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TWENTY-SEVENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN OF FRANKLIN
FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDING, JAN. 31. 1885.
FRANKLIN : FRANKLIN STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, COTTON'S BLOCK, DEPOT STREET. 1885.
TWENTY-SEVENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN OF FRANKLIN
FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDING, JAN. 31. 1885.
FRANKLIN : FRANKLIN STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, COTTON'S BLOCK, DEPOT STREET. 1885.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1884.
SELECTMEN. HENRY R. JENKS, JAMES M. FREEMAN. DANIEL C. COTTON.
TOWN CLERK. WALDO DANIELS.
TREASURER. JAMES M. FREEMAN.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. A. A. FLETCHER, WARREN H. BRIGHT, C. MILTON ALLEN.
ASSESSORS. WILLIAM ROCKWOOD, A. A. FLETCHER, SABIN HUBBARD.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. S. W. SQUIRE, GEO. W. WIGGIN, A. L. CLARK.
COLLECTOR. WILLIAM E. NASON.
AUDITOR. WALDO DANIELS.
CONSTABLES.
LEWIS R. WHITAKER, WILLIAM E. NASON.
Fence Viewers. WILLIAM E. NASON, STEPHEN C. TAFT, CHARLES W. CLARK.
Field Drivers. WILLIAM E. NASON, NATHAN C. NYE. ADDISON M. THAYER, MANCY M. DANIELS.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
TOWN GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS, 1884.
For Support of Public Schools,
$6,300 00
Repairs of Schoolhouses, 300 00
Miscellaneous School Expenses, 500 00
Repairs of Roads and Bridges,
2,000 00
Removal of Snow in Roads, 100 00
Almshouse and Support of Poor,
3,800 00
Payment of Town Officers,
1,250 00
Fire Department,
1,800 00
Interest Account.
750 00
Abatement and Collection of Taxes,
500 00
Street Lights, 600 00
Franklin Library Association,
400 00
Printing and Stationery,
200 00
Military Aid to Soldiers,
700 00
Police Services,
1,500 00
G. A. R. for Decoration Day,
100 00
Building Fisher Street.
1,000 00
Building Extension of School Street, &c.,
500 00
Miscellaneous Expenses,
500 00
$22,800 00
State Tax, 1884, $2,180 00
County Tax, ..
1,064 83
Overlayings, .6
506 38
Unpaid School-books,
9 02
$3,760 23
Total Tax, 1884,
$26,560 23
SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1885.
Cash in Treasury, February 1, 1884, $7,367 67
Received on temporary loans, at Savings Bank, 8,000 00
for use of Town House, 40 00
Interest on Lucretia Pond Fund, 40 40
Circus Licenses, 24 50
for lot of Windows,
2 00
for Pedler's License,
10 00
of S. W. Squire, Tuition collected,
6 00
for Grass on Common, 5 00
of M. Z. Bullard, use of Road Scraper, 4 00
Court Fees of Willard Miller, 7 29
of H. S. Morse, for School Fence, 3 50
from sale of Products of Town Farm, 474 32
Town of Southbridge, pauper account, 145 05 Milford,
16 36
John Dolan,
6
84 96
Individuals,
66 184 50
Commonwealth, 66 . 6
31 76
of State Treas., for State Aid, 386 00
Military Aid,
613 00
bal. Corporation Tax, 1883, 5 51
66 National Bank Tax, 1884, 343 99
Corporation Tax, 1884, 1,855 27
..
.. Income School Fund, 196 95
from County Treasury. Dog Tax. 327 87
Wm. E. Nason, Collector, Tax, 1881, 624 33 66 .
Interest on Tax, 1881, 58 37
66
bal. Tax, 1882, 400 00
Tax, 1883, 6,276 69
66
" 1884, 20,333 84
Total receipts,
$47,869 13
EXPENDITURES.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Paid Minnie P. Smith, 19
weeks,
$152 00
Delia M. Bailey, 38
242 00
Rebecca M. Dunning, 15
120 00
Clarence E. Griffin, 39
390 00
Isabel J. Reilly,
39
351 00
Louisa A. Metcalf,
39
351 0C
Susie E. Young,
39
351 00
Marietta B. Hawes,
19 66
171 00
Matie G. Knapp,
39
66
390 00
Emilie Albee,
39
390 00
Mabel E. Howard,
39
66
272 00
Nellie J. Cleary,
39
312 00
Isaac C. Jenks,
32
66
256 00
Nettie A. Everett,
24
192 00
A. Daisy Dorr,
18
162 00
Florence Bullard,
12
66
96 00
Ella G. Daniels,
7
66
56 00
Mary C. Sawyer,
8
64 00
Alice E. Corbin,
38
475 00
Samuel W. Clark,
44
660 00
Mary A. Wiggin,
44
1,100 00
Total.
