Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-11-09
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across
the Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLAND.
principal Events that Have Occurred In
the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within . Week
or So just Past.
SWEDEN.

SWEDEN
Fresh Strawberries were picked
around Trelleborg in October.
4 Swedish paper suggests that the
Noe"egians make Prince Carl their
KING. thereby putting an end to the
tuSsie between the two nations
4 man walking On the highway past
otievi found several fine pickerel on
The road. Instead of sailing down a
part OF the fish. he invited number
OF his friends to a square meal. While
enjoying the peculiar find one Of the
guests said. Well. sir. I. too. might
nave had a mess of pickerel but mine
Shipped through a hole in the wagon
oox and were lost on the road"
c A. Tellauist of Orebro can cele-
oraee peculiar jubilee this year. He
lost his legs in Z railroad accident in
49, and for quarter of century
mas depended upon wooden legs for To-
coUotiou.
At Grenna is a pear tree, the crown
OF which is 2lo feet in circumference,
The crop for the past season was five
barrels of pears.
The clergy of the state church of
sweden are circulating 4 mild remon-
stEa1ce against royal ordinance of
June IS, 1896. making it easier for lay
men to baptize children.
Ehe farmers around RiugSio COM
plain OF a superabundance of foxes
a. Everlov dog follows close be-
hind the plowboy most of the day. eat
ing the grIbs turned up by the piow.
4 meteor was recently seen directly
above the city of Malmo for about two
minutes 1t finally exploded and dis
appeared
The efficiency OF the TrelIeborg and
Sassnitz steamship route has been ad-
mlseed to such an extent even IN Den
marx that fresh herring is being
shipped from Copenhagen via said
route to Germany.
lne king. the crown prince and other
members Of the royal family attended
a lecture given in Copenhagen by Sven
Hed!o on his explorations in central
Asia, and the crown prince handed the
lecturer the gold medal OF the Geo
graphical Society of Denmark
The authorities of Horny prohi bited
Salvation army meetings after Q clock
IN ;ae evening. But the king helped
the Hailelujah people out in great
shape by multiplying the ordinance
The population of Stockholm is 371,-
,G3S OF this nun Der 1907 have the
right to vote for members of the lower
house of the riksdag.
The king, accompanied by General
Lagerberg, took walk in the zooIogi-
cal gardens, and happened to run
against a tree Turning to his COM
pauion, he said ''Vhy did you not
warn me In timee Excuse me-" said
the general, humbly bowling his head.
Il. 100, was looking at Mrs Hartman
TIE papers are poking fun 1T the
academy of sciences for putting down
Prince Carl IN the almanac as a single
man. though he was married over two
mouths ago.
= Few Swedish steamship company
Will begin to run 3,OOO-ton steamers
between Boston and cities in northern
Europe next spring.
Leo Tolstoi proposes that Nobers
prize for the best essay on 1nteruation-
Al peace be awarded to the Duchoberes,
a small tribe in the Caucasus, who re-
fuse to carry arms simply because they
are Christians
The sudden rise Of the price Of sugar
is explained by certain papers on the
ground that the owners Of the sugar
factories have formed a trust
The asylum for inebriates ut Upsala
has been in operation five years.
Thlrty-six drunkards have been treat
ed IN that time, and of this number II
were either wholly or partly cured, :.
relapsed, died. and one lost his rea-
son.
Nils Fredrik Wiklund of SundsvalI
Is the great nImrod of Norriaud He
has killed over 100 bears. lynxes and
so wolves. He is :. years old and
points with pride to the fact that he
has hunted bears in company with
four kings
stock company has secured posses
sion of the Abby waterfalls in Norr-
land and large factory for the prep
aration of chemicals will be built at
that place The capacity of the falls
is about 5000 horse power
Upon the request of Consul c. Fred
holm,~ collections have been taken up
in some Of the congregations in Swe-
den for the benefit of the widows aud
children of those who were massacred
in Constantinopie last year.
Johan Anderson. a Stockholm archi-
tect. who died last summer, is found to
have left property to the value of about
81 1o0, ul0-
NORWAY
q. 4 writer who calls himself Peas
ant, has delivered himself of spread
eagle philippe in Vestlands- Posten-
Here IS sample of his grand effort:
Now the tyrannieal waves of radical
ism tower aIoft over this country over
our dear old Norway Not only its
cities hut also many of its ANTS tcoun-
1ies} seem to be. about to submit to its
bo,sterous supremacy. and those ANTS.
IN their weakness. lult themselves into
the supposition that in the long run
tine peasantzy. too. will be all right
IT would be exceedingly appropriate If