Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-27

and Gold-Effect of War on Pric~s-
bustness-mustcRI Instrumrnts-
Musical Headcentre-Root N CeSv
Medical Colleges.
CHICAGO. July 15.-The heated and dry
term has passed, and the wet season begins
! we nave had cop1ous rains for :. few davs
past, and much lightning and thunder. 40
| mat the groundls Is thoroughly saturated and
1he ssIeets excessively muddy. The rain will
modlty the effects of the l. ng droutb hut will
not fully remedy it. The rumors of
AN EUROPEAN WAR
have had the effect to deranee busineso ,,,o,,
ana procuce an unsettled state of affsirs
| Men hesitate to embark in new enternrisns
| with the prospect of a general European war
mad written thus far when the disnatch
came announcing the declaration of war bv
Napoleon against Prussia, and the alliance ri
Russia with Prussia. Of course. 4nstria viii n
| SIDE with France, perhaps Italy. Spain should
side with Prussia. England will SCARCELY he
! taken INTO the account. She has lost tho
place she held in the time of the First Napo-
| leon, her last great feat in preserving peace
being the aid and comfort she gave to tbe
southern rebellion, and her moral mower
sharing the fate of the lost cause.
EFFECT ON PRICES.
The effect Of war will be to enhance the
price of breadstuffs and gold, and make live
ly times for awhile. But it will also increase
the price OF imported goods, diminish the
producilyeness of half the civilized world.
destroy thousands Of millions of property.
and when the equilibrium is finally restored.
we shall suffer part of the loss I, will mt
money in our pockets while the fighting goes
on, but when the reaction comes-as was the
case alter the Crlmean War-We shall have To
pay our share OF the 1858 of the human BROTH
Grhood. Let those who doubt remember
THIS statement: There can not be q great and
protrdcted aoor IN ONE hemisphere, aoaJhom of
Jecta'ag seriously and inioufoatsly the Interests of
the OTHER
BUSINESS
here is very quiet. Merchants generally have
been taking account of stock footing mn
profits and losses, and getting ready for the |
fall trade. The progress of war and the mn
expectedly favorable action of Congress. will |
tend to make trade very active this fall. And
this activity will be specially felt in our great
commercial centres, and in none more than |
IN Chicago. Passing from war to music. let |
me say, Chicago is not more famous for her |
grain, beef and pork markets, and her GEN |
eral merchandise than for her immense sales |
of ''''0'
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
and &c neral musical merchandise. of her own
and foreign manufacture. The trade in pianos
alone exceeds a million dollars annually. while
the sales OF other musical instruments-
Mason u Haml1n organs, melodeons. guitars
Vlonns, celios, double basses, brass and Ger
ftntpE
Hageolets, p1ccalos, and a nameless list
reach larger sum. AS musical publishing
centre 1t ls becoming famous, and the
amount OF music books of all kinds |
and sheet music sold here is very great. |
Many thousands of music books pnbIisbed |
here-such as the Triumph, the Curriculum. |
the Prize, &e.-tind market in the East. and |
the musical abilities of GEO. T. RooT has |
given Chicago wide reputation as the
MUSICAL HEAD CENTRE
OF the Union. Eastern manufacturers of mu- |
sieal instruments are obliged to establish |
headquarters for the sale of their instru- |
ments in Chicago, just as the Eastern manu-. |
facturers OF cotton and Woolen goods have
c. ntral depots in New York, One NOT
familiar with the magnitude of the music |
trade here, would be surprised by a visit to |
the music stores of
ROOT oADY,
~ and ~ Washington street, the largest mu. |
SIC dealers here, and the second largest mn |
SIC publishing house in the world They have
recently gone extensively into the sale of
miscellaneous musical instruments impcrt. |
ing largely from the best European manufac-
turers, and sent we'll qualified special agent
the head Of that department, Mr..
William Lewis-to carefully select the choic-
est stock, so that the goods they sell shall
be constant recommendation of their house.
they are general agents for all the styles of
the Steck Piano, which, for sweetness of
tone, durability ana every feature of a per-
feet piano, is unequalled. The firm name of
RooT u CADY is familiar as sshousehoId
words" wherever joy or sorrow is expressed
by. musical signs, and is synonym for enter |
prise, integrity and progress toward "the |
good time coming" when the brotherhood of |
the race shall be recognized in the legisla-
ton, jurisprudence, customs, speech and |
songs Of all mankind. None, who consult |
their own interests, will fail to visit this |
house, IN purchasing their musical supplies.
MEDICAL COLLEGES.
We have TWO medical colleges IN progress
OF erection here. The Chicago medical col
lege (old schooD, 60 by 100 feet, on the cor
ner of Prairie avenue and Twenty sixth
streets, to cost $1,000; and Hahnemann
medical college Homeopathy, 40 by 63 feet, on
Cottage Grove avenue, between Twenty |
eighth and TWenty-ninth streets. to cost |
$lSOOO. great city fcr doctors. p