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1876 - 77
R.M.H.S. RESOURCE CENTER READING, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF READING,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1877,
COMPRISING THE
REPORTS OF THE TOWN CLERK, TREASURER, COLLECTOR, SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ROAD COMMISSIONERS, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY AND AUDITORS.
READING : NEWS AND CHRONICLE JOB PRINT. 1877.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF READING,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1877,
COMPRISING THE
REPORTS OF THE TOWN CLERK, TREASURER, COLLECTOR, SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ROAD COMMISSIONERS, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY AND AUDITORS.
READING : NEWS AND CHRONICLE JOB PRINT. 1877.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1876 -- 77.
Town Clerk. WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN. Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
JOSEPH L. PRATT,
JAMES REID.
J. R. LEATHE, Treasurer. JAMES A. BANCROFT. Collector. W. WALLACE DAVIS. School Committee.
CARROLL D. WRIGHT, CHAIRMAN, (resigned Sept. 8.)
term expires,
1878
WALTER S. PARKER CHAIRMAN from Sept. 8,
1877
SOLON BANCROFT,
1878
WILLIAM F. DURGIN,
66
1879
GEORGE T. DOLE,
66
1877
JOHN O. Dow, (declined)
HORACE G. WADLIN, SECRETARY,
1879
Road Commissioners.
JAMES A. BANCROFT, CHAIRMAN, CHARLES A. WESTON, HENRY S. LACLAIR,
Board of Health.
JOSEPH L. PRATT, J. R. LFACHE, Engineers of Fire Department. CHARLES H. LANG, CHIEF,
CHARLES H. DANFORTH,
DAVID CROWELE, DANIEL CREESY.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. DANIEL B. LOVEJOY.
Constablez.
HUBBARD E. Cox,
WILLIAM S. CROWE.
Police Officers.
HUBBARD E. Cox, WILLIAM S. CROWE. JOHN A. BLUNT,
EDWIN BASSETT, WILLIAM FROST.
Trustees of Public Library.
EDWARD APPLETON, CHAIRMAN,
term expires
1878
HIRAM BARRUS,
66
66
1879
F. O. DEWEY,
66
1877
F. H. KNIGHT,
1877
Trustees of Cemetery.
SOLON BANCROFT,
F. H. KNIGHT,
66
66
1879
F. O. DEWEY,
66
66
1878
G. C. GLEASON,
66
1878
T. B. PRATT,
W. S. RICHARDSON,
66
66
1877
Auditors.
66
1877
WILLIAM PROCTOR,
FRANCIS BARTLEY, FREDERICK BANCROFT.
66
1879
WILLIAM PROCTOR,
1878
STEPHEN FOSTER,
"
1877
JAMES REID
EDWARD C. NICHOLS,
term expires,
1878
1879
W. WALLACE DAVIS, (elected to fill vacancy,}
1877
66
1879
Town Clerk's Report.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING IN 1875. (OMITTEI) LAST YEAR.)
DATE.
NAMES.
3 3 |SEX,
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
May 12 Sarah Temple Wight June23 Ralph Emerson Gleason
Ephraim and Helen M Rodney H and Julia R
Carpenter Cabinet maker
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING IN 1876.
DATE.
NAMES.
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Jan 20 John Weston Gleason 29 Nichols
Feb. 3 Jennie Grace Warren 20 Luly Blanche Taylor 25 Etta May Gerritson
Mar 2 Henrietta Symonds 5 Clinton Lewis Bancroft Io Fred Abbott Nichols 12 Sarah Ethel Cook
14 Clarence H. Lachance 17 James Levi Penney 29 John Frederick Hock
Apr 12 George Bradford Frost 12 Marion Little Eames 18 Josephine Nelson Hayward
May 3 Clara Louena Daland IO Joseph Elmer Marshall II Christian Emanuel Rahr II
James
12 Ada Florence Skilton Berthia Lucy Brown 24
25 Mary Washburn Horton 28 Francie Lorie Porter June 7 Lillian Welch Temple 12 Arthur Edward Newell 13 Temple
30 Leslie Lucius Turner July 5 Mary Nancy Barstow 15 Walter Gates Nowell 18 Ralph Dexter Niles 22 Ruby Rebecca Cook 29 Charles Francis Totten Aug 4 Wilber Irving Broad 4 Emma May Wethern 6 Train Sweetser Hill
8 Hattie Safford Harnden
22 Edward Appleton Brown
M
John C. and Harriet L M Charles N. and Etta D John P. and Clara J.
