The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1878-07-25
Hottest of the Season.

Hottest of the Season.
Washington, July 18.-To day
is the hottest of the season, the
thermometer marking 1909 in
the shade.
st. Louis, July I8.-The Their
mOmeter at noon to-day stood at
ninety three in the shade 4; same
time yesterday ninety"six and a
half. Twenty>0He cases of prOs-
tratiOn by sunstrOke to day aEe
reported non serious. 1t ID
believed that the worst is over,
The total number of deaths b
heat since the 10Th inst. ID 1867
Wheeling, w. Va, July 49,
The heat yesterday was intense,
the thermometer standing at 80
degrees in tho shade. Three cases
of sunstrOkes were reported last
night. Up to this hour no deaths
have resulted.
Cincinnati, July 18.-Henry
Ware, the prominent Fourth
street OptiCiau, stated yesterday
that for three weeks the mercury
during the day had never fallen
below ninety, and ranged from
n%inety~three to 100. Mr.. Ware
says such a spell of weather is
unprecedented during the past 25
years.
New York, July 19.-The heat
is Intense; little business in the
city. In Wall and Broad
streets there is almost a complete
suspension. There have been a
great many prOstrations.
kilograms from various parts
of the country report little or no
change since yesterday. st. Louis
reports the continuance ofbIazing
hot weather.
Chicago, July 17.-The Daily
News to-day received specials
from every important point in the
Northwest. They show that the
heat is intense Throughout Indi,
ana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Iowa aud Missouri. a very large
number of 'sunstrokes are report
ed. Business is generally suspend.
ed throughout Southern Iowa,
where, in Burlington, Grinnell,
Msrshalltown and adjacent places
the thermometer ranged from 100
to 112 in the shade.
TIE Chamber of Commerce of
Milwaukee was forced to adjourn
at au early hour on account of the
heat.
Grand Rapids reports the hotn
est day since 1868, as also Peoria.
FreepOrt and Madison, Wis. It |
is a peculiar fact that people in
the rural districts have been pros
by heat while sitting in
their houses aud died almost ill.,
sstantly.
! The heat in Chicago is intense.
bud eight or ten fataIcases of sun,
Stroke are reported this morning.
The total number of sunstrokes
in st. Louis during the past week
are reported by the Courier, Jour,
nal as 1900. The deaths from heat
in Chicago Tuesday were much
higher then reported by the tele>
graph, 80 persons falling viotems.
The telegraph failed also to give
the results of the hot weather in
several smaller towns. In Terre
Haute, Ind, Wednesday, they
we're 80 sunstrokes and I deaths:
in Peoria, Ill, Z deaths, in Dubu,
que, Ia, 6 deaths; in Milwaukee.
1000 and 8 sunstrokes and %
deaths; etc, Taking into consid-
Grafton The size and population of
these towns the mortality from
the weather was proportiouately
much worse ia them then either
Chicago or st, LOais.
Washington, July H. Kel.
perfunctory contradictions
of Anderson's testimony
no effect. He broke
utterly in attempt ng to
give the vote of Louisiana in
1876, and is to have a second
trial. Mrs. jerks Was crushed
out as witness for Sherman by
swearing that in
November last she came to see
(Kellogg,) claiming TO have
copy Of the Sherman latter and
control of the 0 iginal document.
This leaves Sherman without the
protection Of Mrs. jerks petit.
coats to meet The positive state
of<Weber and Anderson.
Kellogg denied raising money
% pay any member of the Return.
ng Board to go on with the count,
out seemed much annoyed when
It transpired that Senator Spen>
,3r had repeated his conversation
IN the subject, lie was more
iorely troubled under P0tter's
,rebing of the forgeries to electo-
al certificate No. 3, and was
educed to a most humiliating
trait. When it was shown that
me of the suspected parties,
who had been snm moned
S a witness, had been spirited
way by one Kenredy, who wts
mployed on the Senate roll by
Aellogg's recommendation, and
7ho had obtained his leave of
'bsenca, ran down to Louisiana,
y Mr.. kellogg Is request, the
eVelopment III tde a sensation in
le committee ROOM PiGdyNHe.
If Acklen had only thought of
, he might have saved himself
iuch embarrassment by inducing
he jerks to swear that she was
mgamgn in tho uaCn nnI EklT,k.G l