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1878-79
R.M.H.S. RESOURCE CENTER READING, MA&S.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND I EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF READING
For the Year Ending March 1, 1879.
COMPRISING THE
REPORTS OF TOWN CLERK, TREASURER AND 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, 1879.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND E XPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF READING
For the Year Ending March 1, 1879.
COMPRISING THE
REPORTS OF TOWN CLERK, TREASURER AND 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, 1879.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1878-79.
Town Clerk. WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health.
J. B. LEATHE, JAMES REID, JOSEPH L. PRATT.
Treasurer and Collector. JAMES A. BANCROFT.
School Committee.
WALTER S. PARKER (resigned) term expires, 1880
W. WALLACE DAVIS do
1880
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman do 1879
HENRY G. KITTREDGE do 1879
WILLIAM F. DURGIN
do 1879
WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN
do 1881
CHARLES F. BROWN, Secretary
do
188 1
Road Commissioners.
JAMES A. BANCROFT, Chairman term expires, 188 :
HENRY S. LACLAIR
do 1880
CHARLES A. WESTON
do
1879
Engineers of Fire Department.
CHARLES H. LANG, CHIEF.
EDWARD C. NICHOLS, DANIEL CREESY,
GEORGE H. PARKER, JAMES DEWHURST.
(2)
3
Constables.
HUBBARD E. COX,
WILLIAM L. CROWE.
Police Officers.
HUBBARD E. COX, JOHN A. BLUNT,
WILLIAM L. CROWE, EDWIN BASSETT.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. DANIEL B. LOVEJOY.
Trustees of Public Library.
EDWARD APPLETON, Chairman. . term expires, 1881
F. O. DEWEY
do
1881
STEPHEN FOSTER.
do
1880
HORACE G. WADLIN
do
1880
HIRAM BARRUS
do
1879
WILLIAM PROCTOR
do
1879
Trustees of Cemetery.
F. O. DEWEY
term expires, 1881
G. C. GLEASON
do
188 I
T. B. PRATT.
do
1880
WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON
do
1880
SOLON BANCROFT.
do
1879
F. H. KNIGHT
do
1879
Auditors.
S. E. PARKER,
WILLIAM M. TITUS, EDWARD F. PARKER.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING IN 1878.
Date.
Name.
Sex.
Names of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
Jan. 17
Rosa Ann Smith
F
William H. and Annie E. Stone mason.
2I
Elliott
M Herbert and Cassie.
Physician.
22 Charles Harlow, Jr
M Charles and Laura
Civil engineer.
Feb. 5 Schweitzer
F Charles and
Baker.
5 Herbert Guy Stock M Henry and Ada L.
Cabinetmaker.
12 Charles M. Warren. . M Charles E. and Sarah J . ..
Organ-pipe maker.
16 Hattie Ruth Litchfield . . F Hiram and Arvesta .. 22 Grace Dixon F Richard T. and Emma.
Farmer.
Mar. 8 Lawrence Nowell.
M Charles H. and Anna M.
Clerk.
8 Adeline Elizabeth Parker. F Elmore and Mary E ...
M Henry G. and Martha S ..
Merchant.
20 Thomas Bond Kittredge .. 22 Amy Flora Adams. F Oliver S. and Martha A ..
Mechanic.
24 Bella Dewey Barrus.
Mechanical engin'r
25 George Parker Verity.
Farmer.
Agent.
Cabinetmaker.
Custom House.
20 William Badger .
Organ maker.
28 Joseph Lyon Weston
Brush maker.
30 Arthur Francis Austin
M Oliver W. and Ella A.
Machinist.
May 5 Estella M. Parker
Carpenter.
8 Clarence Clapp Brown ... 26 Thomas Henry O'Brien . .
F Warren and Mary E. M Francis F. and Emma M. M James and Mary A .
Physician. Mechanic.
June I Mary Evelyn Pratt.
