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LILLIAN, an American opera singer; born in Farmington, Me., in 1859; family name, Norton. She NORFOLK sang with great success in England, Germany, and on the Continent, and was a favorite in her native country. Being very desirious to sing in Wagner's operas in Bayreuth, she went there and appealed to Mme. Wagner for permission to do so. This granted, she studied German and the rôle of Elsa in "Lohengrin," in which she made a triumphant appearance. Marguerite in "Faust" was another famous part. In 1896 she married Zoltain F. Dome, who had appeared for the first time in opera at the Bayreuth Festival, in 1894 as Parsifal. Was a member of Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Co. (1901). Married George Young, American banker (1909). Died 1913 on the island of Java as the result of exposure from the wreck of the steamer "Tasman."
NÖRDLINGEN, a town of Bavaria; on the Eger river; 44 miles N. W. of Augsburg; it has a Gothic church (restored 1880), with a high tower and fine organ, and manufactures carpets. Here took place, Sept. 16, 1634, the great battle in which the Swedes were defeated by the Imperialists with a loss of 12,000 killed and wounded.