F Charles and Emma A.
F William D. and Mary F
F Henry W. and Mary A M Lewis M. and Annie B M Richard Band JosephineA Farmer
F John F. and Phebe A M Henry W. and Effie A M and Sarah L
M Henry and Caroline
M Joseph B. and Augusta A
F Leonard T. and Emily M
F Warren and Elizabeth
Carpenter
Mechanic
Mason
Custom House Fireman on R. R Farmer
Physician
Cabinet maker
Carpenter
Auctioneer
M Benjamin F. and L. Maria Agent M Clarkson W. and Elizabeth Musician M Lucius and Mary F.
Salesman
F Charles F. and Nancy J Mariner M Charles H. and Anna M Clerk M Samuel D. and Lovina I) F George F. and Augusta A M Robert C. and Mary A M Nathaniel W. and Mary E Carpenter F George M. and Mrs. Merchant
Manufacturer
Blacksmith Blacksmith
Cabinet maker
Mechanic
Shoe business
M Charles H. and Fannie I F Charles E and Carrie E M Henry M. and Martha H
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
Coal dealer Clerk Organ pipe maker Horse dealer
Cabinet maker Mechanic
Carpenter
Shoe manufact'er Mechanic
Cabinet maker Agent
Mechanic
F George H. and Clara G. M Joseph and Mary M. M Christian E. and Emma I M
John H. and Rosa A F Jonathan and Caroline A
F Francis F. and Emma M
F James A and Mary P Simon and Judith
F F William H. and Ruth A
4
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING IN 1875.
DATE.
NAMES.
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATIIER.
Sep. 4 Edith May Dow
7 Gertrude Louise Pease
II Wendell Irving Bancroft Oct. II William James Maynard
13 Marion Nichols Sargent
F George A. and Josephine
14 Lucy Mary Carleton
14 Chas. Morton Easterbrooks 19 Joseph White
F James H. and Lucy M M John G. and Ariminta J M Samuel and Jane
23 Ralph Walter Parker
M Walter S. and Belle M MIT. W. H. and Gertrude K Teacher
Nov. 4 Thomas Pearson Hussey 16 Florence Manning
18 Arthur Stearns Willis 22 William O'Brien
25 Josephine Ardell Sweetser
F Kirk and Delia E
Farmer
26 Nellie Maria Francis
F Oscar F. and Sarah L M Patrick and Ellen
Tallow chandler Laborer
Dec. 2 Daniel Farrington
5 Abbie Janette Richardson
Shoe manufact'er
Carriage painter Mechanic
I5
I7 Margaret Culenen
I7 Temple
24 Beatrice Azalea Gilson
25 Hale
27 Maud Evelyn Merrill
27 Loring
F Jeremiah and Catherine F Joseph S. and Lucia M F. Howard and Emily I M A. G. R. and Julia H F George jr. and Lucy I M Gustavus and Mary E
R. R. Repairs Merchant Farmer Lawyer Clerk Carpenter
Number of births registered for the year 1876, 62 ; Males 33-Females 29.
NATIVITY OF PARENTS-United States,
Father, 51 Mother, 51
Foreign
Father, II Mother,
Physician Agent Carpenter Stable keeper Mechanic Merchant R. R. Conductor Fisherman Teacher
Cabinet manuf'er
F Edwin and Frankie H M Octavus N. and Martha B M James and Mary A.
