New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-14
APPROACH OF A HOT WAVE.
A DISAGREEABLE DAY IN NETWORK.

APPROACH OF A HOT WAVE.
A DISAGRFEABLE DAY IN NETWORK
THE THERMOMETER ABOVE 0Oo AND THE AIR SUR
CHARGED WITH MoIsTURE--THE HEAT LIKELY
TO INC3EAsE-A CYCLONE IN NEw-JERSEY-A
FEW sUNsrRoKEs.
Iiotf Well, every fool knows that" irritably
triend me- linn in Broadway yesterday forenoon
and 9peaed his rs for the inevitable remark on the
Ilght yesterday morning. On waking New-YOrkcrs
'0ind the air close, muggy and oppressive. soon
dnw, suns rays began to beat ySerfiGaliy
The peculiar closeness of the air dampened every
o ,i oh.rgies. Crowds gathered about ayailablc
Ga ,rnom"ters TO learn the worst and INDIGNANT
at hndng the mercory no higher thar Il was From
moor mil haf-past3 was probably the most m
season Int the black clouds that suddenly rolled
up ahDnt brought relief. rhe torrents OF rain that
lhT Drought q return of excessive heat.
re ahimais at Central Park failed to approve the
wea' ds The moneys curled sulhily up in the
'r Oh 'hc,r ages and munchcd apples IN depressed
silence. llons and tigers prowlcd about with
tongues ioit'ng out. The crab-catng raccoons gave
UP inc unepu& contest, and rolling over on their
oacks, 'clgned death. thus bccoming the prey OF
swarns OF flies. The cGmcls had she'd their coats
cNas9ela'ng degree Of Indifference to the heat. This
wa "ot shared in the least by the Russ au bear.
whose ONLY momcnt of comparative happiness was
his isn't very hot day" said Professor Daniel
Draper. at the Meteorological Observatory, and
when his exhausted visitor gasped ont Il feeble re-
monstrance, he continued: "Ihe air is saturated
with moisture. aad therefore water doesn't eVapO-
ra'e rom the skin. This stops what may be called
the breathing going through the skin, and the
lungs have TO perform douhle duty. The blood is
not sufficiently aeIated and this feeling of lmpncss
IS produced, and we speak Of the close dead air.
But the figures Of the thermometer have not been
very high to-day. If there shonld be fall in tenn
pcraturc, or if this air shoud rise sufficiently hlgh
the mOs ture would lie deposited "a rain
-, The temperature At the Observatory at midnight
noon 81 and a. ocloc So Thc VIVA ct ct midI
night was miles an hour, at 7 I miles ~ noon |,
agN AT . p in 10 miles and southwest throughout.
Trio sun thermometer REGISTERED 1865 nj . a. m,
and 49, at 3 Tn, barometer at noon marked
~ SOS and at 3 p. IN. 29.79o inches. The hottest
July - for the last ten years was in 1876
AT lndnuts was procured the following compar-
iSon:
,o,, 70 1870 sa-@n, oa;.m; a:aonm. . I'm,
Jaiy 49, issl......:. g g. ~ u =
At The Signal Service Station last night i was
aud would probably continue several DAYS The
showcr,w hch lasted from tol:25 p. 49, was merely
l4Ic before The shower, AT 3 p. H., was 80 and
at,crward, ut o'clock, was - Ats ! III. YES
$50, Cheyenne 80. Duluth 9Oo, Portland. Maine.
rs, 81. LouiS H2c, Shreveport Ia, ~ and NicAs-
ouyg, Miss. 90.
One IF two large elm trees opposite No 1 State
st., and Just outside the Battery Park, was struck
by ishtning One or two lower hran' hos sili,-
OF III, trunk about thirty feet.
Whilc fuperal vas being held YESTERDAY after
noon al the Grccnville u. - Evangclical Church
thurderbolt struck the i1udng, descending to The
ground n the side Of the church hy way of the light
ming rod. The shock was terrific, and the entire
structure was shaken 20 its foundation. A scene Of
conSternatloL cnsUcd There were about two Lrn-
dred persons Pr9s'ut and rush was made for the
Of women and children. Auotl : bolt struck the pole
81 one of the coaches, which standing in the
street SCATTERING II and Frustrating the horses
a & Viohe passed through pHrt OF Ess"I County
N"W-''cr-ey about > lock yesterday afternoon.
II was accompanied 10y rain and hail, many OF the
haIIst"nee 1e'uE %. l9rgc AZ walnuts. The storm
came ron hr p'i'hwcst and was most severe IL
me VIZ :" uvMgton. The farmers had no
warning 90 We, Storm and some of them getting
IN hay ,'h'h ~ tempest broke. Farms were blow,
noWn. h,f Wr9yHd, scores o. trees ,uproocd,
an the ~i,p" VS. Of the farm houses and the glass
uanes -, 'ne n?f-house, The pat of the cyclone
to take nuCdeh change of direcilOn az was in,li-
Gated Ds The 'act that AT one point fallen trees and
oSat % Harns lay a; night angles with c4c!
take by a vertical cycone which struck this gon
several months az. The storm lasted about ten
hay III his barn stated that the wind came with a
rush before he thought Of closing the barn doors,
and swept his load Of hay out of the opposite side
where II was overturned. The barn. which Is ilaiuly
of brick, and substantial, was rocking and threat
into a small lot adjoining.
The number Of suntrokcs was comuaratiyoly
small The were as follows:
ho rcom ne by ne he@ at .roadway ana Maker
C,S@y Io,, g~ s i-. 70 NM IVY W t"l~ ~
was sunstrnck at Essex and Washington sts. that
he les in ,tca condition.
cR;sLl'N FHANGls age hfty, q No. lo2 Elrdse t.,
DAY THOMAS, hi!r driving truck in View rl ave- near
Colc-s, Jcrecy city was overcome by The hca, AMI
~ on ms "Acon, cutting hf head badly. He was
- taken 20 -. fancis II 1sptaL
HoFNAN. BLtN thp. age fourteen. OF so = Norfok--t
vas nnsiqcH in l-s-e>,t ana Sas taken TO thc
McMAno>. lnoM>a, was lrosratod While az york on