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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen, Assessors and Over- seers of the Poor
OF THE
TOWN OF HARWICH,
INCLUDING REPORTS OF
Town Clerk, Treasurer, Road Commissioners and Auditors,
FOR THE YEAR 1891.
HARWICH, MASS: ALTON. P. GOSS. STEAM PRINTER. -1892 .-
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen, Assessors and Over- seers of the Poor
OF THE
TOWN OF HARWICH,
INCLUDING REPORTS OF
Town Clerk, Treasurer, Road Commissioners and Auditors,
FOR THE YEAR 1891.
HARWICH, MASS: ALTON P. Goss. STEAM PRINTER. -I892 .-
Harwich Incorporated Sept. 14, 1694.
Population by State Census in 1890, 2733.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1891.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. Ambrose N. Doane, Watson B. Kelley, Uriel Doane.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
George N. Munsell,
-
Term expires in 1892.
Benj. F. Sears. -
-
66
1893.
A. D. Long, - -
66
66 “ 1894.
AUDITORS.
Ensign L. Jerauld, George T. Bassett.
CONSTABLES.
M. F. Nickerson. M. B. Chase.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
America W. Nickerson, -
- Term expires in 1892.
Rinaldo Eldredge, - -
“ 1893.
O. C. Baker, -
-
66 " 1894.
COLLECTORS OF TAXES. M. L. Chase,
Gershom Hall.
REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1891.
For the Support of Poor in Almshouse, $1100.00
66 66 60 66 6 1700.00
66 66
6 Insane in Asylums, 1200.00
66
66 Repairs on Roads, 66
1000.00
66 66
" Bridges,
300.00
66
66
" Buildings,
100.00
66 Military Aid,
200.00
Town Officers,
850.00
66 Town Bond, due July 1, 1891,
2000.00
Interest,
200.00
Schools,
5500.00
School Books and Supplies,
300.00
60 Miscellaneous Expenses,
500.00
66 Herring River Improvement,
300.00
Salt Water Pond Improvement,
100.00
Herring River Lower Bridge,
250.00
West Harwich Road,
75.00
Harwich Port
160.00
66 South Harwich 6€
300.00
66 East Harwich
100.00
66 Bridge Hill
100.00
.
$16335.00
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. SUPPLIES FOR THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Mark Allen, Services as Keeper, 12 mos., $250.00
Erastus Chase, for supplies, 34.03
J. F. Tobey, 44.87
out of Almshouse,
4
Paid Seth Eldridge,
for supplies,
$ 5.00
16
Ezra Eldridge,
66
28.97
66
S. K. Sears,
66
66
12.90
Henry Kelley & Co.,
66
97.00
66 Davis Lothrop,
66
29.94
66 Mark Allen,
46.21
66
F. W. Baker,
66
67.86
66
O. S. Mecarta,
66
66
22.25
S. W. Rogers,
·
9.50
66
C. S. Hunt,
66
26.51
66
T. R. Eldridge,
66
44.01
E. B. Allen,
60
6.70
S. K. Crowell,
66
66
29.91
6.6
S. B. Kelley,
66
60
15.17
66
S. A. Ellis,
66
30.91
66
S. J. Miles,
66
60
22.12
66
Ebenezer Weekes,
66
20.71
F. D. Weekes,
66
71.85
C. H. Kelley,
66
66
20.94
66
Mulford Young,
66
8.00
66
G. W. Ellis,
60
6.00
66
H. C. Robbins,
66
23.57
66
C. E. Brett,
66
66
4.78
66
F. E. Burgess,
66
66
11.50
Elisha Mayo,
66
66
8.55
66
D. T. Nickerson,
66
.50
66
Kendrick & Bearse,
66
. .
14.50
66
P. N. Small,
66
8.60
66
Paddock Small,
66
15.54
Richard McGrand,
66
21.00
$1105.46
66
5.00
J. S. Paine,
66
16.59
G. F. Kelley,
W. R. Burgess & Co., "
66
20.02
66
2.95
J. A. Baker,
The number of inmates in the Almshouse the past year has averaged eleven.
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SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Ebenezer Cahoon and family, 1890-91,
$120.38
Oscar D. Lovejoy, 1890,
91.50
Simeon Y. Nickerson, 1890,
5.00
Emily Nickerson,
106.00
Alexander Nickerson and family,
110.00
Joanna Allen,
45.58
Z. H. Ellis,
37.00
Hezekiah Moody and wife,
96.32
Jalius Nickerson and wife,
123.12
Alexander Chase,
6.74
Alice Hall,
52.00
Eldridge Chase,
46.86
Mary E. Oliver's children,
32.10
Emily C. Chase,
23.25
David B. Thomas,
10.00
Clara N. Smith,
48.00
Samuel Taylor,
3.37
Dama Cahoon,
20.00
Angie Bartlett,
2.37
Christopher C. Handy,
15.66
Heman Nickerson,
7.56
Alderia Eldredge,
39.80
Nathan F. Snow,
39.50
Edwin L. Nickerson,
54.00
Joseph D. Ellis,
36.50
Alice Glendon,
2.60
Bennie E. Chase,
1.00
Nancy Nickerson,
2.50
Sarah Shuster,
26.00
Sally W. Nickerson,
32.41
Sarah Phillips,
16.50
Lydia Robbins,
52.00
Edwin L. Chase,
52.00
Barzilla Nickerson,
40.75
Myra Caffrey,
5.06
Elery A. Crowell,
21.40
Tamson Cahoon,
8.01
George E. Hopkins,
71.69
Nicholas Dixon's family,
10.00
6
Abbie Robinson, William Cahoon,
$ 70.00
5.04
$1589.57
POOR SUPPORTED FOR OTHER TOWNS.
