Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-17
THE NE w s.
GOLD closed last night at 1874.

: A BLOCK of wooden building occupied /
: forty families in Boston, was destroyed B
fire yesterday morning. One woman Wi
suffoeated to death.
A PROPOSITION for the early admission
Tennessee was voted down by the Reeor
struction Committee. SO says special [
the New York Tribune.
' The safe of the treasury of Berks county
Pa, was blown open with powder by bur
glars, Thursday night 1t contained $1O, ,OO(
which they did not get, as they were de
tec5ed and fed in haste.
A PARTY of burglars committed an exter
sive robbery from silk manufactory in Ney
York, the other day. Before commencinj
operations they beat the watchman nearly
to death.
HoE. L. D. CEMPBELL, recently appointed
Minister to Mexico, is in Washington, anG
has had seversl interviews with the Presi
dent. His nomination has not been con.
6rmed by the Senate.
GEN. Sweeney and Roberts held forth in
Nashville Thursday night. They intimated
that Canada was to be occupied by the Fin.
negans and then presented to the United
States.
The 0Mshony Fenians are about to es-
tablish agencies throughout the country fol
the sale ofbonds ofthe Irish Republic. The
Sweeney branch of the Brotherhood will
| hold q rororaes IN p;ttshr-oL ,o,.,,.o,.o;,, .
next Monday.
liz the Senate of the State Legislature yes
terday the contested election case from
Athens county was decided in favor of Mr..
Golden. The contestant, Mr.. GrOsvenor, was
allowed mileage and per diem from the
commencement of the session.
TIE Pension Commissioner has decided in
the ease of a rebel soldier who made sppli-
cation for bounty for services rendered in
the war of 1872, that by his participation in
the rebellion he forfeited all claim to re-
ward for services rendered the government
prior to the rebellion.
The fght between the Atlantic and Great
Western and Pennsylvania Railroad com
panies which, few weeks ago, bid fair to
be of some prominence, has lost several of
its exciting features since the passage of the
act, by the Pennsylvania Legislature, au-
thorizing the Allegheny Valley Company
to borrow money, etc. Under the provisions
of this bill, it is said, the Atlantic and Great
Western Company, Sir Morton Peto, Nc
Henry and others, have, or can, accomplish
all they desire.
CoSeREssIoEAL proceedings yesterday
were unimportant In the House, Mr..
Washburne from the joint committee on the
Memorial services, presented a copy of Ban
eroft's oratlOn, procured for the purpose of
publication, and offered resolution to print
10000 copies; the COforth and Koontz Penn
| sylvania contested election case was dis
cussed but no final action taken; petition
was received from citizens of Pennsylvania
asking that the specific tax of 81 on crude
petroleum be changed to moderate tax or
percentage on sales at the wells. The SEN
ate discussed the constitutional amendment
question as usual.
A TELEGRAM from Poughkeepsie states that
party of twelve or fourteen gentlemen left
that place yesterday for Albany in novel
eonveyance-an ice boat. The river is
frozen the entire distance, and they expected
to make the trip quicker than it is made by
the cars on the Hudson River Railroad.
THIS is not the FIRST time ice navigation by
steam has been thought of. someifve or six
years ago a Mr.. Norman Wizard, an ingen-
ious mechanic of Wisconsin, now engaged
in manufacturing steel cannon in New
York, invented and built steam ice boat
for navigation on the Mississippi river from
Prairie du Chen to St. Paul; but the boat
was broken in an attempt t, launch it, and
the project was abandoned.
THE MeadVille Republican announces the
passage of an act by the Pennsylvania Leg,
islature incorporating the "City of Mead
vile" The act took effect at once, SO that
Meadville is now q city. William Rey-
nolds, Esq, becomes Mayor, and the mem
bers of the Council remain as at present
until new election. The northern and
eastar,, cOI POIaVe AiAnibS oAO HHSAoHS SSu' III
tbs .outb side the City boundary is extended
to the south line of n nnidekOper Park, thence
by a straight line to the wsSt side OF the
Canal, thence by bank of cansl ta the road
running past Ma. John ClarkE m,thsnGs
west to the centre Of French Creek. The
west line extends up the centre Of French
Creek to the mouth of the new channel,
thence BY the centre of the new channel to
the north line of the town. This brings the
railway machine shops and other buildings
at once uuder the control Of the City.
TIE sudden and severe change in the
weather has produced almost an entire sus-
pension of railroad travel. At the west the
recent fall of snow was much greater than
in the vicinity of this city or east of here.
The Toledo Blade of yesterday says the pas
senger train on the Air Line, due there 3:4O
Thursday afternoon, was detained some
time ia the vicinity of Edgerton, and in eff
forts to extricate his train from the snow,
Conductor VIM. Davis had his hands frozen.
On arriving near Toledo he found two switch
engines on the track frozen up, and, before
he could get to the depot he vas compelled
to have the engine detachsd from the train
and with It remove the other two, and whilf
thus engaged his ears and face were badly
frozen. The cold was SO intense and tht
danger of ftrains getting fast in the snow
and freezing up beyond the reach of assist
ance to passengers, induced Superintendent
Hatch to keep N the depot all the nigh
traias, and the $40 P. NJ. train did not g
out and remained iP the depot with its pas
sengers at 10 A. NJ. yesterday. about Il
O'Clock Thursday night a switch engine be
longing to the Q. ; 7, Co. frOze up on tn
txsck and at 3 o'clock yesterday forenoon
although it had been subjected to laFg
, fire for several hours, vss inmoyable. Th
, train on the T. W. & W. Road due at Foied
early yestsrday morning was frozen up .
Adams station The train on the c. &
Road due at Toledo st 2:3O yesterday morn
= IA - o-r;x,a until ahout 4 O'clock