New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-11
CONTINUED RAINS IN JUNE.

AN UNPLEASANT WEEK N TIE CITY.
| DISCOMFORT PROM ABOVE AND UNDER FooT-bE-
LIGHT OF TIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF TIE
STORM.
With one or two exceptions every day this month
has been stormy. After such long period Of dreary
weather the business man OF average patience was
prepared Yesterday 10 welcome the rays of the
morning sun: but he was again doomed to disap-
pointment The dark clouds which covered the sky
when he went to bed just as black when he
arose in the morning. All through the night the
rain poured down without cea,ing. and at the hc-
ginning of the day there was little indication of
! change in the ensuing twcntv-iour hours. The
streets looked dcsolate. and they COW
cred with mucilaginOus mixture Of filth
and mud. In many places the CUTTERS
were chOkcd and the overflow Of water
covered the street crossings forming pools which II
required neat calculation to avoid. Down town the
streets were in condition than in the upper
part of the CITY, The constant travel of vehicles IN
Broadway made that thoroughfarc dreadful, and in
lodging under horses noses and picking ont the best
places to step on much Energy. experience and pa
thence were required. Along the river front the
cellars of the houses were flooded with water and
pumps were in great demand
The only business men who secmcd to rejoice at
the weather were the farmers who came to the city
10 sell their produce.
How do YOU like this wcathcrW was asked ofa
farmer. who was selling his vegetables near WASH
ington Market.
Il think it's jolly" he replied. It'll do the
ground good and make everything grow. You city
folks mustn't mind little weather like this once in
awhile, because you have got 10 give tn farmer u
chance To feed you
Business men in the city. however objected scri-
ously 10 the continued rain. When store-kocpcr
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don't know what business is for I've hardly done
any in a week. This kind Of weather keeps the
shopping women in doors and when they do come
out they will forget what they had intended 10 buy
a week ago. 20 much trade i lost, y0u sce.' Even
the umbrella yender was disconsolatc. for one said
that the rain had continued 50 long that everyone
provided with IN umbrella " People don't lose
umbrellas III tins weather remarked one dcdIrr
with a detected countenancc. I've only sold ono
to-day and that man said that his house was robbed
last night, and among other things the thieves stole
More rain fell yesterday than in The whole month
Of June last year. From ! ! p. IN. thursday untl
q. m the fall measured inches, and from : 10
; p. NJ the amount OF ram was - OF an men. In
June 1880, the total raniall was l.G9 inches The
total fall each day this month was rs follows
june lst, 70; 20 OF 80, ~; 4th % 1th' ~;
9Th, o; 9TH, 50; sth. 80; 9th, ID; 10th, 2.25
inches The total thus far Is 4.j5 inches. The fall
for the month of June ior six years follows:
1873 1873 2S SO 1873 a4@ 1850 li id5 n Si
Last month the rainfall measured 2.33 inches.
has spread all over the country. In all the prind-
pal cities of the North there has been more dr less
rain all this week Ii raincd vest, rday in Albany,
Boston, Chicago, burlington. Charleston. Indianapo-
lis, Augusta, Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburg and in
| many other cities. \ brisk wind blowing here
at the rate of about sixteen miles an hour. Danger
signals have been placed all along the coast from
Maine to Florida 10 warn incoming vessels. light
but provoking fog hung the bay and rivers and
retarded the travel of ferrybOats and other craft.
There damage in the city, but il was thought
| that there must have been some along the coast.
The storm Thursday night and yesterday was very
severe at Staten Island. By the continued wind of
the last few days many vessels have been detained
from going to sea- About fifty were at anchor yes
erday of the east shore of the island. large feet