J. O'Brien, for State, $ 69.71
Lydia Chipman and family, Boston, 39.00
SUPPORTED IN INSANE ASYLUM.
Mary J. Maker,
$154.52
Nellie M. Stone,
162.11
W. S. Clark,
97.47
Thankful W. Chase,
169.46
Erastus K. Allen,
169.46
Pliny N. Doane,
187.95
$940.97
The number of insane persons now supported is four.
Respectfully Submitted,
AMBROSE N. DOANE, WATSON B. KELLEY, URIEL DOANE, }
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF HARWICH.
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MILITARY AID.
Kenney Eldredge, Martin A. Bumpus, Geo. W. Burnham, Alonzo F. Chase,
$ 30.00
60.00
180.00
20.00
$290.00
Martin A. Bumpus and Geo. W. Burnham are the only ones receiving aid at present.
REPAIRS ON ROADS.
Paid A. W. Nickerson, Commissioner,
$ 931.54
66 Rinaldo Eldredge,
1140.94
O. C. Baker, 60
286.42
$2358.90
F
Paid, new road, West Harwich,
$79.74
Bass River bridge, 1890,
$ 30.71
66 Cove 66
42.23
66 W'est and Middle Sections,
370.85
$6 Filling lower bridge, Herring River, and making bulk head, railing, etc., $310.17
66 Railing and spouts,
$64.55
66 Clay and loam,
41.80
66 Land damage on roads,
25.00
Supplies to Town Office,
$2.66
Repairs on buildings, $39.75
8
ELECTION OFFICERS.
S. W. Rogers, 1890-91,
$5.00
E. H. Taylor,
2.50
S. K. Crowell, M. L. Chase,
2.50
2.50
$12.50
REGISTRARS.
Ephraim Doane,
$12.50
J. H. Paine,
12.50
Davis Lothrop,
12.50
D. F. Weekes,
12.50
$50.00
Repairs on Hearse, $5.50
Salt Water Pond Improvement Co.,
$99.69
Culvert, Herring River, North Harwich,
$566.66
Herring River Improvement Co., Committee,
$302.42
Patrick Kelley, abatement on taxes, $21.80
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SCHOOLS.
High School :
Teacher's Wages, (from Sept. 1,
1890, to Jan. 1, 1892,)
$1419.35
Janitor's
83.80
Fuel,
28.75
Repairs,
33.90
-__ $1565.80
Centre Schools :
Teachers' Wages,
$1173.75
Janitor's 66
116.60
Fuel,
50.00
Repairs,
46.28
--- $1386.63
Pleasant Lake School :
Teacher's Wages,
$352.00
Janitor's 6.
34.45
Fuel,
16.74
Repairs,
39.77
-
$442.96
South Harwich School :
Teacher's Wages,
$441.25
Janitor's
45.50
Fuel,
34.25
Repairs,
5.68
$526.68
North Harwich School :
Teacher's Wages,
$370.00
Janitor's
56.15
Fuel,
16.87
Repairs,
.30
$443.32
10
West Harwich Schools :
Teachers' Wages,
$659.75
Janitor's
87.30
Fuel,
45.53
Repairs,
31.81
824.39
Harwich Port Schools :
Teachers' Wages,
$911.50
Janitor's 66
80.35
Fuel,
39.77
Repairs,
73.76
1105.38
East Harwich Schools :
Teachers' Wages,
$674.25
Janitor's
96.60
Fuel,
30.75
Repairs,
32.13
833.73
$7128.89
School Books and Supplies,
$501.08
Paid S. W. Billings, Superintendent of Schools,
$175.24
Expense on Voting Shelves,
$3.00
Lamps, $4.00
11
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid A. P. Goss, printing Town and School Reports, advertising, etc., $ 75.67
" for travelling on town's business,
151.26
" J. H. Patterson, medical attendance and medicine,
97.00
" stationery, stamps, etc.,
19.15
" John Stetson, M. D., on paupers,
5.00
" A. F. Sherman, abstract deeds,
15.00
" rent of Exchange Hall,
100.00
" rent of C. E. Brett's Hall,
2.00
" Charles Ward, damage on road,
20.00
" B. F. Bee, Jr., printing,
23.30
" Levi Long, going with hearse,
15.00
" Asa L. Jones, going with hearse, 60.00
" H. P. Harriman, legal advice,
26.00
$609.38
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid A. D. Long, Auditor, $ 7.75
