Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-06

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James Berry. south Of Farwell, Claire
connty, Mich. had 800 lo0s burned By
late forest fire..
Heavy forest fires back Of Tawss
Mich, have proved quite destructive,
A report states the air was filed with
smoke and cinders, and great di@culty
was experienced in saving farm proper.
ty.
A young man at Jacob CITY, Mich, Lii
his pipe, and threw the match into q
brush heap, which started . 1re that
burned 2Co acres clean Of timber, de-
stroying much valuable cedar and other
property.
A collision occurred at Pincouning,
Mich, between an engine Of the Saginaw
Bay d Northwestern logging railroad
and an engine Of the Mackinaw division
of the Michigan Central, In which both
locomotives were wrecked.
Baker 4 Parker, Of Milo. Maine, ~
Gently received an order from Boston
parties for the manufacture of HOO tons
Of excelsior.
Despite the fact that long trains Of
lumber and shingles are leaving OranGe,
Texas, daily, the mills are stacking
large quantities.
William Vincent, Of Manistse, Mich,
recently purchased $780, 600 fest Of pine
stumpage in Lake County, paying fol
the same S10y5C0.
The Northwestern Manufacturing and
Car Company, of Saltwater, Minnesota
has orders for leo cars, which will keoT
the works busy for several months.
The ore dock at st. Ignaee, Mich
will be one Of the largest in the country
It will be capable Of shipping ! ,5O, 00(
tons of ore per season, and will cos'
100000.
There are said to be some THIRTY
schooners engaged in the lumber trad
| of Lake Charles, Texas. The four mill
operated. by Moore, Perkins d Co. GU
100000 feet during the month o.
April.
Nathaniel Tremaine, At work in F
DigRins' camp, Lake George, Clair
| County, Mich, was drowned recently
Being in q boat. and the lake rough, hi
boat split in two lengthwise, and tn,
unfortunate man fell between the part
and was lost.
Forest fires have been prevalent il
SchOolcraft county, upper peninsula
Mich. The settlers are trying to bun
off pieces of land for crop, and tn
weather having been dry in that section
conf;gratioh was the result, doing con
siderable damage.
Forest fires are raging ON the noun
tains in Portland, Templeton ant
Wakefield, Ont. DESTROYING great dea
If valuable timber. The miners ar
hello responsible for originating then
by burning off the moss and brush il
order to aid thei search for mineral.
Last week, while a fiat car was beinf
run on to a side track at Rodney, Mich.
il bumped against pile of lumber con
tanning 20,Co0 feet, upsetting it OF
Christ johnson, completely buryinG
him. The unfortunate man had hi
,rm broken, and he was otherwise
bruised.
A huge pile of sawdust in the rear ol
| the old Blacker mill, at Manistee, Mich.
| has been burning for some time, and
| nothing can extinQuish it. The pile
| covers several acres, and the fire ocoas
| ionally bursts out of it like volcano
and necessitates a viRilant watch to pre-
| vent the fire extending to more valuable
property.
An employee in Weidman's camp, in
| the West Branch district, Mich. recent
| ly received "boun,e" that he viii
likely remember for some time to come.
He was standing on the edge Of pro
;ecting log when a falling tree strucl
| the other end, which sent him spinning
into the air az though shot from a cata
pult. He landed minus few teeth, ani
was sent into dry dock for repairs.
The hooker Rocket, with shingles
from Manistee to Charlevoix, Michigan
water-l logged and capsized on May 30
four miles of Frankfort. The crew
chung to her until daylight, when they
we're sighted and taken on board thu
| propeller Araxes, towing lumber bargel
from Bay City to Chicago. When rcs
cued they were completely exhausted
Tho tug Hall found the capsized craft
and towed her inside. She was spill
open and total wreck.
Sisson & I4illey's mill yard, at Spring
Lake, Mich, was the scene OF another
disastrous fire ON May 18th. This time
a. it did last fall, the fire caught from
passing tug. The wind swept tho FIRE
| to the northwest and burned 7,CJ0,0Ct
feet of lumber belonging to Kelly, Rath
borne & Co., of Chicago, the second
scorohinp that concern has received, al
the same place, within six months. The
Il hvpp al vro1vVoA AZ 01A1
600, and was insured to the amount oi
$72,0co.
A large body of excellent hardwood
timber is said to lie in the vicinity Of
Twin Creeks, and to tho north. border.
| ing on the Peahtigo and Menominet
rivers, Wisconsin. The land il also said
to be excellent for farming purposes
and the timber and land together invite
tho settlement of a thrifty population
which will eventually 90 there.
G. q. Rockwell, 8. Stokes, T. Root and
DR.. Birchard. have bought ITO acres OF
pine land south Of North Bradley. Mid.
land County, Mich. The owners have a
force Of men ut work making roads and
preparing to build shinglc and heading
mills. Some of the gentlemen MAJ ned
are from Cambridge, Pa.
Lumber has lately dropped in price q
little at Orange, Texas. Tho lulI II At
tributed TO the season, and il consider
cd the regular thing. Il il estimated
that there arc in the mill Blooms there
100. 600 pine logs, and quantity Of cy
press far In excess Of any previous sea
sons supply. In addition to this there
are In tho Sabine river. owned in anl
10 be shipped from Orange, over 1000;
railroad ties.
Alabama papers are giving due promi
nence 10 the rapidly increasing outpu
of coal in that State and the attending
growth Of the industry. In 1872 Alsba