The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-17
EUSTtS.

m tins letter, the truth, the whole truth
i. and nothing but the truth will te al
nitted, and with this understanding of
the case the following facts are put
( down, and your most incredulous read
ers may rely on the truths thereof. Two
! years ago Eustis had less than 500 peo-
I pie: to-day she has from ,Uda t. | 100;
eighteen months aro Eustis had three
stores. today she has rot l.ss than thirty
business firms. Three hotels now give
homts TO the soiourners, and two restau.
rants feed the stopp Power. Aud dwell
ing housss--pretty, comfortable homes
have gone up in all quart, Of the lit
tie city by the lake. ard when the mock
ing bind woa.d in his sl,e sing carols
sweet To- his mate. .,e is also listened to
lay inmates I'll happy homeS. 1t has
been III" object Of tho people to make
their homes attractive, and great success
has been the reward Of earnest Labor.
CnrR, HES At Er-Tl>. =
There aie three churches at Eustis. the
Episcopal. Presbyterian and methodist,
all Of which dennn,inat ons have build.
ings that woul 1t, credit To larger and
older cities. Th' EpiscopalS led in erect,
ing church bAillings. b,t; their neigh
bors followed soon after, apdwith large
and comfortable 6,libseA There is also
y Baptist congregation which nope soon
to have a church building. The colcrcd
people hay eonc n more churches also.
.MsHs COMMERCIALLY.
A a commercial ioiut Eusti, i, 40.
xthout Importance. having a trade cN-
tending several miles in every direction.
The stores are well kept. and carry good
stocks of goods in every line of trade.
The business houses are new not large.
but extensive enough for all practical
purpose and ncatl, arranged. The
merchants at gemrally experienced
men VIII" have come to Ens,is 10 build
up with the country. and in many in.
stances it seems as if tn. object of their
coming ,o proving a genuine success.
.s@ns the ether successful enterprises
OF Eu,iis the newspapers deserve special
and particular mention. Tho C14is
Lake Region Is AN eight page weakly.
and for its neat and clean print is known
throughout Orange county, and is now
enjoying large and growing patronage.
The Region has very complete print,
ing outfit, AMI .hc enterprising people
of the city by tho lake give 1t u most
liberal support. The Semi Tropical IS
another ei,; ;ht-p9g" weekly ncwspafef-
we'll editcdHNM conducted on strictly
business principles, and tho Publisher IL
reaping fair reward for honest work in
building up his section. Both these jour
mails arS amon,, the iirst.clas, wcckli,S
Of Florida.
RAILROAD.
Eustis is on the line of the st. Johns
and Lake Eustis railway. a branch of
the Florida Southern. 1t also has some
lake transportation. With these alvan.
tagcs the growers or shippers have no
trouble to get their produce to market.
PERSONAL AND OTHER ITEMS.
am under great obligations to the
people of Eustis, and il particular to the
members of the press, and to the land
dealers for courtesics. | would mention
Mayor Edwards. Col. j. A.
Mcdonald, Mr.. Benj. j. Adams, Col
Potter and ,Ir. Sidney Charles. all of
whom showed me many favors which
aided much in getting together tie sub
iect matter Of this letter
1t is due t, E'lstis and to one of her
most useful institutions to state that she /
has "A bank that does an excellent btlsi. !
hess and adds much to the convenience
Of the business of the city.
The public scliN of Eusti4 ls one Of
the pet idns of the town. rs it de.
serves to he. u is said by those who arc
in position To- know, that the school is
strictly frst'c'l7s inevery particular, and
IS free to all. Tho ,chool is Il great ad.
vantage to En5;is aud i- bright star in
her crown of glory.
The Eusti5 Lake Region il beyond all
loubting Il favored spot and one that
will add puch to make Florida's fame
more famous. The people ulo Lave
'a,t their lot among ihr lakes have dona
well and with each wears labor add
arsely to their wealth. The sol yields
lbundantly, and the scenery is all that
'Onld be wished
In The immediatr section 81 Eus;i,
many fine residences have been built
mi are now being constructed. some of
which will cost the snug sum of ten
honsanl dollars, while several vii, re-
inire five thousand ,lollari to complete.
There are thirty two post offices with
n n radius Of fifteen Mills II Eri,tis.
a"t which will give some idea Of boss
hckly this section is populated
No whisky or intoxicating beverages
II any kind are sold here, and the people
lav. no desire to make a change, The