" Joseph Ashley, Constable,
2.00
" M. B. Chase, 66
7.00
" M. F. Nickerson, " 1890 and 1891,
28.50
" Josiah Paine, Selectman, one month,
22.62
" G. T. Bassett, School Committee,
25.72
" Ezra Eldridge, Collector, balance,
7.89
" Geo. N. Munsell, School Committee,
60.36
" A. L. Jones, Truant Officer, 3.25
" B. F. Sears, School Committee,
51.70
" A. D. Long,
25.00
" Ambrose N. Doane, Selectman, 12 months,
121.25
" Watson B. Kelley,
123.75
" Uriel Doane, 66 66
107.00
" Overseers of Poor, 12 months,
130.50
" Assessors for assessing Town and Bank Taxes, making returns, etc., 195.00
11
$919.29
12 RECAPITULATION.
Expense of Poorm Almshouse,
$1105.46
". " out of Almshouse,
1589.57
Supplied for other towns,
108.71
Support of insane in asylums,
940.97
Paid Military Aid,
290.00
" repairs on roads,
2358.90
" filling Herring River lower bridge,
310.17
" new road, West Harwich,
79.74
" repairs on bridges,
443.79
" supplies to town office,
2.66
" repairs on buildings,
39.75
" Election Officers,
12.50
" Registrar's,
50.00
" schools,
7128.89
" school books, etc.,
501.08
" Superintendent of Schools,
175.24
" repairs on hearse,
5.50
" railings and spouts on roads,
64.55
" land damage
60
25.00
" clay and loam,
41.80
" voting shelves and lamps,
7.00
" miscellaneous,
609.38
" Town Officers,
919.29
" Salt Water Pond Improvement Co.,
99.69
" culvert at North Harwich,
566.66
" Herring River Improvement Co.,
302.42
" Abatement on taxes,
21.80
$17800 52
In full payment for the same the Selectmen have drawn orders on the Town Treasurer to the amount of Seven- teen Thousand Eight Hundred and 52-100 Dollars, ($17800.52.)
The excess of school expenditures this year over previous years is due to the fact that all school bills are paid to Jan. 1, 1892, making fourteen months' expenses instead of twelve. The last two months are usually carried over to the following year.
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VALUATION OF TOWN, 1891.
Real Estate,
$777,050.00
Personal Estate,
283,746.00
Total Value,
$1,060,796.00
Number of Polls,
773
paying Poll Tax only,
159
Rate of Taxation on $1000,
$16.00
Number of Acres of Land,
8670
" Dwelling Houses,
814
" Horses,
315
66
" Cows,
178
"' Swine,
47
Respectfully Submitted,
AMBROSE N. DOANE,
SELECTMEN
WATSON B. KELLEY, -OF-
URIEL DOANE, TOWN OF HARWICH.
Jan. 13, 1892.
14 TREASURER'S REPORT.
JOSHUA H. PAINE IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF HARWICH.
DR.
Cash in Treasury Jan. 12, 1891.
$ 4190.25
received of Chas. G. Smalley for father's
board at almshouse, 12.00
.6
from State School Fund,
173.55
66
Caroline Eldridge for estate of Luther Nickerson, 17.20
for billiard tables, auctioneers'
and bowling alley licenses, 10.00
66
from City of Boston, relief of poor, 39.00
.6
refunded from J. F. Tobey, overdrawn order, 10.41
66
from W. I. Paine for Luther Nick- erson's barn, 4.00
66
66
66 A. W. Nickerson, for estate of America Nickerson,'
133.00
66
66 State, for Mary Lomba's burial expenses,
7.75
66 State for support of Manuel Barlow, 20.00
66
66
State for support of Nicholas Dixon,
10.06
60
66
State for Corporation tax, 1891, 1294.97 " National Bank tax, 1891. 432.62
66
State, Military Aid, Chap. 279, Acts 1889, 173.50
66
66
66 State, State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts 1889, 1086.00
State for support of State paupers, 91.00
66
66
State for tax on foreign ships, 139.78
66
66
H. C. Berry, for Herring Brook, 615.00
66
Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, note, 3500.00
66
.
66
66
66
+
15
Cash received from J. H. Hopkins, Second Dis- trict Court. $ .02
66
Cape Cod National Bank, tax, 6000.00
66
66 Gilman Hook, State Aid re- funded, 4.00
66 66
66 Cornelius Eldridge, balance paid on homestead, 5.00
66
66
O. C. Baker, for sale of wood and old bridge plank, 9.50
County Treasurer, dog fund, 168.59
6 6
66
A. S. Megathlin, Collector 1890, 2129.00 Patrick Kelley, 4071.37 66
66
1889, 90.00
66
Martin L. Chase, 66 1891, 6639.90
66 Gershom Hall, 3362.39
$34439.86
J. H. PAINE IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF HARWICH.
CR.
Paid outstanding orders of 1890,
$ 370.50
66 Town orders of 1891, and cancelled, 17111.83
66 State Aid orders 1891,
1156.00
Committee settling with Treasurer 1890,
12.00
postage stamps. stationery and expressage, 14.13
.6 insurance on school houses,- 2.90
66 horse hire by Clerk on Town's business, 3.50
Clerk's services at special and election meetings,
4.50
66 District Court fees, 14.90
Justice, administering oaths and writing deed, 1.75
Physicians return of births, 8.50
.6 shipping ballot box by order of Sec. of State, .75
66 two Town Bonds, due July 1, 1891, 2000.00
interest on Bonds and Notes, 258.33
66 coffin for Mary Lomba, 7.75
66 State Treasurer for furnishing standard weight, .50
16
Paid County tax, 1891,
$1039.17
66 note at C. C. F. C. Savings Bank,
3500.00
preparing eight tally sheets,
1.20
66 State tax, 1891,
840.00
66
National Bank tax to State,
4490.64
66
Levi Long, return of 11 deaths,
2.75
.6 Treasurer's salary,
100.00
6 6 recording 44 births,
22.00
60 33 marriages,
4.95
66
66 64 deaths,
19.65
Cash in Treasurer's hands, Jan. 14, 1892,
3451.66
$34439.86
Respectfully Submitted,
J. H. PAINE, TREASURER.
We, the undersigned, a committee chosen at the last an- nual meeting, to examine the accounts of J. H. Paine, Treasurer of the Town of Harwich, for the year 1891, have examined said accounts and vouchers, and find them correct.
EMULOUS SMALL,
ENSIGN L. JERAULD, COMMITTEE. GEO. T. BASSETT,
Harwich, Jan. 14, 1892.
