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1877-78
R.M.H.S. RESOURCE CENTER READING. MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
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Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Reading,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1878,
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.
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READING : NEWS AND CHRONICLE JOB PRINT, 1878.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Reading,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1878,
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.
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READING : NEWS AND CHRONICLE JOB PRINT, 1878.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1877-78.
Town Clerk, WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health,
JOSEPH L. PRATT, J. B. LEATHE, JAMES REID.
Treasurer, JAMES A. BANCROFT.
Collector, FREDERICK BANCROFT.
School Committee,
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman,
term expires, 1880.
HORACE G. WADLIN, Secretary,
..
1879.
W. WALLACE DAVIS,
66
1880.
WILLIAM F. DURGIN,
66
1879.
SOLON BANCROFT,
..
1878.
GEORGE T. DOLE.
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1.78.
Roud Commissioners.
JAMES A. BANCROFT, Chairman,
term expires. 1878.
CHARLES A. WESTON,
..
1879.
HENRY S. LACLAIR,
1330.
Engineers of Fire Department, CHARLES H. LANG, Chief.
EDWARD C. NICHOLS,
GEORGE H. PARKER,
DANIEL CREESY, JAMES DEWHURST.
Sealers of Weights and Measures,
DANIEL B. LOVEJOY.
3
Constables,
HUBBARD E. Cox,
WILLIAM L. CROWE.
Police Officers,
H. E. Cox, EPHRAIM WIGHT,
WM. L. CROWE,
JOHN A. BLUNT,
EDWIN BASSETT, JAMES H. GRIGGS,
Jos. W. SPOKESFIELD,
AMES GOWING, GEO. V. MILLETT.
Trustees of Public Library,
EDWARD APPLETON, Chairman,
term expires, 1878.
STEPHEN FOSTER,
66
1880.
HORACE G. WADLIN,
1880.
HIRAM BARRUS,
1879.
WILLIAM PROCTOR,
66
1879.
F. O. DEWEY,
..
1878.
Trustees of Cemetery,
SOLON BANCROFT,
term expires, 1879.
F. H. KNIGHT,
66
1879.
T. B. PRATT,
66
1880.
W. S. RICHARDSON,
1880.
F. O. DEWEY,
66
1878.
G. C. GLEASON,
66
1878.
Auditors,
FRANCIS BARTLEY, FREDERICK BANCROFT, JOHN C. GLEASON.
Town Clerk's Report.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING, 1877.
DATE.
NAMES.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Jan. 6 Benjamin Fletcher Manning M Jacob W. and Lydia B.
31 Willard Nichols Gleason
Feb. 3 David Whelton Jr. 8 Ethlyn Gertrude Howes 8 Marion Helen Prentiss
19 Francis Henry McCall Mar. 6 Fred Charles Scott
13 Louise Octavia Bowser
16 Howard Roby
21 Zelpha Linwood Thayer
21 Chester Edwin Goodwin 22 Mabel Richards Stewart
Ap. 10 Herbert N. Eames 12 John Jacob Wakefield
17
Nathaniel Trull Ewer
18 Winthrop Leslie Lewis
May 4 Alice Ann Variety 6 Eliz'th Franziska Wiechman 13|Alice Eames
20 Marian Thompson Pratt
23 Herbert Francis Damon
29 Helen Ara Parker
31 Arthur Harrison Brown June 4 John Warren Ellen wood II Cassandra Mavnard Lewis 16 Amelia Delia Doucette 16 Clinton Watling Crafts 19 Kirk Aaron Parker
24 Stiles
26 Perley Heselton Potter 30 Jessie Nason Cummings July 12 Jennie Aubine Goucher 13 Francis Osman Dewey 20|Perley Kendall Richardson 26 Mabel Howes Robinson
29 Katy Foley
Aug. 2 Alice Gertrude Hunter 4 Allen
21| Harry Brooks Nichols
24 Chester Ellsworth Kingman M Charles H. and Mary A.
25| Willard Massey Crowe 29 John Frederick Warnow Sept. 3| Marion Lucy Barbour 9 Charles Blanchard
Oct. II Maud Cook Parker
17 Lula Agnes Cook
17 Joseph LaClair
18|Earnest Leon Rahr
19 Percy Ray Danforth
23 Jennie Flora Foster
29 Florence Emma Burgess
F Robert and Mary D.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
Nursery man Cabinet maker Watchman
Merchant Tailor Salesman
Harness Maker
Printer
Merchant Mechanic
Farmer
Mechanic
Lock-smith
Mechanic Farmer
Clergyman
Merchant.
