Town annual report of Chelmsford 1883, Part 1

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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF CHELMSFORD,


FOR THE


FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1883.


LOWELL, MASS. : VOX POPULI PRESS: HUSE, GOODWIN & CO, 130 CENTRAL STREET. 1883.


REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1883.


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN 1882.


Date.


Name.


Age.


Residence.


Birthplace.


Jan. 4,


George B. Wright,


33,


Chelmsford,


Chelmsford.


Addie L. Henshaw,


29,


Somerville,


New Brunswick.


Feb. 4,


William S. Stiles,


21,


Lowell,


Albany, Vt.


Mabel W. Eames,


19,


Lowell,


Wilmington.


Feb. 7,


T. Eben Adams, Lottie L. Perham, 21,


25,


Chelmsford,


Carlisle.


Feb. 22,


A. W. Walker,


29.


Carlisle,


Embden, Me.


Mary R. Nickless,


23,


Carlisle,


Carlisle.


Feb. 17,


James T. Lord,


20,


Chelmsford, Chelmsford,


New Brunswick.


Feb. 1, Thomas Tipping,


34,


Lowell,


Ireland.


Josephine Ferren.


21,


Lowell,


Lowell.


March 13, Henry E. Howard,


21,


Chelmsford,


Chelmsford.


Ora C. Allbee, 25,


March 22, T Ai Carr,


27,


Antrim, N. H.


Antrim, N. H.


Jennie L. Russell,


23,


Chelmsford,


Peterboro', N. H.


April 5, Edward Tuttle, Jr.


40,


Carlisle,


Acton.


Sarah J. Bradford,


32,


Carlisle,


Alton, Me.


April 26, Thomas E. Buckman, Alice M. Stearns,


31,


Chelmsford,


Lowell.


May 9,


Charles Edwards,


22,


Westford,


Westford.


Mary E. Smith,


21,


Chelmsford,


Chelmsford.


May 29,


William F. Carter,


72, 49,


Lowell,


Fairfield, Me.


May 26, Nathan King, Keziah Britton,


62,


Chelmsford,


Easton.


June 4,


Frederick A. Howland, 21,


21,


Lowell,


Nashua, N. H.


June 7,


Charlie A. Parker,


25,


Chelmsford,


Fitchburg.


Henrietta M. Webster, 16,


Lowell,


Lowell.


June 29,


Henry T. Bray,


33,


Boylston,


Boston.


Tryphena A. Bosworth, 35,


Chelmsford,


Chelmsford.


42,


Lowell,


Sheffield, Vt.


Chelmsford,


Wheelock, Vt.


Angie B. Kendall,


64,


Easton,


Mansfield.


Lowell,


New Bedford.


Flora Hanscom,


Lowell.


Ida M. Orser,


19,


Chelmsford,


Chelmsford.


4


Date.


Name.


Age.


Residence.


Birthplace.


July 4,


Frederick J. Noyes,


53,


Andover,


Andover.


Isabella M. Bailey,


33,


Lewiston, Me.


Lyndon, Me. England.


July 11,


Robert W. Blake,


42,


Chelmsford,


Chelmsford,


Chelmsford.


Oct. 14,


Robert G. Marshall, Julia L. Ripley,


23,


Waltham,


Philadelphia, Pa.


Oct. 24,


Edward S. Hutchins,


51,


Carlisle,


Chelmsford. Carlisle.


Emma J. Marshall,


39,


Carlisle,


Chelmsford.


Oct. 26,


Charles F. Jones,


26,


Chelmsford,


Chelmsford.


Clara A. Bearce,


33,


Chelmsford,


Chelmsford.


Oct. 15,


Edward T. Sawyer,


21,


Lowell,


Woburn.


Cora M. Fadden,


23,


Lowell,


St. Albans, Vt. Dedham.


Nov. 30,


Frank E. Draper, Lucy A. Smith,


22,


Chelmsford,


Charlotte, Vt.


Nov. 15,


Joseph A. Locke,


22,


Chelmsford,


Barrington, N.H.


Gertrude M. Parker,


23,


Chelmsford,


Chelmsford.


Dec. 11, Geo. W. Chamberlain, Pearly M. Teabo,


17,


Chelmsford,


Lowell.


Dec. 28,


John F. Smith,


54,


Lowell,


Dracut.


Martha L. Evans,


40,


Lowell,


Boston.