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REPORT OF A. W. NICKERSON, ROAD COMMIS- SIONER FOR EASTERN SECTION, TO JAN. 1, 1892.
SOUTH HARWICH ROAD.
Labor,
$286.08
Road sign,
1.15
Advertising,
1.75
Running roads,
4.50
Posts and railing,
4.28
$297.76
MULFORD YOUNG'S ROAD.
Loam and damages,
$ 6.44
Lumber, nails and setting fence,
3.44
Labor,
89.86
$99.74
BRIDGE.
Labor, carting, nails,
6.10
2346 ft. plank, 18,
42.23
$66.67
MISCELLANEOUS.
Labor on highways,
$420.02
Loam and clay,
38.14
Lumber and carting,
14.30
$472.46
Recommend 150 ft. abutment, Long Cove Bridge.
$18.34
321 ft. plank, 19,
18
REPORT OF RINALDO ELDREDGE, ROAD COM- MISSIONER, MIDDLE SECTION, 1891.
Paid for labor on highways,
$397.50
" working Shore road,
116.33
60
" land damages on Shore road, 22.00
66
" working Bridge Hill,
151.68
" claying cross road near Seth Ellis', ordered by Selectmen, 103.50
66
" stock and labor on railings, spouts and gullies in side walks, 44.01
66
" digging out trees and taking down sidewalks, 9.59
" use of compass and services for laying out roads, 5.50
A. P. Goss for Road Notices, 1.25
66
for labor and stock on Marshal Kelley's bridge, 3.00
66
66
" Harrison Nick-
'erson's bridge, 1.48
as Road Com., for laying out roads, etc., 10.50
for clay, 715 loads at 3 cts., 21.45
" digging out trees, in 1890, 3.75
66
" officers on Camp-ground road, 1890, 2.00
as Road Com., for laying out roads, etc., in '90, · 9.00
$902.54
AUDITORS' REPORT.
We have examined the books and accounts of the Officers of the Town of Harwich, entrusted with the receipt, custody or expenditure of money for the year ending Jan. 12, 1892, and find them substantially correct, and beg leave to submit the following : The Selectmen have drawn orders on the Town Treasurer in several cases to pay bills that have not been approved.
Signed, ENSIGN L. JERAULD, AUDITORS. GEORGE T. BASSETT,
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TOWN'S LIABILITIES-1892.
Outstanding Orders, 1891,
$ 688.26
Bonds, last issue,
3000.00
The outstanding bills not paid,
200.00
$3888.26
TOWN'S RESOURCES.
Cash in Treasury, Jan. 14, 1892,
$3451.66
Due from Martin L. Chase, Collector, 1891,
3774.55
Gershom Hall, 66 1891,
3161.93
A. S. Megathlin, 1890,
43.38
66 Patrick Kelley,
1890,
120.00
.6 State, State Aid,
1891,
1156.00
66 66 Military Aid,
1890,
145.00
.. Herring Brook for
1892,
615.00
238.00
66 E. A. Crowell,
99.00
66
Estate Luther Nickerson,
22.00
Real Estate,
75.00
$12901.52
TAX REMITTANCES, 1890.
EAST SECTION-ALLEN S. MEGATHLIN, COLLECTOR.
Ephraim H. Bassett's widow,
$ 2.79
Sylvanus Cahoon's
2.64
A. S. Chase, no real estate,
.31
J. B. Clark, over tax,
1.55
J. S. Cash, sick,
4.22
J. L. Chase, no poll,
2.00
Albert B. Chase, Dennis,
4.33
George F. Cahoon, Brockton,
.78
Eugene E. Cahoon, Chatham,
2.00
S. W. Clifford,
2.00
66
Other Towns for Paupers,
20
Henry K. Doane, old age,
$ 3.32
Alpheus Doane, sick,
3.10
George M. Eldredge,
.31
David Ellis, dead,
7.75
Isaiah F. Eldredge, dead,
2.00
Heirs J. P. Eldredge's widow, Sidney Ellis' widow,
10.69
Leonard Freeman, sick,
3.16
Thomas Freeman, over tax,
9.76
Nathaniel Gorham, Boston,
2.00
E. L. Jerauld, over tax,
2.00
Thomas Kendrick, sick,
2.00
W. V. Kelley, sick,
9.14
Thos. F. Kendrick, sick,
2.84
Elkanah Long, old age,
3.88
Benjamin "Long, dead,
2.00
Wallace Maker, non resident,
2.00
Patrick McNulty, “
2.00
Everett B. Mecarta,
2.00
Hiram C. Nickerson, old age,
2.00
Joseph H. Nickerson, over tax,
.47
Daniel T. Nickerson, old age,
2.00
William Robbins,
1.09
Almena Robbins, over tax,
2.32
Edgar C. Small, non resident,
2.00
Adin C. Small, 66
66
2.00
Gideon H. Tripp, over tax,
.93
Geo. A. Weekes, non resident,
2.00
Jonathan Young, over tax,
.47
Frank L. Ellis, non resident,
2.00
Erastus Snow, sick,
2.87
Abatments on non residents, Chatham,
11.40
$129.08
4.96
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TAX REMITTANCES, 1890. W'EST SECTION-PATRICK KELLEY, COLLECTOR.
