MARSTON, is the name of a new town in county of Sauk. MARTIN'S Creek, rises in town 22 N., of range 23 E., Kewaunee county, is about 7 miles in length, emptying into East Twin river. MASKAU, River, see Mauvaise River, of La Pointe county. MASHKEG, River, see Mauvaise River, of Lake Superior. MAUVAISE, Creek, a small stream, about 9 miles in length, entering East Twin river, between Benton and Martin's creek. MAUVAISE, (BAD or MASHKEG), River, La Pointe county, a consid erable stream tributary to Lake Superior, rises in Kagine Lake, near the head waters of the St. Croix, and enters Lake Superior about 15 miles west from Montreal river. MAYVILLE, P. V., Dodge county, on section 23, town 12 N., of range 13 E., in town of Williamstown, 12 miles northeast from Juneau, and 65 miles northeast from Madison. It is situated on the principal branch of Rock river, and possesses the superior advantages of good water power, iron ore, timber, and a good soil. MCCARTNEY'S Creek, a small stream in Waterloo, Grant county, entering the Mississippi. MECHAN, River, rises in the northern portion of Waushara county, and runs southeast into Fox river, which it enters near the line between towns 15 and 16 N. MEDINA, Town, in county of Dane, being town 8 N., of range 12 E.; centrally located, 16 miles northeast from Madison. It has 7 school districts. MEEKER, P. O., in town of Germantown, Washington county. MEMEE, Creek, rises in Manitowoc county, runs south between and nearly parallel to the lake shore and Sheboygan river, enters the lake a few miles northeast of the mouth of the latter. MEMEE, P. O., in Manitowoc county, on section 14, town 17 N., of range 22 E., being in the town of Memee, 15 miles south from Manitowoc, and 130 miles from Madison. MENASHA, P. V., see Appendix. MENIMI, Lake, one of the sources of the St. Croix, in La Pointe county. MENOM, Lake, an expansion of Neenah river immediately above Buffalo Lake, in Marquette county. MENOMONEE, Town, in county of Waukesha, being town 8 N., of range 20 E.; centrally located, 12 miles northeast from Waukesha. The population in 1850 was 1,340. It has 7 school districts. MENOMONEE, River, (of Milwaukee,) rises in the southern part of Washington county, and runs southeast through a town of same name in Waukesha county, and the towns of Granville, Wauwatosa and Milwaukee, enters Milwaukee river, in the city of Milwaukee. MENOMONEE, River, rises near the head waters of the Wisconsin, and running southeast, forming the line between the States of Michigan and Wisconsin, enters Green Bay, at about the middle of the western shore. This river passes a large quantity of water into Green Bay, but owing to its rapidity and falls is not navigable except for canoes. The banks of the Menomonee are covered with a heavy growth of excellent and fine timber. Its valley contains much good land. MENOMONEE, Creek, rises near the northeast corner of Jamestown, Grant county, and runs southwest into the State of Illinois. MENOMONEE, Diggings, a mining point at the corners of town 1 and 2, N., of ranges 1 and 2 W. MENOMONEE, Falls, on river of same name, 15 miles from Milwau kee, at which place is a descent of 40 feet in half a mile. MENOMONEE MILLS, P. O., in Chippewa county. MENOMONEE, Rapids, are rapids in the river of same name. MEQUON, Town, in county of Washington, being towns 9 N., of range 21 and fraction 22 N.; centrally located, 12 miles southwest from Ozaukee. The population of 1850 was 2,148. It has 14 school districts. MEQUON, River, rises in the northwest corner of town of same name, and runs east, uniting with the Milwaukee river, at the village of Mequon. MEQUON RIVER, P. V., in county of Washington, on section 23, of the town of Mequon, town 9 N., of range 21 E., on the Milwaukee and Fond du Lac plank road, 15 miles southwest from Ozaukee, and 90 miles easterly from Madison. Population 160; with 20 dwellings, a good school house, and various mechanics. MERRIT'S Mill, on the Wisconsin river, near the southwest corner of town 22 N., of range 5 E., in Portage county. MERTON, Town, in county of Waukesha, being town 8 N., of range 18 E.; centrally located, 15 miles northwest from Waukesha. The population in 1850 was 1,763. It has 8 school districts. METOMEN, P. V., is on section 10, in town of same name, being town 15 N., of range 14 E. It is in Fond du Lac county, 20 miles west from the county seat, with