NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1132, 11 January 1884, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

V, Si- Vl £ The Princess, dahshier if ‘.he wii’Phnhfe' Whit as 'if dunnany. ami granddaughter of Qxe.n KicUria awl the German jftiitug.nijr, Vi.cu : gwed to-the Ueredi ta? v* L)ulw*iif ’.fydral c. The betrothAl’.of 'the Royal* y,qiipTe he celebrant, at the: shortly wiih tho.9ostomary-pniixc'>ii.d' yriy.are,.) u>j»ieiug% . P'-inco Leopold "of •'AUnift- ,Was iwru in 1850, an t is an olfauer in 'the let Regiment of the Guar la. '■ The Princess Victoria is in hereighteeuth yoaii. 7 A terrible ahciddnt'hanpuned iu the.hunting lield oir Novemtier 14 to Mrs: Glad win, of Watton House, Herrf.irdahirg. .filxe.was following the'Hexts hounds, andiii jumping a Teure near Stevenage herhorac swerved,' slid she logt h-r seat. . la .falling her dress caught the pommel of 'the saddle.; and she was dragged a quarter'of a mile b>fo e the horse could he stopped, when it-was foxixid aka was frightfully, injured. Her left arm was fractured, and she; had .received a scalp wound,, with concussion of the brain, r. The negotiations for running-’ au exceptionally fast train, a so-called “ Blitzzug ” (lightning train), from Paris over Mainz and Berlin to St. Petersburg, are said to be so far advanced as to convert the project into a realitv. The carriages of the Main will be supplied with adjustable wheels,, .tybich will enable them to .travel,, on . various gauges. From' Paris -tdi thelßKasiaii fron-. tier the Same gshge there it changes, and af the fMntiet atatviiiqT— Eyijtkuhnun and Wirballed—the wheels.. ; wdU, have to be adjusted. Travellers will thus be able to go the whole distance with mt the inconvenience .of,..having:-; to change

carnages. Th<j s peed o fd,he jteauis. ariM her one, we nob' kithsrto -Sttetap'-ed-on the Continent' It is to be 9j kilometres, or 56 miles (without 'jttogpage) fin hoar. Trains are to be, ( .^ x ihe American pattern, including kitohonT'orning ..saloon, .reading and drawing rooms* ii!idjajl R |&£', other com - fortable arrangements,so tb modem travelling. , . Messrs Meoly,. f and Sshkcy:: She Vuoweentred in the vicinity of. Islington;,. London, whore, in a ..temporary busine»a erected for the’purpose, they are drawing immense congregations twice a day. to wbich admittance is by.free tickets. ” Their services are creating great excitement.aorV; enthnsiaim. The hymns which' Mr Sankey popularised have taken an abidint' place .among popular English soucs. HeUl.it he Fort,” the tiratin Mr collection is known wherever thq English language isspoken. ’lt is a notable fact that the" English garrison St Efcowe, in Zu while beleaguered by Cetewayo’s forces: in, the Zulu War, used to play_ this popular melody every day,. ’. T '■ A tetiihle tire has devastated the town

of Shenandoah, in Pennsylvania. Tlie.fi're. broke out on November 12, and appears to have defied all efforts- to’cope with it. The principal portions of the town, includin’’two newspaper offices, the chief- ’.telegraph amt telephone offices, were emnhletely destroyed, as were also the Mot-bp list and Presbyterian churches, the Odd-fellows’ HaU, and the Masonic,Hal'. A large number of-private dwellings were also burned to the'grnnnd, rendering homeless pofewer than 1300 people. Most.i>f these'unfortunates lost everything - they possessed,'and the' distress is consequently most darrtble and widespread. y . v -,-* . M.’te A Montreal ci’tsen'of- j tion,” Imt’ with Priiiatfproclivities, recently taught a ieSwu iff a waV'Sifidsuig to every body-hmt himself. A petty officer of H. MiS,Canad»heard irnispejik digtespefebfully of onr .Bpyal Family, aud at once knucAedhimfh rough a plate-glass win ;o f w. The bystanders .were so'pbj»s|id'»(.ni* -Sbfn bative . loyalty that t*hey pan) the bill of damages, and ,*henr,tl®4*twrifette reached Halifax a six-dollar note was found await ing the '‘gallant tar,” with a promise to double the sub if he gave a lesson in manBen to "any other foul-mouthed ruffian.!’

Priuo” <i4*iiri'e-oiE v Wi!iea u said to liaveoffered bia ouniird>\il»tiona.^ yv Uii« >ylliofcV popular both lilWfuo nmin ,aud quarter ‘. l! ia ♦*** T The effects of-the 1 late William Marwipd, the public hangman,, bftfisdlt) fty' -laiicciOfi at Hlirricsstle.' A number of brokers' and collectors pf .curiosities from all pirts iif tha; country attended,' 'arid ’ for some .of t'>e articles there was a brisk coqr.poEitior, espopjflljy .for the more personal property pf the late hangman. Ths clip and saucer which,, the ord-arily used' re aliscd Ids 6d, his nurse, 295, his waiting stick, 15», his spectacles' I Is. The Gladstone travelling bag used by Marwortdwhen, on duty ferche I 1.3, a roue T A 10s, an olc : .carpet LI Is, a pair of stockings ss, sundry peokties, lls, ids writing desk'Ll '.ls, a Geneva watch • L 4 10s, and seven old, bats, 2. The Japanese sword recently presented, to the deceased by a Brighton resident win sold for 455, his dog Nero made 30s ; the indiarubber stamp with the' inscription, “ William Marwood. executioner, Horncastle,” lls; the tools fr m off his shoemaker’s seat LI, the sent L2 55," a whiskyflask lls, a snuffbox 6s 6d, a Bible with autograph LI 15s, and the signboard from his shop LI.