The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-05

:. Edwins, of New York, who has
en- boarding with D. w Hartsock
Ior some time, started for his home on
Wednesday last.
Mr.. L. Stephens has sold his grove on
Silver Lake to NJ. Peck, of Connecticut;
he centemplatesz extensive improve
ments ON the place in the near future,
J. w. Grisham, of sharpsyi1le, Ind,
who has been stopping for some time in
Peniel, started northward on Monday
last. He will stop a week or two in
Georgia before returning home.
Mr.. Alec. Granger has sold his grove
| on Silver Lake to Mr.. Nichols, of Clay
Center, Kansas. Mr.. Nichols is a gen
tleman of means and will put improve
ments on the place which will make it
one of the handsomest in Periel.
Mr.. Crowns new store is rapidly as
Stunning housely proportions. 8Iessrs.
Bailey, Crown and Record are the car
penters. The building is twenty by for
| ty feet in size and two stories high. The
lower story viii be occupied as a dry
goods and general store the upper story
will be used for an Odd Fellows Hall,
J. M. Patterson has sold his interest
in the Henry Thomas grove to F. a.
Hawkins, of NobIesville, Ind, and I. A.
Webb has sold his interest in the same
place to Mr.. Hawkins and DIR. Cynus
Jointly. Mr.. Hawkins is cashier of the
Citizens National Bank, of Noblesville,
and one of the wealthiest and most prom
inent citizens of that place. He will be
down next winterand build nice house
and make other extensive improvements
on his newly acquired Florida property
The Pencil folks feel highly honored b.
the addition Of such citizens as Mr..
Hawkins to the neighborhood.
If Peniel continues to improve like il
has during the past two years it viii
soon be the best built up neighborhooC
in the county or anywhere in this par
of the state. The neighborhood al
ready has number of very fine groves
and every few days new parties art
coming in from the north and buying
land and preparing for extensive i'm
provements. We have a number of tht
prettiest lakes to be found anywhere il
} the state, all full of fine fish. Then we
| have as good orange land as can bt
found anywhere and the. prices are still
quite reasonable, considering the ad
vantages. We already have the Flori
da Southern railroad right at our door:
and the Indian River road is building
through the neighborhood, and we ar
but O few miles from Palatka, which
, is conceded by every far seeing man vii
be the leading town in the state. Tn
: wonder is, that with all our advantages
, the price of property has not gone higher
but this is probably accounted for b,
the fact that there has been no speeia
effort by any one to .tboom" the place
, However, there has been a steady ad
vance all the time during the last tw
years; especially has this been notieeabl
: during the last few months, and durin
the last three or four weeks there Ia
been more land prospectors in this local
: ity than ever before, and we think tn
$ interest will continue to increase as on
/ advantages gradually become known
Francis.
Mr.. johnson, recently from Iowa,
preparing to build a dwelling and make
other improvements on his place.
: Mr.. S. Woodcock, of Salisbury, Mary
: land, has been stopping at Francis for ;
e few days, the guest the Tighlman'
: Messrs. Woodcock, VIII Tigtlmar
Misses Ida Tighlman and Matte Kicker
looper visited the seashore at St. Al
a g1stine, the first of the week.
: Messrs. Ham and futile recently mad
! a trip to the south part of the state: afte
: seeing considerable of that section OF til
country returned to Francis, convince
that there was no better orange GROWN
t section than this.
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