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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Cobb G & Son, mnfrs of fruit boxes and baskets.
Ferry & Son, lumber mnfrs.
Fuller & Fowler, shingle mnfrs.
Scully G, distiller of essential oils.
BLACKMAR.
A station on the line of the F. & P. M. R. R, situated in Taymouth township, in the south- eastern part of Saginaw county. The man- ufactures and shipments are lumber, lath and shingles. Population 100. Distance from Detroit 77 miles. from East Saginaw 12 miles. Levi Bronson, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Blackmar A T, saw mill.
BLACK RIVER.
A station on the C. & M. L. S. R. R., 65 miles above New Buffalo, and 4 north of Grand Junction the crossing of the K. & S. H. R. R.
BLAIR.
A settlement and postoffice in the town of Castleton, Barry county, 5 miles due rorth of Nashville, its nearest railroad shipping point, and 30 miles from Lansing. It is in a farming country, the staples, of which are wheat and corn. Maple sugar, wool and wheat are shipped. A Roosa, postmaster. (For business directory see index to names received too late for insertion in proper place.)
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BLENDON.
A postoffice in Ottawa county, 23 miles southeast of Grand Haven on the mail route between that place and Grandville.
BLISSFIELD.
The village of Blissfield is situated on the river Raisin, which divides it in nearly equal parts, in the county of Lenawee, 10 miles from Adrian, and 22 miles from Toledo. It lies on the main line of the L. S. & M. S. R. R., about 2 miles east of the junction with the Canada Southern.
The population of the town is estimated at 1,500, and with fair prospects of continued growth.
The farming country about is of excellent quality.
The river Raisin affords water power for a grist and saw mill, the balance of the manu- facturing establishments being run by steam. They consist of a flouring mill owned by Love & Dunn, a saw mill by Henry Jipson, the tobacco manufacturing company, a large stave factory and cooper shop, giving employ- ment to some 70 men. the foundry and machine shop of John Watson, 2 large furni- ture manufactories, one owned by Bliss & Son, and the other by M. Small, 3 large carriage shops, owned respectively by E. T. Rogers, Ford & Gilman, and Fred. Cannon, and the handle factory of Brown & Ellis.
Sportsmen here claim to have the finest half-mile training race course in the State.
The public buildings of the town consist of two good halls and two churches, Method- ist and Presbyterian. A first class union school is in prospect. The Blissfield Advance is the newspaper representative of the place. Telegraphı, Western Union. Express, Ameri- can and United States. J. R. : Stearns, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Bartholomew A C, druggist.
Beagle & Ellis, groceries and hardware. Bliss & Son, furniture and undertakers.
Bliss W W & Son, dry goods,
Blissfield Advance, Hamblin & Samsen Proprs.
Brown & Ellis, general store.
Brown Henry B, painter.
Cannon Fred, carriage mnfr.
Carpenter Amos E, general store.
Carpenter, Gilmore & Co, bankers.
Carpenter Joel, lawyer. Clark A, gunsmith.
Clark John J, justice of the peace.
Clark & Mitchell, bakers.
Clark William A, drugs and groceries.
Cooper H C, agent LS & MSR R.
Dewey, Foster & Co, stave mnfrs. Dewey House, Win H Drew, propr.
Doan William, blacksmith.
Drew William H, propr Dewey House. Feback George, grocer.
Fisher Howard, insurance agent.
Ford & Gilman, carriage mnfrs.
Fuller & Taylor, drugs and stationery.
Furman & Knight, harnessmakers.
Giles & White, hardware.
Gilmore Arthur D, lawyer.
Mamblin 'C Samson. Editors and Proprietors Blissfield Advance.
Hare Amanda, milliner.
Hassenflu Henry, meat market.
Henry John W, barber.
elill August, Barber,
Howland Charles E, physician.
Humphrey Henry T, painter.
Jipson Henry, lumber dealer.
Kedzie George E, surveyor.
