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REPORTS
OF THE
Selectmen pue
Treasurer
OF THE
TOWN OF DIGHTON,
TOGETHER WITH A
VALUATION AND TAX LIST
For the Year ending February 10, 1882.
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FALL RIVER, MASS. : PRESS OF FISKE & MUNROE, 5 COURT SQUARE. 1882.
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DIGHTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 3575 00042 5456
REPORTS
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Selectmen Que Treasurer
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TOWN OF DIGHTON,
TOGETHER WITH A
VALUATION AND TAX LIST
For the Year ending February 10, 1882.
FALL RIVER, MASS. : PRESS OF FISKE & MUNROE, 5 COURT SQUARE. 1882.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
Amount due winter schools, $1333 96
BROAD COVE.
Wm. H. Wales, teaching 10 weeks at $8 $80 00
Winifred. S. Wonson, teaching 5 w. at 8 40 00
George W. Chace, care of house 6 00
126 00
SOUTH DIGHTON. C. H. Morse, teaching 15 weeks at $10.50, balance 122 50
Delia T. Standish, teaching 15 weeks at $9 135 00
E. R. Whitmarsh, care of house 19 55
277 05
UPPER FOUR CORNERS.
H. L. Turner, teaching 14 weeks at $8
112 00
Mrs. Pool, care of house 7 00
119 00
NORTH DIGHTON.
A. C. Phinney, teaching 15 w. at $10, bal.
140 00
S. W. Turner, 66 15 “ 8 " 88 00
John Walker, care of house 17 75
245 75
BRICK SCHOOL.
R. W. Woodworth, teaching 15 w. at $8, bal. 50 00 Wm. E. Walker, care of house 6 00
56 00
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WILLIAMS STREET SCHOOL.
C. K. Phinney, teaching 15 w. at $7.50 112 50
Archer F. Williams, care of house 5 20
H. B. Babbitt 66
80
- 118 50
FISHI SCHOOL.
J. E. Sears, teaching 15 w. at $8 120 00
J. W. Horton, care of house 6 00
126 00
FLAT ROCK SCHOOL.
Ama A. Chace, teaching 15 w. at $6 90 00
J. A. Briggs, care of house 6 00
96 00
Town of Rehoboth, tuition of scholars 16 00
T. W. Phillips, wood 3 00
George E. Gooding, wood
5 75
C. A. Horton, 66
5 00
Ira P. Briggs,
66
125 73
155 48
1319 78
Unexpended balance,
$14 18
BROAD COVE-Summer Term.
Lucy M. Ray, teaching 9 weeks at $7 63 00
Fall Term.
E. E. Sherman, teaching 10 weeks at $7
70 00
133 00
SOUTH DIGHTON-Summer Term.
C. H. Morse, teaching 9 weeks at $10.50 94 30
Delia T. Standish, teaching 9 weeks at $9 81 00
James T. Richmond, care of house 6 75
Fall Term.
C. H. Morse, teaching 10 weeks at $11 110 00
Delia T. Standish, teaching 10 weeks at $9 90 00
A. J. Smith, care of house 7 50
389 75
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UPPER FOUR CORNERS-Summer Term.
H. L. Turner, teaching 9 weeks at $7
63 00
Fall Term.
H. L. Turner, teaching 10 weeks at $7.50
75 00
138 00
NORTH DIGHTON-Summer Term.
Mary J. Raymond, teaching 9 weeks at $10 90 00
S. W. Turner, 9 66
8
72 00
Hattie and Esther Walker, care of house 8 10
Fall Term.
Nathan H. Walker, teaching 10 w. at $10 100 00
Sarah W. Turner,
66
10 “
9
90 00
John Walker, care of house
7 50
367 60
BRICK SCHOOL-Summer Term.
A. A. Williams, teaching 9 weeks at $7
63 00
Fall Term.
A. A. Williams, teaching 10 weeks at $7
70 00
133 00
WILLIAMS STREET-Summer Term.
C. K. Phinney, teaching 9 weeks at $7
63 00
Fall Term.
R. W. Woodworth, teaching 10 w. at $7
70 00
133 00
FISH SCHOOL-Summer Term.
Annie P. Moore, teaching 9 weeks at $7
63 00
Fall Term.
