The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-05

A remarkable nonagenarian couple are
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Supple. near Bethel
Church. pa. They are both quite active.
Mr.. supplee, i'm spite Of his burden Of
ninety years. oversees tho farm work.
and his wife. aged uinety-two, attends
TO All the household duties except clothes
washing They have been married for
seventy years.
r. ]. Watson, Of MerchanNilie. Pa. SIS
bordering how to get his horse from The
second story of his stable to its stall on
the first floor. on Sunday while the
family was away the coiorcd hoster
c0ayed the animal 90 the second floor Of
the barn and tied him there. Then he
fed.
stephen woodrow. of Conowingo, Cccn
county. Nd. a veteran OF the late war.
recently found $50 in o hayloft. and the
next day received a check from the gov
eminent for tit0 back pay ana a pension
of S a month.
Banker George II. Masiu. former head
of The Avenue Savings Bank, in Chicago.
was fined St5ol42 by Judge Burke yes
terdav. and sentenced 20 work out the
fine I'm the House of Correction, If # is
not paid At the rate OF $50 per day,
IL will take the eX-hanker about eight
and one-half years TO work out the fine.
Magilrs onenso was receiving deposits
in his bank after Il had become insol-
vent Several indictments remain 10 be
heard against Maeil
Charles Brooks. New Jersey farmer.
while i'm the harvest field suffered O stroke
Of paralysis. He fell 10 the ground, and
during HIS paroxysm he swallowed his
false teeth. His son found him and took
him % the house and an effort was made
TO extricate the teenth. but without ei-
feet.
Brooks experiences much pain in his
stomach and the attending physician says
he viii have 60 undergo q surgical ope-
ration TO get the teeth out
..
TWO boys. nine and seven years Of age,
have been arrested in Pennsylvania
charged with wrecking a railroad train.
The Jesuits Of the Maryland and New
York province have purchased one hun
dred acres Of land on the Hudson river.
and will remove their novitiate from
Frederick. Maryland. as soon as the
buildings can be completed.
Wilmington. Del. claims 70 have dis
covered the "kissing bug" one day IN
January a member Of the Dupont family
noticed a large insect crawling on the
table lie put his hand on the bug and
st stung him. lie then put napkin on
the bug ana It stung his hand through
this His hand and arm became swollen
and DIT Swithin Chandler. who was called
in. found Mr.. DUPONT suffering from pol
son. The insect was kept and sent 10
the Department OF Agriculture. reply
was received saying the insect was one
OF the Melanolestes Picipes.
Sir w. G. Armstrong. Of Wentworth &
Co.. ltd. of New Castle-on-Tyne, the
weli-known makers Of English ordnance,
have filed two suits at law against
United States naval ordnance officers,
for an aggregate Of $4,000 damages. for
an alleged infringement Of patent on trun-
Mon bearings for heavy guns
Admiral charles O'Neil. chief Of the
Bureau OF Ordnance Of the Navy De.
partrnont: Captain Alexander II. MoCor-
mick, commandant OF the Washington
Nav Yard; Commander Edwin {. PEN
dleton. superintendent Of the naval gun
shops at the yard in Washington, are
named as defendants.
A model Of battleship carved by the
hands OF Joshua Humphreys. the original
Continental shipbuilder. one year after
the Declaration OF Independence had
created a new nation. Is TO be placed