$6,553 00
CARE OF SCHOOL ROOMS.
Paid Charles G. Dean, 1 room,
12
weeks,
$4 80
Harry Sherry,
1
10
5 00
Ernest E. Daniels, 1
35
66
15 20
Ervin Gay, 1
23
9 20
Eddie Darling,
2
66
35
35 00
E. H. Curry,
1
66
1
50
Carlton Strong,
1
66
23
66
11 50
6
Paid C. E. Griffin,
1
room, 35
wecks,
$14 00
Isabel J. Reilly,
1
66
11
2 75
Winnie Byron,
1
66
11
4 40
Josie Gaman.
1
66
11
66
5 50
Nellie J. Cleary.
1
66
24
66
9 60
Louis Faxon,
1
66
12
66
4 80
Henry Burns,
1
66
12
6 00
Julius T.Rockwood. 1
66
12
66
6 00
Tommy Keefe,
1
3
66
1 50
Robert Ferguson,
1
66
9
66
4 50
John Burns,
1
12
4 50
George E. Daniels, 1
. .
12
66
7 00
Mabel E. Howard, 1
41
66
18 10
William S. Young, 1
35
19 27
Nathan Burr,
4
.6
41
66
107 62
Total,
$296 74
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.
Bill.
64 70
Paid W. P. Metcalf, sawing 9 cords wood, Arthur O. Miller, " 5 1-2
9 63
77
J. H. Wadsworth, drawing wood, 1 80
80
Amos Daniels, sawing 4 cords wood,
7 00
197
Patrick McCaffrey, " 18
31 50
200
Oscar J. Daniels, 3
5 25
201
Arthur O. Miller, “ 1
66
1 75
264
Thos. J. Daniels, 39 cords wood,
181 00
265
Jason Tower, 20 “
91 23
313
J. W. Heaton, 1 ton coal,
7 25
314
66 3 1-2 cords wood,
16 50
315 316
66 24 tons coal, 156 00
66 5 1-2 cords wood, 25 50
Wm. S. Young, sawing 4 1-2 cords wood, 7 87
318 329 330
L. B. Brown, 5 . 8 75 66
Nathan Burr, piling wood, 5 00
334
Irving Trentham, sawing wood, 1 75
334
66 2 1-2 bbls. shavings, 25
66
$15 75
7
342 347 409 447 488 682 733
Paid Herbert E. Bartlett, sawing 6 cords wood, 10 50 50
C. Strong, sawing 3-4 feet wood,
W. C. Whiting, sawing 1 cord wood,
1 50
Frank V. Mann, 13 bbls. shavings, 66 15 “
1 50
Mancy Daniels, 1-2 cord wood.
2 88
E. J. Gilmore, sawing 5 1-2 cords wood,
8 25
747 William Cleary, 4
E. B. Moses, 66 4 1-2 ..
..
7 88
828 829
J. F. Stratton, ..
5
..
8 75
830
Amos F. Daniels, “ 4
7 00
Total.
$630 64
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
Paid Charles G. Dean, repairing lock, $ 25
Anthony Connors, repairs, 2 75
H. E. Briggs, labor at No. 10, 5 00
C. W. Strong, repairs at No. 9,
80
O. A. Stanley, repairs,
1 00
284
F. D. Fuller, curtains, Chapel school, 9 34
L. B. Brown, repairs at No. 7, 1 25
Elmer Wadsworth, repairing windows, 2 25
23 75
Anthony Connor. painting,
24 80
C. W. Clark, 6 school desks, 18 00
O. F. Metcalf & Sons, mdse., - 24 47
O. A. Stanley, bill labor,
18 75
J. P. & J. G. Ray, for lumber. 2 47
10 27
Timothy Quigley, repair bill,
4 00
Anthony Connor, setting glass.
1 75
O. A. Stanley, labor at Vestry school,
5 75
O. F. Metcalf & Sons, lumber, &c.,
23 19
745
Harry Spence, setting glass,
1 60
847
Hood & Mason, repairs,
1 80
Total, $183 24
Bill. 36 65 66 122 129
329 379 389 391
O. A. Stanley, 9 1-2 days labor,
405 410 439 450 477 501 599
James Follansbee, repair bill.