Kedzie James T, general store.
Knight & Foster, grocers.
Kurtz W H & Co, dry goods.
Lamb Frank, meat market.
Lamley David, saloon.
Leach George, painter. Leach Homer, Restaurant.
Love & Busch, flour and feed.
McCann & Rhoades, grocers.
McConnell James, livery stable.
Mitchell John, harnessmaker.
Morse Alonzo, photographer.
Morse W H, dentist.
Newcomb Roland B C, Physician. Orr Hudson, jeweler.
Page John, propr Wheeler House.
Payne & Sutliff, carriage mnfrs.
Peaney Geo D, barber.
Phillips Mrs L, millinery.
Rentz John, boots and shoes.
Rodgers William F, carriage mnfr, general store and agent Am Express Co.
Roof & Sons, boots and shoes.
Shelden Horace J, boots and shoes.
Shelden Oscar, lawyer.
Small Martin, undertaker.
Smith C W, physician.
Stearns Jabez R, books and stationery.
Tallmadge Geo H, meat market.
Turner E M, physician.
Wells & Savage Misses, milliners.
Wheeler House. John Page, propr.
Wheeler & Sons, flouring mill. {
White Robert, agent U S Express Co.
Willey, Lane & Co. general store.
Williams A F & Co, grocers.
Wuest J W, barber.
Wyman H, physician.
Wyman H C, physician.
BLISSFIELD JUNCTION.
The crossing of the Lake Shore & Michi- gan Southern and the Chicago & Canada
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Southern railroads, about 2 miles west of the village of Blissfield in Lenawee county. There is no postoffice here.
BLOOMER CENTER.
A postoffice in the southeast corner of Montcalm county, a little north of Hubbar.I- ston.2
BLOOMINGDALE.
A village of 500 inhabitants in the north- ern part of Van Buren county. It is on the K. & S. H. R. R., 22 miles west of Kalama- zoo. A branch of Black river supplies wa- ter power. A splendid farming country surrounds it, grain and hay being the stap !: products. Fruit is also abundant. John Killefer, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Beardsley U A, blacksmith. Bulson H R, physician.
Carrier, physician.
Coyer & Brodwell, saw mill.
Ferguson M, meat market.
Ferguson & Joy, livery. Gould E G, druggist.
Hannan Z C, saw mill.
Hathaway John. printer.
Haven A, general store.
Killefer John, general store.
Killefer W, saw mill.
Lane Samuel, hotel. Loehr T, meat market.
McMeckan & Schofield, druggists.
Marshall Ira, lumber dealer. Smith Benjamin, lumber dealer. Story & Hudson, billiards. Taylor A, lumber dealer.
Van Brunt Joseph, hotel.
BLOOMINGTON.
A postoffice in the southeast corner of Sa- nilac county, 6 miles south of Lexington, and 16 north of Port Huron.
BLOOMING VALLEY.
A postoffice in Shelby township, Oceana county. It is distant, southeast from Hari, the county seat, SI2 miles, and east from Shelby, its nearest railroad station, 3 mile . Soil hereabouts good ; timber, beech ard maple ; agricultured products, wheat, cor:1, oats and potatoes. There is no village. Benjamin Moore, postmaster.
BLUFFTON.
A village at the mouth of Muskegon lak ., 5 miles below Muskegon city. Fruit and lumber are the staple products of the neigh- borhood. Express-American. Telegraph
-Western Union. (For business directory see index to names received too late for in- sertion in proper place.)
BLUMFIELD.
A postoffice in the southeast part of - Sagi- naw county, 14 miles east of East Sagi- naw. Reese, its shipping station, is situated 21/2 miles distant on the Detroit & Bay City R. R. John Klopf, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Heindel Anton, carpenter.
Heindel Joseph, carpenter.
Klopf John, general store. Kreiger Julius, physician.
BLUMFIELD JUNCTION.
A postoffice 1012 miles east of East Sagi- naw, on the mail route to Caro.
