Daily Republican., 1881-09-08
THIRD EDITION.
THE HOTTEST YET.
The Ambitions Mercury Weary or
Remaining Among the NiretieS
Makes q Desperate Jump and
Reaches lO2 Degrees In the

shade.
Poor suffering humanity, that swell
tered through the torrid days of Au
gust, and looked forward to anticipated
relief in September, were sadly doom
ed to disappointment yesterday. The
mercury whose previous ambition seem
Ell to be limited to the nineties, yes.er.
day out'done itself, and went up in
some places TO 1920 in the shade. AT
the Edge. Moor Iron works, many OF
the men quit at an early hour in the
morning, while at the the Diamond
State Iron Works very little was done
during the day. Part of the men EN-
ployed at tie Mccullough iron Com
pany's mills worked, but the
great majority remained idle. A num-
Der of men at jackson Il Sharp's quit
work in the afternoon, while numbers
OF brick!ayers, carpenters, painters and
other oalsiie work, were cumpelled 10
give up, unable to endure the intense
heat.
At Gailagher's drag store at Fifteen
tn aud Mar&et streets, a thprmoaC ter
suspended IN the rear o. the store in the
shade, tiriuly reused 10 register any
thing les, than l.U@ AT 8 O'Clock, in the
afternoon Al Suith and Painters at
the SAFE hn I, the hear tester saw Gal
lagh.r'S loDl and went 3 better. Their.
moMrt r, that were expos II 80 the ,rn
I gave np in dis air, after having reach
! ed ID, uesr "s, aIthush there WAS a ..er-
erll lmlreSsi> II that il lhcir capacity
had been greater, they could have cas-
| y shown ten or fifteen mere degrees.
| y..1.
~ one door indicated lp2 N the shade,
and at another duo 9N-, wmle tA,r-
Ia Iineter cnllre away from any let! c.
ui the sun showed "a
Diamond state rouinE mill, t e ther-
uolneSer stood ~ in the shade. AT
Geo. ". Dnsh ~ Son ) office, Nvl in
the shade "t }. II. Sc..i's office, HtC
at the F., W. X B. depot, 10 rs AT
Harlan x Hmnngswortn's lu2~ at
Jackson " Sharp Co.'S, yo-, aud AZ
Seldel x Hastings, ~.
"A gentleman who has Eept record
If the weather tor many years says :n.t
yesterday was the hottest day expert
cnCeu since the summer OF 1854, All
persons that L aid do SO remained of
the street, while those whose business
at IA snai.'s pace, As if aware of the |
danger OF being overcome by the neat.
Last night Steep was almost impossible,
ana many persons remain Il arot nu |
their front doors, the greater part OF
the night.
the HEAT ELsEWHERE.
In Philadelphia the thermometer a,
~ Al, H.. l
loj~ at Fifth ana Chestnut street, and
the Hlsnal Service tower when j, con
sldered the coolest pace III the city, i.
climbed to lOil.-.
bristol, Pa, Scptember THE heat
III this town to-day was intense, the
thermometer indicating from 100 to lU4
degrees. All the hanus employed in
the erection of Farmers stove factory
at Burlington, Lad TO sU>penu operation
some OF them b-ing seltleIy affected by
tie heat.
READING, September The mercu-
ry indicated lo2 degrees in the shade
here to-ldy
WAsHlNGToN, Seplember7.- The Sig
mai Once reports tuat The Temperature
in this city at 7 a. III. was II o., atll
- h' inv "hN ''1 . y. H. lU-. .. Iht |
maXlmuh4 temperature during the day
WAS lO4 81.
BALTIMORE, MI, Sept. The re.
cord OF the Slgnal Office in this clty
hoWs that the temperature wa, higher
To-day lLan AT any other time tor four
years. Al IL O'Clock A. NJ. the mercury
30 at $50 =. NJ, lUlo, and Il
at 3 7. NJ. 1000 III the shade
ALBANY, n. V, Septem Der The =.
therM oAeter reached 1000 in the shade
lere to-day.