Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1899 — HOT OCTOBER WEATHER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOT OCTOBER WEATHER.

Chicago paid homage to the palm leaf" fan Sunday, donned summer garments.

that had been wafted to moth chests by the autumn, winds of some days before, which,, threatened to cut short the annual visit of Indian summer, mopped it* brow, and betook itself to summergardens, the cool, •drinks of the soda fountain, and the relief afforded by the ice man. In the weather bureau, the mercury went up the tube to the 84 degree mark, coming within four degrees of the highes t temperatureever recorded &in the month of .October. Tlfe upward, flight of the mercury covered a rise of 23 degrees be-

tween 7 o’clock in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. Pavement thermometers took issue with the figures recorded in the weather sanctum and registered 87 degrees st 3 o’clock. The October heat record was established in 1807, when 87 degrees was booked. The other extrema occurred in 18S7* when the mercury drop--ped to 14 degrees above sero.