Annie P. Moore, teaching 10 weeks at $7
70 00
Gains E. Horton, care of house summer term
2 41
FLAT ROCK-Summer Term. - 135 41
Ama A. Chace, teaching 9 weeks at $6
54 00
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Fall Term.
Annie W. Brownell, teaching 10 w. at $6.50 . 65 00
119 00
Geo. E. Gooding, kindlings for school 1 60
C. H. Morse, teaching So. Dighton grammar school winter term in part 25 00
S. W. Turner, teaching No. Dighton primary school winter term in part 72 00
H. L. Turner, teaching Upper Four Corners school winter term in part 64 00
R. W. Woodworth, teaching Williams Street school winter term in part 60 00
222 60
1771 36
Due for winter schools
1093 26
$2864 62
Appropriation
$2500 00
Income from School Fund
231 02
66 Dog Fund
133 60
$2864 62
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Appropriation $2600 00
Divided as follows : $1100 according to valuation, $1200 according to number of miles, $300 by the Select- men.
District No. 1. O. P. Simmons, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation
$82 12
66 number of miles 75 74
157 86
Paid O. P. Simmons
110 97
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District No. 2. Cyrus Talbot, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation 243 19 66 number of miles 110 90
354 09
Paid Cyrus Talbot 354 09
District No. 3. James E. Maker, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation 101 71 66 number of miles 110 98
30 00
By the Selectmen
242 69
Paid James E. Maker 243 04
" D. H. Horton, last year's work
1 50
District No. 4. B. P. Jones, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation
113 32
66 number of miles 115 27
228 59
Paid B. P. Jones 230 74
District No. 5. J. E. Chandler, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation
54 64
number of miles 55 97
110 61
Paid J. E. Chandler
114 74
District No. 6. J. R. Talbot, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation 160 33
66 number of miles 58 96
219 29
Paid J. R. Talbot
223 45
District No. 7. J. M. Walker, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation
77 94
number of miles 82 88
by the Selectmen 50 00
210 82
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Paid J. M. Walker 213 55
66 George E. Francis 23 95
" Otis M. Walker, for last year's work District No. 8. Charles Gay, Surveyor.
5 50
Apportioned on valuation 54 01
number of miles 71 90
by the Selectmen 15 00
140 91
Paid Charles Gay 151 72
District No. 9. S. H. Wheldon, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation
43 48
number of miles 91 66
66
by the Selectmen 15 00
150 14
Paid S. H. Wheldon 135 19
District No. 10. R. P. Horton, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation
36 63
number of miles 63 46
66
by the Selectmen 20 00
120 09
Paid R. P. Horton 121 71
District No. 11. J. H. Horton, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation
41 80
number of miles 69 32
66 by the Selectmen 25 00
136 12
Paid J. H. Horton 139 98
District No. 12. J. T. W. Reed, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation
27 01
number of miles 86 95
66 by the Selectmen 25 00
138 96
Paid J. T. W. Reed
138 39
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District No. 13. I. A. Hardy, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation
42 96
66 number of miles 140 14
by the Selectmen 25 00
208 10
Paid Isaac A. Hardy 215 51
District No. 14. George E. Francis, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation
20 86
number of miles 65 87
86 73
Paid George E. Francis 94 46
$2518 49
MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS.
Fiske & Munroe, printing 550 reports $36 00
J. P. Ashley, care of Town House, Wood Oil, &c. 13 30
Geo. A. Shove, express, postage, &c. 7 75
Hanson & Sproat, ledger and expense 8 75
Otis N. Walker, repairs on town scraper 1 77
Geo. A. Shove, expenses to Boston to hire money 4 75 H. J. Fuller, obtaining record in case of Elhanan
Ingalls 4 00
M. F. Sprague, Painting Town House 34 00
66 oil, &c. 4 57
Sanford & Covel, paint for Town House 39 25
A. M. Swift, Repairs on Town House 2 41
Geo. A. Shove, team and attendance at Clerk's Meeting in Rehoboth 4 50
J. C. Standish, tending draw of Berkley bridge
from Jan. 1, 1881 to Jan. 1, 1882 206 59
Bristol County Republican, printing notices for proposals for wood 1 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
F. A. Horr, cash paid for teams doing town business 2 50
F. A. Horr, car fare to Dedham to look up the settlement of Elizabeth Snell 2 50
F. A. Horr, postage, stationery, &c. 5 69
Bennett & Fuller, legal advice to Selectmen
11 00
$390 33
MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS FOR SCHOOLS.