F Sydney P. and Ella Louise
Counsellor-at-law.
14 Hattie Marion Totten
Blacksmith.
July 2 Frank Erwin Brown
Machinist.
Aug. Io Edgar Osmon Dewey
Salesman.
14 Bassett
M Timothy and Julia.
Laborer.
23 Marion Estella Lang.
27 Helen Abbott Bond.
Sept. II Temple .
23 Reuben Arthur Muse
M
M John and Catherine.
Laborer.
27 John Michael Kilnan. 29 Ada Morgan
Oct. 8, Claude Ulmus Gilson
F Charles H., Jr., and May E F James S. and Lucy B ....
F R. Dexter and Flora W .. John and Sylvia.
Awning and tent Mechanic. [maker. Stone mason.
F Miles C. and Mary E .... Organ maker. M/F. Howard and Emily I. . |Music printer.
Laborer.
Salesman.
April 4 Charles Wallace Robbins. 7 Frank Harrison Parker. . . 9 Adrienne Josep'e Thomas 18 Samuel Elbridge Killam ..
F George H. and Sadie L. . M John Henry and Clara F. M Elisha F. and Charlotte B M Edward F. and Anna F .. F Charles D. and Josep'e E. M |J. Warren and Mary S. .. M William H. and Carrie A. M David and Mary A.
Farmer.
F Robert C. and Mary A ... M Joseph B. and Mary S ... M Edgar O. and Lizzie D. Doma M. and .
22 William Edward Riordan.
Salesman.
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5
BIRTHS-Continued.
Date.
Name.
Sex ..
Names of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
Oct. 14 Nellie Bernice Choate.
F Fitz Herbert and Elia M. Machinist.
29 John Herbert Marshall. . . MI Simeon M. and Cora T .. Merchant.
Nov. IS Erma Elinta Skilton
F Jonathan and Caroline A. Farmer.
Dec. I Frede'k Rudolphe Bowser
M Robert and Mary Frances Merchant.
3 Alice Frances Copeland. . F Edward and Christina C. .
Confectioner.
15 Sadie Marion White .. . ..
F Samuel and Jane ...
Fisherman.
22 Clarence Arthur Danforth
M Frank W. and Emma J .. Painter.
23 Jennie McCall. . F Patrick and Margaret .. . . Harness maker.
24 Lilley Adams Hayward. ..
M Warren and Elizabeth .
Carpenter.
25 William Howard Doty ...
MI Zechariah C. and Emma
Soap manufacturer
Whole number of Births registered in Reading in 1878, 47. Males, 25; fe. males, 22. Nativity of parents : Father-Reading, 7; other towns in the United States, 27 ; foreign, 13. Mother-Reading, 8; other towns in the United States, 29; foreign. 10.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING IN 1878.
Date.
Name of Groom and Bride.
Age. .
Residence.
Occupation of Groom.
Place of Birth.
Names of Parents.
By Whom Married.
Jan.
I George T. Platts. .. . 22 Beulah J. Bancroft. . 21 Reading ....
Woburn ....
Leather-splitter Andover Reading
Rev. William Barrows. George and Charlotte .... Wendell and Nancy . George W. and Mary H. . Rev. William II. Willcox.
3 Clarence E. Merrill Jennie T. Lovejoy . . 8 James Kervan .. .. Ellen Farrell. .
25 Reading ....
Watchman ...
North Reading . Reading Ireland .
Daniel B. and Mary A .... John and Martha .
25 Reading . .
Laborer ·
Ireland .
James and Rose
Horace W. and Lucinda. . Rev. J. L. Ilanaford.
13 Elmer E. Gordon. . . 20 Stoneham Ella C. Walker. . . . 20 Stoncham. ..
Clerk. ..
Bath, N. II .. .
Brookfield, Me .. John and Lydia ... Șalem ..
17 Fitz Herbert Choate 27 Boston Ella M. Melendy . .. . 22 Reading ...
Machinist
Reading . .
