Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-04

the monthly average for hiteeh years
nrior was less than three inches per
month. Such has been the weather in
Virginia. The following from the Sig
nal Office will show what it has been
the country over:
Special Bulletin for June.
SIGNAL OFFICE. WAR DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON. CITY. July |, 1856.
On me morning Of the LIST of June an area
OF low pressure was central III Kansas aud
an area OF high pressure was over oregon
and Washington Territory. Inc former
moved nOri heaSterly, accompanied ny ram
until the night Of the Sd, when THIS area
was central over the Gulf OF SAINT
lawrence. The area OF high pressure eN-
tended fOutheas erly, preceded by ram anu
thunder storms in long and narrow ram
area. which carried the rains rom Mon
lana goutheastwRrd over me whole couh'
tty. On the ith and 5th ialr "ealheI pro-
vailed over the country, except IN the
south Atlantic ard East Gulf states. Where
local rains fell. On the GIN, Tu' ann oth
rains and thunder-storms occurred III lle
touth Atlantic and Gull states, aud IN the
Onto Valley on the last date On Tue YIN
and ION rain WIS general IN al tne states
east Of the Mississippi river. ana Nlso ~
dakota and Montana. On the lin ana
I2Ib fair weather prevailed in all districts
except the extreme Northwest. lhuuuer-
showers occurred on The evening or the
10Th IN the Mississippi valley ana west
ward. and on the afternoons or Inc l5tu
knd l4th east OF this valley. ON the l3lh
sud lG.h rain was quite general over tnc
Whole country, as also east OF the NlNsS-
bppi river on the l7th. ON the l7th an
area OF high pressure spread over lhe cDun.
Try. with generally fslr weather followed
al night by rains and thuDder-stO'mSI N .Lr
Missouri Valley. Fair weather attended
Tins hfyh area on the 10th and Zolh, nat
was Immediately followed IN It's eastward
movement Uy local rains.
I'm uuon the coast OF Florida from the GUt
OF Mexico. ON the mOrHiuE o. tAA &Is' i,
was central west Of Cedar Keys. 10 mover
rurtLer!y until the mOrulng ~ me 1zl' am
tEen uoIthegsterly until II disappeared OF
the New jersey coast, at midnight oi me
Dad Hlgh winds and heavy rains pre-
vailed In the Auautic-Coast states nom
Massachusetts 10 Florida.
on the gath. 25th, and 26th fair weaiher
preValled i'm Tie Gull states and Missouri
VALLEY and elseW mere local RI ms fell. ON
the 27th and z9rl local rains icil lu New
England. the south Atlantic ani Gun
States. a. on Valley, W-tu fair weather
IN other States
on Inc 2ltn local rains and thunder.
stoin-s occurred IN the south Atlantic and
East CUR states.
clone storm appeared in the eastern part OF
re CUT oil Mexico: AZ midnight 10 WAS
central between Cedar Keys AMI Prnsa'
cola. j. was moving nOtthcasttrly. illEn
viuis were reported ~ Key West NeuAr
Keys. and jacksonville. The attending
IBinlali was heavy.
| MIC tewraratuie has been very near the
normal IN Illinois, W lscons'n' IOWA hiunc-
| sofa HaROta, Nebraska. Colorado, ioIIut'
! and IN southern parts Of Georgia Alabama
| ana Mississippi I'm the Ntlantc-COasl
states, rs ial as Georgia, 10 has been be'o"
| tie normal, a. also in tue lower axe re-
p,ou. the ohio Valley, the lower part or me
Mississippi Valley, ana iu JcuoeSSer. ne
greatest Gcp rturrs below the norma.
rurr4d I'M Massachusetts. Rhode lsianl,
| connecticut. New York. !enusylEahl@ sew
| Jer.cN. delaware. Mary and, psircl Oh
| Columbia NOrtb and SJUih caro- M ohip'
| Indiana. Kentucky, Tennessee ANA Al X Hu-
| Sos At Wash. ugtCu ely tIc fDuW Idl.Ee
| Was four degrees below The normal ior the
| no tG. ,,. EN-
| rn,usI raiufal.--Iu the New England states
| and thence directly westward, 10 Wts IN
| excess Ct he morn al Ia Mars auu' \IF5 Mr.