Total


26


BIRTHS RECORDED IN 1882.


Date.


Name.


Parents' Names.


Jan. 7,


Ella Mabel Winship,


Jan. 17,


Lizzie Donogan,


Jan. 25, Jan. 19, Jan. 11, Jan. 10, Jan. 21, Jan. 31,


George Henry McClure, Alma Elizabeth Agnew, Lulu May Blood, Mary Jane Brown,


Walter Joseph Smith,


Feb. 26,


Josephine Almira Clark, Laura May Dutton,


Marcus H. and Clara B. Winship. Frank and Mary Donogan. Patrick and Mary O'Neal. William and Lizzie McClure. William A. and Clara E. Agnew. Willard N. and Alvira R. Blood. Walter H. and Henrietta J. Brown. John T. and Delia Smith. (illegitimate) Martha M. Clark. Edwin E. and Carrie A. Dutton. William J. and Sarah E. Martin.


Feb. 17, Feb. 28, Feb. 2,


Edith Viola Martin, Arthur Tower Mansfield,


Feb. 8, Emma Maud Wright,


Feb. 12, Ida Grace Merrill,


Feb. 22, Clara A. J. Cummings, March 17, Joseph Patrick Crowley, March 22, Stephen Thomas Ward, March 25, Jessie McEnaney, April 15, Alice Vereconda Brown, April 11, Ralph Ernest Scott,


Leonard J., Jr., and Edith Mansfield. William and Ella Wright. Frank G. and Mina D. Merrill. William W. and Imogene A. Cummings. Jeremiah and Mary Crowley. Stephen and Ellen Ward. Philip and Lizzie McEnaney.


Peter J. and Mary C. Brown. Arthur D. and Lottie T. Scott.


25,


Chelmsford,


Alice C. Clapper,


35,


22.


Dedham,


24,


Chelmsford,


Alton Bay, N. H.


Louretta O'Neal,


5


Date.


Name.


Parents' Names.


April 11, Augusta Belle McCarthy, James HI. and Lizzie F. McCarthy. April 21, Clarence Harry Waterman, Levi M. and Jennie N. Waterman.


May 3, Sadie May Newhall,


George M. and Ida N. Newhall.


Albert H. and Henrietta M. Kemp.


Edwin C. and Ella P. Perham.


Job and Jennie Perry. Michael and Ellen Larkin. James and Jessie Manning. Nathan C. and Lydia A. Saunders.


Jonathan and Sarah A. Hopkins.


George A. and Mary S. Byam.


Wharton and Ida F. Brown.


June 20, June 15, July 24, Arthur Gilbert Wright, Elsie Bertha Parkhurst, Eugene Fisher Doherty, Lottie Naylor, July 30, July 27, July 22, July 15, Mary Belle Howard, July 19, Caleb Marshall St. Amour, Frank and Emily A. St. Amour.


Aug. 10, Aug. 26,


Ella Louise Townsend,


Aug. 10,


Michael William O'Day,


George W. and Anne E. Townsend. Michael and Mary O'Day.


Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Sept. 30, Sept. 10, Alice Cunningham, Sept. 20, Thomas Edwin Jones,


Susie Maria Mansfield,


William and Mary Martin. John and Ann Derochera. George P. and Lizzie H. Mansfield. John and Jane Cunningham. John W. and Ellen Jones.


Sept. 1,


Geo. E. Williams, (illegit.) Geo. W. Williams and Josie McEnnis.


Sept. 24, James Henry Riney, - Bearce,


Sept. 13, Sept. 17, Sept. 12, Oct. 14, Oct. 20, - Brown,


Addie Frances Cook, Hattie Lincoln Shaw,


Francis Edwin Hall,


George E. and Ella M. Hall. Charles W. and Nellie A. Brown.


Joseph and Anna Rogers. Frank A. and Susan E. Marshall. Edward and Ann J. Doherty. Joseph and Susan Keefe. George F. and Adelaide C. Dyar.


Frank G. and Julia M. Pratt.


Dec. 19, Mary Cornelia Parker,


Dec. 29, Charles Henry Jordan,


Dec. 17, - Carkin,


Edwin F. and Olive Carkin.


Albert P. and Hannah F. Perham.


Births recorded 64


Native parentage . 38


Foreign parentage .


.


17


Females · ·


35


Native and foreign .


.


