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REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN and TREASURER
OF THE
TOWN OF DIGHTON,
TOGETHER WITH A
VALUATION AND TAX LIST
For the Year Ending Feb. 10, 1889.
FALL RIVER, MASS. PRESS OF ALMY & MILNE, NEWS BUILDING. 1889.
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DIGHTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 3575 00042 5217
REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN and TREASURER
OF THE
TOWN OF DIGHTON,
TOGETHER WITH A
VALUATION AND TAX LIST
For the Year Ending Feb. 10, 1889.
FALL RIVER, MASS. PRESS OF ALMY & MILNE, NEWS BUILDING. 1889.
3 3575 00042 5217
Selectmen's Report.
SCHOOLS.
Due for winter schools of 1887 and 1888 $1,223 06
BROAD COVE.
Carrie L. Dean, teaching 12 weeks at 7 50 90 00
Herbert J. Carr, care of house 6 00
96 00
SOUTH DIGHTON.
Hannah L. Turner, teaching 12 wks. at 11 00 132 00
Lizzie C. Pierce,
do.
9 00
108 00
Wing & Whitmarsh, care of house 6 75
246 75
UPPER FOUR CORNERS.
C. L. Story, teaching 12 weeks at 8 00 96 00
Arthur L. Young, care of house 6 50
102 50
NORTH DIGHTON.
A. F. Cummings, teaching 12 wks. at 10 50
126 00
S. W. Turner, do. 9 50 114 00
Martha W. Sylvester, do. 9 00 108 00
H. C. Lincoln, care of house and kindlings
28 00
376 00
BRICK SCHOOL.
Jane E. Howard, teaching 12 weeks at 8 00 96 00
B. I. Hathaway, care of house 6 00
102 00 ·
WILLIAMS SCHOOL.
H. A. Hayward, teaching 12 wks. at 8 00 96 00
Andrew A. Haskins, care of house 6 00
102 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
FISH SCHOOL.
Hannah J. Leonard, teaching 12 wks. at 7 50 90 00
Almond B. Horton, care of house 6 00
96 00 ·
FLAT ROCK SCHOOL.
A. T. Smith, teaching, 12 weeks at 8 00 96 00
John F. Coats, care of house 6 00
102 00
BROAD COVE. Summer Term.
Jane E. Howard, teaching 11 weeks at 7 50 82 50
do. care of house 2 75
85 25
Fall Term.
Jane E. Howard teaching 11 weeks at 8 00 88 00
do. care of house 2 75
90 75
SOUTH DIGHTON. Summer Term.
H. L. Turner, teaching 11 weeks at 11 00 121 00
Lizzie C. Pierce do. 9 00 99 00
Ernest Ward, care of house 11 00
231 00
SOUTH DIGHTON. Fall Term.
H. L. Turner, teaching 11 weeks at 11 00 121 00
Lizzie C. Pierce do. 9 00 99 00
Willie Brightman, care of house 11 00
231 00
UPPER FOUR CORNERS. Summer Term.
C. L. Story, teaching 11 weeks at 8 00
88 00
Dwight Lane, mowing yard 50
A. L. Young, care of house 2 75
91 25
Fall Term.
C. L. Story, teaching 11 weeks at 8 00 88 00
A. L. Young, care of house 2 75
90 75
NORTH DIGHTON. Summer Term.
A. F. Cummings, teaching 11 weeks at 10 50 115 50
Addie W. French do.
9 00 99 00
M. W. Sylvester do. 9 00 99 00
H. C. Lincoln, care of house 16 50
330 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Fall Term.
Cora M. Walker, teaching 11 weeks at 10 50 115 50
Sarah W. Turner do.
9 50 104 50
Martha W. Sylvester do.
9 00
99 00
H. C. Lincoln, care of house 12 50 331 50
Winter term.
Annie V. Strange, teaching 2 weeks at 9 50 19 00
19 00
BRICK SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Emma E. Simmons, teaching 11 weeks at 8 00 88 00
G. H. Walker, care of house 2 50
90 50
Fall Term.
Emma E. Simmons, teaching 11 weeks at 8 00 88 00 G. H. Walker, care of house 2 75
90 75
WILLIAMS SCHOOL. Summer Term.
Hattie A. Hayward, teaching 11 wks. at 8 00 88 00
do. care of house 2 75
90 75
Fall Term.