C. S. Cummings repairs on school houses $32 70
H. A. Williams, use of well from Dec. 1, 1874, to Dec. 1, 1880 18 00
Mrs. Pool, 1 use of well 3 00
Mrs. Isaac Hathaway,
3 00
H. S. Crowell, 3 00
E. P. Lincoln, 16
3 00
Harriet Briggs, 3 00
E. Almy, brooms, &c. 2 34
Almy, Milne & Co., printing reports 11 00
C. A. Horton, repairs on Broad Cove school house 6 25
B. Lee, repairs on school houses 3 00
D. H. Briggs, reprs. on Flat Rock school house 4 80
Mary A. Walker, cleaning No. Dighton school room 1 88
Mary Townsend, do.
25
John A. Boyl, supplies 7 04
J. L. Hammett, erasers 6 50
J. B. Babbitt, cleaning Williams school house 1 00
S. W. Turner, book for school 96
R. S. Davis & Co., books for schools 6 00 1
George A. Shove, dictionary for school
4 00
J. E. Sears, books for schools 11 48
Hiram Bowen, repairs on school house 5 00 C. S. Cummings, " 66
56 16
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$194 36
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ANNUAL REPORT.
STATE AID.
Paid Anjeanette Jones Geo. A. Monroe
$48 00
36 00
M. L. Ward
36 00
$120 00
SUPPORT OF POOR IN ASYLUM.
Paid Wm. Goff, Superintendent, from Jan. 1,
1881, to Jan. 1, 1882
$300 00
J. Paull & Co., flour, grain, &c.
159 00
$459 00
Cash to Treasurer
55 20
Increase of personal property
33 70
88 90
$370 10
Average number of paupers at asylum, 32 Expense per year each, $98.693
INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Almira Trafton, 79 years old.
Hannah Vickery, 66 6 6
Wm. W. Pratt, 46 66
Mary A. Smith,
45
66
John A. Sheehan,
42
66
Thomas Curtin, 50 66 Discharged Aug. 5, 1881
Number of tramps lodged at asylum, 7
ORDERS FOR POOR OUT OF ASYLUM.
Asylum for chronic insane, board and clothing
C. Marvel
$186 42
Taunton hospital, board and clothing A. L. Pierce 185 12
Ira P. Briggs, assistance of Salome Swift
53 00
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Dr. Richmond, attendnace of Salome Swift 4 50
Dr. Baker, 66 7 50
J. A. Lewis, assistance of E. Snell, 31 00
City of Taunton, assistance of Nelson Wheeler and family 12 00
City of Taunton, assistance of Bridget Marvel 19 26
$498 80
Cr. State for State paupers
4 00
$494 80
Net cost of supporting the poor
864 90
RECEIPTS OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Eggs
$145 31
Poultry
52 98
Pork, 205 50
calves, 33 25
238 75
Lard, 6 50
butter, 81 47
87 97
Potatoes, 55 20
onions, 23 30
78 50
Cabbage, 15 85
peas, 8 53
24 38
Peaches, 4 50
cranberries, 1 25
5 75
Gravel
1 72
Labor
3 00
$638 36
PAID OUT BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
Medicine, $7 34 ; boots and shoes, $8 15 $15 49
Clothing, 24 93 ; crackers, 7 92 32 85
Fish and clams, 2 68 ; grinding grain, 4 53 7 21
Scraps, 3 30 ; meat, 33 78 37 08
Cabbage plants, 6 00 ; onion seed, 5 00
11 00
Seed potatoes, 7 45 ; garden seed, 4 15
11 60
Labor, 110 00 ; blacksmithing and repairs on
wagon, 20 44 130 44
Lumber and nails 12 22
Iron and tin ware 3 20
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Mending harness and oil
1 65
Hoes, 1 70 ; hay, 5 70
7 40
Plow point, 45 ; Paris green, 1 20
1 65
Scythe and rakes, 3 20 ; plaster, 1 00
4 20
Use of bull
2 00
Cash to J. Paull & Co.
302 17
Ira P. Briggs, pasture
3 00
Cash to Treasurer
55 20
$638 36
VALUATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ASYLUM FEB. 1, 1882.
