New-York tribune., 1880-06-28
NO DEcREAsE on THE HEAT.
.sTIGHT PROsPEcTs OF RAIN.


attempting to look the earth completely out Of
cOuntenance. From the appearance Of the streets
in the forenoon it was evident that he was IN o
measure successful The great thoroughfares were
almost deserted and only those people were visible
who were hurrying to one or another OF the boat
landings, 10 GET away from the heated bricks and
mortar and glaring marble as soon as possible
The people who remained In the city sat
in windows with the blinds drawn.
with every avenue Of ventilation open, and with
cooling drinks within reach.
Despite the excellent opportunity offered for the
display Of Summer styles, Fifth-ave. looked lone
some at church time in the morning. and the
churches themselves, although in reality among the
coolest places III the city, were shamefully neglected
as q rule At DR.. Halls where there are seats
for more than 1000, only 2O0 persons were pres
ent. The thermometer there registered from 760 to
800. At st. Thomas Church there were less than
200 worshippers, md most of them were strangers.
At the Cathedral the sexton said there had been the
smallest attendance since the building opened;
there were less than 500 psople there although the
edihce was cool and agreeable. At number of
the Episcopal churches no sermons were preached,
the simple service being deemed sufficient. in view
of the severity of the weather. In all OF these
churches there were fervent prayers for the much
needed rain
Iu the afternoon il seemed as though all who had
not taken advantage of any of the excursions had
gone TO Central Park. Every avenue and prome-
made was crowded. and the drives were thronged
with carriages. The carousal was vast play
ground in which hundreds Of children disported
themselves; the benches in the Mall were
occupied TO their fullest capacity, and
the mon who hired out the mule-wagons
for the children had all the business they could at
10 n. 4I,oI Iolro ILL 1,a in ooti
service, and nobody seemed to begrudge paying 10
cents for miniature excursion. In no part of the
Park was there such q thing as seclusion. and the
fond young couples who may have gone thither un-
der the impression that they could stroll through
romantic by-ways all by themselves, unseen and
unheard by the ,prosaic crowd, were doomed to dis
appointment. Hundreds of people toiled up
the stone steps and looked out over the
Park from the tower and parapets of the
Belvedere, over which o new American flag was
floating Around the old Arsenal Building the
crowd was largest. The geological buildings were
packed with people. and the signs which
urged that people would "please not to
annoy the animals" were not always re-
garded. The Building in which the Quad
rumana were confined was densely crowded. and
the monkeys seemed brighter than usual. Near one
Of the largest cages the reporter noticed two men
WHO W0To tAClLolly bA4hluk dOOuO OhO NmOlhhnOi
nominations. Hancock will certainly be elected"
said one of the men, and then the reporter saw an
aged ape with Bonded form and gray hair, who had
been apparently an interested listener to the con-
yersation, nod to Gagged companion. wink one OF
his ewes and significantly tap his forehead with
his long fOrofingtr. while he pointed withthe other
hand to the enthusiastic speaker.
At the Fifty-ninth-st. entrance to the Park there
was the usual crowd of men soliciting people TO
" take kerridge = all OF the street-car lines were
discharging crowded carloads of passengers, and
the elevated roads both east and west, were largely
paironized throughOut the afternoon and evening.
BESIDE the Central Par G % SshSr Ts
by crowds Of people. There were unusually large
numbers at High Bridge, Lion Park and other
places.
as usual: Madison and Union-squares 10 more than
upon week davs. but WashinRton-square was filled
with people OF all degrees and nationaitles, with
superabundance Cf children. Gramercy Park was
a bright playground for the children residing IN
the neighbOrhOOd.
drrds of liquor saloons did much to sake the thirst
of thousands In the evening tho museums and
sacred cnncertsD attracted large audiences in
snite of the intense heat. Mott Bayard and Bax-
fer-sts presented q curious appearance during the
dav and were anything but fragrant. They fairly
ness seemed to b. necessary element OF existence
aud dirty children swarmed about so thckly that
il was difficult to walk through tho streets.
Wherever there was n convenient or promising
SPOT lemonade stands were making money Tor their
Ownors yesterday. Bar-rOOms paid well ION the
QUIET aud the barkeepers were busy al day., A..
In the evening o TRIBUNE reporter climbed the
stairs TO the top of the Equitable Building, where
the United States Signal Bureau records we're ex-
amIDcd The highest point 5 5eae6ea 1 S Oy the mercury
there during the day was Soo at 2:3U;
'It isn't really 80 much hotter to-day than It was
Yesterday" said The gentleman in charge, but TO-
day there has been almost no breeze blowing ut ALL
AZ o'clock this morning there was dead calm
snntberlv wind at O'clock the wind changed TO
-. of md haf 6lrAnflDn
mperceptibie. The highest velocity, of the wind
to-day was only about eight miles an hour, and now
it is only about four miles. At present The wind Is
in the right direction for ram. the humidity Oh the
atmosphere il increasing and the barometer falling
However. # it does rain it Will probably be Q local
rain confined almost TO the vicinity OF New YORK
but remember do not say 1t Will ram out tnat IL
may RAM" A., Tr;.5 c.o.os
were ms follows at $3.50 p. IN. Yesterday; The ther-
mometer recorded at Albany, s40i Baltimore W.:
7Sa Bqao 4 CSoiso 5S si Gen 1
natl. sia; cleveland, 7so; KeOkpk. sOo; Louis n
Vile, 75o; Nashville, 500 Pittsbn1g. S2y Port.
land, Me- s4o Yankton; d: - T.: ~; IN d most GM
Saturday: it fell most in the West, and raised most
in the Eastern States. 4. ., ,,;..
rs inches; Chicago. .13 inches;, Cleveland. .04
inches; Detroit, 90 inches; Grand haven, Mlen''
10 inches indianapolis, O4 inches La C;osse, WIS.,
.09 inches; milwaukee,. Wis, 10 inches; Nash
Vile Tenn. .O2 inches; Omaha, Neb, ,O2 inches
Pittsburg, Penn, .O3 inches /; Port Huron, Micbv
02 inches shreveport LIZ oS d 5GGhess; hes;s Toledo
Ohio O5 inches; danksG seCstcr:I G IG $40 at
500 at 70 M and $40 at $3.50 y. m.
Two hundred and twenty-tour deaths were re-
ported Yesterday at the Bureau OF Vital Statistics
Yesterday, being the highest number for any day
this wear; exceeding Saturdays deaths by seven.
teen. Ofthe whole number 17S were deaths OF
Children and the majority were caused indirectly
by The heat The cases of prostration from the
heat Yesterday were as folio KS:
BADBITT Charles, age thirty OF 0T& Waterst oieu ~
RI AoK Lanes age fourteen. OF Jersey City. He was
taken with cOnvusiona while sitting IN q wagon,
and fell out upon the pavement: He was taken 10
the Charity Hospital, aud the physician found tnst
the boys head hnd been badly fractured by the fal
GUEDATI1 LEON, q spanard, of No. 1,399 second-aye
KELLY WILLIAM, age nineteen. an English sailor on Ine
steamsnip Arizona, was taken TO Chambers street