Lendall Snow, exempt by law, $ 8.75
7.75
Mary McLane, 60
Joshua S. Baker, Cottage City, 2.00
P. T. Nickerson, over tax, 2.89
2.00
S. W. Rogers, over tax,
4.89
Amos F. Wixon, not any land,
1.55
Lewis F. Phillips, over tax,
.93
Heirs of Alfred Chase, over tax,
.90
Clarence H. Nickerson, Brockton,
2.00
Henry J. Higgins, over tax,
4.33
Thomas R. Grew, old age,
4.72
B. F. Hall, Jr., Bourne,
2.00
Thatcher F. Ellis, poll,
2.00
Joshua T. Nickerson, no property,
3.12
Heirs Phineas Wixon, over tax,
.92
Richard H. Rogers, discount,
12.56
Erastus Baker, dead.
2.80
Nathaniel Chase, can't pay,
4.08
Benj. F. Chase, 66
2.00
James F. Rogers, dead,
1.12
Josiah H. Thacher, Boston,
2.00
Heirs Judah Baker, tax to C. H. Nichols,
2.08
Orrick Ellis, can't pay,
2.00
Frank B. Rogers, can't pay,
2.00
Joshua F. Snow, Brockton,
2.00
Heirs Abiel Ellis, by law,
6.04
Nathaniel Burgess, dead,
6.67
Heirs Joseph Gorham, no property,
.93
Everett E. Bassett, tax on the East,
2.00
Wellington Bearse, dead,
7.12
Patrick Kelley,
14.25
$130.40
J. H. Patterson, paid in N. H.,
22 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
VITAL STATISTICS. BIRTHS RECORDED IN HARWICH IN THE YEAR 1891.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Jan. 3 Harry H.,
" 31 son, died unnamed, George E. and Desire Y. Mecar-
Feb. 3 daughter, died un- named,
5 Leroy Stanley,
.. 14 Nellie Walters,
- Mar. 1 Valmer Henry,
66 16 Harry Paddock,
21 Edward Allen,
29 Robert Nickerson, - Apr. 1 Frederick Barzilla,
66 9 Georgie Everett,
21 Edith Worley,
" 23 Wilfred Malcomb,
May 11| Frederick Leonard,
" 17 Sadie Estella,
27 Cleon Stanley,
June 4 Lester Norwell, . -
9 Margaret France- lia, " 22 Josiah Doane, " 24 Earle Bertram, July 14 Esther Irene,
" 18 Leon Howard,
" 19 Beatrice Laura, “ 22 daughter,
Aug. 7 Harold Winfred, 66 9 George Ryder,
William P. and Lura Baker.
ta.
Benjamin and Emma Kendrick. Charles H. and Phebe S. Taylor. Walter and Nellie Emery.
Alvin H. and Idella M. Bassett.
Abner F. and Susan E. Long. Emma A. Chipman.
Thacher and Sarah E. Ellis. Frederick B. and Clara D. Wal- ker.
Rufus and Ethel M. Gray.
Theophilus B. Jr., and Annie E. Baker.
Franklin and Nettie Abercrom- bie.
Frederick and Bertha E. Chase. Lewis T. and Cynthia C. John- SON.
Anthony E. and Laura L Crowell. Sidney A. and Emeline H. Ellis.
Jonathan I. and Ellen K. Buck. Ernest L. and Ruth H. Doane. William A and Emma D Eldredge Willis B. and Sarah B. Chase. Nathan B and Salome A Walker. Job D. and Laura A. Chase. Elery and Hattie N. Rogers. James H. and Nellie R. Ellis. Isaiah D. and Sarah S. Ellis.
23
BIRTHIS RECORDED IN HARWICH IN THE YEAR 1891.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Aug 14 James Milton,
66 17 son,
66 17 Erma Lincoln,
26 Daniel Harvey,
Sept. 9 Almena Edith,
11 Lawrence Clinton,
" 18 Froza, 26 Wallace Edgar,
Oct. 9 Annie Louise,
..
11 Leon Curtis,
-
66 16 Blanche Louise,
" 26 Lewis Merchant,
Nov. 2 Thomas Warren,
6. 13 Robert Howe,
66 16|son,
" 24 Jennie Mary,
25 Bernard Jenkins,
-Dec. 5 Hope Louise,
William R. and Mary C. Chase. David R. and Annie E. Ginn. Fred E. and Mary E. Small.
Edmund C. and Rebecca A. Lee. Alfred E. and Lizzie R. Weekes. Oscar C and Eglantine Nickerson. James and Ledena Saunders.
Zeph. E. and Lillian E. Harding. Frank H. and Louisa F. Chase. Winfred C. and Inez Higgins.
Arthur F and Clara F Nickerson. Robert B and Susie S Megathlin. Thomas W. and Mary A. Snow. E Augustus and Lucy F Cahoon. Charles T. and Minnie P. Chase. Jeremiah G. and Sylvia S. Parke. Charles A. and Dora C. Kelley. Sidney A. and Orinda J. Chase.
1
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN HARWICH IN 1891.
DATE.
NAME OF PARTIES.
AGE
RESIDENCE OF EACH.
Jan. 4 Edwin O'Neil, Florence E. Rogers,
23
18
Dennis. Harwich.
7 George B. Nickerson, Mary L. Doane,
28
27
Foxboro, Harwich,
66 13|Charles H. Ellis, Sadie B. Doane,
24
Dennis. Harwich.
.6 18 Elijah Kendrick, Laura H. Hunt,
25
Harwich.
20
66
66
20 John F. Phillips, Amanda M. Burgess,
27 25
Falmouth. Harwich,
66 31|Benjamin F. Handren, Emma F. Pillsbury,
39 38
Harwich.
66
Feb.
1 Rufus Gray, Ethel M. Hall,
18 16
Harwich. .6
5 Nehemiah W. Eldridge, Lydia Robinson,
68
Dennis.
