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1879- 80
R.M.H.S. RESOURCE CENTER READING, MASS.
Receipts and Expenditures
-OF THE-
TOWN OF READING,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1880.
Together with the Report of the
TOWN CLERK, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR, SELECT- MEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ROAD COMMISSIONERS, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, TRUSTEES OF THE CEMETERY AND AUDITORS.
READING : NEWS AND CHRONICLE JOB PRINT, 1880.
Receipts and Expenditures
-OF THE-
TOWN OF READING,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1880.
Together with the Report of the
TOWN CLERK, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR, SELECT- MEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SCHOOL, COMMITTEE, ROAD COMMISSIONERS, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, TRUSTEES OF THE CEMETERY AND AUDITORS.
READING : NEWS AND CHRONICLE JOB PRINT, 1880,
Town Officers, 1879-80.
Town Clerk. WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
J. B. LEATHE, JOSEPH L. PRATT,
JAMES REID, WILLIAM J. HOLDEN.
Mr. J. B. Leathe resigned, on account of ill health, June 9th, and Mr. William J. Holden was elected June 16th to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of Mr. Leathe.
Treasurer and Collector. JAMES A. BANCROFT.
School Committee.
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman Term expires, 1882 66 1881
CHARLES F. BROWN, Secretary.
HENRY G. KITTREDGE 1882
WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN 66
188 1
W. WALLACE DAVIS 66
1880
STILLMAN E. PARKER 66
1880
Road Commissioners.
JAMES A. BANCROFT, Chairman. Term expires; 1881
CHARLES A. WESTON 1882
HENRY S. LACLAIR 66 1880
3
Engineers of the Fire Department. CHARLES H. LANG, CHIEF.
GEORGE H. PARKER,
DANIEL CREESY,
EDWARD C. NICHOLS, JAMES DEWHURST.
Constables.
HUBBARD E. COX, WILLIAM L. CROWE.
Police Officers.
HUBBARD E. COX,
JOHN A. BLUNT,
EDWIN BASSETT,
DUDLEY F. HUNT,
WILLIAM L. CROWE, JOHN NORWOOD, . DAVID CROWELL, GEORGE H. PARKER.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. DANIEL B. LOVEJOY.
Trustees of Public Library.
EDWARD APPLETON, Chairman Term expires, 1881 HIRAM BARRUS. 66 1882
66
1882
FRANCIS O. DEWEY.
188 I
STEPHEN FOSTER.
1880
HORACE G. WADLIN
1880
Trustees of the Cemetery.
SOLON BANCROFT. Term expires, 1882
WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN
1882
FRANCIS O. DEWEY.
1881
GILMAN C. GLEASON
66
188 1
THOMAS B. PRATT.
1880
WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON
1880
Auditors.
JOHN C. GLEASON, JOHN H. BANCROFT, FRANCIS BARTLEY.
WALTER S. PARKER
66
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT. BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING IN 1878. (Omitted last year.)
Date. ·
Names.
Sex.
Names of Parents.
Occupation of father.
May
19 Bertha Melvina Eames.
F
Leonard T and Emily M-T'rull.
September 28 George Henry Martin Todd.
M
Thomas S and Abbie -Knight. S
Mechanic. Clerk.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING IN 1879.
Date.
Names.
Sex.
Names of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
January
1 5 Arthur Ellsworth Nichols.
M
Richard B and Josephine A-Coggswell.
Farmer Teacher
18 Florence Buxton Parker.
F
Walter S and Isabella M-Badger.
19 Walter Keith Badger.
M
Henry B and Clara A-Paine.
Organı Maker
February
14 Nelson Rawson Foss.
M
Horace W and Ellen J-Faxon.
Shoe Manufacturer
22 Emma Carley.
F
John and Mary Ann-Powers.
Baker
March
24 Henry Ward Wakefield.
F M F
George E and Ida M-Lovejoy.
Farmer
29 Henry Howard Kinsley.
M
Stephen P and Georgiana-Wentworth,
Organ Tuner
April
William Brewster Ely.
M
William B and Mary E-Ward.
Clergyman
4 Blanche Putney Washburn. F
Horace A and Mary A-Wentworth.
Telegrapher
May
14 Roland Goodwin.
M
Moses and Julia R-Hinckley. .
Merchant
29 James Scott Parker.
M
Frederick H and Alice M-Gibson.
Carpenter
30 Grace Morong Gerritson.
F
George H and Susannah B-Skinner.
Teamster
June 66
6 Walter Eugene Allen.
M
Milo L, and Martha E-Weston.
U S Treasury
7 Carrie Louise Houseman.
F Clara Houseman.
18 Frank Wilmot Pratt.
M Wilmot K and Sarah P-Flint.
F
William H and Annie E-Doucette,
Mechanic ¡Stone Mason
27 Beatrice Edna Cook.
John F and Phebe A-Hetler.
Shoe Manufacturer
Charles and Mary A-Kidder.
Farmer
27 Bertha May Manning.
F Lambertus W and Sophia F-Vander Elst.
Cabinet Maker
14 Nellie Louisa Krook.
F Charles S and Nancy E-Parker.
Cabinet Maker
2 Georgiana Daland.
30 Sadie Ann Smith.
Births-Continued.
July
Io Edith May Sweetser. 15 Elsie Webb Clark. 15 Edith Barrows.
F F
|Kirk and Delia E-Boyce.
Farmer
F
Joshua and Hannah-Chadbourne. Cyrus M and Augusta-Kilbreth.
Bank Teller Printer
20- Wilder.
M Orville N and Mary E-Todd.
Mechanic
29 Charles Almond Allard.
M
George A and Ida G-Blood.
Brakem in
31 Clinton Lovejoy Newell.
Agent
August
3 Frederick Warren Atwood.
M
Winslow P and Nellie E-Ruggles.
Mechanic
7 Florence May Kingman.
F
Charles H and Mary A-Hibbert.
Clerk
10 Myra Knight Parker.
F
George H and Rachel E-Knight.
Organ Pipe Maker
II Willie F. Potter.
M
Hanson B and Elizabeth E-Dixon.
Telegrapher
rI Charles Henry Babb.
M
Henry D and Frances-Bean.
Expressman
15 Josie Miranda Ewer.
F
James K and Emma H-Trull.
Clergyman
26 Louisa Whelton.
F
David and Ann-White.
Watchman
26 Helen Gertrude Putney.
F
George E and Etta M-Davis.
Physician
M George H and Mary F-Marden.
Bookkeeper
29 Ethel Nichols Pratt.
F
Harlan P and Nancy I-Richardson.
Tie Cutter
September 1 Mary Weichman.
F
Carl and Caroline-Wilhelm.
Cabinet Maker
9 George Raymond Doucette.
M F
Francis F and Emma M-Clapp.
Physician
October
22 Helen Alice Brown. 7 Lillian Pinkham Carley.
F
Thomas and Elizabeth P-Butts.
Baker
13 Roy Elmore Parker.
M
Elmore and Emma-Armstrong.
Clerk
17 Winthrop Earnest Pratt.
Frank W B and Sarah A-Weston.
Clerk
17 Caroline Elizabeth Hock.
Cabinet Maker
F Galen A and Edna S-Barrus.
Merchant
[Julius I and Lucy I-Smith.
Cabinet Maker
November 2 Sarah Foley.
F
Bartholomew and Mary-Connelly. Herbert and Katharine-Bell.
Bookkeeper
29 Albert Henry Carter. I Ethlin Jamesina Bancroft.
Shoe Manufacturer
December
9 Robert Albion Carter.
M Adelbert H and Clara L-Damon.
Photographer
17 Fred Milton Cook.
M
George F and Augusta A-Pierce.
Blacksmith
20 Louise Kittredge.
F Henry G and Martha S-Hodges.
Merchant
23 Forman William Muse.
M
Reuben and Katherine-Dulong.
Laborer
M F Henry and Caroline-Klous.
27 Jennie Barrus Parker.
27 Florence Gertrude Gleason.
Laborer
29 Elliott.
M M Alfred G and Sarah L 1)- Wellman. F James A and Bessie B-Potter. Q
Farmer
John and Fanny-Muse.
Stone Mason
27 Wilbur Henry Damon.
.
M Benjamin F and L Maria-Lovejoy. M David B and Clara A-Grush.
Clerk
2 Arthur Pilsbury.
Whole number of Births Registered for the year 1879, 54 ; Males, 26; Females, 28. Nativity of Parents, Reading, Fathers, IS ; Moth- ers, 8. Other towns in the U. S., Fathers, 25; Mothers, 34. Foreign, Fathers, II, Mothers, 12.
Marriages Registered in the Town of Reading in 1879
Date.
Name of Groom and Bride.
Age.
Residence.
Occupation of Groom.
Names of Parents.
By Whom Married,
Jan.
I|George K. Brooks .... Lizzie F. B. Clark. .... 24 25
Brookline .. . . .
Merchant. .
. George & Eliza Brooks .... .
Joshua & Clark ....
8 Frederick O. Poock .... Lizzie M. Haag .... .. 23
39
Boston . . .
Reading . .
Feb.
12 |Henry F. Emory. ... .. 22 Georgiana Farnsworth. 20 27
27 Frederick D. Sperry .... Anna A. Stevens .. .
30
April 15 Henry K. Austin .. .
33 Maria J. Bancroft .. ·
27
June 4 Staley D. Poole .. 30
Reading
Organ Maker . ·
Ira P. & Harriet Hadley
Alice I. Hadley .. 20
69 Reading .
Farmer
Simeon & Olive Towne ...
" James K. Ewer.
17 Levi Towne .. Margaret A. Power . ..
52
Manchester, Reading [N. H.
Reading .. ...
Book-keeper .
Theron & Anna Parker. James & Mary Crowe.
Sept.
17 Walter C. Goodwin ... Jennie Hanley . .
28 20
¥
24 Loring W. Messer ... Ella A. Moulton 23
23
Reading . .. "
Salesman .
Charles & Emily A. Messer ... Charles H. & Mary A. Moulton Charles H. & Mary A. Moulton Amos & Mary McIntire ...
" William Barrows.
66 30 William E. Moulton. 26
Reading . ..
Teamster . .
= 30 Anthony Garcia.
Reading.
Pin Setter ..
Anthony & Mary L. Garcia. .. Manuel & Rose Oliveira ...
" Henry B. M. Hughes, [ Boston.
Oct.
2 Orange H. Cook .... 21
Etta Kendall.
22
Reading. .
Brookline, N. H
Band Sawyer ....
James W. & Sarah J. Cook ... Benjamin & Eliza Kendall.
Rev. William H. Wilcox.
" C. J. Herman Fiock, [Boston. " William H. Wilcox.
" W.G. Sperry, Peabody
" L. J. White.
" L. J. White.
" L. J. White.
25 Charles F. Worthen. . Evelyn Austin ..
27
26
Aug.
13 Frank Parker Hannah O. Crowe . 24
20
Reading . . .. . Salesman .
George W. & Mary S. Goodwin Mathew & Sarah Hanley ... ..
" J. F. Mears.
" John N. Short, Stone- [ham.
Imogene A. McIntire. .. 26 27 Mary G. Oliveira . . 30
" Irad Taggart, Brook- [line, N. H
Reading .
Melrose .
Reading .
Butcher.
Agent ... . Henry C. & Mary J. Poock .... Salesman. Charles L. & Mary A. Haag ... George L. & Lydia W. Emory. Geo. W. & Eliza A. Farnsworth Henry & Mehitable P. Sperry. John & Eliza Stevens.
Machinist . . John & Mary Austin
Reading
Nathan & Elizabeth R. Bancroft John & Harriet Poole ..
Florist. . Fred. S. & Martha E. Worthen
" James K. Ewer .
Marriages -- Continued.
Oct.
29|Frank A. Cook. .. .
23
Reading.
|Cabinet Maker. . |James W. & Sarah J. Cook .... |Rev. F. D. Sargent, Brook-
fline, N. H.
Helen M. Hobart .... ·
23
Brookline, N H
Nov.
4 John C. Ramsdell. ... .
23
Reading .. . . . .
Mechanic .
Geo. W. L. & Lydia M. Hobart John N. & Mary L. Ramsdell .. Clarence & Ellen A. Austin.
" W. B. Ely.
Emma A. Austin .. 21
12 William P. Wakefield .. Alma Hanley. .
26 24
Reading. .
Mechanic . .
Freder'k & Elizabeth Wakefield Mathew & Sarah Hanley .. Book-keeper. ... .. Addison A. & Elizabeth Sawyer Jerome & Harriet A. Parker. .. Cabinet Maker. . Noble & Mary Bunker . .
"„ W. B. Ely.
Hattie A. Parker.
27
20 Henry Bunker. . . ·
23
Reading. . .
George & Louisa Obam ..
Mary L. Obam ·
23
Jamaica Plains.
Dec.
4 Oliver R. Stone .... · 30
Reading .. .. .. Sarah E. Kilpatrick .... 33
So. Berwick, Me
[ness. Benjamin & Sarah Kilpatrick. .
22 East Boston .. .
Clerk. David H. & James L. Jones. . John C. & Etta Pike.
" C. W. Heizer.
Nettie M. Skinner .. 21
60
31 Charles S. Barstow . .. . 33
Reading. . .
Miller
Geo. W. & Martha A. Stimpson Herbert A. & Bessie M. Skinner Joseph A. & Mary A. Barstow. .
" L. J. White.
Alice M. Pratt .. 25
Lyman & Mary E. Pratt ....
" J. F. Mears.
31 Willard Brooks Nichols 2I
Reading. . . ..
Milk Dealer.
J. Brooks & Caroline E. Nichols . Harry J. & Sophia E. Sewell ...
Lottie M. Sewell .. 21
" Joseph", B. Clark, Ja- [maica Plains. " Fenner B. Dickinson, [Boston.
" James K. Ewer.
24 David H. Jones, Jr .... Myra D. Pike. ... .... 25 James N. Stimpson .. .. 26
18 Reading. . .
Reading . .
Moulder ·
Telephone Busi- Daniel L. & Eliza A. Stone ...
" W. B. Ely.
13 Eugene N. Sawyer. 27
Reading . ..
Whole number of Marriages registered for the year 1879, 24. Nativity of persons married : United States-Males, 21 ; Females, 21; Foreign : Males, 3 ; Females, 3.
Deaths Registered in Reading for the Year 1879.
Date.
Names.
Sex.
Condition.
Age. Y. M. D.
Names of Parents or Husbands.
Place of Birth.
Cause of Death.
Jan.
3|Lydia A. Bowditch.
F
Married
55
I
John Bowditch. William & Abigail.
outh Berwick, Me. Hebron, N. H. Reading.
[ Pneumonia. Brain Disease. Burn», Accidental.
17 |.Jennie Palmer.
F
Single
1
5.14
James L. & Sarah L.
March
1 Lillian F. Mellen.
F
Married
26
8
9
Charles W. Kelley. Nathan & Nancy. .John & Auna.
Franklin.
66
23 James O'Brien. 24 Alice R. Nichols.
F F
Single
16
3 17
Edwin P. &Lucinda A. Reading.
13 Julia A. Pratt.
M
1
1
9 Chas. H. & Anna M. Reading. Reading. Eben & Angelina.
Consumption.
20 Edward Safford.
M
Married
53
3
2
Asa & Betsey.
Augusta, Me.
Consumption.
May
12 Mary E. Ely.
F
Widowed
81
11
6 Thos. & Hannah Burt. Wilmington.
M
Married
156
1
6 Amos & Nancy B.
Reading.
Asthma, Bright's disease.
F
Widowed
85
9 10 Jno. &Sally Batchelder Reading.
Clironic bronchitis.
66
18 Alfred Baldwin.
M
65
3
5 Jonathan & Pearn.
Reading.
Consumption.
M
Single 66
4
6
3
Benj. F. & Maria L. Lowell.
Diphtheria.
Cerebral paresis, Coma.
M F
Widowed Single 6
50
11
15
2
8 22
John G. &Araminta J. Reading.
Diphtheria.
M
Widowed Single
36 6
2
Ivory & Harriet.
Acton.
Dysentery.
M
Married
66
7 David & Selina.
Reading.
Asthma, Cancer of liver.
