Michigan state gazetteer and business directory, 1872 v. 2, Part 23

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Publication date: 1875
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : R.L. Polk
Number of Pages: 950


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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Almos Charles, boot and shoemaker.


Barnes Ezekiel F, Temperance Hotel.


Bennet Charles, station agent.


Berry Samuel, meat market.


Brown J J, druggist. Burdick Frederick, painter and glazier. Burdick Robert, grocer.


Davis Theodore, saw mill.


Egerly A V, cabinet maker.


Eggleston T B, blacksmith.


Furgason Augustus; physician.


Herre & Huft, blacksmiths.


Higgs J W, general store. Ingersoll Charles, : rincipal of union school. Jones Aaron, grocer.


Madison L C, livery stable.


Megiveron Wm H, wagon maker.


Orton Amos & Son, flouring and saw mill. Parks J B, physician.


Phillips Henry C, boot and shoe maker.


Phillips John, boot and shoemaker. Prall Rev B S, (Methodist). Thourer Fred, wagon maker. Unruh Cornelius, boot and shoemaker.


Walker Ebenezer, general store. West Anson, hotel propr.


Wilson Miss Frances, teacher.


OLD MISSION.


Old Mission is a hamlet of 40 inhabitants, in Peninsula township, in the northeast part of Grand Traverse county, 20 miles north of Traverse City, the county seat, its nearest railway station. It is near the northern ex- tremity of the tongue of land which separates East from West bay. The surrounding coun- try is high and rolling and produces wheat, corn, oats, and hay, potatoes and wheat are


shipped. It has a semi-weekly mail. G. W. Hedden, postmaster.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Stone W R, general store.


Wheeler Rev A W, ( Methodist). Woodbridge Rev J, (Congregationalist).


OLIVE.


A postoffice of Olive township, Clinton county, 7 miles south of St. Johns. It has a semi-weekly mail. L. Huntoon, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Huntoon Nathaniel, hotel propr.


OLIVET.


A station on the C. & L. H. R. R., 27 miles southwest of Lansing and 5 northeast of Bellevue. It is the shipping point for the village of Olivet which lies 212 miles south.


OLIVET.


A delightful little village in the town of Walton, Eaton county, the seat of the widely known Olivet college. It is 15 miles north of Marshall and 212 south of Olivet station on the C. & L. H. R. R. It is also on the line of the proposed Coldwater, Marshall and Mackinaw railroad. The village is located on a stream known as brook Kedron or In- dian creek, which affords water power for a grist and saw mill. The streets are pleas- antly shaded with the natural forest trees and it quite reminds one of the classic groves of Cambridge, Mass. Of course the college is the institution of the place. It is under the auspices of the Congregational denomina-


tion, admits both males and females to its classes, cultivates a high moral tone and is in all respects an institution of learning worthy of the highest confidence. For a long time it struggled against great financial embarrassments, but of late these have been surmounted and an adequate endowment fund secured, which places the college on a firm and prosperous basis, Settled as a re- ligious and educational colony in 1844. In- corporated in 1867. Present population 650. Express-American. Telegraph -- Western Union. Mail, tri-weekly. Geo. W. Keyes, postmaster.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Blair W T, publisher Olivet Olio.


Blanchard & Wilcox, livery stable. Bordwell Rev Daniel N, D D, (Congrega- tionalist).


Coates Charles R, barber.


Dowler Mark, tailor. Elmer Rey Hiram, (Congregationalist).


Galusha & Frabert, boots and shoes.


Gaskill Charles, railroad agent.


Green & Ely, general store and mill.


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Harrington & Coons, milliners and dress makers.


Hazen L P, physician. Herrick Henry, boots and shoes.


Hewitt Prof John H, acting president Olivet College. Kay John M, harness maker.


Keyes George W, books, stationery and job printer, and agent American Express, Knox H E, tinner.


Maynard J H, painter. Mead Charles H, physician. Meads M L, physician and druggist. Owen Mrs D C, milliner.


Plumb & Corser, meat market. Sargent E L, agent and general store. Senter Willard, harness maker.


