Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-02-14
Mr.. Liljedahl, the new postmaste, a.

oSTseH, IL the happy recipient OF EOlO
watch and chain to which one hundred
postmasters in the Aalesund district had
contributed. His appointment was a po-
lttical job Of the worst brand, and his
enemies declare their willingness to give
him another gold atch If he will step
out Of his office and return to Aalesund.
A society for the advancement of dairy
ing offers bounties to dairymaids who
have served three years at the same
house. The aim Of this is to counterfeit
the habit of the dairymaids to move from
place to place.
Fifty tinsmiths employed by the Stav-
anger Preserving Company quit work in
order to have the hours cut down. But
instead of gaining a point, they induced
all the canning companies to discharge
their 800 tinsmiths
A new theater will soon be built in
Bergen at a cost Of $4,000.
Skredsvig has finished colossal paint
ing which he calls "A Poem About
Death Death occupies the center of the
painting, wearing a coat Of mail and ar
NOR. and holding a sword and skull. On
either side of him are earth and heaven.
At the former place a man and a woman
throw themselves upon a grave in the
night, wiring their hands and pray and
pray, while a storm RACES around them.
This is the way death looks. But the
opposite part of the painting represents
death as it really is. The child is led up
to the other children of the Lord to have
crown placed on it's golden hair, and
the heavenly city is radiant with light.
The cod fisheries Of West Lofoten have
pjy wiz
ing secured 400 Goldfish a day.
The storm that swept the coast of Nor
way, from Kristianssund to Tromso, is
said to have been the most violent in
fifty years. In some localities the wind
was accompanied by hail and snow,
thunder and lightning. The lowest por-
tons Of the cities of Tromso, Trondhjern,
Bodo and Bergen were flooded and the
loss of property was great. No further
accounts have reached us through the
mails at this writing.
An interesting wedding recently took
place at the office of the mayor of Dram
men. The groom vas Swedish book
agent of 80 summers, while the bride
was a 7S-year-old widow. Among other
desirable attributes, the bride possessed
a fortune of $1,000
'Laboremus," Bjornson's latest DRAMA
will soon be represented a: the court
theater of Stuttgart.
Conformation for Scandinavian Emil
grants A Norwegia who was
on his way back to the old country had
an unpleasant experience in Hull, Eng
land. In one of the streets of the city
he read the following words on a sign,
Information for Scandinavian Emil
grants Having made up his mind to
stay there a few days, but having no &C.
quaintances. he entered the office and
found an elderly, we'll dressed gentleman,
who Immediately volunteered the infor-
nation that he was from Kristiania, Nor
way. The stranger taking a liking to
the man, invited him to supper at a hotel
in the city. "A Swede also joined them
The evening was sDent most pleasantly
the cup that does inebriate being the
main source Of joy. The Norwegian
American at last had to lie down on a
sofa, and soon went to sleep. When he
awoke next morning he was all alone
and upon examining his pockets found
that he had lost 5000 in cash, a gold watch
and a valise. He fastened to the infor-
nation bureau, but to his discontinue he
found that the sign was gone and the
of gentlemen he had been entertaining.