The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-04-29
The American Year Book for 1899

These are the days for clear, condensed
statements, in form for ready reference. Peo-
pie who think, talk and Legislators, Off
Gals, orators, scholars, editors-have no time
to plod through the heavy follos OF records or
probe the mass of statistics for the facts they
want. And so has come the necessity for
works like the one under notice, which con-
tain all that everybody is likely to want.
Messrs O. D. Case & Co., of Hartford, in
their Year Book and National Register, have
rendered the public a service. Besides very
full and complete calendar tables, it includes
all the important celestial phi anomena for 1869;
tables of Latitude and Longitude, and differ
ence of time for 375 of the most important
places on the globe; list of the presidents,
vice presidents, members of the cabinet,
judges, &C., since 1889; and Of the Governors
Of the states and territories from their organ
zation.
There is an account of each department of
the General Government, with its bureaus, and
chief officers and their duties. In the State
department, under the head Of Intercourse
with Foreign Nations, there is q full list of
ministers, diplomatic agents, and consular Off
GERS, with their official residences, embracing
all the places at which our government is rep
resented; and Of the foreign legations in the
United States, with the consuls of foreign
countries, and their places of business, includ-
ing, in all, more than fourteen hundred names.
The full account of the Treasury Depart
ment, Coast Survey and Light House Districts
the Army and Navy, the military and naval
academies with lists of army and naval oti-
GERS; the operations Of the Post Office Depart
ment; the Patent Office and the Land Bureau
the Departments of Agriculture and Educa-
ton; the lists of colleges, collegiate institu-
tions, medical, law and normal schools, will be
of interest to many who have not access to
large number of public documents, and who
could gain the Information only by long and
laDorlous investigation.
There is a condensed account of the pro-
ceedings of Congress, including the 1mpeach
ment Trial, Reconstruction in the Southern
States, and other important matters; the ma
tional debt at different periods; receipts and
expenditures of the government; sales Of mer
chandse National Banks, and Abstracts of the
Public Laws.
A brief historical notice is given of each
State and territory, with list of the executive
and judicial officers the number and term of
service of members of the legislatures; an
account of the finances, State debt education
al, charitable and penal Institutions; and the
population, wealth and industry of each There
is also summary of all the foreign govern
ments, with the rulers, expenditures, revenue,
| army and navy, and other important facts re-
garding each country.
The statistics of the religions of the world
give not only the general classification of diff
ferent nations, but detailed account of the
number connected with each denomination in
each State, and in other portions of the civil
| lied world
There are miscellaneous essays upon Agri-
culture; Currency and Finance; Mining; Lit
erature, and the Literary Influences of the day !;
and full tables of Presidential election returns,
with the vote in each county for Electors since
1886. More than 80 pages are occupied with
| the Record of Important Events in 1868, and
| the Obituaries include notices of 40 OF the
most eminent persons deceased In 1868.
Court Record.
| SUPREME JUDICIAL Court. DICKERsoN j.,
PRESIDING.
L. Il. Grant VS.. B. +. Grant. Action for
breach of covenant to convey land. Verdict
for deft. Motion to set aside verdict as against
evidence. Hubbard for pltff. Jewett & Nick
crson for deft.
Chase VS.. Chase. Action for bill of goods.
Defauted by agreement.
Charles EllioS vs.. Israel r. Grant. Plaintiff
claims to haze owned stock Of goods in Knox
which were by defendant attached and sold on