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WEST ERIDGEWATER MINI IA I'MAITY
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1891.
TAUNTON : C. A. HACK & SON, 9 UNION BLOCK. 1891.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1891.
TAUNTON : C. A. HACK & SON, 9 UNION BLOCK. 1891.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1890.
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND ASSESSORS. JOSEPH A. SHORES,
CHARLES T. WILLIAMS,
HORACE W. HOWARD.
TOWN CLERK. CHARLES R. PACKARD.
COLLECTOR AND TREASURER. CHARLES E. TISDALE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
MRS. M. K. CROSBY,
FRANK S. TISDALE,
CHARLES T. HOWARD,
JOSEPH A. SHORES, MRS. A. S. LELACHEUR, BENJAMIN PERKINS.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CHARLES R. PACKARD,
MISS ELIZABETH KINGMAN,
JOSEPH A. SHORES,
MRS. EMELINE B. COPELAND,
WILLIAM BROWN,
MISS EDITH F. HOWARD.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
ERLAND THAYER,
WILLIAM F. RYDER,
E. BRADFORD WILBUR.
CONSTABLES.
ELLIS R. HOLBROOK, JOSIAH A. PERKINS,
H. EUGENE WESTON,
DANIEL W. GARDNER.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. CHARLES R. PACKARD.
FIELD DRIVERS.
JONAS G. HARTWELL, E. B. WILBUR,
FENCE VIEWERS.
CHARLES C. THAYER, A. L. ALGER, JOSEPH C. HOWARD.
MEASURERS OF LUMBER.
LESTER P. RIPLEY,
C. WESLEY PACKARD,
PARDON K. BACON,
CYRUS ALGER,
SAMUEL L. RYDER.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
PARDON K. BACON, CLINTON P. HOWARD, GEORGE A. VOSMUS, ERLAND THAYER, FRANK S. JONES.
JAMES A. FOBES,
REGISTRARS. LUCIUS DUNBAR, EDWARD H. KEITH.
AUDITORS.
LUCIUS GURNEY.
GEORGE M. PRATT,
CLINTON P. HOWARD.
Annual Report of the Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Selectmen.
The following report of the financial condition of the town February 1, 1891, is respectfully submitted :
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
VALUATION,
As Assessed May 1, 1890.
Value of real estate,
$858,213.00
Value of personal estate,
173,825.00
Total,
$1,032,038.00
ASSESSMENTS.
State tax,
$875.00
County tax,
1,199.26
$2,074.26
Town grant,
12,510.00
Overlay,
531.29
$13,041.29
Total tax,
$15,115.55
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Rate of tax, $13.75 per $1,000. Poll tax-Males, $2.00; females, 50c.
Number of polls, 464
females,
6
acres of land,
9,830
dwelling houses,
395
horses,
393
cows,
678
sheep,
5
swine,
107
young stock,
151
APPROPRIATIONS.
For support of schools,
$3,500.00
school supplies and repairs,
450.00
repairs of highways,
3,000.00
support of poor,
1,500.00
town officers,
1,000.00
incidentals,
700.00
public lectures,
100.00
memorial service,
100.00
interest on town debt,
160.00
paying town debt,
2,000.00
$12,510.00
TOWN PROPERTY.
Valuation of town farm,
฿4,000.00
personal property,
1,818.85
ten school-houses,
13,000.00
town library,
2,500.00
derrick,
100.00
road scraper,
100.00
JOSEPH A. SHORES, HORACE W. HOWARD, CHARLES T. WILLIAMS,
Assessors.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF POOR.
INVENTORY AT ALMSHOUSE FEB. 1, 1891.
