The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-13

About eleven O'Clock on Thursday night three wooden
buildings situated near Linden Park ho1oury TsrS
females came perhing in the flames but were gal
lantly rescued by Charlestown fireman, VINO rusnsd
into the flames at the imminent peril OF his own NO
There are no less than nine new churches now pro-
crossing towards completion In St. Louis
Another death has been caused by the carelessnsss OF
physician, who wrote as prescription; 9uipn
designed to have been sulph Quin. grs. Caspic
grs 10 Mix weun Geo. w. Dibbe, Of Fulton In this
State, was the victim.
An tneraut razor-grnder has started ON his travels
through the country lie took the hint probably from
the razor-strop man.
Four prisoners named Henry s. Elliot, Thomas Early,
Henry Paddock and James Ladd escaped from the no
chester Jail Monday night last 1t appears that the
turnkey went into the hall at about nine o'clock 10 see
that all right when just he had opened the door
and before he had time close it, the prisoners three
OF whom were concealed, made rush at, ana iorcsu
,ns door dragging the Win ,r av out
Of the building, and although the officers were mme.
diately aroused and started In pursuit, nothing nad
been seen OF them at last accounts.
young man named II A. Harrison put end to his
life at Godsboro South Carolina, Wednesday week.
by taking laudanum.
How non-infamable cotton Is now manufactured the
discovery was made ~ chemist in Georgia while
making experiments In the mandatory Of gun cotton
that by the Of murstic instead Of nitric acid that
the cotton would not only not explode but positive
iy anti-inAamabe 1t is said that this cotton bs
prepared with little expense and be manufactured
into cloth with perfect facility.
At moving froc In the neighborhood of the Qua
ker settlement quarrel occurred between two men,
Jacob lays aid Green Cooper. The latter having at
tackled Hays with knife, It knocked out Of his
haud when Hays immediately seized his scythe, and at
tackled Mr. Person, exclamlng will cut your head
off," and literally cut and hacked him to pieces wound
ing him in the neck severng of his arms and cut
ting him in the abdomen that his entras protruded
from the effects Of which Person died on Sunday last.
| Hays is in prison--Susss (NJ) Herald.
A wing State Convention is to be held in New Hamp-
shire che 2Oth Of October, to nominate candidate
| for Governor.
The Vermont and Massachusetts, Railroad was for
mally opened far Jonssvis, in Tempeton on the
! goth ult The road will not be opened to Athol for
| several weeks.
| Stages make four trips day, each way, between
Lowell and the town Of Lawrence. railroad between
| the two places is now building
The Wheeling Times says an engineer Is now engaged
In stalking out the ground for the bridge across the
Ohio. The span will be exactly $50 feet from centre
| to centre Of the abutments.
Wild geese, 200, passed Wilbraham, Mass, Aug
2sth, toward the south-extraordinary thing usual
time to migrate is in October.
| The Memphis Eagle dwells with much feeling upon
the poverty stricken and bankrupt condition" Of that
city The debt of the corporation is little upwards OF
Sill OOO and it is estimated that this will be increased
by the contracts which have been made
| to grade and gravel the streets.
Miss Ann Beauchamp, daughter of Edward Beau
champ of Somerset county Nd killed by lightning
on Thursday last, while standing chimney place
colored girl living In the same county was killed by
| lightning on the same day.