Farmer
Cabinet maker
Mechanic Clerk
Book-keeper
Merchant
Patent Solicitor
Carpenter
Mechanic
Carpenter Book-keeper
R. R. Freight Printer
Tel. Linesman
Reading Express
Carpenter Salesman
Shoe Manufact'r Merchant Laborer
Mechanic
Milk Dealer
Clerk
Cabinet maker Cabinet maker
Brush Manufac'r
Laborer
Book-keeper Blacksmith Mechanic
F George F. and Augusta A. M William and Mary H. M Christian E. and Emma I. Custom House M Alfred W. and Alice A. Druggist Teacher F Lyman B. and Jennie
Plasterer
M Rodney H. and Julia R. M David and Ann
F Benj. L. and Caroline L.
F Harley and Helen C.
M Patrick and Margaret
M Addison G. and Lenore F. F Robert and Mary F. M Samuel R. and Emma L. F George and Zelpha E.
M Edwin H. and Martha S.
F Burton A. and Mary L.
M Leonard T. and Emily M. M Charles and Mary A. M James K. and Emma H. M Frank and Addie E.
F |John H and Clara F.
F Carl and Caroline
F Charles B. and Lovicy A.
F Frank W. B. and Sarah A. M George H. and Mary F. F Ardenne and Frances A. M Charles F. and Elizabeth M John S. and Elmira W.
F George and Cassandra M.
F Felix and Mary
M Frank E. and Jennette N. M Frederick H. and Alice M. M Frank J.
M Hanson B. and Lizzie E.
F Charles W. and Susan
F James E. and Abbie I). M Edgar O. and Lizzie D. M Everett B. and Emma M.
F Henry and Mary H.
F Bartholomew and Mary F Wm. A. and Elizabeth A. F Charles H. and Harriet B. Salesman M Herbert E. and Clara E.
M William L and Sophia
M Frederick and Margaret F William and Annie M. M Langdon and Lillian E. F George A. and Ellen I.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING, 1877.
DATE.
NAMES.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
Nov. 8 Bessie Gertrude Hager
12 Bessie Evelyn Judkins
13 John Arden Warren
20 Arthur Ellsworth Day
29 Willlam Henry Hunton
30 Abbott
| SEX.
George and Agnes L. John S. and Nellie J. M John P. and Clara J.
M Arthur B. and Nellie A. M Frank W. and Helen M.
Brakeman
Architect Clerk
Mechanic
Stone Mason
Brush maker
Number of births registered for the year 1877, 61 ; Males 34-Females 27.
NATIVITY OF PARENTS.
Fathers. Mothers.
Reading, 19
15
Other Towns in U. S.,
28
31
Foreign,
14
15
Baggage Master Expressman Organ Pipe m'k'r Painter
Dec. 5 Lillian May Brown
13 Francis Buchanan Hunt
28 Fannie Ann Doncette
28. Milliken
M George E. and Martha J. F H. Walter and Ella H. M George W. and Mary Ann F |John and Fanny F John and Mary.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING IN 1877-
DATE.
NAME OF GROOM AND BRIDE.
AĞE.
RESIDENCE.
OCCUPATION OF GROOM.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAMES OF PARENTS
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. I William Barbour Annie M. Eaton
23 Reading
Brush manfr.
Wakefield
Joseph and Elizabeth
Rev. William H. Willcox
22| Reading
Reading
Osgood and Lucy A.