12 tons English hay,
$192.00
10 tons meadow and swale hay,
100.00
corn, shorts and meal,
10.15
2 bushels of beans,
7.50
10 cows,
350.00
1 horse,
140.00
4 swine,
15.00
80 fowls,
60.00
6 ducks,
6.00
33 bushels potatoes,
41.25
turnips and beets,
1.85
800 lbs. pork,
64.00
30 lbs. lard,
3.00
10 lbs. butter,
2.50
4 doz. eggs,
1.36
12 bbls. flour,
7.59
groceries,
5.00
6 pork barrels,
4.00
soap and oil,
2.90
fish,
.63
express wagon,
15.00
step ladder,
1.25
corn sheller,
4.00
carpenters' tools (new),
9.37
hay cutter,
4.00
7 stoves,
45.00
Amount carried forward,
$1,093.35
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Amount brought forward, household furniture,
55.00
tinware, crockery, etc.,
20.00
3 churns,
8.00
woodenware,
8.00
beds and bedding,
90.00
table linen and towels,
5.00
hay wagon,
30.00
covered wagon,
60.00
2 tip carts,
60.00
pung,
14.00
cart harness,
6.00
new harness,
30.00
2 harnesses,
12.00
4 ox yokes,
12.00
sled and wheelbarrow,
8.00
robes and blankets,
9.00
mowing machine and rake,
60.00
5 plows, 3 harrows and other tools,
90.00
ashes,
5.00
manure,
125.00
coal,
6.00
fence wire,
2.50
$1,818.85
RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Cash on hand February 1, 1890,
$29.73
Cash for milk,
1,005.68
horse,
25.00
vegetables,
11.04
onions,
40.00
potatoes,
132.35
Amount carried forward,
$1,243.80
$1,093.35
10.00
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Amount brought forward,
$1,243.80 5.35
Cash for poultry,
eggs,
51.61
beans,
3.30
corn,
50.00
calves,
6.00
stock,
28.00
hay,
87.12
Drawn from treasury to pay warden's salary for the
300.00
year,
Drawn from treasury to pay J. C. Swan, medical . attendance, 10.00
$1,785.18
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for flour (10 bbls.),
$66.05
meat,
54.62
fish,
4.09
hardware,
11.79
grass and garden seed,
41.65
blacksmithing,
14.86
clothing,
42.50
soap,
5.16
tin ware,
7.28
coal and wood,
34.22
paint,
2.84
damage done by cows,
5.00
cash to Edmund Alger,
3.35
medicine,
5.14
tobacco and snuff,
8.75
salt,
3.66
repairs on house,
4.92
repairs on harnesses and shoes,
9.37
Amount carried forward, $325.25
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Amount brought forward, Paid for fertilizer,
$325.25
52.71
groceries,
134.52
grain,
514.11
house furnishings,
24.80
farming tools,
5.48
oil,
5.97
stock,
50.50
lumber,
13.57
sundries,
4.26
carpenters' tools,
4.37
labor,
96.85
poultry supplies,
3.30
team work,
7.50
harnesses, robe, etc.,
41.82
crackers and bread,
18.65
horse,
140.00
fence wire,
9.73
wagon,
15.00
J. C. Swan, medical attendance,
10.00
warden's salary,
300.00
Cash on hand February 1, 1891,
6.79
$1,785.18
COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Drawn from the treasury to pay T. B. Besse, as warden,
300.00
Drawn from treasury to pay J. C. Swan's bill,
10.00
Drawn from treasury to pay the burial of Mary Rogers, 14.50
Loss in inventory from February 1, 1890, to Feb- ruary 1, 1891, 23.96
Amount carried forward, $348.46
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Amount brought forward, Cash on hand,
$348.46
$6.79
Cash from estate of Mary Rogers,
34.09
40.88
Above the income of the farm,
$307.58
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
AGE.
WEEKS.
Michael Ryan,
42
52
Albert Staples,
48
52
George Randall,
64
52
Conn Sullivan,
56
37
Mary Sullivan,
-
3
Abby Fadden,
62
32
Edgar Fadden,
10
52
Edmund Alger,
77
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The warden with the hearse has attended seven funerals. The warden during the year has lodged and fed eighty- eight tramps.
