Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-05

Prof Gustaf Retzius has been ap.
pointed a member Of the Prussian
academy Of science.
Over a 900 has been sent from Sunds.
vall and surrounding country to the
sufferers at Naerdalen, Norway
The Lund sugar refinery at staHan.
stop, Skonc has declared a dividend
Of 100 per cent for the past year.
The Swedish missionary. DIR. X. /.
Wallridsson, died IN Congo, Africa.
some time ago.
A I5year old boy Of Rev. {. A..
Carlson. Of Gacllared. committed sal.
eide by hanging himself while angry.
Captain l.. l.. Oloisson. OF vestervik.
committed suicide hy shooting himself
at kasicllct Copenhagen.
A water famine exists in the city OF
Waxholm and the inhabitants have to
buy their drinking water from the gro.
Gerry men at a high price.
Mrs MART Olsdotter. Of the parish Of
Eda, near Carlsbad, celebrated her one
hundrcdth birthday June ~. She Is in
very good health.
A. L. Biorck, "a wcll.known journalist
of Falkenberg, committed suicide by
drowning himself In the Actrc river.
near SeNdrcgl.
The new prayer book which the
soldicu are requested to carry with
them as long as they arc ia service, con-
tains transliiion Of Rock OF Ages"
Some rye fields In the southern and
central part Of Ocland had TO be
rcaped the other day ON account Of the
drouth.
The Seventh Day Advcntists held
their annual conference at CARLSBAD.
About fifty ministers from the three
scandinavian counties and America
were present
Prof j. lahlin, the recently appointed
principal Of the Skara school, who is %
years old is said to be the youngest
person occupying a similar position In
Sweden.
The annual meeting Of the good tenn
plaa Of Sweden was attended by Iss
delegates. The order has about $4,000
members In Sweden. The expenses for
the past year were s5o,7So.
II Is expected tina, Sweden will have
an opportunity to export mistlctoc 10
England for Christmas decoration next
fall. inasmuch as that parasite will be
destroyed by law In France, which coun-
Try has SO iar supplied England with
said article.
The population OF Sweden at the
close OF the year. 1892. was I,So6, SOS.
an increase of ANA or g.tooths Of { per
cent The population Of the cities was
ANsA,5tg, that Of the rural districts 637.-
liS. Thus the rural population shows
q decrease Of 500, the city population
an increase Of g,6aj
NORWAY.
The liberal party Is organized into
thiriy-iour clubs Ia ChHstiania.
There will be no peace congress in
Norway this year ON account OF "the
political situations"
Jonas Lie the author, and his wife
have returned from Paris, They are
now stopping at Chris,ianssand.
The two Laplanders, who accom-.
panied DR.. Nansca on his recent trip
across Greenland have both died.
The central bureau gives facts and
figures proving that the wages In nearly
all lines OF work have been on the in.
crease for the past ten years.
The government will propose a sup.
Elementary appropriation OF !g,75o for
the Chicago Worlds Fair The com.
mittee asked for twice that amount.
The bin Of the government proposing
an increase Of tax on whisky, tobacco
and malt, was laid on the table for the
hi meeting by vote Of % against 4s.
Hall a dozen Norwegian vessels have