Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-04-13
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.

| The Weather-Board of Supervisors
Reouction of Taxatton-Pr0gress-
MlachelHs NewGeneraI AtIasxyitn IN o q
| Msps-AtIas of uItnois-Bustness
Pnotography-Cope 81 Melander-
woman Suffrage Convemtiom-EIiZa- a.
| beth Cady StantOn-Miss Anthony
| Sixteenth Amendment Nextfn Order
CHICAGO, April, 4, 1870--Affer several days
OF rainy, dlsagreeable weather. on Saturday
1t cleared up, with warm sunshine upon
oceans OF mud. Tne frost is nearly out OF
the ground, and the roads, outside of the
| paved streets, ARE almost impossible.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
have been investigating the incompetencies
/ peculatlons and frauds perDetrated by it's au-
thofity, in the construction of the Court
| House wings, and Of the Normal School
building at Enelewood; and the revelations
are such as might have been expected from
the administration of a county legislature
which elected the notorious J. J. Kearney
President A more thoroughly disgraced and
disgI aceful public body does not, probably,
exist in the country, and if not restrained by
| an indignant public sentiment, they would
soon become fit subject for a Vigilance Com
mittee, q lG San Francisco.
REDUCTION OF TAXATION.
large meeting, called by an imposing ar
ray ofnames of prominent business men was
| held at FarweH Hall, Saturday evening to
memoralize Congress to reduce the existing
| rates of rational taxation. The meeting was
ably addressed by prominent public men.
and adopted strong resolutions in faver of
materially reducing the taxes, as matter OF
justice as wen as good policy. There is a
very decided feeling here, irrespective of
| party, that something more than the Tariff
Committee OF Congress proposes, should be
done speedily to lift the burdens from pro-
| ductlve industry, and give the producing
| classes chance to live and prosper [ see
| that leading congressman begin to recognize
| the necessity OF conceding something to this
| public sentiment, lest, If disregarded now. it
should become strong enough to enforce its
demands, and should sweep away all restric-
| tions upon the trade and industry of the
| country.
PROGRESS
| The progressive character of the American
| people shows itself significantly IN the fire.
| quent changes of territorial limits the rapid
| growth OF cities and towns, and the equal in
crease of population, which necessitate fire.
| quent revision Of maps, to make them con-
| form to the new conditions. map of the
| old World may continue reliable, in the main
| for years. But, in this country we make
| Geography and History so fast, that map.
ten years old, is worthless to represent it
now. The first requisite of a good map is
accuracy: next 'clearness and distinetness of
outline and imprint. I have long felt the
want OF general Atlas of the world, brought
| down to the present time, which should give
every division of the size of county, and
| especially every city, village and post-office
| in the United States and the Canadas WI h
| all the new railroads, territorial changes and
recent discoveries; and State Atlas giving
not only the civil divisions of countless towns
and sections, and the natural divisions of
land and water accurately, but also the hs-
| tory, geology, topography and climatology of
the state. And [ was rejoiced to learn re-
Gently, by a personal examination, that both
these wants are being supplied by r. A.
| Campbell, 131 South Clark street. Chicago.
who has just published
MITCHFLLs NEW GENERAL ATLAS, WITH ONE
HUNDRED MAPS,
and an Atlas of Illinois, Of like size, prepared
by the most eminent authorities. They are
superbly executed and are the most perfect
works of the kind extant, and give practical
information of great value. There is treas
ure here for efficient canvassers.
BUSINESS
was gaeatly retarded bv the continuous
storms of last week, and the CONSEQUENT diff
culties of locomotion. Still there is a large
increase over the preceding week. Shipments
of wheat are very much larger than re-
ceipts. There is lively fight going on to
compel railroads to deliver gram to such ware
houses, or consignees, as the consigners or
owners choose.
PHOTOGRAPHY.
The Photographic art has been brought to
great perfection in this city Ability to trans
I6F images OF ukeQeSSeS 1lSldnCanGOuSlV,
enables the photographer to make good pic
lures of small children, and the true artist
shows his skill In catching the best expression
of the infant face. Photography promotes the
art Of painting, instead Of superaeding it. It
gives but a single expression-an exact copy
of the features at the moment of impress
ion. But the variety of expression, repre-
sentlng the changes Of feeling, is so great,
that no single picture can fully represent
one. III all his moods. And though a painter
can combine greater variety or expression
than a single sun-picture can few, artists can
express the general range, or give as perfect
a likeness, as a good photograph.
The Photographic art here is applied to a
great variety of uses, besides taking por-
traits. It is largely employed in giving stereo-
Scopic views of the principal business blocks,
public buildings, parks, street scenes. &e.,
and especially in giving accurate transcript
tions of the striking natural scenery of noted
localities famous Tor the picturesque and the
beautiful, such as the Lake Superior region,
the st. Croix River, and the Falls of Mime
haha Ia winter, with their pendent icicles and
the frost on the surrounding trees, which are
natural creations of marvellous splendor and
beauty. Our most enterprlsIng artists have
their studios literally supplied with these
stereoscopic views, and fill orders fo1 them in
large quantities. Among our very best pho
tographers, who excel in their views, are
CoPELIN & NELANDER, 131 LAKE STREET,
whose pictures bear the highest reputation
| among tha best judges of art. They have
two large solar cameras for making enlarged
pictures, and take pictures from immature to
life size, and copies from old pictures en-
larged and colored in ink, water or oil. They
mahe pictures equal to the Berlin, have all
the new styles, and supply largely the photo
graphic trade of the Northwest. Send for
catalogue if you wish choice from this lal ge
and valuable collection.
A WOMAN SUFFRAGE CONVENTION
is called, through the papers, over the sigma
lures of a large number Of prominent clti-
zens, at Farwell Hall, April 5th, to organize
Cook County Woman Suffrage Association,
| of those in favor of acting independent OF eX-
| listing suffrage organizations. There are
| two national woman suffrage associations,
| and the good sense of most of the friends OF
| the movement here thought 1t unWlse 1or
| the Illinois State Association to attach itself
| to either, or to take any part IN
! their rivalries as to be the bob to any Eastern
| kite. The Executive Committee, by formal
vote, after full discussion. resolved to be in
dependent. lost afterward by the same kind
of sharp practice which politicians and rail
road officers often employ TO compass their
| ends by one majority, it decided to go bob
| bing around after Mrs. Livermore and Lucy
| Stone, and the friends of women suffrage
here concluded to let it bob, and it is now a
mere ornamental appendage to the Hub, .
| representing the officers appointed at Spring
field and-little more.
| ELIZABETH CADY STANTON
| attended meeting Of woman sutfrag1sts Sat
urday evening, and Sunday evening otficlated
in the pulpit of Rev. Robert Colyer, at Unity
church. She is one of the marked women
of the age. Miss Anthony, who is stirring up
the DeONIa in Tilinoia and Michipan WAS here