New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-05
DOG-DAYS IN EARNEST

III Is hard to conceive ANYTHING more eyasperating
tnan the behavior of the weather bureau 1t was
Tue prevalent belief yesterday that the weather was
not; but the wseacres of the Signal Service station
on TIE Equitable Building sit far above the swelter-
ing masses of humanity, and regardless
oi 'heT torments ready to pronounce
such day as yesterday fairly warm
Due nothing extraordinary" The weather
Iopar'nisnt does not court popularity. There Is no
pe'ter way to make oneself sought after on such a
nay as yesterday, than by displaying thermometer
WHICH ranges TWO or three degrees above all others
III the nelghborhOod. Hudnut the apothecary. is
man VINO understands the wants of the public for
while the sages upon the Equitable Building de-
claied that the maximum temperature for the day
was o. he showed thermometer registering 900
In inc shade Mt o'clock in the afternoon. The
sympathes Of the public were not hard to discover
1or' While the top of the Equitable Building was as
good as deserted, Hudruts soda fountain was largely
patronized.
Early in the morning it was obvious that a hot
day was coming on. There was a dull mistiness
over the sky which. without perceptlblv temperino
the fierceness of the suns rays seemed to make the
SHADOWS no more toerable than the open street
Linen coats and white duck trousers were f., he
seen In every street uptown, and such of the slaves
Oh business downtown as wise discarded their
wastcoats and famed their faces with their straw
hats Collars at an early hour were reduced to the
the afternoon shone clear of the mist sun umbrel-
las might be seen struggling squeeze past one an
other on all sides. The heat, which before day.
hght was rs low as 10, rose gradually until
o'clock, when it reached $50 in some parta of the
city; but the air was saturated with vapor that
1t was more oppressive than upon many DAYS of
greater heat.
AL The Observatory in Central Park the thermom-
eter ut . o'clock registered 93o in tho shade and
a In
was from the southeast, was scarcely perceptible
averaging in velocity only three miles an hour. The
barometer ieIl slowly through the day from 30106
pm
~, The ca Iron Steamboat Company, in the opinion of
the oltGer at the pier; carried more passengers TO
Coney Island yesterday than upon any previous
we, meek day this year except the Fourth Of July.
| at half-past O'clock in the evening was fairly
black with people, and other lines of travel were
| proportonately crowded. The Battery presented
| its usual diversified appearance. One emigrant
woman, dressed from top to toe in scarlet tried
setiee after another in the vain search for cooness
and " AGh mcin Colt ~ calculated burly German
a. ne rolled along mopPing hls brow, 'vos it for
walks were thronged with children and their
| parents, all irving TO get Whit of the sea air
| hour uEtu O'Clock in the evening. and the num-
per OF bathers at The Battery was, for the day,
between nine and ten thousand. in the evening, a
crowd or several hundred men and boys surrounded
! the gangway leading TO the free bath. and the
policemen SET 70 guard the entrance had by
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| 70 MI the bath and the rest Lave TO wait from
twenty minutes 70 half an hour upii the next turn
| comes round. Come on now shouted the police
| man, and the boys rushed upon the gangway like
| drove of sheep, many Of them having already
stripped on their coats IN anticipation of the first
plunge.
a. good many people won't to Central Park, where
my my sat under the trees by the pathways or sann
menagerie has recently received an addition in the
shape Of cage of pythons. or anacondas or boa
| no way disconnected by the sultry atmosphere
The lion stretched his lordly paws and yawncd in
| lazy content. except when reused to momentary
roar by some incontnent youngster pulling his tail
| The visitors IN general, however, preferred tho
| mails enjoyed day Of comparative quiet. There
was not much driving in the park in the after
noon, and everyone seemed anxious to keep still
4 contrast to Central Park is tho region Of
wharyes along the shores of the East River. Here
the laborers to be at their toll regardless
OF sun and heat. only resorting and then for
refreshrnent TO the lager beer shop that prominent
| nj every corner. Draymcn removing Tn. car
| COOS of newly arrived vessels and builders ara
hammerng upon massive hulls in mon Gtonous time,
| and lumbermen are balancing themselves upon the
| prccariops. footing of their RATS while they
| WELD their axes cutting tho floating timber
these sturdy aborers seemed FAR less cppressed
han the loUngers, whose only visible occupation is
| the endeavor to keep COO "a vocation which
ia well known. is the most exhausting business in
the catalogue of trades. The thrifty and industrious
workmen, though sometimes overcome by the heat
feel Tar less Inconvenience from lt than the idle
neer-do-wcls. who vanish round The nearest corner
The temperature in some parts of the country was
considerably higher than il NewYorll. At 3 o'clock
Chicago was NJ "a temperature of 90 Cincinnati,
950; Detroit, o32 Indianapolis, 950; LouisviIle95o;
| 81. Louis, go keekuk. iowa, 90 Lacrosse. Wis.
| 9Go Shreveport. La, $50 Omaha, Neb.. $50 and
CHEYENNE. Wy. go. The great heat, however, was
| of 75o !; Buffalo had a temperature of 500 Cleye-
| land, 81 Eastport Me-, 720 and Marquette,
| Mich, go. The sky was clear or hazy throughout
the country, and there was no rainfall. 1t viii
hardly mitigate the heat Of yesterday to remember
| that on the same day year ago the greatest heat
| The following cases Of prostration from the eff
! fects of the heat were reported for this city and
| Brooklyl:
D. G the heat at Fh Snd
| Third-sts. He was taken home.
ing.s was taken to the Chambers street Hospital at
53o 2 IN. and died a, 7a ,; W..
suddsnly last night from the efIects OF the heat
GRosEFATnER A. ase sixty q No o5 Ludlow st; died
Coal Company, at No 20 Fastest, it is supposed from
KNOLL MICHAEL age thirty seven OF sixty.fth-st was
taken to the Presbyterian Hospital, suffering from
| MCADAMs, JOHN age thirty, OF No 200 West Houston
At. was prostrated by the heat last evening az No
5ss Greenwich-'t He was taken to ST. vinoents
MCCARTHY, PAsrEI age tortyfour; Of Bro0klyn. went
Inv from the heat lie was sezoc with cramps and
taken to the Chambers Street Hospital ,o
sscond.st, south brooklyn. brought from No
IS waterst 70 the Chambers Street hospital, pros
MORGAN, b. T., Justice OF the Jefferson Market Police
Court, after holding hi. morning, started down
He unable to hold afternoon session, but there
was only t9n, prisoners In court when TIE clerk an
DosSsI: 5.xns T.. Of No. az Monre pest: letter;
from the Post Office, where he was overcome by the
RzuDURou CHARLES. age forty of No. III Orchard
ST. was sunstruck ut No Rcadest. and taken to the