BOND'S MILLS.
A postoffice situated in the town of Haring in the central part of Wexford county. There are here located one saw mill and a store, ' It is also a station on the Grand Ra- pids & Indiana R. R., 6 miles north of Clam Lake. Population, 20. M. H. Bond, post- master.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Bond Bros & Co, saw mill and general store.
BOWEN'S MILLS.
A postoffice in the town of Yankee Springs in the western part of Barry county. It is situated on Bowen's lake, 7 miles southwest of Middleville on the G. R. V. R. R. Soil hereabouts sandy and gravelly. Productions, wheat, corn and buckwheat. Manufactures flour and lumber. Population, So. E. H. Bowen, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Baker H A, machinist and gunsmith.
Bowen & Briggs, lime mnfrs.
Bowen E H & Son, flour, feed and lumber dealers.
Clark Arthur, wagonmaker.
Glen Alexander, general store. Martin John A, blacksmith. Shattrick D) W C, physician.
BOWEN STATION.
A settlement of 100 inhabitants in Paris township, Kent county. on the Grand River Valley division of the M. C. R. R. 6 miles from Grand Rapids. Soi hereabouts clay, products grain and fruit. Fred L. Clark, postifaste ..
BOWNE,
A postoffice of Bowne township in the southeast corner of Kent county, 24 miles
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from Grand Rapids. Lowell its nearest shipping point is 8 miles north. Wheat, wool, pork and beef are the leading ship- ments.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Ford Abel, physician.
Keller Christian, general store.
Thomas Abner D, dry goods and flouring mill.
Wallace Rev Frederick, (Methodist.)
BOYNE.
A village in Evangeline township about the center of Charlevoix county. It is at the junction of the Boyne river with Pine lake, and is 15 miles from Charlevoix at the foot of the lake. A very good farming country lies about it.
BRADLEY.
A place of some 200 inhabitants on the G. R. & I. R. R. 24 miles north of Kalamazoo, and 24 south of Grand Rapids. It is in Wayland township, Allegan county, 17 miles northeast of Allegan. Lee Deuel, post- master.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Adams Rev Clark, (United Brethren.)
Adams Elijah, blacksmith.
DeCou E C, general store.
Deuel, Adams & Co, general store.
Farnham B, saw mill.
Harding Irwin, agent .G. R. & I. R. R.
Harding J E, justice of the peace.
Harrison William R, hotel.
Paxon Rev Charles, (Methodist.)
Round O H, carpenter. Simkins Josiah, wagonmaker.
Sweetland L D, lumber dealer.
Trude J H, boot and shoemaker. Winter M W, boot and shoemaker.
BRADY. (See Vicksburg.)
BRAMPTON.
Asmall village on the C. & N. W. R. R., in Delta county, 14 miles north of Escanaba. Its railroad station is Day's River. The timber in the neighborhood is both pine and hardwood. Oits, hay and root crops are cultivated, and hay potatoes, cordwood and railroad ties shipped. Telegraph, Great Western. Express, American. W. H. Well- steed, postmaster.
BRANDON.
A postoffice in Oakland county, 13/2 miles due north of Pontiac.
BRAVO.
The postoffice at Sherman Station on theC. & M. L. S. R.R., in Clyde township, Allegan county, 69 miles above New Buffalo and 21 south of Holland. It is 14 miles due west from Allegan, and is in the famous fruit belt. There are several saw mills in the vicinity, lumber, logs and ties constitute the bulk of the shipments ; Telegraph. West- ern Union. Express, American. Popula- tion 150. E. D.Nash, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Cook George, carpenter. Hall David, carpenter.
Hill Nathan, blacksmith. Hubbard Rev Elias (Baptist.)
Hull John D, physician.
McCarty Rev Win (Methodist).
Nash E D, railroad and express agt. Sherman Alonzo, saw mill.
