Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-12-05
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK.

the close of the buying for the Thanks
EgiYing trade is causing worry among Bur-.
lington county growers.
Toms River people are rejoicing oyer the
favorable report made by government en-
gineers for the dredging Of Toms River.
Tne movement was first taken up by the
local Boaid OF Trade.
Sea CLAIMS have been washed up on the
beach at Sea Isle City in great numbers and
fishermen have been gathering them and
salting them away for bate when the cod
fishing season begins.
Ursel Downs, 10 years old, rested the
muzzle Of bis small rife on the toe Of hls
shoe and accidentally discharged the car
fridge. The charge went clear through the
big toe, shattering the first joint.
Joseph Steelman, one-armed hunter OF
Williamstcwn, shot a rabbit Wednesday OF
last week which measured three feet in
length and weighed eight pounds. Il is
said TO be the largest rabbit ever shot in
Gloucester county.
The Hahn Legislative Investigating Com
mittse will continue its work next week
The State Prison at Trenton will come in
for further Investigation as 80 the meth
ods employed there in the management Of
the various departments.
A large number of the oyster shippers at
Biyalve and Greenwich are discouraged
over the scarcity Of s'primes," and have
tied up their boats, as there are far more
culls than the market will use at the pres
ent price of Sd per thousand.
The Atlantic City Board Of Education is
opposed 10 the giving Of presents to teach
ers during the holidays BY the pupils. and
will make formal request upon the pupils
to stop the practice and ask she teachers to
join with the board in discouraging the
practise.
Pennsgroye Council has appropriated
$500 to Liberty Fire Company toward the
payment of $4,000 for the new chemical
Ere engine. The new engine was christened
by breaking bottle of champagne over the
wheels, causing CONSERVATION among the
members of the w. G. t. U.
The body of the man killed near Repaupo
by West Jers. y and Seashore Railroad
train Saturday night was identified as that
Of John Simpkins an old soldier, of Turn
eryille. He had just obtained permit to
enter the soldiers Home at Hampton, Va
He was probably walking on the tracks
when the train struck him.
Stuart F. Morris, Vineland business
man, finding debtor moving away, fol-
lowed hot Oh the trail only to see the house
hold good disappear at Camden into Penn
sylvania Morris took the next train home
and attached the mans account in the
Tradesmen's Bank Several thousand dol
lars are thus tied up, and can only be re-
leased by settlement.
Surgical experts who opened the ear of
nine-year-old Somers Braddock, of Bakers
vile, Atlantic county, to discover the
cause of headache, which had been worry
ing the child for months, found a dead bee
tle in the inner ear. Removal Of the bug
was followed by immediate departure of
the pain, and the lads hearing will net
even be affected by the insects long resi-
dence in his ear tube.
While the farmers OF South Jersey have
accepted the ultimatum of the Philadelphia
Milk Shippers Union and began to ship
yesterday for fYe cents a quart, they are
by no means satisfied with the price and
will make a strong fight for five and half
cents for January shipments. Milk is only
accepted for shipments at stations where
steam trains stop This causes long drives
by the farmers
Jail rather than kiss his wife, was the
decision of Frederick Wolf, when arraigned
before Justice of Peace Hnghs, to-day
The wife, who is oDly II and pretty, had
her husband arrested after family quarrel,
bat wished TO forgive him. ''If you'll kiss
her and promise to behave yourself in the
future, you can CO., said the Magistrate.
"T'll go to Jail first, = declared the husband,
irate oyer his arrest.
The report Of the State Board for the
Equalization Of Taxes just submitted to
Governor Stokes, shows that the increase
in the valuation Of taxable property in the
State for this year oyer that Of 1906 is $27l,
217.345, the total this year being 81. .641, n
527. .4Is, as against 81, ,579, PIC, ,073 last year,
an increase Of 17per cent. Hudson county,
which is 56 per cent above last year, shows
She largest increase. The smallest is in
Cape May county. where il slightly exceeds
per cent This increase is largely due TO
the work Of the Boards In boosting values.