The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27

1t VIII BE Ready on New Year Day-Whnt
| 1t viii Contain-t Is q Book That
Ought to be In Every SchOOl.ROom and
Business Office.
The Tribune Annual and Political
| Hand book for 1896. which will be dis
| tributed by carriers of this paper on
New Year day and which will after
| ward for sale at all news stands, Is
now In the hands of the binder. 1t will
comprise. in the neighbOrhoOd Of 13O
large pages, and will sell for 25 cents
per copy.
The first f1fty-six pages contain yearly
and monthly calendars, beautiful half
| tone illustrations, complete record of
| the past years local news, arranged
| crOnologically, guide to the years
astronomical events, a list Of the chro-
biological cycles. and large variety of
classified general information together
| with many readable business announce
ments by Scrant0n's alert advertisers.
This part comprises the annual, proper.
The remainder Of the book is devoted
| to the presentation of information Of a
political and statistical nature. The
| first feature of the political hand book
| Is a complete list of the responsible
| officers Of the United States govern
ment. executive. legislative and judi
cial, followed by a similar list relating
| to the government Of Pennsylvania.
| The census statistics Of population fol-
| low, relating first to the United States
by states; then to Pennsylvania by
counties, and lastly to Lackawanna
county by wards and townships. The
| figures given are those Of 1880 and 1890.
Next comes the vote for governor last
year in Lackawanna county, by wards
and townships; the last Pennsylvania
congressional election returns by dis
| tricts; a complete court calendar for
the supreme and superior courts and for
| the local courts In Lackawanna, Lu-
| zerne, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming,
| Monroe and Sullivan counties; a tabular
showing of state election peturnS by
counties for 1892. 1894 and 1895, with a
table Of the official vote in Lackawanna
| county for 1895; an abstract of the pro-
ceedings and full text OF the platform
| of the last Republican and Democratic
state and county conventions, and OF
| the last Republican, Democratic and
| Prohibition national conventions, with
6 roll of each Darty's executive CON-
mittee; a list of the county officials OF
Lackawanna, Bradford, Susquehanna
| Wayne and Luzerne; q compendium OF
|
| Bradford county election returns; q
digest Of the general election laws OF
Pennsylvania showing plainly the
duties of election officers; the present
| rules of the Republican party in Lack
| awanna county; report of the last leg
| islative district conventions In this
| county. q table showing the results OF
| the last state elections in the various
states and another table showing what
elections, city, county and state. will
be held in 1896.
Then follows what Is believed to be g
| new and very valuable feature In al.
manac work--a complete although sue
cinct history Of the anthracite Goa
| trade, with tabulated statistics Of pro-
| duction since 1862 and Of prices since
1860; and tabulated digest of the nine
inspectors reports for 1894. This fea.
ture alone will make the Tribune An
nual a welcome reference book. in thu
offices of coal and railway men, for Il
shows them what they want to know, al
glance.
Next comes list of the Republican
and Democratic county executive com
itteemen and of the last Democratic
state delegates from this county; fol
lowed by a table Of the present congress
sional apportionment showing the popu
| lation, Republican vote. Democratic
vote and majorities. A list Of the mu
nicipal officers of the city OF Scranton
comes next. with a tabulated exhibit
of the city's financial condition. Of 1t!
school system and of its poor distric
finances and official roster. The officer,
Of Carbondale, Wilkes Barre, Mayfleld
Winton and Taylor are also given; ant
for purposes Of comparison at the en-
suing mayoralty election the returnl
Of the election three years ago are tabu
lated by wards and districts. The re-
mainder Of the handbook Is devoted L
giving the roster of the officers of tn,
various local. civil, philanthropic, re
ligious and military organizations: tn,
base ball record for 1895: present com
position of the Republican state com
mittee; list Of post offices In the north
eastern counties and of Republicaf
clubs in those counties; internal reve
nue. statistics. representation in mex
Republican national convention ant
various. other miscellaneous informa
tion.
It is a regular encyclopedia OF liv,
local knowledge. and ought to be put ai
J text book In the schools.