New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-27
HEAT FOLLOWED By RAIN.
THE MERCURY STILL IN THE NINETIEs

THE MERCURY STILL IN THE NINETIES.
CASES OF PROS rRAT1ON--ISTESDED ACTION BY THE
BOARD OF HEALTH-sLIGHT INCREASE IN TIE
DEArH-HATE.
story is told, with numerous variations TO
time and place. OF who. being afflicted with
equity toe, spent much time and money in fruit
less effort TO secure relief. He even
thought seriously of am.utaton, but finally shut
his teeth hard and dismissed the matter from his
mind with sententious address to tie distressing
member Ache away bless YOU" said he, Il can
stand it as long YOU CAM The chronIcer Of this
interesting history neglected to say whether the
remedy had the desired effect. and the legend
is repeated here only because it seems apropos of
the frame of mind which the pubic is reaching
with regard 10 the weather. If the sun will
blaze and the mercury boil IN spite Of
the predictions of cool waves by saDient
weather prOohets-it the breezrs which
blow from the Will become faint and feyerish
from contact with heated roofs and scOrched walls
and psvements. there Is nothing for parched hui
mainly to do except to imi ate the man with the
gouty toe, and tell the to blaze away; they can
stand 1t as long as ne
The story of yesterdays suffering received
slight variation from the tales OF Saturday and sun
day, from the rAnstorm which deuged the city in
the afternoon. Notwithstanding he pre- iicions of
the Wedtherwlse, there were lew people downtown
AT O'Clock prepared fOr the storm. II deserves
10 be recorded "A singular phenomenon that
though thousands were drencucd not one was over
heard 10 mutter complaint agllns: the rain
1Ough 1t did not Mitigate the heat very mat rally,
or To- great length of tIme 1t freShened
tine atmosphere and cooled the sidewalks
and made eudurIble dIru1 two
or three of tine closing hours OF the day NOtn-
ing but suCn a tremendous dOWn-pOurng seemed
aOlc 10 DO TINS. The gathering OF the clouds. which
began an hour or moe before the coming of the
ram, had DO appreciate effect upon The mercury,
TlSg
tnued It's ambitious effort for an hour alter
the clouds h2I been emplymg themselves by BUCK
standing a-tlptOe, and all but reaching the mark OF
tine day before. 10 put II Ia hgMeS a.
recorded by the thermometer, az hud-
nuts, the ascending hight Of the ner-
curry marked these stages a. In, ITO; a. m
10 80 a. H., 50; u IT,, So $50 p. m 81. After
wdru there was era teiul modification vi The heat
while the clouus were passing away, but when the
sun DldZed OUT again ,he air became OppresSlvry
hot and sultry After suud0wn cool current Of all,
probably the one whlcn The mcteOrolOglsts III Their
reports SAID was coming eascwardiy from the ONO
Naiicy, came Ike Oencdlcl0H Oh the city, and the
nIght brought a blessed relief
ne rdIustofm OrOught nearly all outdoors busl-
ness TO stdnustill tor the had-hOur during which
IL rag ii st turIOusly. II burst upon the lower
part 81 the cay i've ten minutes after > o'clock,
aud reached It's MAXIMUM severity within 80 short
time that oIly a lew seconds were gwen tor un"aTy
peucstu4us to seek snel.c- AID avoid
drcnLhng. Five minutes after il began
the streets were deserted ponds were
growing vloibly upon Sidewalks and street pave
ments, and miniature cdtdracis were pouring INTO
excavations In lower Broadway, ming them 10 the
depth Of several feet, spite Of the leiky SOIL,
ana seriously Ietardng he work ot the Ilpe-layer>.
/ he neat has, fhus far, caused only "a sight IN
ere se IN deatL-Tate. Oh IOI deals reported at
the Rureau OF Vital statistics yesterday ABOUT 40
were of children under three years Old.
Iwrnty-three deaths were caused by dIat-
rAual troubles, agg awaited by the heat
large proportion of these deaths
occurred IN the teue nent-house DISTRICTS II l.
pected hat the Board OF Health wli maze provision
today tor toe usual Summer ,orps OF physicians
to visit tenement houses during the hot weather.
OWING to The relief brought Dy the ram there were
fewer suustrOkes yesterday tndn Oh the few days
previous. o. the cases reported by the police one
was fatal. Following II the record
FoRCHXE. JOHS, age twenty nine, employed in Lieb-
mans sons BreTcry, vas prOs.riicd 10y tie hea IL
FOrest-st. near BusIwlcE-aye, Brooklyn, yesterday.
He was taken 81. GATHERINGS Hos pil.d
BAILISGEK, IA age twenty -One, Of no. - hottest,
was overcome 0y tne hcao Last EIght while working
In the fre,eAt depot o. tue Hudson River I.lrOaL
TlIrty-sccJuI--t. aud Nlnth-GYe- tie t4ael
to K yell Hospital.
HART WILLIAM tNcutyOne, died OF snnstrDkc yes
IerdIy. he lad been IN tine country only sixteen
KLoTZBUcmLEG, HEINMcH, German, age twenty-five,
81 ~. ~ Defiance! ST. was sGistrucA yesterday aud
became Dad luat IL was found necessary AT II
O'CLOCK LAST night 10 remove MIN TO tue Chambers
Street Hospital
LAphiS FLTsR a house painter lyingin Onc-hundred-
-uI-!oarLu-st, became OVeTheatoI yesterday while
working al no. 236 clxtn-sL lie was taken 10 his
LEFtvKE AUGUST. French sailor age nifty, living at
No u MortOn-sL, Wa overcome b. the neat on the
Battery Yesterday aud Was taken To Chambers
street Hospital by PARK OhceF Mchulien
FRENCH JESSIE, thirteen years, was overcome by
Inc neat yesterday at hunters Point sue Tell IN the
street IN front oI wagon, ihc Wn ca Oh W1lch $50
UNCOVER her ujIref hcr "ft leg severely. Sne was
taken Ia her IN HGn el's fOIut, and last niyat
WI. lying IN prrcarIOus condition. The driver Of
tDe wagon was arrested, Out was eXOnerIted rom all
blame tnrougn examination 81 the circumstances,
aud released WIN lie consent o the i4s iAtAer