Addie W. French, teaching 11 weeks at 8 00 88 00
do. care of house 2 75
90 75
FISH SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Hannah T. Leonard, teaching 11 wks. at 7 .50 82 50
do. care of house 2 75
85 25
Fall Term.
Hannah J. Leonard, teaching 11 weeks at 7 50 82 50
do. care of house 2 75
85 25
FLAT ROCK SCHOOL. Summer Term.
A. T. Smith, teaching 11 weeks at 8 00, 88 00
Cora M. Chace, care of house 2 50
90 50
Fall Term.
A. T. Smith, teaching 11 weeks at 8 00 88 00
Wm. M. Chace, care of house 2 75
90 75
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Miscellaneous Orders for School.
G. B. Walker for repairing school houses and school supplies, 193 65
D. D. Andrews, school supplies, 3 01
Ina P. Briggs, for wood, 116 74
E. Almy, school supplies,
4 10
H. W. Briggs, for use of well, 3 00
Nancy Pool,
do.
, 00
Thomas Kennedy, labor at grammar school building, 87
Henry A. Williams, use of well,
3 00
Mason, Chapin & Co., paint for school houses, 75 75
Wm. Ware & Co., school supplies, 77 65
H. A. Dickerman, do.
72 29
C. W. P. Banks, 3 manakins, 45 00
Houghton, Mifflin & .Co., school supplies, 7 33
27 81
Ezra Davoll, school reports,
21 50
Lee & Shepard, school supplles,
36 01
Cowperthwait & Co., school supplies,
24 24
Leech, Shewell & Sanborn, do.
3 20
A. S. Barnes & Co. do.
54 00
A. C. Stockin, do. 40 62
Van Antwerp Bragg & Co., do.
26 04
Wm. P. Hood & Son, insurance on school houses, 37 50
Groveland Foundry Co., 2 stoves,
37 88
Edward Lincoln, school supplies, 11 51
Owen McCabe, do.
3 75
J. T. W. Read, wood and coal,
10 50
Otis N. Walker, repairs on school house,
2 32
J. W. Earle, do.
3 10
H. S. Crowell, use of well,
3 00
L. Lincoln & Co., school supplies,
62 89
C. L. Story, 8 curtains,
2 00
Wm. O. Lee, use of well,
3 00
Jane E. Howard, Webster's Dictionary, 8 50
H. M. Simmons, lumber for South Dighton grammar school, 10 74
J. L. Hammitt, do.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Edmund Hathaway, 5 tons coal for grammar school, 30 50
C. W. Turner, superintendent of schools, 50 00
J. E. Sears, do. 100 00
A. S. Barnes, school supplies,
51 00
$1,448 25
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
The Appropriation for Highways for the year 1888 was as follows :- $300 in the hands of the Selectmen to be used as they think proper, and $2,500 to be divided as follows :
District No. 1. O. P. Simmons, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation,
100 56
do. No. of miles, 69 50
170 06
Paid O. P. Simmons, 159 20
District No. 2. Herbert A. Briggs, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation, 285 58
do. No. of miles, 109 00
394 58
Paid Herbert A. Briggs,
419 58
District No. 3. Isaac Pierce, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation,
112 19
do. No. of miles,
116 62
228 81
Paid Isaac Pierce, 236 72
District No. 4. Benjamin P. Jones.
Apportioned on valuation, 135 08
do. No. of miles,
114 61
249 69
Paid Benjamin P. Jones, 262 65
District No. 5. J. E. Chandler, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation, 64 63
do. No. of miles, 59 71
124 34
Paid J. E. Chandler,
126 92
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ANNUAL REPORT.
District No. 6. E. L. White, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation, 192 71
do. No. of miles, 66 56
259 27
Paid E. L. White, 293 63
District No. 7. O. N. Walker, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation, 78 49
do. No. of miles, ' 48 57
127 06
Paid O. N. Walker, 131 30
District No. 8. Wm. T. Place, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation, 63 64
do. No. of miles, 76 68
140 32
Paid Wm. T. Place, 156 98
District No. 9. S. H. Whelden, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation, 38 98
do. No. of miles, 97 80
Paid S. H. Whelden, . 136 78
164 13
District No. 10. R. P. Horton, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation, 37 76
do. No. of miles, 67 92
105 68
Paid R. P. Horton,
110 00
District No. 11. L. A. Drown, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation, 39 66
do. No. of miles,
73 94
113 60
Paid L. A. Drown,
113 72 District No. 12. G. H. Tinkham, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation, 27 96
do. No. of miles,
89 43
117 39
Paid G. H. Tinkham,
115 36
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District No. 13. Isaac A. Hardy, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation,
52 66
do. No. of miles, 149 54
202 20
Paid Isaac A. Hardy. 201 41
District No. 14. Walter F. Wheeler, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation, do. No. of miles, 70 26
19 34
89 60
Paid Walter F. Wheeler, 93 98
District No. 15. J. P. Edson, Surveyor.