BRECKENRIDGE,
A station on the Saginaw Valley & St. Louis railroad, situated in Wheeler town- ship, in the northeast corner of Gratiot coun- ty. Distance from Ithaca, the county seat, 15 miles-from Saginaw City, 26 miles. Population, 300. The country in the vicinity is agricultural with some pine, Hay and grain are produced, but lumber is the leading article shipped away. C. H. Howd, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Breckenridge D W, lumber dealer.
Burnham B S, physician. Cruser C, groceries.
Daniels A, express agt.
Douglass Gibson, hotel.
Howd Charles H, general store.
McCallom P, blacksmith.
Perry William, hoop innfr.
Sexton Hiram, butcher.
Town S H, hoop mnfr.
Wintermute A, blacksmith.
Yoemans Wm, saw mill.
BREEDSVILLE,
A village on the Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore railroad, in Columbia township, Van Buren county. It is 123 miles from Chicago, 57 north of New Buffalo, and IS northwest of Paw Paw. Population, 500. Express-American. Black river affords water power, and considerable manufactur- ing is done in the lines of leather, lumber and barrel headings. These with fruit are extensively shipped. R. Baker, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Adams & Tuttle, tanners. Baker R, general store. Bennett Valentine, physician. Bradford & Wade, saloon.
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Brown F H, undertaker. Brown, Hannahs & Co, flouring mill.
Brown W G & Son, lumber mnfrs. Camfield F M, barber. Clark Rev Thomas (Methodist). Cranmer N J, physician. Daniels A H, physician.
Dorman Ira, builder.
Dorman James, builder. Eastman A G, lawyer and justice of peace.
Enos A. D, express agent.
Goff D C. propr Snell House.
Gray J M, general store.
Gray J W, general store. Howell & Moulton, hardware.
Knowles & Baker, general store.
Laferty Wm, veterinary surgeon. Lapham & Waterbury, leather.
McAlpine Byron, principal Union School. Myhan & Henry, tanners.
Ross John, builder.
Scringer H J, groceries and provisions. Scringer J D), justice of the peace.
Sherwood F E, groceries and meats. Sherwood & Sage, groceries and meats. Smith J S, cooper. Smith M J, carpenter.
Snell, Shannon & Co, coopers and heading mnfrs.
Stevens & McDannel, wagonmakers.
Thompson W L, steam saw mill. Weaver Joseph, carpenter. Weaver J W, builder.
Webster S A, physician.
BRICK TAVERN.
A postoffice in Alpine township, Kent county, S miles northwest of Grand Rapids and 4 northeast of Berlin. Wheat, apples and peaches are the chief products of the neighborhood. Edward P. Camp, post- master.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Camp Edward P, propr Brick Tavern.
BRIDGEPORT.
A station on the F. & P. M. R. R., 6 miles south of East Saginaw. (See Bridgeport Center.)
BRIDGEPORT CENTER.
A village of about 400 inhabitants in the town of Bridgeport, Saginaw county. It is on the F. & P. M. R. R., 6 miles south of East Saginaw. The surrounding country is rolling and productive. Express, American. Telegraph, Western Union. The station is known simply as Bridgeport. Lumber, shingles and brick are shipped. 1. C. Sim- ons, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Bailey John, tailor.
Benjamin W H P, physician.
Blakely Leonard, justice of the peace.
Brucker F & Co, shingle minfrs. Chambers John, railroad and express agent. Doyle Thomas, millwright. Edington James B, groceries and meats.
Edington P, brick mnfr.
Farrand H C, physician.
Fosdick S M, propr Cass House. Gowdy Alvah, carpenter and builder.
Helliard James H, propr Bridgeport Center House.
Jackson Lyman, groceries and boots and shoes.
Ketcham Bros, shingle mill. King Alexander, mechanic.
King W W, blacksmith.
Lehman Charles, shoemaker. Iyle Richard C, meat market.
Pettibone D A, real estate and surveyor. Pettibone & Jackson, lumber dealers.
Pine A C, carpenter and builder.
