East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-16

ihe average wheat crop ~ lhe vicinity b
last year was over 90 bushels 20 the acre,
and other crops in proportion. The
water, Of which an ample suPllymay be .
had at the depth Of from 20 30 feet is I
as clc@., and pure, aud cold as the waters
of Lake Superior, and the air as free from
the ACNE breeding malaria, so common
to some portions Of Michigan, as is the
atmosphere of the granite hills Of old
New Hampshire.
In the year 1851, Mr.. AARON WATEous,
first located the land upon which Wat
rousyillc now stands; in 1853 he built tho
steam saw min aud erist mill
with two run Of stones - there, and in
1884 hc removed there with his family
from Austinburg, Ohio, his former resi-
dcnce. In the year 1851 there were bat
four families ia the three towns OF Rogers,
now Juniotta, Gin which Watrousyillo is
located) Tairgrove and Acllrou; now
the three towns number over 1000 inhabi-
tants In the immediate vicinity of
Watrousville arc many cultivated farms,
which would do honor to any locality,
among which We notice that Of Mr..
WATEoUs, who has 800 acres. with 100
under cultivation, and 80 acres of wheat
on the ground - Mr.. TAppAS, 100 acres
under cultivation, and large quantity
partly so Mr. PETrN0riL. 50 acres all
under cultivation; Mr. WnpEE, so acres
all under cultivation, and many others
which we cannot now euumeratc, and
this in locality where nine years AGO
scarcely a pow lad been struck. a mail
route LNs been established for two years
frow Watrousyiilo to Port Sanilac, on
Take Huron, ria scbawiur, a distance Of
G. miles, efforts are now being made to
get a route established from East Saginaw
on the direct, or State road route ria
Watrousvlle and sebawiug to White
Rock and Forester; and justice to that
whole section certainly demands that
such a route should be established at the
earliest day practicable.
The village Of W'auousyillc contains
, hotels; 9 dry goods stores; blacksmith
shops; 1 church organization; school
house . shoe shops; steam saw mill
capable Of cutting $4,000 feet of lumber
per week; 1 grist mill with two run Of
stones, and many other Of the essential
properties of a thriving village, with a
first rate prospect for newspaper estab-
lishmcnt in the course Of few weeks.
TcscoLA COUNTY.
In the county Of Tucola are now
twenty organized townships, containing
IA population of from 10 to 1900 inhabi-
tants. The county was organized in
1859, and by the provisions OF the act Of
organization the county seat was located
at Vassar for the term Of ten yc:rs.-
We quote from the session laws Of 1850
page 10, Act 40. 80, entitled: An act
to organize the county OF Tuscola," see.
ton I, Of which reads as follows:
oTAatths cantyfeat Of T,s,ola De and IN, cam,
!. LeIcl, fixed and established GA tha uarh-wg
fractional quarter Of section az 10 township nmhc
eleven north IT range Number (7) cast u4.il tho rC0
one ti0usnd cigA. hundred ami sixty end until th'
same shall he prominently located "s hgrau.iScrlro
vidcd; and tho Supervisors elected Ter tie yen
eighteen hundred AMI sixty in said county shti have
"a power and ii shall be their duty permanently e
locate the county scat Of said county,
Thus it viii be seen that the "oounty
seat question" in Tuscoia is virtually t
be settled at the township election il
April next As might beexpected thcr,
is an intense local feeling manifest il
different sections Of the county, and tht
strife for the prize win be exciting aad
bitter as local strifes always are, even il
the "best regulated communities" Gu
neighbors are however abundanty all,
to "manago their own affairs in their owl
way, and on no consideration, would W
take part in tho "fout," if we could 1
/ we'll as not. ~
: Monday morningwe left WatrousvilH
, rclfckntft hoveytr, " titsa we're thr.
strong attractions from which we foun,
it almost impossible to "tcar oursoiro
away"--onc was a huge quarter Of beef
another was another quarter Of beef
, and ths third mgst fascinating object il
form and substance, 40 less than plump
e fat, delicate, dead turkey. Our friend
G will wonder how we ever left the spot, bu
. Moses ard Aaron concluded to part,
s. aid We, beef aad turkey,
Though q most broke our heart
s From Watrousville 60 Vassar, tho Ian
q IS high and rolling, and the country 20
c most of the distance thicl,ly settled.
c vAssAR,
|, Tho Droeont county scat Of Tusrola com