RAIL ROAD IRON.
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We learn from the Danville Intelligencer that
the Montour Iron Company have supplied the
quantity Of rail road iron wanted at this time by
the Lancaster and Harrisburg Railroad Compa
ny, and are now making and forwarding to the
city of New York, for the Erie Railroad Com
pany. They also have contracts to supply iron
for some short roads in Schuyllill county; also,
contract for road in one of the Eastern States.
For some time past the work of making railroad
iron at the works of the Montour Company has
proceeded day and night, with remarkable stead
mess, producing rails that are as perfect as it is
possible to make them.-P Pfiladelp phiu Ledger.


POPULATION OF MICHIGAN-The Detroit
Free Press publishes the census returns Of 25 Of
the 81 organized counties 81 the State The list
includes all butSt Clair, Clinton, Barry, Cass,
and Chippewa, and shows population Of 276,-
572. The same counties in 1910 contained 1885,
388. The whole state when heard from viii
overrun 3OO, ,OOO-in 1910 it was2ll ,7O5, show
ing gain Of &C, 900 in five years. This is more
than half the gain Of the state Of New York with
population Of over two millions! Our citizens
may well be proud of such result. t aft43


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CHICAGO.-The number of vessels which have
entered the port of Chicago, from the 9th of
April last to the lst inst. is ,O77, of 742 were
schooners, Isl steamboats,, los briggs, and 70
propellers. Notwithstanding this amountof ship
ping, it is stated that l6 cents bushel was paid
for transport to Buffalo, and that 300 900 bushels
will accumulate in store and lie over at the close
of navigation for want of vessels. Ia3a l8sf