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of the waves. There are no stone quarries or water privileges in the vicinity of Southport, but the surrounding country is a rich and fertile prairie well adapted for all purposes of agriculture. The merchants of Southport supply a portion of the people of northern Illinois as as as southern Wisconsin, with their commodities.

Waterford is a small village on the west side of the Pishtaka a short distance above Rochester, where there is a flouring mill a saw mill &c.

Post offices have been established at the following places-Aurora, Bristol. Ives Grove, Lakeville, Mount Pleasant, Pleasant Prairie, Rochester, Racine, Salem, Salona, Southport, and Yorkville.

There are four weekly newspapers published in Racine county- two at Racine and two at Southport.

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