Shalliar Henry, hotel and meat market. Emerson William L, grocer and confectioner. Spooner Rev Charles (Congregationalist). Warren Asa K, physician.


White S G, cooper.


OMARD.


Omard is a postoffice in Flynn township, in the western part of Sanilac county, 19 miles due west of Lexington, the county seat, and 26 miles north of Emmet, the nearest railroad station. It is located in a good farming country ; the principal productions of which are hay, potatoes, oats, corn and wheat. It has a tri-weekly mail. R. J. Nicholl, postmaster.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Kolts M J, lawyer. Snell N, hotel propr.


OMENA.


Omena is a small place of about 150 in- habitants, locally known as Almira, in Lee- lanaw township, Leelanaw county, on the west shore of Grand Traverse bay, 5 miles south of Northport, the county seat, and 22 miles north of Traverse City. The country here is high and rolling, with a productive soil. Cordwood and potatoes are shipped. It has a tri-weekly mail. A. B. Page, post- master.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Craker G A, farmer and wood dealer.


Doe S H, general store and wood.


Miller A & V C, gardeners and distillers of essential oils.


OMER.


Omer is a small place with 70 inhabitants, in the northern part of Bay county, in Arenac township, 36 miles north of Bay City. The nearest railway station is Stan- dish, on the J. L. & S. R. R., 61% miles south- east. It is on Rifle river, which affords


water power, and on which is a grist mill. a saw mill, a turning lathe and a planing mill. The shipments are lumber and turned poles. George Carscallan, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Carscallan B B, hotel propr.


Carscallan George, general store and saw mill.


Carscallan W M, wood turner.


Fisk John, wagon maker. Gorie G I, mill owner. Gray John, blacksmith.


Miller George, saloon.


ONEKAMA.


Onekama, a hamlet also called Portage. in Onekama township, Manistee county, on the shore of lake Michigan, II miles north of Manistee. Its population is about 50 in the winter and 100 in the summer, when the mills are running. There are two extensive saw mills. Lumber, wood and tan bark are shipped. It has a tri-weekly mail. A. W. Farr, postmaster.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Farr A W & Co, saw mill, general store and blacksmithing.


Gunderson S T & Co, saw mill, general store and blacksmithing.


ONONDAGA.


A village in Onondaga township, Ingham county, 16 miles south of Lansing, 14 from Mason the county seat. It is on the G. R. V. R. R., 17 miles from Jackson. Popula- tion about 200. It was first settled in 1834, and platted as a village in 1871. It contains 2 mineral wells, two hotels, etc, and is situ- ated in a good farming country. The ship- ments consist of grain, live stock, fruit, etc. Telegraph -- Western Union. Express -- American, Thornton N. Stringham, post- master.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Bryan Pulaski J, Dealer in Agricultu- ral and Domestic Machinery and Farm Produce.


Colby Richard S, propr Onondaga Hotel.


Correll Mrs Charles, millinery. Du Bois James M, wagon maker. French James, cigar mnfr. Godding & Aldrich, groceries.


Hart W S, physician.


Haynes Ephraim P, general store. Hunt Charles, lumber mnfr.


Loomis Ransom H, Propr Sherman House, Railroad.


Markham A V, blacksmith.


Murphy John C, shoemaker. Onondaga Hotel, R S Colby propr. Rice Louis P, confectionery. Russell james, grocer.


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Sanford Albert, hardware, stoves and tin- ware.


Sherman House, R H Loomis, Propr. sberman John, General Store, Lum-


ber, Grain, Agricultural Implements, etc. Stitt Samuel, blacksmith.


Tillotson James, painter.


Willis Frank J, Station Agent and Tel- egraph Operator.


Willis H S & Co., lumber, agricultural in- plements and grain.


Woodworth Fred D. physician.


ONOTA.