Carpenter Mechanic
8 Thomas Henry Day Myers
F Jason W. and Mary C M Arthur B. and Nellie E M Charles and Louisa J
F |John O. and Francis A FfWilliam S. and Julia M M Albert J. and Sarah J. M William and Caroline
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING IN 1876.
DATE.
NAME OF GROOM AND BRIDE.
AGE.
OCCUPATION OF GROOM.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAME OF PARENTS.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan 6 Henry L. Carter Lottie A. Bird
24 Wilmington 25 Wilmington
Butcher
Wilmington
Jonathan L. and Mary G
Rev. William Barrows
Boston
Elijah and Martha
27 John Perkins Caroline E. Oliver
39 Minot, Me
Farmer
Hebron. Me
Josiah and Mary A.
James K. Ewer
Feb 10 J. William Cutts Susan Collicut
22 Stoneham
Shoemaker
New London, N. H. Joel D. and Barbara
William H. Hatch
12 Charles O. Ames Sarah C. Knapp
52 Woburn
Farmer
Woburn
Georgetowu
John and Olive Robert and Lucy John and Sarah C
" James K. Ewer
Mar 24 William H. Kingman Cora Ella Flint
20 Reading
Jeremiah and Harriet S
Benjamin E. and Lucy A
" L. W. Spring
Apr 4 William E. Beard Flora M. Kimball
23 Reading
44 Reading
Shoemaker East Cambridge Cape Neck, Me
James D. and Nancy Phineas and Clarissa Abraham and Olive |Job T. and Catherine E James and Sarah Ithamer and Patty
William Barrows
20 Rufus B. Wright Jennie F. Brown
40 Reading
Horse dealer
Littleton
" E. B. Fairchild
Sackville, N. B.
Charles C. and Jennie Alexander and Minnie M.
" William H. Willcox
23 Lowell 69 Reading
Lowell
Allen P. and Mary A. William and Rachel Benjamin and Phebe
" C. L Eastman.
" William H. Willcox
21 Reading
Reading
Stillman M. and Harriet M.
22 Reading
Milkman
21 Wilmington
29| Reading
Book keeper
William and Mary L
32 Reading
Chelsea
Thomas B. and Hannah
14 Frank W. Parker Ella J. Beard
26 Reading
Hair dresser
Reading Boston
Jerome and Elizabeth A
Eben and Mary J
23 Edwin S. McGrigor Francilla M. Bickford May I William H. Hatch Sophronia A. Walker 2 Charles H. Allen Hattie B. Pratt 4 Herbert E. Nichols Clara A. Swain June I Charles E. Tucker Annie E. S. Fisher
47 Boston
Pittston, Me Wrentham
[ Boston
23 Reading
Merchant Reading
John A. and Charlotte D.
J. Brooks and Caroline E. Levi and Louisa
Clark Carter, [ Lawrence Warren H Cudworth [East Boston
" William H. Willcox
20| Reading
Jeweller
Reading Reading
" James K. Ewer
Io Charles C. Green Jane Bowden
34 Reading
21 Reading
Brakeman Framingham
19, Everett T. Perry Hattie A. Bancroft
20 Reading
Reading
32 Reading 23 Reading
Painter
Wales, G. B
Shoe manuf'r New York City, N. Y Henry W. and Martha C Middleton
" L. W. Spring
37 Woburn
23 Reading
Melrose
William and Sarah
35 Wakefield
28 Stoneham
Eastport, Me
24 Reading
Clergyman
Reading Wilmington Boston
RESIDENCE.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING IN 1876.
DATE.
NAME OF GROOM AND BRIDE.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
OCCUPATION OF GROOM.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jun. 28
George W. Goodrich Sarah A. Sweetser
38 Beverly
Watchman
Manchester
Samuel and Deborah
Rev. William Barrows
July 8
James Sullivan Alice Brown
40 Reading
21 Reading
Mechanic
Reading
Charles H. and Mary S
Alexander Blakie,
.
