The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-17
LOCAL MATTERS.
The Hot Weafl,a.lr.

We had another exceedingly warm Qay
yesterday, as the reader doubtless knows;
and there were not few persons in the
city who suffered greatly from the exces-
siyc heat Of the sun as well as the reflection
from the sidewalks. There were no genu-
Inc cases OF sun-stroke, as farsas~ couldFbe
ascertained. One gentleman, however, was
taken slightly sick on Main steeet. and bad
to be accompanied by friendao htsiodg-
ings, where he soon revived and resumed
his business. A colored woman named
Dodsoh was similarly affected, and had TO be
conveyed to her home in the city ambu-
lance. But we have bad nothing like the
suffering experienced few summers ago,
when it was not an uncommon thing to re-
port half dozen sun-strokeSl and prostra-
tions. 80 "a 4.
The mercury ranged between 9Sol and
104o In this city Yesterday. AtsOme points,
Of course, it was more comfortable than at
others. In some localities where the ner-
curry went above 1000 the thermometer hung
in counting.rooms, stores, or other places
OF business, near thes desks i,0fI business
men. and what they had to egcOunter may
foundry in the city tEs beas Eas 70 intense
that the operatives were compelled to work
in their underclothing, and occasionally to
wet their heads and arms from buckets and
tubs placed on the floors for the purpose.
The mercury there was up as high as 1859.
In Broad-street drugstore (Garnetts) it
went up as high as 104o, willie across the
street, at MouDcastle & Cofer'S, in the back
part OF the store. it indicated only 92o. In
the retired sanctum OF Coro1er Taylor the
figures were only 900, but the comfort OF
his office is exceptional this weather.
Coming down town furthei, the mercury
was lower than al the points last named.
Forinstance. at this Office it ranged between
go and 1000 from II to o'cl lock. At West
& Johnston's-the shady side Of the street
at 8 P. NJ. it was 101so, while at Ryland'ss,
next door, it was $50. At Meade d Bakers
it was fraction over 1902 at the same hour,
while at the Office of DR.. Rutfner, in the
Capitol. it was 1929. At thcOld Dominion
Steamship Company's office, where there is
generally breeze, it was 990. AT the
Tredegar Iron Works office, 960; at the
Richmond and Danville telegraph office at
the depot, 1920; Lottier's factory, SSo; at
the Western Union telegraph office, 1929; !;
and the Chesapeake and Ohio freight Office,
900. At Manchester the highest range was
9So.
From the above figures it will be seen that
we have reports from nearly every portion
OF the city, and the range was about the
same.
Reports continue to beIreceived of the
terrible effects of the drought in this vi
cinity. TIE streams are drying up, ana
the water in the river is now so low
that one can cross upon the rocks to the
south side without so much as Wettlng
shoe-soles.
By midnight last night the clouds from
which many persons had hoped for rain had
disappeared, and the sky was clear.
And now, gentle reader,w come to tho
most interesting part OF this paragraph
viz, the state of the thermometer at some
OF the Virginia watering-places and on tho
line OF the Chesapeake and Ohio railway
At Charlottesville, for instance, at ?. Nj.
the thermometer in the shade indicated
900; at Staunton, 93o; at Hinton, 90; a
Gov ington, 9G0; at Alton, $50; and al
White Sulphur, 07o. Now, who wants te
20 to the mountains with such figures I:
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