Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-05-27
NORWAY.
Christians.

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49,. ~. ...- Christians.
Professor Cato Guldberg has become
chief for the Norwegian Free Masons.
Anton H. M Verthelsen, factory in.
spector Of the Sondenfjelske factory dis.
trict, is dead.
One-third (S8 members) of the stor.
thing of 1897 are representatives Of the
peasant class Of Norway.
The value of the Union company'a
property at Shen and Skotfors is 7,S0O,-
600 crowns as entered on the tax list.
The storthing has allowed 5000
crowns as stipends to those officers who
wish to study military affairs at the seat
of war.
The street car company of the city
secured profit of 1928, 564 CROWNS during
1896, as compared with 81, 53s crowns
during 1895.
The Stalheim hotel, lately bought by
q Christiania company, has now been
disposed of to English capitalists for
100000 crowns.
Bodo contemplates building a fishery
museum calculated to cost x, 900 crowns,
IF which sum it is expected the stolthing
will contribute half
F. w. Bull-Hanson of Vadso, at pres.
ent with the Traenskorpst, has been ap-
pointed captain and quartermaster. of
the Christiania battalion.
The storthing has decided unanirl-
ously to transfer to Professor Holland
the allowance which had been proposed
for Johan Vibe, who died lately.
The directory of Christiania shows
that the city possesses 3,24O persons
with the name Of Olsen, / in every 16;
the name Hansen occurs in 1850 places.
The storthing has by resolution ex-
pressed itself in favor of a new treaty
with Japan, in opposition to the stand
taken by the executive government on
the question.
Reports from Gudbrandsdalen state
that rolling rock, loosened from the
top Of the well known Pril1ar-Guri
wrecked three houses in it's
way, Instantly killing a man in one Of
them. -.
The customary midnight service on
Easter Friday was this year unusually
well attended at the Johanneskirken,
where the pastor, Chr. Bruun, conducted
the meeting. Many people were turned
away on account of the throng.
The United Norwegian Afholdssam-
fund held its first general meeting in the
city recently. Sven Aarestad was elected
chairman. The discussion at the meet
ing centered on the question how to
effectively oppose the liquor traffic.
Stang was elected president of the
Centralstyrelse Central committee) of
the Right at q recent meeting. The
former members of the committee, Bonn,
Haga, Konow, Lovensiold, Yongvar,
Nielsen, Schweigaard, Hersleg Vogt
and Vedel-Jarlsberg, were all reelected.
The Krag-Jorgensen Arms company
held an extra meeting, Colonel O. Krag
presiding. Since the last meeting the
company has received 1927 from the
United States for the right of manufac-
turing the Krag- Jorgensen rifle. 1t was
decided to return to the company's
stockholders 80 per cent of paid capital,
the company yet possessing q fund Of
20, 1926 crowns.
w. Hansten, provost of Hardanger
and Vass has regipned
The work of preparing the Nygaars
park for the erection of the exposition
building is steadily advancing.
The Ole Bull monument at Bergen
will be constructed by Stephan Linding
according to the plan presented by him.
The ship company Neptun at Bremen
will establish direct line of communi-
cation between Bremen and Antwerp
and the Western coast of Norway. The
vessels on the line will enter no port in
Norway south Of Stavanger.
i A box with clasps Of pure gold, thought
to be of great age, has been found at
Grand, in Eidsberg.
A giant cod, 1.45 metres in length,
weighing 1856 kilograms, has been caught
at Brettsness, on the Lofoden islands.
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