The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-26
MANY SOUGHT THE RESORTS.
ANYTHING WELCOME As A RELIEF
FROM THE CITY's HEAT.

! HFeREGH GGAEce Livery " ~
Day Mt ThunderboIt-The Balloon
list Caught ut the Top of a High
Pine Tree-The SfEeet Cars Did =
Good BusIness-The CycIOnic Dis
furbance on Florida as Yet Unde-
veIoped-Summer Resorts Scarce
the Country Over-Little Danger OF
a FreShct.
From all accounts there were very few
summer resorts anywhere in the coun-
try yesterday. Old Sol poured out his glo-
rious radiance everywhere and took the
starch out Of everything. Savannah, it
appears, was next TO the hottest place
in the country, and strange to say, the
hottest was Bismarck, n. D., where the
mercury climbed up to SO degrees. Sa-
vannah came next on the list, and kept
pretty steady at 80 degrees during the
warmest part of the day.
Atmospheric conditions led everyone TO
seek a cool place. but such spots were
PARTIES. The temperature all day re-
manned somewhere around the figures be-
tween Sc and 50 degrees, which made the
average for the day Z degrees in excess
of what it ought to have been according
to past history. The humidity of the at
mosphere was slightly below the normal,
but the wind was scarce, and thereby
hangs the tale.
Early in the day everybody began to
look around for a breeze. The motion
of the weather bureaus thermometer on
the board Of trade building was scarcely
perceptible, though every now and then
there was a little pun which carried it
around at the rate Of six or eight miles
an hour. Not even these little gusts,
however, struck the streets below. Tybee
caught about 500 or 600 of those who found
it insufferable in the city. There was a
good breeze on the island in the after
noon, though 1t was quite warm in the
morning. The bathers enjoyed the day.
and many Of them were seen on the
beach.
The excursion steamers cid good bus
mess, the Vigllant having as large a
crowd as she could carry to Warsaw,
and the Gov. Stafford accommodating al
most her limit on little trip down to
the sea.
Thunderbolt was another favorite re-
sort, but those who were looking for
breeze and relief from the oppressive
weather found little relief, except per-
haps in the cooling beverages that are
dispensed there.
quite number of people who were at
tracted to Thunderbolt by the balloon as
cension by Miss Minnie Davis were treat
ed to a novel and interesting sight. The
balloonist made her ascension all right
and was coming down very lightly and
l. a..9,r, han hpr
descent was suddenly stopped by the bows
of tall pine tree which got in the way
and obstinately refused to bend to let her
pass 1t was at first thought she was in
danger, but it was soon apparent that she
had caught hold all right and the next
question was how to get her down There
she was at the top of a tall pine fifty Feet
above ground. and with no limbs on the
trees to aid in her descent. Finally rope
was secured and after several efforts an
end Of it was thrown to her at the top Of
the tree and made fast. BY this she was
let down very easily and was, no doubt,
glad to reach the earth again.
Many people sought relief on the street
cars, and the belt lines were crowded all
the afternoon with men and women and
children, all seeking diligently for the
much coveted breeze, but they found it
not The car lines would perhaps have
doubled their receipts # they could have
started a good gale of wind. As it was,
however, the cars were we'll filled and the
passengers, as a rule, were content to ride
around and around under the delusive i'm
preston that they were getting cooler.
1t was not the fault of the car lines that
they did not, but just because the cool was
not there.
There is nothing favorable for cooler
weather in the representations for to-day.
Old Prob says it viii be generally fair,
with showers, perhaps, this afternoon.
The temperature changes, if any, will be
slight There is a storm of considerable
energy brewing in the northwest, but Il
Will not affect this section. Its course will
probably be eastward through the Upper
Mississippi valley.
Bismarck, N. d., led the list on heat
yesterday, having a maximum tempera
ture of 96 degrees. Savannah was next,
with IS degrees, and Jacksonville and
Mobile then came along with 81, New Or
leans and Augusta with q, Wilmington,
Cincinnati and ST. Paul with 80, Atlanta
and Philadelphia with IS, New York and
Chicago with 50, and finally Buffalo with
Y degrees, which came the nearest of any
to being summer resort weather.
Signal Observer Smyth laughed last
night when asked about that reported cy-
clone that he was trying to bring this
way, according to rumor.
well l guess we won't get 1t yet
awhile" said he. There are some re-
ports of disturbance in the South Flor
ida coasts, or, rather, at some point south
of Key West. 1t may be south of Cuba
for all we know, as yet. The reports to-
morrow morning will probably show
more of it, if it is coming this way The
indications are not sufficiently defined to
say much about this at present. There
is no cause for anxiety, as the disturbance
may go off into the ocean or in the Gulf
and be lost there"
There was an increased cloudiness over
the Florida peninsula yesterday, and last
night rain was falling at Key West. The
wind there was only about eighteen miles
an hour.
Regarding the high water and the re-
ported apprehension of damage from a
freshet here, Mr.. Smyth did not think
there was any danger. The river fell
sixteen and one-sixth feet at Augusta
yesterday, falling seven and one-half
feet during the preceding twenty-four
hours. The crest of this freshet will
likely be here by next Friday. Rice plant
ers generally do not seem to apprehend
any trouble or damage from this high
water when il reaches this section. No
rainfall has fallen in the Augusta district
In the past forty-eight hours and the