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
Aid to Frank Fadden's children,
$162.50
Fred Leonard,
204.00
Olive B. Shaw,
139.00
Mary Sullivan,
72.00
Thomas Mason,
22.50
Annie Gifford,
43.47
Nathaniel Pratt,
155.75
Charles E. Williams,
13.88
Amount carried forward,
$813.10
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Amount brought forward,
Aid to Joseph Metcalf,
$813.10 123.25
Mrs. Harriet Packard, Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board Thomas Clancy, 169.46
8.00
Paid Brockton, burial of Mrs. Alden D. Jacobs, 12.00
Aid to Sarah Higgins, 25.00
Total Cost,
$1150.81
Due from Plympton, $155.75
Received from estate of Annie Gifford, 58.47
Due from state, J. Metcalf,
123.25
337.47
Total expense of poor out of house,
$813.34
Total expense of poor in and out of house, 1,120.92
JOSEPH A. SHORES,
Overseers of HORACE W. HOWARD,
CHARLES T. WILLIAMS,
the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Appropriation,
$700.00
Jonathan White, counsel (Sullivan case),
$25.00
Hosea Kingman (Sullivan case),
100.00
Judgment Thompson case, $500.00
Plaintiff's costs,
92.52
Dr. Payne,
35.00
Dr. Brownell,
12.00
Dr. Atwood,
5.00
James O. Alger,
6.00
Herbert Millett,
6.00
Expenses,
9.50
D. W. Gardner,
4.75
B. B. Howard, counsel,
50.00
$720.77
C. P. Howard, rent of town hall,
75.00
Daniel Perkins, rent of office,
18.00
S. L. Ryder, voting shelves,
20.00
Mosler Safe Co., safe,
140.50
L. A. Flagg, moving safe,
6.00
John P. Lovell Arms Co., police equipments, 40.88
Amount carried forward, $1,146.15
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Amount brought forward,
$1,146.15
S. H. Pittsley, land taken, 42.25
Alfred Mudge & Sons, printing, 70.76
C. A. Hack & Son, printing,
16.20
W. L. Puffer, printing and postal cards,
11.00
Mandeville & Co., printing,
2.25
Pratt Bros., printing,
1.50
Thomas Groom & Co., assessors' book,
1.75
Lewis Porter, stock for hearse house,
10.46
S. D. Simpson & Son, varnishing hearse,
15.00
F. S. Howard, returning deaths,
1.00
W. H. Tobey, יי .50
McCann Bros., 66 66
.25
Z. A. Jenkins, cement and lime,
8.25
Owen Conlon, labor South Cemetery,
3.00
Friend W. Howard, care of cemetery,
3.00
D. S. Thayer, gravel,
15.00
J. E. Ryder, gravel,
4.70
H. J. LeLacheur, gravel, 4.20
Frank Burrell, care of monument grounds,
4.00
John H. Adams, repairs road scraper, etc., Benjamin Perkins,
1.00
C. E. Tisdale, cash expense and postage,
.90
J. A. Shores, use of team, cash expense and postage, 41.48
H. W. Howard, use of team, cash expense and postage, 41.87
C. T. Williams, use of team, cash ex- pense, etc.,
9.26
A. S. Lyon, for door,
5.00
C. R. Packard, 7.77
$1,471.50
3.00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE SCHOOLS.
Appropriation for 1890,
$3,500.00
Appropriation for repairs and supplies,
450.00
State school fund, 215.87
$4,165.87
There has been drawn from the treas-
$3,656.51
ury for the support of schools, For repairs,
365.17
For supplies,
150.00
$4,171.68
Overdrawn,
$5.81
STATE AID.
George N. Blanchard,
$108.00
William Britton,
72.00
Charles E. Churchill,
72.00
William Crockett,
48.00
Lucius Dunbar,
72.00
Patrick Dorgan,
60.00
James P. Gallagher,
60.00
William H. Jennings,
72.00
James H. Leonard,
72.00
Charles E. Miller,
48.00
Charles T. Morse,
72.00
John A. Millett,
60.00
Andrew W. Perkins,
60.00
William B. Smith,
60.00
Amount carried forward,
$936.00
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Amount brought forward,
$936.00
Horace N. Weld,
72.00
Mary E. Alger,
48.00
Mary E. Howard,
48.00
Elizabeth O. Packard,
48.00
Mary J. Reeves,
48.00
Eliza F. Richardson,
48.00
Clarisa K. Howland,
48.00
Henry Hiatt,
32.00
Thomas Cook,
32.00
Linus E. Hayward,
12.00
Michael Logue,
3.00
$1,375.00
MILITARY AID.
Under Chapter 279, Acts 1889.
