Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-08
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS BUDGET.
SWEDEN

Swedish horses are being exported to
France on large scale
A railroad will be built between Mark.
aryd and VefnanO.
Prince Bcrnadotte, the youngest com.
modore In the Swedish navy, celebrated
his 35th birthday.
While digging the other day, G.. TUT
vesson, OF ljcldslugan. found a large
number Of old and valuable silver coins.
A. Jansson, the owner Of boat fac
tory at Fullefstad, has made his way to
America, leaving many anxious GUS
TONERS.
The Swedish brig Elizabeth" from
Malmo, was found deserted of Flick
kejord OF the fate OF the crew moth
ing is known.
The Gustavus Adolphus Society Of
Leipzig and several organizations Of a
similar kind have decided to send repre-
scntatives to the Gusiavus Adolphus
celebration to be held In Stockholm,
Dec. 9.
L. o. Smith. the so.called whisky
king Of Sweden, who Travelled extern
sively through the United States last
year is on his way to Eastern India for
The purpose negotiating Japanese loan
Mr. Smith acts as the representative Of
several French and English bankers.
The goat was formerly bred to a much
greater extent In Sweden than rs now
the case. II has been forced to yield to
the rational forest management, and to
the more thorough system Of agriculture
now ptacticed. and has been eNiIed to
to the rocky and woody provinces Of
northern Sweden, In lapland II may
be considered as making the stage be.
tween the nomad and the farmer; when
Laplander has grown poor by the loss
Of his reindeer, he will take to fishing,
and procure some goats. This is the
first step OF his changing from a fishing
Laplander to a settler or iarmer.
In consequence Of the great impor-
lance Of beet cultivation as regards the
development Of national agriculture, the
beet trade has been greatly favored by
the State. While a high import duty IS
laid on foreign sugar, the home sugar
industry has been either free from I'M
port or but a small duty has been
levied. This excise now amounts TO half
the faw.sugar duty Just mentioned, but
Is decided by the weight OF the becis
worked. under the suppOsiiion that they
yield o. per cent. Of sugar, whereas the
outcome being in reality about 10 per
cent, the manufacture Of beet sugar
enjoys a protection OF about per cent
per To- Dating from the autumn Of 1895,
The excise will be based upon a sup
posed outcome Of 9 per cent
NORWAY
The price Of gas In Christiania has
Teen considerably reduced.
The work at the Viksnus copper mine
at Kamwn has been given up.
The Falkenstein factory at Horton
was burned to the ground. The loss Is
heavy.
Only a little over 1000 persons emf.
grated by way OF Chnstiania during
1894.
The new play Of Henrik lbsen will be
published about one week before Christ
mas.
Mrs. Catherine Lovenskiold, the wild.
ow OF Minister Adam loyenskiold, died
at the age Of so years.
ne conservative party faftleu most
Of the elections lately held In Norway.
The majority Of the left In the Storting,
will not be more than four votes. This
shows that the conservative party Is gain.
ing instead Of losing ground in Norway.
pESNARK.
Several big guns are to be added to
the artillery Of the Danish army.
Copenhagen and the island Of Fyen
have been connected by telephone.
A new torpedo boat will be built aud
is expected to be finished before next
summer
The so,h anniversary Of the Danish
National School was celebrated with sol
cmn ceremonies.
The Uisaas farm on Seland was
bimcd 20 the ground, Thirty cattle
persisted In the flames.
one thousand six hundred kroner
have been donated To the John Ericsson
monument by Danes, in Copenhagen.
There exists only one natural picture
OF ThorvaIdsen-i. G., taken by the great
sculptor HIMSELF aud that likeness Is
owned by photographer Of Stockholm
and valued at several thousand kroner.
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