601 731
1 10
7 00
8
MISCELLANEOUS SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Bill. 19 41 63 75
Paid G. W. Foster, for land, schoolhouse lot, $45 00
C. L. Fales, mdse. for schools, 35
James F. Ray, “ 29 81
J. H. Wadsworth, plank, 4 80
Frank Woolford, livery bill, school committee, 3 00 Nathan Burr, cleaning outhouse, 1 00
140 172 198 Mrs. John Carr, cleaning schoolhouse, 1 20
307
John Byrnes, water pail,
17
338
Edwin Trowbridge, rent 4 organs, 20 00
341 348 388 396 402 409 413 445 446 448
J. H. Daniels, rent of hall, 6 00
C. L. Stewart, printing tickets, 2 00
W. N. White, mowing school lot, 1 10
Hiram E. Briggs, building fence. 6 00
James F. Ray, mdse. for schools.
45 20
Willard C. Whiting, labor on school grounds, 2 00 W. N. White, cleaning schoolhouse, 1 50
Bridget Mawn, 1 83
6 50
Nathan Burr, labor on school grounds. 5 68
H. A. Billings. cleaning schoolrooms, 5 00
1 75
Edwin Trowbridge, rent 4 organs,
20 00
619 684 732
J. F. Ray, mdse. for schools, 4 89
6 00
746
S. W. Squire, 1 day and expenses to Boston, certificates and express,
1 53
754
Razee & Sanborn, teaming,
1 00
Geo. H. Willoby, repairing clock.
1 25
756 821
D. C. Cotton, mdse. for schools,
121 72
848
Wm. Rockwood, ' 66
63
Total, $364 12
451 489 577 618
Mrs. Byron, . 6
J. H. Daniels, livery bill, school committee, .. for O. A. Stanley, 2 50
6 00
Bridget Mawn, cleaning schoolrooms,
3 06
734
Baptist Society, rent for vestry,
4 00
Maria Sullivan, 66
T. J. Daniels, labor on school grounds, 1 65
9
PAYMENTS FOR SCHOOL BOOKS FURNISHED UNDER PROVISIONS OF STATUTE OF 1884.
Bill. 478 Paid Boston School Supply Co., for books and mdse,
$112 80
497
Harper & Bros.,
books and mdse., 102 20
504-5
Clark & Maynard,
54 76
506
Winkley, Dresser & Co., 66
7 00
508
Charles H. Whiting.
6.
56 34
511
Razee & Sanborn. express on books,
6 15
513
Adams Express Co. .
4 10
514
Warren P. Adams,
books and mdse,
113 50
515
Carroll W. Clark,
60
3 94
516
William Ware & Co.,
66
44
51 30
517
Boston School Supply Co., "
10 38
518
Prang Educational Co.,
66
16 00
522
Ginn, Heath & Co.,
15 87
673
Thompson, Brown & Co., 66
96
695
Charles H. Whiting.
66
14 18
696
Warren P. Adams & Co.,
35 94
697
Boston School Supply Co .. ..
60 81
698
Carroll W. Clark,
29 44
699
Lee & Shepard.
. .
66
3 75
700
Clark & Maynard.
6 6
6 00
701
William Ware & Co.,
3 75
702
D. Appleton & Co., 6.
6 81
703
Winkley, Dresser & Co.,
5 88
704
Prang Educational Co ..
..
1 60
738
Harper & Bros., school books,
9 60
740
Winkley. Dresser & Co., school books.
3 60
Total,
$746 66
10 00
Lee & Shepard,
66
NOTE .- The above expense was incurred under the new law of 1884 without an appropriation by the town.
2
10
REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Bill. 8
Paid Dennis Sullivan, 10 hours. 15 cents.
$1 50
11
J. H. Ford, for flat stone. 2 50
15
James Galivan, 87 hours, 15 cents, 13 05
17
James O. Reilly. 22 1-2 66 3 39
4 35
101
James H. Ford. 15 hours, 15 cents, 2 25
102
Mancy M. Daniels. 8 1 20
128
Washington Pierce, repair Mount hill.
2 00
136
William E. Nason.
107 hours. 15 cents. 16 05
177
L. B. Brown,
28 1-2
4 07
184
Alfred Clark,
108
66
..
16 20
Frank Davis,
43
..
6 45
David Mahoney,
60
66
9 00
Jeremiah Desmond.
191
66
66
32 35
William Keefe, Merrifield.
10
..
66
1 50
B. Cody.
66
9 90
W. Crowningshield,
50
. .
7 50
George Murphy,
30
4 50
Wm. Stanley.
6
1 50
189
James O. Reilly,
20
..
3 00
190
William Rockwood, for labor,
1 25
252
Thos. J. Daniels,
470 hours. 15 cents. 70 50
repairing tools. &c., 1 00
John Soward.
