Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-22


kent the matter from becoming public,
and even during recent debates IN the
Slorthing tried 10 covrr mp the part
they had taken In this affair.
A young gunsmith IA Drammeni
Norway, called upon his sweetheart on
his return from cunning expedition
10 show her what he had shot. While
showing her the loaded gun IN tho
doorway he carelessly raised the ham.
mer and let II fall. rhs gun went of
and the girl fell dead, shot through tho
heart. The police found her lover
crouchlng by tho body, shrieking,
raving maniac.
BlornsiJerne Blofnson, the Nor.
wegian pOet.politician,h has given notice
by rcslpning his office In the various
opposition clubs that he Il about to re-
tire from politics. He gives NJ his reason
that he 10 90 Lurdensd with rcquests TO
fpclk that he cannot attend To his own
business, aud might spend every cUfv
he could make, borrow Or beg In trnvel-
ing about the country. Besides, ne
says, tho agitation he begun has raised
up 40 many abls men 10 continue u
TINT II Is timc for him 10 take n back
seat.
Last season was remarkable one In
the Lofoden cod fisheries In more ways
than ono. Tho habits Of the fish aud
the way In which they were caught
differed entirely from the previous
year. At the beginning " the season
lie cod showed signs Of rcstlc.snvte,
aud not only kept near the surface OF
the water, but Travelled up the iJords.
The result OF the fishing was the un.
usually large catch Of ~ 900, 900, and
the quantity Of both liver and roo was
very great. Last year the catch was
only 1900, 900 fish, and tho total value
was S2,Os2, 800 this year against sT0T,'
555 In 1850. or the enormous catch
this season 21,i00,OOO fish were pre-
pared ~ spill, cod, ani 100000 were
/ dried. Attempts were made 10 prepare
the fish In other ways, but factory
for preparing pressed cod was de.
stfoyod by IRE. The mild weather
prevented the dispatch Of fish 10 dis.
iaut places. There were a0,a26 en-
gagged In flshing; each man caught M
average OF i022 ilsh and earned about
SIS; but 10 fact tho profits were most
unequnlly divided, some men who
were fortunate getting from S2l0 u
| 500, while others got from fa3 down,
| IN a few cases, 10 only 81 for 100 days
work. The total vnlre OF all Nor
wcglan fisheries last year was $685.
900.
DENMARK.
Tho law Of Finland against the I'm.
portatlon Of Danish pork has been ~
poaled.
The eighth edition Of Ibson's "Poi
Gynp" has lust been Issued by th'
Gyldendahl Publishing house.
a gigantic eel was caught recent,
In the 5eaUord. IL was ak feet long
and nearly two feet In circumference
around tife thlckesl part OF tho body.
All tho Danish artists have beer
very successful at tho Berlin art expo
tltlon.
some papers claim that the German
arc endcAvorinR 10 uermanlze tn
country around Ro'dding, South Jyl
land, by laying out ~ many Danish
farmers n possible.
Jens Soefsnssn, The "DanlAh Hercl
lea, )" had wrestling match with th,
famous German athlete Carl Abs nj the
American Summer theatre ut Berlin
For fifteen minutes Abs made the mos
desperate cxertions 10 throw SocrcnSol
10 the ground, but he had 10 give II uT
Two boys quarroled over their pla!
on the rampaIts ON the east shore OF III
Copenhagen harbor aud the large
one chased his playmate, n lad q
eight, down the grassy slope aud son
him sprawling Into the moai, with
| nush Than IA ran aWav Tn. I'M