Apportioned on valuation, 78
do. No. of miles, 39 84
Paid J. P. Edson, 42 65
Paid Geo. E. Francis, Agent,
66 17
108 82
Total Appropriation.
Apportioned among Districts, 2,500 00
In hands of Selectmen, 300 00
Paid out, 2,800 00
2,694 40
MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS.
John S. Sampson, for printing Selectmen's
Report of 1887,
54' 15
H. J. Fuller, legal advice, 8 00
F. A. Horr, stationery, expressage, team, postage, etc., in Town business, 13 45
Geo. E. Gooding, copy of truant laws, . 50 copy of valuation list, 5 00
Dr. H. B. Baker, returning births, 6 75
James C. Standish, attending at Dighton and Berkley bridge, 192 50
J. O. Hinkley, printing and services, 4 75
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Charles H. Hathaway for 14 guide boards, 14 00
Benjamin F. Briggs, care of Town House from July 1st, 1887, to Jan 1st, 1889, Geo. Tyler & Co., repairs on road scraper, 10 30 Jesse P. Goff, building bank wall at North Dighton, 30 25
20 15
James H. Luther, police service,
6 00
Jesse P. Goff and J. B. Horton, building bank wall at the old mill sluice way, Patrick Hennery, for blasting rocks on school house lot, at North Dighton, 6 00
E. L. White, for labor dragging stones and drawing sand, &c., for bank,
41 08
H. W. Darling, for collector's tax and cash books, 4 00
Dr. B. L. Dwinell, for returning births,
6 50
George E. Gooding, for Army & Navy As- sociation, 75 00
E. L. White, labor on new road and bank wall, under direction of Selectmen, 65 00
J. A. Lewis, for selling old plank at auction, 2 00
J. P. Edson, for labor 5 00; warrants 2 00; Justice fees 1 20 ; stationery and post- age 1 50; 1 lb. powder 50, 10 20
C. A. Rose, horse hire and postage,
7 77
609 10
STATE AND MILITARY AID.
Anjenett Jones,
48 00
Geo. A. Munroe,
48 00
George W. Hunt, 60 00
Henrietta Reed,
48 00
M. E. Hathaway, 48 00
Eunice R. Hathaway,
48 00
Robert Bradbury,
64 00
Truman Gay, 96 00
460 00
24 75
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ANNUAL REPORT.
RELIEF OF POOR OUT OF ASYLUM.
George Dunbar, assistance of Sarah Tripp to Feb. 1st, 1888, 52 00
Worcester Insane Asylum, board of Caroline Mar-
vel to Jan. 1st, 1889, 169 92
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, for board of Charles Cobb to Jan. 1st, 1889, 169 92
do. Board of Jeptha Whalan to Sept. 12th, 1888, 120 00 Westboro Insane Hospital, for board of Sarah F. Cobb, from April 23, 1888, to Jan. 1, 1889, 117 46 J. P. Edson, for relief of Eunice Swift, 61 00
Truman S. Gay, assistance rendered from May 1st,
1888, to Feb. 1, 1889, at 6.00 per month, 54 00
J. P. Edson, for relief of Sarah A. Fleld from
April 23d, 1888, to Jan. 14th, 1889, 48 00
Benjamin F. Goff, care of Elbridge Smith, 17 00
John Gaffney, for burial of John Goff, 10 00
Dr. B. L. Dwinell, medical attendance upon Mrs. Charles H. Shove, 7 00
City of Taunton, for relief of Bridget Marvel, 40 90
C. O. Gay, meat for John Kay, 14 17
F. V. Fuller, services in Mary Marshall case, 18 80
