Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-02-08

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Gus character and new impulses. If
our hearts are warmed by the flame
that burned in the departed n we
shall also be warmed by the sacred fire
that never dies" Many of the most
prominent men of the country were in
attendance.
Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, was
visited by 507, Ss2 persons in 1900.
The bill drawn up by the committee
on malt liquors is ~displeasing to the
temperance people, and P. P. Walden
strom presented to the crown prince
SO petitions and 400 resolutions from
local governments and temperance so
cieties against the passage of the bill.
c. w. Norden & Co., whose head
quarters are located at Helsingfors,
Finland, have bought large tracts of
spruce land around Lake st. John,
Canada. 1t is proposed to take 5000
Swedes and Finlanders to the new
property for turning the timber into
pulp and carrying it to paper mills in
Sweden and Finland.
A triplex wedding took place at Eda,
Skane, Dec. ~. Nils OLSON of Ham
marsgarde and his wife celebrated
their silver wedding; his parents-in-
law, Segol Nilsson and wife, celebrated
their golden wedding; and daughter
of the former couple was united in
marriage with Nils Gustafsson of
Flogned. Many people had been in
vited to the remarkable wedding, and
the festivities lasted for three days.
The late Alderman Lundberg, of
Osthamrnar; donated his estate, valued
at SIS, 600, to charitable institutions at
Osthammar.
NORWAY.
Lugne Poe. a noted French actor.
recently met Bjornson in Paris and
published an interview in the Figaro,
beginning his communication thus:
"Bjornstjerne Bjornson, the man who,
if he would do so, tomorrow could
have the republic proclaimed in Nor
way"
The Oiestad church, not far from
Arendal, was destroyed by fire last
Spring. Being one of the Oldest and
most characteristic church buildings
in the country, it will be rebuilt in the
original style.
The crown princess has joined the
Norwegian Forestry association as its
first honorary member.
One hundred and sixty freight
steamers are owned by residents of
Bergen.
'''Tante Ulrike," "a comedy which was
written by Gunnar Heiberg 1e years
ago, but which was. steadily refused
by all theaters, has. just been present.
ed at the Kristiania National theater.
1t was very f%avorably received.
While running on skis down a steep
mountain side near Kristiania, a lady
ran the point of one of her skis into
the abdomen of a gentleman. She
succeeded in pulling out the point, but
the victim was taken to the hospital
in a dying condition.
Immense shoals of herring are APP
preaching the coast at Hvaler. The
fish keep themselves at such a great
depth that they cannot be caught in
very large quantities. In some spots
they are so thick that the sounding
line cannot reach bottom.
A society of national scope has been
organized for the purpose of enabling
blind people to earn a living by means
of their OWE work.
Edward Bull, a brother of the great
violinist, Ole Bull, and his wife cele-
brated their golden wedding at Ber-
gen, Jan. 6. His wife was the first
person to offer her services to Ole Bull
when he opened his Norwegian thea
ter.
A woman living on Pedersgaden,
Stavanger, was born in 1893, and her
physical strength is still so great that
she takes an occasional walk in the
open air.
Thirty-fve persons persisted in a
hurricane at Hero, Jan. %. Sixty
boats were sunk in the harbor and
eight houses blown away.
August Konow, who for q period
of fifty years was n of the most
noted men at Ringsaker, died at the
age of IS years. One of his sons is a
member of the present cabinet.
The storthing resumed its work Jan.
2, after a three weeks Christmas vaca-
ton. So little was done in two months
before Christmas that the present SEES
sion is expected to last until midsum-
mer.
The hard times have reduced the
consumption of champagne so per cont
in the course of one year.
The present population of Norway
seems to be about 2,200, 600. If this is
correct. the increase was 200, 900 dur
ing the past decade.
The Bank of Norway has lowered its
rate of discount from 6x to 8 per cent,
indicating that normal business con-
ditions again prevail.
Count Tolstol, while attending "Bal-
aleika," or amateurs concert, near
Moscow, said: "Ibsen was much great
er and he pleased much better in the
first half of his literary career than in
the latter half, because he was not so
s~elf-conscious and pretentious. The
worst that can happen to an author is
to think much of himself"
The city council of Trondhjem has
resolved to issue bonds in the sum OF
! $40. O00.