Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-09-15
morbond" has been finished.

morbond" has been finished. ~-
Rev. W. R. Peterson of Herlo has.
been appointed pastor of the Lutheran
congregation at Newfoundland.
"Lendsmand" (Governor)> Hans
k]elsberg celebrated his 5Oth >jubileum
as governor of Lodingen Sept. 1:
The Icelandic schooner Girule re-
Gently landed in this city with a large
cargo consisting mainly Of whale hides
and whale oil.
Margarethe Sang, formerly precept-
ress at lady's seminary in Modem.
has accepted a teachers position in the
kristiansand seminary.
Mrs. Eva Nansen, the wife of the
noted explorer, DR.. Nansen, left for
Hammertest, where she joined her bus.
band and accompanied him from Vardo
to Christiania.
The Olson life saving crew has 70.
celved 10000 francs for having safely
brought to anchorage the steamer Gen.
eral Chauncey which recently stranded
some ~ miles up the coast from this
| city.
AT recent meeting of the Conserva-
tive Press union Of Norway, the follow
ing gentlemen were honored: Presi-
dent, Editor Nils Vogt Directors,
Editors G. Schibsted, Rockingham.
sen. Peterson, Michelet, Bang and
Hodomt
| AT recent meeting of the board Of
directors for Kristiansands "Kated-
ralskole,' Candidate Axel Holstad was
elected president at salary Of 1,700
crowns year. Miss Gundrun Bjoru-
eng was elected lady principal at a
salary OF 1000 crowns per year.
Captain Jess julius Engelstad, gen.
eral manager for the "Hovejerubanen, {"
recently died in this city at the age Of
u years. Besides being one of Norway's
most practical railroad managers, he
has made himself conspicuous as lit
erary man Of no mean ability. Mr..
Engelstad is mourned by hosts of friends
and relatives.
DR.. hansen, who left his little vessel,
the Fran, frozen in the ice in latitude
81 degrees 30 minutes, in March, 1895,
and with one companion pushed across
the Ice northward, is now at home once
more. From that time until Nansen's
arrival at Vardoe in the Windward,
nothing was heard of the Fran, but by
an extraordinary coincidence, only q
week after Nansen's arrival the Fran
also reached the northern coast OF
Norway, with all on board well. This
little ship, which enjoys the distinction
OF having gone nearer to the Pole than
any other, is only 125 feet long and &c
feet wide. Her hull was formed like a
shallow letter u, with no straight lines
below the bulwarks, in order that the
pressure Of the ice against her sides
might lift her instead of crushing her
Bergen.
State Inspector Won Lippe Of this city
is reported seriously i'll at Christiania
A local syndicate has purchased thu
schooner "Vesta," at Newcastle. The
vessel carries 1850 tons.
Candidate I. B. Rikstad has been ap
pointed assistant professor of language:
at the "Katedralskole' of this city.
The firm of Herman V. Hangers &
Sons of this city, have donated 2,00'
crowns to the home for old laborers.
The carpenters at work on tn,
schooner "Sivert Nelson" which, &C
cording to the contemplation Of it
owners, should have been ready Sept
10, are at present on strike. A speed,
settlement is, however, looked for, ant
it is expected that the vessel will be il
use before the end of the month.
Stavanger.
Two brothers, Kristen and Filing
Nilsen Of this city were drowned Will,
fishing along the coast near Egero.
Two unknown women recently per
ished in this city by being crushed
under the falling walls of an old ston
structure.
A young Englishman, II years old
who, together with his mother ant
sisters, have been spending the summe
in this city, was drowned in the ba,
while bathing.