9


June 22,


June 22, Flora Lina Hopkins,


June 9, Alfred Adams Byam,


Ethel Calvert Brown, Cora Grace Dow,


Walter and Elinor Dow. Gilbert F. and Hortense M. Wright. Charles W. and Caroline C. Parkhurst.


Samuel H. and Annie W. Doherty. William and Minerva Naylor. Henry E. and Orianna Howard.


Wesley E. and Lizzie Maddox.


Timothy H. and Johanna Riney. Hubert and Sarah E. Bearce. Charles H. and Isadora Cook.


Elisha H. and Harriet E. Shaw.


William Henry Rogers,


Oct. 14, Oct. 25, Atwood E. Marshall,


Oct. 4, Bridget Doherty,


Oct. 18, Marietta Keefe, Nov. 23, Arthur Ernest Dyar,


Nov. 2, Bertha Francilla Pratt,


Charlie A. and Henrietta M. Parker.


Patrick and Ellen Jordan.


Dec. 21, - Perham,


Males


.


29


May 11, Amasa Howard Kemp,


May 21, Arnold Clinton Perham,


Richard Firth Perry, Thomas Larkin,


May 10, May 8, May 27, James Francis Manning, Murle Crosby Saunders,


Charles Joseph Martin, John Derochera,


Lillie Florence Maddox,


6


DEATHS RECORDED IN 1882.


Date.


Name.


Years.


Months.


Days.


Jan. 22,


Martin J. Gillis,


-


21


Jan. 22,


Ella H. Short,


-


2


20


Jan. 20,


Hezekiah Parkhurst,


84


11


4


Feb. 25,


Elizabeth F. Center,


79


-


-


Feb. 11,


Benjamin H. McMurphy.


80


11


17


Feb. 28.


James Whittemore,


67


9


26


March 2,


Ella J. Perham,


24


1


17


March 4,


Ella Taylor,


26


-


-


-


-


March 13,


J. T. Fletcher,


72


8


13


March 21,


Sarah V. Shaw.


7


1


8


March 30,


Mary A. Trubey,


76


4


22


April 12,


Mary F. Baldwin,


83


1


12


April 16,


Ebenezer Champney,


74


1


12


April 24,


Sophronia A. Cook,


57


April 8,


Lucilla C. Adams,


65


8


May 11,


Horace Dinsmore,


69


June 5,


Henry F. Cleaves,


42


3


9


June 5,


Eva C. Dow,


2


2


24


June 9,


Arthur Stevens,


10


June 9,


Elizabeth Tower,


83


11


19


June 24,


Sally Russell,


75


7


July 5,


Mary Barrett,


88


9


5


July 24,


Isaiah Spaulding,


89


11


9


July 7,


Gertie Fuller,


6


1


7


July 27,


Lucinda Jones,


64


2


Aug. 3,


Daniel F. Austin,


74


8


15


Aug. 18,


Infant child of Geo. F. Cummings, (Stillborn).


Sept. 22,


Harriet Teabo,


43


-


-


-


Oct. 3,


Julia T. Driscoll,


24


5


20


Oct. 6,


Mary Ann Parker,


79


1


6


Oct. 14,


Elsie B. McEwen,


2


2


22


Oct. 30,


Francis B. Parker,


73


10


9


Oct. 24,


Joseph F. Pike,


77


1


1


Oct. 17,


Lucretia B. Dutton,


81


7


20


Oct. 26,


Infant child of E. Fred Lumbert,


(Stillborn).


Nov. 1,


Hannah Sherwin,


84


2


-


Nov. 8,


Charles Spain,


-


8


-


Nov. 24,


Thomas White,


28


1-


4


Nov. 28,


Benjamin P. Hutchins,


87


7


-


Dec. 9,


George L. Cummings,


18


9


10


Dec. 9,


Maria J. Bartlett,


72


8


29


Dec. 19,


James C. Russell,


51


-


-


-


June 4,


James McEnnis,


37


March 5,


Rosanna Ward,


21


3


March 4,


Surviah M. Stevens,


76


-


-


Sept. 20,


Infant child of Hubert Bearce,


7


Date.


Name.


Years.


Months.


Days.


Dec. 20,


Mary McKennedy,


44


-


Dec. 4,


George A. Pelsey,


5


10


4


Number recorded


48


Males


22


Females


26


REPORT ON DOG LICENSES.


