Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-05-30
THE SOUTHERN EXPOSITION
OF 1884.
Will Open August l6, 1884, and
Close October 25, 1884, Max
ing sixtY-one Exhibition
Days.

ing SlXtV-one Exnlpltlon
Days.
Fourth Street is the great retail
street of Louisville, and is the most
popular and fashionable promenade.
At the southern end ofthc customary
promenade, and in the midst Of the
most fashionable residence part of
the city, lies Central Park-a pleas
urc- ground of eighteen acres, UNI
cqualed by any park in the world
for the size and magniiccncc Of its
forest trees. Central Park lies be-
tween Fourth and Sixth Street, and
Is directly reached by several horse
car lines. This park constitutes the
northern incl0surc of the Exposition
grounds, and the northern front OF
the main building is on its southern
line. On the west side of the ground
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
has railway station at which pas
sengcrs from any part of the United
States may be landed within two hun
drcd feet ofonc of the Exposition en-
frances. The hotel accommodations
Of this city are well known TO travel
ers fJr their capacity and excellence
and they will be largely increased 10
meet the want Of the visitOrs who
will attend the Southern EYpoSitiOn
The Southern Exposition of 1888 was
distinguished for its splendid array
Of exhibits, for its art gallery and il.
music. The admissions in 1888 wcr
77S,0lS. Sill greater ATTRACTIONS
will be presented in the exhibition
Of 1881, aud more than million az
missions are anticipated. B .
The Southern Exposition Of Is, A
viii repeat these great attraction,
Earlier arrangements viii be affected
with the railroad, aud the three.
quarters of a million admissions o;
last year will doubtless swell to oven
a million this year.
The attention of manufacturers i,
called 10 the advantage of exhibiting
in the Southern Exposition. With
radius of 800 miles there is a cilcir
around Louisville as a center cmbrac-
ing population of l0,9SS,9lj, ant
takimg.in large sclions Of the wheat
corn, tobacco, cotton. coal, and iron
belts with network of railroads in
all directions. No otncr city in A.
merca has such surroundings Of pop.
ulatiou, products, railroads, and cX.
cursion facilities. Most Of the Other
large cities As a center of such a cir
Gle find, within the circumscribcd
territory, vast bodies of water or the
Sparsely populated tracts of the far
West. This excursion territory
of Louisville is but days journey
from its rcmotcst point TO the South
ern EX position, but it presents every
requirement that is known to the
manufacturer. 1t is this radiating
diversity of want that made the En-
position of 1888 the best selling eX.
hibhion ever known TO exhibitors.
Justified by the attendance and
appreciation accorded its efforts in
the past, the management OF 1881 has
resolved to even out do is past at
tmpts to offer at Louisville an exhib-
itiom typical of Kentucky and the
whole South and Southwest. TO ac-
complish the greatest possibilities the
brightest intellects, the most varied
tastes, the widest experience will be
called into rcquisition. The iGeal in
art and music, the best and most per-
feet of mechanical effects aud appli-
ances, the latest and most wonderful
| phases of light by electricity, in ad-
dhion TO the grandcst display of the
products and resources of our own
and sister Southern States will all be
secured and shown in what is de-
signed TO be the greatest industrial
exposition of the aye.
The consummation of the arrange
mcnts with Cappa and Gilmore as
surcs the Southern Exposition the
repetition of probably the most
charming feature of last years cxhib-
ition. From August l6, to October
20, there will thus he given two con-
ccrts ct ch day from bands not cx-
cellcd by any in the world. Musical
entertainments of this kind had never
been attempted by any exposition
until the Southern Exposition OF
1883, and the repetition Of the en-
gagemcnt this year will probably
make our exhibition exceptional in
this respect. ~s #..i
The pyrotcchniquc display Of last
year, which attracted the admiration
and wonder of all who were so for
Iunatc as to see them, will bGcqualleu
if not surpassed this season.
An eye toward tac comfort and
convenience of visitors will be always
maintained, and in brief, nothing
will be left undone that can add to
the pleasure of the people and the
popularity of the Exposition.
i 4 FULL BENOH.
T, A litipant who had been unsuccessful