Northern Michigan

From all reporta the past year bas )een one of unprecedented activity in northern Michigan. The opening of new railroads, the dissemination of in'ormation with reference to the coun:ry, and the prospective clearing of old tax titles have drawn thlther imrni;rants by the thousand. AVitb a view )f obtaining information as deflnite as jossible upon the subject this journal nuixic biujc öiiiü cüiiü iiiiyuiiiiï) ui 111quiry to all counties north of the north line of Genesee and Kent. A portion of this country is nöt by any meana new. The western portion of Montcalrn, for instance, bas been setxled for many years, the country around Greenvillo having hundreds of üne and well cultivated farms ; but in every county there are some sections whiekarecomparativelynew and whicli have feit the ímpetus of ihe northward niovement of population. Tüe reports received f rom 24 Lies are publisüecl ni anotlier column oí this paper. All of the reporta speak oí a large lacrease of population, and many of thein are quite deQnite as to uiernbers. The folio wing are the best estlmates obtainable of the year's increase in the counties from which reports have been received. Sauilaa 600 Hurou 1,000 Tuecoia 700 Mnutca'.ni aw) Ocaana 1,000 V!fco?ta, very lar?o Midlíind 1.400 itlasoü. quita larga CUeinaw 3S0 Vlanistea 2,000 Oscoda 225 Orawf ord, very largo Kalkaska 700 'irund Traverse 2,000 Lselanau 6 0 Antrim 1,300 OtsB?o 70D Alhena 9J0 Montmorency 40l) PrcEque Isle 840 Krnmet 1.6'iO Oöippewa 1 000 Schoolcraf t 2,000 Delt-i 75 J xotai, i counueo 1, ao There are 49 counties iu the district mentioned and it is safe to say that nearly 50,000 permanent residents have been added to theii population by iniïnigration during the past year. The immediate future is likely to witness an increasing flow of new corners to lis section. # .1: The rush of settlers to the northern alf of Michigan has by no mean? eached its üeight, but with the coninuation of prosperous times is likely o be maintained with increasing volume for years to come.