MIDDLESEX, Ss., Dec. 2d, 1882.


Geo. A. Parkhurst, Esq., clerk of the town of Chelmsford, has paid into the treasury of said Middlesex County, two hundred forty-eight dollars and forty cents for dog licenses, for the year 1882, as per his account of Ist inst., $248.40.


AMOS STONE,


County Treasurer.


Number of dogs licensed .


128


Males .


122


Females


6


Amount received for licenses


$274 00


Amount of fees-20 cents per license


25 60


Paid to the County Treasurer as per above receipt . $248 40


93 per cent. refunded


231 01


.


.


GEORGE A. PARKHURST,


Town Clerk.


REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1883.


Your Treasurer charges himself with cash balance in treasury, as found at last annual settlement .... $ 2,804 61


Cash received of State Treasurer, State Aid for 1881 ... . 639 00


of State Treasurer, as Corporation tax for 1882 .... 1,308 65


of State Treasurer, as National Bank tax for 1882.


1,479 11


of State Treasurer, as relief to indigent soldiers and sailors 172 00


of State Treasurer, as armory rent for 1881 75 00


of State Treasurer, as income Massachusetts school fund . 194 28


of County Treasurer, on account of dog licenses for 1882 231 01


of City of Boston, for support of Willie McLaugh- lin . . 130 47


of City of Lowell, as tuition of non-resident pupils, of A. H. Sheldon, “


15 40


11 90


of E. H. Marshall, as reimbursement in full to town, for aid rendered Sally Russell 176 57


of Dawson Pollard, on account of sale of lots in Cemetery at West Chelmsford. 10 00


of Daniel P. Byam, on account of sale of lots in Cemetery at South Chelmsford. 3 00


of N. J. Duncan, for use of Town Hall at North Chelmsford


6 00


of A. J. Lamphere, for use of Hall in centre of town of Overseers of Poor, as proceeds of town farm .. of T. S. Edmands, for one horse.


40 00


of D. W. Lane, on account of sale of horse


25 00


on account of sale of gravel.


2 00


on account of use town team 6 25


on account of use of plow 75


of A. H. Sheldon, tax of 1880 in full 38 57


on account of interest on same ... 5 93


on account of taxes for 1881 690 18


Amount carried forward. $8,753 70


6 00


682 02


9


Amount brought forward. $8,753 70 Cash received of A. H. Sheldon, on account of interest on same. 35 68


of A. H. Sheldon, on account of taxes for 1882 ... 10,168 53 66 66 on account of interest on same .. 81 68


Cash hired for use of town as temporary loan 2,000 00


Making a total of. $21,039 59


And is credited as follows : -


By cash paid State tax for 1882. $ 1,660 00


outstanding orders, 1881, in full. 113 00


on account of orders drawn by selectmen for present year 15,359 15


J. R. Parkhurst, care of Kimball lot in Cen- tre Cemetery . 3 00


on account of temporary loan . 2,000 00


on account of interest on same. 28 33


Balance in treasury as found on settlement.


1,876 11


$21,039 59


Respectfully submitted by


E. H. WARREN,


CHELMSFORD, March 6, 1883.


Treasurer.


REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1883.


VALUATION MAY 1, 1882.


Real estate (resident) . $1,039,655 00 66 (non-resident) 185,355 00


$1,225,010 00


Personal estate (resident).


$306,465 00


66


(non-resident) .


2,950 00


309,415 00


Total valuation


$1,534,425 00


Number of polls. 640


66 dwellings 533


66 horses 411


66


66 cows


906


66


66 sheep 9


66


66 acres of land taxed ... 14,132


TAXES.


Rate on $1,000, $6.50. Polls, $2.00 each. State tax .


$1,660 00 626 93


County tax.


$2,286 93


Appropriation for public schools .. $4,500 00


66


66 school incidental expenses, 400 00


66


66 school apparatus . 75 00


66 support of the poor


66


" highways.


3,500 00


66 repairs of public buildings,


300 00


66


66 indigent soldiers and sailors 200 00


66


" town officers and commit-


tees 700 00


Amounts carried forward. $11,675 00


$2,286 93


-


2,000 00


11


Amounts brought forward. $11,675 00 $2,286 93 Appropriation for collection and abatement of taxes. 400 00


" improvement in Centre Cemetery 300 00


" extension of Warren Ave- nue. 200 00


66


" miscellaneous expenses ... . 250 00


12,825 00


$15,111 93


Overlayings.


