The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-09
THE HOTTEST DAY YET.
MERCURY CLIMBS CLOSE TO THE
100 DEGREE MARK.

A Spell of Weather That Astonished
Everybody How Savannah Stood
Up Under tt 900 People Spend
the Day at Tybee-The Rush to the
Other Resorts Heated Wave
Extending Over the Entire South
Some Hotter Places Than Savannah.
Old Sol was on a regular spree Yesterday
At O'Clock the liquid service thermometer
registered 90 in the shade. Everything
else in Savannah registered way above
that with no shade TO be found.
The heat was scorching. The city managed
to survive, but it had about all the calorlc
that it could comfortably take care Of.
THE HOTTEST YET.
Everybody said that it was the hottest
day of the season. and nobody said
it wasn't. The whole town was
broiling. Everybody who had a
Thermometer kept an eye on it, and
most people thought their thermometers
lied A Liberty street citizen mashed his
thermometer early in the afternoon. lie
came TO the conclusion that it was liar
and the truth was not in it, and il 1t was
taken to the hottest place in sheol it would
keep on registering 90 in the shade, or trlfte
over, and when Savannah gets
UP the sort of weather taat it
turned out yesterday it ought 10 have the
credit for it, The churches were not over
crowded in the morning Good church
gOers whose pews are seldom empty stald at
home and tried to keep col on their back
verandas
STARTED OUT FOR A sCORCHER.
The day started out for hot one.
The O'Clock observation at the
signal office showed 81. From that
the mercury kept on climbing up
the little tube until it passed the 90 mark.
1t made a squirt for 1907 but stopped before
1t got there.
Savannah was not the only hot place in
the country The weather extended over
the entire state. Augusta reported l04',
Jesup l04', Millen 1O3', Waycross 100,
Eastman 90, Alapaha and Smithville
9S', Townsville 81 and Live Oak, Fla,
90. cambridge reported o., and was the
coolest place in the Savannah cotton belt
district. The average highest temperature
for the ten stations IN the district was 9S'.
The average of the twelve stations in the
Augusta district was 1907. Atlanta and
Charleston both reported 03', Mobile 96',
Montgomery and Vicksburg "a, Whining
ton 90 and New Orleans 90.
OVER THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
The heated wave extends over the entire
south. At O'clock last night, when mer-
curry at Savannah had dropped down to So
Charlotte, n. C., Vickbu'g, Miss, Mont
gomery, Ala. and Rio Grande, Tex, re-
ported 90. There was very little rainfall
anywhere in the country. While Sa-
vannah came in for its share
of the heat, other places got none. Savau-
nahianS had the advantage of the people Of
good many others in that they have some
where to go and get cool The moving
l., A.. 80, h.
resorts The Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
and Montgomery trains were crowded.
5000 PEOPLE AT TYBEE.
There were 5000 people at Tybee in the
afternoon. When the city began 10 get
hot the people began to seek the out-of-
town resorts. Tee 2:30 train took down
eleven coaches, all crow ded which, with
the morning train and the $50 Augusta ex-
cursionists, crowded Tybee as it has never
been crowded before. A stiff breeze was
blowing and it was a delightful change
from the heat of the city to the cooling
breezes of the sea. There were great many
strangers from other points along the Cen
tral and from Darien, Brunswick and North
Georgia. 1t was high water at z
o'clock last night and the surf bathing
IN the afternoon was very fine The
demand for bathing suits was so great that
the bathers could not all be supplied.
women and children lined the beach. The
pavilions were crowded with people who
were cool and contented, while those who
remained in the city were sweltering with
the heat.
The Augusta excursion was In the nature
OF an experiment, it being the first Of the
low-fare sunday excursions to Tybee. There
were nine coaches, three of which were
disconnected at the Central junction to
ri in cfxty ~, of
at Savannah the other six going through
to Tybee without change. The excursion
b train was In charge of Conductor II. l..
Ga es. At the Central junction Conductor
NJ. p. Person of the Savannah. Florida and
Western railway took charge to the junction
of the Tybee road, when another change Of
officers was made, Conductor Charlton
taking charge. President Purse and Supt.
Collins went down with the train, and
looked after the comfort of the excursion
lists. The run was made from the Central
junction 10 Tybee in forty-three minutes
DELIGHTED WITH THE TRIP.
The excursionists were delighted with the
island. One gentleman from Millen said
on his return trip to the city: II would not
begrudge 500 if l had brought my family
with me. | intend 10 bring them down
and stay a week When it is understood
that the train will go right through TO the
Among the excursionists was nn old gem
tleman with a long flowing gray beard. An
enthusiastic young man from Darien APP
preached the old gentleman, who had sort
of Rip Van Wrinkle look. and with a famil-
iarity that might have nettled a less courte-
Gus person, said: "Uncle Rip, how do you
like itN 81 am enjoying it ever so much, a."
was the reply. 81 had no idea that
would
There were some very funny incidents in
the surf The Augusta girls were novices
in surf bathing, and so were the greater
number of the gentlemen, and they created
great deal merrment in their frantic
efforts TO get to shore whenever "a big
breaker was seen coming in. One young
man was very patient in trying to teach his
girl how to swim, and she made several
efforts i'll vain. Finally, in despair, she
said: II can't swim without kicking.
Must l kick" Her companion assured
her that she must kick Another
young man less gallant, but practical, when
asked by vivacious lady what she must
do TO keep from getting so much salt water
in your mouth replied, keep her mouth
shut" The lady started to wade out in a
high dudgeon when breaker overlook her
and when she got her head above water her
companion was supporting her. Evidently
there were some soft whisperings after that
for the lady changed her mind and remained
in the surf
THE AUGUSrANs HAPPY.
A MORNING NEWS reporter was on the