Mary McManus, rent for Mary Marshall from Dec. 1888 to Jan. 1889, 5 50
Mrs. Asahel Reed, for lodging tramp, 1 50
J. P. Edson, relief of Mary Marshall, 10
E. T. Rose, milk for Jack Kay, 5 00
Edmund Hathaway, 1 ton of coal for Truman S. Gay, 5 75
do. Wood and coal for Mary Marshall, 8 50
D. D. Andrews, for relief of Widow J. Coats to Jan. 29th, 1889, 25 00
do. for relief of Mary Marshall in Feb. 1888, 3 00
do. for clothing for Joe Cider to Jan. 4th, 1889, 4 50
Geo. Dunbar, for relief of M. J. Randall, 3 weeks to Dec. 26th, 1888, 31 00
„ do. for relief of Sarah Tripp 52 weeks to Dec. 29, 1888, 52 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Geo. Dunbar, for relief of E. W. Cary to Feb. 9th,
1889, 10 25
Mrs. Fiddler, for lodging tramps, 1 00
J. A. Lewis, for burying Oscar Given's child, 4 50
Dr. H. B. Baker, medical attendance upon
John Kay, 41 00
Berney Connors, 18 50
Thomas Henry, 87 00
Truman S. Gay,
95 50
Elbridge Smith,
12 00
Alice Rose, 6 00
-- $1,327 67
CR.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 157 43
Town of Somerset, 18 50
Due from Henry F. Cobb,
117 46
Mansfield, 31 00
City of Taunton,
69 38
388 40
Net cost of supporting the poor, 1,638 99
SOLD OFF THE FARM.
1 cow, 55 00; 1 calf, 6 20 , 61 20
1 shoat, 10 00 ; 12 pigs, 46 00 ; '56 00
Hay 44 59; cabbage 38 62; 83 21
Milk, 8 24; straw, 7 50 ; 15 74
Fowls, 6 75 ; ' 5 79;
12 54
Apples, 9 50 ; poultry 13 53 ;
23 03
Eggs, 78 49; Butter, 9 12; 87 61
Calf, 7 40; Cabbage, 92 ;
8 32
PAID OUT BY SUPERINTENDENT.
1 peck clams, 30; shoeing horse, 65; 95
Cutting and making dress, 1 00; 100 lbs scraps,2 00; 3 00 Stockings, combs, buttons,1 00; 10 yards cloth, 1 00; 2 00 30 lbs crackers, 1 35; shoeing horse, 1 00; dried apples, 2 20; 4 50
Medicine,50; fish, 44; calf, 1 00; cleaning clock,50; 2 44
347 65
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ANNUAL REPORT.
1 ton fish and potash, 23 75: 600 lbs Bradley's fertilizer, 10 80; 34 55
Wire netting, 10 50; hoop iron and revits, 60; 11 10
3 windows, 1 25; seven days labor, 8 75; 10 00
White washing, 2 35; beef, 6 62; nails, 1 65; 10 62
Labor, carpentering, 11 25; 3 days labor, 3 75; 15 00
Herrings, 5 50; seed potatoes, 4 00; 9 50
C. A. Horton, ploughing and harrowing 6 days, 24 00 Shoeing horse, 1 00; seed oats, 1 12; chickens, 10 00;12 12 Scraps, 2 00; eggs, 1 25; shirts, 1 00; stockings, 50; 4 75 Lead pipe, etc., 1 00; seed corn, 1 00; labor 3 75; 5 75 Labor, 2 50; crackers, 1 45; bread knife, 35; 4 30 Flax seed meal, 1 00; turnip seed, 30; labor, 3 75; 5 05 Shoeing horse, 1 00; medicine, 1 00; capcine plas- ters, 1 00; 3 00
Repairing wagon, 2 75; 9 days haying, 18 00; 20 75
2 bushels white corn, 1 60; repairs on wagon, 75;
clams, 25; 2 60
Cash to J. C. Marvell, 6 10; slippers, 25; 6 35
Labor, 1 25; turnip seed, 35; suspenders, 50; 2 10
Two wash tubs, 1 75; repairing harness, 65; 2 40
Feed, etc., 160; labor, 6 00; shoeing horse, 100; 8 60 Fly paper, etc., 31 ; cabbage plants, 12 00 ; medi- cine, 1 00; 13 31
