The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-02

Ths claim Of the KentuckIan to be the f,rst
dscoverer OF the preteut G met seems 10 te
capable OF thorough substantiation. Prof.
John nj. Klein, astronomer, of Hartford, Ky.
states positively that he first saw the comet
August e6, 1880, and DO nted 1t out to his wife
ahd u v.rai others, whom he names, and who
are reI1aDla living witbes,es. Ii further an.
pears that Prof kiein's announcement OF the
Comet was printed In the Louisville Courier
journal OF Sun ay, September o, 1880; and
again October, the following notice of
nal so"'-
John NJ X elm, Esq, Il scientist, who re-
t,ues nv uar Iord, KY. claims the honor of
discovering the new comet recently seen In
tue heavens, Wri Ing To friend in this city
In regard 10th matter, he says: Il list saw Il
on on, 'ne ne eve evening or Ang,st 90 and pointed 1t
and his wife to See IL. 1t shone with . Iuslre
mo Intense. ANA Ind q beautiful fan shaped
tail IL first appeared SOU, hc ast OF
days ny sb,a,,,s ,m,,sy yw. way, and for few
Of the milky way. lhs ' tirst "grumvs. apue"r"
hnce or the comet was very remarkable. and
II VAS Il spht long TO he r men bered by the
citizens Of Hartford. In connection with
M MI. sni Mrs' Gr.iiin call, this attention Of
pr. JohnE Pendleton and lady, Mr.. Charles
NJ. Pendleton, attorney -at-,aw, and Mr.,
Hen Small to this remarkable phenomenon
In the heavens. We oh erve II upon The fol-
lowing oates: August ~, 20ahd 50, and Sep
tember s, Sad 10. wrote TO you in egard
to the matter September I, and AN account Of
the discovery was puhlis ed In the O rier
Journal Sunday, September 8 M as, ron.
,ime .msr ma discovered I. up 70 this
that some great astronomer In the east
announced tothe worl that Q had dlsc0yered
comet. by ref, f,rriog to the files Of The Uour.
i.rJournal ali thia can re suhsiantiuttd. /
claim the honor OF discovery In this instance !.
! am OF the opinion that the earth BASED
through the tail Of this comet and that IL
vapors 20 permeated our atmosphere here as to
0e the direct cause OF the recent u npreced enied
rainfall all over the country. believe 1t wss
the cause or the gr, AZ suOw storm on the lakes
carly In etali Indeed the tall of the comet
mpy have actually swept all over that nor ion
OF the con inent Many of the recent hurri-
Games ,S can think be accounted Tor II We ac-
Now itsppeArs that Prof. Klein has kent
track OF his Augu :. 1880, comet ever since.
ana says he knows The present northern sky
appariilon 10 De the same that he has bsen
Keeping his astronomical eye up n for nearly
year Prof klein's letters of inst year stated
that the come. would be visible to the naked
eye Ia june, or July, ISL and that
when II should Disappear 1t would not be
seen again In seveniy.nine years, Since
these are facts that can and VIII be snbsi ann
tla,ed by persons and papers, Professor
klel Il opinions regarding the Identity CT this
clmet are of some weight. lie saws positively
] '"u' '. - nut we coinet OF lSl2, nut IL th0
comet of l7s3, to which WAS attribute II the ter
rifle 'mospheric distnr Dances OF that year
II looks "a II Prof. Klein hnd won ihe dIs.
tinction rs the original dlscoyerer of a new
comet, or the temperance Of an old visit r,
rs may be hereafter demonstrated. The pro-
fe'sor made number oil drswings OF the
comet a. he viewed 10 at dIferant lima.
| VII ch Will be OF interest and va,ue In irs
history. SO far as APPEARS, the other as
tronomers knew nothing aboutvis .sS..ln lt
swept Into the vision OF the naked eye, after
Klein's telescope. Vi
Honor :" whom honor IN DUE" ie a good old
aphorism, which ought to be observed n celes-
wv az well us terrestrial affairs, and ir the
makes Them, the pr sent nightly brilliant
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