Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-28

II will be noticed by the record that
be forenoon of yesterday was partlcu-
.rly warm, and on no forenoon since
e not weather started IN has there
Jeen more discomfort. Early To the
morning a cool breeze, II il was enough
Of a wind 10 be called breeze, meaud-
cred around the city in an Elusive
ind Of a way. and after cooling of one
.ocality il would wanier away and leave
he residents ia a worse condition than
,efOre. Store keepers and clerks peel
cot their garments, consistent with
1eency, and still they sweltered. Neg
igee and outing shirts have been 10
reat demand, and everyone that pos
3SSed such an article appeared out In
IL was amusing to see the interest
ken 10 the pranks of the mercury,and
through the day there would be a
lall group gathered around Schnepf's
srmOmeter 10 is estimated that fully
thousand people a day have stopped
look lat this particular thermOm-
N sincb the hot spell struck 10.
SchrA nf also states that The tele-
none cal for the hourly records from
me 70 time have been quite frequent,
any people seeming 20 be basing their
ms on the state of the weather.
But the lain storm that came up yes
rday aft9 noon cooled the atmosphere
,ry perckDtibly. The long spell OF
wealth was broken. The storm
ted abdul 3 O'Clock, aud ia the next
therd was a drop of nineteen ie-
60 thb temperature, and 10 meter
much higher during the day. AT
lock FAST night 10 was IS degrees,
B most refreshing night 10 turned
bel giving sleep to those who
lOngl since needed IT, The
10 oil rainfall here I'm Wheeling
day afternoon between 3 and
was 71-1OO inches. Not since
JuIy 1S77 has there been such long
continuance of the nineties. In July Of
that year there were ten days with thu
mercury at 90 degrees and over. We
have just passed through a siege OF six
lays with the mercury at 95 degrees
nd over
Those who have loled around 10 the
de for the past few days have
Sed goodness that they did not
New Orleans or Jacksonville.
imagined that down there the sun
nave been brushing the tops OF
ees and warping boards out Of the
ak That is where they were
ken. While Wheeling fried and
red Monday with a temperature
New Orleans was comfortable and
with the thermometer at So, and
nyille, Fla, was doing very
the mercury resting 40 80. That
funny thing about this attack OF
zone. 10 has spread from east 20
e., envelOping all the States between
California and Maine, but 10 has not
done much damage In the extreme
south.
Wheeling as a summer resort was
sorry failure the past few days. IL has
been in line with the other CenterS Of
parboiled population.
The effect of the intense heat Of the
last few days in the different iron and
teel mills has been a great reduction in
he gross output. None Of the factories
We been running 20 tbeirfull capacity,
Orkmen were compelled 10 knock
account OF the heat. AT the "a
ill yesterday but two heats were
~ night turn and four heats on
Gurn in the pudding department.
ne factory nearly all OF the hot ma
es were idle after nine o'clock. The
condition Of affairs existed at the
rside, Whitaker and other mills.
effect Of a temperature of 100 de-
in the shade upon men who work
furnaces can be well imagined when
stated that they often work without
clothing on the upper portions of
bodies even In cool weather.