New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-26
THE MERCURY AT NINETY-SEYEN.


SECOND HOTTEST DAY OF THE SEASON.
THE HEAT MOST SEVERELY FELT EARLY IN TIE
D.y-A BRErZE IN TIE AFTERNOoN-THE TEN
pERATURE ELSEWHERE.
With one execution, yesterday was the hottest
day of the season. The temperature al oo y: ' az
cording 20 Hudnut's thermometer, was 3I-, ne
highest figure yet reached this monih oh uno 90
exactly a month bcore-the mercury reached %
at the corresponding hour AZ 39 Gi3chh nf
morning The mercury was III the nelghoorhood 1l
74o and bv the zine the average cltlZcn was IcduF
10 start down town 10 wIeallc WIN ms puSIheHS
n was dancing between 500 and 81. Al the ia'tci
fgure if showed itself at q O'clock. ne morning.
was hazy and the atmosphere very Ccnsc, anu as
there was little wind blowing "eIoic IL cloSh ny
heat was very oppressive; more SO, lndteu IMAM II
was later j. the day, when, though the mercury
stood higher in the thermometers, there was Il Iesii
breeze blowing at intervals fewer persons Te. ~
Inc seen in the streets yesterday forenoon, pr0pany'
than at any time before this summer ana thc ie"
WHO were oblge to he out sought the shauy sIueS.
Of 1fi'' Broadway nT:r were destitute of a sla-
Gle pedestrian about the mlodiG % u ino
day. An the excursion boats winch icit the CIV
wee crowded with passengers aid inc lrai5 10 INC
voriouS resorts were equally well parOnlZeu,. Inc
telement-hOuse population put Ill uaS VI So t
suffering in tie hot, close, narrow streets anu no
children who left the city III the morning lor w"
weeks vacation got out of town just III tlnie. INC
opnressive heat III the early part OF tle
day was felt severely by the people I'VE Mmo
Omnibus drivers nodded i'll their seats and SOME
times seemed to be almostn danger OF iaillngirolA
their places The horses moved laziiy along takln{
their time and choosing lHe way Ht'i' '"'Ni-
with bg tneIT drivers 49,, - .1 49,
hour in polug from City HAL TO the DcntraL farK
In n FouI1b-aye car. Long before the Park was
reaches nearly all the passengers were aSicep Az
the Park there were not nearly so many persons OLE
AS one would have expected 10 see theTe; hCt
half the seats IN the Mall We're occupied,
and the donkey stood in a row, with thelr eyes
shur a,narently well contented that there were
Lao
The rowers of the boats on the lake WeT3 also lule
for lack OF patronage ana Ike most OF me VisioiS
20 the Park. put III INC tnle InVlpiS 80 ,erc
To- h. sten abou, the Old Arse al Building ana meg
were all from the country ana esteemed IL s.ear
trent TO see the ragged-lOokng buffalo, disgusting
monkeys, lazy hOus and unhappy polar
bear As a general thing the Vlsitors
were greater curiosItles than those W Idnnii
fhev went 10 see. Professor Draper was 1Ounu
in The Arsenal Building struggling with Tie
weather as usual The telnpeI%u.e up 20 . r. M AZ
tie Park was follows: . a. III, - ga H., O.
10 m S6o 3 p. H., 800. There had been slishl
tai I'M the barometer during the dag at p Ill., Tie
mercury stood at 80 inches At the same hOur lhe
humanity Was Indicated at 6IO-lOOo being satuli,
! ii,,n Tio wind lad been from the southwest all
| day with velocity OF miles al iour ana loice
of DO pounds 70 TIE squire foot. On inc lOlh ana
II In oil tic present month, the temperature was is
nrn at the Park Is 1t vas yesterday on
'Iune IS il was - higher. HE average daliy
maximum temperature Tor lDe nion n ~ ouS
Draprr SAID that the average for the moAth tbs
Tcar was about the same thus tar.
| Al Hudnuts pharmacy the following tempeIa-
tures were registered yesterday:
39 az 5 n s. so $50 ~ '' So i" 81
An accident occurred 70 the thermometer at llud
nuts late in the afternoon heavy wagon ran
oai ST the post to which II was fastened win such
| force AZ TO break the instrument. smaller thSr-
ooIne er was immediately hung III lis pItcc, 10 mat
the weather suffered little interruption ana was en-
abcd TO 20 on as before.
