Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-23
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK.

carloads, which have netted the farmers
oyer S475.oO0
Cholera is common among the young
chickens near Quinton. One farmer has
lost over a hundred through the disease
within short time.
Several hundred yards Of hedge fence,
through which an old iron fence ran, was
killed by lightning on the farm of Samuel
Shimp, at Hancock g Bridge.
Mice in the Central High School at Ham,
monton are reported as doing much dam
age. They have ehewed of the bindings Of
fully three dozen library books on cur
tanned shelf.
D While playing base ball at National
Park, on Saturday, Stephen Bakely aged
l2s years, Of Third and Pine streets, Cam
den, fell and fractured his knee cap. He
lIwas taken to Cooper Hospital.
Charles Ole, a dairyman, was nearly
gored to death, on Friday, by an infuriated
bull in his stable at Manantico. Some one
had teased the bull and made him mad, all
of which was unknown to Ore when he en-
tered the stable.
The Finance committee of Salem City
Council proposes to raise for the different
departments by taxation this year, $685.
7s8. %. Taking last years valuation as a
basis, this would make the rate Sl.s7.
There is several thousands dollars increase
in the ratables.
Sarah Jane Aucott, of Vineland, is to be
legally ousted from her home, the State
having acquired all the property surround
ing her house, where is located the Home
for Feeble minded Women. She has
steadfastly refused to sell to the State ex-
cept at double the ruling price Of land.
Under the new law which created the
County Boards Of Assessors for the eqnaliz-
alton Of taxes, it is now believed from the
work so far accom- plished that the average
tax rate throughout the State will be about
one-half of what it was last year. This
year's ratables will be in excess Of So, 600, =
600 900, or almost double thes aggregate of
last year.
The Glass Bottle Blowers wage scale for
the coming season has at last practically
been agreed upon. All that is necessary to
complete the matter is for the manufacture
ers and executive committee Of the associ-
tion to sign the agreement. This is joy
GUS news for the thousands OF persons in
employed in So. Jersey glass factories The
scale as setted npon is the same as the one
operated last year.
During the past week Superintendent
Alonzo T. Bacon, of the State Oyster Com
mission, has been busy issuing permits to
the owners Of oyster grounds in the Della
ware Bay and Maurice River Cove to in
spect their oyster beds before the season
opens on September 1. Those who have
made the inspection report that the growth
has been wonderful and that the bivalves
this season will be very plentiful
a mail pouch was ground up by an ex-
press train on Friday morning near Atlan-
tic City ard important mail was either lost
or damaged. Ii was picked up along the
roadbed and the letters which could be for
warded, were sent out, some Of them being
barely decipberable. A bank belonging to
DR. Jacob Reed was chswed up, but the
name was plain, and Oyster Commissioner
L. C. Albertson received deed and official
papers relating to oyster lands which will
likely have to be reissued.
Two hundred children riding on flying
circus" at Spring Lake Park escaped injury
from an explosion Of the boiler of the ma
chine on Friday only through the presence
Of mind Of Charles Clark and Elmer Farm
eli, operators, the two men noting the
peculiar action of the boilers burst valve
just in time to prevent an explosion. In
vestigation showed that the boiler had been
arranged like an Internal machine, with
matches and powder that wonld explode
under steam pressure. A discharged en-
ployee Of that place is suspected. He is
said to have left town.
The Camden County Board Of Tax Com
mission met last Friday and decided to
grant the assessor Of Merchantville two
weeks vacation. He was told that he
must increase his raeables to higher figure
than what he had originally returned. He
did this and went even further. In conse-
quenee everything from henhouse to a
mansion was rated to the top notch. This,
Of course, aroused the ire Of She owners Of
property, who have made life burden for
the assessor, threatening him with all man
ner Of punishment, from being reelected to
going TO Jail for making false valuations.