27 James M. Fortis
30 |Wilmington
Laborer
Wilmington
William and Mary Ann
" James K. Ewer
Susan H. Taylor
16 Wilmington
Mechanic
Wilmington
James M. and Delia
" William J. Batt
Feb. 3 Charles B Eames Lovicy A. Danforth
26 Reading
26 Hillsboro' N. H. Merchant
Washington, N. H.
Gilman and Lucy B.
" James K. Ewer
22 Lawrence B. Bailey Lucelia Brockway
27 Washington, N. H.
Washington, N. H1.
Israel and Mary B. Proctor and Elizabeth
" Arthur J. Hovey
Margaret McKenney
20! Reading
maker Reading
Owen and Bridget
[Stoneham
Apl. 11 Charles E. Warren Sarah J. Morse
23| Reading
Organ Pipe
Reading
Joseph and Caira
' James K. Ewer
May 30 Calvin L. Martin
Julia F. Weston
28 Reading
Reading
John B. and Lucinda L.
39 Reading
Purchasing
Boston
Alfred and Christina C.
William H Willcox
29 Reading
Agent Sydney, Australia
Martin and Fanny A. Hiram and Augusta S.
William H. Willcox
20 William O. Hewes Isabella P. Dewey
19 Reading
Brighton
Francis O. and Elizabeth A.
21 J F. Kent Carrie E. Rich
21 Saugus
Saugus
William H. snd Louisa A.
30 Weld Me.
Farmer
Weld Me.
Benjamin and Eunice
William H. Willcox
25 Lyman L. Jones Mattie S. Wightman
27 Reading
20 Ashby
Farmer
Ashby
A. and Louisa
J. L. Hanaford
Aug. 9 Edward P. Collins Mary Norris
21 Reading
Reading
Lewis and Mary
21 Walter Blaisdell. Hattie L. Emerson
19 Wilmington
Farmer
Woburn
George L. and L. J.
" William H. Willcox
18:Boston
Boston
Jacob and Mary
E. B. Fairchild
June 14 Alfred Perkins Mary J. Lynch
22 Reading
Engineer
Goshen
20 George H. Barrus Sarah L. Dewey
21 Reading
Brighton
Francis O. and Elizabeth A.
26 Boston
Salesman
Sandwich. N. H.
William and Sophia A.
William H. Willcox
23 Wakefield
Mason
Wolf boro', N. H
George W. and Mary H.
" J. L. Hanaford
July 15 Walter A. Foster 'Ada F. Allen
19 North Reading
North Reading Boston
Samuel Orn and Betsey
22 Boston
Book-keeper
James P. and Elizabeth P.
" P. M. Macdonald
-
Wilmington
Elbridge and Abby L.
|30 Reading
Amherst, N. H.
Charles C. and Clarissa
[Stoneham>
Mar. 12 Frederick Warnow
23 Reading
Cabinet
Germany
maker Malden
George W. and Jane
22 Reading
25 Plaistow, N. H. Freight Agt.
Penobsquis, N. B.
Samuel and Sarah
Reading
William J. and Sarah C.
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23 Alvin B. Jenness Sarah A. Kidder 24 Charles H. Kingman Mary A. Hibbert George F. Flint Delia A. McIntire
24 Reading 25 Reading 29 Reading 26 Reading
Clerk
|New Durham, N. H. Seth and Samantha Dixfield, Me. Reading Gloucester North Reading North Reading
Moulder
Walpole, N. H. Plymouth, N. H.
Clerk
Reading Reading
Jacob and Sabrina Gilman D. and Nancy M. Joseph and Mary A. Abijah and Fanny Sylvester H. and Juliette John and Eliza M. Oliver and Hannah F. Sylvester and Mary E. Haskell K. and Abby W.
Thomas Wilson, [Justice of Peace, Boston W J. Wightman, J. P.
Rev. William H. Willcox
" G. W. Field,
[Bangor Me. ' William L. Barnes,
[Woburn
" J. L. Hanaford
" William H1. W Hcox
25 Reading
22 Reading
Merchant
Reading
Edgar and Ellen M.