The seat of justice for Schoolcraft county, a village situated on Grand Island harbor, on the south shore of lake Superior, 145 miles from Sault Ste Marie and 40 east of Marquette. Population, 600. The first set- tlement was made here in July, 1869, when a blast furnace was established which com- menced business in the following spring. It is owned by the Bay Furnace Co, and turned out in 1874 8359 tons of pig iron val- ued at $234:052. Its total product since its erection has been, to the close of 1874, 29, 114 tons. The country back of Onota is rolling, sandy and heavily timbered. Onota has a semi-weekly mail. Tohn S. Blackwell, post- master.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Bay Furnace Co, H S Richards agent.


Blackwell John S, county clerk.


Comtois Rev Oliver (Catholic).


Ellson Robert, principal of public school. Parrett Edward, sherift.


Pope Wesley, physician.


Rankin Donald, coal contractor.


Richards Henry S, agent Bay Furnace Co.


ONTONAGON.


The county seat of Ontonagon county, a village of about 600 inhabitants, on the shore of lake Superior, and at the mouth of, Ontonagon river. It is 52 miles west of L'Anse, its nearest approach by rail. It is surrounded by a well timbered country, with a good soil, growing hay, grain, fruits and vegetables. The village contains lumber, grist and shingle mills, but its principal bus- iness interests are in connection with the


copper mines located a few miles back in the interior. There are just a dozen of these mines which were productive in 1874, the best being as follows :


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Ridge 282 tons.


Minnesota 130


National. 114


Nonsuch. 42


Rockland. 38


Flint Steel River 34


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The Ridge in 1874 divided $20,000. Sev- eral of the others levied assessments on their stockholders. Altogether the Ontona- gon mines have been so eclipsed by those at Portage Lake as to have come to be consid- erably neglected. The village supports an excellent weekly newspaper, the Miner. Telegraph, Mineral Range. Express, Amer- ican. Mail, daily. J. W. Crozer, post- master.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Apel Henry, general store.


Barry J J, miller.


Beardsley G H, prosecuting attorney.


Chamberlain F J, fancy goods and notions.


Crozer J W, general store.


Dickens L M. groceries and boots and shoes.


Heard William, propr Exchange Hotel.


LeCline Charles, propr Johnson House.


Lorangen Stephen, county treasurer.


Meads Alfred, publisher and judge.


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Parker John G, grocer and butcher.


Paul James K, propr Paul House.


Powers M A, county clerk and register.


Whalen & Hawley, fishermen.


Willard & Mercer, forwarders, provisions and feed.


OPORTO.


A discontinued postoffice in St. Joseph county.


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R. H. LOOMIS, Proprietor.


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ORANGE.


Orange is a postoffice in Orange township, Ionia county, 6 miles southeast of Ionia. Wheat and corn are the principal produc- tions of the vicinity. It has a weekly mail. C. H. Smith, postmaster.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Bradley Wm, blacksmith. Phillips Rev E J (Methodist).


ORANGEVILLE.


Orangeville is a postoffice in Union town- ship, Branch county, 6 miles north of Cold- water at the foot of Coldwater lake. It has a daily mail. Charles Shorts, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Barns John, hotel propr.


Carr A, flouring and saw mill. Shorts Charles, general store.


ORANGEVILLE MILLS.


Orangeville Mills is a village of 200 inhabi- tants, in the township of Orangeville, in the southwestern part of Barry county, 18 miles southwest from Hastings, the county seat. Martin is the nearest railway station, though merchandise is sent via Plainwell. It has water power at the outlets of Blue lake and Fish lake. The surrounding country is - hilly, and produces corn, oats and potatoes. Lumber and flour are the principal manufac- tures, and grain is shipped away. Semi- weekly mail. S. H. Thiers, postmaster.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Beattie George, blacksmith. Bennett Eli, general store.


Falk Orson, blacksmith.


Johnson F T, justice of the peace.


Nichols Eli, general store.


Nichols L A, grist mill,


Terry J S, druggist. Turner H C, physician.


Wing L W, notary public.


ORCHARD LAKE.


Orchard Lake is a beautiful summer re- sort in Oakland county, 4 miles southwest of Pontiac. The location derives its name from one of a chain of 5 lakes, all partially con- nected, some of them being interspersed with islands. The adjacent country is rolling and attractive, and has drawn to it a wealthy class of residents. There are 2 first class hotels here, which are well patronized during the summer months. S. Stephenson, postmaster.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Smith S, hotel. Stephenson S, hotel.


