The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-09

Live Oak People: Contractor j. w.
Byuum was called to Jacksonville las
/ week by the officials OF the Florida Contra
| and Peninsular railroad to be consulted II
regard 10 the building Of a new passenger
/ depot at that place. IL will be remembered
1 that MIR, Bynum submitted plans aud spec
/ ihcati1ns some time ago, and we suppose
/ that the railroad authorities have accepted
! them and sent for Mr.. Bynum for the Dur-
/ pose Of closing the contract.
/ Arcadia Arcddian: Nearly all the prin-
| cipal stock owners of De Soto county met
at the court house On Saturday to devise
| some way Of stopping tbs Wholesale cattle
stealing gong on in the county. They were
in session all day and transacted good deal
of business The cattlemen say they mean
business and arc determined 70 put stop to
this robbery. One cattle owner says that
the thieves are getting SO bold that they viii
efface any brand that can be thought OF and
substitute their own.
jacksonville Standard: Last Thursday.
while fishing near Mayport, John Doggett
caught a monster silver king" or tarpon.
He was using only an eleven ounce rod, G
No. - line and No. hook. The fish
fought desperately, but by skillful manage
ment mr DOggett succeeded in landing him
in lust thirty-hve minutes from the time
he first struck Upon being weighed the
tarpon tipped the beam at l25 pounds. 1t
is a very unusual occurrence TO catch tar
pom off The mouth OF the st. Johns.
Bradford County Reporter: Monday one
of our horse-swappers made tour around
the store yards in town to look for trading
stocs. He slapped the horses on the rump
and pulled their tails in the most approved
style. He saw pretty little mule, who.e
tail he essayed to pull even at the risk of
being kicked Judge of his surprise when
the mule, feeling the caudal tension, quickly
CAT down on the ground. The mule had
been taught this trick, but our man did not
know 1t, and, thinking he had hurt the ami
mails spine, quietly stole away.
Sanford Journal: That misfortunes
never come singly was well exemplified
in the home of Il. w. smith to-day. This
morning as Mrs. Smith was running up
seam on her machine she in some manner
got ner finger under the needle. which went
completely through twice, breaking off and
making painful wound. Later the two
children were playing, one in the hammock
with a brick, the other on the floor, when
the older, Leonard, in some way managed
to throw both himself and the brick out of
the hammock hitting the little one, George,
on the head Fortunately a slight cash is
thought now the worst that will result
from it.
Friday ]. E. johnson, collector Of revenue
for Duval county, levied on the steamer
Welaka of the Clyde river service at Jack
sonvllle for nou-payment Of taxes alleged
to be due from the DeBary River Line
now tue Clyde for the years 1888 to 1890,
inclusive amounting TO about SIC, 900. AT
6 O'Clock in the afternoon the boat went up
the river on her usual trip with deputy
collector in charge through the courtesy Of
the collector. On Monday bond will be
given until the matter is settled by the
courts. The Clydes haven't the slightest
desire TO evsde any just obligation, but
claim they are not liable for the taxes as
assessed.
Jacksonville Metropolis: A Georgia
fruit grower sent in the largest peaches of
the season last week, but fruit dealer OH
Bay street, who purchased good quantity
of them, says he lost money because these
peaches ros SO fast. They are clearstones,
quite juicy and luscious, but have no stay
ing qualities. They were selling at the rate
of three for 10 cents. This is certainly a
very good fruit year. Our fruit dealers
have dealt very lightly in bananas this
summer for the re lson that there is not
much demand for them at this season,
owing to the plentiful supply Of domestic
fruits, aud it hardly pays to ship them here
via New York.
The Barlow Courier-Inf ormdnt thus
figures up the profits of phosphate mining
An acre of phosphate land, if the deposit be
only three feet deep, will contain 4, $40 cubic
yards of stratum, Welding 1000 OF 2. 900 ton:
of clean phosphate noles. Such land can
be bought for $50 or 800 per acre. A com.
plete plant of the capacity of fifty or sixty
tons daily can be put up and started for
$4,000 or less. Twenty men are sufficient
for such plant, and allowing $40 day for
depreciati of plant, incideltals and in
Jerest on investment, the total daily expense
Of producing fifty tons of phosphate will not
exceed $40. 1t will cost so cents co 81 per
ton to transfer 1t to tidewater, and there II
is worth So 30 to 81 per ton.