Stoneham .
Stoneham . ·
Ira and Sarah E. S . .. . . . . Nathan and H. Augusta . . John H. and Melissa M . .. Albert and Abigail T. ·
Rev. Quincy Whitney, Wakefield. Rev. William H. Willcox.
April 5 John H. Wright, Jr. 19 Stoneham. .. [Alice M. Richardson 17 Stoneham. . .
Publisher . .. ..
Newton. ·
Vaughn and Martha J . ... Lewis and Mary ...
Rev. P. M. Macdonald.
17 George V. Jones . . . . 25 Boston . . Carrie A. Norris. .
25 Reading . . . .
Reading ... .
R. R. employe. E. Kingston, N.H|Jabez D). and Eliza W ... . Rev. James K. Ewer. East Boston ... Antonio J. and Elizabeth. William and Mary E ..... William and Mary ..
Rev. Daniel March, Wo- burn. .
May 18 Henry B. Badger . ... Clara A. Paine
Organ-maker . . Reading . South Wareham. Townsend .
Kennebunk, Me. . [William and Lydia.
William L. and Martha J. Rev. L. R. Thayer, from
Newtonville.
24 Winchester . Carpenter .. ·
Teamster .....
Wakefield . ·
John H. and Louisa M ... Stephen, 2d, and Lucy B ..
Rev. George II. Cheney, Winchester.
July 31 Albert T. Eames. . . . Elsie M. Gould ...
22 Reading . . . .
22 Wilmington. Foreman ice co Wilmington .. · East Boston ... ·
Thomas P. and Elona M. . Rev. Daniel P. Noyes, Wil- Salma E. and Nancy .. ... mington.
C.
. 21 John H. James . ... 3' Reading ... Emma E. Francis. . . 21 Reading . ....
Shoe cutter ...
Farmer .
East Boston. .. Leominster . Winchester .
William W. and Nancy J . John B. and Maria B. . .. Readville, Me. .. Currier and Lydia ..
Rev. James K. Ewer.
. 20|Winchester . 13 George H. Daland. . |32 Reading .... Susannah B. Skinner 3I
Woburn . ...
. Woburn ..
Jacob S. and Nabby ... ... Rev. William H. Willcox.
25 Reading . . . . 23 Reading . .. · June 2 Walter Rayner 56 Reading . .. . . . Emily J. Cole .. . 41 Reading . . . 5 Albert Sturtevant. . . 22 East Boston. Ada Louise Elliott. . |22 Reading .... 9 John D. Kirk ... Lenora F. Brown
21 Reading . ...
Rev. M. F. Flatley, Wake- field.
26|Reading . . .
Shoemaker . . ..
MARRIAGES-Continued.
Sept. 17 Edward M. Eaton 18 Stoneham. . . Stella B. Austin .... 20 Stoneham. . . Nov. 7 Adelbert II. Carter. . 19 Reading . ... Clara L. Damon . ...
Stoneham .. . Natick .. . Nathan and Susan A ..
Melzar and Eleanor A .... Frank H. and Harriet E. .
Rev. William H. Willcox.
Rev. William HI. Willcox. . Reading
Rev. C. E. Wilder, Stone- ham.
Dec.
Expressman. . . Manchester, N. H Dennis P. and Elizabeth. . Rev. J. F. Mears. England James and Martha (Bean)
Cabinet-maker. Reading . Edward S. and Eliza . . ... North Reading . . Joseph A. and Sarah E ...
Rev. L. J. White.
20 Reading .. .
Photographer . Reading 18 Reading . ... . . Henry and Maria. . Cabinet-maker. Sunapee, N. H .. Stephen and Lydia Reading ... George and Emily · 14 Jonathan Heselton . . |55 Reading ... . Phila Arn Porter. .. |35 Reading . . . 9 Henry D. Babb . . .. . 27 Reading .... M. Frances Homer. . 28 Boston . . 21 Julius I. Gleason . . . . 25 Reading .... Lucy I. Smith . ...