27 Addison G. Scott Lenore F. Cordwell Charles E. Davis 27 Delia M. Willis
19 Reading
28 New York City | Salesman
Ashby Wakefield
James E. and Isabella B John U .. and Sarah E
[Boston " William H. Hatch
Aug 2
Arthur B. Day Nellie A. Beard
20 Reading
24 Douglas
Tailor
Barnstead. N. H
2 Eben Pitman Emma F. Pratt John J. Leathe 5
29 Stoneham
Laborer
Cambridge
Charlotte B. Emerson
34 Stoneham
St. Johnsbury, Vt
Farmer
North Reading
Jacob and Lucinda D
William H. Willcox
North Danvers
Jared C. and Sarah J
4. William Barrows
24 Reading 22 Wakefield
Moulder
Boston Lynnfield
19 Lynnfield 41 |Reading
Butcher
Weld. Me
41|North Reading
42 Reading
36 Guilford, N. H
Guilford, N. H
7 Clarence W. Mason Emma J. Mathews
23; Reading 18 Taunton
Carpenter
North Reading Fall River Dorchester
II Edwin H. Goodwin Martha S. Ballard
22 Reading 22 Reading
Reading
[Malden
" E B. Fairchild
Oct 8
Melvin H. Loud Harriet I. LaClair
22 Gt Falls, N. H Baggage
Newfield, Me
20 Reading master Reading
Reading®
Thomas H and Mary N
Ireland
James and Mary
M. F. Flatley,
50 Reading
Laborer
Ireland
Michael and Kate
[Wakefield
23 Wakefield
21|Reading
Reading Carriage Painter Reading
William H. and Abigail A. Thomas C. and Elizabeth B Henry and Helen F Edward and Ann S Lyman and Mary E William F. and Margaret J Paul and Catherine
Quincy Whitney [Wakefield A. J. Canney.
26| Reading
Reading
[ Whitinsville
" William H. Hatch
33 North Reading 24 North Reading 32 | Londonderry
Farmer
Londonderry, N. II
Reed P. and Elizabeth P
North Reading
Amos and Mary G
" William H. Willcox
15 Joseph D. Gowing Mary A. Whitcomb 23 William Clark Alice W. McIntire 25 Albert A. Ritchie Rosa L. West 29 George A. Jones Sarah A. Flint
Sept 5 James A. Bancroft Bessie R. Potter
Shoe manu'er Reading
" J. W. Kingsbury, [No. Reading " J. N. Rich, Guil ord, [N. H
" Mortimer Blake, [ haunton " S. J. Foljambe,
Mechanic
North Reading
Alfred A. and Katie Thomas P. and Sarah R. Jacob and Almira Abijah and Fanny James H. and Emily J Thomas and Patience Ozro and Eliza A. George and Marion Daniel E. and Sarah J George and Elizabeth Edward H. and Esther F Henry S. and Harriet E.
37 Reading
Nova Scotia
Oct 21 | William W. Carter Sarah L. Fortis 31 George E. Abbott Martha Josie Kingman Nov27 Elmore Parker
30| Wilmington 23| Wilmington 26 Reading 25 Reading 24 Reading
Farmer
Wilmington Wilmington Reading New York City
Otis and Abby A. William and Mary A Levi and Phebe
Architect
Clerk
Reading
Machias, Me
John and Lizzie
Emma Armstrong 30 John H. Knights Gertrude Bloomer
28 Reading 27 Stoneham
24 Norwood
23 Lawrence
30 Derry, N. H.
Farmer
Mariaville, Me
Apothecary
Freetown
Truman and Margaret
William H. Hatch
" E. G. Smith, Essex
" J. Peterson, [Wakefield
Whole number of Marriages registered in Reading for the year 1876,
40
.
NATIVITY OF PERSONS MARRIED.
United States,
Males,
38
Females, 37
Foreign.
