New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-05
HoTTEsTDAY OF THE SEASON.


FIVE DEGREES LESS REGISTERED on THE EQUITABLE
BUILDING.
Only that small number of even-temperrd persons
who sat with looseued garments in south windows
in the TOP stories of downtown buildings and per-
mitted the fresh southerly breeze 20 skirmIsh
through their hair and down their open neck-bands
realized that there was anything poeticai eoout
Yesterdays sunshine. To the rest OF the miiiions
the day was filed with dull. enervating, prosaic
heat Pedestrians making their way to the starting
nlaces of score of excursions moved in sluggish
streams The sunny sides Of the streets were all
deserted, and between the time OF the hrst
departures and the first returns. near nightfan'
there were comparatively few people to be seen.
such as were called into activity by business car
ried wobegone expressions their parboiled coun-
tenances and seemed asking nothing so much as
to be permitted to crawl off into some lonely place
and die Cose-pored dark-skInned people walked
feeling around though hot dry flames hlled their
bodies and threatened burst out OF their eyes and
ears every moment, while open-pored, far-sklnhed
persons mopped their brows with dripping hand
kcrchlefs and dreaded lest they should quite melt
and run away in cooling streams.
COOLING BREEZE.
There was only one feature that made the day
tolerabe. and that was the breeze. fresh breeze
that veered at intervals from south 10 southwest
morning till night, ana waited benedictions to such
az could sit in the shade and receive them Few
persons cared to look mp at the sky, for at tho
zenith and far down towa ard the horizon IL reflected
downward the fierce glare of the sun untempered
by a single cloud. Only along the horizon were
there any feecy curtsns-a few, feeting GIRO
stratus clouds, that thickened and banked as
night came on until they grew dense
and dark and furnished picturesque background
To- the myrsds Of part-colored hreies that CROSSED
them in thousands of lines OF light linen tbey were
"A grateful sight, for they were surchsrged Win
electricity ana promised soon To drop showers upon
the parched streets and avenues OF the city.
IL was upqualihedly hot day, AID one proof OF
its superlatve holiness consisted in the fact that
everybody was privileged TO make the stereoyDed
remarks concerning the weather without challenge
The Fnlton-st. sign displaying moose, dagger.
pistol aud can ol dynamite labelled, FOR me
man who. says ITS hoi,' was hollow
mockerv. Nobody hid energy enough TO resent any
statement: Joe Miers of the paleozoc age were
tod with impuniiv. People suffered reDuifs ana
d:sappointments with other protest than u sigh.
Thirsty men turned the Post Office corner with an
expectan look towards the water tank placed there
the Moderation Society. aud when they FOUND IL
uTy aud the faucets projected by WIRE screens, they
walked desperately into the drugstores after soda
water patronizcd the street lemonade men,
or drank tne water from the neigh.
30 the rnnning stream. There was no cup or
Upper drinking vessel there ana the bnsine -
Mes Society thought it needless Ia encourage mod
nj least, was a universal rule
RECORD or THE THERMOMETER.
The mercury in the thermometers reached tho
high-water mark of the season at 8 o'clock In tho
afternoon Hudnuts ambitious and accommodating
instrument which has fello feeling for the men
walking along the heated pavement near 1t. regis
tered go AZ that hour while the serene tube on
TOD of the Equitable Building registered only 90o.
The difference Of 30 shows the difference between
the actual Temperature OF the atnosphere
aud the temperature OF the lower stratum
from the surrounding brick. iron aid stone. As Il
is in this superheated atmosphere that poor mortals
move aud have their being. there Is strong sym
ing 20 Hudnut's record the day began AT a. IN:
with record of 73o or 30 higher than the record
of the corresponding hour Of me previous day. The
figures for The remainder OF the day were rs fol-
lows: q a IN. 10: n M. 100; IL m, sS?; $50
p. m. 95o 6p. m.. 9io The exposed Thermometer
Of the United Sta 90 Signal Service officer registered
100 AZ a M. SO at / A. IN. add gO' az y. IN.
Inc wind varied in velocity from six 10 twelve
miles per honr. After 3 O'clock the wind con
mercury s began slowly to recede. aud
the iale evening was comfortable. The hottest city
IN the country according 10 the reports OF the Signal
service was Boston. where the oiclal record placed
the maximum mercury AZ oOo -. Louis came next
with maximum record OF 05o. A. Albany the
mercury reached 90. at Chicago 9OS. Cleveland
90, Detroit So Knoxville SO. 81. Vincent MIMI.
g3o, and Marquette 03o. The coolest place was
Eas port. Ne. the place where the sun u wound mp
In this country. There the lanRuid mercury ctept
only TO so.
FEw sUSsTROKEs.
In spite OF the high temperature only one case OF
sunstroke was taken to Bellevue Hospital, and no
cases were reported at the Chambers Street Hos
pital. The superintendent Of the Chambers Street
Hospital said the unusual heat was not sufficient to
cause suusiroke. but If IL CONTINUED for few days
there would he many cases September Is sain 70 Dc
the most dangerous month. on account OF the eK-
hans ion which most people exprncnce during the
reported by the police follows:
MARTfS RosEA, AGE thlrty-hve. n widow who has no
home aud could refer 10 friends. was taken 10
Bellevue Hospital suffering irom prOstration.
NICHOLSON, ALEXANDER sixtynine, no home, was
overcome by tbs nca ~ sixty ninth ~. and Avenue
A. He was sent 10 the Presbyterian Hospital
LYNCH THOMAS, overcome No. b31 East Thirty
third-sl. aud carried 10 Roosevelt Hospital
rNTENgE HEAT IN BOSTON