Whole number of Marriages registered in Reading for the year 1878, 19. Nativity of persons married : United States-Males, 18; females, 17; foreign-males, I ; females, 2.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN 1878.
Age.
Date.
Names.
Names of Parents or Husband.
Cause.
Y. M. D.
January
15 Sarah Ethel Cook.
I IO
3 John F. and Phebe A.
Diphtheria.
17 Rosa Ann Smith
2
21 William H. and Annie E. Herbert and Cassie.
Whooping cough. Still-born.
21
- Elliott
21 Charles Ells Niles ..
14
4 Samuel D. and Lovina D. Oscar Foote
Diphtheria.
28 Mary Foote. . .
40
February
IO Henrietta W. Kingman
20
4
29 Henry W. and Martha .
Consumption. .
17 Sarah J. Warren
23
22 |Charles E. Warren . 8 Charles E. and Sarah J
Stoppage of bowels.
20 William S. Parker
56
IO
I Luther and Phebe R.
Chronic bronchitis.
24 Genevra Nichols
2
5 3 Moses E. and Emily .
Disease of brain.
8
March
7 Eunice Cole ...
184
II 16 John and Olive Niles.
Heart disease. Heart disease. Consumption.
April 5 Jerusha McIntire .... 83 . .
4
12 Asa and Jerusha Richardson
Old age.
7 George Parker
· 66
II
Scrofulous abscess.
7|Augusta HI. Jordan . 46
Consumption.
21 William Badger
2 William and Carrie ....
Premature birth.
30 Elizabeth M. Batchelder
69
8
20 Daniel K. Batchelder John and Esther Woods.
Paralysis.
II Lizzie A. Sweetser
35
6 Thomas II. and Mary N.
Consumption. Consumption.
17 L. Anna Eames.
23
I 4 Charles B. Eames ..
I
21 Charles W. and Emma J.
Hydrocephalus.
24 Lillie W. Temple. . . 26 Earnest G. Pickernell I
I
II
20 William H. and Ruth A.
Scarlet fever.
June
17 Lillian E. Blanchard.
27
6
23 Langdon Blanchard ..
20 Elsie Blanchard. . . . ..
3
3 IO Langdon and Lillian E.
Diphtheria.
21 Julia V. Ham. 21
7 13 William and Calista
July
9 Mary A. Creesey 51
I 12 Daniel Creesey . ...
Consumption. Consumption.
.
.
Puerpural fever.
20 Charles M. Warren.
.
22 Antonio J. Francis . . 77
28 Sarah J. Nason. . ..
46
22 Stephen and Lucy Worth.
3 Asa and Anna. . Alvin P. Jordan
Heart disease.
May
IO Mary Mears. . . 178
.
20 Charles Henry Kelley .
.
4
16 John H. and Catherine.
Convulsions. Diphtheria.
·
. .
Disease of brain.
DEATHS-Continued.
July
9 Alice Appleton Smith
5
21 Frank M. and Louise A. 8
17 William E. Hanley
14
3
5 Mathew and Sarah .
August
4 Christian E. Rahr, Jr
2
25 Christian E. and Emma I. 2
7 Emma E. Hopkins
. 25
II Joseph W. and Mary J ..
Phthisis pulmonalis.
9 Sarah A. Jones. . .. 32
4 William L. Jones. 7
Phthisis pulmonalis.
10 Frederick Hook
5
3
2 Henry and Caroline
Typhoid dysentery.
12 John F. Hook ..
2
4
12 Henry and Caroline
Typhoid dysentery.
13 Jennie Grace Warren
2
6
Io John P. and Clara
Typhoid dysentery. Dysentery.
13 Lydia Peabody . .
73
7
II |James and Lydia Nichols.