Lyman Whitney
Nov. 21 George E. Manning Ida M. Lovejoy
24 Reading
22 Reading
32 Reading
Broker
Reading
Emory and Harriet B.
· L. J White
" Charles R Bliss
[Wakefield William H. Willcox
28 Dexter C. Wright Abbie A. Arrington
Dec. 8 Hiram J. Litchfield
· Angeline Gauthier
24 Lowell
Canada
James and Betsey Joseph and Jane
Christopher C. Hubey [Billerica
Whole number of Marriages in Reading for the year 1877, 2
NATIVITY OF PERSONS MARRIED,
Reading, Males, 5
Females,
Other Towns in U S.,
2 [
16
Foreign, 66
2
3
·
Sept. 4 James D. Kimball Sarah A. Flanders
12 Edward A, Harnden Susie M. Bancroft
19 Woburn
26 Frank W. Moulton Annie B Ballentine 27 William Bassett Abbie M. Parker
23 Reading
24 Reading
maker Nova Scotia
23 Bridgewater
Farmer Bridgewater Reading
Oct. 15 Charles E. Damon Amie Whiting
122 Reading
Reading
Lyman and
Thomas and Martha M.
William and Laura
[Wakefield
22 Frederick Bancroft Carrie Bartley
35 Reading
30 Reading
Farmer
Woburn.
Prentiss and Estner Simeon and Fanny
Andover
Milk Dealer
Wakefield
Nathaniel C. and Julia
38 Wakefield
Reading
Sumner and Electa Weston
23 Reading
Farmer
Carlisle
Painter
Farmer
30
36 North Reading 22 North Reading 48 Reading
37 Stonehanı 21 Reading
Organ Pipe Barnstead, N. HI.
Charles H. and Mary A. |David and Isabella Josiah L. and Selina G. Stillman E. and Emeline
Laborer Richmond. N. H.
Charles R. Bliss
Andover
Windham, N. HI.
Robert and Elizabeth ().
22 Austin P. Childs Harriet A. Parker
132 Wakefield
37 Wakefield
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN 1877.
AGE.
NAMES OF PARENTS OR HUSBAND.
CAUSE.
DATE.
NAMES.
Y
M
D
January
18
William H. Temple
45
II
I
William Balch
84
I
19
20
T. V. W. Johansen
18
February
4
Charles A. Mellen
42
2
I
R. J. and Lottie
Scarlet Fever
Pneumonia
23
George E. Leathe
62
2
8
James and Mary
March
18
Mary P. Bancroft
78
2
24
Ashael and Elizabeth Porter
Pneumonia
20
Wilfred R. Brown
4
9
6
Francis F. and Emma M.
Diptheria
April
7
Nancy B. Parker
55
4
21
Octavus N. and Martha B.
Broncho. Pneumonia
9
Train Sweetser Hill
8
24
Charles H. and Fanny I.
Broncho. Pneumonia
May
2
Ellen A. Pratt
24
3
29
Moody and Betsey Beard
Cancer
6
Ruth E. Rayner
51
5
13
16
Clarence E. Howard
20
4
Elbridge and Eliza
Pneumonia
19
Benjamin Peabody
04
2
31
Herbert N. Eames
I
22
Leonard F. and Emily M.
Congestion of Lungs
June
I
Elizabeth Preston
71
9
20
19
Cassie M. Lewis
24
5
18
19
Bethia T. Hawes
25
4
Ichabod H. and Rebecca
Myilitis
25
Franklin Fletcher
54
9
George W. and Annie S.