OREGON.


A postoffice at Carpenter's station, on the D. & B. C. R. R., 66 miles from Detroit, and 6 north of Lapeer. Some extensive lumber- ing is carried on in the vicinity. Oak lum- ber, pine shingles and staves are shipped. S. A. Carpenter, postmaster.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Carpenter & Ferguson, lumber and shingle mnfrs.


ORIENT. (See Sears).


ORION.


A village of 500 inhabitants, in Orion township, Oakland county. It is also a sta- tion on the D. & B. C. R. R., 40 miles from Detroit. Pontiac, the county seat, is 12 miles south. Orion has 4 general stores, a hardware store, a hotel, 2 flouring mills, druggists, shoe dealers, carriage and other shops, etc. It was incorporated in 1869. A good farming country well cultivated gives it a fine retail trade. The shipments are grain, flour, potatoes and apples. Telegraph -- Western Union and Atlantic and Pacific. Express-American. A. S. Warner, post- master.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Bradford I, undertaker.


Brown V, harness maker.


Conn D & Bro, hardware.


Crawford Miss Kate, millinery.


Dewey Charles, cooper.


Higby H F, railroad agent.


Humphrey W & Son, carriage makers.


Littell W E, lawyer.


Lord J H, grocer. Miller N B, blacksmith.


Plumley J R, boots and shoes.


Predmore J C, general store.


Price Mrs E Z, millinery.


Price O J & Co, druggists.


Reynolds T N, physician.


Rich T D, livery and boots and shoes.


Rudd & Son, flouring mill.


Seeley J C, lumber.


Seeley & Allsouse, meat market,


Sherdy T, blacksmith.


Simmons H & R, flouring mill.


Sims R, general store.


Warner A S, general store.


Whitcomb C F, restaurant, Wood George, hotel.


ORLEANS.


Locally called Palmer, a hamlet of 50 per- sons, in Orleans township, Ionia county, on the D. L. & L. M. R. R., !1 miles above Ionia, and 10 south of Greenville. The


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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Bomain A J. physician. Greenop John, general store Hall, saw mill.


Heald Lyman, painter.


Hendershot Wm, blacksmith.


Hopkins Clark, general store. Johnson Wm H, carpenter.


Lacey Seth G, physician.


Palmer Asa, station agent. Palmer Charles, saw mill. Spencer, flour and saw mills.


ORTONVILLE.


Ortonville is situated 9 miles north of Clarkston, a station on the D. & M. R. R. It is a village of about 300 people, in Bran- don township, Oakland county. The first settlement was made here in 1860. It now contains 2 churches, 2 hotels, 5 stores, I flouring mill and I foundry. Flour, grain, wool, pork, butter, eggs, etc., are shipped away. Ortonville has a daily mail. ""St. Thomas, a station on the D. & B. C. R. R., 9 miles east, is its usual shipping station. James A. Gordon, postmaster.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Aitcheson Wm, physician.


Ball Hiram, general store.


Ball James, carpenter. Ball J & Son, wagon makers.


Bingham Wm F, general store.


Blair J, capitalist. Brokenshaw Wm H, founder.


Cole, Guiles & Willman, blacksmiths. Cummings O, shoemaker.


Felshaw C P, physician.


Filmore M H, flouring mill.


Fuller Rev W H (Baptist).


Gould & Bro, general store. Guiles W L, blacksmith.


Howard Rev Geo H ( Free Will Baptist). McMullen Wmn, harness maker.


Markham S R, saloon. Narrin W L, capitalist.


Omans Jonathan, general store.


Parker W H, marble cutter.


Seaman Charles, tinner.


Sevenhar C, shoemaker. Slingerland Mrs C, millinery. Smith F J, livery. Stewart Mrs C C, millinery.


Stewart T HI, carpenter. Swears Milo, hotel propr. Terwillerger & Brandt, meat market. Torrance L M. undertaker. Walters J, cooper.


