Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-15
The Comet Becoming Brighter.

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Herald The approaching comet has already
made its appearance i'm the evening sky not
withstanding the brightness of the twilight
and the full moon. and the haZiness of the sky
which has been so great near the horizon that
have not been able upon either of the three even
ings on which | have seen the comet to identify
its position with certainty and accuracy Ii is
evident that it is moving i'm a path several de-
greeS further north than described by the first
computed orbit and that il will reach its peri
helion two or three days later. This brings the
comet little nearer the earth. a its nearest ap-
proach; but. on the other hand. removes il
corresponding distance from the sun. So that
there Will be no material gain in brightness. From
its faintAess in the telescope Ihaye not much faith
in its becoming very attractive object this
coming week. especially as its path will remain
so low in the heavens during the whole period
it will continue visible. Yet il will be easily
seen from positions where there are no inter-
veniGg objects. until after the new moon: and it
may Yet. as it is still approaching the sun and
earth, become. as il has heen expected to be- Ia
conspicuous and interesting object"
telegram from Cincinnati says: Prof.
William Stone. of the Cincinnati University.
stated to-day that comet would now be visible
to the naked eye ii it were not for the bright
light of the moon. 1t is situated i'm the con-
stellatiOn Lynx. and the nucleus can be seen
with the aid of good Opera-gass in the north
western heavens during the first part of the
night. 1t does not reach, however. below the
horizon. but swings around below the north
star. and can be seen i'm the northeast during
the latter part of the night. 1t is now 25 times
brighter than it was when first discovered, and
will continue to increase in brightness until
August 81, when it will be at its brightest. At
that time the moon will be gone and the comet
will be plainly visible.
MURDERED WHILE CHASING A BOY.-In Balti-
more Charles KOlb. aged nineteen. was stabbed
by an unknown cOlored man Saturday night and
died early yesterday morning. Kolb was pur-
suing negro boy, who had thrown an apple at
him, when the fatal attack was made upon him.
A ST. LOUIS SENSATIONAL ST. Louis letter
to the New York World says: "A suit for $4,000
damages filed Friday drags into nOtOriety the
Hazeltines and ParamOres. families of high
social standing. The suit is brought by John
AmweS singer in the Ford Opera Company.
performing at Uhrig's Caye, the fashionable
summer night resort. Amweg's story is that
being smiled upon from the parquette by Miss
Nellie HaZetlne, known at home and abroad as
! the belle of st. Louis and whose name was
linked with Samuel j. Tlden's three or four
years ago, he entered upon a Irritation. He
visited Miss HaZeltine at her aristOcratic home,
received notes and photographs and then, by
his own story. boasted Of the conquest Early
this week Miss Hazeltine aud her mother
started for White Sulphur Springs. Amweg's
story reached the ears Of Will HaZeltine, a
brother. and Fred Para;nOre. the suitor of the
belle. They corraied Ito use wcsternism) the
opera singer in an upper chamber, beat him
| badly with fists. canes and whips, and forced
from him an order On his landlady for the notes
and pictures, and then turned him loose. all OF
which indignities he makes public and asks
damages. The young men are out i'm cards ad-
mitting the whipping but declaring that Am
wegs Irritation was not with the belle, but with
pretty servant girl in the family named Nellie,
who has had the last of the controversy by de-
claring she never saw Amweg. The opera
singer is Of good Philadelphia family, he
claims. his father being lawyer and his brother
inspector of bridges on the Pennsylyania road
ParamOre is a son OF the president OF the Texas
:sTTc:n his father upon his marriage to Miss
Hazeltinc"