266 83


$15,378 76


Less estimated receipts.


2,300 00


$13,078 76


Less appropriations from treasury


1,825 00


Total tax committed


$11,253 76


Tax on 640 polls.


$1,280 00 9,973 76


Tax on property .


$11,253 76


MISCELLANEOUS.


In 1881 the increase in personal property in the State was .. $24,677,419 00 In 1882 the decrease in personal property in the State was. . 3,585,096 00


The statute relating to taxation of mortgages on real estate, which took effect in 1882, is the cause of the change.


Highest rate of tax on $1,000 in the State (Munroe, Franklin Co.) 35 00


Lowest rate of tax on $1,000 in the State (Groton, Middlesex Co.).


4 00


Average rate of tax on $1,000 in the State


15 28


There is a tax on 1,953 cows in Boston, 1,047 more than in Chelms- ford, 116 more than in any other city or town in the State. Of the 346 towns and cities in the State, 327 have a higher rate of tax than Chelmsford.


CHAS. W. FLINT, GEO. A. BYAM, JOHN N. PARK, JOHN N. PERRY, R. WILSON DIX,


Assessors.


REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR.


Collector's report for the year 1880.


Taxes on list of 1880, uncollected Feb. 28, 1882, $38 57


Interest on same to Feb. 28, 1882 .. 2 08


Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1882. 3 85


$44 50


Cash paid Treasurer as tax


$38 57


66 " interest


5 93


$44 50


ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1880.


Collector's report for the year 1881.


Taxes on list of 1881, uncollected Feb. 28, 1882,


$800 95


Interest on same to Feb. 28, 1882 .. 23 36


Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1882.


23 43


$847 74


Cash paid Treasurer as tax.


$690 18


66


" interest


35 68


Uncollected tax to new account


110 77


interest to new account 11 11


$847 74


ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1881.


Collector's report for the year 1882.


Tax list for 1882 .


$11,253 76


Additional taxes ..


3 07


Interest collected since Oct. 1, 1882.


81 68


Interest accrued since Oct. 1, 1882, on uncol- lected taxes. 13 99


$11,352 50


Paid County Treasurer as County tax


626 93


Paid Town Treasurer as tax ..


10,168 53


66 " interest 81 68


Uncollected taxes to new account


461 37


Interest accrued to new account


13 99


$11,352 50


ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1882.


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1883.


PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


PAID FOR TEACHING.


No. 1, Patience Breck, 35 weeks.


$449 30


1, Jennie L. Allen, 13 weeks


104 00


1, Mary Howard, 11 weeks.


77 00


1, Francena L. Davis, 11 weeks


88 00


1, Nellie M. Perham, 35 weeks.


280 00


$ 998 30


2, Hannah C. Hunt, 22 weeks.


176 00


2, Isa G. Metcalf, 11 weeks ..


88 00


264 00


3, Alice M. Mansfield, 13 weeks (1881). .


110 50


110 50


3, 66


33 weeks.


265 00


265 00


4, Carrie D. Gardner, 20 weeks.


137 50


4, Francena L. Davis, 10 weeks


70 00


207 50


5, Isa G. Metcalf, 20 weeks.


120 00


120 00


6, Susie S. McFarlin, 33 weeks.


264 00


264 00


7, Issie A. Parker, 30 weeks.


205 00


205 00


8, W. E. Morang, 34 weeks.


765 00


8, Laura G. Hoyt, 31 weeks . .


272 00


8, Georgie O. Goodale, 11 weeks


88 00


8, II. W. Poor, 11 weeks.


88 00


8, Gertrude A. Lovejoy, 23 weeks.


184 00


8, Minnie A. Worden, 23 weeks


161 00


1,558 00


9, Laura L. Butterfield, 33 weeks


242 00


9, Agnes Naylor, 33 weeks.


264 00


506 00


$4,498 30


PAID FOR CARE OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.


No. 1, David P. Howard.


$27 75


1, Leander Douglas.


19 50


$47 25


2, Mrs. W. R. Fowle.


2 00


2, Eddie P. Fowle.


16 50


18 50


Amount carried forward.


$65 75


14


$65 75


Amount brought forward.


No. 3, Stella R. Garland,


$ 5 25


3, John Scoboria.