Repairing boots, 75 ; labor, 8 75 : bolts etc., 35 ; 9 85 Medicine, 1 00; shirts, 1 00; carting ashes, 15 00; 17 00 Plowing, 10 00 ; fresh bay, 3 00; crackers, 1 98; 14 98 Scraps, 2 00; medicine 3 00 ; pants, 1 50 ; 6 50
Shoeing horse, 30 ; repairing wagon, 3 75 ; over- halls, 1 00 ; 5 05
Medicine, 2 50 ; clothing, 5 50 ; 8 00
Labor, 3 75 ; medicine, 65 ; shoeing horse, 35 ; 4 75
Medicine, 2 50 ; stockings 30 ; 2 80
Threshing oats, 3 78 ; use of wagon, 1 00 ; medi- cine, 50; 5.28
Two pigs, 6 00 ; Labor, 3 75 ; repairing pails and boots, 1 05 ; 10 80
Clams, 15; sugar, 1 00; boxes, 40; shoeing horse 1 00; 2 55
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Shav'gs, 50; labor, 1 00; iron work, 50; tea pot, 35; 2 35 Plates, 60; chymnies, 50; butchering, 1 50; use of bull, 1 50; 4 10
Scraps, 2 00; cutting wood, 4 50; mend'g boots, 75; 7 25 Iron work, 75; grind'g corn, 75; repairs on clock, 75; 2 25
Crackers, 1 67; dress making, 1 00; sand, 50; 3 17
Shoeing horse, 1 00; toweling, 1 50: 4 pigs, 8 00; 10 50
$335 92
VALUATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT
THE ASYLUM FEB. 1st, 1889. .
1 yoke of oxen 120 00, 3 cows 135 00, heifer 20 00, 275 00
9 tons English hay, 162 00, 2 tons swale hay 20 00 182 00
1 ton oat straw 12 00, 2 shotes 17 50, 4 pigs 12 00 41 50
80 fowls 48 00, harnesses 20 00, chains 4 00 72 00
Corn and meal 46 50, 37 bush. oats 16 65, 63 15
9 bush. rye 6 75, 2 1-2 bush. beans 5 00, 11 75
1 bag ground bone 2 92, 250 lbs. plaster 1 00 3 92
200 bush. Ashes 34 00, saws 1 50, hoes 2 50 38 00 Baskets 1 00, 3 shovels and pick 2 50, 3 axes 2 00 5 50
Scythes 2 00, manure hauler 25,
2 25
Drawing knife and wrench 2 00, 4 ploughs 10 00, 12 00
Cultivator 2 00, ox harrow 3 00, rakes 1 75, 75
Shares harrow 4 00, iron bar 2 50, 6 50
Grindstone 4 00, whiffletree and chain 1 00,
5 00
Cattle ties 2 50, wheelbarrow 2 00, bags 3 50,
8 00
Hay forks 1 90, manure forks 1 25, ladder 1 00, 4 15
Curry comb and brush 50, drag 5 00, 5 50
Potato diggers 75, stab hoes 1 00, 1 75
Ash plank and shaving brake 4 00, 4 00
Ox yoke and nose baskets 10 00, grain cradle 75, 10 75
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Ox wagon 20 00, farm wagon 42 00, 62 00
Express wagon 40 00, ox cart 12 00, 52 00
Strawberry crates and baskets, 8 00, .8 00
Ox sled 9 00, cranberry rake, 75 00, 9 75
Corn knives 50, can and oil 75, 1 25
Hammer and measure 2 00, soap 1 65,
3 65
Wire netting 10 00, 23 cords of wood 69 00,
79 00
35 fence posts 5 25, 50 rails 4 00,
9 25
11 axe handles 2 75, wheel jack 1 50,
4 25
Provisions 20 65, 75 lbs. lard 8 25, 28 90
44 56
112 lbs. hams 14 56, 3 00 lbs. pork 30 00, Vinegar and cider 35 00, 7 casks 4 00,
39 00
3 pork barrels 2 00, beets 50, onions 50, 3 00
Apples 2 00, 30 bush. potatoes, 18 00, 20 00
Turnips 2 00, 15 bush. small potatoes, 3 00, 5 00
Brass kettle 1 00, furniture 200 00, 2 01 00
$1330 08
SUPPORT OF POOR AT THE ASYLUM.
