The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-22

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PERSONAL---VERY. General j. O. Fremont Is in
town. General T. Mcmahon, the recently appointed
United States Minister to Paraguay, viii sail for his
destnatl0n on Wednesday next in the steamship
Mississippi for Rio Janeiro.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-A woman named Margaret
Kerr, fory-nine years Of age, recently living in
destitute condition at No. e3S Greenwich street, at
Iempted suicide yesterday by swallowing laudanum.
BENG discovered shortly after she had taken the drug
an enetlc was given her. after which she taken to
danger
RUNovER CAsUALTY.-James Gum, forty.nve
years OF age, and Patrick Stephens, aged hfty-four
Doth residents Of Greenp0nt were run over yester-
day forenoon by truck belonging to Henry Steers
shpbuilder driven by Thomas Fowler, and seriously
injured. They were taken to Bellevue Hospital
WOMAN RUN OVER AND KILLED.-Mary Segel,
the Italian woman, fortynve years Of age, who was
run over on Saturday evening evening last Of
Grand and Centre streets by freight No. SO of the
New Haven Railroad Company, has since died from
the effects Of her injuries. Coroner keenan, not
ned and Will hold an inquest on the body to-day ut
the MOrgue
DEATH OF FEMALE CoNvIcr.-warden Fitch, Of
the Penitentiary, Blackwells Island yesterday in
formed Coroner Rollins that Josephine Grim, con-
Wet, who, on the 18th day Of July last was SEN
fenced to serve out three months Imprisonment on
quest will be held on the body to-day. Deceased
was eighteen years Of age and native OF New York.
FATAL RAILROAD CAsUALTIEs.-An inquest was
yesterday held by Coroner Keenan, on the body Of
John Dooley lad eleven years of age, whose death
was the result Of injuries received on the 1lth OF
July last by being by Of the cars OF the
Third Avenue Railroad Company. The jury rem.
dered verdict Of accidental death. Deceased lived
at 10 City Hall place. -
years of age, was killed on the Hudson River Rail-
road, at Riverdae, by being struck by the locomo-
tive Of the express train going NORTH
PICNIC IN AID OF ST. COLUMBIA PARIsH.-On next
Wednesday the congregation Of the parish Of st. Co.
lumba will hold their closing picnic at Lion Park,
10th street and Eighth avenue This will be fine
affair." and, its object Is most charitable, ought to
be we'll patronzed by all who do not believe 1t OBJ
jectOnable to forward the interests OF religion by
calling in the aid Of worldly but innocent amuse-
ments. AS the late council Of bishops have prepared
a pastoral letter, which will shortly be published,
prohibiting picncs and fairs inaid OF the Catholic
churches, this in all probability, Will be the last
that will be held in the diocese.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS business OF the NaturaliZa-
ton Bureau at the City Hall Is steadily increasing
In the Court OF Common Pleas and in the Superior
Court last week. one hundred and fifty three persons
of foreign birth were transformed into American
citizens. large crowd assembled In the chamber
of the Common Pleas yesterday at an early hour
with naturalization papers and army discharges Tor
the inspection Of Judge Barrett One hundred and
six were told remain subjects to the ruler OF the
country from which they came for some time longer.
woman, who acknowledged that she was in the
country for thrtyeght years, was introduced to the
Judge by O very prepOsSessing young lady and re-
celved her papers with very little delay. OF the
were German and the remainder Irish, English,
French and Scotch.