Diptheria
27
I. Butler Grouard
8
6
23
27
Emma E. Ramsdell
20
5
July
4
Maria Grouard
77
I
8
Carrie E. Evans
5
8
14
Thomas A. and Esther
Croup
IO
Lot Goodwin
82
2
28
John and Sarah
Paralysis
22
Eddie S. Berry
IO
5
-
23
Bartholomew Whelton
53
August
Allen
+
William W. Eames
27
M
Charles H. and Harriet B. James M. and Delia
Still born Consumption
9
Edith E. Smith
5
IO
19
Stephen and Olive
Disease of Heart
30
James and Ann McKowen
Paralysis
Leonard B. and Eliza A. Faunce
Consumption
William and Temperance
Bright's Disease
1 6
8
William B. and Eunice
Consumption
Old Age
19
William and Mary Israel and
Consumption
Typhoid Fever Heart Disease
Charles B. and
Carrie A. Winton
2
4
24
Amos and Nancy
Pneumonia
Arthur S. Willis
30
Benjamin F. and Harriet
Consumption
John E and Mary C.
Consumption
Henry and Mary E.
Diptheria
8
16 22
Sarah A. Carter Perley H. Potter
1
7
19
2
I
26 7
Sarah J. Buttrick
73
2
13 6
24
Nancy L. Page
70
3
October
I
Tabitha Damon
81
1
14
Samuel and Eleanor
2
William Brooks
62
17
William and Sarah
4
Nathan Barnes
66
IO
3
IO
Sarah J. Adams
72
Hannah L. Dow
38
Betsey Towne
79
4
William B. and Eunice
24
Martha E. Ramsdell
23
9
3
George E. and Martha J.
December
30 4
Emily Heselton
53
7
IO Jonathan Heselton
IO
Mercy Nichols
82
1
John and Martha Knight
27
Susan A. Hewes
34
5
Daniel and Dorcas Berry
Whole number of Deaths registered for the year 1877,
46
Males, 22.
Females, 24.
Married, 19. Widowed, 4. Single, 23
NATIVITY.
Reading, 23.
Other towns In U. S., 19.
Foreign, 4.
Dysentery Cholera Infantum Typhoid Dysentery Consumption Gastric Ulcer Dropsy Chronic Bronchitis Paralysis
September
William D. Krook
29
8
Frederic O. and Sarah L. Hanson B. and Lizzie E. William and Sophia William and Aliah Joseph and Hannah Call John Damon
Stephen and Mary J. Searle David and Syrena Merrill Levi Towne
30 November 15
Congestion of Lungs Consumption Paralysis Consumption Still born Inflammation of Liver
Abbott
Fracture of Hip Joint Consumption
WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN, TOWN CLERK.
Receipts and Expenditures.
ALMSHOUSE.
DR.
To groceries, -
-
-
$372 20
flour and bread,
-
-
219 99
grain and meal,
-
-
-
-
217 55
provisions,
-
-
193 7º
bedding and clothing, furniture,
17 16
produce,
16 33
wood and coal,
153 14
wheelwright and blacksmiths bills, -
25 22
hired labor,
67 02
medical services and medicines,
18 13
repairs on buildings,
62 88
farming tools, -
13 73
pasturing stock,
-
.
4 00
sundries,
27 40%
salary of keeper, -
.
-
400 00
=== $1867 66
ALMSHOUSE.
CR.
By labor on highways, - 134 96 -
wood sold,
-
-
-
216 02
lighting street lamps, -
66 00
labor, 16 40 -
cash for board of sundry persons, -
284 50
stock and produce sold,
IIO 78
cash from collection of bills of previous years,
150 24
lodging and food for 1708 tramps - 597 80
Mrs. O'Keefes pension,
-
96 00
66 state aid, - - -
48 00
cash drawn from treasury. -
146 96
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
----- $1867 66
59 21
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE MARCH Ist, 1878-
Furniture, crockery and tin ware,
$259 44
Beds and bedding,
280 00
Stoves and fixtures,
-
-
102 00
Provisions,
-
-
99 68
Manure,
.
-
75 00
Horse, -
-
-
200 00
Cow and calf,
-
-
45 00
Swine,
-
.
35 00
Two carts,
-
- 120 00
Farm wagon,
65 00
Light wagon,
40 00
Stone wagon,
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
20 00
Sleigh,
-
-
-
12 00
Mowing Machine,
-
30 00
Farming utensils,
-
193 85
Hay,
-
118 00
Grain and meal,
-
3 00
Fowls, -
-
16 20
Wood and coal,
-
125 75
Posts and lumber, -
15 00
Arches for building cisterns,
10 00
Bills due for labor, produce, etc., -
332 92
-$2217 84
NAMES AND AGES OF INMATES AT ALMSHOUSE.