175 hours,
15 cents, 26 25
Joseph Wales,
182
..
27 30
J. Lewis.
25
3 75
Daniel Akley.
6 2-3
1 00
William Ware.
192
66
66
28 80
Nathan A. Daniels,
45
..
66
6 75
Oscar J. Daniels.
47
7 05
P. Costello.
20
.. 3 00
Byron Wood,
116
..
. .
17 40
60 loads gravel,
3 00
John Canney, 92 hours, 15 cents, 13 80
George H. Miller. 40
6 00
William A. Canney, 49 . .
7 35
66
66
15
9 90
100
Jason Tower. for plank.
186
253
11
Bill. 25₴
254
Lewis H. Marsh,
57
8 55
Edward E. King.
3 1-2
،،
52
John Duffee,
70
10 50
Mark Hutcherson.
30
4 50
66
43 loads gravel,
2 15
Matthew Finnegan,
35 hours, 15 cents,
5 25
Seba Bucklin.
60
. .
9 00
Hugh Quinn,
14
..
2 10
John Farrell,
54
66
8 10
Patrick Gorman.
35
5 25
George Murphy.
125
. .
.6
18 75
James H. Blake.
10
1 50
Albert J. Gilmore,
75
. 6
..
11 75
289
Jason Tower. posts and railing.
5 78
306
John Lynch,
20
hours,
15 cents,
3 00
325
L. H. Marsh,
22
3 30
Seba Bucklin.
28
5 40
M. Hutcherson, 2 3-4
42
16 loads gravel.
80
326
William Keefe,
45
hours, 15 cents,
6 75
327
Patrick Gorman.
20
..
3 00
328
Dennis Sullivan.
40
..
6 00
Albert J. Gilmore, 48 1-2
25
..
. .
134
15
66
20 10
John Sullivan,
81 1-2
12 23
Wm. F. Briggs.
88 1-2
١٠
13 28
N. Durfee,
47 1-2
7 13
Frank Outhouse, 92 1-2
٠٠
13 88
James O. Reilly,
106
66
15 90
Charles H. Carpenter, 10
66
1 50
336
Hugh Quinn,
9
1 35
Cornelius Ford,
20
3 00
Jeremiah Desmond,
199
66
31 35
B. Cody,
35
5 25
John Doyle,
90
66
13 50
،٠
2 25
Alfred Clark,
60
66
9 00
255
Paid Arthur O. Miller,
15 hours, 15 cents, $2 25
Geo. W. Foster.
15
332
335
337
382
.
12 13
331
256
12
Bill. 382 397
Paid William Keefe, 25
hours, 15 cents. $3 75
John Murphy,
133
19 95
J. W. Fuller,
40
،٠
..
6 00
Levi Dennen,
20
٠٠
66
3 00
Thomas Neelon.
10
401
Warren H. Bright,
114
66
٠٠
17 10
404
Jeremiah Desmond, 105
..
66
15 75
B. Cody,
8
..
1 20
William Keefe.
40
66
6 00
Dennis Sullivan,
20
66
3 00
S. Billings.
5
66
. .
75
W. Crowningshield,
20
66'
66
3 00
T. J. Daniels,
45
6 75
66 powder,
1 00
Daniel Akley,
6 2-3
hours,
15 cents,
1 00
William Ware,
75
66
11 25
Byron Wood,
45
66
6 75
J. Wales,
50
66
66
7 50
J. Seward,
10
66
1 50
415
Fred Rogers, blacksmith bill,
1 20
416
John Farrell,
50 hours, 15 cents,
7 50
417
Edmund Hartshorn, 195
66
29 25
Patrick Haggerty,
45
6 75
Fred Rogers, blacksmith bill,
6 05
George Murphy,
220
hours,
15 cents, 33 00
John Durfee,
160
66
24 00
Frank Holmes,
65
66
9 75
James Leonard,
131
19 61
John Farrell,
115
66
66
17 25
John Kennedy,
15
66
.6
2 25
Fred Rogers, blacksmith bill,
1 70
Charles Quinn,
80
hours, 15 cents, 12 CO
A. Williams,
5
66
75
John Lynch,
60
66
9 00
Michael Sullivan,
110
66
66
16 50
James O. Reilly, 83 1-2
6 6
66
12 53
449
C. L. Fales, 458 loads gravel,
68 70
452
Fred A. Rogers, blacksmith bill,
2 85
..
1 50
406
443
Bill. 454 476 490 508 509 520 523
13
Paid L. B. Brown, 10 hours. 15 cents,
$1 50
James Follansbee. 176 loads gravel,
21 12
Ervin Meek. 30 hours, 15 cents.