1 yoke oxen $150 00
5 cows, 175 00 ; 10 tons hay, 200 00 375 00
110 fowls. 66 00; 50 bushels corn, 42 50 108 50
Other grain, 5 60 ; 300 lbs. pork, 36 00
41 60
150 lbs. ham, 18 00; 80 lbs. lard, 11 20 29 20
30 bush. potatoes, 36 00 ; 22 bush. small pota- toes, 5 50 41 50
Onions, 38 50 ; vinegar, 24 00 62 50
18 casks, 13 00 ; 3 pork barrels, 3 00 16 00
42 lbs. butter, 14 70 ; provisions, 25 00 39 70
Soap, 1 30 ; 3 bush. beans, 6 00
7 30
Harness, 2 00 ; chains, 4 00
6 00
Shovels and pick, 3 00 ; saws, 1 50 ; axes, 2 50 7 00 8 hoes, 2 50 ; baskets, 2 00 ; scythes and snath, 3 00 7 50
Manure hauler, 75 ; draw knife and wrenches 75 1 50
4 plows, 16 00 ; cultivator, 6 00 ; ox harrow, 4 00 26 00
Shares harrow, 8 00 ; 3 rakes, 75 ; iron bar 1 50 Bush scythe, 50 ; grindstone, 2 00 2 50
10 25
Whiffletree and chain, 1 00; cattle ties, 2 50 3 50 Wheelbarrow, 2 50 ; bags, 5 00 7 50
7 hay forks, 3 00 ; manure forks, 2 50 5 50
Ladder, 75 ; currycomb and brush, 1 00 1 75
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Clam hoe, 1 00 ; potato digger and stub hoe 50, 1 50
2 drags, 5 00 ; ash plank, 5 00 10 00
20 cords wood, 60 00 ; ox yokes and nose bas- kets, 10 00 70 00
Strawberry crates and baskets
12 00
Ox wagon, 20 00 ; ox cart, 16 00
36 00
Express wagon, 45 00 ; ox sled, 10 00
55 00
Corn knife, 50 ; cranberry rakes, 1 75
2 25
Horse sled
6 00
Household furniture 300 00
$1443 05
Valuation Feb. 1, 1881
1409 35
Increase
33 70
1443 05
TOWN OFFICERS' BILLS.
TOWN CLERK.
Geo. A. Shove $23 00
recording births, marriages and
deaths 37 70
Supt. of Schools, C. W. Turner, 1880 69 85
SELECTMEN.
F. A. Horr 40 00
Ira P. Briggs
32 00
J. A. Lewis
36 00
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
F. A. Horr
5 00
Ira P. Briggs
8 00
J. A. Lewis 16 00
ASSESSORS.
Geo. E. Gooding
48 08
66 copying valuation list 5 00
Cyrus Talbot, for 1880
20 00
66 1881
22 00
H. A. Williams 23 75
CONSTABLE.
Nathan O. Walker, for 1880 25 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TREASURER.
Geo. A. Shove
30 00 -- $441 38
APPROPRIATIONS.
For Schools
$2500 00
Highways and Bridges 2600 00
Paupers
1300 00
Incidentals
1500 00
TOWN ASSETS IN TREASURER'S HANDS.
Due from Treasurer $3128 94
1 Oyster note of Robert Pettis, due July 1,'82 475 00
Fish notes of Charles N. Simmons and Isaac M. Babbitt 120 00
Due from State on acct. of State Aid
120 00
-$3843 94
There is also five oyster notes of Robert Pettis of the sum of $600 each due yearly from July 1, 1882.
INDEBTEDNESS.
Amount due schools
$1093 26 400 00
Other bills estimated
-$1493 26
All of which is respectfully submitted,
F. A. HORR, Selectmen IRA P. BRIGGS, of
J. A. LEWIS, Dighton.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
FROM FEB. 11TH, 1881, TO FEB. 10TH, 1882 INCLUSIVE.
RECEIPTS.
1881.
Feb. 11 Balance in treasury on settlement $3689 90
Mar. 7 J. P. Ashley, rent of Town Hall. 28 00
April 22 I. N. Babbitt, fish note 60 00
May 20 Noah Chace, 60 00
24 J. Pickering & Mosely, temporary loan
2363 25
30 State treasueer, corporation tax
13 83
30 66 4 00
support temporary paupers
June 28
Robert Pettis, oyster note 475 00
Dec. 6
State treasurer, corporation tax 100 78
6 66
1 National Bank Tax 1207 29
6
state aid 120 00
1882.
