Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-06-15

uuilHS Ule interview IlDSOn received
such thrashing as made him ''pre-
sent very deplorable appearance"
A writer in the Cornhill Justly
gives the palm of cheap places to live
in to Belgium and Italy At Ypres
or Malines an ordinary ten-room
house may be had for 800 year, a
good Flemish cook for 81 month,
and housemaid for So. Milk, eggs,
poultry, fruit and vegetables are
about 40 per cent. cheaper than in
American cities. Schools are cheap
and good. In the convent schools
Protestants are admitted without
danger of proselytism. Italy is still
cheaper than Belgium to those who
know some Italian and have some
savoir faire; but Americans and Eng
lish must take very good care to as
certain what prices really are, or
they will be charged tenfold. Bar
gaining is absolutely necessary, and,
rs rule, it is better to offer at first
one-third of the price demanded.
Rome, Naples, Turin and Florence
should be avoided by those bent on
frugal living.
Elmer Slusser was a deformed
child. When his mother died in
Louisville his father had some diff
Guilty in getting him properly cared
for, and at length found a place for
him with Mrs. Newton, the wife of
an intimate friend. Mrs. Newton
pitied the boy for his misfortune, and
it was supposed that her tenderness
toward him arose solely from the
sense of duty; but when his father
got ready to marry again, she asked
to keep him permanently. This was
refused She declared that they
should not live apart, but it was not
imagined that her feeling was as
deep as the words implied, until Ell
mer was found dead from a dose of
morphine, and the woman nearly so.
Her trial is about to take place, and
insanity will be pleaded in her de
fense.
The baronetcy of Dashwood, being
the first created after the union with
Scotland in 1907, is the premier bar
onetcy Of Great Britain; and the bar
onetcy of Bacon, being the first ere
ated English baronetcy, on the insti-
tuition Of the order in 1911, is the
premier baronetcy in England. In
the same way Sir Charles Henry
Coote, of Ballyfin, creation 1920, is
the premier baronet of Ireland; and
Sir Robert GlenGonwyn Gordon. of
Letterfourie, creation 1925, is, ac-
eording to most authorities, the pre-
mier baronet of Scotland, or Nova
Scotia. On the other hand, Sir
Henry Meryin Navasour, of Spald-
ington, creation, 1901, is the premier
baronct of the United Kingdom
There was no baronetage of Great
Britain until after the union with
Scotland, and none of the United
Kingdom until after the union with
Ireland
The criminal news of single week
makes a sad showing Of boyish de-
pravity. 4 boy Of Belleville, H.,
killed the girl who rejected his ad-
dresses on account of his dissipation.
Two Arkansas boys quarreled over
rabbit hunt, and one slew the other
with an axe. \ St. Louis boy stab
bed the playmate who teased him
for his ignorance of English. a
West Virginia boy shot his rival in
"A girls affections. A Virginia boy
confesses the poisoning of two per-
sons. A Texas boy shot lite girl
because she refused to put down a
pail when he ordered her to. A
Kansas boy is on trial for intention.
ally drowning playfellow. Two
Wisconsin boys maltreated a chilo
nearly to death. Three boys plead
ed guilty to highway robbery il
Chicago. An Iowa boy is forger
\ Missouri boy set fire to a house
A New Mexico boy shot baby. a
Colorado horse thief is aged years
and none Of the other criminals men
toned was over lG.
Criminal prosecutions occurring
in various parts of Germany throw :
strange light upon the firm-rooted
belief Of the peasantry in witches an(
witchcraft. In case just tried a
Frieberg, the wife of a railway sta
tion master was accused Of frand ant
eXtortion in persuading a farmer
and his wife that their three children
were possessed by evil spirits ant
under witches ban, and that the,
needed exercising very urgently
The cure she prescribed involved tn,
frequent taking of the children
measurement, accompanied by form
ulated prayers and invocations of tn
Trinity; and twice day they wcr
required to pass through herds O
swine, that the wicked spirits Nigh
leave their bodies and enter those o
the brntes. For this cure she re
caiyal two markS Tho Woman wo