4 50
John Butman, 111 feet curb stone,
58 50
Enoch Waite, 93 loads gravel.
4 65
John Butman, 16 feet curb stone.
8 00
Edmund Hartshorn, 45 hours.
15 cents,
6 75
Frank Holmes. 30
..
٤٠
4 50
Cornelius Dugan.
15
2 25
Hugh Quinn,
30
4 50
Michael Sullivan. 50
..
..
7 50
George Murphy,
110
16 50
W. E. Averill.
50
. 6
7 50
George Murphy,
40
..
6 00
John Farrell,
50
66
7 50
Elmer Thayer. watering street.
40
John Duffee,
100
hours,
15 cents, 15 00
William Corman.
15
2 25
William Doherty.
20
3 00
W. H. Bright 2
،٠
30
A. J. Gilmore,
57
25
14 26
William F. Briggs.
59
15
..
8 86
A. J. Gilmore, 61
9 16
M. O. Sullivan,
63 1-2
..
9 53
Charles Badger,
705
..
105 75
Alvin Merrifield,
30
..
4 50
Michael Shea.
50
7 50
John Farrell.
50
..
..
7 50
Hiram H. Bailey,
50
. .
..
7 50
Willard Bright.
55
8 25
Asa Sargeant. 28 1-2
..
..
4 28
Jeremiah Desmond, 254
..
38 10
William Keefe,
125
..
18 75
John Leary,
127
6 .
19 05
Walter Fuller,
160
..
24 00
Joseph G. Guild.
35
5 25
Charles Gowen, 240 loads gravel,
7 20
F. M. Osgood,
63 hours, 40 cents, 25 35
545 548 549
555
558
559
14
Bill. 571 - 572 649
Paid John Ford,
40
hours, 15 cents, $6 00
Michael Shea,
20
66
3 00
John Canney,
100
15 00
Wm. A. Canney,
41
66
66 6 15
Charles Payne,
17
66
2 55
Arthur O. Miller,
8
66
66
1 20
George W. Foster,
18
2 70
Albert Darling.
32
66
4 80
651
G. C. Fisher, posts and railing,
3 62
Eugene G. Fisher,
133
hours,
15 cents, 19 95
45 15
658
Thos. J. Daniels,
ɔ̃5
..
8 25
William Ware,
50
66 7 50
C. Akley,
9
1 35
James Costello,
23
66
3 45
Oscar J. Daniels,
9
66
1 35
Patrick Costello,
27
4 05
667
Fred A. Rogers, blacksmith bill,
8 20
668
John Ford. 40 hours. 15 cents,
6 00
669
A. H. Morse. for gravel,
9 00
670
Edmund Hartshorn, 20 hours, 15 cents,
3 00
George S. Hosie, 316 feet plank, &c., labor and team,
4 05
Jeremiah Desmond, 160 hours, 15 cents,
24 00
Charles Gowen, 120 loads gravel,
3 60
John Leary, 72
hours, 15 cents, 10 80
Alex. Driscoll, 36
5 40
Wm. Keefe, 18
..
2 70
Dennis Sullivan, 7.2
66 10 80
Walter Fuller, 8
.6
6
1 20
677
Nelson Corbin, setting curb stone, Cottage St., 11 90 Leonard B. Brown, 63 hours, 15 cents, 9 45
685
E. Waite, 237 loads gravel.
11 35
686
C. M. Allen, 340 hours, 15 cents,
51 00
Jeremiah Desmond, 85
hours, 15 cents, 12 75
Dennis Sullivan, 54
.6
،،
8 10
Dennis Shehan, 31
66
4 65
William Keefe, 40 66
6 00
G. C. Fisher,
301
66
.6
8 41
671 675
678
688
15
Bill. 688 692 693 717 723 726 728
Paid John Bresnihan, 40
hours, 15 cents, $6 00
Dennis Shehan, 5
75
Jeremiah Desmond. 10
٠٠
66 1 50
A. Bradford. 20 loads loam,
1 00
Patrick Collins,
54
hours, 15 cents,
8 10
Patrick Connolly,
34
. .
5 10
497
66
74 55
Francis McMurray
20
Stephen Byrnes,
4
66
60
Michael Smith,
33
Thomas Corbett,
16
16
2 40
Patrick Daley,
18
66
.6
2 70
Joseph Millette,
5
66
75
Michael Smith.
33
4 95
Daniel Buckley,
20
..
3 00
Wilton A. Pond,
328
49 20
Wm. Rockwood. for railing,
4 00
posts and spikes,
2 32
22 hours, 15 cents.
