The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-12
INTERlACHEN.
Great Increase In the Number OF Visitors viii
Nave o Bank Election.


you have not heard from us we are not
dead nor sleeping. but have gone right
along making improvements without
making half the noise that some of our
''puny" neighbors do over the sale of
five acres of land at five dollars per acre
Really there is one talented writer not
more than few miles west of here,
whose stories are equal to Baron Mum
cbausens.
We have had a nice time during the
holidays and have settled down 10 hard
work again and will keep il up for the
rest of the year.
Hotel Lagonda has been open since
December !, and has had four or five
times as many customers AS last year.
Hotel Interlachen opened for the sea
son on the 9th inst. Under the manage
ment Of Mrs. JOSEPH III. Perry, of
the Dirigo House. Long Isiand, Port.
land Harbor, which insures a generous
table and a quiet pleasant home at a
moderate cost. The Interlachen Winter
Resort Compsny are the proprietors.
Mr.. A. l.. Ross, of the Lake View
House, is expected here daily, and will
probably open his house in the near
future.
Mr.. John Brewer, wife and son Ed,
of Great harrington, Mass, are DOM
iciled for the winter in their beautiful
home ON Prospect avenue.
Mr.. George w. Hastings and wife are
stopping at the Interlachen for the win
ter.
Mrs. jung and Mr. George Holford, of
Cincinnati, have bought the Adams
place south of town and are making ex-
teEsive improvements.
Lott Allen Esq. has been making quite
a number of sales of land i'm this vicin-
ity, and all at a good price.
+. Hol6rd and Miss r. w. Bushnell,
of Springfield, are at their home on the
corner of Prospect avenue and Wash
ington street.
Mr.. Robert Longs new house in the
wet end of town is rapidly nearing
completion. IL will be a beauty when
completed.
The Interlachen Winter Resort Com
pany has set out a number OF oaks and
oleanders in the east side of town.
The Interlachen Shipping Company
has made several large shipments of
oranges the past week. The members
of the firm, Mr.. Hugo Friedlander and
III. q. Hastings, are both wide awake
business men, and know what they are
doing. They will erect large packing
house here next fall. They are now
occupying Walls building on Boyleston
street and will handle large quantities
Of Strawberries the coming season.
We were over to the farm Of Mr..
George Casewell not long ago and were
shown ripe tomatoes and green ones
that were not injured i'm the least 10y the
heavy frost of two weeks ago. Nr.
Casewells place shows what thrift and
industry can make of Florida sand. On
a ten-acre lot he has mixed grove of
oranges with peaches and pears planted
between. Near the lake he has two acre of
strawberries which bring over 81 800 per
year, and between that and the lake
there were all kinds OF early vegeta-
bles. He has all the vegetables he
wishes for his family use. supplies the
hotels at Interlachen and several fami-
lies.
There is no abatement of the demand
for cassava seed, and most Of the availa-
bic seed has been bought by parties all
over the State, who had heard Of Capt.
Anderson's success at raising IL, through
the columns of THE PALATKA NEWS.
The captain will be prepared to furnish
seed to all who may wish it next season.
L. S. Hall has put in saw mill in con-
nection with his planning mill, and is
now prepared to furnish all kinds OF
lumber to the Interlachen market.
Our municipal election will be held on
the oath inst. The candidates are as
follows; George Long, for mayor; l.. s.
for clerk.
Mr.. j. n. Balston and daughters, Ada
and Anna, of Brooklyn, n. Y, are visit
ing Mrs. %. +. Balston at her home on
Boylston street. Mr.. o. r. Boylston is
expected about the 18th of this month.
~ biothct w N
him at the Doctors residence, ON Tropic
avenue.
Thomas Hubbard and family, of Col
umbus, Ohio, are here for the winter, and
is at his home on the shores of Lake La
gonda. Mr.. Hubbard has opened a real
estate Office opposite the depot, and has
for sale town and country property.
III. p. Bickford and o. ii. Ewing have
removed their stores to Mr.. Bickford's
building, corner of Atlantic and Pros
pect avenues.
As soon as the safe arrives, Interlachen
will have full-fedged bank of her own
and won't have TO go To Palatka To do
her banking. We hope you will like us
just as well, but il won't be long before
we will be very independent, and look
upon Palatka as a sister city. and put on
as many airs a. she does. How jealous
some of the less favored towns are, now
that the fast mail favors us with a stop
while they are given the ''goby." IL we
could get the editorial talent that Is on
THE PALATKA News we would have a
daily paper here, but as that is impossi-
BILE, well still support THE PALATKA
News. Havn't you a second generation
growing up that you can spare us now
SO hat we can be equal IN all things"
Our Sunday mail service is a great
convenience to us all, and the only one
we have heard say anything against it
is ou- postmaster, Mr. g. A. Brush.