The New York herald., 1867-09-28
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

TnE RECENT SUICIDE OF A FREE MAsoM,-Coroner wdey
held inquest at No. 100 West Twenty first
the OF John KIRK the member OF Of the Ma
sonic lodges or this city, who commtsdsu suicide late on
Wednesday afternoon by cutting his throa. with razor.
already reported in the HERALD Mrs Mary A. Kirk.
the widow Of deceased testified thas when her husband
came homo to his dinner Wednesday he asked
her who dropped dirt 10 front Of house. and said
had put there 70 remind him Of hts grave; that
he saw some one on the corner who Intended 70 murder
would go into the basement and take wash and after
wards lay down and sleep that he could 60 to the
against him. Deceased told bis vito that II he never
came home again be surprised; bs said be would
DO found murdered, but that he would never do IL h
SELF Deceased then went down stairs aud later in the
day discovered iyug dead on the floor with his
throat cut Mrs. KIRK testified thai deceased had been
on spree for nearly week to committing the
deed Deputy Coroner Wooster Beach, Jr, made an ex
animation Of the body Of deceased, and found asevere
the right side OF the neck penetrating deeply ana
nearly ssverng the carotid artery Death from
hemosrhags rhe jury rendered verdict Of death by
cutting his throat with razor Deceased thirty
years Of age and . native OF England.
TIE Srpygcr OF PRsos HyGIEsE-A meeting OF the
section on sociology the New York Association for the
Advancsmen Of Science and Art took place last evening
in their rooms In the Cooper Institute, Mr. George
Opdyke presiding. An interesting lecture was delivered
on Prison Hygiene" by Dr. John Griscom, n which
he showed advantages OF good system OF hygiene
prisons. There was good attendance al the
meeting.
ing OF citizens and property holders in the neighbos
hood Of Forty eighth street and Eleventh avenue
sembed last night eight o'clock, at No 65s Eleventh
avenue regard to abang tho nuisance OF slaughter
houses Mr. william Armstrong, the secretary, read
the INMATES Of the last meeting, which approved.
resolution then offered 10 prese0t memorial to
the Board Of Health, signed by two hundred per-
sons praying for the removal Of the nuisance aud 10 pre-
driving Of sheep and cattle through the streets
all hours OF the day and night Adopted. Mr. Reddy,
the chairman then offered resolution showing that the
residents Eleventh and Forty ghth sset are
opposed to the erection OF slaughter houses In their
neigh Dorhood, and declaring they would use every
Adopted The meeting then adjourned, subject TO the
call of the Chairman.
ArrExPrKD SUICIDE AND GALLANT REscUE.-Yeserday
morning as prisoners route for the Island
being transferred from the prison 10 the steamboat
Bellevue at the foot Of street, East river,
q young female among the number, named Luretts
Merrill, suddenly sprang into the river, and amid the
Consideration and confusion which ensucd would have
succeeded IN the attempt 10 drown herself had Il
not the excrtions OF officer Tanning, Of the
calamity sprsng Into the river after her and caught her
by the waist to the surface The unfostu-
nate girl ~as quite exhausted whom landed upon the
dock and after the proper restoratives were admin.
islered sent 10 her dest nation under careful
superv siou. Oncer flaming deserves much credit for
tno ptomptaess and presence Of mind displayed on
this Aston.
JrxryG FOR FERRYBoAr.-An unknown man while
jumping for feryboa Cstharne ferry
evening fell into the water and WAS drowned before
assistance could DO rendered him.