The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-23
MEApVILLE ITEMS,
.lT IcOrrsPonssnos Of rhe Cleveland LEADEa.l
MRADv1LLE, May 21, 1865.

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MRADvILLE, May 21, 1855.
Mr.. Taylor, the proprietor Of the Nc
Henry House, has taken from the window
of the room occupied by ]. Wilkes Booth
last summer while here, the pane of glass
upon which Booth inscribed with a dia-
mondS ring the following inscription and
prediction: "Abe Lincoln departed this
life, August Is, 1874, by the effects of
poison" This glass is neatly framed in
dark colored frame, with corresponding
background 70 make the writing show to
better advantage. For several days past it
has been hanging up in g conspicuous
place in the Office of the McHenry House,
and has attracted much attention. under
stand that it is the intention to send it to
the Sanitary Fair at Chicago.
The Treasurer of the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway has given notice that, on
and after the frat of June, sll payments for
freights or passage must be made in leg'l
tender or national currency. Agents are
also instructed to charge q discount of one
per cent. on all State banks, when rendered
in payment.
This action of the Treasurer will assist
materially in carrying ouethe designs of
the Yankees in this section of the State,
and it is hoped that our business men will
adopt the same measure very speedily.
United action will give US healthy and
good currency, and the present is the time
to act unitedly on this question, in which
| we are more or less interested.
Last week and the week previous, the
State banks Of Crawford and Venango coun-
ties retired nearly $500, ,OOO oftheir circula-
tion. They intend Withdrawing all their
notes from circulation.
The Pennsylvania State Universalist
Society intend holding a convention at
Conneautville, in the western part of this
county, on the 7th of next month.
Z CA. Dsrickson and Arthur Cullum have
been appointed agents for this place, to re-
ceive subscriptions to the Lincoln memorial
fund.
Since the food of March last, travel to
the oil region has fallen off materially.
Two express trains, however, are still run
ming daily between this place and Oil City.
The cars now leave MeadVille comfortably
filed with passengers. Before the inunda-
ton they were crowded almost to suffoca-
ton, with spectators and oil seekers from
all sections of the Union.
Work has been resumed on the round
house ard machine shops of the Atlantic
and Great Western Railway Company.
Whether or not, It is The design of the COM
pany to finish up all the buildings they
originally contemplated locating here,
am unable 10 state, Should this be done, il
will afford work sufficient for several hun
dred men for some time to come, and. for
the time being, add materially to our pop
ulation.
At the time of the building of the Nc
Henry House, it was asserted by many that
the house was too large for Meadville, and
consequently would never pay the interest
on the money invested. Time has proven
the contrary of their predictions, and
ever since the opening of the hotel the pro-
prietor has experienced great difficulty in
accommodating the travelling public and
his boarders. The company proposed
building a large addition this summer, but
have abandoned the idea. Theywill, how
ever, put up number of small houses on
the grounds in the rear of the main build
ings, capable of sffording sleeping room fol
eighty or hundred persons. H.