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, lA D1SO:; DIRECTORY. 1 0 5Register of D c ('J ~ , . . . . .. . Charles Corneliuson.County Clerk, . . . . W. T. Bailey.Surveyor and Su p't County P roperty, William S . Hough.Coroner,B. 17. Caswell.1I0AIllJ Of' SU I'P.:R\'ISOrt S.Peter W. 3la tt s, Chairman,.T. H. )leAvo.r. Clerk.CO~D IlSS IO:iJo:ns O ~ I' OOR .William It Tuylor, J ames I>. .:\Ic Phcr~ oll ,.II All IHO.\" TOWN OF Flm; n S.H. M. War ner.r.OARD 01' ~ V P }: R Y I S O R S .(lh nirmnu, . . . . . . , Henry J . H ill.Clerk of the Board, , Charles E. :\lo rgan.I'lJI'F.ll n;;:OItS.Alexander ) lcBridc,Celeb J ewett.Town Superintendent Schools, . . " . " .. .. Horace A. Tenney.Town Treasu rer, . . . . . . . . . . . ..• . Er nest Somers.•\1ADl SO'\"'The Capital (If the St ate, is conceded to be one of the mostheautiful cities in thc west. I t is situated on a n isthmus, abouta mile in width, I 'y i n~ bet ween Lakes Monona and Mendota, ncart he geographical centre of Dane County and on the line of theMilwaukee & Mississippi R ail Ii oad, about midway betweenLake l\lichigan and the Mississippi R iver, dista nce ab out 95miles from each. I t is noted for the health and beeu tv of itsIDeation j eommunding as it docs, a view of nearly eve;y charucteristicof country peculiar to the west ; the prairie, oak openings,mound, lake and woodland. The surface of the ground issomewhat uneven, hut in no instance too abrupt for buildingpurposes. From eith er lake it rises to an altitude of about 70fed, and is the n depressed and elevated, making the site of thecity n series of gentle und ulating swells.The Slate House, a substantial edifice of stone, is built inthe centre of a square park of 14 acres j the corners of t hebuilding are to the cardinal points of the compass, and fromeach of them, a street 60 feet wide extends, te rminating at oneor the other of the lak es. 'I'hc P ark is covered with a luxu riant growth of native oaks) and is located upon the highest point14