Waterfield James, hotel propr. Welles J & R F, blacksmiths. Wiggins S M, wagon maker. Wilders A J, druggist.


OSCEOLA CENTER.


A postoffice in Livingston county, 612 miles northeast of Howell. It has a tri- weekly mail.


OSCODA.


A village of Oscoda township, Iosco coun- ty. Au Sable is its postoffice.


OSHTEMO.


Oshtemo is is a village of 300 inhabitants on the M. C. R. R., in Oshtemo township, Kal- amazoo county, 149 miles from Detroit and 5 miles west of Kalamazoo. It has a Metho- dist church but few business interests. It is surrounded by a fine wheat country and wheat and live stock are the chief shipments. Telegraph-Western Union. Express- American. S. Fuller, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Clapp A & Co, groceries and boots and shoes. Clapp C H, hotel. Cleghorn Rev Thomas, (Methodist).


Failing J F, physician.


Fuller J G, station and express agent.


Fuller S & Son general store.


OSSEO.


A village of 250 inhabitants on the L. S. & M. S. R. R., in Jefferson township, Hills- dale county. It is 6 miles east of Hillsdale and 101 miles from Detroit, It was settled in 1835, is in a rolling agricultural country, and ships grain, fruit, live stock and drain tile. Express-United States. W. H. Kim- ball, postmaster.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Chever G W, carriage maker.


Chever Orlo, carriage maker.


Darrow A J, blacksmith.


Elliott & Miner, produce. Gray James H, physician.


Green Isaiah hotel propr.


Hunt E & Co, general store.


Kimball W H, drugs and groceries.


Kimball Wm H & Co, brick and drain tile mnfrs. Lamb & Thompson, grist mill.


Maxon Charles, U S Express agent. Maxon H W, agent L. S. & M. S. R. R. O'Neil James, grocer. Pettyt R J, blacksmith and carriage maker. Rose Richard, blacksmith.


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OSSINEKE.


Ossineke is a small village of about 100 in- habitants, in Ossineke township, in the southeast part of Alpena county and 14 miles from Alpena. It is on the shore of lake Huron, and was settled in 1850. The country is mostly timbered,-pine, cedar and hemlock-though the back country contains good farm lands. Lumber and cedar posts are the principal shipments. In the vicinity are valuable deposits of white clay. It has a tri-weekly mail. J. E. Sanborn, postmas- ter.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Lewis & McIntosh, timber jobbers.


Sanborn Bros, saw mill and general store.


OTISCO.


Otisco is a small village of 140 inhabi- tants, in Otisco township, in the northwest part of Ionia county. It is 16 miles north- west of Ionia. The nearest railroad station is Kiddville,on the D. L. & L. M. R. R., 47% miles east. It was first settled in 1838. The country is adapted for farming, and the productions are wheat, oats, corn, pota- toes and wool. Grain and wool are the chief shipments. Otisco has a daily mail. J. C. Stockholm, postmaster.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Conner C, physician. Cook R R, hotel.


Covill P, physician. Dietze J M, blacksmith. Gage J S, wagon maker. Schouter J K, general store. Stockholm J C, general.store. MO


OTISVILLE.


A village on the Otter Lake branch of the F. & P. M. R. R., 14 miles northeast of Flint, in Forest township, Genesee county. Population about 500. It has 2 saw mills, a stave mill, a planing mill, a grist mill, several stores and a Methodist church. Set- tled about 1848. Telegraph, Western Union. E. S. Swayze, postmaster.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Brown I J, grocer and meat market.


Burnett Walter, hotel propr. Chandler G R, R. R. agent. Elwell J S, harness maker. Freeman E C, general store. Huntoon & Bro, lumber. Judson F E, shoemaker. Keef W R, blacksmith. Kellogg S F, furniture. Laing J B, physician. Lansfield Mrs M E, millinery. Law Daniel, shoemaker. Lowell F B, saw mill.


McCormick & Bro, grist mill.


Miller Rev B D (Methodist Episcopal). Nicholson A W, physician. Norris E, stave mill.


Osborne C E, saw mill. Patten Silas, general store.


Prescott M S, confectionery.


Reed Geo, planing mill.