52 Yarmouth.
48
Harwich, 66
19 Edward E. Swift, Susie F. Freeman,
29 26
Falmouth. Harwich.
Mar. 8 Ensign E. Howes, Lula S. Ireland,
25
Naushon Island. Chatham.
25
66 10 Clarence H. W. Weckes, Florence M. Kenney,
31 Harwich.
24 Yarmouth.
24
17 Edwin Snow, Mary E. Howes,
47
25
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN HARWICH IN 1891.
DATE.
NAME OF PARTIES.
AGE
RESIDENCE OF EACH.
Mar. 24 Alfred E. Weekes,
22
Lizzie R. Doyle,
22
Harwich. Brewster.
26 Clarence F. Nickerson, Jessie L. Mayo,
24 21
66
Apr. 12 Luther L. Ellis, Cynthia M. Kelley,
27
Dennis. Harwich.
66 16 Thomas B. Wixon, Ella R. Rogers,
36
Dennis.
28
May 2 John Piers, Anna Silva,
34
Harwich.
26
66
25 Providence, R. I. 18 Harwich.
26 Chester B. Cole, Alice B. Phillips,
17
Yarmouth. Harwich.
29 Harry S. Bourne, Hope Nickerson,
21 Falmouth. Harwich.
June 2 Alfred W. Cushman, Amelia S. Bee,
48 Provincetown. 30 Harwich.
July 19 Frederick Robinson, Lottie B. Chapman,
21 16
Yarmouth. 66
Aug. 6 Herbert M. Hulse. Gertrude F. Eldridge,
25 Harwich. 19 Chatham.
16 Reuben B. Chase, Lillian P. Brady,
20
Providence, R. I. 66
17
Harwich.
22
11 Clarence A. B. Sherman, Hattie N. Baker.
21
18
26
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN HARWICH IN 1891.
DATE.
NAME OF PARTIES.
AGE
RESIDENCE OF EACH.
Sept. 17 Barney Taylor,
32
Harwich.
Della P. Nickerson,
24
Oct.
1 |Harry D. Handy, Eliza E. Cahoon,
22
Harwich.
28|Samuel C. Long, Julia E. Tripp,
27
Harwich.
18 Rochester.
29 Alonzo Overbaugh, Letitia P. Cahoon,
48 46
Harwich.
Nov. 15 Ennis Scara, Mary Rogers,
30
Harwich. 66
66
26 Walter H. Studley, Abbie C. Lee,
29
Harwich.
17 Bourne.
66 26 James O. Hulse, Jr., Beulah A. Crowell,
22 Harwich.
18 Chatham.
Dec. 22|S. Linwood Moore, Lulie M. Rogers.
24 Harwich.
23 Orleans.
66 31 George E. Ford, Georgianna Simmons,
22
Provincetown.
20 Harwich.
22 Bourne.
28
27
DEATHS REGISTERED IN HARWICH IN 1891.
DATE.
NAME OF PERSON.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
AGE.
Jan. 1 Marcus Smith,
Paralysis,
2 Mary Lomba,
Pneumonia,
3
6 Samuel Moody,
Pneumonia,
84|11
14 Nathaniel Burgess,
Heart Disease,
58 9
23 Alta M. Chase,
Congestion of Lungs,
2 3|20
66 24 Sarah D K. Chase,
Congestion of Lungs,
4
66
31 infant male, Mecarta, 8|Eben Taylor,
Exigencies of Birth, Pneumonia, 72
Consumption,
20
Consumption,
45
66
19 unnamed female,
Congestion of Bowels
14
22|Lucy A. Small,
Pneumonia,
2
66 25 Amos Nickerson,
Old Age,
84
5 20
66
27 Kempton E. Small,
Pneumonia,
2
5
Mar. 5 Bertha S. Hamer,
6 Emma F. Ellis,
Consumption,
40
9
4
8 William E. Ansell,
Heart Disease,
75
13 Harriet A. Thomas,
Paralysis of Brain,
69
4 23
66
25 Isaiah F. Eldredge,
Cancer.
57
5
2
66
27 Lennetie M. Bee,
Gastritis, 24
7
15
66
28 Nathaniel B. Chase,
Pneumonia,
70
. : 31 Bethiah S. Ryder,
Heart Disease,
65
Ap'l 11 Ray Canston Crosby,
66
15 Susanna Nickerson,
Old Age,
93
8 19
66
17 Mary D. Kelley,
Marasinns,
80
1 14
66 20 Sarah A. Gorham,
Congestion of Lungs,
60
6|11
66 23 Tamesin Brooks,
Pneumonia,
70 2 20
La Grippe,
71 2
Nervous Exhaustion,
82
3 22
66 3 Carlos M. Chase,
Drowning,
35
4 Wellington W. Bearse Cancer of Stomach,
63
66 6 James Moody,
Pneumonia,
81
10 Emily W. Smith,
La Grippe,
28
1
Feb.
28 Hapsibeth D. Small,
Pneumonia,
83
1 26
66 12 Lizzie R. Pendleton,
17 Almira F. Baker,
Kendrick,
Ends Carditis, 37
Vital Degeneration,
5 17
28 Priscilla Moody,
May 1 Lettice Cahoon,
Y |M D 44
'28
DEATHS REGISTERED IN HARWICH IN 1891.
DATE.
NAME OF PERSON.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
AGE.
