The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-17
FLORIDA.

Another four-masted schooner is at
Port Tampa for phosphate.
Hon. w. d. Chipley of Pensacola has
been appointed vice president of the Cot
ton States and International exhibition
at Atlanta.
Admiral Meade has made suggestion
to the Secretary of the Navy to have
sham battle off Key West between our
large cruisers.
There are about 300 Indians living at Fort
Bassinger. They are divided into four
families. Charlie Osceola is chief. They
are suspicious of all white men, having
no confidence in them, save five or six
who have befriended them. All govern
ment officers are considered as enemies.
In the case of Mead Hunt. plaintiff in
error, VS.. the city of Jacksonville, state of
Florida, defendant in error, the decision of
the municipal court was affirmed in the
circuit court at Jacksonville Saturday
This is a "a &c of soma public in tarest bara
On July 81, 1894, during the holding of
the state convention some dispute arose
between Mead Hunt and Burt G. Dyal,
both of Nassau county-Hunt being an
Florida Central and Peninsular railway
conductor. warrant was issued by the
municipal court for the arrest of Hunt,
charging disturbance of the public peace
by assault and battery upon Dyal. After
several continuances of the case, it came
up for a hearing Sept. 5. The defendant
before arraignment interposed a plea to
the jurisdiction of the court on the ground
that the court had no jurisdiction to try
the case without giving the defendant a
jury trial, and after the court had over
ruled this plea, and upon the arraignment
of defendant, he made a demand upon the
court for a trial by jury, which demand
was refused; the court thereupon proceed
ed to hear the. testimony and entered
judgment, finding the defendant guilty,
and sentenced him to pay fine of $500
Saturday morning Frank Wilder, living
on Nassau river about forty-1ve miles
from Jacksonville, and near Fernandina,
came to Jacksonville and reported the
finding of the body of a white man at
Black Hammock Point, on the Sister
creek, in a badly decomposed condition.
Mr., Wilder SAYS that about a week ago a
man named Lateral, living about half
a mile from where the body now lies told
his (Wilder's), son-in-law, Emmett Little
that the body of a drowned man was lying
on the banks of the Sisters creek but
that they paid no attention to it, as they
supposed Lateral would report it to the
proper authorities. Friday MIR. Wilder in
company with is son and two other men.
started to Jacksonville in their boat In
passing Black Hammock they skirted
close to the shore and noticed a flock of
buzzards fly up from an object on the
shore. They stopped and went ashore,
and were shocked to find the body of a
white man, with the flesh eaten from the
face and hands. A thin undershirt and a
pair of pants were all the clothing on the
body the feet being bare and also eaten.
and it was impossible, owing to the smell.
for them to make any examination of it,
Mr. Wilder thinks that the body is prob
ably that of a man named Gwynn, living
on Talbot Island.
Pensacola Times: Friday night about
z o'clock, as Judge McCullah was cross
ing Tarra COMA street at Gregory on the
way to his office a horse and buggy be-
longing to Joe Roberts came tearing down
East Gregory street and ran into Judge
McCullah on the crossing, knocking him
down, and as the buggy passed over him
he became entangled in the wheels and
in some manner SO as to drag him nearly
half block. j. r. Keller, who happened
70 DC near at the time, ran to the pros