15 John A. Warren.
9
2 John P. and Clara. Henry and Margaret Roetzel
Typhoid dysentery. Cancer.
17 Sherebiah S. Webber . . .
45
3
2 Stephen and Hannah 27 Jonathan and Lucy M.
Typhoid dysentery.
23 Emily H. Eames
· 130
5
18 James M. and Delia
Consumption.
23 Jane L. Knight.
53
5
13 William M. Knight ..
Loeomotor ataxia.
September
3 Mary A. Flint. 27 . 8 |Abbie S. Todd . 5
3
13 Thomas R. and Abby S.
Malignant dysentery.
October
18 Arthur K. Heselton. .
5
6
13 Richmond and Lizzie M
Scarlet fever.
20 Susan A. Carter .
52
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22 Nathan Carter
Hernia.
28 Abby Bartlett . ·
54
5
28 David and Abigail.
Consumption.
November 25 Cyrenus C. Cummings. . · 57
26|Eben Francis Perkins. · 144
22 Alfred and Christina. 4
Loeomotor ataxia.
December 7 John L. Hunt .
65
Hemorrhage from bowels.
17 Mary C. Damon. .. 80
30 John and Hannah Cross
Chronic diarrhœa.
Whole number of Deaths registered in the year 1878, 52; males, 19: females, 33. Natives of Reading, 25; other towns in the United States, 24; foreign, 3.
WM. J. WIGHTMAN, Town Clerk.
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Cholera infantum.
17 Katherina Hook.
66
8
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18 William Judkins ..
64
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. .
.
22 Henry and Sarah A. Fifield.
Dysentery.
3 4 Daniel and Elizabeth
Bright's disease.
·
Whooping cough. Typhoid fever. Cholera infantum.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
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ALMSHOUSE. DR.
To groceries.
$340 71
flour and bread
223 38
grain and meal
161 35
provisions .
171 06
bedding and clothing
49 57
furniture and crockery
81 26
produce. .
6 40
wood and coal
:75 02
wheelwright and blacksmith bills
35 67
hired labor
124 13
medical attendance and medicines
20 65
repairs on buildings
75 18
farming tools .
14 61
sundries, ice, expressage, barrels, etc.
55 47
fish
24 65
salary of keeper
400 00
-- $1959 11
ALMSHOUSE.
CR.
By labor on highways.
$369 94
labor other than on highways
23 00
wood sold.
178 79
lighting street lamps
65 00
board of sundry persons
370 50
Amount carried forward.
$1007 23
(10)
11
Amount brought forward $1007 23
By stock and produce sold
224 68
Catharine O'Keefe's pension .
96 00
Catharine O'Keefe's State aid .
48 00
boarding horse.
5 14
lodging and food for 1498 tramps at 30 cents. . 449 40
cash drawn from treasury to balance I28 66
$1959 II
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE MARCH 1, 1879.
Furniture, crockery, tinware, etc $251 49
Beds and bedding
297 75
Stoves and furniture 127 46
Provisions
146 70
Farming tools
199 65
One horse.
150 00
One cow
35 00
Swine
25 00
Fowls
16 00
Light wagon
40 00
Farm wagon
60 00
Stone wagon
20 00
Two carts
120 00
Horse sled
20 00
Sleigh
12 00
Mowing machine
30 00
Hay and straw
94 20
Wood and coal
93 66
Grain and meal
IO 45
Manure.
75 00
Arches for building cisterns
10 00
Posts and lumber
3 00
Bills due for labor, produce, etc
178 59
-- $2015 95
12
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Caroline Wiley, age 72.
*Alpheus Austin, age 59, from March I to June 5, 1878, and from January 22 to March 1, 1879.
Catharine O'Keefe, age 72.
James A. Hunter, age 35.
Hannah Welch.
Daniel P. Spokesfield, age 60, admitted May 18, 1878.
Mary Brown.
Clarissa Bryant, age 69, admitted November 28, 1878.