3 30
Thos. J. Daniels, 26 hours, 15 cents,
3 90
O. F. Metcalf & Sons, plank.
9 60
George S. Ryan, blacksmith bill,
3 05
James O. Reilly, 300 loads gravel,
15 00
D. C. Cotton, mdse. supplies,
58 56
Alfred Clark, 11 hours. 15 cents,
1 65
Hood & Mason, bill repairs, Fred A. Rogers,
2 00
W. Daniels, survey of street and bounds,
5 00
Wm. E. Nason. labor in roads,
6 75
Total,
$2,201 34
REMOVING SNOW IN ROADS.
Bill. 98 99 130
Paid A. J. Gilmore, 148 hours, 15 cents, $22 21
John Murphy and men 21
3 15
Jeremiah Desmond 42
6: 6 30
736 750
751 752 810 811 820 825 847 849 873 885
3 00
4 95
2 00
16
Bill. 137 138 885
Paid James O. Reilly, 9 hours, 15 cents, $1 35 6. 1 87
Geo. A. A. Blake, 12 1-2 6
Wm. E. Nason, breaking roads, 10 00
Total.
$44 88
PAYMENTS FOR ALMSHOUSE.
Paid A. A. Fletcher, expenses pauper account, $2 60 James F. Ray, merchandise for almshouse, 20 23
S. S. Ray, 1 32
Wm. L. Enegren.Jr ... 4 86
Chilson & Richardson, market bill, 23 58
William Redpath, 1 month's labor, 12 00
H. J. Blake, merchandise for almshouse, 7 36
113
S. H. Barrett. 55 66
114
Wm. M. Comey, burial of J. Breck,
2 50
116
for furniture for almshouse,
6 84
117 118 119
Wm. Redpatlı, for labor,
4 62
J. T. Freeman, on salary,
100 00
R. K. Ballard. repairs almshouse,
142 90
S. W. Thayer, repairing boots and shoes,
5 00
Franklin Clothing Co., mdse., 3 50
C. D. Cobb & Bros., mdse., almshouse, 64 20
Capen, Sprague & Co., for oil, 6 78
E. H. Freeman, 1 month's labor,
15 00
J. W. Heaton, grain bill, 70 71 coal bill, 10 20
E. H. Freeman. 1 month's labor. 15 00
Boston Furniture Co., mdse .. 18 35
Anthony Connors, painting bill, 11 00
S. S. Ray, mdse. almshouse. 11 82
230
Harry Spence, labor, 21 25
231
L. B. Higgins, repairing furniture, 3 25
1.65 16€ 169 223 224 225 226 227 229
labor and supplies,
9 40
141 143 144 145
freight bills. supplies.
2 06
Bill. 7 37 38 39 40 42 44
17
Paid T. M. Turner & Co., mdse.,
$32 68
W. H. Bright, furniture for almshouse, 6 00
E. H. Freeman, 1 month's labor, 15 00
F. D. Fuller, mdse., 14 50
freight bill,
79
Bradley Fertilizer Co., 10 bags fertilizer,
20 00
J. T. Freeman, 3 months' salary, 125 00
Lewis E. Cass, 4 days' labor,
5 00
Levi Follett, 32 gals. soap,
4 00 7 50
S. S. Ray, mdse. almshouse,
6 87
H. J. Blake, 6.
13 11
J. L. Brazzille, barber's bill,
80
N. E. Darling, ice box, 2 00
J. H. Baker, repair covered wagon, 75 00
T. M. Turner & Co., mdse. almshouse, 26 26
3 35
C. D. Cobb & Bros .. ..
37 51
freight bill,
78
O. F. Metcalf & Sons, lumber bill,
12 36
6 .
grain bill,
48 87
C. P. Carter, mdse. bill,
2 09
E. H. Freeman, 2 months' labor,
30 00
Frank Holmes, 5 days' labor, 8 75
Boston Furniture Co., 1 chair, almshouse, 4 20
16 53
E. H. Freeman, labor, 66
12 00
Henry Brown, 6 days' labor, ..
6 00
J. T. Freeman, 3 months' salary, 66
125 00
George B. Dorr, 200 strawberry plants, Jordan, Marsh & Co .. mdse .. S. S. Ray,
8 21
7 92
freight on ..