Simons I C & Co, dry goods and drugs.
Whitney Ira, groceries and provisions. Wolcott A D, wagonmaker.
BRIDGETON.
A postoffice on the Muskegon river in Newaygo county, 10 miles below Newaygo village. It has a tri-weekly mail. Popula- tion 70. Rev H. S. Mellon, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Davis W W, blacksmith.
Mellon Rev H S (Baptist).
Merrill I D, planing mill and real estate agent.
Merrill J M, grocer. Mulholand, boot and shoemaker.
Pratt E, physician.
Squier D W, real estate and lumber. Squier & Davenport, saw and shingle mills.
Sutliff C A, lumberman.
Truckey Joseph, general store. Woodward D, lumberman.
BRIDGEVILLE.
A settlement in Washington township. Gra- tiot county, on Maple river, 11 miles north of St. Johns, and [I south of Ithaca. The country here is low and swampy. Both agriculture and lumbering are carried on. Population, 60. James Sturgis, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Cardinal F, hotel proprietor. Griffith Phebe, school teacher. Griffith S H, saw mill. Hicks B A. general store.
Sturgis E. L., school teacher. Wellings S H, physician. Willoughby C B, school teacher.
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BRIDGEWATER.
A village of about 250 inhabitants. on the Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana R. R., 17 miles from Ypsilanti, and 46 from Detroit. It is in Bridgewater township, Washtenaw county, in a rolling, oak and hickory country. Grain, apples, potatoes, butter, eggs and live stock are the leading productions. James Burns. postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Blum Jacob, farmer. Blum Philip, farmer.
Burns James, station agent.
Butler Conrad, blacksmith.
Dolfluer Rev John (Lutheran).
Eberly Martin, farmer.
Feldkampt Aaron, farmer and justice of the реясе.
Felinbergher Philip, farmer.
Fleeman Jacob, wagonmaker.
Fleeming Leon, farmer.
Garbach G, farmer.
Guthard Henry, grocer.
Jacobs Caspar, roadmaster.
Neisley Simon, farmer.
Rhinepank George, farmer.
Rhinepank Philip, farmer.
Shade Conrad, blacksmith.
BRIDGMAN.
Formerly Laketon, a village of 500 inhabi- tants, in Lake township, Berrien county, on the C. & M. L. S. R. R., 81 miles from Chicago and 15 from New Buffalo. It is one mile distant from the shore of Lake Michigan. Fruits, grain, lumber, staves and heading are shipped. Telegraph-Western Union. Express-American. W. C. Bab- cock, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Babcock W C, collecting agent and fruit dealer.
Berringer J F, druggist and physician.
Billings W E, station agent.
Bishup John W, cooper.
Bridgman George W, lawyer.
Caman L. L, dentist.
Colby Solomon, wagonmaker.
Daker John, carpenter.
Daker Thomas, carpenter.
Dignan P, shoemaker.
Giles Joseph, justice of the peace.
Green Mrs E H, hotel and millinery.
Gregory 11, gunsmith.
Heed B, express agent. Holmes Rev Victor H ( Methodist.) Kiefer L, black with. Maudlin & Hebb, groceries and drugs.
Maudlin S, physician. Mudge H B, general store.
Royce J H, physician. Sunth D G, meat market.
Traver M C, notions.
Whitten & Harner, tannery. Whitten Joshua, furniture dealer.
BRIGHTON.
A flourishing village on the D. L. & L. M. R. R., 43 miles from Detroit and 42 from Lansing. It is in Brighton township, Liv- ingston county, in a high rolling upland region, of which wheat, corn and potatoes are the leading productions. Ore creek flows through the village, affording a good water power, improved for the running of flouring mills, agricultural implement fac- tory etc. Farm produce is largely shipped. Telegraph-Western Union. Express-Am- erican. Brighton was located by Maynard Maltby, Aug. 25, 1832 ; was incorporated as a village Feb. 18, 1867, and has doubled in population within the past two years, hav- ing now about 1100 inhabitants. Benjamin F. O. Clark, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Albright & Thompson, flouring mills, Main. Arms John, bakery, Main.
