The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEws OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHa

TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS
A Snakes Feast on a Box of Rats
TIE Walters at a Macon Hotel Go
Out on 5trike-rhe Endowments OF
Mercer University-rhe Population
of Burke County.
GEORGIA.
Rome is to have an exposition this fall
Master George Cobb OF Americus, son OF
Can't. John A. Cobb, had his right arm
broken by q fall from MS pony Saturday.
Mrs. Brazier was dispo ssessed Of the man
agement of the Commercial hotel at Athens
Friday night, under a writ Of eJectment
She claims that she has been badly treated.
The father and mother Of the young man
who has been peeping into the rooms Of
young ladies at Americas asked the parents
Of the young ladies that the matter be
hushed up. They have promised to do 50.
A sensation was created in Macou Satur-
day by the clubbing Of young mau named
Luther Thomas by Officer Jones OF the
police force. Thomas was drunk AMI dis
orderly. Opinions differ as to whether the
officer was justified in using his club
a letter of inquiry from the Citizen 10
W. F. Bowers, supervisor of the census
gives the population Of WayneSboro as
LIS and of b lrke county as =, AS. In
1881 the population of Waynesboro was
ZOOS, and of Burke county p, lbs. The in
crease for Waynes ooro is 10 per cent. in ten
years, and for the county it is less than
per cent.
The following are the endowments OF
Mercer university, the interest Of which is
used for the salaries of the fac Ilty Mercer
fund, $74,6OO; centennial fund, $4,000;
central professor fund, s13, $50; Jane Posey
fund, 81, 00J; theological fund, $500;
making a total of Sl26,O00, TO which may
be added the permanent educational fund,
SIS, 554, and the Gray fund, 500, l25.
Capt. John T. Chambers died at the home
of his son near Bowden on Friday night of
last week. He was buried at the Chambers
graveyard. near Villa RIGA, the next day.
Capt Chambers was one OF the Oldest citi-
zens of Carroll county. He once repre-
scented this county in the legislature. and,
although quite old, he raised a company
and served through the late war. He was
a local preacher In the Baptist church.
Cuthbert LiberaI-Enterprise A few
days ago little son of W. n. COram, super
intendent of the pauper farm, found nest
of young rats in closet in the dwelling
house. He went to work and manufac-
tured a rat trap Of cigar box and trans
ferred the young rats into 1t, hoping TO get
the old mother rat. Leaving 1t set over
night, as soon as he awoke next morning
he fastened to it and found the trap door
down with what he supposed to be the
mother rat safely Gagged Carrying the trap
out into the yard he carefully raised the lid
TO take peep at his big rat, when, to bis
utter dumfounding, a snake poked out its
head and significantly licked its tongue in
the boys face. The trap was dropped,
and the boy made a hasty retreat To the
house. His snakeship had made a supper of
the juvenile rats, and had had a comfort
able nap through the night. The boy
doesn't set any more traps baited with young
rats.
Dublin Gazette: The case OF the state
VS.. W. M. Scarborough for the murder of
n. K Watson, marshal of the town Of Dub
lin, Nov. !, 1888, was taken up Wednesday
morning and concluded Wednesday night,
the jury bringing In a verdict of not guilty
after being out only about ten minutes.
The state introduced several witnesses to
prove the guilt Of Scarborough, but the de-
Tense relied wholly upon the statement OF
the defendant. Scarborough's statement
was, in substance, about as follows:
On the evening of the 4th of Novem-
Der, 1888, he was in the town of Dublin
and. al though having committed no crime,
was arrested by Watson. He offered to
give a bond, but Watson refused il and
when he scarborough demonstrated with
him about being locked up, struck him over
the head with his club, knocking him down.
Watson then got down upon Scarborough
and continued to beat him, when the latter,
to protect his person, pulled out his knife
and cut Watson's throat.
All the walters at the Hotel Lanier at
Macon are out on a strike and to avoid
discomfort for his guests Manager Craw-
ford has been obliged to press the bell boys
and porters into service. The manner in
which the walters receive their pay was
the original cause of the trouble They
claim that instead of being paid the whole
amount of their wages at one time it has
been the custom at the Hotel Lanier TO pay
the men one-htl the amount they have
earned on the 10th of every month and the
other half on the 10Th. They claim that it
was also the custom when a man began
work during the first part of a month for
him to receive no wages until the 10th of
the following month. Thinking that their
money did them less service when it was
received in two parts the walters held
consultation and appointed a secretary,
and he drew up letter to Manager Craw-
ford requesting that the whole months paw
be given on the 10th Of every month Man
ager Crawford considered the question and
decided not to grant the request. Later in
the day he ordered the discharge of the
man who wrote the circular, and then the
walters decided to go out on a strike.
FLORIDA.
A resident of Key West has Just drawn
$50, 600 in a lottery.
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