Jan. 26 County treasurer, dog fund 133 60
26 State treasurer, income school fund 231 02
Feb. 1
E. F. Andrews, collector com. of taxes 8556 85
10 Wm. Goff, Supt. Town Farm, bal of acct. 55 20
$17098 72
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EXPENDITURES.
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF PAUPERS.
1881.
Feb. 16 Geo. Dunbar, aid of Wm. J. Pratt $4 19
April 2 Ira P. Briggs, " Salome Swift 13 00
2 Worcester asylum, acct. of C. Marvel 43 47
7 Taunton asylum. Asahel Pierce 44 70
June 6 John A. Lewis, aid of Elizabeth Snell .. 66
4 00
1 Bennett & Fuller, legal services
4 00
5 Worcester asylum, acct. of C. Marvel
46 95
5 City of Taunton, aid of Nelson Wheeler
6 00
23 Taunton asylum, " A. Pierce
53 00
Ang. 10 Ira P. Briggs, aid of Salome Swift
13 00
10
J. A. Lewis, aid of Elizabeth Snell
7 00
Sep. 16
66 4 00 66
Oct. 5 66 66 5 00
8 Ira P. Briggs, aid of Salome Smith
13 00
19 Worcester asylum, acct. of C. Marvel 47 09
23 J. A. Lewis, aid of Elizabeth Snell 6 00
Nov. 7 Taunton asylum, acct. of Asahel Pierce 43 36
1882.
Jan. 7
66 44 06
9 Worcester asylum, acct. of C. Marvel
48 91
21 Dr. G. B. Richmond, medical attendance 4 50
30 Dr. H. B. Baker, 66
66
7 50
Feb. 2 City of Taunton, pauper acct. 25 26
2 J. Paull & Co., flour and grain 159 00
10 Ira P. Briggs, aid Salome Smith 14 00
10 Wm. Goff, Supt. Town Farm 300 00
$965 99
PAID TOWN OFFICERS' BILLS.
1881.
March 7 Cyrus Talbot, Assessor for 1880 $20 00
7 O. N. Walker, Constable 25 00
8 C. W. Turner, Supt. of Schools 56 85
5 00
July 1
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26 G. A. Shove, registering births, deaths and marriages 37 70
26 G. A. Shove, services as Clerk 23 00
May 9 C. W. Turner, Supt. of School, bal. of pay 13 00
Oct.
15 H. A. Williams, Assessor, 1881 23 75
1882.
Jan. 13 Geo. E. Gooding, Assessor, 1881 48 08
Feb. 10 George A. Shove, Treasurer 30 00
10 F. A. Horr, Selectman and Overseer of Poor 45 00
40 00
10 J. A. Lewis, 66
52 00
10 Cyrus Talbot, Assessor, 1881 22 00
$436 38
STATE AID.
1881
M. L. Ward
$36 00
Angenette Jones
48 00
George A. Munroc
36 00
$120 00
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
1881.
March 7 D. H. Horton, labor on highway
$1 50
11 O. N. Walker, 5 50
May 29 James E. Maker, labor and materials
157 68
June
2 Chas. O. Gay,
66
108 87
3 I. A. Hardy,
66
157 00
3 Geo. E. Francis,
77 96
B. P. Jones,
184 48
6 O. P. Simmons,
110 97
7 R. P. Horton, 66
90 95
9 Jas. H. Horton,
66
102 80
13 Silas W. Wheldon,
99 14
16 J. E. Chandler,
88 60
21 J. M. Walker,
66
131 74
21 O. N. Walker, repairs on scraper
1 77
July 21 J. T. W. Reed, labor and materials
112 87
Sept. 18 G. E. Francis,
23 95
13
56
16 50
10 Ira P. Briggs,
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13 J. R. Talbot,
180 75
Oct. 13 B. P. Jones,
66
96 26
14 S. H. Wheldon,
36 05
14
I. A. Hardy,
66
58 51
Nov. 2 R. P. Horton,
30 76
10
J. M. Walker,
6:
81 81
15 J. E. Chandler,
66
26 14
18 J. H. Horton,
66
37 18
19
C. O. Gay,
66
42 85
26 J. T. W. Reed,
25 52
Dec. 17
J. E. Maker,
85 36
27
J. C. Standish, tending bridge
206 59
1882.
