The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-08-25
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE RATHERLAND.
Principal Events that Have Occurred In
tho Old Countries About the
North Sea Within Week
or So just Past.
SWEDEN.

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An old woman who for years had
been living all alone in hut near the
Varnhem church came to a sad end. A
heifer which she owned died of splenic
fever, and ''Nilla pa Berget" (Nilla on
the Mountain), as she was called, used
the meat for food, being apparently ig-
norant of the dreadful pest of which
the heifer died. The result could be-
but one-the old woman died. Her
body was found four days after. her
death and it required herculean efforts
to take her remains and give them
decent burial. The stencil of the meat
OF the heifer was so great that no one.
cared to take it away and as a last and
most thorough remedy the torch was
applied to the hut. In a few hours
nothing but a chimney and a handful
of ashes remained of the abode of
''Nilla pa Berget." :.
The Hoganas coal mining company
has declared a dividend of 8 per cent,
besides voting over $4,000 to the en-
ployes.
S. A. Hedin, the popular Stockholm
member of the riksdag who has been
staying at the Hjo water cure estab-
l1shment, is far from we'll, and his
physician has ordered him to hos
pital.
The larger game birds are unusually
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Sweden this year, the coveys of the
grouse and capercailzie often number
ing as many as ten or twelve birds.
The little island town of Marstrand
is as gay as peacock during the kings
stay there. The lucky Marstranders
find it to be paying affair, too, for
many outsiders like to pay visit to
the place while his majesty is sojourn-
ing there.
Malmo, July 31.-Eleven splenic
fever (mjaltbrand) patients are cared
for at the Falkoping hospital. One
case is very serious. New cases occur
frequently among the cattle, but the
pest is not spreading beyond the quar-
antined territory.
Prince Bernadotte and family have
spent several weeks in Jemtland and
the prince himself made trip on foot
to some of the remote Lapp settle
nents in the interest of religion.
In an oat field at Mo, Hels1ngland,
the ears were out seven weeks after
the seeding.
A new chimney has been built at the
sugar factory at Arlof sugar factory.
1t is 1877 feet high, and the diameter of
the aperture at the top is feet. This
is supposed to be the boss chimney in
the Scandinavian countries, if not in
the whole world.
The government has just received
twenty railway locomotives from
America in one consignment.
August Stringberg is writing an his
torical drama on the the times of Erik
XIV.
The ravages of the splenic fever in
the southern part of Sweden have been
somewhat checked, and the authorities
are in hopes of roofing out the pest in
a short time.
Prof. Mittag-Lefler has been ap-
pointed foreign member of the Italian
academy of sciences.
The strikers at the Qvitsle booms
have returned to work. They received
about $500 each for time lost on ac-
cout of high water.
An obstinate drouth combined with
night frosts has reduced the crops of
Skane way below the average
Deposits of copper ore have been
found in paying quantities near the
old Falu mines in Dalarne.
Bishop Billing while on a visit to
the parishes of Sfolde and Blentarf
expressed himself unfavorably regard
ing the habit of keeping servants at
home on Sundays, preventing them
from attending church.
A gathering of very prominent men
at Skara passed unanimous vote
against promulgating the Norwegian
flag law, and forwarded telegram to
tile minister of foreign affairs express
ing confidence in him in regard to the
said law.
NORWAY.
Abundant rain at the right time
saved the crops of Southeastern Nor
way. Haying was commenced in earn
est July 10 in that part of the country
Plans for the new building fox the
Bank of Norway in Kristiania will not
be completed until couple of experts
have made trip to the United States
to study modern bank buildings in this
country.
There were AZ business failures in
Norway during the month of April as
against 4S for the same month in 1898.
The whole number of persons who
emigrated from Norway in 1898 was
1859, which was 210 more than for the
year 1897.
Money is more scarce than ever in
Norway and stocks of all kinds are
going down at rapid rate. The off,
cial quotations of the exchange are
really too high because many kinds of
stocks find no buyers at all.
Cooking schools. or ''school kitch-
ems" as they are called in Norway, will