YEARS.
Caroline Wiley,
- 71
Alpheus Austin, -
-
-
-
-
58
Catherine O'Keefe, -
-
-
- -
- 71
James A. Hunter,
-
- -
-
34
Hannah Welch,
- -
John Parker, (left April 12, 1877),
- -
83
Whole number during the year,
- 6
Present number, -
-
5
-
-
20 00
Horse Sled,
-
-
-
-
12
EXPENSES OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
Paid for supplies for Mary A. Blanchard, -
$12 50
fuel, 66
48 81
medical attendance and medicine, 7 50
$68 81
supplies for Mrs. Lewella R. Lloyd and
family, 66
5 00
fuel,
25 87
rent, 66 66
84 00
114 87
supplies for Benjamin Weston and family, 4 00
fuel, 66 66
12 56
board and charges at Lunatic Hospital, Worcester,
186 03
202 59
board and charges for Alma J. Day at Lunatic Hospital, Ipswich,
İ68 40
supplies for Widow Calvin Nichols and family,
3 00
fuel,
66
66
27 27 .
rent,
66
66
36 00
medical attendance,
66
8 00
74 27
supplies for Nathan Barnes, - -
105 00
supplies for Geo. W. Batchelder,
10 00
supplies for William Pierce and family,
20 15
fuel,
39 62
rent, 66
66
24 00
83 77
board of Jonathan Bryant and wife,
149 25
fuel for
13 00
162 25
supplies for Oliver S. Adams and family,
13 00
fuel,
66
6 75
19 75
Amount carried forward,
$ 1009 71
-
-
66 66
66
13
Amount brought forward, $1009 71
Paid for supplies for Mrs. Sarah L. Penney and
family,
66 00
medical attendance,
-
16 25
·· expense of removal of children to Wan-
derers' Home.
-
7 53
Paid for supplies for John Parker,
78 50
supplies for Widow Louisa R. Parker,
8 00
5 80
supplies for Sarah E. Saunders, for fare to Ohio,
19 50
25 30
Paid City of Boston for supplies for Edmund Grover, -
48 00
..
Joel A. Freeman, - [ 82
Hannah Welch,
2 35
66 66
Mrs. Emil Ross, -
9 23
Paid for supplies for Widow Jerusha McIntire, I 55
fuel,
31 15
rent,
48 00
80 70
supplies for Orville N. Wilder and family, 20 00
medical attendance,
68 00
88 00
board and charges for Abigail P. Beers at Lunatic Hospital, 187 65
supplies for Widow Bridget Donnegan and -
family,
fuel,
II 28
122 28
supplies for Harry Hunton,
104 00
Samuel H. White, 3 00
supplies and fuel for Patrick Farrington and family, 8 50
supplies for Henry Berry and family, 141 00
medical attendance,
-
-
35 00
176 00
$2042 8'
.
89 78
14
Amount brought forward $2042 82
supplies for Langdon S. Blanchard and family, -
15 00
fuel, 66
18 13
medical attendance, -
20 00
53 13
support of Wm. H. Manning, -
64 50 supplies for George E. Leathe, Jr, and family, 25 00
supplies for Henry W. Freeman, -
10 00
medical attendance on Patrick Connolly, -
12 65
fuel for John H. Daland and family, - -
3 38
fare of State Paupers to State Almshouse, 9º
$2212 38
RECEIPTS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
From Town of Woburn for supplies for Henry Berry,
$166 00
City of Boston for supplies for L. R. Lloyd, 118 12
Town of Wakefield for supplies for Patrick Farrington, - - -
8 50
State for support of State pauper,
12 86
$305 48
DUE.
