Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-08-24

Four persons have been sent, at the
expense of the government, to visit a
number Of the electric power stations
on the continent for the purpose of
obtaining information which may be
of value in building owe stations at
Swedish waterfalls.
Cases of the dreaded splenic fever
~(mjaltbrand) have been met with in
the parishes of Langasjo, Berg and
Elghult.
Rev. E. d. Heuman, a court chap
the election of a new bishop for the
diocese of Kalmar.
The immense shed in which Andree
kept his balloon before ascending at.
Spitzbergen has been sold to Hans
Berg & Co., of Sund, Lofoten. The
purchasers are willing to sell it at q
small profit, but they may eventually
take it to Sund.
The proprietors of the Swedish rub
Der factory at Gislaved have decided
to rebuild the plant, which was burned
down last June.
The whole number of students who
have passed the final college examina-
tions this season is 742, emitting them
to be styled students and to wear the
white cap. The whole number of
those who failed was 121.
Several cases of splenic fever have
appeared in Gotland.
A lieutenant in a Norrland repi-
ment was decorated with an order of
honor by the sultan of Turkey. But
one of his comrades reported that the
recipient of the decoration was on the
sick list at the time, and this was such
a serious breach of the military rules
that he was courtmartialed to a twelve
days arrest.
The Swedish geodetic survey expe-
ditlon is greatly hampered by ice at.
Spitzbergen.
Three burial mounds and. a so-called
court ring have been discovered on a
high knoll at Svaltorna, near the
Herrljunga railway station. The finds
date from the iron age. There are al
so numerous ancient g%ravestones in
that neighborhood.
The consistory of Stockholm has pro-
posed that the letter of installation to
the new archbishop of Sweden provide
for changes which would result from
the separation of Stockholm from the
diocese of the archbishop; but the
king has refused to approve the propo-
sition.
Bellman is the great glorifer Of wine.
| and u0uoo o-1 hSc hsr<1l nv =, ,,,,,o11-
celebrated in an appropriate manner
by b lovers of the cup that doth in
ebriate. But as a curious anomaly it
is mentioned that the police of Stock
holm ran across a fewer number OF
DRINKS on Bellman's birthday than on
any other day of the year..
The king is in receipt of a letter
from DR.. Sven Hedin. It Is dated
Jungi-Koll, Central Asia, Feb. rs, 1900,
and gives an account of a three
months journey along the Jarkust-
Darja, and a twenty days trip across.
a desert. DR.. Hedin went into winter
quarters at the above place and date.
Baron TOLLS polar expedition left.
Tromso July % for the Arctic regions.
Erik E. BONNER has been granted
permission to start a newspaper in
Hudiksvall.
The non-commissioned officers in
Trondhjem visited their Swedish COM
rades at Ostersund July 29.
Ruins of an ancient 'stave-church',
have been found at Larbro, Gotland.
Such churches were common in Scan
dinavia in the middle ages. Their.
walls were made chiefly Of planks
standing on end.
The municipality of Sofelund has,
taken up a loan of $12, 600 for the CON
struction of sewers and for street paw
ing.
Several members of the riksdag have.
resigned their seats.
1t is said hat Bishop Won Scheele
would make no objection if he were.
appointed bishop at Westerns, for then
he could remove from the island of
Gotland to the main land.
About 80 bookbinders held a meeting
at ~Gothenburg and organized them
selves into a national union, the head
quarters of which will be located at.
Stockholm.
The average number Of children for
each teacher in h public schools Of
Sweden in 1897 was 50-43 in the cities
and SO in the rural districts. In the
province of Blekinge the number was.
20, in the city of Stockholm SO.
DENMARK.
Princess Alexandrine gave birth to.
a boy at %Sorgenfri Slot, July q. Both,
mother and son are getting along
nicely.
About 90, 900 people attended a pub
lie gathering at the Copenhagen Tivoli
on the occasion of the return of the.
cruiser Valkyrien from a voyage to.
eastern Asia. Prince Valdemar, the
commander of the expedition, and.
Princess Marie, were greeted with
wild cheers when they entered the