| West virginia. Kentucky, southern MIS-
souri,. ana 20 all the states SOU "aIu ca
! cept Eastern Florida. The greatest excess
| orGurtrr AZ Washington CltS-2f lnches :
| Iyucbburg Va, OIL inches; CnRroJ'e' y
! e. 8qiucnpS: Charleston, ). C., 30 lncnes :
| Augusta, ia, % inches; Atlanta ga, -
| Inches: nashville. Tenn, 80 incnes; tial-
| tauOuga Tenn. 3.J inches; Mc'npAls
| Tenn, 80 inches; Montgomery. B., -
| incnes; New Orleans, La. 80 lnches :
! Nicksburg, % inches; I".tic ROCK; a. H.
| d inches. The greatest deficiency Of ram
! IAN occurred IN ohio, Northern ILLINOIS,
| iowa Wisconsin Nebraska. bakuia, Name
! and Michigan. Des hOnes had tine grea -
! teEcIcncy-6" inrDes; OiH9HA nssu ~
| inches: Davenport, i.3 Inches; thlch%o'
! q inches: Cleveland, "A Inches; EdStppit {,
- inches; Boston, % inehts. .,.........
Froeis We're reported m the pr'''s rs haN'h5
! occurred in " lsconstn In the early Iari ~
/ tie month. Light snow feil on mount
/ Washington on the 18Th. W. y. HAhE'.
| Irigadier and Brevet Maor-Generai, chef
S gL8l Uflccr L. :. a.
The weather and the River.
When q person arises in the morning
with anything special to 10 or any trip
10 take, and finds the usually beautiful
skv dotted with clouds, nothing IS more
assuring than to refer to the weather
indications. which during the last year
have been almost invariably correct,
and see II fair weather. During the
two months just past the appearance
OF this prediction has been very rare
This made It peculiarly gratifying to
see the following published Yesterday
morning, telegraphed from the Weather
Bureau NJ Washington
"YCr Virginia. FAR Tediher' Stat'3R-
arg temperature, r0t0JIe n7"is, gene
rally no,Hsciy.'
These indications proved correct, and
to see such a day after such = long spell
Of wet. sloppy, and disagreeable wes'
Their was indeed pleasing, and especially
so TO those retail merchants whose
largest business Of the week IS done or
Saturday. The rainy spell, which hat
been an unusually long one, seemed t.
break with The heavy rain OF Thursday
and Thursday night, followed by
misty day Friday, which flooded every
stream in the Commonwealth.
ATITs HIGHEST.
The James continued to rise all Fri
day night and yesterday morning
reaching Us highest about ! ?. NJ. A
this time q large part of Rockets in th'
vicinity Of Gillie's creek was delGgcd
and many people were forced either t
abandon their houses or to move int
the upper stories; the water had reach
ed the lower gas-works, put ont tn
lime-kilns. and would have seriOusl.
interfered with work had not the waite
been bailed out as fast as II &C
cumulated. The eXhaust-pipe wa
then only about ten inches above tn
water. The water reached Car.
street and flooded it for snort dis
lance over Shockoe creek, but the dam
age in that vicinity will not amount t
{ much. Davenport * Morris's larg
erocery-store, Seventeenth and OocI
streets, which is generally the first Il
that neighborhood to be affected, wa
f not reached, except the sub-cellars' Il
which a small quantity Of water IA
! risen. The cellars in some Of the store
near Shockoe creek have some water II
them, but not enough 10 do any con
I siderable damage.
BOATS FOUND PROFITABLE.
The boating business across tn
flooded district was good, and the boat
men reaped a rich harvest. Som
wanted to row across for the novelty
others-and the latter were largely
the majorlty--because they had n
! other way OF coming TO or going tror