appears
TO have set his royal father fairly
good example. But he has been mucl
given to pleasure of a wholesale sort
and has also sown n few oats of not ;
very wild sort. Many stories hav'
been told OF his vivacity and dash ant
hls irreverent humor One of thes,
tells of his conducting the SUNDAY
morning service on board the Thrush
after he had assumed command, OF
which occasion he disconnected
his audience by reading the scrip
turc lesson in this fashion: "W'
have done those things that we ough
to have done and have left undon,
those things that we ought not TO hav'
done" On another occasion he ant
his brother were at ball given IL
their honor in a West Indian town
Prince George devoted himself exclu
sively TO the pretty girls, while Prime,
Albert Victor was left to do the honor
to the old ladies and wall-fiowers o
uncertain age. This became monot
onous after while 10 the eide
brother, who proceeded to remonstrat
with Prince George. The latter resented
this interference with his pleasures
and exclaiming TO his brother, ''Oh
you go off in corner and sing 'Go'
save your grandmother returned t.
the pretty girls
But since the death of Albert Victo
: Prince George seems to have sobere'
down somewhat He was much al
tached TO his brother and felt his los
deeply. The thought of the future
cares of state that are likely to devolv
upon him before many years has had
: tendency 10 sober him. In his marriag
; he will also be the successor of hi
brother, for il will be remembered tina
the Princess Mary was betrothed TO tn
duke of Clarence. There are rumor