1888
March 30, Edward Hathaway, coal for asylum. 3 16 April 3, A. A. Horton, bal. of salary to Feb. 1, 41 57 April 28, C. A. Horton,for shingles for asylum, 24 50 July 4, A. A. Horton, supt. town farm, 75 00 Aug. 25, E. G. Stoddard, ashes for town farm, 84 70 " J. A. Lewis, fertilizer " " 7 45
Sept. 29, A. A. Horton, superintendent, 75 00
Nov. 5, T. B. Witherell, yoke of steers, 90 00
Dec. 29, A. A. Horton, superintendent, 75 00
" " Orin M. Talbot, heifer for poor farm, 15 00
Feb. 1, J. Paull & Co., grain, etc., 261 46
1, J. C. Marvel, balance on account of Feb. 1st, 1889, at asylum, 119 43
1, Geo. A. Dean, balance on account of meat bill to date at asylum, 52 22
" 1, A. A. Horton, superintendent of town farm, for sundries to date, 85 98
" 1, G. A. Dean, for meat, 60 54
Paid out by superintendent,
335 92
- $1,346 39
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Sold off the farm,
347 65
Difference in appraisal for 1888,
240 40
588 05
$758 34
Average number of inmates, 43.
Expense per year each 168 52.
INMATES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Hannah Vickery, 80 years old.
Leonard Cole,
80 66
Hodijah B. Briggs, 67 66 66
Amy Smith, 52 66 66
TOWN OFFICER'S BILL.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
C. W. Turner, 50 00
Joseph E. Sears,
100 00
SELECTMEN.
James E. Macker from Feb. 1st, 1887, to March 5th, 1888, 11 50
F. A. Horr from Feb. 1st, 1888, to March 5th, 1888, 14 00
J. P. Edson from Feb. 1st, 1888, to Feb. 9th, 1889, 69 00 J. A. Lewis from Mar. 1888, to Feb. 1st, 1889, 40 25 Chas. A Rose from Mar. 22d, 1888, to Jan. 7th, 1889, 16 00
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
J. P. Edson from Feb. 1st, 1888, to Feb. 9th, 1889, 21 00 J. A. Lewis from Mar. 1888, to Feb. 1st, 1889, 13 75 C. A. Rose from Mar. 22d, 1888, to Jan. 7th, 1889, 2 00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Jonathan Jones, 1887, 14 00
Geo. E. Gooding, 1887, 17.00
Thomas Lee, May 1st, 1886, to May 1st, 1888, 28 00
ASSESSORS.
George E. Gooding, 1887, 49 00
O. P. Simmons, 1887, 22 50
O. P. Simmons, 1888, 27 50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
CONSTABLES.
N. O. Walker from March 5th, 1887, to March 5th, 1888,
21 00
TREASURER FOR 1888. 50 00
$566 50
APPROPRIATIONS.
Schools,
3200 00
Highways,
2800 00
Paupers,
1300 00
Incidentals,
1200 00
Town Indebtedness,
800 00
To suppress Liquor Traffic,
500 00
For Army and Navy Association,
75 00
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$9,875 00
TOWN ASSETS IN TREASURER'S HAND.
Due from the Treasurer, 312 12
Oyster note of Robert Pettis, due July 1, '89, 600 00
Fish notes of I. N. Babbitt and D. B. Shove, 70 00
Ferdinand J. Rose and others on notes, 50 00
Due from State on account of State aid, 460 00
$1,492 12
INDEBTEDNESS.
Indebtedness by note,
2,800 00
1 temporary note,
2,000. 00
Amount due winter school,
1,223 06
Other bills estimated,
100 00
-- $6,123 06
All of which is respectfully submitted.
J. P. EDSON, Selectmen
J. A. LEWIS, of
CHAS. A. ROSE, Dighton.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE
ON COST OF REPAIRS OF DIGHTON AND BERKLEY BRIDGE.
Paid Cook Borden & Co. for lumber, 660 64
66 James A. Potter & Co. for lumber, 22 20
H. M. Simmons for lumber, 4 36
66 Capt. Benjamin Cobb for towing lumber, 10 00
66 John E. Chandler for hauling lumber,
7 00
C. B. Bowen for labor,
37 00
66 H. A. Williams for labor,
15 50
Wm. W. French for labor,
72 25
66 J. P. Ashley for labor,
15 50
J. P. Edson for labor,
104 60
66 J. P. Edson for carting lumber, 7 00; tar, 3 00; spikes, 7 50; brushes, 20; sun- dries, 1 00; 18 70
$967 75
BILLS PAID BY BERKLEY.
