The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-19
SOME LOCAL SHOWERS
Oskaloosa and Vicinity Get Taste
of Rain Sunday.

ues with little change. and has been
unbroken for three full weeks today.
Saturdays heat was from ninety-six
to one hundred and two as shown by
local thermometers. The heat was
intense, but a good wind during al
most all day made it more endurable.
The sun came up Sunday morning
with undiminished fury. The mer-
curry at five O'Clock stood at 80 de-
grees in the shade and advanced
steadily and rapidly to 92 at seven
o'clock. The wind that came from
the west was hot, whitening blast
that pushed the temperature to near
or little past the hundred degree
mark about two o'clock. Cloud banks
began gathering at that time at sew
eral points of the horizon and the
wind that prevailed was cooler and
was a great relief to aforementioned
people.
Rain fell about five o'clock in local
showers, but it was not general The
northeast part of Oskaloosa enJoyeo
a cooling shower, while south of the
city a few widely separated drops
came The rainfall in the business
part of town was sufficient to start
the water running through the gut.
tiers The people south OF Fourth
avenue and west of Market street
could look toward the northeast and
see the rain falling and hear the roar
of the storm, while they felt not a
drop. The clouds lifted and disap-
peared toward the southeast and the
mercury took tumble of some twen-
ty to twenty-five degrees and people
were enabled to pass one comfortable
night.
At Other Places.
Blyth, Aug 16.-Rain fell in hard
shower at this place Sunday after
noon, lasting about one hour. The
storm was accompanied by consider
able electricity and some wind. The
rain for a part of the time fell in tor
rents. The rain to the northeast of
Blyth was particularly heavy and
seemed to travel in southeasterly
direction. The heat here preceding
the storm was intense, being above
one hundred in the shade.
Rose Hill, Aug. 16.--Rose Hill enjoy
ed good wetting last evening about
5:15 o'clock. A heavy fall of rain
came from the northwest, lasting full
ly thirty minutes, and the country
hereabout was well refreshed.
Fremont, Aug. 16.-Fremont receiv-
ed only light sprinkle of a heavy
rain that passed to the northeast
about six o'clock last evening. Not
enough water fell here to ray the
dust.
Leighton, Aug. 16.- Leighton did
not enjoy the rain storms that seemed
to pass on all sides of this section OF
the county. Only light sprinkle fell
at this place. .....
Knoxville, Aug. 16.-While Knox
vile had only light shower Sun
day afternoon, heavy rain fell
through strip of country a few
miles south of here. There was no
rain north.
Lacey, Aug. 16.-The country in
this section of the county received
only meager watering from the
heavy clouds that gave the land east
of here heavy downpour.
Ottumwa, Aug. 16.-Ottumwa swell
tered Sunday with the thermometer
standing at one hundred degrees. Not
a drop of water fell and this locality
has had no rain for a period of nine
teen days.
Des Moines, Aug. 16.-Yesterday
was three-tenths of a degree cooler
than the day before, but three-tenths
of degree did not make any percep-
tible difference. The humid air made
it seem even warmer tnan Saturday
and the suffering was perhaps greater
than it has been any day this sum-
mer. DR.. Chapel does not promise
much relief for today. 1t will con-
tinue fair today and Tuesday. Tues,
day. it is said, will be cooler.
Centerville, Aug. 16.-At the close
Of John Temple Graves lecture at the
Chautauqua yesterday, a wind storm
wrecked the tent, but no one was in
jured.
Keokuk. Aug. 16.-George King, an
employe of the cereal plant, and aged
%. was Frustrated by the heat today.
At the hospital it was said that he
would die.