Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-15

July IL, 101; on the same date St
Louis, 100; Knoxville, Tenn, July 10.
1903; Charleston. July IA. Ill nc
Deaths; Detroit. July Is, 1902; New
York, July II, 10l.
Thought the End Had Come.
In 1881 it is said the heat through.
out the United States was the great.
est on record, the thermometer In
many places registering 105 degrees
Ia the shade. In Englaa,d the mer-
curry ranged from 80 to lsi degrees,
and in Paris SO degrees. The heat
continued with hrjef intermission
through July and August into Septem-
Der. In Richmond the thermometer
registered l05 degrees; in Washing
ton 1O4; in Baltimore, Wilmington,
Philadelphia, Rochester and elsewhere
fro1e 90 to 100; yet on September Z
snow fell in Deadwood, s. D., to the
depth of five inches. and at Bald
mountain the snow was two feet deep
During the month of September the
thermometer in places registered as
high as 106 degrees and great forest
fires broke out and ragged in different
parts of the country. On September Z
day OF darkness broke over the
country, being worse over the New
England states. and the superstitious
were badly frightened. The Connect.
cut legislature, in a belief that the
end OF the world was approaching, ad.
journed. A strange greenish-yellow
pail overspread the heavens, and Sc
darkened the light OF the sun that
lamps and gas were lighted, schools
and factories closed, and multitudes
Of the ignorant and superstitious be-
lieved that the day of judgment had
come.
Everything looked changed and un
natural The faces of the people on
the street were CHASTITY, the gas Jets
in the stores, instead of showing vel
low. were as white and clear as cleo.
trio lights. and thousands OF the sect
known as the Second Adventists gath.
cred in their places of worship and
confidently awaited the appearance OF
the Lord. The dark day was more
wonderful In the country. The leaves
and whitening foliage assumed a most
singular tint Of green, changing like
that OF grass TO a brownish hue;
fowls went to roost, and the animal
creation must have been greatly mys-
tilted by a phenomenon such as they
had never before witnessed.
A curious feature Of this luminous
haze was that 1t cast no shadow. II
was as light under the trees as away
from them. the whole unnatural APP
pearance OF things most likely being
due to the immense forest fires, which
were raging In many parts OF thv
country.
Other Hot VisitatIons.
The months OF June and July. 1882.
were notably oppressive On the 18th
Of July SO children in New York city
died from the effects of the heat Car
horses fell in their traces. drivers
dropped from their seats on trucks
and wagons Broadway was like a
great transparent fame OF FIRE. BusI.
ness was partially suspended and
many workshops were closed The
crowded parts Of New York on the
east and west sides were filled with
families mourning their dead. and un.
dertakers went their busy rounds as
If an epidemic prevailed. Seven hun
dred and seventy-nine little ones died
during this period from diseases super.
induced by the heat
The month Of August. 1896. was
very bot and for period o. FIVE days
the thermometer ranged from SO to
100 degrees. Hundreds died OF sun
stroke. The year 1900 was also
scorcher. For three days in May,
three in June. Is in July. II IN August
and four In September-a total OF ~
days-the thermometer ranged from
30 degrees upward. and in places ven
above the roo mark