Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-06

night will long be remembered in the metrop- elis for it's sultrinsss in and out of doors, which rendered rest or sleep almost impossi-
 ble even for the most favored The humidi- l ty of the atmosphere was @ cause of great de- pression. To-day was the hottest of the sea- ! son, the thermometer recording 94 at 3:3O p. m The wind was more variable than yesterday, blowing from every point of the compass, but only moderately anywhere. Many sunstruck patients were received at the hospitals and several fatal cases are reported.
 Twenty-one cases of prostration by the
 heat were reported by the police to-day.
 Three cases are supposed to be fatal. The
 thermometer to-day was 8. m. 73, noon 85,
 3:30 p. m. 94, midnight 7S.
 Bradstreet's Weekly Review of Trade.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Reports by wire to
 Bradstreets from forty different cities
 throughout the country indicate no material
 change in the generally satisfactory condition of trade. The industries of the country also
 continue to receive orders ip excess of their
 capacity. No improvement is reported from Buffalo as to the depression in the canal traffic consequent upon the railway freight war. Late reports from the Northwest con- firm previous estimates as to the average of the crop, while other. Heading grain,,States will undoubtedly give reduced yields. The de- velopment of the week showed that the corn product throughout the central western States, in Kentucky, Tennessee and Kansas, has suffered from drought. Without rain soon serious damage to the cereal must ensue.
 During the past week there were reported | to Bradstreet's eighty-six failures throughout 1 three as compared with the number reported | the week previous. In the eastern States | there were twelve, decrease of five; middle | States twenty-eight. an increase of five; south | ern- States eleven, an increase of six; vest ern States eighteen, decrease of seven; Pa- clhc States and territories six, decrease of | two. In the Canadas and provinces ten fail. ures are noted, number equal to that re- celved the week before.
 Execution of Greenfield-The End Of
 Remarkable Murder Case.
 SYRACUSE, Aug 5.-Nathan Orlando Greenfield was executed here this morning for the murder of his wife Alice at Orwell, Oswego county, October 21, 1875. The case was remarkable for it's stubborn contest in the courts There were three trials, the jury once disagreeing and twice finding a verdict of guilty, two death sentences and five stays of proceedings and reprieves. Finally to-day was formally set for the execution-fve years and nine months after the crime was com- nitted. After so many escapes from the gal ows Greenfield was confident that he would not be hanged, and gave up the, hope of a ,ommutation of sentence only under the gal ows. Vigorous efforts to secure the Cover lor's interference were in vain.
 The execution took place in the jail yard n the presence of two hundred persons-off- 'ers, witnesses and press representatives. The prisoner was cool and seemingly un- Being asked if he had any hing to say he replied. Nothing" The rap was sprung at II o'clock. A scene ook place just before the execution, the orisoner's brother insisting upon standing by 1im to the last and declaring him to be inno- ,ent. This the sheriff refused on the ground hat it was unlawful. Greenfield had an Affecting interview with the brother referred hem of his innocence and readiness to die | The chaplain of the prison held religious ex- ,rcises in the prisoners cell and implored him o confess his guilt but he protested his in- locence and prayed fervently for Gods mercy upon himself and his enemies md those who, he said, had perjured themselves in his trials. ''Thou knowest, O Sod, that am innocent" was his declara- | ] ion. He went calmly to the scaffold SUD- ported by officers. who detected no tremor or altering. Under the gallows, when asked 'y the sheriff if he had confession or state nent to make, he said: 'I have none to | , make. As Christ is good, it is true am in- locent. I am heartily obliged for your kind less." Thirteen minutes after the trap fell i le was pronounced dead The body was talk { n in charge by his Oswego county friends.