Daily Republican., 1885-07-22
Red Hot.
THE WORST YET-THE + mERCUR Y
BEACHES IO2H DE6REEsIN
r II Z II A ID E.
NO HOPE FOR A CHANGE.


nard's, Fifth and Market streets, reach
les brewery, Fifth and Adams streets,
the mercury registered 1O4o. Fortu.
Dately there was q good breeze during
the day, which had the effect Of keeping
persons from feeling the heat as mu ch
as they other wise would.
Still, 1t was terrible, and the brick
pavements seemed as though heated by
mighty furnaces beneath. Bet ween
seven and eight o'clock last evening the
gathering clouds and distant thunder,
with an occasional fash OF lightning,
promised q refreshing shower, bu, suf-
fering humanity was doomed to disap.
pointment, as but few drops OF rain
fell, and In a short time the moon and
stars were shining brightly. There was
one case of suustroke, that of o little
girl, the daughter Of Mark J. Tucker,
No. AZ Lord street. DIR. Cantwel was
called in and is now attending her.
To day is the sev enth Of the continuous
heat, and there are no indications OF q
change for the better.
~ PHILADELPHIA.
The heat yesterday was Intense, and
the torrid temperature drovo the mercu
ry up in some places ON Chestnut street
to 101o. During the day there were
eleven deaths from the heat, and there
were fully twenty more cases tproe ira.
ton, some of which will result fatally.
THE HEAT ELSEWHERE.
NEW YORK, July 2l.-To day was
extremely hot and uncomfortable, with
no assurance of cooler weather. The
thermometer regis ;eEed a. follows:
81. M, 740; a. m., 75l 9 a. IN,
800 Il m, 90o, and P. H., 30 At
IL NJ, on the corresponding day Of last
year the temperature was 73C. Up to
p. III. to-day, for the last twenty -four
hours, $50 deaths have been reported at
the Bureau of Wal Statistics. Of these
sixty nine were from diarrhea. Of the
l80 deaths ninety Two were of Chi ldren
under years of age
PIT1sBURe. Pa joy 2l.-This was
the hottest day OF the year. The mer'
curry rose to 99c att o'clock, when o
thunder storm reduced the temperature
to S6C. Four cases of prostration from
the heat we've reported up to 2 O'Clock.
One of them, laborer in the Black
Diamond Steel Works, died in a few
minutes, and another, William Cope.
land, letter. carrier, IL In a serious con-
dition. In several mills the employees
were compelled TO quit work this morn
ing, and the mills shut down. Among
street car horses there is great suffering.
On a number Of the roads the trips have
been reduced at least one-third.
HUNTERS POINT, l.. ! July 21.-
Rev. Patrick Mulliqan, of St. Mary's
Roman Catholic Church, of this city,
was su struck this afternoon and died
in a short time.
PorTsvILLE, Pa, July 21.-Charles
Kleinert, travelling salesman for j. q.
Cook, of Philadelphis Ia sustained fatal
sunstroke here to-day. While walking
out he was overcome by the heat, but
to reach his hotel when he fell
and died at = o'clock this
evening.
CHICAGO, July 2,-Last night was
the most oppressive night experienced
in this city for number of years. The
sky was cloudless and not a breath
stirred, while the atmosphere was so
close that it was almost uncomfortable.
Early this morning slight breeze
came from Lake Michigan, which has
grown stronger, and the sun
having been to an extent obscurej, the
day begins not unpleasantly. There
was large mortality among the hogs
at the stockyards yesterday.
CINCINNArI, July q The maxi
mum temperature to day was $50
Half a dozen euIstrokes were reported.
Many horses were overcome.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, July 2l.-The heat
has been somewhat less to-day. but the
mercury still ranged high, marking at
10 a. m. "a degrees; at IL m, 95; at 4 p.
M, "a; and alI6 p m, 90,
Fourteen prostrations by heat were
reported up to 10 p. M, five Of which
we're fatal. Between IL and l o'clock
a phenomenal local ralnstorm burst
over the extreme northern part of the
city, and in the course of half an hour
an inch of water fell over An area of two
miles square, II pding many streets
and doing some damage.
Two meE were killed by lightning, and
several other persons were severely
shocked. At this hour (l0 p. m. the
is comparatively agreeable,
but it is not believed that the heat is |
broken, and another scorcher is expec.
ted to morrow.