56
C. D. Cobb & Bros., ..
30 65
S. W. Thayer, bill repairs, 4 10
Franklin Clothing Co., mdse. almshouse, 4 75
C. D. Cobb & Bros., 34 27
Joseph W. Heaton,
118 00
3
Bill. 232 290 291 292 293 294 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 383 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 456 457 459 460 471 525 526 527 528 529 530 532 543 620 621 622
S. H. Barrett, mdse. 6 6
1 00
J. J. Tobey, 66
James F. Ray, 66
18
Bill. 623 624 625 626 627 628 629
Paid T. M. Turner & Co., mdse. almshouse, Harry Spence, 66
2 50
. removing C. A. Clark to almshouse, 4 00
H. J. Blake, mdse. 5 43
Wm. L. Enegren, mdse. 66
1 00
J. G. Cunningham, livery bill, overseers,
2 50
Harry Spence. whitewashing,
1 00
630
Wm. McGaw, ice bill,
3 25
Dr. Jenks, medical services.
5 25
635 652 705
Michael Shea, 9 days' labor,
13 50
W. H. Bright, labor bill.
15 65
706 707
Alex. Thayer, shoe bill,
3 00
Timothy Quigley, repair almshouse,
2 12
S. S. Cook, making cider,
2 72
O. F. Metcalf & Sons, grain bill,
55 38
Franklin Clothing Co., mdse.,
8 40
J. T. Freeman. 3 months' salary,
125 00
Frank D. Fuller, mdse.,
23 82
S. S. Ray.
6 69
C. L. Fales,
4 67
J. L. Brazille, barber bill,
35
C. P. Carter, mdse.,
9 80
Levi A. Follett, soap bill.
3 50
788
Dr. J. C. Gallison, medical services. 17 00
7 49
812 838 839
T. M. Turner,
26 23
D. C. Cotton, ..
44 79
840
Franklin Clothing Co. "
4 00
841
C. H. Heaton, meat bill,
99 01
842
A. C. Dana. mdse.,
20 20
843
R. B. Stewart & Co., repair bill,
5 25
844
S. W. Thayer, 66
1 30
846
S. S. Ray, mdse. almshouse.
3 02
871
Warren H. Bright, cutting wood,
6 25
878
A. F. McLean, bill repairs, 1 35
879
Hood & Mason,
15 35
708 709 757 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 786
Dr. King,
. 6
1 00
V. R. Warren, corn planter, 16 00
$26 82
A. C. Dana, mdse. almshouse,
19
Bill.
832 Paid Wm. E. Nason, 1 ton fertilizer, $40 00
Total,
$2,160 99
PAYMENTS FOR POOR OUTSIDE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Worcester Lunatic Asylum :
For Abby M. Blake, $182 32
Robert Graham, 203 09
Philip Dolan, 174 48
$559 89
Paid Mass. School for Feeble Minded :
For Lowell Merrifield,
127 21
Paid State Reform School for Michael McGote, 3 00
66
Frank L. Fisher. 45 29
Total,
$735 39
Paid Town Medway for George Akley,
18 80
J. F. Jenckes, med. bill Pliny Cook, 1 00
Dr. Geo. King, bill John Murray, 2 00
James F. Ray, mdse. for Mary A. Wilson,
2 00
Dr. J. C. Gallison, bill Mrs. Meyenburg, 2 00
Support of Lemuel F. Rich, 6 91
Jas. F. Ray, mdse. Nathan Durfee, 3 57
car fare Thos. Moore to Dedham, 42 66 for State pauper, 40
Town of Shrewsbury. Kate Newell and children, 101 50
66 Attleboro, for Wm. S. Warren, 109 63
66 Marlboro. for Mrs. John Hart, 108 00
support of Mary Fales, 25 00
James M. Freeman, expenses for insane, 6 00
A. A. Fletcher, cash for out paupers, 25 61
C. M. Maker, support of Nancy Blake, 84 00
Horace Parkhurst, Sarah Wales, 77 81
Town of Walpole, " Charles C. Greene, 122 71
20
Paid O. F. Metcalf & Sons, mdse, for A. H. Curry, $1 00
S. H. Barrett, mdse. for Margaret Welch, 2 00
V. B. Rockwood, burial of Frank L. Adams, 2 50
Paid for William Dwyer :
Bill for board, $4 50
Dr. Geo. King, medical services, 1 00
Paid for Cornelius Ford :
H. S. Morse, mdsc.,
$5 30
James F. Ray, 1 69
C. M. Allen, milk bill,
3 10
$10 09
Paid for Patrick Moran :
J. W. Heaton, coal bill,
$3 75
H. S. Morse, mdse,, 2 77
D. W. Corson, mdse.,
1 20
Dr. Geo. King, medical services,
9 75
$17 47
Paid for Mrs. Jonas Kimball :
Dr. J. Blake, medical services. $5 50
J. D. Fisher, board, 30 20
$35 70
Paid for Catherine Sullivan :
James F. Ray, mdse.,
$6 18
T. M. Turner & Co., mdse.,
2 13
S. W. Thayer,
1 62
$9 93
Paid for Ada French :
Overseers' orders,
$48 00
R. L. McPherson, funeral expenses, 14 CO
$62 00
Paid for Mary White :
O. F. Metcalf & Sons,
$5 00
J. W. Heaton & Co.,
4 75
Fenner Darling, for wood, 2 00
Overseers' order,
1 00
C. L. Fales, mdse.,
4 70
$5 50
21
Paid D. W. Corson, mdse.,
$ 49
D. C. Cotton, 66
5 19
James F. Ray.
