Willmar tribune., 1898-09-28

clusion that the cheapest remedy was
to let the pilgrims alone.
A festival was given at Bjergsted,
near Stavanger, for the benefit of Rev.
Tjader, the Swedish missionary, whose
wife and two children were drowned
at Hesnes. Three Swedes raised $3.50,
which they offered to member of the
committee on arrangements. But he
refused the money, presumably be-
cause it came from Swedes. The next
man, however, accepted the money
with thanks. But by this time the
Swedes in turn began to feel so Offend
ed that they left the FESTIVAL. ALI OF
which goes to show how little it takes
to arouse ill feeling between neigh
bors on account of the political fric-
tion between Norway and Sweden.
Some thoughtless woman left the
faucet open in third story building
in Kristiania one afternoon when the
water had been turned off in that part
of the city. After the people had left
the building the water was turned on
again, and the water rushing out
through the faucet flooded the build
ing during the night. and caused a
damage of several hundred dollars.
A Kristiania hotel keeper suspected
that one of his guests would try to
leave the building without settling his
bill, and the host spent the night at
the door keeping guard. But in the
morning the room of the suspected
guest in the third story of the building
was found empty. The thrifty in.
mate had lowered himself down by
means of q rope kept in the room as q
fire escape.
Alfred l. Hoyer, young man who is
tablishing a large Norwegian bust.
ness firm in South Africa, has already
bought eighteen cargoes of Nor wegian
Lumber and tim ber for export He has
also bought large quantities of canned
goods. matches and samples of manu-
factures.
Fine blueberries are sold in Kris
tiania at less than cents a quart.
A company is organizing for build
ing and operating a large brick fac
tory at Ofoten. Water power will be
utilized for the work.
In the middle of August the Joste-
dal river flooded the country along the
lower part of its course, completely de-
stroying the crops and depriving about
200 people of the first necessaries of
life. Public subscriptions have been
started for the benefit of the victims
of the food.
The Society of Friends in Stavanger
is said to have been dissolved.
Seventeen tunnels must be mined
through the rock on the proposed
Ofoten railway.
One hundred and thirty-six Norwe-
gians were awarded gold medals at
the Bergen exposition.
A stock company has been organized
in Kristiania for the manufacture of
carbolic acid.
Two hundred railway employees held
convention in Kristiania and de-
manded higher wages. None of the
attendants had salary exceeding $500
a year.
It is proposed to add 100 new patrol
men to the police forco of Kristiania,
the change to take place next winter.
81. Akre, a school teacher in Vadso,
had saved few copies of Muitalagje,
Lappish newspaper published in the
eighties. In view of the fact that it
is the only newspaper ever published
in said language, an English collector
paid Mr.. Akre $4,000 for his copies
Mr.. Luigstad, in Tromso, is said to be
the proud possessor of the only COM
plete edition of the Muitalagje.
B. Bjornson had to say something
pointed about the czar's peace propo-
sition, and here it is: 'Four days ago I
wrote in letter to Sir Charles Dixie:
The Swedes are an old people who
doubt; the Norweglans are a young
people who believe. Now faith has
won great victory. and Count Doug
las (the Norwegian-Swedish minister
for foreign affairs) has received fresh
proof of his incapability."
DENMARK.
It is rumored that Norwegian syn
dicate is going to buy the Rungsted
hotel and bathing establishment, the
consideration being $135,0OO.
The attendance at the Tivoli pleas
ure resort in Copenhagen has been
phenomenally large during the past
season.
The muchdiscussed monument to
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