Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-28

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The Jarbo chair and furniture fac
tory at Cafe was burnt to the ground
A religious movement. characterized
by the gift Of tongues" has struck
Stockholm.
Twenty-Eou torpedoes from foreign
factories were recently received at che
kar1s-Krona navaa station. ,T*. :.
5 "A Swedish lecture society has been
organized In Copenhagen, for the cal-
tivation OF the Swedish language.
A fire at the Sala zinc mines caused
damage for about $4,000, OF whioh
three-fourthe are covered by insur-
ance. = ~ H.
The Gellivare and Ofoten railway
was blockaded by snow near the Nor
wegian boundary line the last days Of
February.
It is estimated that the government
of Sweden will have to spend about
100000 on account of the Jamestown
exposition.
The government favors an appro-
priation of $4,000 for an extension
Of the government railway from Nor
jarv to Lapptrask.
The national government received as
it's share $367.575 Of the profits Of the
Colag (retail liquor business) of
Gothenburg for the year 1906.
The government electric power sta
ton at the Trollhattan waterfalls will
cost about 100000, and its full ca
pacity will be $4,000 horsepower.
The people Of Sohelund, a suburb
Of Malmo, have voted IN favor Of in
cooperating that territory into the city
Of Malmo. The population Of the
suburb is about 5000.
The returns of the fisheries along the
east coast Of Skane have been SO poor
during the past few months that some
of the fishermen and their families
have actually suffered.
The past winter was very prosper
Gus one for those who had logs and
wood to sell in Southern Sweden, the
weather being Favorable for logging
and the prices being ten or fifteen per
cent higher than before.
The accounts Of Lycketorp hennery,
Fjalkinge, Skane, show that the aver
age profit per hen vas s3.55 for the
past year. Many eggs were sold at
fancy prices for breeding purposes.
There were 80 hens In a1A
Swedish capitalists have invested
money in a company which has for its
aim the monopoltzat1on Of the auto
mobile traffic in the large cities Of the
continent Of Europe and Of Scandi-
navia. It's capital stock Is $2,O0o,00o.
Axel Karlsson, laborer at the
Hofors factory, Gahe, handled an iron
bar rather carelessly, striking an cleo
trio cable with sufficient force to cut
thru the insulating sleeve and send an
electric shock into his body which
killed him instantly.
The total receipts Of the postomce
department of Sweden for the year
1905 were $4,935,000 and the surplus
was $594,000, while the surplus esti-
mated in the budget was only $292,95O.
The Sulitelma Mining Company has
bought mineral lands in Servia, and
operations will be started next fall.
The ancient Romans operated mines in
the same locality, and the slags left
by them contain lead and silver in
paying quantities and will be smelted
over by the SWedes.
NORWAY.
The city council of Porsgrund has
voted $4,000 for improving the en-
trance to the eharbor.
The Bergen Steamship Company has
issued $4,000 of new stocks in order
to be able to buy the Holland and Ber-
gen steamship line. The company is
contemplating the opening of new
weekly steamship line between Bergen
and Hamburg.
The moose are numerous in Stor-
elvedalen. On account Of the deep
snow in the mountains they moved
down into the forests, where they did
great damage to the young trees. At
one place three animals walked into
an orchard and began to browse the
twigs of the fruit trees.
The latest religious excitement has
also reached the city Of Aale-
sund. Sigvart Engeseth, a boy
preacher, commenced to "speak in
tongues" almost In spite Of HIM
self. and a woman who had been SO
lame as to need clutches for six years
rose at a meeting and walked with
an elastic gait" Her crutches were
afterwards used for kindling wood.
A poor old widow living in a hovel
| in a mountain valley was visited by
her pastor some time ago, and told
| him that she had a son in America
But doesn't he send you any help?'
he asked. "No, indeed, he writes to
me every month, but he sends nae only
a little picture In the letter." The
minister asked her to let hi1n see one
of the pictures, and he found that
each picture" was a check for twenty
dollars.
A laborer fell down with a lamp
on board the Norwegian steamer
Rygja shortly after 1t entered Bre-
merhaven on its way from Australia
and a fire. was started SO that those
on board had all they could do to save
their own lives. The fire department
did not succeed in putting out the fire
until the steamer was filed with water
The cargo was destroyed and the
steamer itself was badly damaged
The total loss was several thousand