Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-07-13
YES, IT'S QUITE WARM lll[
The Mercury Manages TO Crawl Up
Quite Appreciably Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Kicking Its Heels on the House
Tops and Looking for a Bal
loon.
A Few Incidents Of the Warm
Weather as Noticed About
the City.

WeaGaef as NOClceQ ABOUT
the City.
Getting Warmer.
The mercury seems to have become at
fected by the general strike, and is tied
up. This statement as to its condition
is used logically, for the mercury in the
thermometer at the TRIBUNE Office
climbed out of it's environments of brass
and glass on Tuesday afternoon, and
mounted boldly to the top Of the flag
staff, where it wiped the drops of pers-
SEPARATION from its brow, crossed it legs,
and made preparations for a permanent
visit. As it had failed to come down at
a late hour this afternoon, it is only logi-
cal to suppose it to be tied up.
It wal moderately warm yesterday.
This is universally agreed. It was ex-
traordlnarily warm yesterday. This
statement also has its supporters. One
man was heard to remark that it was
id hot" Several persons acquiesced
in his opinion.
EARLY yesterday morning there was
noticeable a marked tendency to ex-
cessive warmth. This became more and
more pronounced as the day began to
wear out. At noon, the mercury spat on
its hands and chinned itself at the 80
mark. It rested at this point for its
second wind, and then began to ascend
again. Half dozen thermometers with
in a few feet of each other went up with
unceasing rapidity. They didn't even
stop to exchange recollections of hot
weather in previous years.
The mercury ate its midday meal in a
hurry, and crawled up another half de-
gree by l o'clock. At this hour, a large
yellow dog expired with a loud report.
His pants had burst.
At 2 O'Clock the temperature had
reached the third story Of the First Ma
tional Bank block, and was just crawling
out upon the roof. An ice wagon on
the street below looked up, and began to
perspire freely. The price Of ice went
up q quarter Of q cent. Other scents
increased also.
All this time, the temperature climbed
up hand over hand, by means of the
flag rope. At 8 o'clock, it reached the
hundred notch, where it stuck in a pin
and rested. A suburban residence fell
victim to the heat, and was warped three
feet upon an adjoining lot.
The heat continued throughout the
entire afternoon. Athunderstorm made
it's appearance in the vicinity Of Mandan
early in the evening, but was unable to
pass the guards at the bridge, and it
went south.
Tried to Suicide.
The many friends of Prof. Paul J.
Wheaton, who has for the past two years
oficiated as principal of the Bismarck
public schools, were inexpressibly
shocked lasted evening to learn that in a
period Of temporary insanity, he had at
tempted to take his own life, at Mime
apolis, where he has been stopping since
the close Of the school year. The news
wat a surprise and q shock to his friends.
for the professor left the city for the east
ABOUT tnree weeks ago. 81 nat time
quite well and the best Of spirits. He
looked forward with pleasure to an itin-
arorv Il traval ub;ch ii had nronorad
80 - - z !. plopoio
with which to While away the summer
vacation, and he,had arranged to stop
for several weeks in M~inneanol;s. nrior
- s.n4;nn,n. -. a.. nS:s..ItaS
- con - 1it4s ins UP misfortune l
seems to have befallen him in that city,
however, for the Minneapolis Tribune