Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-28
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.

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medical Colleges.
CHICAGO, July 15.--The heated and dr.
term has passed, and the wet season begins
we nave had eopious rains for lew day.
past, with much lightning and thunder. sc
that the ground is thoroughly saturated, snG
the streets excessively muddy. The rain will
modify the effects of the long drouth but will
not fully remedy it. The rumors OF
AN EUROPEAN WAR
have mad the effect to derange business plans
and produce an unsettled state OF affairs
Men hesitate to embark in new en-.
terprises, with the prospect of a
general European war. / had written thus
tar when the dispatch came announcing the
declaration Of war by Napoleon against Prus.
sia, and the alliance of Russia with Prussia
Of course Austi ia will side with France. per.
haps Italy. Spain should side with Prussia
England will scarcely be taken into the ac-
count. She has lost the place she held In the
time OF the first Napoleon, her last great feat
IN preserving peace being the aid and com
tort she gave to the southern rebellion. and
her moral power 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 i've
" tunes for awhile. But it will also increase
the price OF imported goods, dimin-
minish the productiveness of half tho
civilized world destroy thousands OF millions
OF property, and when the equilibrium is
finally restored, we shall suffer part of the
loss. 1t will put money in our pockets while
the lighting goes on, but when the reaction
comes-as was the case after the Crimean war
we shal have to pay our share of the loss
OF the human brotherhood. Let those who
doubt remember this statement. There can
NOT De great and protrdcted Udr IN ONE hem
asphere, ,oahoW affecting seriously and iyyl-
rso,tsty the Interests Of the OTHER.
BUSINESS
here is very quiet. Merchants generally have
been taking account OF stock, footing up
pronts and losses, and getting ready
for the fall trade. The progress Of
war and the Unexpectedly favorable &C.
ton 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
general merchandise, thsn for her immense
sales of
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
and general musical merchandise, of her own,
and foreign, manufacture. The trade in
pianos alone exceeds a million dollars annu-
ally, while the sales of other musical instru-
4 Hamlin organs, meodeons,
guitars, violins, cellos, double bases, brass
and German silver blnd instruments. drums,
flutes, fagsolets, clarinets, piccolos, and
4 nameless list-reach larger sum-
As musical publishing centre it is
becoming famous, and the amount of
music books, of all kinds, and sheet mu-
sic sold here is very great Many
thousands of music books published here
such as the Triumph, the Curriculum, the
Pr e, &c.-fnda market In the East, and the |
musical abilities Of GEo. f. Roof has given |
chicago wide reputation az the
MUSICAL HEAD CENTRE
" the Union. Eastern manufacturers of !
musical instruments are obliged to establish |
for the sale of their instru-
nents IN Chicago, just as the Eastern manu-
acturers Of cotton and wooden goods have
central depots in New York. One not famil.
ar with the magnitude of the music trade
lere, would be surprised by visit to the
music stores OK T
ROOT CADY,
Z and 70 Washington street. the largest mu
=
c publishing house IN the world. They |
nave recently gone extensively into the sale OF !
musical instruments, import
ug largely from the best European manufac-
urers, and sent well qualined special |
.gent-the head of that department, Mr..
William Lewis-to carefully select the cholc- |
,st stock, so that the goods they sell shall |
De a constant recommendation OF their house. !
They are general agents for all the styles OF |
he Steck Piano, which, for sweetness OF tone, |
durability and every feature OF a perfect |
,iano, is unequalled. The firm name Of Roof |
I CApr, is familiar as 'household words,"
wherever 10y or sorrow is expressed by musi- |
,al signs, and is synonym for enterprise,
integrity and progress toward "the good time |
coming" when the brotherhood of the race |
shall be recognized in the legislation, juris-
prudence, customs, speech and songs OF all
mankind. None, who consult their own INTEL
,sts, will fail to visit this house, in purchas-
ng their musical supplies.
MEDICAL COLLEGES.
We have two medical colleges in progress
IF erection here. The Chicago medical
college Told SCHOOL,, 60 by 100 feet, on the
corner OF Prairie Avenue Twenty-sixth
,treets. to cost $4,000; and Hahnemann
medical college homeopathy, AZ by So feet, on
Cottage Grove avenue, between Twenty
eighth snd Twenty-ninth streets, to cost
sis, 00O A great city for doctors. b.
MORE than one hundred thousand persons
annually die in this country from cOnsump-
ton. which is but the child Of catarrh. 500
reward is offered by the proprietor OF DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy, for case OF catarrn
which he can not cure. Sold by druggists, or
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