From City of Springfield for supplies for O. N. Wilder, 88 00
Town of Malden for supplies for S. L. Penney, 118 34 Town of Carlisle for supplies for O. S. Adams, 19 75
City of Boston for supplies for L. R. Lloyd, 20 25
551 82
Net expense of Poor out of House, $1660 56
Net expense of Poor in the House, 146 96
Whole expense in and out of House,
$1807 52
Paid for food and lodging 1708 Tramps, at 35 cents each, -
$597 80
15
STATE AID.
Paid Lucy J. Allen,
$48 00
Angie Allen,
-
-
-
18 00
Mary A. Blanchard,
-
-
-
48 00
Dorcas Berry,
-
-
48 00
Seth Bessey,
93 00
George W. Carleton,
-
18 00
W. Wallace Davis,
-
-
72 00
Martin J. DeRonde.
42 00
Lydia C. Eaton, -
48 00
Caroline Goodwin,
48 00
Sarah Hetler,
-
48 00
L. W. Krook,
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36 00
Charles B. Leathe,
154 00
Rebecca Lloyd,
48 00
Benjamin McAlister,
72 00
William Mears,
36 00
Edwin Manning,
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.
54 00
Sarah Nichols,
48 00
Catherine O'Keefe,
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48 00
Margaret Pinkham,
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48 00
Christian E. Rahr,
,
54 00
William B. Reed, -
36 00
Harriet C. Robinson,
48 00
Charlotte Richardson,
24 00
Eliza Stevens,
48 00
Henry F. Scruton,
24 00
Harriet Young, -
48 00
-$1357 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid William F. Durgin for services on School
Committee to April 2, 1877, $15 00
Walter S. Parker for services on School Com- mittee for one year ending March 1, 1877, 50 00
W. Wallace Davis for services on School Com- mittee to March 1, 1878, 50 00
George T. Dole for services on School Com-
mittee to March 1, 1878, 43 25
Amount carried forward, $158 25
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Amount brought forward, $158 25
Solon Bancroft for services on School Com- mittee to April 1, 1877, 40 00
Horace G. Wadlin for services on School Com- mittee to March 1, 1878, 60 00
James Reid for services as Selectman, Asses- sor, Overseer of Poor, and on Board of Health to March 1, 1878, 275 00
J. B. Leathe for services as Selectman, Asses- sor, Overseer of Poor, and on Board of Health to March Ist. 1878, - . 250 00
Joseph L. Pratt for services as Selectman, As- sessor, Overseer of the Poor, and on Board of Health to March 1st, 1878, 220 00
Paid Wm. J. Wightman for services as Town Clerk to March ist, 1878, 25 00
Wm. J. Wightman for recording Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 46 72
Wm. J. Wightman for making other official records, 15 00
Wm. J. Wightman for issuing certificate to rep- resentative, 2 00
James A. Bancroft for services as Treasurer and Collector to March Ist, 1878, 150 00
James A. Bancroft for services as Road Com- missioners to March Ist, 1878, 50 00
Charles A. Weston for services as Road Com- missioner to March Ist, 1878, 50 00
Henry S. LaClair for services as Road Com- missioner to March Ist, 1878, 50 00
W. Wallace Davis for services as Collector to March ist, 1878, 60 00
Frederick Bancroft for services as Collector to March Ist, 1878, 140 00
Frederick Bancroft for services as Auditor for 1876-7, 3 00
Francis Bartley for services as Auditor for 1876-7, 3 00 William L. Crowe for services as Constable and Policeman to March Ist, 1878, 19 00
Amount carried forward,
$1616 97
17
Amount brought forward, $1616 97 Nov. 6th, 1877, IO 25
Hubbard E. Cox for services as Constable to
Ames Gowing for services as Policeman, 2 10
Joseph W. Spokesfield for services as Police- man to March Ist, 1878, 2 00
H. G. Wadlin for taking census of School Children, 8 75
-$1640 07
TOWN OFFICE.