6 00


11 25


4, A. G. Green.


11 00


11 00


5, Chas. H. Dutton.


4 00


4 00


6, Mabel E. Brown


9 45


6, Bennie O. Banks.


6 00


15 45


7, Fred. M. Hodson.


5 00


7, Anna D. Locke ..


5 00


10 00


8, Herman W. Flint.


68 00


68 00


9, Fred. Hodson.


5 00


9, William Murphy.


11 25


9, Joseph Jordan.


1 50


9, Jabez C. Kendrick.


2 50


9, Lucy J. Ferris.


3 00


9, Albert Marshall . .


1 00


24 25


$209 70


PAID FOR FUEL.


No. 1, Amos B. Adams, 74 feet wood. $51 65


1, Wm. Redmond, 7 feet pine wood .. . .


3 50


1, H. S. Perham, 10 feet wood ...


5 00


1, Chas. H. C. Hall, preparing wood .....


8 55


$ 68 70


2, Cornelius O. Leary, & feet oak wood . .


5 00


2, Thomas Sheehan, preparing wood ....


4 00


2, E. F. Richardson, 24 feet oak wood ...


15 00


24 00


3, Eldad P. Bean, 38 feet oak wood ....


17 65


3, John Q. Battles, 4 feet maple wood .. .


3 00


3, Edwin E. Dutton, 4 feet pine wood .. . 3, B. O. Robbins, 4 feet prepared wood. . 3, John Q. Battles, preparing wood. . . .


3 50


30 52


4, Chas. Sweetser, 3 feet prepared oak .. 4, 66 8 feet prepared maple. 5, Edwin E. Dutton, 8 feet prepared oak 6, Gershom C. Bassett, 28 feet oak wood.


6 00


6 00


6, 66 4 feet pine wood.


2 00


7, 66 66 preparing wood. .


3 00


26 50


7, Frank J. Spaulding, 16 feet oak wood. 7, 66 4 feet pine wood . 7, Wm. C. Edwards, 4 feet oak wood ....


3 00


7, 66 " 4 feet pine wood. ..


2 25


7, John Kelley, preparing fuel .


3 00 ·


20 25


8, Saml. T. Wright, 994 feet oak wood ..


74 82


8, Seth P. Sampson, 73 feet pine wood. .


36 95


8, Herman W. Flint, preparing fuel .. . .


14 50


8, Geo. F. Keith, preparing fuel.


7 25


133 52


9, Wm. C. Edwards, 24 feet oak wood ..


18 00


9,


12 feet maple wood


8 25


Amounts carried forward ....


$349 24


$322 99


.


7 00


6 50


13 50


21 50


10 00


2 00


2 00


4 37


15


Amounts brought forward.


$349 24


$322 99


No. 9, Wm. C. Edwards, 5 feet maple wood, 9, 66 37₺ feet pine wood,


20 53


9, 66 66 preparing wood . . .


7 32


57 54


$380 53


SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.


J. H. Vincent, superintendent.


$175 00


$175 00


66


express and delivering supplies


4 50


printing course of studies . ...


7 65


12 15


66 books for poor children.


28 23


28 23


C. C. Torrey, books for poor children, bill of 1881


13 96


13 96


No. 1, Desk supplies


27 31


1, Alvin Lawrence, clock.


7 00


1, F. E. Russell, cleaning and painting


11 75


1, C. B. Coburn & Co., paint.


4 00


1, F. G. Pratt, repairs. .


75


1, H. S. Perham, repairs.


1 00


1, time, express, and post-


age. .


3 61


55 42


1, H. S. Perham, time and express pro- curing desks, bill of 1881.


3 50


3 50


2, Desk supplies.


16 00


2, E. P. Fowle, supplies .


35


2, J. C. Butterfield, repairs


12 27


2, Call bell.


1 00


29 62


3, Desk supplies .


6 84


3, D. W. Bickford, supplies


1 69


3, J. Boyd, repairing clock


1 00


3, N. E. Parker, repairs


3 50


3, J. Q. Battles, repairs .


1 00


3, M. C. Pratt, lumber


4 30


3, E. E. Dutton, posts


1 50


19 83


4, Desk supplies.


1 24


1 24


5, Desk supplies .


66


5, E. E. Dutton, repairs


13 50


29 73


6, Desk supplies . .


3 37


6, J. A. Wyman, repairs .