which it is connected by a plank road, and is 65 miles northeast from Madison. It has 250 inhabitants; with 2 stores, 3 hotels, and 2 mills; 2 churches, and 5 religious denominations. It is a good location for a woollen factory, as much attention is paid to the raising of sheep in the vicinity. METOMEN, Town, in county of Fond du Lac, being town 15 N., of range 14 E.; centrally located, 18 miles west from Fond du Lac. The population in 1850 was 756. It has 9 school districts. MICHICONI, Lake, forms a portion of the head waters of the Manidowish branch of the Chippewa river. MICHIGAN, Lake, the eastern bounds of the State, is the only one of the great chain of inland seas that lies wholly within the United States. It is estimated to have a length of about 320 miles, and a mean or average breadth of 70 miles—having, therefore, an area of 22,400 square miles, exclusive of Green Bay. The surface of Lake Michigan is 578 feet above the level of the Ocean, and its mean depth is estimated at 1,000 feet. The bottom is, therefore, about 400 feet below the Ocean level. Its greatest width is opposite Milwaukee, where it is nearly 100 miles. The length of coast of this lake, in Wisconsin, from the State of Illinois to the north point of Rock Island, at the entrance of Green Bay, is 257 miles.* MIDDLE MILLS, P. O., in Chippewa county, town 28 N., of range 13 W. Population, 300; with 1 mill, 2 stores, and 1 hotel. MIDDLETON, P.O., in town of same name, Dane county. MIDDLETON, Town, in the county of Dane, being town 7 N., of range 8 E.; centrally located, 8 miles west from Madison. It has 6 school districts. MIDDLETON, Town, Marquette county, see Dayton. MIFFLIN, P. V., in town of same name, Iowa county, formerly called Black Jack, consists of two small villages, from a half. to three-fourths of a mile apart, containing about 200 inhabitants, principally miners. It has 4 stores, 1 grist mill, and 1 smelting furnace. A large branch of the West Peckatonnica flows through both villages. The country around is mostly prairie. It is 11 miles west from Mineral Point. MIFFLIN, Town, in the county of Iowa. MILLARD, P. V., on section 9, town 3 N., of range 16 E., in the town of Sugar Creek, Walworth county. It is 7 miles northwest from Elkhorn, 60 miles southeast from Madison, on the east side of Sugar Creek prairie. Population 100, with 15 dwellings, 1 store, and Baptist church. * Lapham. MILL CREEK, a small stream entering the Neenah, in the town of Grand Chute, Outagamie county. MILFORD, Town, in county of Jefferson, being town 8 N., of range 15 E.; centrally located, 12 miles north from Jefferson. Population in 1850 was 728. It has 6 school districts. MILLVILLE, P. V., in town of Patch Grove, Grant county, on the Wisconsin river, in town 6 N., of range 6 W. MILTON, Town, in county of Rock, being town 4 N., of range 13 E.; centrally located, 14 miles northeast from Janesville. Population in 1850 was 1,032. It has 8 school districts. MILTON, P. V., in town of same name, in Rock county, on section 27. It is 8 miles northeast from Janesville, and 36 miles southeast from Madison. Population 400, with 40 dwellings, 5 stores, 3 hotels, 2 churches, 3 societies, and 1 academy of about 70 scholars. It is 60 miles southwest from Milwaukee, on the line of the M. & M. R. R., with a branch to Janesville. MILWAUKEE, City, the county seat of Milwaukee county, and the largest town in the State, is situated in town 7, of range 22, E., and near the mouth of the river of the same name, and on the shores of a bay, or indentation of Lake Michigan, some six miles between the outer points, and two and one half to three miles in width, affording deep water at all times, and good holding ground for vessels at anchor. The river comes from the north in a direction parallel with the lake shore, the land rising from the lake in almost perpendicular bluffs, and descending gradually to the bed of the river. On the west, the land rises again to a considerable height. Within the limits of the corporation, the Menominee river comes in from the west, and joins the Milwaukee, about a mile from its present mouth. Piers were erected some years since by the United States Government, at the mouth of the river; but the citizens have long felt the necessity of dispensing with the circuitous route which the river takes through the low grounds near its mouth, and have projected |