Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-07-25
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK.

Farm help was never scarcer than at the
! present time. The farmers are helping each
other to thresh, as this is the only way
they can secure help enough to do their
threshing.
Mrs. Nancy Lawrence, of Wing Lane, got
her right hand caught in the cogwheels of a
corn shelter few days ago, and sustained
injuries which necessitated the amputation
Of two fingers.
The paving Of Atlantic avenue, Atlantic
City, has been held up again because one
Of the sub-contraotors claims that he has
not received the instalment of pay accord
ing to his contract.
The fishermen operating the pound net at
sea, off Wildwood, brought ashore mon
ster sea COW weighing more than 600
pounds, few days ago. These fish are
rarely found in waters north of Florida
The removal of the moulds, presses and
{ other machinery from the Elmer Glass
Works the past few days bears out the rum
/ or that the company will not operate the
plant next year. but will locate in Bridge
ton.
Lightning struck pump at the home Of
John Stratton, at Ocean View Friday, and
set fire to the dwelling. The pump was
crippled SO that those attempting to fight
the flames could secure no water and the
house was destroyed.
Detective Crawford, who was detailed to
investigate the death Of William jenkins, of
Salem, N. j., deckhand on the steamboat
Bristol, who was drowned by falling over
board off Torresdale, Pa, found no evidence
that he had been murdered.
Captain Nielsen Lockwood, Jr., of Galilee,
n. j., went of in his motor boat Saturday
afternoon with six men and captured
mammoth whale. They landed it on the
beach after much difiiculty. The monster
weighs 1000 pounds and there were about
500 persons on the beach to see it landed,
and there was excitemeut enough for a cir
cus.
Because Of the delay in the summer
weather during June there is no prospect Of
eating Jersey watermelons until the latter
part of August Even then dealers say the
crop will not compare in quality and size
with former years and it is highly probable
thar housekeepers will haye to pay good
prices for melons throughout the entire
summer.
II the statements made by the officers of
the Board Of Health Of both the State and
Trenton City are correct, the managers of
the State Hospital for the Insane are glar-
ingly at fault for the epidemic of typhoid
fever at that institution. The most insani-
tary methods were said to be prevalent in
the disposal Of refuse and the handling of
the milk supply. The managers were
threatened with suit before they took steps
to remedy the evils.
A farmer near Canton had mother hog
and little ones, which be permitted to run
loose in his orchard. He also put small
calf IN the orchard to pasture with them.
The little pigs were not thriving to suit the
farmer. haunting him with their squalings
for food while the little calf waxed fat. So
he concluded TO play detective and, If possi-
BILE, discover the trouble. secreting himself
and at the same time keeping a sharp
watch, he found true what he suspicioned,
the mother pig nursing the calf. thus de-
priving her little ones Of their natural
nourishment.
In his report to the War Department
Major CA. +. Flager says in relation to the
improvements to be made in the Salem
creek: ''Another new project, authorized
in the last river and harbor bill, is for the
improvement OF the Salem river, the limit
Of cost which was fixed at $4,000 The
project contemplates the formation of a
channel 100 feet wide and uine feet deep,
amplifying at the bends to permit vessel
200 feet long to pass from the Delaware
river up to the highway bridge at Little
Salem creek, and the removal Of the stony
bars in front OF the wharves at the bend
above the brick yard.
With the beginning Of the running Of all
trains on the elevated structure Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad in Camden Sunday came
to the end Of the Haddon avenue station.
Westbound trains have been operating on
the elavated structure for several weeks, but
the first eastbound train to use it left the
terminal for Burlington at / SO Sunday af-
ternoon. At noon notice was posted at the
ticket window Of Haddon avenue station as
follows Service at this station discontin-
ued.u As consequence business men and
others are again up in arms and big delaga-
tions will attend the Council meeting Thurs
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