The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-24
KERR CITY AND SURROUNDINGS
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March OF Improvement
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Fort GATES 70 keIT CI.r and HsEtatl.
through every Eoai that boxed - Il =
Little sFeck - Ciy.iZ4ti-l might e.
found nestiil. here are tL-re. AMI taez
again 70 fors Gates, all IA tweiTe hours.
4 good drive. truly, tg. Pleasant CONF
Vauv. the novelty If the trayyl. sand
WICKED with IL ell q! Ga4i, fresh So
rIes, perfect day all i SoCi I'm Of
business for the 'te,. paTrg i. the land, -
has carried time br rapidly.
But Of Kerr City. IL is one Js Marion
cOuntys new departures. ly!Hs On the
north side u Lake Kerr. and j. nine
miles west Of this point. lI-, out If Put
nsm county. About fifteen families
have settled there. two saw mills do q
fair business, a general merchandise
store and drug store are doing we'll,
and hotel, with capacity Of enter
tanning twenty guests. was Cleged The
season Just closing Kerr City las it,
newspaper. the Advertiser. which i
edited and published ly Mr.. Il. y. Pratt,
a young man who seems full IL pluck
and business, aud he Is contributing o.
the material development Of the section
by his weekly bul.ei Of news. His pa
per is deservejly Popular among the r,o.
pie Of the viciai,y.
Kerr City has TWO mails weekly, and
an almost daily stage line 10 NJswalG
landing, distance Of about seven mile
Considerable building i, being Engaged
in. several residences are RON in course
Of construction. DR.. I. y. Lewis. n
druggist. new conner, Is hay.p: yer,
nice residence erected near the keIr its
House and IN the western portion II the
town Mr.. Geo. DOWN: is completing
what will be quite pleasant aud pretty
house. Several other houses are being
built. by whom was no, gsceltainci. Tie
hotel is new house, and is Cwuei ly
Mr.. j. Il. Swan. one Of the enter risins
citizens who is doing eyCrythin: possible
for the growth and advancement of hi,
town and section Mr. !. II. Fry. 81 Pa.
latka. has very pretty place here. a.
which there Is iron. ~ to ~ acres oi
open land. lie has mos; excellent pie
Of oats. all nicely headed out, and look,
ing as If that crop can be raised intlorida.
lie is beautifying his place, AMI in front
has made a nice fence. comfortable
walk and long line Of shade trees have
been planted, all Of which will greatly
enhance the beauty as well rs the value
of the property.
But the common cry Of tie people ].
for railroad. They are not particular
from what source 1t comes - il Iut,
them in close connection with Idlatkl
They will put into the missionary box
every dollar that can DO spared To help
out an enterprise that will give them Il
road. The NEWS is pledged b exert ils
best energies in getting up boom fo:
the proposed line Of road from Palatka
out in that direction. and it Is hoped the
people who have the charter will do all
i'm their power to get line through in
the very near future. Such a road would
/ open up a section that i, well and truly
adapted to all the purposes for which
/ Florida lands are SO valuable. Oranges
and the other fruits. and the yegetltlcns
Of all kinds flourish, and if the trans
portation was good the country would
soon be quite full Of stttleis.
Harvard is the center Of a neighbgr.
hool, and they have post Office, over
which Mr.. Sims preside. y new oilice
has been secured near there very re-
Gently, and it goes by the not very com.
mon name Colina, The News has it,
patrons all through the country surrOun.
ding and the people are, of Course, VERY
well to do. industrious and happy.
In my next will tell the readers c(
the NEWS about Norwalk. Syracuse and
other places. 1t is no end of nice
thing to take in all this country Us am
doing now. A good, jolly companion,
an honest horse and q blackboard that
dynamite would hardly upset occasional
gimpses at some of Floridas own or
adopted daughters, the beauties Of her
forests, and various other pleasures too
numerous to mention, gives i, a spice Of
delicious flavor
The growing popularity of TIT NEWS
is something to he proud Of. and It's list
of subscribers Is growing daily. Good.
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