2
3
" James K. Ewer
" William Barrows
" William H. Hatch
" William J. Batt, [Stoneham " James K. Ewer
P. M. Macdonald
25 Reading 22 Reading
20 Cambridgeport
24|Stoneham 18|Stoneham
Shoemaker
Longmeadow Stoneham
Edwin and Harriet and Mehitable Jethro H. and Mary A
27 Earl J. Ricker Annie C. Marshall
24 Reading
Tallow chan- Charlestown
22 Essex
[dler Essex
|38 Reading
Reading
28 Wakefield
Organ pipe [maker Boothbay, Me
William and Mary A Samuel and Harriet B Charles and Mary A.
24 Reading
Butcher
Reading
John and Mary William T. and Amelia F Samuel H. and Sarah A
Stoneham
Stove dealer
Lowell Corrina, Me Derry, N. H
Nathan P. and Katurah L. James and Maria Sherman H. and Eliza M Jerome and Mary B
" H. K. Pervear, [Cambridge
Worcester
30 Towle Currier Rose Hoyt Dec 13 John E. Webster Cornelia S. Case 19 Eben J. Williams Pauline A. Bowen 23 George W. C. Bliss Pamela F. Hadley
31 George H. Parker Rachel E Knight
Henry W. and Martha C Loea and Adelaine B.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN 1876.
AGE.
NAMES OF PARENTS OR HUSBAND.
CAUSE.
DATE.
NAMES.
Y
M D
Jan.
5
Julia P. Eaton
74
Charles W. and Susan
14
Clarence W. Cummings
5
7
Newton and Selina
25
Ida Bancroft
18
I
Charles N. and Etta D
29
Nichols
Feb.
13
Sarah A. Robinson
60
5
Ezra B. Robinson
March
4
Caleb Wakefield
90
IO
Timothy and Susannah B.
Old age
25
Otis Wakefield
72
8
6
Timothy and Betsey
Old age
April
4
John Kimball
81
4
26
Joshua and Elizabeth
Calculus of bladder
6
Emma M. Lambert
3
IO
29
Napoleon and Adile
Diptheria
May
=
James
IN
FA
N T
John and Rosa A
16
Louisa Tucker
03
8
Joseph and Lucy Symeston Eli E. Fox
Pneumonia-congestion of lungs
June
12
Lena M. Leathe
5
21
William H. and Almer E.
Tubercular meningitis
Consumption
21
Celia A. Walker
35
3
2
Major and Betsey Phillips James and Abbie
Consumption
25
Fred: B. Goucher
1
5
July
13
Eugene Dejean
53
3
Alfred M. and Martha C
Consumption
18
Frederick A. Stearns
31
IO
20
Jonathan and Betsey
Old age
20
Jonathan Cook
77
5
18
James F. and Etta M
Cholera infantum
29
Henry M. Wiggins
8
29
31
Isaac Adams
83
David and Phebe
Old age-hernia
August
5
Sumner Cheney
70
6
27
7
Rosa A. James
27
5
22
John H. James
26
Elizabeth R. Damon
34
I7
Albert P. Damon
3º 1
Clarence H. Lachance
5
17
Henry W. and Effie A
Inflamatory diarrech
.
Benjamin and Mary Pratt
Pneumonia Tubercular Meningitis Consumption Still born Congestion of lungs
Chronic rheumatism
21
Nellie J. Fox
24
2
21
Apoplexy
Jacob and Nancy
Dysentery General debility Cerebro spinal meningitis
.
Sept.
.8
Moses Mears
49
I
Miranda L. McIntire
83
9
Isaac Johnson .
63
I
29 Dire and Sarah I 5 John McIntire Edward and Zebiah Samuel and
Accidental Old age Cancer of liver Dysentery Old age-dysentery
October
12
Berthia Nichols
84
IO
IO
John and Jerusha
18
Maty S. Putnam
30
2
4
Daniel Putnam
November 19
Thomas Sweetser
80
IO
25 Thomas and Sarah
25
Florence Manning
8 Edwin and Frankie Charles and Louisa J
December 15
Myers
26
2 Charles Myers
23
Louisa J. Myers
27
Loring
1
Gustavus and Mary E
Typhoid fever Disease of heart Lung disease Still born Erysipelas Still born
Whole number of deaths registered for the year 1876,
35.
