Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-18
CREAM OF THE NEWS.
The Moons Eclipse.

The Moons Eclipse. a.
The eclipse of the moon Wednes
day evening was seen under the mos
, favorable circumstances by those who
cared TO stay up until midnight. The
obscuration began about ten o'clock
and lasted until about $50 a. m.
About seven.t enths OF the moons
diameter was hidden. The eclipse
was visible generally throughout
America, Europe, Africa and on the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Al
eclipse of the moon Is caused by the
interposition Of the earth between the
sun aud the moon, and an eclipse OF
the Gun is caused by the passage OF
the moon between the sun and the
earth. When the earth is between
sun and moon, our satellite, which
has no light of its own, but shines by
the reflected light of the sun, is hid
den from the solar rays behind the
dark body Of the globe on which we
live. Similarly, when the moon
passes between the earth and the sun
the SOAR rays are cut oil from us and
the solar orb is hidden from sight
This is the only way in which an
eclipse of sun or moon is ever pro g.
duced. An eclipse of the sun Always
occurs at new moon and an eclipse OF
the moon always at full moon.
There will be three more eclips Is
this year, which will occur June IS
July II, aud Dec. % The first aud
last will be total eclipses of the sun
Opera House.
"Pete" Baker with his great play
"The Emigrant, comes next Monday
Jan. 2lsi, for one night only. Rad
what the CinciUnati Enquirer says
"The crowd at Harris theater last
night completely packed 1t from pit
to dome, the occasion being the APP
pearance Of the popular German
comedian, Pete Baker, In his new
ver.ion of "The Emigran'," mora
modern Comedy drama, full Of emo
tional incidents, teeming with start
ling situations, counterpart of con
spiracies, interpreted with an over
flowing stage cornucopia of most
comical scenes, sparkling mns!c, ar
tistic dancing, etc. The play made
hit, and was loudly aud enthusiastic
cally applsuded. Mr.. Baker, as he
deserved, secured the hearty compli'
Inents OF the large audience. The
entire performance gave the best oil
satisfaction and made a pronounced
hit.
The Tobacco Exchange.
The KENTuoKIAS' discussion OF
the project Of building a tobacco eX-
change worthy of our market, is al
ready bearing fruit. Ga Wednesday
the Tobacco Board OF Trade met to
consider the matter and the subject
was pretty thoroughly discussed
The outcome was that committee
of six was appointed to take actlod
ia the matter and ascertain the prob
able cost, to select a site and in fact
find out all material points and Re-
port at an early meeting. The com
mittee consists of Messrs. w. A
Lowry, G. f. jarrett aud j. ID. Ware
on the part Of the buyers and Il. w
DAbney, II. II Abernathy an w
G.. Wheeler of the Warehousemen
The gentlemen mean business and Il
looks like the matter would be push
cd through without delay.
The Tax Supervisors.
The Board of tax supervisors fol
the county adjourned Wednesday af'
ternoon after session Of nine days
The Board passed resolution keep
ing secret the changes made on thu
assessors books. The changes ant
corrections amounted to S6l, 59l
The property Of the county as fin
ally reported, il by districts as fol
lows: