The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-09-21
Reported as Having Been Discovered
by Observers In Colorado, Is
Observed by Washington
Astronomers.
The Indications Are that 1t Is Ap-
preaching the Earth With
Planetary Velocity.
Is Easily Seen by the Naked Eye, Has
a Short Tail, and Large,
Bright Head.
Regarded by Astronomers as n Most
Extraordinary Comet,
Having the Appearance of Bird With
Outstretched Wings.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
other Foreign and Domestic News.
Washington Matters.

WASHlNGION, ~. ", Dcpleilpel lo' II
following has been furnished by the treas
ury department for publication: In tn
new per cents, the system of numbering
made necessary by law, precludes tn
treasury department from splitting u
large bonds into small bonds when the.
are sent in for transfer, and in order tha
parties ordering bonds might act under
standingly in specifying the denomination
desired Secretary Folger announced tn
above fact at the beginning Of the exchang
now going on. Notwithstanding this, tn
department to-day is in receipt of letter
showing that parties expect to be allowed
hereafter to break up large bond
of The new loan into small. ones, as they ar
now allowed to do in all other loans, N
such transaction can be affected, and tn
loan bonds sent in for transfer vii! be re
issued in exactly the same denominations a
received. The denomination of bonds O
this loan must, therefore, always stand o
IT, ev are now being issued, and it would b
we Tor parties in ordering bonds to asl
for uch denominations as will save then
from inconvenience in the future.
THE GREAT COMET
reported tins morning as havln!
p..n discovered ny observers in Col
nrado Was observed at the nava
OBS. rvatory this evening. 1t wa
found in right ascension, II hours, min
ut,s AMI 81 seconds, and declension nortl
2in frees a III 10 minutes. The comet wa
pas, v seen with the naked eye, and exhib
tied d short tail with bright head of con
siderable extent. In the. telescope th'
u, uclis showed as confused mass o
blight light, indicating.a large comet, will
plenty of loose material extending on botl
sides. When seen, bright arcs of light ap
peared, presenting the appearance o
a bird with outstretched wings
This afternoon a dispatch was received
from the Paris observatory to the foilowin!
effect:
THELLow's COMET WAS OBSERVED
at Nice about noon, September 18th, thre,
degrees west of the sun. The nucleu
gives continuous spectrum, very brillian
and very much toward violet. Both tai
and nucleus, give, sodium extremely brill
liant, very sharply, divided and character
istic They seem displaced towards ret
spectroscopic arc of extraordinary interest
They indicate that this is the second come
that has shown sodium in the spectrum
The first was that discovered this year b,
Wells at the Dudley observatory at Albany
and observed at that institution in full day
light. A reported displacement OF tn
sodium lines toward the red end OF tb
spectrum is of the highest interest since il
indicates that the comet is now
MOVING TOWARDS THE EARTH
with planetary velocity. Such an observa
ton has never been made IN the cas-
of any comet.
From the position given in the abov
dispatch, the comet is moving westward
from the sun at the rate of five or 81,
degrees daily. 1t is almost certain that tn
comet has passed its perihelion
or the point where it wa
nearest the sun. Astronomers will now b,
anxious to learn if this comet is identica
with the one recently discovered in soutl
America. If this identity is proved it vii
follow that it has approached very
NEAR THE SUN,
probably as close as did the great comet o
iSS0, the comet which had the smalles
perihelion distance on record. Severa
days must elapse before particulars of thu
orbit can be calculated by thu
astronomers and this question bt
definitely settled. The comet to-day
at 3 O'Clock was nine degrees west OF Tho
sun and il will probably have increased
this distance by sunrise on the 10Th tC
twelve or thirteen degrees. II will there
fore rise some time before the sun, bu
0W1nV N fnp lnfI 'nhI W ~ NlNN iufiutl
south than the sun, it will readily
be seen before sunrise in few
days. However, with Its present rate and
direction of motion, ii should become Q
brilliant object I'm the morning sky. Or
the whole, this may be regarded as one oi
the most
EXTRAORDINARY COMETS
of modern times. The only one which re-
sembles it in its special features of interest
was the great comet of 1913, which like
this one, was visible to the naked eye in
full sunlight. Bernard's comet, recently
discovered at Nashville, was also observed
at the naval observatory this morning al
four O'Clock by Professor Frisbee. Its
right ascension was Z hours q minutes, and
its declination u degrees and Al minutes
north. IL presented the usual appearance
of a telescope comet with slight central
An observation Of the same
comet was taken at Table Mountain station
Colorado.
The national board Of health has received
the following dispatch from Pensacola
Yesterday twenty-seven new cases and one
deaihs Total TO date, 2l7 cases and z.
deaths. TSigned WHITING, Secretary.
A dispatch from Bayou Sara, Louisiana
SAYS. The regular republican congressional
convention OF the sixth siistrict at Red
River Landing. to-day Nominated by &C
clamation Louis TRACER, Of West Feliciana
Trnger was formerly United States consul
TO BOulogne, and is now one OF the most ex-
tensive cotton planters in Louisiana.