Daily Republican., 1882-06-26
A HOT SUNDAY.

| A HOT SUNDAY.
THE TIE MERMOMETER on A TARE
TRYING TO KEEP COOL-A
GENERAL EXODUS.
To say that 1t was warm yesterday
would be Misnomer, 1t was hot in the
early morn, hotter towards noon, and
hottest about 3 o'clock in the afternoon
at which time the mercury had lesped
from 96 to 100 degrees in the shade
The bricks in the houses and pavements
seemed as though heated with immense
fires, and our half roasted swelter.
ing citizens, after having passed .
sleepless night, commenced to debate
where to go or what to do to keep cool.
At an early hour perspiring thousands
gasping for breath Of fresh air, COM
menced to make an exodus from the
city and while many sought relief on
the romantic banks Of the Brandywine,
hundreds of others wended their way
to the wharf to take advantage of the
low fares and spend q day in some of
the attractive resorts in and around
Philadelphia.
Both the FELTON, and Wilmington
were packed on their o'clock trip in
the morning and the last hamed boat
left at least 15O passengers standing on
Fourth street wharf as she was filed
to her utmost capacity. Att O'Clock
another crowd steamed away from the
wharf ON the Susie Mccall, 100 of
which we're transferred to the Repub-
lie for Cape May, while some 20 took
the John A. Warner for Sea Breeze.
When the FELTON, returned at noon she
brought down quite large number of
persons from Philadelphia, the most
of whom took the street cars and went
up the Brandywine. In the afternoon
the FELTON, was again crowded on her
up trip, and many persons that had
gone to the wharf with the intention of
going up to the city turn ed and went
back home when they saw the i'm.
mense crowd. There was bush meet
ing about mile from Pennsgrove, and
when the Susie Mccall left Fourth
street wharf on her two o'clock trip
she was pretty well filled with colored
people that were going over to attend it.
When the s. M. FELTON, and the Will
mingt0n landed their passengers in
Philadelphia, many took the street cars
direct for the Park, while numbers of
others found their way to the little
steamers that ply to Ridgway Park. The
crowd at this place was immense and
at o'clock last evening about 10000
people had passed IN through the littl 9
gate during the day. The side whee |
and screw steamers that run from
Philadelphia to Ridgway were packed
with half suffocated people, until the
single deck heated with the boiler was
as hot as a furnace. When the Park
was reached, the sun was blazing down
until the heat rose in waves from the
patches of sand and gravel. In the
midst of IL all the band played while
the walters elbowed their way through
the crowd with foaming glasses of beer
to be used to quen ch thirst, that it
served to increase. Paramount Park was
crowded.w with visitors ranging from the
toilipg mechanic with his family trying
to get sniff offresh air, to the million.
aire with. his coach and liveried servants
Prominent among those riding around
was a well known representative of the
Wilmington press, who1 with party of
friends was "doing" the Park behind a
spanking team. There was a delight.
full breeze all the afternoon at Penns
grove, and numbers of persons wno
were deprived of sleep by the heat of
Saturday night could be seen lying
around on the grass, enjoying slumber
such as it was not possible to obtain in
the heated city. In the early morning
a representative of the REPUBLICAN
accom- panied by friend visited the
dairy of Councilman David II. Smith |
of the Ninth Ward, and as usual found
The genial mem ber sat home" to enter
tain his friends. A visit to the cool |
spring bouse, and several glasses of |
delicious ice cold milk were luxuries
seldom enjoyed, and very refreshing |
after the hot dusty walk. An hour was
spent in pleasant conversation on the
porch, from which there is grand
view of the beautiful Delaware, when
The party returned to the heated bricks
and mortar of the almost suff'ocating
city. Between l and o'clock yester.
ASy @AeOAAOoAA OlO AllOASuAJ AooC w lOV
1egrees at Browns drug store at Sixth
and Walnut streets in the shade.
At Belts, corner of Sixth and Mar
ket streets, the hig hest point reached
was 96 degrees, while at several other
places 81 and SO degrees were marked
all the afternoon. Yesterday was
undoubtedly the hottest day of the sea-
son. The city was unusually quiet
Turing the entire day, and not single
srrest was made. About o'clock a
torn which had been threatening the
greater part of the afternoon, burst
lpon the city, and for few minutes
he wind blew with a fury that was
of Western cyclones this
vas followed by heavy shower, and
uhile 1t lasted, the atmosphere was en-.
lurable, and the mercury. as if ex.
lausted with its efforts during the day,
Contracted to Sc and SO degrees.