Axtell Geo W, editor and propr Brighton Citizen, Main.
Baetcke Rudolph E, hardware.
Belding Warren D, livery stable, Main.
Boylan Arthur E, physician, Main.
Bremer Max & Co, furniture dealers, Main. Brighton Citizen, Geo W Axtell, Ed- itor and Propr, Main.
Brighton House, Robert Brigham, propr, Brighton.
Bingham Ira P, physician, Grand River.
Brig ham Robert, propr Brighton House, Grand River and Main.
Brown Charles H, jeweler, Grand River.
Case, Donley & Co, dry goods, Grand River.
Case Mitchell C, grocer, Grand River.
Clark Benjamin F O, attorney at law.
Davis Samuel, ticket agent D L & LMR R. DeBoise Morris, blacksmith, Grand River. Duane John, grocer, Grand River.
Fay Peter & Bro, grocers, Main.
Field Myron C, druggist, Grand River.
Fillmore Ranson M, gents furnishing goods, Main.
Foote Miss E, millinery, Grand River.
Fralick John, wagonmaker.
Godfrey Geo E, boot and shoemaker, Main. Godfrey Mrs H, dressmaker, Main.
Hart, Conely & Co, lumber dealers.
Herbst Henry, blacksmith.
Hlyne C.T & Son, grain and produce. Main. Jones & Bolison. Grocers, Main. Knapp Harry, cooper, Main.
Kuehner C & A, painters, Grand River. LaBonte Wmn D, wagonmaker, Mam.
Lanning Richard, propr Railroad Hotel, cor Cedar and Center.
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Lawson B H & Co, bankers, Main. Lee James B, general store, Grand River. Lewis Wm W, harnessmaker, Main. lewis Mrs W W. millinery, Main. I.Aynian Gerard L, tailor. Main.
Iininger Albert, propr Western Hotel, cor Main and Ist.
Lintello Louis V, goldsmith, Grand River. Loch Peter, cigars and tobacco, Grand River. Lockwood Heury, boot and shoemaker, Grand River,
Lyon & Waldo, Groceries, Crockery, Glass Ware and Notions, Main.
MeHench Wm J, physician, Grand River. Mc Pherson E G & Co, dry goods, Main.
Maltby, Wiley & Town, Druggists, Main.
Martin Henry P. Dentist, Main.
Naylor Win H, furniture dealer, Grand River.
Nelson Miss A, dressmaker, Main.
Payment Clovis, pump maker.
Pipp & Bocker, Hardware and Farm Implements, Main.
Pipp & Dudley, builders, Main.
Power John W, general store, Grand River cor North.
Railroad Hotel, Richard Lanning, propr, Brighton.
Rogers Newell, billiard room, Grand River.
Ryan & Brady, grocers, Main.
Smith George, planing mill.
Sowle Henry, harness maker.
Stephens D N & Co, lumber dealers, Main. Tanner John, livery stable.
Thomson Geo W, founder and machinest, cor North and Grand River.
Warner O M, boots and shoes, Main.
Warren Rev F W ( Methodist), Brighton.
Weilbacher Wi, meat market, Grand River.
Western Hotel, Albert Lininger, Propr, Brighton.
Westphal G C & Co, hardware, Main.
Wiechers John E, boots, shoes, crockery, etc, cor Fitch and Grand River. Wiley Cutting B, physician, Main. Wilkie James B, dry goods, Main. Withey Charles A. carriage mnfr, Main.
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A small settlement in Emmett township, St. Clair county, 6 miles from Emmett, a Station on the Chicago & Port Huron rail- road. Distance from Port Huron 19 miles. Population 128. W. H. Ballentine, post- mister,.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Ard George, boot and shoe maker. Ballentine W H, general store. Coowan Wm, physician,
Gustin J W, hotel and saw mill. 10
Harris W & ], wagon makers and black- smiths. Kennedy Thomas, railroad and express agent.