May 11 Susan Dodge,
Pneumonia,
75
June 19 Eldredge Chase,
Consumption,
73 10 18
Aug. 1 Allen N. Doane,
Dysentery,
11
66 11 |David Ellis,
Paralysis of Brain,
79
66 15 Howard W. Brooks,
Cholera Infantum,
6
66 22 Dora G. Ellis,
Spinal Myelitis,
18
66
22 Augustus C. Snow, Typhoid Dysentery,
66 28 Emulous S. Allen,
Cholera Infantum,
9
2
Sept. 2 Joseph Allen,
Old Age,
82 17
.6 15 Joshua Nickerson,
Apoplexy,
71 9 15
66 15 Susan Doane,
Paralysis,
85 3
18 Sarah Phillips,
Old Age,
86
Oct. 3 Cyrus Nickerson,
Cancer of Stomach.
60
4 27
66
10| Ramona Newcomb,
Stoppage,
1
66 18|Elizabeth Newcomb, Cancer of Stomach,
73 4 8
60 23 Lizzie May Doane,
Pneumonia,
18|11 2
66 23 Benjamin R. Chase,
23 Frederick Kelley,
Drowning,
56 316
66
23 James E. Kelley, 31|Otis Nickerson,
Heart Disease,
66 |10 26
Nov. 5 Benjamin Sears,
Bright's Disease,
65
5 Charles A. Smith,
Typhoid Fever,
24 11
10 James S. Paine,
Paralysis,
74 1
3
26 James T. Smalley,
Cancer of Stomach ..
69
Dec. 20 Alonzo Tripp,
Pneumonia,
73 9
6
24 John Oliver,
Cancer of Liver,
61
66 29|Edwin L. Nickerson. Apoplexy,
49
77
30 Frank K. Megathlin,
Consumption,
16
66 Mabel S. Baker, 8
Typhoid Fever,
30 Braddock G. Phillips
Vital Degeneration,
77 8|16
Drowning,
46 7 19
Drowning,
24 7 27
66
Y M| D
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REMARKS.
In making up the foregoing Report it is found that the number of births entered upon record is exactly the same as that of last year, which was forty-four; and the number of marriages is nineteen less than in 1890. The number of deaths is sixty-four, being the greatest number that has occurred since the year 1866, and twenty-one in excess of 1890. Thirty-three marriages have been placed upon record the past year, and the marriage rites were performed by the following named clergymen and Justices of the Peace : Rev. Mr. Snow, 11; Rev. Mr. Wilkins, 6; Rev. Mr. Staples, 3; Rev. Mr. Arbuthnot, 2; Rev. Mr. McAllister, 2; Rev. Messrs. Buchey, Parker, Smith, Burrell, Carter, Andrews and Elmer, 1 each ; W. F. Baker, Esq., and Cyrus Cahoon, Esq., 1 each.
DOG LICENSE ACCOUNT.
Number of male dogs licensed,
94
" female dogs ..
5
99
Whole amount received for licenses, $213.00
Clerk's fees deducted, 20 cts. each license, 19.80
Paid County Treasurer,
$193.20
Amount retained by County to pay damages,
24.61
Amount refunded by County, Jan. 1, 1892,
$168.59
Respectfully Submitted,
J. H. PAINE, TOWN CLERK.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN HARWICH IN 1891.
DATE.
NAME OF PARTIES.
AGE
RESIDENCE OF EACH.
Mar. 24 Alfred E. Weekes, Lizzie R. Doyle,
22
22
Harwich. Brewster.
26 Clarence F. Nickerson, Jessie L. Mayo,
24
Harwich.
21
66
Apr. 12 Luther L. Ellis, Cynthia M. Kelley,
27 Dennis. 22 Harwich.
16 Thomas B. Wixon, Ella R. Rogers,
36
Dennis.
28
May 2 John Piers, Anna Silva,
34 26
Harwich.
11|Clarence A. B. Sherman, Hattie N. Baker,
25 Providence, R. I. 18 Harwich.
66 26 Chester B. Cole, Alice B. Phillips,
21 17
Yarmouth. Harwich.
66 29 Harry S. Bourne, Hope Nickerson,
21 Falmouth. 18 Harwich.
June 2 Alfred W. Cushman, Amelia S. Bee,
48 Provincetown. 30 Harwich.
July 19 Frederick Robinson, Lottie B. Chapman,
21 16
Yarmouth. 66
Aug. 6 Herbert M. Hulse. Gertrude F. Eldridge,
25 19
Harwich. Chatham.
16 Reuben B. Chase, Lillian P. Brady,
20
Providence, R. I.
17
-
26
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN HARWICH IN 1891.
DATE.
NAME OF PARTIES.
AGE
RESIDENCE OF EACH.
Sept. 17 Barney Taylor,
32
Harwich.
Della P. Nickerson,
24
Oct.
1 |Harry D. Handy, Eliza E. Cahoon,
22 Bourne.
22 Harwich.
28|Samuel C. Long, Julia E. Tripp,
27
Harwich.
18 Rochester.
29 Alonzo Overbaugh, Letitia P. Cahoon,
48.
Harwich.
46
Nov. 15 Ennis Scara,
30
Harwich. 66
Mary Rogers,
28
29
Harwich. Bourne.
" . 26 James O. Hulse, Jr., Beulah A. Crowell,
18 Chatham.
Dec. 22 S. Linwood Moore,
24 Harwich.
Lulie M. Rogers.
23 Orleans.
31 George E. Ford, Georgianna Simmons,
22 Provincetown.
20 Harwich.
26 Walter H. Studley, Abbie C. Lee,
17
22 Harwich.
27
DEATHS REGISTERED IN HARWICH IN 1891.
DATE.
NAME OF PERSON.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
AGE.
Jan.
