Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20

rosiensis civitatis The middle word
refers to Nidaros, the ancient name of
Trondhjem.
young theologian named Bull, of
Christiania, has left for South America
where he is to serve as missionary at
the seaport of Rio-Santos
The liberals of Christiauia have re-
solved to listen to no proposals from
the other parties to celebrate the 18th
OF May by great national demonstra-
ton.
In 1870 Norway exported 500 tons of
wood pulp; in 1894, 239, 900 tons.
Prof. G. o. Sars has donated his pri-
vate library on zoology to the zootom-
thousands of essays, and a large num-
Der of special charts and illustrations
Fridjof hansen, at the close of his
last public lecture in England, ex-
pressed his thanks of the Norwegian
people to the English people for the
magnificent reception given to one of
tho sons of Norway.
large number of prominent clergy
men of the see of Christiania have Just
closed convention at which the diff
terent forms of marriage were dis
cussed. Until few years ago civil
marriage was looked upon as an abom-
ination by the conservative element
At said convention the speakers prac-
tically agreed that civil marriage is
good thing. They did not agree, how
ever, as 70 the relation between civil
| marriage and church marriage. The
ma ority seemed to be in favor of max
ing civil marriage purely optional,
while an energetic minority advocated
this form as the most natural and suit
able.
One hundred and seventy ships were
wrecked in the year 1896. This almost
s per cent of the total, while the CORE
spending losses of other seafaring ma
tions run from 2 to per cent
Carl Christensen, an enterprising
Christiania man, is making vigorous
efforts to introduce acetylene gas in
his city.
Those good Frenchmen seem to have
been trihe off their base when they,
upon the arrival of Nansen, shouted.
"Hurrah for the car, hurrah for Nan
SEM
One hundred and tifty-eight political
papers are published IN Norway; = of
them are liberal, 70 conservative and
moderate.
The cheapest newspaper in the world
published in Christiania- Translated.
its name is From the Animal World.''
It appears four times year, and its
annual subscription price is about ~
cents.
Several persons in Stavange were
poisoned by kind of cheese known as
''Fadost.'' They all survived however.
Ayoung man in Sondfjord stuck to
the old way. He went to see his best
girl Saturday night Unfortunately.
however, he had to row across the ford
to get to her home, and some other
boys caught on to the game. As soon
as everything was quiet they pulled
his boat close up to the window of the
room where the boy and the girl were
enjoying themselves, and spread the
sails of the boat to the wind. The
young man could not handle the boat
alone, and the next morning the whole
neighborhood was roaring with laugh
ter at the unusual sight.
DENMARK.
Cases of cerebo-spinal fever are quite
frequent in the barracks of Copen-
hagen.
The students union of Copenhagen
will either erect new hall, or enlarge
the old one on Gammelholm.
Politiken, in commenting upon the
possible overthrow of the present min
istry suggests that woman be made
prime minister next time.
The corner stone of new labor hall
has been laid at Norrebro, Copenha-
gen.
Five nuns have just been admitted to
the Catholic nunnery on Gold bodsveien.
Copenhagen
For years attempts have been made
to have large sums of money appropri-
ated for new churches in Copenhagen,
but with meagre success. Now it is
admitted by the anti-church people
that the state church. the Inner Mis-
sion and the aristocracy of the city
may unite, and thus carry the day
Henrik Cavling, the reporter of Poll
tiken at Athens, Greece, is sending
such important dispatches to his paper
that they are translated from the pa
per at Copenhagen and forwarded to
the great papers of Europe. It may be
noted as curious fact that some of
this material is sent as far as Italy
that is, to the neigh borhood of the To-
cality in which the events described
take place.
''Agnete," q dram. by Amalie Skram,
has been presented on the stage in
Berlin. It scored q magnificent sue
cess, and large number literary
critics joined in forwarding fervent
congratulations to the author.
number of professors and students
at the university recently engaged in
discussion of the methods of instruc-
ton. The students and some of the
professors agreed that the lecture sys-
tenn is highly unfavorable to the devel-
opment of independent manhood. One
speaker said that when a professor
reads from a manuscript he virtually
says to the students that they cannot
read themselves.
A DOOR man recentlV made uD his