Males,
20.
Females, I 5.
NATIVITY-Reading, 19.
Other towns in U. S.,
I 5.
Foreign,
I.
WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN, TOWN CLERK.
16
Richard E. Dustin
65
22
Receipts and Expenditures.
-
ALMSHOUSE.
DR.
To amount of inventory March Ist., 1876, $2448 81
groceries, -
318 39
flour and bread, -
-
-
- 189 09
grain and meal, -
171 58
fish, -
-
-
-
-
15 27
provisions, - - -
-
-
220 75
bedding and clothing, -
48 42
furniture, -
-
-
-
- 86 44
produce, - - -
JI 75
wood and coal, - -
138 72
wheelwright and blacksmith bills,
33 59
hired labor, -
-
-
-
-
-
7 60
medical services, - - -
9 50
repairs on buildings, -
-
-
41 10
farming tools, -
9 99
funeral expenses of widow John McIntire, 20 00
sundries, -
6 75
salary of keeper,
-
404 33
-$4271 83
ALMSHOUSE. CR
By labor on highways, - -
$162 63
wood sold,
-
-
25° 50
lighting street lamps,
65 00
cash for board,
-
-
224 00
labor, - -
-
-
IO 55
boarding horse, -
-
-
-
25 50
AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD,
$738 18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
89 75 - medicine, -
11
AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD,
$738 18
By clearing snow, - -
26 00
stock and produce sold, -
42 64
cash from collection of bills of previous years,
81 00
lodging and food for 1546 tramps, 40 c. each,
618 40
Mrs. O'Keefe's pension,
48 00
Mrs. O'Keefe's state aid,
-
-
48 00
cash for use of cart, -
1 75
inventory of March Ist., 1877, -
2516 35
-
----- $4120 32
Net expense of poor at Almshouse,
$151 51
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE
MARCH Ist, 1877.
Furniture, crockery and tin ware,
$253 42
Beds and bedding,
-
-
-
293 10
Stoves and fixtures,
-
-
-
115 50
Provisions,
-
-
-
147 79
Manure,
-
-
-
-
75 00
Horse,
-
-
-
-
-
-
50 00
Swine,
-
.
-
-
69 00
2 carts, -
-
-
-
-
135 00
Farm wagon, -
80 00
Light wagon,
-
-
-
65 00
Stone wagon,
25 00
Horse sled,
25 00
Sleigh,
-
-
-
12 00
Mowing machine, -
40 00
Farming utensils,
-
-
217 35
Hay,
-
-
132 00
Grain and meal,
3 75
Fowls,
-
-
.
-
199 50
Posts, lumber and bricks, -
27 00
Arches for building cisterns, -
10 00
Bills due for labor, hay, pension, etc.,
322 94
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18 00
Wood and coal, -
-
-
-$2516 35
2'00 00
Cow and heifer, .
-
-
12
NAMES AND AGES OF INMATES AT ALMSHOUSE.
YEARS.