To A. G. Williams for plank,
25 65
" Simeon Briggs for labor,
48 60
" Thomas Briggs for labor, 30 00
" Willard H. Hathaway for labor,
22 00
" Jethro Ashley for labor,
13 60
" A. J. Gedmark for labor,
5 60
" W. H. Crane for blacksmithing,
5 55
" J. W. Thrasher for use of boat,
7 00
" G. H. Babbitt for carting timber,
9 00
" F. R. Washburn for sundries,
2 34
66 Henry Hathaway for labor, 118 00
287 34
Cost for Dighton To
878 56
Cost for Berkley 1'%
376 53
1,255 09
Received for old plank,
68 47
Dighton's proportion 17%
47 93
Berkley's proportion
20 24
Cost for Berkley,
376 53
Paid by Berkley,
287 34
68 47
Berkley Dr.
89 19
$1,255 09
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Berkley by old plank, Cr.
20 54
Received of Berkley,
68 65
Plank on hand 2,250 feet at 23.
56 25.
56 25
124 72
Net cost of bridge,
$1,130 37
J. P. EDSON, Dighton Committee. Dighton, February 16th, 1889.
Town Clerk's Report.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1888,
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Years, Montlis,
Davs,
Jan.
1 Nancy Nichols,
73 10 2
Malaria, Paralysis.
4 Nathan Ide,
65
39 3
21 General Debility. 4 Impacted Urinary Cal - culus Rupture.
10 Jolın F. Moran,
or
7
19 Croup.
25 Rev. Michael Burdette,
S4
Diarrliea.
29 Guilemina Dever,
20
Mar. 13 Oliver Eaton,
74 3
25 Heart Disease.
28 Mary Ann Kay, 2
2 10 Typhoid Pneumonia.
April 13 Carrie T. Rose,
42
7
23 Consumption.
19 Lucinda L. Briggs,
,78
6
27 Pneumonia.
29 Ethel D. White,
2
10 20 Ulceration of Bowels.
May
15 Dianna Slove,
73
1 19
Cerebro Spinal Menin- gitis. Meningitis.
June
Frank I. Walker.
33
2
9 Consumption.
16 Jane B. Marvel,
82
3
20
Old Age.
July 5 Henry A. Mason,
17
8
27 Meningitis.
9 Emeline Goff,
72
11
2 Apoplexy.
20 Emma D. P. Goff,
35
3
11 Plithisis Pulmonatis.
78
50
Aug.
76
10
8 Paralysis.
35
S
27 Erysipilas. Cholera Infantum. Hydrocephalus.
Oct.
11 Randall Hathaway,
77
7
2 Consumption. Gangrene.
Nov. 7 William P. Mayner,
5
3 15 Scarletina. Stillborn.
May 12
1 78
4
Sept. 2 Saralı Briggs,
10
2 Paralysis. Heart Failure.
30 Elizabeth F. Almy, 5 Bridget Murphy, 4 Mary T. Horton, 14 Mary Ella Perry, 17 Marie Silvia, 27 John Goff,
4
DISEASE.
Feb. 2 Mary M. Briggs,
28 Patrick McLaughlin Jr.,
22
20
ANNUAL REPORT.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN DIGHTON IN 1888.
Jan. 9. Albert A. Simmons of Dighton and Grace A. Briggs of Dighton.
Jan. 1. Forest A. Whitmarshı of Dighton and Mahala J. Wolfe of Digliton.
Feb. 14.
Clarence H. Simmons of Westport and Eliza G. Goulett of Digliton.
Feb. 20. Lewis M. White of Dighton and Alice Lewis of Barnstable.
Mar. 20. Walter N. Paul of Dighton and Carrie M. Woodward of Taunton.
April 4. Elmer E. Sherman of Plymouthi and Hellen S. Babbitt of Dighton.
April 18. Otis H. Bates of Digliton and Saralı M. Chace of Swansea.
April 20. Josephi Geassie of Digliton and Mary E. Walton of Dighton.
April 27. George N. Goff of Taunton and Lucy G. Wolfe of Dighton.
May 16. Joseph W. Booker of Dighton and Maggie M. Harrington of Dighton.
Sept. 10. Manuel Frank Dever of Dighton and Mary Geassie of Dighton.
