Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-01-04
SWEDEN.

were FOUND $50 silver coins OF Roman
and Anglo-Saxon origin. -... ...
The Nordiska Museum, Stockholm,
acquired over 1000 new numbers dur
Ing the past year, which is an unusual
record.
Swedish educators do not, as rule,
take kindly to the proposition of max
ing Russian a regular study at the
higher institutions of learning.
1t Is stated on good authority that
the proposed Swedish-American steam
ship line will not be ready for business
in less than a year and a half fron.
now.
The street cars and other public
conveyances in the city of Stockholm
carried 60,770.00O passengers from Jan.
to Oct. 81. The figures for the cor
Responding period Of 1909 were 55,-
100000.
A number Of civil persons were ar
rested at Skofde on the charge of as
sault and battery against soldiers, and
the trial proved that the motive was
hostility to the military system on
general principles.
No less than 1855 persons are en-
ployed in the Swedish mail service.
and it is estimated that almost one
per cent Of the population of the
country are dependent upon this serv-
Ice for their living.
While K. A. Jonsson was hauling a
load Of sand across the >Motala river,
In the center of Norrkoping, the bridge
broke down, carrying with it the man
and the load. The water at the place
Is very deep, and the man lost his life.
The horses SHE'D and broke loose so
that they escaped.
Gustaf Erlandsson and Herman Gus
tafsson, two young men from Sheds
by, were out hunting the other day.
In crossing brook Erlandsson slipped
on the ice and fell, and his gun was
discharged.# Erlandsson had his right
Index finger torn of, and to make the
matter still worse the charge shat
tered Gustafsson's right foot. Both
Of them had to be taken to the hos
pital, and Gustafsson's condition is
serious.
The traffic on the Trelleborg and
sassnitz car ferry line is increasing
In manenr wholly satisfactory to
those who planned this connection be-
tween Sweden and Germany. The i'm
ports for the month of November were
2,817 tons, and the exports 1913 tons.
The number Of passengers carried
from Sweden to Germany was 2,49S,
and the number carried in the oppo-
site direction was 1,431.
The town Of Hofva. Vastergotland,
has character which is attracting the
attention of the people in that part
Of the country. His name is A. Ols-
SON, and he was a school teacher in
his younger days. He lives all alone
In house which has thin cloth in
stead of window panes, in order that
the air may pass through at all times.
The occupant wears a suit of skin
clothes made by himself. He has pub
lished book on the advantages of
skin clothes. The title of this book
Is Health" The man has also writ
ten some other more or less curious
books. Being very musical, he keeps
both piano and an organ in his SIM
pie home, and he is sure to play some
fine selection whenever he is called
upon by the numerous visitors who
are attracted by the fame Of this es-
centric man.
Paul Heyse, the German author who
won a Nobel Prize, has told reporter
what happened to him since it became
known that he won the prize. He has
been flooded with letters from persons
inside and outside of Germany, and
all of them ask for money. Most of
the beggars think it is below their
dignity to ask for less than couple
Of thousand kronor. One person
wanted 5000 kronor for publishing a
philosophical work which was going
to usher in a new era; a lady asked
for 1000 kronor in order that she
might marry the choice of her heart;
a student needed 2,400 kronor for com.
plotting his studies, etc. 1t is inpos.
sible to answer all these letters
Heyse says that he proposes to aid
some worthy cause, but he must also
provide for his own family and his
peedy friends.
The rumor floating about the coun'
BY as to an unusually heavy emigra
ton from the mining town OF Kiruna
to Brazil this winter has proved to be
correct. On the sixth of December SO
persons departed, and a week later
they were followed by 1925 others. A
third party was to leave just before
Christmas.
A special committee has been con.
sidering a proposition to compel al
coholists to stay at an asylum to be
established for that purpose, and a
complete report on this matter will
soon be in the hands of the govern
ment.
Wolves are very numerous in the
mountain districts. around Areskutan,
farmland. The reindeer OF the Lapps
are in great danger, and the authori-
ties have scattered poisoned meat in
many places as a means of killing of
some of the beasts.
Petionella Jonsson, who had been
running barber shop in Halmstad,
had rot been seen about her house
for a long time, and finally a search
was made for her. AS soon as the po-
lice opened the door Of her house they
noticed q strong smell, and her body
was found on bed, partly eaten mp
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