Middleton J, grocer.
Moore J H. grocer.
O'Leary Misses E & A, general store.
Robinson Rev W,
Traine & Ward, grist mill.
Walker Rev J S,
BROCKWAY. (See Charlesworth.)
BROCKWAY CENTER.
A considerable village in Brockway town- ship in the northwestern part of St. Clair county. It is situated on Mill creek, a branch of Black river, 12 miles south of Emmett's, on the Chicago and Port Huron R R, its nearest railroad station, and it is 25 miles northwest of Port Huron. The coun- try around is well settled and is a productive farming region. The village has a foundry, a woolen mill, saw and grist mills, and the usual complement of stores, hotels, shops, etc. Principal shipments are agricultural products and lumber. Population 600. James Kennedy, postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Baker Horace, general store.
Brown David Jr, cabinet maker.
Brown O P, hotel propr.
Brown S .N, harness maker.
Chamberlain E .B, real estate agent and county surveyor.
Clark Rev Lester, (Methodist.)
Coan Benjamin, meat market.
Darcy Thomas, blacksmith niaker.
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Darcy William, meat market.
Duffie John S, general store.
Etfrick & Bertrand, blacksmiths.
Foster George, photographer.
Grinnell William, general store.
Grinnell, Weir & Co, wo len mills.
Gunsolus Andrew; grocer.
Heigh Henty, tanner.
Howell A, physician. Inglesbee, physician.
Jacobs Oliver, hotel proprietor.
Larkin R, meat market.
McArthur David, tinsmith.
McKenney William, druggist.
Mckinney W C, veterinary surgeon.
Mills C, physician, Morrell Jesse A, saw mill.
Owens Thomas, furniture.
Owens William, cabineimaker Palmer William H, general store. Paton Rev J H, (Adventist. )
Pierce James, boot and shoemaker.
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Rattenbury T W, furniture and undertaker. Smart P & A, foundry, blacksmiths and wagonmakers.
Stilson John, saw and flouring mill.
Van Slyke M, meat market. Walker Rev J, (Methodist. )
Waring G W, stage proprietor.
Warner William, boot and shoemaker.
BRONSON.
A flourishing little village of 900 inhabi- tants on the L. S. & M. S. R. R., 12 miles west of Coldwater. It is in the southwest part of Branch county, in an excellent farm- ing region.
Notwithstanding there is no water power, there is a fair show of manufacturing enter- prises, among which may be noticed the flouring mill, two saw mills, stave factory, foundry of C. M. Van Every, cooper shop of Benton & Dorsey, and the wagon shop of Mr. Cruthers.
The public buildings consist of a fair two. story wooden school building and 3 churches, methodist, baptist and congregational, the last two wooden and the former a brick edifice. Telegraph, Western Union. Express, United States. Marshall Morrill postmaster. BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Adams John Q. propr Bronson House.
Albertson C W, stationery.
Alden, Sutton & Co, stave mnfrs.
Babcock & Bennett, meat market.
Benham F A, physician.
Benton & Dorsey. cooper. Buell Lyman, grocer.
Byrns Warren, physician. Carroll L J, agent L S & M SR R.
Clark L D, general store.
Clark Milo, hardware.
Clark W F, general sto:c. Compton W H, lawyer.
Davis J S, blacksmith.
Farr George, propr Exchange Hotel.
Fellows T D, millinery. Ford L D, physician.
Fuller A N, grocer. Gilson W H, grocer.
Gilson & Dunn. shoemakers.
Haight & Randolph, blacksmiths.
Hart Simpson. propr Rose Hotel.
Horton A J, furniture. Hull I D. jeweler.
Keyes C J, general store.
Kean & Leet, grocers and agents U S Ex- press.
Knapp Fernando, shoemaker.
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