Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-10
LOUISVILLE'S EXPOSITION
SIGHT-SEERS AND EXHTRTrC
RUSHING IN TOGETHER


the progress made in arranging goods
since the opening day. Boxes and bales
piled up in disarray have been opened
and the contents attractively displayed.
Each day train loads Of goods and ma
chlnery arrive and are consigned to their
allotted spaces with all possible dispatch,
Dut every night car loads must still be
lett undlsturbed on the track. Now that
1t is all over and the distinguished guests
departed, the lights out and the debris of
the carnival cleared away, in the calm
reflections that follow there is rood
ana sufficient reason for the gentle ecstacv
| peryading all, from the managers down
to the small boy who whOoped up the
PRESIDENT in the grand procession. More
than twenty thousand people Dassed
through the turnstiles on the opening dav.
the second day registered six thousand
ana on no day since has the attendance
fallen much below two thousand. Be
| sldes tnls' every foot of available space
under this widespread rOOfh been taken
up by exhibitors far and near. and annIi-
cations for more have come which could
not be satisfied. Isn't that quite enough
to begin with?
Thursday night through the season is
dedlcated to the pyrOtechnic display.
ms IS IN the hands of two rival firms
one from Rochester and the other from
New York city-and in their zeal thev
| make a gorgeous send off from the west
end of the park, their designs embracing
everything new and wonderful in the
domain OftireWOrks.
saturday gave the first horticultural ex
hibit, which was slim. The real interest
IN this department will begin bv the 2Sth
ol W tLls month, when the Inauguration of
the finest display in this line is promised
ever seen IN the South. The premiums
aggregate $1,000, and competition is in.
vited from all Southern points.
NOT THE LEAST WONDERFUL. THTNc,
to be marked here is the electric light. ON
such stupendOus scale, it is SURPRISING
1T can be brought into the smooth work.
ing order necessary for such a building,
although 1t is not yet perfectly adjusted.
Inc Edison company have placed miles
upon miles of wire and controls dozen
dynamo machines and several engines Of
immense power. Their little Edison eIec-
trlc regulator so governs the electric cur
rent that If every light in the circuit of
2OO lamps should be eXtinguished save
one, that one would continue to burn
with a steady glow unaffected by the
others.
The electric railway is all but comDIe-
ted; 1t puts girdle round the entire park.
Its car and engine-a pretty little affair
like toy and christened "The Judge
VIII be kept constantly in gala dress of
flags and wreaths.
Alabama is under the management of
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
and even at this stage makes herself
prominent. The variety of her specimens
IN woods, her minerals and vegetable
products, all OF which are receiving con-
stant additions, make her conspicuous
amongst her surroundings.
That which represents Florida is made
up mainly of marine objects and the vast
collection of things which lawfully
are comprehended under the term
''Florida CuriOsities''-cOrals, sponges.
glmcrackS made of shells
articles fabricated of alligator skins. and
thousand and one trifies that seem to
prove very attractive to the visitor.
Messrs. Wamboldt IL Stevens have here
set up In trade, and you may always be
sure Of crowd Of purchasers here. sparse
as 1t may be elsewhere. Commissioner
Brinley is working in his department
with the zeal of an enthusiast. Like the
ma ajOrity OF kentuckians who adOpt
Florida, he has pinned his faith to the
Flowery Land, and prOnOunces it ''the
finest country on the globe. sir" He
promises before the Exposition is over
the Florida department shall outshine
them all.
THE TENNESSEE EXHIBIT
IS receiving almost daily additions. This
was one of those nearest completion ON
the opening. The mineral exhibit here is
on a vast scale. Commissioner A j. Nc
Whlrter has returned to his State to stir
up some counties not yet heard FROM
Since GeOrgia and North and South
Carolina do not put in an appearance
until September, the places that are vet
to Know them have decidedly lonesome
outlook.
The music all this while is the great at
traction. The Seventh Regiment Band
is more than fulfilling expectations. Its
selections are i'll the highest style, both
classical and miscellaneous. 1t has sew
eral fine solo performers, Currie a trOm-
bone solOist, and W. G. Bowen, a cornet-
lst, who, in his performances on the ODen-
ing day, was mistaken by half the crowd
for Levy. Every afternoon and evening
the band gives an elaborate concert. Ii
is stationed in the pavilion in the park
ana certainly restful hour under the
trees with the cool grass under foot is not
bad way of taking in the concert. There
is also an organ recital on the great in
strument every afternoon at O'Clock.
The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas
Pacific Railroad from its pretty pavilion
distributes broadcast to visitors two beau
tifully illustrated and attractive tourists
guides, one of which, "Rambles in sum-
mer Days." is a guide to the lakes and
seashOre; the other, "Winter Cities in a
Summer Land,' is what its title indi-
cates-a courier for the winter tourist on
his line of march. The beauties of Flor
ida, Southern Georgia and South Carolina
as winter resorts are there made so en-
chanting it is enough TO make hermit
turn out of his cave and go iaunting i'm
n palace car.
THE PRESS ROOM
is on the EXpositiOn's north side. inst
over the Park entrance, and is fitted uD
very costly. The Alabama editors are
booked in body for the first of September.
Saturday is the peoples day, admission
then being cut from fifty to TWENTY-FIVE
cents. petition was made in behalf Of
the German citizens that the Exposition
be allowed to remain omen on Sunday
inasmuch as the Germans were accus-
tomed'to Sunday festivals, and MANY of
the working class could not attend i'm the
week. The proposition, however, met
with no favor.
There is plenty of room for guests. In
addition to the old first-class hotels. are
AleXander's, formerly the Willard. lust
opened, and in all the glory of renovations
and fresh paint. The old Exposition, now
the Exposition Hotel, was recently
thrown open, with capacity for twenty
five hundred guests, and no sleeping on
tables or floors. 1t is pity it is to have |
such an ephemeral existence, for il is one |
ofthe prettiest places in the city. None !
Of the hotels will charge more than fair
rates. Some bOarding-hOuses displayed |
a disposition to be eX0rbitant, but they |
were promptly cut out from the list by |
the Committee on Accommodations. ANY /
arrangement with private families can be |
made through Mr.. James Il. Moore. Chair !
Exposition building.
President Arthur remarked while in the |
city to distinguished citizen who was |
delighting to do him honor: SIN all nv !
travels have never met with a kindness |
that has touched me as this of the Louis
yllle people. Elsewhere in the South | |
have been treated with a graceful and |
generous hospitality and a frank cor |
dlallty, but here | somehow seem to feel
the warm Southern heart as never felt |
II before. | ann more than glad that | |
came" Nice old fellow Drop in again
whenever you can-we will be delighted /
to see you.
THE NAME OF LINCOLN
excited wild enthusiasm among the ne
groes. The greater number profoundly
believed 1t was old Abe himself, and they /
crowded to see him. One old woman went
to prominent florist and bought man.
moth bouquet of the costliest flowers to
send to the man "who gimme my free
DOM" She went to the Gait House and
insisted upon presenting it in person.
Finding this impossible by some influence
Of tho hack stairs IL was taken fo tho