Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-07

In large portions of Stavanger there
is scarcely a single house without a
garden and lawn connected with it.
Fifteen dailies are published iu
Kristiana.
No papers were published in STAY
anger the 18th of May.
The Norwegians seem to be making
considerable progress in raising chick
ems for the production of eggs. The
import of eggs for 1897 was $500, 900,
and in 1898 it decreased to $500, 900 re-
duction of 81 per cent.
Quite a few men in Kristiana are in
the habit of drinking whisky from
their own ''pocl<et bottles while din
ing at temperance restaurants. and
they look upon themselves as full
fledged, up-to-date, notwithstanding
gentlemen.
Librarian K. Halvorsen has been ap-
pointed official English and French in
terpreter for the department of justice.
Helle, in Ryfylke, is the name of a
new post Office. This is sort of i'm
provement upon the name of that
famous post Office near Trondhjem
(HelD.
There were $40 religious meetings
in Kristiana on Monday, Thursday
and good Friday.
In Holmesdal is woman who has
| entered her OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
year. Two others died in the same
neighborhood at the age of one hun
dred years.
Stavanger has 27,843 inhabitants.
Norwegian railway statistics show
that Norway has little over 1900
(English) miles of railway. The whole
number of employees is almost 1000.
| The railway department now gives a
surplus of about $1,000,00O. In 1898
there were II serious accidents, 10 per-
sons were killed and 40 injured.
| The Loren state near Trondhjem has
been sold to a syndicate of business
men in Kristiana and Trondhjem.
There are 900 acres of cultivated land
and about thirty tenant farmers are
living on the property.
Fuller accounts of the Grieg concert
in Rome show that it was mighty tri-
umph." The queen of Italy and the
cream of the aristocracy were in at
tendance. Grieg, upon entering the
auditorium, was greeted with pro-
longed applause which demonstrated
his great popularity even in Italy.
For each number of the program the
storm of applause kept swelling, and
the enthusiasm at last eliminated in
a demonstrative ovation. Mrs. Bergljot
1bsen sang seven Grieg songs, and she
was called out several times. After
the concert Grieg and Mrs. Ibsen were
accorded the rare distinction of being
called up into the royal lodge, where
the queen entertained them with the
most affable cordially.
DENMARK.
The oyster banks in Limfjord will
soon be rented out to the highest bid.
der for period of five years.
The journeymen bakers of Copen-
hagen threatened to quit work May
1st; but up to this writing no informa.
ton has been received as to the ability
of the employers to head off the strike,
The premier has been instructed by
the king to notify the Danish peace
society that the Danish delegates tc
the peace conference at The Hague arc
to advocate the establishment OF
courts of arbitration and the limita
ton of the excessive ornaments; but
that the question of acknowledging
the neutrality of Denmark will not be
preached.
The election of officers for the Dan
ish students society resulted in vic
tory for the liberals. The Importance
of the organization may be inferred
from the fact that almost 700 votes
were cast.
The police of Copenhagen are in the
habit of stopping any private vehicle
at hand to haul DRINKS and disorder
lies to the police station. The hack
men are dead against this practice
They say that in case of accident OF
injury they are glad to offer their We
hicles-but to plain, vomiting drunls
nit. There is too much filth and toe
little glory in that business.
Jacob Hegel, the great publisher, has
withdrawn from the Danish Bible so.
ciety.
The essay which DR.. George Brandes
wrote about the fate of the Danes OF
South Upland has appeared, or will
soon appear in French, German, Rus
sian, Bohemian, Polish, English and
Prussian.
Extensive fires have been raging in
the wild boys at Bronderslev.
AMMAN, the largest steamer ever
built in Denmark, was recently
launched at Refshaleoen. It is the
! two-hundredth steamer built by Bur-
meister & Vain, who are now employ
ing 1900 men. The AMMAN was Or
dered by the East India company and
is 42S feet long.
The remains of DR.. Stuckenberg, the
father of Viggo Stuckenberg, the
poet, were cremated in Copenhagen.