Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1901 — Hottest July in the Records. [ARTICLE]

Hottest July in the Records.

The report of the weather bureau for July, just completed by Forecaster Sullivan, of Indianapolis, shows that July was the hottest month in the record, of the bureau. The average temperature] of Jthe month, night and day taken into consideration, was *81.9 degrees. The next highest record was in July, 1887, when the |mean temperature was 81, for 1879, the next highest, it was 80. The famous hot July of 1881, frequently referred to, had a mean temperature of only 79. The month’s rainfall was the pitiful amount of .83 of anXinch. It almost all fell in one shower. This does not quite equal the reoord which was reached in 1881, when only .82 of an inch fell. The dry July records were: 1893, .83 of an inch; 1894,1.35 inches; 1887, I.4linohes, and 1885, 1.43. The wettest July months were: 1872,11 inches 1873,12.28 inches; and 1875, 13.12 inches. The average cloudiness of the month was 2,7, figured on a basis of 10. There were 19 clear days and 12 partly cloudy days. Trespass Case Appealed.

The Grant Antrim trespass case is to have further consideration by the circuit court. It was tried week before last by Esquire Burnham and he pronounced Antrim guilty and assessed a fine of $5 and costs, amounting to $76.50. In default of payment Antrim was sent to jail and remained there until last Saturday, when a bond amounting to S2OO was filed to appeal the case to the circuit court, and the prisoner was released. The case is set for September. Young Antrim’s stepfather, Jonathan Hill, and his uncle, James Hill, are on the appeal bond.