Harry Hunton, age 69, admitted November 11, 1878.
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for supplies for Oliver S. Adams $S 00
medical attendance do 12 50
fuel do
3 37
$23 87
supplies for George W. Batchelder $5 00
boots and shoes
do
8 00
fuel do 6 25
rent do
. 7 50
26 75
supplies for Mary A. Blanchard $27 97
medical attendance and medicines for
Mary A. Blanchard 31 40
fuel do 53 53
112 90
board of Clarissa Bryant to Nov. 28, 1878
.82 75
support of Abigail B. Beers at Lunatic Hospital . 197 44
support of Alma J. Day at Lunatic Hos- pital. . 153 40
support of Benjamin Weston at Lunatic Hospital 185 75
supplies for Henry Berry and family $156 00
medical attendance do 12 50
168 50
Amount carried forward. $951 36 * Supported by the State from June 5, 1878, to January 22, 1879, as an indigent soldier.
13
Amount brought forward $951 36 Paid town of Stoneham for supplies for William R. Butters 3 00
town of Stoneham for funeral expenses of wife of William R. Butters 15 00
$18 00
for fuel for Mrs. L. R. Lloyd and family $19 25
medical attendance do
10 50
rent
do
.... 70 00 -
99 75
supplies for Sarah L. Penney and child. . $27 50
medical attendance do . 39 45
funeral expenses of child .
9 00
75 95
supplies for Alfred M. Richardson
$2 28
fuel do
4 00
6 28
supplies for Jane White
$13 25
fuel do
I 87
15 12
rent for Miranda and Julia E. Ellenwood. $31 50
fuel do
3 06
34 56
rent for Jerusha McIntire
$4 50
medical attendance
5 00
9 50
supplies for John H. Daland
$12 00
fuel do
7 14
19 14
supplies for Bridget Donegan and family. $87 00
fuel
do 15 82
medical attendance do
I 25
104 07
fuel for John R. Dennett
3 75
supplies for Cleaveland B. Holt
2 00
George E. Leathe and family.
40 00
support of William H. Manning
78 21
Amount carried forward. $1457 69
.
14
Amount brought forward $1457 69
Paid for supplies for' Harry Hunton . $46 00
fuel for Harry Hunton 3 5º
medical attendance for Harry Hunton ... 22 50
nursing do .. . 132 75
supplies for Langdon S. Blanchard and family . $23 80
fuel for Langdon S. Blanchard and family 4 75
medical attendance and medicines for Langdon S. Blanchard and family ...
49 22
nursing do 4 00
funeral expenses of wife and child of Langdon S. Blanchard 24 75
board of child of Langdon S. Blanchard. 88 50
expense of conveying child to Pine street Home I 23
196 25
town of Winchester for supplies for John A. Messer and family .. 16 03
for rent for Hannah J. Nichols and family. $33 00 fuel do 19 88
medical attendance on child and medicine 12 60
65 48
city of Haverhill for supplies for Walter G.
Perkins
6 56
for supplies for William Pierce. $22 00
fuel do
39 94
rent do
48 00
medical attendance for William Pierce .. . 12 50
122 44
supplies for Louisa R. Parker
78 00
city of Boston, supplies for Emil Ross and family ..
34 74
city of Boston, supplies for James E. White.
I 38
for supplies for Newton J. Robinson. $4 25
fuel do 17 50
21
conveying State paupers to State almshouse
3 55
$2208 62
204 75
15
RECEIPTS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
From city of Boston, for supplies for L. R. Lloyd. $77 25 town of Carlisle, for supplies for O. S. Adams 23 87 $101 12
DUE FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
From city of Boston, for supplies for L. R. Lloyd. $22 50 town of Malden, for supplies for S. L. Penney. . 75 95
town of Woburn, for supplies for A. M. Richardson 6 28
town of . Woburn, for supplies for Henry Berry and family.
