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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1835
Page
2
The text alleges a clandestine fraternity that overhauls titles and legal matters across the United States. It claims members profit from a general fund, with rulers guiding acts of Congress, state laws, and corporate actions to funnel wealth through courts. Unmarried men face peril and must live frugally while concealing learning.
The article outlines an 1835 Ohio legislation package: an act directing chancery proceedings to protect all creditors and regulate trustee duties, a provision for clerk records from process to decree, master bond requirements, and multCounties' notice rules for non residents. It also covers authorizing county recorders to transcribe and index deeds and other instruments, with certified copies admissible as evidence and compensation rules for those offices. It cites a Cincinnati Abolitionist convention disturbance and a lengthy discussion of cattle lice remedies, plus a dramatic fire in Zanesville involving extensive property loss and injuries.
Boston papers describe a massive fire, the most extensive in years, rivaling the Beacon Street disaster in scale. The blaze spread through a substantial area, damaging a stretch of the city’s cherished thoroughfare and leaving widespread destruction.
A list shows banks whose notes are receivable at the Laporte Indiana Land Office and other western offices including Cincinnati Boston New York Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The notes include Commercial Bank of Cincinnati Life Insurance and Trust Co Lafayette Bank and more. The convention met on the 20th with Andrew Stevenson elected president and six vice presidents and two secretaries. P S Martin Van Buren nominated for president with 265 votes while Richard M Johnson named vice president with 178 votes. Ohio was noted among the represented states with all except South Carolina and Alabama present.
Last evening at six thirty, Mr Clayton, famed aeronaut, attempted an ascent but a sudden gust drove the balloon upward while ballast remained insufficient. The car fell violently, Clayton rode to safety atop a house, injuring only minorly. the balloon drifted away and vanished. Citizens vowed compensation and planned a meeting at the Exchange.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Wolcott Richards and Josephine Granpera Gagner gaining some form of permission related to marriage. Mentions Lewis as husband and Anne Macon in Georgia with uncertain context and dates.
Notice states a meeting will be held at the Court House in Norwalk on a Saturday evening this week to arrange celebration activities for the nation. It mentions hopes for proper measures and a veteran band passing through the valley. Dated Norwalk June 1, 1835. Also reports a house struck by lightning in Milan during a hose shower, causing $300 to $400 damage to Mr Sanjay Jexuixs’s dwelling.
The New Whig ministry is formed and the indemnity bill remains under debate in the French Chamber. Arrivals from Europe include the Canada packet from London and the St. Lawrence from Liverpool, via Cork after a halt due to an arm injury to Captain Waterman. Moses Bagg of Utica notes a London Standard dated April 18.
The report lists sums paid to the Post Office Department for the year ending March 31, 1835, showing state and city rankings. Cincinnati stands at rank No 7, paying more than one fifth of its state’s postage, with likely ascent next report. Also notes a fatal incident involving Wheeler alias Gartis and a Buffalo effort to raise ten thousand dollars for an African settlement at New Virginia under the American Colonization Society.
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