Isaac H. Bates,
$72.00
Linus E. Hayward,
64.00
Thomas Mason,
92.00
Edward F. Hassett,
8.00
$236.00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation,
$1,000.00
Curtis Eddy, auditor,
$2.50
Lucius Gurney, auditor,
2.50
George M. Pratt, auditor,
2.50
Charles E. Tisdale, treasurer,
200.00
Amount carried forward, $207.50
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Amount brought forward,
$207.50
Charles E. Tisdale, election officer,
1.65
George C. Howard, moderator,
3.00
Charles R. Packard, town clerk,
50.87
M. K. Crosby, superintendent of schools,
115.00
M. K. Crosby, clerk of school committee,
10.00
M. K. Crosby, care of supplies,
15.00
F. S. Tisdale, school committee,
3.00
Benjamin Perkins, school committee,
6.75
J. A. Fobes, registrar,
5.00
Lucius Dunbar, registrar,
5.50
Edward H. Keith, registrar,
5.00
D. W. Gardner, constable,
18.75
Ellis R. Holbrook,
9.92
J. A. Shores, selectman, assessor, etc.,
239.10
H. W. Howard, selectman, assessor, etc., 193.00
C. T. Williams, selectman, assessor, etc.,
141.35
1,030.39
Overdrawn,
$30.39
Appropriation for memorial service, $100.00
There has been paid upon bills approved by the committee, C. C. Thayer, chairman,
90.90
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation, $3,000.00
Drawn from treasury on bills approved by the road commissioners, 2,936.31
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in the treasury February 1, 1890,
$3,487.35
Town of Dedham,
6.00
Balance of corporation tax,
24.75
For digging grave,
3.00
Borrowed of Frank Dunbar,
2,000.00
Borrowed of Frank Dunbar,
2,000.00
Tax bills for 1890,
15,115.55
Police Court of Brockton,
5.00
Corporation tax,
741.30
National Bank tax,
533.56
State aid, Chapter 301,
1,264.50
Military aid, Chapter 279,
123.00
From Mary Rogers' estate,
34.09
Income of school fund,
215.87
Dog fund,
346.58
Interest on 1887 and 1888 taxes from February 1,
1890 to February 1, 1891, 75.76
From Mrs. Gifford's estate,
58.47
$26,034.78
EXPENDITURES.
Six months interest on loan, #80.00
Six per cent. discount on taxes paid on or before
October 15,
792.10
Frank Dunbar, note and interest,
2,065.00
Frank Dunbar, note and interest,
2,040.00
Amount carried forward, $4,977.10
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Amount brought forward,
$4,977.10
County tax,
1,199.26
Brockton Savings Bank, note and interest,
2,040.00
Six months interest on loan,
40.00
State tax,
875.00
Town officers,
1,030.39
Schools,
3,656.51
School repairs,
365.17
School supplies,
150.00
Town farm,
324.50
Poor out of house,
1,150.81
Highways and sidewalks,
2,936.31
Lectures,
100.00
Library,
351.56
Memorial service,
90.90
Abatement,
230.14
State aid,
1,375.00
Military aid,
236.00
Incidentals,
1,471.50
Cash and uncollected taxes, February 1, 1891,
3,434.63
$26,034.78
Condition of the Treasury February 1, 1891.
Cash on hand,
$2,724.86
Uncollected taxes,
709.77
$3,434.63
Outstanding note against the town.
Loaned from Brockton Savings Bank $2,000, payable November 1, 1891.
In obedience to the instructions of the town the under- signed have examined the accounts of all town officers for [2]
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the year ending January 31, 1891. We find all orders drawn by the Selectmen properly vouched by receipted bills.
GEORGE M. PRATT, LUCIUS GURNEY, Auditors.
NAMES OF JURORS.
For acceptance or revision by the town at its annual meeting :
Albert L. Alger,
Elihu Leonard,
Pardon K. Bacon,
John A. Millet,
Bradford Copeland,
Herbert A. Millet,
Frank Copeland,
Seba H. Marshall,
Davis Copeland,
Charles R. Packard,
Geo. S. Drake,
Japhet Packard,
Curtis Eddy,
Myron Packard,
Linus E. Hayward,
Ira Pratt,
Horace W. Howard,
William F. Ryder,
Frank L. Howard,
Almon Rounds,
Francis E. Howard,
Molbry A. Ripley,
George C. Howard,
Joseph A. Shores,
Julius Hayward,
Prescott T. Snell,
Jonas Hartwell,
Chester A. Thayer,
John L. Hayward,
Abial Washburn,
Warren C. Kinney,
Charles T. Williams.