168 50
town of Athol, for supplies for M. and J. E. Ellenwood. 34 56
State, for supplies for Jane White 15 12
State, for supplies for Emil Ross 10 00
332 91
Net expense of poor out of house ....
$1774 59
Net expense of poor in the house ... 128 66
Whole expense in and out of house. .. $1903 25
Paid for food and lodging 1498 tramps at 30 c. . . 449 40
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid George T. Dole in full for services on School Committee for year 1877-8. $6 75
W. F. Durgin, for services on School Com- mittee to April Ist, 1878. 25 00
Walter S. Parker, for services on School Com- mittee to May 7th, 1878. 75 00
H. G. Wadlin, for services on School Commit- tee to March Ist, 1879 60 00
H. G. Wadlin, for taking census of school children in 1878. 10 00
W. Wallace Davis, for services on School Committee to March Ist, 1879. 45 00
Amount carried forward. 221 75
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16
Amount brought forward $221 75 Paid Solon Bancroft, for services on School Com- mittee for year 1877-8. 40 00
H. G. Kittredge, for services on School Com- mittee for year 1878-9. 50 00 William J. Wightman, for services on School Committee for 1878. 35 0℃
J. B. Leathe, for services as Selectman, Assess- or, Overseer of Poor and on Board of Health. 275 00 James Reid, for service's as Selectman, Assess- or, Overseer of Poor and on Board of Health. 275 00
Joseph L. Pratt, for services as Selectman,. Assessor, Overseer of Poor and on Board of Health 200 00
William J. Wightman, for services as Town Clerk for year 1878 25 00
William J. Wightman, for recording births, deaths and marriages 32 60
William J. Wightman, for issuing certificate to Representative. 2 00
William J. Wightman, for making other official records . 13 00
William J. Wightman, for postage stamps and stationery for Clerk's office. I 50
William J. Wightman, for dog licenses. . 2 25 .. James A. Bancroft, for services as Treasurer and Collector to March Ist, 1879. 325 00 .. W. Wallace Davis, for services as Collector of 1876 tax to March 13th, 1879 . . 30 00 James A. Bancroft, for services as Road Com- missioner to March Ist, 1879 50 00 Charles A. Weston, for services as Road Com- missioner to March Ist, 1879 50 00
Henry S. LaClair, for services as Road Com- missioner to March Ist, 1879. 50 00
Hubbard E. Cox, for services as Constable. . 30 00
Amount carried forward $1708 10
17
Amount brought forward $1708 10 Paid William L. Crowe, for services as Constable and Policeman. 14 50
Joseph W. Spokesfield, for services as Police- man May 30, 1879. I 00
John A. Blunt, for services as Policeman . ..
5 50
Francis Bartley, for services as Auditor for 1877-8. 3 00
J. C. Gleason, for services as Auditor for 1877-8 .. 3 00 .
Fare of Overseer of Poor to East Weymouth I 28
--- $1736 38
TOWN OFFICE.
Paid Pulsifer, Jordan & Wilson, for envelopes. . .. $1 63
Lewis E. Gleason, for postage stamps. 3 25
Charles K. Darling, for stationery. 5 50
Thomas Groom & Co., for tax book for Col- lector I 50
for railroad tickets 4 32
Bancroft & Temple, for coal.
7 25
George Beasley, keeper, for wood. I 40
Lang's express, for express charges. I5
Cummings' express, for express charges . ·
I 55
James Reid & Co., for curtain cord, etc
Matthew Hanley, for chairs 25
9 5º
William Proctor, for rent of office to Janua- ry 1, 1879 150 00
$186 30
PRINTING.
Paid Hill & Co., for printing town reports for 1877-78. $178 75
Hill & Co., for printing and advertising town warrants for April meeting 7 00
Hill & Tolman, for printing orders and notices . . 8 75
Hill & Tolman, for printing for Collector. 4 00
· Amount carried forward.