5 95


6, Ryder Brothers, graining.


22 50


6, P. P. Perley, whitewashing.


4 00


6, John D. Dow, lumber and labor


23 00


58 82


7, Desk supplies


4 19


7, George F. Locke, supplies


70


4 89


8, Desk supplies . .


26 78


8, John Boyd, repairing clocks


3 00


Amounts carried forward.


$462 17


$432 39


.


.


5, F. G. Pratt, labor and graining


15 57


.


3 44


16


Amounts brought forward


$462 17


$432 39


No. 8, H. W. Flint, repairs. .. ..


2 50


8, George E. Spaulding, repairs


23 85


8, A. H. Sheldon, repairs. 66 postage, stationery, etc.


1 50


8, ‹‹


3 25


8, Mrs. Geo. H. Ackroyd, cleaning.


2 00


62 88


9, Desk supplies.


4 76


9, Geo. F. Snow, repairs .


2 00


9, Dawson Pollard, repairs.


1 05


9, John N. Perry, repairs.


3 49


9, N. J. Wier & Co., two stoves.


31 48


42 78


$538 05


SCHOOL APPARATUS.


No. 1, H. B. & W. O. Chamberlain.


$37 49


1, Geo. A. Smith & Co .. .


22 85


$60 34


7, J. H. Vincent, Monroe Chart


6 00


6 00


8, Thomas Hall.


21 27


21 27


9, J. H. Vincent, maps and hemispheres.


4 00


4 00


9, “


expense . ·


40


40


$92 01


SUPPORT OF THE POOR.


PAID FOR EXPENSES OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.


Worcester Asylum for the Chronic Insane, in aid of Daniel Gilligan .


$204 81


$204 81


Northampton Insane Asylum, in aid of Michael McKeon


184 62


184 62


Worcester Insane Asylum, in aid of Samuel L. Blood .


159 15


159 15


Worcester Insane Asylum, in aid of Ephraim Buttrick.


102 66


102 66


Danvers Insane Asylum, in aid of Catherine McMahon


101 84


101 84


Baldwin Place. Home for Little Wanderers, in aid of James Herbert .


25 00


Nathan C. Bean, in aid of James Herbert ... . City of Lowell, in aid of Elizabeth Donahoe, 66


2 00


27 00


59 50


in aid of Mrs. Damas LaDuc,


30 25


89 75


" Boston, in aid of Edward Stearns ....


10 00


Town of Westford, in aid of Furbush Pike .. Samuel Putney, in aid of Willie McLaughlin, N. J. Duncan, in aid of Thomas Lawler.


45 25


55 25


22 00


22 00


111.89


111 89


66


wife in aid of Wm. W. Clapp and


68 00


Amounts carried forward. $1,126 97 $1,058 97


17


Amounts brought forward $1,126 97


$1,058 97


N. T. Nelson, in aid of Thomas Lawler . . E. Shaw & Son, in aid of Thomas Lawler ....


70


69 90


F. E. Marshall, in aid of E. F. Carkin .. . . Samuel T. Wright, in aid of E. F. Carkin ... Samuel T. Wright, in aid of Mrs. J. McEnnis,


6 97


16 86


12 13


E. Shaw & Son, in aid of Mrs. J. McEnnis .. .


4 99


F. E. Marshall, in aid of Mrs. J. McEnnis ...


66 38


83 50


S. W. Parkhurst, in aid of F. E. Russell .... James P. Emerson, in aid of F. E. Russell .. . E. Shaw & Son, in aid of John Hopkins .....


4 00


4 00


S. W. Parkhurst, in aid of Darius Hall. . .


16 00


16 00


S. W. Parkhurst, in aid of George E. Hall .. . Amos B. Adams, in aid of George E. Hall .. . Mrs. Jonathan Wright, in aid of George W. Stratton, state pauper.


4 45


7 45


Geo. O. Byam, in aid of George W. Stratton, state pauper.


5 00


Thomas M. Gerrish, in aid of George W. Stratton, state pauper.


35 44


John Byam, in aid of George W. Stratton, state pauper.


4 00


George P. Mansfield, in aid of George W. Stratton, state pauper. .


