HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS AND PLEASURE RESORTS. 
Coon River, three miles south of Scranton, 
is a spleudid fishing-ground. The waters are 
well stocked with bass, pike, pickerel, Xc. 
The whole adjoining country abounds with 
prairie chickens. The Hunter House at Scran- | 
ton, kept by Mr. F. Foster, is a good stopping- 
place. He feeds you well at $2 aday. Scran- 
ton is three hundred and seventy-nine miles 
from Chicago. ' 
Glidden is in the midst of one of the best 
shooting regions of Iowa. Two considerable 
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tions for the sportsmen who frequent the vil- 
lage. Glidden is three hundred and eighty- 
nine miles from Chicago. 
Wall Lake, a curiously walled body of wa- 
ter, is twelve miles northeast of Arcadia, 
The lake is fourteen miles in circumference, 
and is entirely surrounded with a wall of 
rock that appears as if placed there by hu- 
man hands. Whence, why, when or how 
' these walls came, none know. We make men- 
tion of this lake more as a curiosity of Nature 
GITCHE 
GUMNE, 
NEAR MARQUETTE, 
MICHIGAN. 
Accessible by Chicago & Northwestern Railway. 
rivers run within five miles, along the banks 
of which are large tracts of timber, that are 
_ “full” of deer, wild turkeys, and other forest 
game, while the contiguous prairies abound 
with prairie chicke1s, snipe, woodcock, quail, 
and small game, and the rivers, creeks, and 
bayous are full of ducks, geese, and brant. 
It has been called the “Sportsman’s Para- 
dise ;”’ and if numbers of birds, and great 
variety constitute such a place, it is not badly 
named. The village has two hotels—The 
Glidden House, by N. D. Thurman, and The 
Dedrick, by J. C. Dedrick. Both furnish ex- 
cellent quarters, and abundant accommoda- 
than any attractions it may have for the ang- 
ler. Arcadia is four hundred and six miles 
from Chicago. 
Missouri Valley Junction is in the centre 
of a fine shooting country. Geese, ducks, 
brant, ruffed grouse, prairie chickens, quail, 
snipe, plover and woodcock are especially 
abundant. The village is built on elevated 
ground, from which can be seen the ‘‘ High- 
lands of Nebraska,” and the surronnding 
country for miles around. Missouri Valley 
Junction is four hundred sixty-seven miles 
from Chicago. 
