Camden's News Budget

Camden's News Budget A Would-Be Suicide Who Spent His Wife's Money for Rum. Adolph Meyers, of 1109 Emma street, who attempted to kill himself late Saturday night, is locked up at the City Hall. He is rapidly improving and will be released to-day or to-morrow. To Chief of Police Dodd he said he had become down-hearted and had decided to kill his wife and then end his own existence. He changed his mind and shot himself. Mrs. Meyers says that on Saturday evening she gave her husband $1 to purchase groceries with and instead he bought whisky. When he came home he was under the influence of liquor and was only in the house a few minutes when he attempted to shoot himself. Lieutenant Stehr says that when he called at the house Meyers asked him for his revolver, saying it was better than his and would do the work. FIGHT AT A CHRISTENING. The baby of John Flerker, who resides at Mount Ephraim and Kaighn avenues, was christened yesterday, and as a result a half a dozen of the participants are now locked up in jail. After the water had been sprinkled on the child's head, those who had assembled to witness the ceremony started in drinking beer. Toward dark, by which time the entire party was under the influence of liquor, a free fight ensued. Officer Peters was summoned and arrested Fred Collett, Frank Dasky, Henry Raskoska, Jacob Schiecht and his son. They were locked up for a hearing to-day. AN APPROPRIATE SONG. About 150 persons from Philadelphia visited Camden yesterday to witness the baptism of a man and woman, who accompanied them. About 1,000 boys who had heard of the coming of the pair to be baptised were at Vaneman's wharf waiting for them. The pair were led out into the stream, and just as the minister dipped them into the water the boys commenced to sing "Down Went McGinty to the Bottom of the Sea." NOTES. The octogenarian services of the Methodist churches were concluded yesterday. The principal speaker of the day was Bishop Cyrus D. Foss. The spectators who were captured in the prize fight raid on Friday night will have a hearing before Mayor Pratt to-day. Rev. J. L. Sooy, of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, conducted the services yesterday for the first time since his illness. William Haines and Herman Shaffer are locked up at the City Hall for stealing lumber from the yard of Volney G. Bennett. Harry Daniels is locked up for stealing $175 worth of shoes from the Philadelphia Shoe House.