Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-31
ANOTHER HEAVY RAINFALL.
lt Extends Along the Coast from Ms~
York to North Carolina


Il Extends Along the Coast from xsw
York TO North Carolina
rIox HKRr IN a yxv nouns-rnr WET cIosr
OF a nour noxrH-wH Asx sIxrEKx rSonns
AHEAD on THE NORMAL % ran rnu sxAsox.
The seventh rainy month Of rainy year
closes to-day with an appropriate amount Of
moisture and without much prospscs Of clear
ing up before tomorrow. Last night ne
heavens seemed 10 open, the clouds 70 fsli
pooiiy the rain 10 come down In cold mssses.
30 heavily and steadily did 20 pour. A. TIE
signa once the rain guage told . remarksble
sale. In the thirty minutes between . pm. and
s'So shree-quarters Of an inch Of water fen While
rom $50 last night 10 II o'clock this morpins
the guage showed . fan Of ass inches. This
was but Characteristic, however, Of the trsss-
ment the folks living from New York 10 NORTH
Carolina received, for this city was about
IN TIE cESrKR OF A RAIN sKIr
OF unusual intensity. In Baltimore the heaviest
fai was recorded, s.ss inches; In Philsdelphia.
224, In New York, LIS. and in Lypchburx,
LIS, for the twelve hours from 8 pm. yester-
Gay. TINS rain Is not caused, 40 IL usually the
case: by an area Of low barometer" but q the
result OF the presence Of high" OF the coast
This is rather remarkable, since sshiehs" COM
monty bring fair weather and comfortable
temperatures. The cause 10 that we are on the
western slope Of the high" as it was termed
to-day at the signal Office, this being en- I'M
usual state Of affairs.
TIE PREDICTION ron ro-pAr
Is for clearing weather in the western part Of
Virginia and Maryland, showing that in the
opinion of Lieut. Thompson, the map maker,
the Line of cessation will not quite reach this
city before morning.
THE EXCESS OF PRECIPITATION.
July Is fully up with the procession Of 1889 %
lar as rain goes. The excess Of precipitation
at Washington since January has been 1910
inches, while the excess over the July normal
up 10 III clock this morning was AZ inches
The excess Of temperature since january has
oeen 4s degrees and the deficiency since July
l, o9 degrees. This means an excess durine
July OF fully so per cent Of rain and q de6-
cheney OF about degrees Of temperature n day
In other words, we have been soaked without
being unusually well-done on the SUMS frying
pan.
LIkur. DuNwooDr TIE AUGUST vKArBxR
PROPHET.
Lieut. Thompson's work as procnosticator
ceases to-day, and tomorrow morning Lieut
Dunwoody takes the reins Of the weather. He
said to-day that be had been 90 busy looking
after the country's crops that he has not had a
chance to study the condition sufficiently 20
get much OF an idea Of what might be expected
In August, but, judging from what he had OBJ
served, be thought that the dampness will con-
tinue. He says that the crops are all in good
shape, the wheat is in pretty decent condition,
ana there are prospects for q large corn crop.
Cotton lie In some danger Of being spoiled 20 q
slight extent by the wet, but he hoped that
there would be a change soon enough 10 save il
GEN. GREEDY on GOVERNMENT TARrFF RATA
Gen. Greedy returned Monday from q trim 70
Maine, and found everything in good order a
the office. Speaking this morning about the
proposed change in the telegraphic tariff be
said that il would not help his service materi-
ally, but will rather endanger its efficiency.
Inc circuit system IN vogue saves valuable time
by making one sending of a report do for ali
.he stations on a line, but if the mill a word"
Tariff is adopted i: will give the Western Union
a chance 10 cripple the service 70 an enormous
extent by refusing to continue the circuit sys-
TEN Of reports and forcing observers 70 send
individual dispatches. This would not be 90
much OF a cost financially as IL would be the
means OF delaying map reports at least an hour
and thus destroy their usefulness TO a large
extent Officially, he explained, he has no
knowledge in the matter.
Assault Cases i'm the Police Court.
In the Police Court to-day VIM. Marshall vss
charged with an assault on q small white boy.
Fined IS.
Vim. Ii. Hazen was charged with an assault
on Mary Brown, with whom he lives. The lat
ter testified that they had lived together fifteen
years. and yesterday, being in liquor. he struck
her with his fist in the eye. Hazen denied that
he struck her, claiming that he told her TO 20
away and as she ran she fell and hurt her eye.
Sixty days In jail was the sentence.
John Hicks was charged with an assault on
Mary Offutt, and the latter said she had got the
warrant by the persuasion OF his friends and
tried to withdraw the charge
Mary Francis was charged with an assault on
Peter Richards by striking him with coal Oh
lamp and fined S.
Range Of the Thermometer To-day.