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 822 MADISON and other points, by means of the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul lines. It is surrounded by a fertile State Capitol of Wisconsin. country, has an important trade, and contains manufactories of carriages and wagons, furni- ture, agricultural implements, woollen goods, saddlery and harness, flour, ale and beer, iron ware, &c. There are a state bank, a nation- al bank, two savings banks, graded public schools, including a high school, two daily, one tri-weekly, and five weekly (two German) newspapers, and 14 churches. The principal libraries are the following : state historical so- ciety, 57,254 volumes ; state, 7,500 ; university and societies, 6,830; Madison institute, 3,500; state agricultural society, 1,000. Madison was selected as the territorial capital in 1836, while yet a wilderness, and in the following year the building of the capitol was commenced. MADISON, a city and the county seat of Jef- ferson co., Indiana, on the Ohio river, 90 m. below Cincinnati and 44 m. above Louisville, and at the terminus of the Madison division of the Jeffersonville, Madison, and Indianapolis railroad, 85 m. S. S. E. of Indianapolis; pop. in 1850, 8,012 ; in 1860, 8,130 ; in 1870, 10,709, of whom 2,194 were foreigners. It is beautifully situated, at an elevation secure from floods, in a valley about 3 m. long, enclosed on the north by a range of hills 400 ft. high. The streets are regularly laid out, and a large pro- portion of the houses are built of brick. It is lighted with gas and supplied with water by an aqueduct. Steamers ply daily to Cincin- nati and Louisville. Madison contains several pork-packing establishments, and has an impor- tant trade in provisions. There are also brass and iron founderies, flouring mills, planing mills, tan- neries, breweries, ma- chine shops, &c. The banking capital amounts to $650,000, distributed between two national banks and one state bank. There are graded public schools, including a high school, a library of 4,000 volumes, a daily, a semi- weekly, and two week- ly newspapers, and 15 churches. Madison was first settled in 1808. MADISON. I. A post village of Chatham town- ship, Morris co., New Jersey, on the Morris and Essex division of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western railroad, 24 m. W. of New York ; pop. about 3,000. It is the seat of Drew theo- logical seminary, char- tered in 1866, and or- ganized in 1867. This institution was founded by the Methodists, and named in honor of Daniel Drew of New York, who gave $250,000 for its establishment, which sum has been increased by successive donations to nearly $1,000,000. The grounds comprise 95 acres, the greater portion of which is hand- somely laid out with walks and drives, and adorned with trees and shrubbery. The three seminary buildings are situated near the cen- tre, and are flanked on either hand by the pro- fessors' residences. The number of profes- sors and instructors in 1873-'4 was 8, besides several lecturers ; number of students, 104, of whom 28 were in introductory classes and 15 in special courses ; volumes in the library, 10,000 ; alumni, 54. The regular course com- prises three years. The introductory course is two years, corresponding to the freshman and sophomore years of most colleges. II. A post village and the capital of Morgan co., Georgia, on the Georgia railroad, 60 m. E. by S. of At- lanta, and 175 m. N. W. of Savannah; pop. in 1870, 1,389, of whom 770 were colored. It is pleasantly situated in the midst of a fertile country, from which it derives an active trade. It has a weekly newspaper, and is the seat of the Georgia female college (Baptist), estab- lished in 1850, which in 1873 had 5 instructors and 58 students. MADISON, James, an American bishop, second cousin of President Madison, born in Kock-