The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-23

Spottsylvania, and returned at the wars
close with less than thirty men, and ma
jority of them were fearfuily wounded at
some time during the war. When Doles
was promoted 10 the rank Of general, he
was succeeded as captain by Jacob Caraker,
who survives the company. After the war
the company sustained great reputation
as drill team, but interest began TO lag,
and its material was absorbed by other
organizations until its disbandme1t was a
necessity.
A wreck occurred from a broken rail at
the 1l9 mile post, just below Enigma, at
noon Thursday. The train, No. II, was
going at full speed, and tine entire train
sped down the embankment at a terrific
rate Of speed turning completely over.
There were thirteen passengers aboard, who
were badly shaken up and bruised, but none
were seriously injured. The train was
under charge of Conductor 4 A. Smith,
who was slightly injured by having his leg
mashed, and Engineer Potter. About an
hour afterward passenger train No. 1 was
wrecked by a broken track. Conductor
Pearson and Engineer Knight were
in charge. One car was wrecked.
track, holding the remainder Of the
train on tbs rails. It's side was broken
in, and the baggage car injured. Fivepersons
were injured. 81. W. Belcher, who was
standing in the door of che baggage car.
jumped out. His leg was caught between
the trucks and was badly hurt. j. A. Leary,
a cotton buyer from Philadelphia, was the
last person taken from the wreck. He was
considerably hurt and burned about the
face Ben johnson (coloredl had his wrist
broken. Edna Quarterman and Anna
Derby were injured internally. Two ne
groes were wounded-one in the breast and
one in the back. Two mail pouches were
lost. A girl living near e igma saw the
broken rail in walking down the road.
After the accident she stated that she had
seen it, but had thought nothing of it, thus
losing chance to make herself famous and
save the damage to persons and property.
Augusta Chronicle: Since Dec. l the
mean temperature has been $50 for this
month. Taking into considera ion the
frosty mornings and some of the chilly
nights which have occurred, it IS easy to see
how warm the midday must be to bring up
the average temperature SO high. For the
past ten days, barriDgewo, when the mean
temperature went down to 81, the average
has been so. Rather mild December weather
that. For those practical people who enjoy
comparative figures, the Man About
Town has collected some statistics
which will prove interesting AS already
stated, the average daily temperature for
ginning back at 1872 the record for Decem-
Der in each year since has been: 1872, 41.2;
1878, 47.4; 1874, 48.T; 1875, 5L5; 1876, 80. 5;
1877, 1919; 1878, 43.7; 1879, $50; 1880, As. /;
1881, 5; 1882, As; 1888, 53.2: 1884, 507;
1885, As; 1886, 426; 1887, AIS; 1888, 42.7;
1889 Ito date) 55. Another interesting com
parison is the highest and lowest tempera-
ture attai ed in the month, and the date on
which it was reached. For this comparison
we will only go back as far as the eighties.
In 1881 the maximum was IS on the LIST
and the minimum 80 on the 18th; 1882,
GO ON the 14th and 10 on the 9Th;
1888, "a on the Sth and 90 ON the
10th; 1884, 745 on the 27th and %
on the Goth; 1885, 72 on the 9Th and % on
the 9th; 1886, 67.5 on the 1st aud 1917 on
the 17th; 1887. ~ on the 4th and "a on the
Goth; 1888, co. on the 25th and % on the
2lst; 1899 Ito date 7S on the 9th and 90 on
the LIST. 1t will be seen by the foregoing
statistics that it Is not unusual to have
the thermometer as high as 10 In
December, tut it is not often that the
mercury remains so long at this eleva-
ton. 1t will be noted that on last
year the maximum temperature was
reached on Christmas day. Present in
dications look like this record might be
duplicated next week. But though this has
been generally a mild year, the record since
Jan. / shows deficit of 75' below the
normal temperature of this place for the
yeir. And this is true, notwithstanding
the fact that since Dec. 8 there has been an
excess of temperature above the normal of
1872. A cool August and warm December
has made this a notable wear