$198 50
18
Amount brought forward $198 50
Paid C. T. Tolman, for printing tax bills . 8 00
C. T. Tolman, for printing and advertising. . 6 00
C. T. Tolman, for printing posters and war- rants 4 00
C. T. Tolman, for advertising apples for sale I 75
$218 25
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Citizens' Gaslight Company, for gas $ 165 62
Globe Gaslight Company, for naphtha. 32 50
Charles W. Badger, for naphtha . 7 43
for kerosene oil for light on Woburn street. 2 38
for lighting 127 00
for repairs. 3 35
Cummings' express, for expressage. 5 10
Lang's express, for expressage. 7 15
for erecting two lights on Salem street. 52 63
403 16
STATE AID.
Paid Lucy J. Allen . $48 00
Mary A. Blanchard 48 00
Dorcas Berry 48 00
Seth Bessey and wife.
112 25
George W. Carleton.
18 00
Martin J. DeRonde and wife
76 00
W. Wallace Davis. 72 00
Henry Deadman and wife. 77 00
Lydia C. Eaton .
48 00
Caroline Goodwin
48 00
Sarah Hetler. 48 00
L. W. Krook.
36 00
Rebecca Lloyd .
48 00
Benjamin McAllister 72 00
Edwin Manning 54. 00
Sarah Nichols
48 00
Catherine O'Keefe. 48 00
Margaret Pinkham 48 00
Amount carried forward. ·
$997 25
19
Amount brought forward $997 25
Paid Charlotte Richardson.
48 00
Christian E. Rahr
54 00
William B. Reed.
36 00
Harriet C. Robinson
48 00
Henry F. Scruton
72 00
Eliza Stevens
48 00
Harriet Young
48 00
.
-$1351 25
RELIEF TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS.
Paid Oliver S. Adams
$87 84
Alpheus Austin. 126 40
Edmund Buxton 62 00
Henry Batchelder
9 00
William L. Crowe.
66 00
George W. Dean
35 00
Thomas A. Evans
28 00
Squires Holt.
49 00
Henry W. Kummer
41 00
Matthys H. Krook.
36 00
John J. Kelley
54 5°
William LaClair
6 00
John M. Houseman
51 50
John A. Mills .
66 00
Horace A. Parker
66 00
Austin Richardson 41 50
Johnson Richardson 5 00
Frank S. Stowell 70 00
Joseph A. Smith
40 00
Sherebiah S. Webber
64 00
Orville N. Wilder
71 50
$1076 24
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid James A. Bancroft, Collector, on list of 1875 $135 00 W. Wallace Davis, Collector, on list of 1876. 175 45
James A. Bancroft, Collector, on list of 1878 7 I2
$317 57
20
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Lyceum Hall Association, for use of hall for town meetings in 1878. $40 00
6 00
Bancroft & Temple, for watering trough .: Bancroft & Temple, for repairing platforms of town pumps. 3 70
J. H. Wentworth, for repairing pumps. 8 45
for spout and labor on pumps. I 75
James M. Eames, for labor on cisterns . 4 00
Chelmsford Foundry Co., for cistern covers. 13 52 B. & M. R. R., for freight on cistern covers. 54 for repairs on clock in tower of Old South Church 35 00
Peter B. Teed, for oiling and packing tree protectors 3 85
George Beasley, for tarring trees on common . 4 00
George O. Batchelder, for street sign-boards. I 75 Gilman C. Gleason, for returning 52 deaths to Town Clerk 13 00
F. J. Barnard, for binding one volume town reports 80
Geo. W. Dean, for ringing bell for town meet- ings I 50
F. F. Brown, M. D., for cash paid for analysis of water 10 30
Timothy Riordan, for labor for the Board of Health 1 00
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$149 16
REAL ESTATE SOLD FOR TAXES AND BOUGHT BY TOWN.
Paid for estate of Lafayette Blood, Linden street. $99 75 estate, corner of Orange and Winter streets . 17 65
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