Reemer Robert, blacksmith.


Swayze E S, druggist.


Vanlieu G C, wagon maker.


Warren J H, hotel propr.


Weeks E F, general store.


OTSEGO.


Otsego is an incorporated village in Ot- sego township, Allegan county. It is on the Kalamazoo division of the L. S. & M. S. R. R., 15 miles north of Kalamazoo and 10 south of Allegan. It is also on the Kala- mazoo river, from which it derives splendid water power facilities. Population 1, 200. It contains 5 churches, Baptist, Methodist, Congregationalist and Adventist, a good union school, magnetic springs famous for their medicinal properties, 3 flouring mills, 2 sash and blind factories, a chair factory, a saw mill, a woolen mill and a handle factory. Otsego was settled in 1834, incorporated in 1865. Express, American. Telegraph, Western Union. Naham Gilbert, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Ballou J M & Co, sash, doors and blinds.


Barjarow & Countryman, meat market. Blackmond Asa W, shoemaker.


Bowen Devillo, shoemaker.


Chapman Joseph H, jeweler.


Chase Milton, Physician and Surgeon.


Clapp Carson E, meat market.


Clapp Curtis W, grocer.


Cloud Mary C, grocer.


Coates Lintsford B, Physician and Surgeon. Cone & Prindle, saw mill.


Cross Wm, justice of the peace.


Day Turner S, blacksmith.


Drew Mrs E, dressmaker.


Earl Marcus, photographer.


Earl Harry L, station and W U Telegraph agent. L. S. & M. S. R. R. Depot.


Eaton Julius M, Attorney, Insurance Agent and Justice of the Peace.


Edsell Charles W, general store. Edsell Wm C, mineral springs and banker.


Edsell & Peck, bankers.


Emery Horatio G, billiard hall.


Every Matthias W, tailor. Farnsworth Philip, grocer. Foster Albert R, druggist.


Foster Lenora, Physician and Surgeon. Foster Samuel D, agricultural implements and grocer.


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Lutkins & Slack, Proprs Otsego Ex- change. (See ado.) McCormick Mrs S J, millinery. McNelly George, Woolen Mill. Mansfield & Hoag, flouring mills. Mills Nelson W. hardware, stoves, etc. Mitchell Henry, Blacksmith. Monteith Richard, Harness Maker. Otsego Exchange, Lutkins & Slack Proprs. (See adv.) Otsego Mineral Spring House, W C Edsell propr.


Owen & Aldrich, flouring mills.


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Rouse Sidney, books and stationery. Rouse Bros, furniture dealers. Russell L P, lumber, lime, etc. Sperry Martin, groceries and crockery. Sprague & Yeckley, wagon makers. Stark Mrs Franc, photographer. Steadman Charles W, druggist. Stickney Moses K, boots and shoes. Stoughton Henry C, lawyer. Stuart, Hale & Co, chair factory. Thompson Sidney W, physician. Tompkins Alfred S, propr Tompkins House. Tompkins House, A S Tompkins Propr.


OTSEGO LAKE.


A village on the J. L. & S. R. R., in Otsego county, 112 miles above Wenona. It contains about 100 inhabitants, It takes its name from a large lake, upon the shore of which the village is located. The land is rolling and sandy. The village contains one saw mill and a store. Lumber is the only shipment. Telegraph-Western Union ; Ex- press-American. Reuben Murray, post- master.


BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


Brinke C S, hotel propr. Hooker, builder. Kirkland Rev E (Presbyterian). Matthews E, boarding house.


Smith, Kelly & Dwight, general store and saw mill.


White George, railroad agent.


OTTAWA LAKE.


A village on the main line of the L. S. & M. S. R. R., in Whiteford township, Monroe county. Distances-from Toledo, 15 miles ; from Adrian, 18 miles. Population about 500. It has a German Lutheran church, 2 hotels, saw mills, stave mill, etc. Staves, heading, hoops and barrels are shipped -- the country around being heavily timbered. The village only dates its foundation from 1871. Telegraph-Western Union; Express United Stares. H. J. Warren, postmaster.




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