Jan. 31
J. R. Talbot,
labor and materials
42 70
Feb. 10
Cyrus Talbot, 66
. 354 09
$2726 85
PAID ON MISCELI ANEOUS ACCOUNT.
1881.
Mar. 7 J. P. Ashley, care of Town house, &c. $13 30
7 Fiske & Munroe, printing town reports 36 00
15 Benj. N. Cummings, note and interest 449 35
15 C. M. Cummings,
112 18
15 B. F. Davis, 66 66
447 00
16 William Briggs, 102 30 66
16 G. E. Gooding, Lxr. G. Pierce estate 111 75
18 Wm. B. Horton, note and interest 429 20
26 J. N. Paull, abatement on tax
5 40
April 2 G. A. Shove, Clerk, Treas. and Sec. of Sch Com., postage, express and stationery 7 75
19 Hanson & Sproat, record book and ex. 8 75
19 Almy, Milne & Co., school reports and ex. 11 00
4 75
June 28 Town of Middleboro, watching fish
20 00
July 11
M. F. Sprague, painting Town House, 34 00
11 oil and expressage 4 57
23 Sanford & Covel, paint for Town House 39 25
May 23 G. A. Shove, Treas. expenses to Boston
21
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Oct. 21 J. Pickering & Mosely, temporary loan 2400 00
Nov. 7 A. M. Swift, labor and mat. on Town House 2 41
18 G. A. Shove, team and attend. at Rehoboth 4 50
Dec. 6 State Treasurer, state tax 705 00
1882.
Jan. G. E. Goodwin, copying valuation list 5 00
13 B. C. Republican, printing notices
1 00
Feb.
1 County tax
866 22
1 Abatement on taxes
8 00
1 Discount 66
422 11
1 Collector's percentage
162 58
10 F. A. Horr, team, car fare, express, &c.
10 69
10 Bennett & Fuller, legal services 11 00
10 Committee to settle with Treas. 6 00
10. Entertainment of committee 5 00
$6446 06
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS.
1881.
Feb. 14 C. S. Cummings, repairs, etc., on houses
$32 70
15 Wm. H. Wales, teaching 80 00
17 H. L. Turner, 50 00
Mar. 16 Geo. E. Gooding, wood for schools
5 75
16 Thos. W. Phillips,
3 00
19 R. W. Woodworth,
teaching
50 00
19 Alice C. Phinney, 66
140 00
19 Jos. E. Sears,
120 00
22 Sarah W. Turner,
88 00
23 Delia T. Standish,
135 00
25 Wm. E. Walker, care of house
6 00
25 Carrie K. Phinney
112 50
26 Winfield S. Wonson
40 00
26 Geo. W. Chace, care of house
6 00
26 John Walker,
17 75
26 H. A. Williams, use of well six years
18 00
26 Archer F. Williams, care of house 5 20
26 Ira P. Briggs, wood for schools 125 73
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ANNUAL REPORT.
29 Henry B. Babbitt, care of house
80
April 1 J. N. Horton, 6 00
1 C. A. Horton, wood for schools 5 00
5 Chas. H. Morse, teaching
122 50
5 H. L. Turner, 1
62 00
5 Mrs. Pool, care of house and well
10 00
6 Amy A. Chace, teaching
90 00
14 J. A. Briggs, care of house
6 00
17 E. R. Whitmarsh, “
19 55
May 20 Town of Rehoboth, tuition bill
16 00
30 C. A. Horton, repairs Broad Cove house
6 25
June 11 Mary A. Raymond, teaching
90 00
11 Lucy N. Ray,
63 00
11 A. Annette Williams, 63 00
11 Chas. H. Morse, 66
94 50
11 H. L. Turner, 66
63 00
11 James 'T. Richmond, care of house 6 75
11 Annie P. Moore, teaching . 63 00
13 Delia T. Standish, 81 00
15 Sarah W. Turner, 72 00
15 Amy A. Chace, 54 00
16 Carrie K. Phinney, 63 00
June 18 Gaius E. Horton, care of house and pail 2 41
18 E. Almy, brooms for schools 2 34
18 Jas. B. Babbitt, cash pd. for cleaning house 1 00
24 H. and E. Walker, care of house
8 10
July 29 Harriet Briggs, use of well
3 00
Oct. 12 Chas. H. Morse, teaching
20 00
17 R. W. Woodworth, 35 00
19 D. H. Briggs, repairing F. R. house 4 80
3 00
21 R. S. Davis & Co., readers 6 00
21 M. A. Walker, cleaning school room 1 88
21 Mrs. M. Townsend, 66
1 25
26 S. W. Turner, books and slate 96
1
30 Mrs. Isaac Hathaway, use of well 3 00
20 Bradford Lee, repairing
23
ANNUAL REPORT.