Charles K. Darling for Blank Book and Sta- tionery, 15 43
J. A. Bancroft for envelopes, 45
Thomas Groom & Co. for Tax Book for Col- lector, 1 I
50
J. B. Leathe for Rail Road Tickets, -
4 40
J. L. Pratt for Postage Stamps, -
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3 00
Daniel L. Barnard for Cleaning Office, - 2 00 Bancroft & Temple for Window Screens, 7 00
Chas. H. Lang Express charges, - -
2 45
Cummings Express for Express charges, - 1 15
Geo. Beasley, Keeper of Almshouse, for Wood, 20 William Proctor for one year's Rent to Jan- uary 1, 1878, 150 00
$188 58
PRINTING.
Paid Hill & Co. for printing Town Reports for 1876-7, $187 00
Hill & Co. for printing Town Warrants, 7 00
Hill & Co. for printing Tax Bills and Valu- ation Books, - 19 50
Hill & Co. for printing Bill Heads, Orders,
Notices, &c., -
31 10
-- $244 60
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation, - - -
$8500 00
Amount drawn, -
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8266 07
Amount unexpended, -
$233 93
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INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Appropriation, -
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$1000 00
Amount drawn, -
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730 00
Amount unexpended, -
$270 00
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation, -
-
$2500 00
Amount drawn,
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2500 00
CLEARING SNOW.
Appropriation, -
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$450 00
Amount drawn, -
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431 90
Amount unexpended, -
$18 10
BUILDING BERKELEY STREET,
Appropriation, ·
$200 00
Amount drawn, -
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184 20
Amount unexpended, -
$15 80
BUILDING SIDEWALK ASH STREET.
Appropriation, - -
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$150 00
Amount drawn, -
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140 32
Amount unexpended, -
$9 68
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation, - -
$1700 00
Amount drawn,
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1675 18
Amount unexpended, - -
$24 82
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation-Money,
$300 00
Dog tax,
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183 02
$483 02
Amount drawn
483 02
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CEMETERY.
Appropriation, -
$450 00
Amount drawn, -
350 00
Amount unexpended, -
$100 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Citizens Gas Light Co. for Gas, $148 83
for Naptha,
39 20
Lighting, -
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123 75
Express charges,
11 15
Repairs,
4 65
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$327 58
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS GRAVES.
Appropriation, -
$100 00
Amount drawn,
100 00
PUMP CORNER WASHINGTON AND ASH STREETS.
Appropriation, -
25 00
Amount drawn, -
19 78
Amount unexpended, -
$5 22
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
On list of J. A. Bancroft, Collector to 1876, $299 41 W. Wallace Davis, Collector for year 1876, 84 76 Frederick Bancroft, Collector for year 1877, 52 09
-$436 26
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Lyceum Hall Association, for use of Hall for Town meetings, $50 00
Wm. J. Wightman for Tax Title to estate of Eben Beard, and expenses on same, 124 90
Edward C. Bates for tree protectors, 3º 5 1
Bancroft & Temple for watering trough, etc., 5 60
G. C. Gleason for returning Deaths to Town Clerk, II 50
Geo. Beasley for setting and tarring trees on Common, 2 25
Samuel Pierce for plank for highways in 1873, 5º
George W. Dean for ringing bell for Town meetings, 1 00
State for blank Register for Voters, I 20
Chelmsford Foundry Co. sundries for Cistern, 3 58
Nathan Bancroft for care and repair of Town Flag, - .12 50
David Crowell for Labor on Cistern in 1876, 6 00
James M. Eames for fitting Cistern work, I 50
James A. Bancroft for surveying Berkeley St., 4 00
$256 04
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation for Schools, $8500 00
Incidental School expenses, 1000 00
Repair of Highways, -
2500 00
Removing Snow, -
250 00
Fire Department, -
1700 00
Public Library, 300 00
Improvement of Cemetery, - 450 00
Interest on Town Debt, 3800 00
Payment of Town Debt, $1.00 on each $1000 of valuation, 2360 00
Ordinary expenses, - 5500 00
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves, 100 00
i uilding Berkeley St. (so-called), 200 00
Side walk on Ash Street, 150 00
Amount carried forward, $26810 00
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