Willmar tribune., 1910-08-24
SWEDEN.

by telephone, by way of Berlin.
Foreigners acquired property for a
little more than 100000 in Sweden in
1908.
The rabbits are more numerous than
they have been for years in southern
Sweden.
Eight cases of infantile paralysis
have been reported from Frostviken,
Norrland.
Hundreds of houses are advertised
for rent in Stockholm, and the rates
are going down.
The reindeer pastures are so poor
in Lappland that scores Of deer have
starved to death.
No less than $4,000 persons emigrat.
ed from Sweden during the first half
of the present year.
Cordwood of all kinds is about twen-
ty per cent cheaper In Stockholm this
season than year ago.
The Graso parish, near Upsala, ad-
vertised for an assistant pastor, but
no one applied for the position.
About 1000 riflemen attended the
great rifle tournament in Stockholm,
and about 100000 shots were fired.
Work has commenced on a new
street railway line in Stockholm. It
is to run from Lilleholmen to Frid-
hem, a distance of miles, and is cal
culated to cast about 100000.
Excavations on Birger Jarl's square
in Stockholm brought to light a great
number Of human skeletons, which
proves that this was at one time a
part Of the Riddarholm church ceme-
terry.
Christian Bergstrom has been in
spector of the locks Of the Gotta canal
at Borenberg for 81 years. Now he is
SO years old, and altho his services
have been satisfactory up to date he
has just resigned.
improvements are to be made for
about $2,000,000 in the harbor of San
tander, Spain, and Swedish and Nor
wegian firms are going to compete for
chance to furnish some of the gran
ite needed for the work.
Some thirty years ago a young man
in the northern part of Gottland left
his fiancee and went to America.
Their correspondence was kept up un-
interruptedly, and few days ago the
man returned and married his best
girl.
The young people of Sweden are
going to raise money for a national
gift to August Strindberg. At the
same time they will sign an address
to him, expressing their admiration
for him and the titanic work that he
has accomplished.
The great Wrangel family had a re-
union in Stockholm. Thirty-six prom
inent men were in attendance. There
are about 800 members in all. Most
Of them live in Russia and the Baltic
provinces. There are about 80 in
Sweden, 40 in Germany, and a few in
Austria and Holland.
At the Haparanda pesthouse there
are 60 diphtheria patients, and an
equal number have been cared for in
private houses since last fall. The
city has a population of about 1000.
The sanitary conditions are very poor,
which is largely due to the fact that
80 many of tho inhabitants are Lapps
who moved into the town after they
were grown up.
The number Of persons serving a
life sentence In the prisons of Sweden
has decreased Immensely during the
past few decades. In 1855 there were
no less than 1920 persons serving a
life sentence, PIG of whom were wom-
en-. The present number is 70, of
whom 10 are women.
Aged "quadruplet." Abraham Jo-
hanson. Of Eskatorp, Halland, died at
the ago Of 50 years. OF four brothers
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Aaron, who
were born at the same time, Abraham
lived longest. One of them died a few
years ago, and tho other two died in
childhood.
The Identification Of the railroad
from Kiruna to the Norwegian boun-
dary line is only natter of time,
the railway department. having been
instructed to build pow-e station at
Porjus Falls, Stora Lule river, and to
make the necessary connections. A
Swedish and German firm are go.
ing to furnish the electric appliances.
The Ratin stock company will re-
ceive $135 for keeping the Stockholm
Central railway station and the annex
at Klarabergsgaton free from rats for
tho next twelve months, and after that
the pay TOR tho service shall bo $S1 =
yeas. ..&.% .