New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-12
A HOT SUNDAY IN THE CITY.
THE HEAT TEMPERED BY A SHOWER.

THE HEAT TEMPERED BY A SHOWER.
AN OPPRESSIVE ATMOSPHERE EARLY IN THE DAY
SCENES IN CENTRAL PARK-REcoKD OF The
THERMOMETER HERE AND ELsEwHERE-AHEAVf
PAIL OF RAIN.
The city awokc yesterday morning to find trop-
ical sun sending forth rays Of torrid heat. Inc
shower of the previous evening seemed to have eit
no trace 1t was glaring. broiling scorching morn
ing and happy were they who lived upon the shady
side of the streets Many families made nufreu
preparations to go out of town TO one OF the scu'
side resorts. The boats and trains bearing peopio
from the CITY were crowded to overlooking. Tue
thronr that went to Glen Island Concy Island, ana
other places around would have populated town
of respectable sizN And yet New-iorA WAS "o'
deserted. Curtains may be drawn III houses
which have gone into state OF estlvatoh OH i"s"'
ionable avenues and it may be said that every
body is out of town y but the vast majority OF ciu
yens remain to toll and swelter. to dream OF country
lows and TO picture the pleasures of vacation they
hone to be able TO take AT a later season.
A real godsend to the throngs Imprisoned mere oy
necessity is Central Park. Early in the morning
continuous crowd begins to pour into thc shadeu
walks where q veritabe Taste OF the country can
Ia enioycd. Fifty thousand visitors are frequently
counted on SUNDAYS at the museum, and on INC
Fourth of July the number reached Vo.oVo' AS
the rain began yesterday afternoon the crowns
see1ned TO vanish like magic. There was general
stampede for shelter. The buildings and covered
arcbways we're thronged in an instant. AS the re-
porter stood in the doorway of the museum he saw
a touching example of chivalrous devotion. Down
came the rain in torrents. when large colored
woman with Ter still more colossal swain, was seen
To approach with swift gait resembling
that of : kangaroo. Golly, John, there's some
thing in nv eye" the woman exclaimed Ara theie
in the drepcEing shower " John stopped aod WIZ
expansive handkerchief removed the obnoxious
mote tenderly. Then they came i'll OUT OF the
wet The animrls in the meDagoro seemed grali-
fed by the change of temperature Inc poar oe'i
was ENJOYING Russian bath. continuous stream
of water falling upon his back. lac ram inian'
cease. but his cascade was perennial lie seemed to
know it and be properly ind erent to the weather
without his cage. The infant camel handsome
beast as caulels CO. was chewing the cud OF fancy,
and moraizing on the ignominy OF having been
horn in this country instead OF among It's KIN. he
SlInian family was holding grand reception
and its members seemed to be prime III
yorites with the crowds that visited them
Some of the younger OF the 1amily' ho'
having reached the stage of Sabbalarianlsm
in the order of evolution. were INDUCING In various
sports more becoming to week days. -Four NIUE
monkevs played tag and Others enjoyed a game OF
were hazgrding remarks, and the macaWs were
mailing q great deal of NOISE apparently discussing
politics.
In the absence of DR.. Draper, the following facts
were given 10 the reporter by Colonel lngTaham
DIR. DrapeI's assistant, at the Meteorological %
seryatory in Central Park: q" The rain began to
fall at 2:3O and continued till 40 p. IN. Inc
quantity was only $500 of an inch. The ran
was very hight after 3p. III. The direction OF th'
wind has been east to southeast all day since IL a
H. At o it vas west, veerlng to the east after tha
hour Its maximum force for the d1y was tw'
mounds ct 81 8 p. m. The velocity OF the WING was
two and half miles an hour from 1913 ani' 10 Z:la
n IN. From 2:15 to 415 ii blew at the rate of nine
miles an hour This is a very low rate of speed"
"What has been the temperature during tho
dayi"
Leading the way into the room where tho
thermometers are kept, and where Tho
cock-work motors Of the sei!-registerlne
apparatus kept rp constant ccS t Eoio Ms
SO in the shade at 3 p. n. it had fallen to IL
and at 1870 ii bad risen 10 ~. ne sun therinon
eter touchcd 142o at 1870 m At IS p H. the ram
he reporter called at the PRESBYTERIAN Hospital
to learn what effect the heat pr0cnced upoi
Tnomas " G. wall said tina. the patients
hal rot seemed to suffer from the heat 70 any re-
markable degree In some cases ne sac,
We have patient suffering from disease OF the
heart whose condition is PROBABLY aggraNaei by tn'
heal but in the greater number OF cases produces
no BARN. The fact rs, II is much cooler here thai
il is down town. Tie temperature OF the nofplta
is ten degrees below that Of Wall-st.. and 1--WE de
grees below that OF Unon-squar'. We have had 10
eases of sunstroke to-day. 80,
Tho bulletin at ths Equitable Building showed
the following record: At z "a. m the Temperature
wes77o; II a m, SO; 2 p. H.. $50; 3 p. m.' IS
9p m 73c. The highest temperature was o90
and the lowest 10. The rainfall was ONLY quar-
Ter of an inch. Al 0p. m. the barometer wac rls
ing, having risen lIG Of an inch y SINCE
a. H. Rain fell mt Burlington, W.; Detroit
Duluth, Lacrosse, WIS., Milwaukee. -. Paul anc
Toledo. The direction of the wind was east and u
velocity was q miles an hour, eGcring pressure
OF l25 pounds 10 the square foot. Az . p m.
Washington time the mercury stood AT So at On
cago. At Cincinnati it touched $50, and at Ceve
land 7Go. AZ Omaha there was temperature q
o.Ie and al New Orleans OF S0o which was also
Phiadephia's figure at tho some time Boston wa
comparat,yey cool at 73o Baltimore led this b,
twenty degrees and swcltereG at 30
81. Paul was comfortable at 7oo. s.. LOUIS
fumea and frctted with the mercury at 92o Vieks
bnrg STOOD at the head with record OF "a I'M
changes in the temperature up to . Hclock las
niphf we're recorded follows al iiudnuts pnaI
macy a comparison being gwen with the CORE
spond.ug date last year