Sept. 27. Charles B. Lee of Dighton and Jessie A. Mckay of Dighton.
Oct. 9. Everett T. Dary of Digliton and Ella C. Barden of Mansfield.
Oct. 20. Everett S. White of Dighton and Lillian M. Hathaway of Mansfield.
Oct. 18. Isaac N. Wheeler of Dighton and L. E. Dean of R. I.
Nov. 1. Frederick W. Talbot of Dighton and Ella M. Vance of Dighton.
Nov. 22. Herbert Winship Carver of Brookline and Minervia Chace Cobb of Dighton.
Nov. 19. Walter A. Barstow of Digliton and Jennie L. Hammond of Berkley.
Nov. 14. George W. Chace of Dighton and Emma S. Chiace of Dighton.
1
21
ANNUAL REPORT.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1888.
DATE.
CHILD'S NAME.
PARENTS' NAME.
1887.
Nov. 1SSS.
3. Aethelbert Bruce Bassett,
William B. and Sarah A.
Walter and Harriet E. Otis N. and Hattie.
Alexander and Anna.
Jolın and Angeline.
5. Joseph Lawrence McCabe,
Owen and Sarah.
May
10. Chester Allen Tweedy,
27. Bessie Rebecca Allen,
Frederick A. and Rebecca.
23. Blanche Austin,
Herbert L. and Emily.
June
5. Erick Vasa Hawkins,
24. Emeline Codding,
Nathan O. and Mary L.
1. Leon Francis Caslı,
July 12. Lester Matthew Briggs, Aug. 19. Emeldia Eveline Hayes,
17. Catherine Connors,
29. Nellie Udna Adams,
Sept. 28. Wilfred Forest Whitmarsh, 28. Marion Josephine Sears. 10. Linden Earle Hathaway, Oct. 3. Hiram Clinton Parlow, 24. - Smitlı,
9. Clifford Wallace Babbitt,
6. Amey Adeline Hathaway,
28. John Francis Norris,
29. Belle Seaver Enos,
Nov. 8. -Bowen,
James A. and Sticcia J. Bernard and Catherine. John T. and Mary. Forest and Mahalia J. Joseph E. and Sarah R.
E. A. Merton and Lillian F. Sylvester and Sarah. David F. and Ruth E.
N. Wallace and Sybill J. Charles H. and Lillian M.
James and Lizzie. Manual and Mary. David I. and Rebecca T.
Jan. 23. Feb. 29. -Walker,
Harris Thurston Childs,
Mar. 29. 7. Mary Sylvia,
Ruth Crawford Swift,
6. Editlı May Richmond,
29. Robert Frederick Fiddler,
S. Frank and Anna P. Robert T. and Hattie.
William T. and Alice G.
3. Gilbert L. Austin,
Eugene M. and Georgianna.
Erick V. and Susan E.
Oren F. and Mary E. Herbert A. and Clara P.
22
ANNUAL REPORT.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1888.
OWNER'S NAME.
OWNER'S NAME.
Sylvanus J. Chace
1 Edmund Hathaway
1
George Dunbar
1 Elmer E. Hathaway 1
Nellie W. Codding
1 Alexis Eddy
1
Josephine G. Thaxter
1 James H. Luther Female
Clara L. Eames
1 James H. Luther
2
Wm. T. Place
1 Charles S. Chace
1
Herbert L. Austin
Female
Edward D. Perry
1
Charles P. Jones
Female
Isaac A. Reed Female
Nathan B. Francis
1 Henry H. Lincoln
1
Byron E. Waterman
1 Jesse P. Goff
1
William R. Wheeler
1 Alfred Horton
1
William Ryan
1 Timothy Waterman
1
Gracie Boomer
1
David F. Strange
1
George E. Ashley
1 Lucinda B. Horton
1
Charles A. Lewis
1 Dr. H. B. Baker
1
Albertus F. Simmons
1 John A. Rose
1
Mary W. Greene
1 Clarence C. Andrews
1
William W. French
1 Henry H. Macker
1
John Boyle
1 Ferdinand Waldron
1
Charles O. Gay
1 Randall B. Bullock
1
Charles E. Whalon
2
Frank M. Perry
1
John M. Perry
2 Henry D. Greenlaw
1
George O. Williams
1 J. O. Hinckley
Female
James O. Simmons
1 Mrs. J. C. Jessup
1
George H. Townsend
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