On the 16th of December 1876 A. C. Eaton lost 300,000. feet of lumber by incendiary fire. It was insured for $6,500. Besides the saw mills on Otter Creek there are at present the following in the present Town of Greig. Jacob Van Woert has a steam Saw Mill on Fish Creek using circular saws and employs about fifteen men. There are also on Fish Creek wter mills owned by Joseph T Northrup and Wessel Gallup. Upon Otter Creek, near Partridge's saw mill there is an extensive tannery formerly owned by the Botchford Brothers, but now by Charles W. Hersey of Boston. It is run by F. M. Botchford & Company. Henry J Botchford who was for several years prominently engaged in Tanning in this town and Lyonsdale died at Port Leyden February 22, 1882. BRANTINGHAM LAKE - has been many years a favorite resort for picnic parties, being easy of access and sufficiently rural and picturesque to answer every purpose. It is about a mile long and has Islands and points that give interst and vairety to the scenery.