26. Boston School Supply Store, apparatus and '
paper 7 04
26 J. L. Hammet, erasers and expenses on 6 50
Nov. 19 Chas. H. Morse, teaching 90 00
19 R. W. Woodworth, "
35 00
19 E. P. Lincoln, use of well
3 00
19 Nathan H. Walker, teaching
100 00
19 Annie P. Moore, 66
70 00
19 Annette Williams, 66
70 00
21 Delia T. Standish,
90 00
24 Elmer E. Sherman, 66
70 00
24 Sarah W. Turner.
90 00
24 H. L. Turner, 66
75 00
25 Annie W. Brownell, 66
65 00
25 G. A. Shove, dictionary for school
4 00
30 H. L. Crowell, use of well
3 00
Dec. 16 Hiram N. Bowen, repairing
5 00
22 A. J. Smith, care of house
7 50
23
R. W. Woodworth, teaching
24 00
30 C. S. Cummings, repairs and supplies 56 16
30 H. L. Turner, teaching winter term 32 00
36 00
1882.
Jan. 13 Geo. E. Gooding, kindling wood 1 60
13 John Walker, care of house 7 50
31 Sarah W. Turner, teaching winter term 36 00
31 H. L. Turner, 66 66
32 00
31 R. W. Woodworth. 36 00
31 Jos. E. Sears, books and paper for schools 11 48
25 00
Feb. 6 C. H. Morse, teaching winter term .
$3274 50
·
30 Sarah W. Turner 66
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Total Receipts
$17,098 72
Paid on acct. Paupers,
$965 99
Town Officers, €
436 38
State Aid,
120 00
Roads and Bridges,
2,726 85
Miscellaneous, 6,446 06
Schools,
3,274 50
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 10, 1882,
3,128 94
-$17,098 72
G. A. SHOVE, Treasurer of Dighton.
COPY OF RECORD.
The Committee to settle with the Treasurer and Collector have this day attended to that duty and find his charges correct and duly authenticated. We find in the hands of the Treasurer a balance of $3128 94.
Notes of Robert Pettis of Providence :-
No, 10, due July 1, 1882 $475 00
No. 1, “ " 1, 1883, new contract 600 00
No. 2, “ 1,1884 600 00
No. 3, " 1,1885
600 00
No. 4, “ 1,1886 600 00
No. 5, "
1, 1887 600 00
One Fish Note due from I. N. Babbitt, June 1, 1882 60 00
66 C. N. Simmons, “ 1, 1882 60 00
NOAH CHACE, Committee to ALFRED W. PAULL, settle HENRY A. WILLIAMS, with Treasurer.
Dighton, Feb. 10th, 1882.
A true copy-Attest :
G. A. SHOVE, Treasurer.
25
ANNUAL REPORT.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN DIGHTON IN 1881.
DATE.
CHILD'S NAME.
.
PARENTS' NAMES.
Jan. 6
George Silva
Manuel and Mary
.6
11
Clara Ermina Luther
Henry A. and Kate E.
Feb. 28
Merton Talbot Horton
Alfred A. and Sarah M.
Mar. 22
Thomas Henry Walton · Palmer
William and Ellen John O. and Emily M.
66
19 Lizzie May Hathaway
Benjamin F. and Abby C.
66
29
Mary Josephine Barry Shove
Charles H. and Cynthia E.
66
27
John Thomas McCabe John Hennessy
Lawrence and Bridget J. and- -St. John
66
27
Walter Irving Haskins
James E. and Hannah C.
66
20
Charles Augustus Waldron
Clarence W. and Ida E.
June 16 66
2
Arthur Franklin Sprague . Ella Follansbee
Charles and Abby F.