@o HI the signal station on the Equitable Build
ins the 3 O'Clock bulletin gave the
temperature at different cities at that
"rny 49, follows: Albany, 80 Augusta, ia, So I;
| Kaitimorc $50 Boston, $40; buffalo IL; thI-
clpo So Cincinnati, s5O Cleycl anu So Duluth,
| Ann so Ere Pa, 1872; Louisville, ny, So ;
| Philadelphia, go Pittsburg 9OT Portland, ne,
| 90; Shreveport, La, 90 Nankton, Dak., ~
ProvincctOWn, Mass, 9l0 New-liaVen, COnn, 81
| Heavy rain. win thunder, was reported from Al
! pena Mich. where the temperature was TO-, put
| no rains were reported from any other points The
| temperature throughout near ~ the whole country
| had been rising gradually during the pre-
ceeding twenty-iour hours, attaining ,tae
| ,1rratcst height i'll the coast cities. Bos-
turc rrpoTtod was from Duluth, Num-, 90, and The
| temperature was generally lower III the Lake
Regons thn Gwhele, tL Inc O hr did n"I Know
| anything about a heal wave being after us" NJ
| cUulu never exactly understand what was meant
| bv " heat waves" anyhow. lie sald that 4 sou'ii-
West w1ud at .li, season usually meant rather nigh
! lemperature without much hhelhood OF chahsc,
| and that cons. qucnuy the weather to-day Wo"Iu
| probably ne ldiI, anu 40 NV 49, VI N- - 1' ~
| Yesterday.
| Since The recent advent OF very warm weather
tb death rate of the city has very greatly ncrca cd
| and infant mortality has been exceptional The
| total number OF deaths i'll this Cay Tor the week
! ending July 10 was 1854, OF which $50 were Oh
children under five of age. lie tOal mum Dci
| last week was ,0lG. OF which 63o were OF children
| under i've yeaIe. In the cases OF the children many
OF the deaths directly OF lndlrcctlS aIllDulAplc
| TO the heat On sunday ana Monday 100 deaths
were reported 1or each dav, ana Dr. Mage, hegiS-
trar of Vital Statistics Is reported TO have expressed
coed Il thousand, making total Tor three weeks OF
over 31OU-thc largest number ever reported III the
| history of the BoaId of Health.
| The following cases OF prOstraLOn from the heat
| were reported yesterday
DowNIY JoIN age thiry lve, of No. 81 Foureenth-st
| BrOOalNn, Frustrated ny the neat
| HILL LOUIS, German, Ity-nne ears Ola, was over
come wuc wHrGEg Al No. SO tbn-et. Ihe ponce SEM
| hlm TO the Chambers Street Hospital HIS home II
| az No. 80 FOTsy inst.
| MAIN HTGU ace twenty-five, of No. 293 Greenwich
St. was taken TO the Chambers stree Hospital suiicr
ing trom ueIirilIn supenhdnced 10y the heat La,el
he was transferred TO bellevue Hospital. f..
MCKEEvEK MAKGAkLr. age stVcIty dlou huuucHiy lIon
lie effects OF the heal at No 7JI Westinghouse.
MILLER, CHRIsTIAS, OF No. % GrecnwIchdVc, who wat
sun-siruck Monday, dicd al the Chambers Stree
Hospital YESTERDAY.
SEAMAN, FRANCIS, age twcnty-three, OF No 100 fros
pecfst. BrOOklyn was overcome at ADAMS ant
PTorpect-sts., Brooklyn.
An hu known man, about sixty years old. poorly clat
ana believed 10 Dc vagrmnt, became ilsensOic IRON
the neat IN the hallway OF No 0Si Eleventh H
wac removed TO The Roosevelt hospital
An IN known man taken in ambulance from tn
T9enty-seyenth Precinct 10 the Chambers stree
Hospital suffering from Misrepresentation.
An unknown man. tnlry-nVc years OF age, dlcd AT No
200 East Twenty -cgntn-st. The body was taken L
the MOrgue.
NOR ITrDp Au1NC TJJE AJDERHEN