Widow John McIntire (Died Sept. 9th, 1876.) - 82
Miss Caroline Wiley, -
- - - 70 Alpheus Austin, - 57 - - - - -
Catherine O'Keefe, - - - -
- 70
James A. Hunter, - - 33 -
John Parker, (Admitted Feb. 7th, 1877,)
-
- 82
Whole number during the year, -
- 6
Present number, - -
-
5
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
Paid for supplies for Mary A. Blanchard and family, $15 00 fuel 66 66 66 45 87
medical attendance, - -
3 75
supplies for Mrs. A. H. Lloyd and family 5 00
rent 66
35 00
fuel 66 16 66
14 00
supplies for Benjamin Weston and family 22 50
fuel 66 66 66
25 81
certificates of insanity, -
6 00
removal to Hospital,
12 CO
board and charges at Worcester Lunatic Hospital,
148 06
214 37
supplies for Oliver S. Adams and family, 3 00
66
7 25
IO 25
board of Alma J. Day at Ipswich Insane Hospital,
70 14
rent for Widow Calvin Nichols and family, fuel 17 88
50 88
supplies for Nathan Barnes, - -
88 00
medical attendance and funeral expenses for Charles A. Freeman, 22 50
AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD, $574 76
-
$64 62
-
54 00
fuel 66
33 00
13
AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD,
$574 76
Paid for board of Daniel Sullivan, jr., at State Reform School, - 16 70
removal to N. H. of Thomas LaChance,
7 25
supplies for Widow Abby E. Oliver and family, 1
138 00
fuel for Widow John Judkins, -
7 25
fuel for William Pierce, -
-
35 00
rent for Freeman family, -
12 00
supplies for Levi B. Blanchard, -
5 00
supplies for Orville N. Wilder,
23 00
board of Joseph Bryant and wife, -
156 00
fuel for 66 66 66 66
-
18 75
transportation of State pauper to Tewks-
bury,
45
supplies for Sarah L. Penney and family, $108 56
medical attendance and nursing, 48 00
$156 56
supplies for H. Walter Brown and family, 84 88
fuel 66 66
4 50
medical attendance, - -
81 25
170 63
supplies for Edmund Grover to City of
Boston, -
48 00
supplies for Hannah Welch to City of Boston, - -
2 00
supplies for Joel A. Freeman to City of Boston, -
6 10
fuel for Widow Aaron McIntire, -
34 69
medical attendance, -
I 25
rent, - -
48 00
83 94
board and charges for Abigail P. Beers at Lunatic Hospital,
187 52
medical attendance and nursing for T. V. W. Johansen, -
26 75
funeral expenses, - -
17 00
43 75
AMOUNTS CARRIED FORWARD,
$1702 66
-
174 75
.
14
AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD), $1692 66 Paid for supplies for Widow Bridget Donegan and family, 161 20
fuel for Widow Bridget Donegan and family, 35 25 rent for Widow Bridget Donegan and family, 12
medical attendance for Widow Bridget Donegan and family, 7 50
215 95
fuel for Langdon S. Blanchard,
21 76
supplies for John H. Daland, -
14 50
fuel, "
3 81
18 31
supplies for Samuel White and family,
3 00
supplies for Harry Hunton, - 30 00
supplies for family Clarkson W. Temple, 39 00
medical attendance for William B. Reed, 14 25
$2034 93
Received from Town of Wakefield for supplies for Widow Abbie E. Oliver, $138 00
Town of Wakefield for supplies for H. Walter Brown, - 170 63 City of Boston for supplies for Mrs. Alfred H. Lloyd, - 3º 75
Due from City of Boston for supplies for Mrs.
Alfred H. Lloyd, 23 25
City of Springfield for supplies for Orville N. Wilder, 23 00
the State for burial of T. V. W. Johansen state pauper, 10 00
Town of Malden for supplies for Sarah I. Penney, - -
156 56
552 19
Net expense of poor out of house, Net expense of poor in the house, 151 51
1482 74
Whole expense of poor out and in the house, $1634 25
Paid for food and lodging 1546 tramps, 40 c. each, 618 40
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STATE AID.
Paid Lucy J. Allen, -
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$48 00
Angie Allen,
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24 00
Mary A. Blanchard,
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48 00
Dorcas Berry,
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48 00
Seth Bessey,
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85 25
Geo. W. Carleton,
18 00
W. Wallace Davis,
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72 00
Lydia C. Eaton, -
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48 00
Caroline Goodwin,
48 00
Sarah Hetler,
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48 00
L. W. Krook,
36 00
Charles B. Leathe,
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168 00
Rebecca Lloyd, · -
48 00
Benjamin McAlister,
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72 00
William Mears,
72 00
Edwin Manning, -
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54 00
Sarah Nichols, -
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48 00
Catherine O'Keefe,
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48 00
Margaret Pinkham,
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48 00
Christian E. Rahr,
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-
45 00
William B. Reed,
33 60
Harriet C. Robinson,
48 00
Eliza Stevens,
48 00
Harriet Young, -
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.
