The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-08

Gainesville Sun: II. A. McEachern aud
family. formerly of Valdosta, Ga, are at
the Commercial Mr.. McEachern is large
~ interested in the Ellis-Young Naval
Stores Company of savannah and his
business interests require his presence in
Gainesville so frequently that he has en-
gagged accommodations here for a month.
He may possibly permanently locate in our
midst being very favorably impressed
with Gainesville.
The death warrant fixing March as the
date of execution was read Monday to
Wayman King, a negro murderer. now in
the county Jail at Pensacola. He heard
the paper read with stolid Indifference, and
has shown no sign of fear since. King
Killed Victoria Watkins last November
The evidence brought out the fact that il
was one of the most cold booded murders
ever committed there. The girl was sweep
ing when King approached and asked her
10 marry him. When she refused he de-
hberately shot her.
At Can last Thursday evening the
clothes of Mrs. Nancy Sears, wife of D. L.
Sears, caught fire, and she made an eff
fort to get them off, but her apron string
was tied in hard knot and her efforts
We're all in vain. So she ran out of her
house, and in the direction of the pump.
bucket of water, and succeeded in ex-
tinguishing her burning clothes. Mrs.
Sears is not expected to live, as part of
the skin is off her back and legs and
part of it is crsped or cooked.
The most interesting service ever wit
messed in ST. Marks Episcopal Church at
Palatka was held there Tuesday morning
at 1880 O'Clock, when Rev. T. Du Mon
tier Devan and Rev. S. Aston Wragg
We're ordained to the priesthood by the
RI. Rev. Bishop Edwin G. Weed assisted
by number of the clergy. Long before
the hour for the service to begin the
church was filed with the friends of the
two popular young ministers that were
to be ordained. The service was vSry i'm
pressive, and the church was prettily dec
GRATED in green.
At the regular meeting of the Jackson
vile Board of Bond Trustees held Monday
afternoon the office of chief electrician of
the city was abolished. This position was
held by C. o. Patterson, formerly super
intensient of the electric light plant, and
recognized as one of the most skilled cleo
tricians in the state The office is to cease
at once, but Mr.. Patterson is to be al
lowed one months pay. In .abolishing the
office the committee announced that the
work performed by Mr.. Patterson was en-
son for doing away with the office is that
the job Is an unnecessary one.
For more than a year repeated efforts
have been made to find the snapper banks
opposite New Smyrna without success. I'M
til last Thursday, when party, consiI-
ing of Capt. Gus App}eman, Messrs w. S.
Hart and G. f. Mendell and Miss Alice
Mendell, went out on the yacht Nolusia,
and soon located them. They cast their
lines in about eighty feet of yater. and
caught over 100 snappers and about fifty
pounds of black fish. They returned to
New Smyrna Sunday morning, and left
part of their fish, taking the rest to Day
tona. The Volusia will probably make
up a party and return to the banks at
once.
The steamship Jamaica, Capt. Peterson,
which arrived in Jacksonville Sunday TO
take on a load of $50 cattle for Cuba, has
finished loading, and will san a once on
the voyage. The loading was quite a nov
city and was watched yesterday through
out the day by quite large crowd of peo-
pie 1t was intended to have the Jamaica
ply here regularly in the cattle trade but
matters have developed since her arrival
which make it very doubtful mat she Will
come again, as the promoters Of the cattle
shipping project are no. a ali satisfied
with the charges and fees that they have
10 pay IN getting the vessel in and out Of
mort. They consider the pilot fees eNOr-
bitant as we'll as the amount they have
TO pay for docking faculties and every
other convenience which they are made to
pay for, thereby greatly decreasing the
profits of the business.