18 83
$41 96
Paid for Mrs. John Carr :
C. L. Fales, mdse.,
$6 88
H. S. Morse,
9 29
D. W. Corson,
1 29
James F. Ray,
2 53
$19 99
Paid for Thomas Elison :
R. B. Stewart, board bill.
$3 00
Dr. J. C. Gallison,
4 60
$7 60
Paid for John Nottage :
Overseers' order,
$4 00
C. L. Fales, mdse.,
24 39
$28 39
Paid for Joseph Davidson's family :
James E. Razee, coal bill,
$3 75
William Mann, 6.
1 80
R. L. McPherson, undertaker,
5 00
C. L. Fales, mdse.,
10 00
D. W. Corson, meat bills,
13 00
Joseph W. Heaton. rent,
12 00
coal bill,
3 63
James McDermott, bill.
1 50
John G. Cunningham, livery,
4 50
T. M. Turner & Co., mdse,,
28 94
S. W. Thayer, bill,
1 25
Frank Woolford, livery,
1 50
Chilson & Richardson, mdse.,
1 00
Dr. Geo. King, medical services.
2 00
A. C. Dana, bill, 5 07
Dr. J. C. Gallison, bill,
32 00
R. L. McPherson, undertaker,
26 00
William E. Nason, rent.
41 00
$193 84
22
Paid for Mrs. Patty McPherson :
C. L. Fales, mdse.,
$4 23
Dr. Geo. King, medical services, 9 50
R. L. McPherson, undertaker, 14 00
Paid for Susan Sallee :
C. L. Fales. mdse.,
$14 07
J. W. Heaton, “ 90
T. M. Turner & Co., indse., 7 55
A. C. Dana. mdse.,
80
George A. Drew,
5 00
Dr. Jacob Blake, bill,
18 00
Paid for Margaret Doherty :
Overseers' orders,
$15 07
James P. Ray, milk bill,
3 82
J. F. Ray, mdse ..
9 25
J. E. Razee, coal.
1 80
J. W. Heaton, coal,
2 00
D. W. Corson. mdse.,
3 00
C. M. Allen, milk bill,
3 23
Albert A. Darling. rent bill,
8 00
$46 17
Paid for Mrs. Ann Allice :
Wm. L. Enegren, Jr., mdse.,
$1 00
David W. Corson,
2 60
C. L. Fales,
2 54
J. W. Heaton, coal,
1 75
Dr. Geo. King, medical services,
5 50
James F. Ray, mdse.,
2 65
Dr. J. C. Gallison, bill,
1 00
G. H. Butterworth, bill,
38
A. C. Dana,
1 31
$18 73
Paid for Galen Cook :
Dr. J. F. Jenckes, medical services,
$1 00
Dr. J. C. Gallison,
1 25
Dr. Geo. King,
1 50
$27 73
$46 32
23
Paid J. C. Cross, meat bill, Wm. Rockwood, groceries,
$18 40
52 90
$75 05
Total, $2,084 72
Less amounts received from other towns and indi-
viduals and paid to Treasurer, viz. :
From town of Southbridge, 66 Milford. 16 36
$145 05
John Dolan.
84 96
various individuals.
184 50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
31 76
$462 63
Net cash expenses outside poor.
$1,622 09
ALMSHOUSE IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN.
DR.
To interest on cost of farm,
$180 00
Appraisal of personal property at almshouse. Jan. 30, 1884, 1,849 53
Cash paid from treasury, 2.160 99
$4,190 52
CR.
By amount appraisal personal property, Jan. 29, 1885, $1.795 84
. Cash received sales from farm, 174 32
$2.270 16
Net cost at almshouse, $1,920 36
NOTE .- In addition to above, wood was furnished from the farm to outside poor. to amount of $12.00, by order of Overseers.
Net cash expenses for outside poor. $1,622 09
66 at almshouse. 1.920 36
Total pauper account, $3,542 45
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NAMES AND AGES OF INMATES AT THE ALMS- HOUSE IN 1884.
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