Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-08-07
From the Louisville Courier, 23rd.
Terrible Effects of the Heated Term in Lou

isvile.
For several days past Tophet has been an ice
house compared to Louisville. The heat has
been SO intense that citizens have melted on the
streets and run into the sewers like water, be-
fore their liquid remains could be labelled up
and carried to their bereaved families in buck
cts. Below will be found an account of some
of the worst cases:
Our well-known and popular fellow-citizen
John Smith started from the United States
Hotel, corner of Fourth and Jefferson streets,
to go to Willard When opposite the Trade
Palace Of Mills & Tyler his head dissolved and
ran in streams down over his clothing. His
shoulders next disappeared in the same manner,
and then his body. When assistance reached
him, all that was left of our poor friend was a
batch ofgreasy clothing, two shoes full of grease,
and puddle of human petroleum in the gut
ter William Brown and Robert Jones, also
most estimable citizens, in trying to secure the
remains of their deceased friend, themselves
fell victims to the dreadful heat, and joined
poor Smith in the oil pool.
On Tenth street, between Market and Main,
Mrs. Katrine Knyphauson, wife of the promi-
nent chandler, rashly attempted to run across
the street to neighbor's When half way
over, she fell to the ground. Mr.. Isaac Ilaza-
rus, the clothier, ran to her assistance, and
found nothing but her grease-impregnated
clothing and bunch of hair. The horror
stricken man rushed back towards his store,
but on reaching the curling he was seen to fall
in the gutter, "all Of heap, as an eyewitness
expresses it, and dark, oily stream, exhaling
intolerable odor, stole gurgling along towards
Main street.
The driver of an ice-wagon, while serving
customers on Broadway melted in his seat
The horses were also dissolved His name was
James Chestnut. He was a sober, hard-work-
ing Young man. and had been married only a
few months. He leaves mother, wife, thir-
teen children, mother In, law, three neighbors,
hired girl, a black-and tan terrier to weep
over his untimely fate. About two pints Of his
remains were dipped up and sent to his family,
who reside at No. 333 Brook street lie was
only in his twenty third year.
Rut the most distressing case that has come
under our notice is that of Mrs Bridget Gala
han, wife of Barney Callahan, the stevedore. -
Mrs. Callahan lived in the edge OF town, on
Walnut street, and was raising several line pigs,
which, contrary to the Irish custom, she was
endeayoring to rear in pen In one corner OF
the yard instead of her parler or best ROOM
At noon Saturday she took the swill- bucket out
to the pen with the intention OF giving plggies
their dinner She had no sooner reached the
pen than she melted and ran INTO ut the swlil,
trough Barney, who witnessed the wonderful
dissolution of his wife, ran to where her clothes
were lying. He just had time to seize the
bucket and empty the swill into the trough,
when he too melted away, and mingling with
his wife in the swill, both were swallowed along
with the slop by the youthful but voraclous
swine.
These are but few instances selected from at
least thousand similar casualties. We are re,
ouested to state to those who have missed
friends or relations in the last three days that
hoo al Ot1Gp
about ten barrels of unknown persons who have
been converted to liquid grease by the terrible
sun heat, in hopes that they may be identified
by their friends They have been dipped up
in various parts Of the city. One Of the barrels
contain waterfall and patent calf, evidencing
that some young lady Of the upper ten has dis
FolYed her connection with the things terrestrial,