The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-06-19
Brooklyn City News.

PRoBABlx SUICIDE or MZgcBAsr.-The body Of Mr..
George Mann, stationor, No. l4l Fulton street. New
York. and residing at No 100 Willow street, Brooklyn,
was picked In the river near Fulton ferry yesterday
morning II appears that Saturday he visited Central
Park and returned about nine O'Clock IN the evening
His wife saw him sitting the front stoop and asked
him 10 come in, when he replied rather absractedly,
"No. I'm going home" Mrs. Mann thought the oh
scrvation very strange Mt the time He got up I'm
mcdatey thereafter and passed down the street. and
that the last OF him alive 1t IL barely possible
that no may have fallen accidentally, perhaps
robbed and pushed His pockebook and two pairs
OF gold spscaces which he usually carried, were gone
II Is not known how much money no had In his possos-
son There appears 10 be why he should have
lifted suicide stu MS peculiar .S % and :o
sion Coroner Lynch will examine into the circumstances
to-day.
FOUND DEAD TN THs SrRxn.-The body Of . man
whose name Ia supposed 10 be Charles wend or L.
Meyer from letters on his person, found the
Of Fourth avenue and Eighth street on Saturday
morning, by officer Sheridan of the Fiftieth precinct
police The Of two lottcss addressed TO NJ G.
Hozinger and Mas Caharine Drummer, No. ~ Centre
street. N Y indicated that he resolved TO put end to
iadv He stated that he intended 70 take arsenic
post norton examination proved that he had done 90
An inquest was held, and sverdict Of death bysuicde
was rendered.
FATHER MATHEW I. A. B. socrHry No l.-This asso-
citation has erected . splendid hall in which 70 hold
meetings, &c, Hamilton avenue, tho Of
Hicks street, which dedicated yesterday with impo
sing ceremonies and In presence Of several thousand
friends and co.laborsn In the temperance cause. Mr.
William D. veeder presided and the inaugural address
was delivered by Mr.. Peter Kelly, In which no
dwelt upon the evils Of ntemperance and proving BY
statistics the great amount Of crime both In this country
and Europe resulting from the Of intoxicating drinks
Addresses also delivered by Messrs VIM H. Bur-
Leigh J. j. Perry and m. b. Barber band OF music
In attendance and played favorte airs during inter-
vals and songs sung by several Of the mcmbers
The building IL the first OF the kind erected In the United
States IL OF brick In the Dorc style OF architecture
forty -four feet front by ninety feet Deep and fifty
feet height The basement story Is ten feet high and
intended for The main hall s twenty-five feet In
the clear provided with platform and seats for about
one thousand persons, although several hundreds more
Do accommodated with standing The cost of
ground and building $24 oo0 Of which onchalf has
been paid The society Is In hghy prosperous condi
ton, and numbers seven hundred and nifty menbers
ASSAULT UroN LADIES NJ NsaRo-Iast evening, about
dark, gentleman, with two ladies', was walking lei
surely along Congress street, near Clinton, when .
colored man up and placed his hand upon one Of
the ladies' In vcry familiar and insulting manner The
man expostuated with him, and applied some epthets.
when the negro drew revolver and fred thrce shots,
OF them, however taking effect He then took 70
his heels and escaped. II thought that he took
refuge In church by, but the police were unable
TO find him.