George H. Knapp,
NAMES OF JURORS DRAWN IN 1890.
William Shipman, Erland Thayer, Loren A. Flagg.
George W. Howard, Edward H. Keith,
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WE RECOMMEND THE TOWN TO APPROPRIATE
For support of poor,
$1,500.00
support of schools,
3,500.00
school repairs and supplies,
450.00
Highways and sidewalks,
3,000.00
town officers,
900.00
incidentals,
800.00
public lectures,
100.00
paying town debt,
2,000.00
interest on town debt,
80.00
memorial service,
100.00
The next annual town meeting will be held on Monday, the ninth day of March, 1891.
JOS. A. SHORES, Selectmen,
HORACE W. HOWARD,
Assessors and
CHAS. T. WILLIAMS.
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The Road Commissioners have paid or approved bills to the following named persons for work on roads and side- walks :
James Hennessey,
$7.50
George Hopkins,
183.36
James McAnaugh,
188.90
Charles Egan,
3.75
Michael Egan,
26.40
Timothy Carroll,
25.25
L. E. Hayward,
42.11
Albert L. Alger,
131.63
Charles C. Thayer,
16.75
Erland Thayer,
87.19
George W. Howard,
133.95
Horace Bartlett,
222.60
Cyrus Alger estate,
126.45
J. E. Ryder,
32.95
P. O. Conner,
23.40
Charles H. Fuller,
91.05
Frances Wyley,
30.75
Michael Morressy,
13.50
W C. Kenney,
60.00
Prescott Snell,
110.25
John O'Bryne,
24.00
James Cunningham,
30.00
George Sites,
20.25
Owen King,
21.00
Charles Vosmus,
3.75
John Luddy,
96.75
Davis Copeland,
81.00
Amount carried forward,
$1,734.49
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Amount brought forward,
$1,734.49
Barnabas Dunbar,
3.90
Charles Howard,
19.13
E. B. Wilbur,
342.10
Owen Conlon,
35.65
Elihu Leonard,
6.45
Edward Howard,
19.50
Nathan Dunbar,
61.20
P. K. Bacon,
94.10
Charles Martin,
3.50
H. F. Howard,
33.60
Horace W. Howard,
151.80
L. A. Flagg,
18.00
Charles Atwell,
18.55
O. K. Ness,
10.00
A. S. Lyon,
15.50
W. F. Ryder,
256.09
George H. Stone,
3.00
Charles W. Copeland,
7.50
Isam Michell,
2.16
Angus Rice,
6.00
Charles Johnson,
5.25
Bill of 1889,
1.50
Total,
$2,948.97
Bills approved but not paid,
12.66
Amount drawn from treasury,
$2,936.31
In the spring the Road Commissioners found the roads in some parts of the town much poorer than in other parts, and therefore thought it best not to divide the money among the several districts, but to do the work where it was most need- ed, and have endeavored to do thorough work and, so far as possible, have made permanent improvements.
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The money appropriated for sidewalks has been expended in connection with the road money, thereby utilizing much material that had to be moved that otherwise would have been of little or no value to the roads.
Believing it to be much cheaper and easier to keep roads in repair where sidewalks are built, besides making safe for public travel many places which are now dangerous, the commissioners think it policy for the town to continue to appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars to build and maintain sidewalks in such parts of the town as they are most needed.
Owing to the increased travel on many of the roads and the scarcity of good gravel in most parts of the town, and the long distance which most of it must be carted, the commis- sioners find the appropriation insufficient to keep the roads in such condition as would be satisfactory to the voters of the town. With the large quantities of stone which clutter up our gravel hills, and the large expense which must neces- sarily be incurred in removing what might otherwise be our best road material, the commissioners think the time has come that it is not only economy, but important, that the town should provide some way to procure a stone crusher for use in the early spring.
WE RECOMMEND THE TOWN TO APPROPRIATE
For roads, sidewalks, 500.00
$3,000.00
ERLAND THAYER,
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, Road Commissioners. WILLIAM F. RYDER,
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Marriages Recorded in West Bridgewater during the year 1890.
Jan. 21. Joseph Andrea of West Bridgewater and Kate Arnet of Easton.