48 00
-$1303 85
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Carroll D. Wright, for services as School Committee for 1875-6, -
$65 00
Carroll D. Wright, for services as School Committee in full to Sept. 8, 1876, 25 00
J. C. Cook, for services as School Commit- tee for 1875-6, 55 00
Walter S. Parker, for services as School Committee for 1875-6, - 50 00
Hiram Barrus, for services as School Com- mittee to April 30, 1876, 17 50
AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD, $212 50
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AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD, $212 50 Paid W. Wallace Davis, for services as School Committee to April 2, 1877, 60 00 Solon Bancroft, for services as School Com- mittee to April 2, 1877, 40 00
George T. Dole, for services as School Com- mittee to April 1, 1877, -
25 00
Horace G. Wadlin, for services as School Committee to March 1, 1877, 60 00
William J. Wightman, services as Town Clerk, 25 00
William J. Wightman, issuing certificate to Representative, 2 00
William J. Wightman, recording births, deaths and marriages, 45 75
William J. Wightman, for making other official records, - -
13 00
Joseph L. Pratt, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, 198 75 J. B. Leathe, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, 275 00 James Reid, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, 275 00
James A. Bancroft, for services as Treasurer and Collector, - -
175 00
IV. Wallace Davis, for services as Collector to March 1, 1877, 140 00
James A. Bancroft, for services as Road Commissioner to March 1, 1877, 50 00
Charles A. Weston, for services as Road Commissioner to March 1, 1877, 50 00
Henry S. LaClair, for services as Road Commissioner to March 1, 1877, 50 00
Hubbard E. Cox, for services as Constable and Police Officer, - 13 50
William L. Crowe, for services as Constable and Police Officer to March 1, 1877, 24 00
John A. Blunt, for services as Police Officer, 13 75
AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD, $1748 25
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AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD, $1748 25 Paid Francis Bartley, for services as Auditor in 1875-6, -
3 00 Frederick Bancroft, for services as Auditor in 1875-6, - 3 00
-- $1754 25
TOWN OFFICE.
Paid William Proctor, for rent of office to Jan. I,
$150 00 1877, -
for wood and coal, -
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11 00
stationary, -
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8 73
postage stamps, -
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4 05
railroad tickets,
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4 80
express charges, -
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2 40
$180 98
PRINTING.
Paid for Printing Town Reports for 1876, $152 00
Warrants, -
7 75
bill heads, checks, notices, etc,
27 25
tax bills, -
9 00
$196 00.
LAND DAMAGE.
Paid Clarissa Hartwell, for land taken to round corner of John and Union Streets, -
$20 00
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation, -
$8500 00
Amount of orders drawn,
8361 30
Amount undrawn, - -
$138 70
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Appropriation, -
-
$1000 00.
Amount of orders drawn, -
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936 91
Amount undrawn, - -
$63 09
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HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation, - -
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$3000 00 -
Amount of orders drawn, -
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3000 00
BUILDING SUMMER STREET.
Balance of appropriation, -
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135 13
Amount undrawn,
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$26 68
EXTENSION OF ELLIOTT STREET.
Appropriation, -
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$150 00
Amount of orders drawn, - -
150 00
CLEARING SNOW.
In 1875-6, -
-
$63 98
In 1877, -
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- - -
26 00 --- $89 98
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation, - -
$1700 00
Amount of orders drawn, - - -
1675 03
Amount undrawn, - -
$24 97
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid treasurer of trustees, appropriation, -
$300 00
of dog tax, 242 25
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$542 25
CEMETERY.
Paid treasurer of trustees, appropriation, -
$300 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Citizens Gas Light Co., for gas, - - $175 26
for naptha for street lights, -
30 46
alcohol for lighting, -
- -
2 65
lighting, - - - 123 00
erecting street light at corner of Woburn and Linden streets, -
25 04
repairs of street lanterns, -
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II 35
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