1 Marcus Smith,
Paralysis,
44
2 Mary Lomba,
Pneumonia,
3
66 6 Samuel Moody,
Pneumonia,
84 11
.6 14 Nathaniel Burgess,
Heart Disease,
Congestion of Lungs,
Congestion of Lungs,
4
66
28 Hapsibeth D. Small,
Pneumonia,
83
1 26
66
31 infant male, Mecarta,
Exigencies of Birth,
1
Feb. 8 Eben Taylor,
Pneumonia,
72
66 12 Lizzie R. Pendleton, Consumption,
20
17 Almira F. Baker,
Consumption,
45
.6
19 unnamed female, Kendrick,
Congestion of Bowels
14
66
22 Lucy A. Small,
Pneumonia,
2
Old Age,
84
5 20
66
27 Kempton E. Small,
Pneumonia,
2
5
Mar. 5 Bertha S. Hamer,
Ends Carditis,
37
Consumption,
40 9
4
66 8 William E. Ansell,
Heart Disease,
75
66 13 Harriet A. Thomas,
Paralysis of Brain,
69
4 23
66 25 Isaiah F. Eldredge,
Cancer,
57
5 2
66 27 Lennetie M. Bee,
66 28 Nathaniel B. Chase.
Pneumonia,
70 65
Ap'l 11 Ray Canston Crosby, 1
66 15 Susanna Nickerson,
93
8 19
66 17 Mary D. Kelley,
Marasmns,
80
1|14
66 20 Sarah A. Gorham,
Congestion of Lungs,
6 11 60 70 2 20
66 23 Tamesin Brooks,
Pneumonia,
La Grippe,
71
2
May 1 Lettice Cahoon,
66 3 Carlos M. Chase,
35
66
4 Wellington W . Bearse
Cancer of Stomach,
63
66 6 James Moody,
Pneumonia,
81
66
10 Emily W. Smith,
La Grippe,
28
7 15
6: 31 Bethiah S. Ryder,
Heart Disease,
Vital Degeneration, Old Age,
5 17
66 28 Priscilla Moody,
Nervous Exhaustion, Drowning,
82
3 22
58 9 2 3|20
23 Alta M. Chase,
66 24 Sarah D K. Chase,
YM D
66 25 Amos Nickerson,
6 Emma F. Ellis,
Gastritis, 24
28
DEATHS REGISTERED IN HARWICH IN 1891.
DATE.
NAME OF PERSON.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
AGE.
May 11 Susan Dodge,
June 19 Eldredge Chase,
Consumption,
73 10 18
Aug. 1 Allen N. Doane,
Dysentery,
11
1:66 11 |David Ellis,
15 Howard W. Brooks,
6
22 Dora G. Ellis,
Spinal Myelitis,
18 77
28 Emulous S. Allen,
Cholera Infantum,
9
2
66 30 Frank K. Megathlin,
Consumption,
16
Sept. 2 Joseph Allen,
Old Age,
82
8 Mabel S. Baker,
Typhoid Fever,
17
66 15 Joshua Nickerson,
Apoplexy,
71 9 15
15 Susan Doane,
Paralysis,.
85 3
. 6
30 Braddock G. Phillips
Vital Degeneration, Cancer of Stomach.
1
66 23 Lizzie May Doane,
Pneumonia,
18 11| 2
Drowning,
46 7|19
Drowning,
56 3 16
66
23 James E. Kelley, 31 Otis Nickerson,
Drowning,
24
7 27
Heart Disease,
66 10 26
Nov. 5 Benjamin Sears,
Bright's Disease,
65
66
5 Charles A. Smith,
Typhoid Fever,
24 11
66
10 James S. Paine,
Paralysis,
74 1
3
66 26|James T. Smalley,
Cancer of Stomach,
69
Dec. 20 Alonzo Tripp,
Pneumonia,
73 9
6
24 John Oliver,
Cancer of Liver,
61
29 Edwin L. Nickerson.
Apoplexy,
49
86 77 8|16 60 4 27
Oct. 3|Cyrus Nickerson,
10 Ramona Newcomb,
Stoppage,
66 18|Elizabeth Newcomb,
Cancer of Stomach,
73 4| 8
23 Benjamin R. Chase,
23 Frederick Kelley,
66
YM D
Pneumonia,
75
Paralysis of Brain, Cholera Infantum,
79
22 Augustus C. Snow, Typhoid Dysentery,
18 Sarah Phillips,
Old Age,
'29
REMARKS.
In making up the foregoing Report it is found that the number of births entered upon record is exactly the same as that of last year, which was forty-four; and the number of marriages is nineteen less than in 1890. The number of deaths is sixty-four, being the greatest number that has occurred since the year 1866, and twenty-one in excess of 1890. Thirty-three marriages have been placed upon record the past year, and the marriage rites were performed by the following named clergymen and Justices of the Peace : Rev." Mr. Snow, 11; Rev. Mr. Wilkins, 6; Rev. Mr. Staples, 3 ; Rev. Mr. Arbuthnot, 2; Rev. Mr. McAllister, 2; Rev. Messrs. Buchey, Parker, Smith, Burrell, Carter, Andrews and Elmer, 1 each ; W. F. Baker, Esq., and Cyrus Cahoon, Esq., 1 each.
Doc LICENSE ACCOUNT.
Number of male dogs licensed,
94
" female dogs .'
5
99
Whole amount received for licenses, $213.00
Clerk's fees deducted, 20 cts. each license,
19.80
Paid County Treasurer,
$193.20
Amount retained by County to pay damages,
24.61
Amount refunded by County, Jan. 1, 1892,
$168.59
-
Respectfully Submitted,
J. H. PAINE, TOWN CLERK.
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