Feb. 6. Lester P. Ripley of West Bridgewater and Mary J. Hunter of Bridgewater.
Feb. 12. Parker W. Glass of West Bridgewater and Myra Sprague Lewis of Bridgewater.
March 5. Walter E. Packard of West Bridgewater and Etta E. Abbott of East Bridgewater.
May 7. Jasper P. Harvey of Ware and Mary E. Hay- ward of West Bridgewater.
June
3. Frederick A. Hambly and Louise F. Bartlett both of West Bridgewater.
June 18. Francis W. Chamberlain and Florilla Lambert both of West Bridgewater.
June 19. John Gorman of West Bridgewater and Alice W. Hennessey of East Bridgewater.
Aug. 22. Charles L. Rollins and Minerva Edson both of East Bridgewater.
Sept. 4. Harry S. Hall of West Bridgewater and Lizzie A. Emerson of Brockton.
Sept. 9. Lowell M. Holt and Hattie E. Meader both of West Bridgewater.
Sept. 10. Joseph L. Collins and Hattie J. Dewyer both of West Bridgewater.
Sept. 16. George W. Alger and Corelli C. Brown both of West Bridgewater.
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Sept. 16. James W. Hennessey of West Bridgewater and Margaret A. Scanlan of Bridgewater.
Sept. 24. William S. Conant and Elizabeth F. Cook both of West Bridgewater.
Oct. 2. John Auguste Silva and Teresa Rosie Silva both of West Bridgewater.
Oct. 22. Edwin Scott of New York and Annie Cushing Alger of West Bridgewater.
Nov. £
3. Warren R. Keith of West Bridgewater and Liz- zie St. John Dow of Lowell.
Nov. 26. George L. LeBaron of West Bridgewater and Lillie E. Fairbanks of Brockton.
Nov. 29. John Colson and Minnie Nelson both of West Bridgewater.
Dec. 15. Ephriam W. Littlefield and Lillie I. Kendall both of Avon.
Dec. 22. Frank H. Redmann and Hattie F. Ross both of West Bridgewater.
Dec. 24. Geo. H. Ingalls of West Bridgewater and Lucy B. Braley of Bridgewater.
Dec. 25. Frank O. Keith of East Bridgewater and Lucy Emma Kane of West Bridgewater.
Dec. 30. William L. Leonard of Easton and Mary J. Phillips of West Bridgewater.
Dec. 30. Asa C. Bennett of Rochester and Annie A. Copeland of West Bridgewater.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1890.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX.
NAME OF PARENTS.
1889.
June 15. Julia Melissa Hysler
October 12. Annie Foye. .. 1890.
Female
William S. and Kate Hysler. William and Mary B. Foye.
January
5. Elizabeth Parker Howard.
Female Clinton P. and Hattie F. Howard.
6. Harold Warren Haven ..
Male
F. W. D. and Lucy A. Haven.
15. Leon Westgate Jones
..
Herbert M. and Ethel Jones.
16. Horace Barnard Lowell
Francis L. and Charlotte E. Lowell.
21. Catherine Louise Cashion .
Female
Michael and Maggie E. Cashion.
29. Harold Hinckley Crocker
Male .
Edward H. and Clara D. Crocker.
Febru'ry 17. Nina Mildred White.
Female
Edwin H. and Clara B. White.
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April
22. Edith Hill. .
Female
Daniel and Jane A. W. Conlon. Daniel W. and Sarah E. Hill.
May
1. Nahum Packard Gillespie.
Male
Farnham and Helen P. Gillespie. Frederick P. and Mary E. Kendrick.
18. Francis Rodney Churchill. .
Male
Merton G. and Emma F. Churchill.
June 7. Lena Perkins Fowler.
Female
Willie A. and Addie J. Fowler. John R. and Mary E. Hudson. William H. and Christine Crockett.
August
29. Carlton Hall Brooks
Benjamin F. and Alice M. Brooks.
31. Howard Pemberton Merrill.
Charles H. and Eva A. Merrill.
Sept. 28. Not named (still boru) .
.
. Chester and Cora A. Thayer.
October 12. George Franklin Ellis.
John M. and Betsey J. Ellis.
Nov. 27. Salina Belmore. .
