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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1833
Page
3
A partial transcription discusses the demand to attribute something to the regulation of a substance within utility governance. The readable portion hints at official oversight but lacks concrete names, dates, or locations. Further context would clarify the exact agency and scope.
A caricatured diary passage from Wasnixaron on money troubles in government. The General jokes about banking, pockets, and staff as Treasury Secretary Taney delays accounts while plans for reforms and cost rise. The narrator muses on nullification, cabinet reshuffles, and war as possible costly moves.
In a vivid reminiscence Major Downing recalls a tense moment with the General over missing spectacles and Treasury accounts. They search pockets and boots, find the broken gold rimmed glasses, and joke about too many pockets for their money as the dispute cools.
The Swedish barque Frithorf, Captain Maberg, arrived from Lisbon reporting Don Pedro’s army moving to attack Don Miguel and heavy cannonading. Deserters flow to Don Pedro, and popular support grows. Also notes from Boston via Grafton cite Europe rumors: Carlos proclaimed King in Toledo, France possibly siding with the Queen, and Austria Germany royal intrigues. A meteoric shower leads to broader musings on God’s work and atmospheric restoration amid cholera fears.
There is nothing of interest from France. The Kings and Queen of Belgium were to visit Paria on the 16th of October and would stay a month in that capital, according to the report.
A Springfield report details a girl from a respected family famed for extraordinary acts while asleep. Witnesses say she reads with eyes shut or bandaged, threads a needle, makes a bag, and performs home tasks in darkness or sleep. Paroxysms grow in frequency and duration.
Philadelphia October 17 1833 William J Duane former secretary of the treasury wrote to a Mason county correspondent defending his stance on the U S bank and his removal from office He rejects the notion that deposits were rightly removed as improper vindictive and arbitrary insisting the secretary rather than the president held discretion He says he never sought office and resigned to avoid dishonor and would rather retire to a tranquil life with his family.
Information wanted for David Busby of Warren Ohio who left home October 17 to hunt a buck and has not been seen since. He is 38, 5 feet 9, black hair, erect gait, right hand smaller with fingers fused. Worn wool hat, brown coat with some blood, blue vest, drab pants. Any information should be sent to David Tod, Warren, Trumbull County.
A neighbor city tale contrasts Yankee craft with a thief who stole a watch twice while recounting the first theft to its owner. A mail robbery in Union Town sees a post bag cut open and the contents vanished before daybreak, leaving only newspapers. A missing man, Mr. S. M. Douglass, wandered 25 days in woods after embarking at Buffalo, surviving on snails and frogs near Grand River.
An exhausted traveler, guided by Indians after a long search, found the Black River mouth nine miles north of Kalmazoo on July 4. He met two natives who led him to William G. Butler’s home, the nearest white residence in thirty miles, where his worn appearance and frail frame drew aid and restored his health. Detroit Cour.
In Columbia Pennsylvania on Tuesday night a wagoner staying at Hornberger’s tavern three miles from Lancaster was robbed of 220 dollars in Harrisburg to Philadelphia bank notes. A fellow wagoner, suspecting the thief, led to a pursuit then a confession. $150 was recovered from a stable and $50 more from a stone heap near Lancaster. The prisoner, a Harrisburg neighbor with a wife and several children, is jailed awaiting trial. Two men connected by the same load lived nearby in Harrisburg. The detective note says the other driver owned the team.
In Philadelphia at Christian Street a brutal murder of Joseph Sutcliffe, a Lancaster visitor, led to arrest of two suspects. They were seized Friday night at Mr Hart's Bustleton house, brought back to the city, and jailed on Arch Street. Murray was identified by Mrs Sutcliffe with infant present. One suspect presented Monday before the Mayor, remanded for further hearing due to missing witnesses.
A cattle disease named Mad Tich prevails in Indiana causing severe head itching that drives animals to rub against hard objects until death. No remedy exists. A Worthington Franklin County case involved a mild cow that rubbed an ear raw and died, found with head in water, suspected drowning while seeking relief from the itching.
A brief, jumbled snippet describes threading a needle carefully. The text mentions passing the needle head under a ring and pulling the thread through, but portions are unclear and incomplete. The passage reads like stray guidance from a larger sewing or crafting section without a complete context or clear outcome.
A Liverpool Times excerpt explains a careful ring removal technique using thread. By guiding the long end around the finger toward the wall and then unwinding the short end, the thread presses against the ring to slide it off despite swelling. The method is labeled never failing for tight rings.
The Eastern Mail failed to arrive Sunday evening, depriving the paper of news. The mail will be carried tri weekly instead of daily, disappointing residents on the Buffalo to Detroit route. A local citizen counted 899 inhabitants. 310 were listed in 1830 by the Deputy Marshal, showing population growth over three years.
The Athenian Alabama reports the arrival of Siamese twins in Athens. A medical examiner’s proposed examination sparked clashes as locals accused them of being impostors. One twin fought back, uproar followed, both were arrested, then bound over to Circuit Court on a $350 bond and discharged after investigation.
A boy calling himself Joh Ott, about a years old, wandered from his parents at Bridgewater, Beaver County, Pa, and reached the home of Samuel Osburn. He says his father is Adam Ott who emigrated from Germany years ago and now resides in Ohio. He wears a cotton walnus coat, blue pants, and blue cloth cap. Ohio printers are asked to help restore the boy to his parents.
A two month old incident reports a woman in a town shop who refused a request not to weigh eels due to her aversion. After disregarding warning, she touched eels and triggered illness in Mrs Simmons, who died last week. The piece notes a bereaved husband and children. It also cites Mr Weld’s anecdote about musketoe attacks in 1799 and a Jersey musketoe remark.
Evening blaze consumed the i dwelling house of Benjamin Tappan in Steubenville on the 19th, saving little furniture. Fire spread rapidly and much of the contents were severely damaged. The incident follows other regional blazes and local misfortunes noted in this period.
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