July 66
10
Charles E. Francis
Charles E. and Mary E
66
21
Elizabeth Reed Paul
Dyer S. and Rhoda E.
David I. and Rebecca
Aug. 9
Alfred R. and Mary E
66
12
Edward Andrew Scanlon
Thomas and Julia Henry M. and Lucy J.
Oct. 6
Eulalie Carpenter Westcoat
Nov. 7 Charles Edward Holden
William and Mary E.
14
Emma Florence Goff
William and Asenath E.
66
8 Everett Wilmarth Allen
Frederick A. and Rebecca R.
Dec.
Joseph Henry Sargent
Arthur and Annie
Alvin T. and Lydia H.
26
Waldron
Daniel H. and Angeline E.
OMITTED IN 1880.
Sept. 16
Mary Elizabethi Handy.
Martin and Jenny F.
66
27
66
11
Mary L. St. John
Patrick and Mary
May 15
21
Viola Shaw
George W. and Sarah A.
Owen and Sarah
Milton F. and Mary E.
1 Frederick Lewis Evans
Samuel F. and Phebe
31
Norman Stanley Bowen Barney
2 2
Westcoat
April 16
MARRIAGES REGISTERED.
DATE.
NAME OF GROOM.
RESIDENCE.
NAME OF BRIDE.
RESIDENCE.
OFFICIATE.
January 2. ...
Walter C. Reed
Dighton
Lydia M. White
Rehoboth
Rev. G. H. Lamson.
5 .. ..
George H. Handy
Dighton
Mary McGowan
Somerset
Rev. J. C. Halliday.
Nathan Carter
Dighton
Mary E. Thresher
Halifax, Mass.
Rev. C. Y. de Normandie.
February 19. . .
George Winslow
Fall River
Jennie A. French
Natick
Rev. G. H. Lamson.
Marclı 1. . .. . .
, 15 ..
Charles E. Lincoln
Dighton
Mary E. Speet
Dighton
Rev. L. W. Manning.
Francis F. Hackett
Taunton
Mary E. Jennings
Taunton
Rev. T. T. Richmond.
Everett L. Bassett
Taunton
Carrie Wilbur
Dighton
Rev. T. T. Richmond.
William E, Booth
Dighton
Hattie Bullock
Dighton
Rev. T. T. Richmond.
Charles F. Hathaway
Dighton
Bertha L. Allen
Dighton
Rev. M. Summerbell.
July 21 .
Arthur Sargent
Dighton
Annie Williams
Dighton
Rev. Obed Eldridge.
August 11.
Altred E. Sherman
Somerset
Diana Negus
Dighton
Rev. Geo. H. Bates.
19. .....
George A. Staples
Dighton
Elizabeth A. Findler
Dighton
George A. Shove, J. P.
September 5 ...
Frank J. Kingsley
Dighton
Frances E. Lincoln
Taunton
Rev. O. H. Bates.
13 ... ...
Henry A. Williams
Dighton
Phylany O. Haskins
Dighton
George A. Shove, J. P.
28 ...
William Burnett
Dighton
Sarah Shaw
Taunton
Rev. G. H. Lamson.
October 13. ...
Charles E. Place
Dighton
Mabel R. Holden
Dighton
Rev. O. H. Bates.
November 9 ..
24.
Arthur T. Pierce
Dighton
Nellie L. Horton
Dighton
Rev. O. H. Bates.
24 ....
Wallace N. Babbitt
Dighton
Sybil 1. Goff
Taunton
Rev. E. J. Moore.
December 13. .
Alberto G. Babbitt
Somerset
Clara A. Sisson
Dighton
Rev. G. H. Lamson.
-
24 ..
Hosea F. Williams
Dighton
Martha J. Talbot
Dighton
Rev. D. C. Bixby.
18. .
Julius C. Sturgis
Dighton
Julia A. Chace
Dighton
Rev. Obed Elbridge.
27 ..
Orrin L. Babbitt
Dighton
Grace H. Durfee
E. Prov., R. I.
Rev. G. W. Anderson.
-
26
ANNUAL REPORT.
5 ..
10.
Thomas E. Scanlon
Raynham
Julia A. Deering
Dighton
Rev. J. K. Beavin.
May 27 ..
June 25 ..
Charles E. Mason
Dighton
Cora A. Hathaway
Dighton
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