Female
Octave and Elise Belmore.
Dec.
20. Josiah Wentworth ..
Male
Theodore F. and Dora Y. Wentworth.
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4. Dorothy Kendrick.
Female
July
12. Martha E. Hudson.
30. Major James Crockett
Male
19. Daniel Rupert Conlon .
Male
DEATHS REGISTERED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1890.
DATE.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Y.
M.
D.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Jan. 13. Louisa Perkins. " 26. Michael F. Cunningham.
85
5
16
Erysipelas. Pneumonia.
Easton. West Bridgewater. Daniel and Bathsheba Perkins Michael and Mary J. Cun- ningham.
Feb. 12. Annie W. Gifford.
56
64
11
5
1
5
24
85
76
11
Malignant Erysipelas. Locomotor Ataxia. Meningitis. Debility. Inflammation of Bowels. 1
Oliver and Dolly Stearns. Ziba and Prudy Thayer. West Bridgewater. Caleb and Annie E. Copeland. Ireland. Unknown. Plymouth, Vt.
5. Cornelia Alger.
65
3
5
Paralysis of Throat.
West Bridgewater. Abiezar and Annie (Cushing) Alger.
July 3. Willard Billings.
80
1
9
Catarrh of Bladder.
" 3. Clifton Herbert White.
1
9
23
Convulsions.
West Bridgewater. Elkanah and Sarah H. (Pack- ard) Billings. Randolph. Herbert L. and Frances A. (Mansfield) White.
Aug. 14. John J. Dewyer.
21
9
Carbolic Acid Poisoning. West Bridgewater. Michael and Nancy (Kelleher)
Dewyer.
" 23. Thomas Everett Marmion.
1
2
6
Cholera Infantum.
Sept. 8. Joseph Metcalf. 18. Cyrus Alger.
19
4
8
65
7
30
Consumption. Cancer of Bladder.
Oct. 24. Martin Dunbar.
75
9
16
Dysentery.
West Bridgewater. Thomas J. and Catherine (Clegg) Marmion. Alfred and Annie Metcalf. Boston. Easton. Ansel and Mary (Howard) Alger. Brockton. Martin and Sarah (Alger) Dunbar.
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29
6
11
Montpelier, Vt. Brockton.
: " 22. George G. Thayer. Mar. 4. Caleb Copeland, Jr. 24. Ellen White. May 1. Amelia Ames.
Bennett and Lucy (Sprague) Monroe.
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
During the year 1890 there has been added to the library 139 volumes, making the whole number 3,576.
The number of volumes or each class loaned during the year is as follows, viz. :
Agriculture,
11
Art,
30
Biography,
162
Fiction,
2,190
General Literature,
218
History,
172
Humorous Works,
83
Juvenile Works,
814
Magazines,
956
Poetry,
108
Works of Reference,
51
Religion and Theology,
7
Science,
121
Travels,
85
Public Documents,
1
Total,
5,009
COST OF MAINTAINING THE LIBRARY.
Receipts.
From town treasurer,
$351.56
fines and sales of catalogues, etc.,
15.64
Miss Edith F. Howard,
1.00
Miss S. C. Washburn (binding),
3.30
Mrs. M. K. Crosby,
1.44
$372.94
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Expenditures.
Estes & Lauriat (books),
$130.96
Librarian's salary,
104.36
Magazines, 43.80
C. P. Howard (wood).
2.00
Oil, express, postage and stationery,
11.32
" Book Buyer,"
1.00
Balch Brothers (Century Dictionary),
20.00
D. Appleton & Co. (books), 30.00
Library desk,
25.00
History of the G. A. R.,
4.50
$372.94
Respectfully submitted for the Trustees of the Public Library.
CHARLES R. PACKARD.
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TOWN MEETING.
Plymouth, ss .:
To any Constable of the Town of West Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town, qualified to vote at elections and in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, the ninth day of March, at one o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the annual report of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary town officers.
ART. 4. To bring in their votes " Yes " or "No " on the following question : "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 5. To act on the list of jurors as reported by the Selectmen.
ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray the town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation of the same.
ART. 7. To see if the town will raise one hundred dol- lars for public lectures.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow money, in anticipation of taxes, to pay charges against the town.
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ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize the School Committee to elect a superintendent of schools.
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