4 00


Levi Howard, medical attendance George W. Stratton, state pauper


13 75


73 19


Hermon J. and Joseph Smith, in aid of Sam'l L. Blood


6 00


6 00


Levi Howard, medical attendance F. E. Russell


13 00


13 00


N. B. Edwards, medical attendance .


8 25


8 25


J. P. Currier, coffin for Stevens child .


8 50


Arthur H. Sheldon, burial of Stevens child. .


4 00


12 50


Charles W. Flint, in aid of Catherine Griffin,


1 70


66


in aid of Mary Smith. ....


50


66


66 in aid of Nelson LaClare ..


65


66


in aid of Sarah Queesy ...


3 70


66


" time on account outside poor,


10 50


66


66 " expenses on account outside


17 90


34 95


William McClure, in aid of state paupers .


5 00


William McClure, in aid of tramps. ·


6 00


11 00


$1,437 31


PAID FOR EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.


Nathan C. Bean, Superintendent


$350 00


350 00


David Perham, grain. .


444 16


Amounts carried forward.


$794 16


$350 00


3


12 00


9 74


21 74


3 00


11 00


poor.


1 20


9 89


18


Amounts brought forward.


$794 16


$350 00


Daniel Brown, 5,934 pounds hay


19 28


N. C. Bean, 4,950 pounds hay .


29 70


493 14


David Perham, ice ..


15 00


15 00


L. W. Bickford, groceries.


433 67


S. W. Parkhurst, groceries


8 93


Union Pacific Tea Co.


21 53


T. S. Edmands


4 50


H. S. Perham.


2 25


Amos Bean .


9 00


479 88


F. G. McGregor, provisions


162 04


E. Shaw & Son, provisions


112 91


F. L. Beedy, provisions


61 14


A. F. Wright, provisions.


3 00


N. B. Lapham, provisions.


10 37 9 12


Hall & Perham, provisions


22 36


N. C. Bean, twelve barrels apples


18 00


Jacob Spaulding, two bushels rye


2 00


Heady Park, two bushels onions


2 00


C. N. Griffin . .


1 15


J. M. Butman & Co.


1 40


405 49


J. A. Baker, fish .


41 18


41 18


Sumner Crosby, labor


20 00


B. M. Hildreth, labor


12 50


Hannah McEnnis, labor


100 75


John Keats, labor.


6 00


Minnie Garland, labor


25 00


Michael E. Sullivan, labor


13 00


Jennie G. McDonald, labor


9 12


F. A. Marshall, labor.


16 50


Orrin Cummings, labor


2 00


H. Hardy, labor .


6 75


N. M. Metcalf, labor


15 00


226 62


W. H. Ward, blacksmithing


13 56


Adams & Wozencroft


5 15


18 71


H. A. Fielding, hardware.


1 87


H. H. Wilder & Co.


1 00


Walter Parkhurst, plow.


15 00


T. M. Gerrish, seed.


60


18 47


Lowell One Price Clothing Co., clothing.


3 50


Putman & son, clothing


8 75


Geo. Morrison, clothing.


4 48


H. Hosford & Co., clothing.


5 87


L. H. Boardman, shoes.


6 50


J. F. Puffer & Son, mat.


1 75


S. A. Proper, clothing.


1 85


32 70


Arthur E. Reed, repairs


2 25


B. G. Quimby, provisions.


Amounts carried forward $2,083 44 $2,081 19


19


Amounts brought forward.


$2,083 4 $2,081 19


Whitney & Tibbetts, lumber, repairs.


4 00


Chas. E. Adams, repairs ..


1 36


Livingston & Chase, repairs


2 10


C. B. Coburn & Co., repairs.


12 75


Sawyer & Taylor, repairs.


1 40


J. S. Shed, repairs. .


1 35


G. Henry Hoyt, repairing pump ..


1 00


F. E. Russell, painting and papering.


13 67


52 38


Fiske & Spalding, paint stock. 66 66 66 paint stock, bill 1881 .. .


5 81


5 81


J. F. Puffer & Son, furniture


33 43


33 43


E. K. Parkhurst, 14490 coal.


47 09


47 09


A. H. Sheldon, taxes


33 38


33 38


J. W. Brooks, coffin


18 00


D. P. Byam, attending funeral .


5 00


Pinder & Mackie, crockery


99


J. A. Bartlett, wire fence.


2 10


F. B. Chatfield, tinware.


90


Stiles & Rogers, plaster


36


Jacob Spaulding, cow


30 00


Orrin Crooker, cow .


38 00


N. C. Bean, sundries.




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