The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-21

The Shine Guards we're presented by the citi-
zens Of Orlando Tuesday with handsome
flag.
The Greenwood and Mariana Telephone
. Company has been incorporated by the legisla-
ture.
In Jackson county Monday Pope Gray, a
deputy sheriff, while trying to arrest Andrew
Ferguson, moons liner, was shot and killed.
on June / there will be ordered a mail service
three times a week from Lantana TO Motto, in
Dad county, instead OF once per week, as at
present
At Palatka Wednesday in the $4,000 damage
/ case Of Seymour Brusir against the Jackson
vile. Tampa and Key West Railroad Company,
/ the jury In accordance with the charge of the
court, rendered. a verdict for the defendant.
Clarence Mitchell Of Jacksonville, a colored
'" H ab6 Hardware G5yST Company cox aye for
the past two years while at the
CJnpany's stables, corner Of Adams and Liberty
streets. Wednesday morning getting his team
ready to leave the stable, fell from his wagon
and died instantly. He was in very poor health,
having few weeks ago been very ill.,
Two years ago Harmon Brown bought two
pairs Of coats and put them on his Rice creek
pace In Putnam county as an experiment. He
now has fifty head Of these animals, besides
! having sold quite a number to his ueighbors and
! slaughtered q number for market and home
use. He says that the goats require no feeling
or care and that the increase of the stock
makes quite an income, which is all clear profit.
Paatsa advertiser: It is noticeable fact
JuhL heOESld - supplying flOT4uA WIN HOf6
than her slare Of brick. Florida might Just as
well keep her money in her own boundaries
There Is good clay and plenty or 10 in our state,
and the samples We have seen from Florida
kilus compare lGyOraby with the imported
brick The kiln at Rice creek in this county
makes fine article and cannot supply the de-
maut,
Prof. Parker, the balIoonist met with seri
Gus accident at Chipley Saturday. He made
the ascension as usual and at the hight OF per
hRps 900 feet dis ngaged his parachute from
the balloon and commenced his descent. When
about 100 feet from the earth he, by some
means, foil from the parachute and struck the
roof Of q house with terrific force, tearing sew
ernl shingles Oft and bouncing TO the ground.
Although badly bruised and battered. no bones
We're broken, and the doctors think there IL a
good chance for bis recovery, if he has received
no internal injuries.
PGlatka advertiser, On Monday Drs. CYRUS
and WEIGH performed very rare and difficult
operation IN removing dorOuS tumCr from
the throat Of Mrs. Wertz of this city. The
tumor WAS of over ten years standing and bad
grown TO such size and weight as 10 be very
annoying to tie patient. Several years ago an
unsuccessful operation had been performed,
which caused the tumor to attach itself more
drmly TO the hyoid bone and muscles Of the
neck, and could only be removed by disseCting.
Lying, as it did. between the anterior jugular
aud internal lugular veins, and the patient
being unable TO take chloroform, and cOnSe
queuty, quite restless, made the operation
very delicate and dangerous. A deviation of
one-eghth OF an inch at many places where the
knife was used would have prove fatal by
puncturing one Of these vital blood vessels The
tumOr weighs one pound. The patient IS doing
well and in Il few weeks will have nothing to re-
mind her of the years of suffering and incon-
venience caused by the tumor. except a slight
scar on the thront.
The Key West CUR Perndnt contains the fol-
lowing account of the stranding Of a large
whale on one of the Keys that city: "A
party OF spongerS who returned from a cruise
day or two ago brought the report that
mammoth whale had been stranded in four
fathoms Of water off No Name key. The last
whale stranded in these waters wss found near
Chuckaluskee Six months ago. Several hun
dred dollars worth of oil was secured from the
carcass. Capt. Pierce of the Kate states that
be mas lately sighted several whales outside the
rec. II the latest arrival is stranded in four
fathOms be must be a monster. Vessels re
turning from the stranded whale report that
the body is lying of Harbor key her Cudioes
KEY IN NlA feet of water According to report
the Whal5 is a monster, beng about eighty feet
long. Ten or twelve barrels of oil nave already
been taken from the head. Another LOT OF bar
relS was forwarded yesterday and AN effort will
be made TO save as much of the oil as possible.
with proper handling about 200 barrels of oil
Will be taken from the carcass, the value of
which would reach quite neat sum"