M
Single
1
Calvin L. & Julia F. Plaistow, N. H.
66
28 Frederick Rudolph Bowser.
M
66
F
Married
62
11 7 Wm J. Wightman.
Reading. Bradford.
Dysentery.
Heart disease.
Feb.
14 William Pierce.
M
68
9
5
3 Charles B. & Ann M. Reading.
Weston, Vi.
Consumption. Old age.
14 Nathan O. Gilmore.
M
Single
Married
35
Ireland.
Leucocytherina.
.51
9
10 Benj. & Hannah W.
Reading.
Consumption.
17 Lawrence Nowell.
Croup.
18 Florence A. Buxton.
F
31
23
6 26
William B. Ely.
Detroit, Mich.
Acute Brigh''s disease.
June 66
16 Nancy B. Parker.
66
26 Henry E. Nichols,
M
'19
11 3
2 23
Ephraim & Dorcas. Asa & Mary A.
Wilmington.
Heart disease, Dropsy.
Acute bronchitis.
July
2 Charlotte Buck.
6 Charles Morton Esterbrook.
Suicide, Insane.
M
7
18 Frank W. & Emma A. Reading.
5 Hanson B. & Eliza. E. Reading.
Black jaundice.
21|Harry Sanford Martin .
M
Cholera infantum.
8 28 Robert & Mary F.
28, Sarah C. Wightman.
F
13 Delia Pratt.
Disease of brain.
2 Solon A. Parker.
20 Harry B. Nowell
Edwin P.&Lucinda A. Reading.
29 Asa Buck.
82
26 George A. Sanborn. 9 Clarence A. Danforth.
Aug. 66 15 Silas G. Emerson. 17 Willie F Potter.
Consumption.
April
8 Emma J. Kelley.
Consumption.
19
81
1
Deaths -- Continued.
Sept. 2 |Wallace J. MeIntire.
M
11
C. H. & Helen R.
Reading.
2 Emily H. Pemberton.
F
Single Widowed Single Widowed
10
7
Dominick & Julia. Warren & Lucinda.
Yarmouth, N. S.
66
10|Nancy M. Brown.
F
17 Charlotte Vinton.
Married
63
2
Edward & Mary. Henry Cook.
Haverhill.
Peritonitis.
Oct.
23 Elizabeth H. Weston.
71
5
Nov.
1 Lydia B. Weston.
F
Widowed Married
35
6
13
28
Elliott.
M
Dec.
1 Lucy Jane Allen.
F
Widowed
74
4
21
3| William W. Maynard.
M
Married
40
11
12 Levi Reynolds.
M
68
6
10
Freegrace & Anna.
Wilmington.
Paralysis, Disease of heart.
19 Eliab C. Jones.
M
42
6 13
Eliab & Abigail.
Weld, Me.
Insane, Suicide.
Whole number of Deaths registered for the year 1879, 43 ; males, 24; females, 19. States, 21 ; foreign, 2; unknown, 2.
Natives of Reading, 18 ; other towns in United
Erysipelas. Apoplexy. Diplitheria. Consumption.
Neuralgia.
23 Fannie Cook.
66
39
5
7
3
13
Wilmington.
Consumption.
66
4 Edward Copeland.
M
Consumption. Still-born. Paralysis.
Boscowen, N. H.
Tewksbury.
Inflammation of brain.
WM. J. WIGHTMAN, Town Clerk.
66
4 Raymond Doucette.
M
82
9
2
John &
Deer Isle, Me.
59
10
Reading. Stoneham.
Boston. Nathaniel & Lydia. Charles & Ann E. Herbert & Katherine. Reading. Moses & Susanna. William & Sylvia.
Uteriny cancer.
78
Receipts and Expenditures.
ALMSHOUSE. DR.
To groceries. $264 62
flour and bread
205 08
grain and meal
159 93
provisions.
312 74
bedding and clothing . . .
71 23
furniture and crockery
43 50
produce, (standing grass)
20 00
wood and coal ..
161 99
wheelwright and blacksmith bills
13 49
hired labor
78 45
medical attendance and medicines.
34 90
fish
42 II
repairs. .
14 20
farming tool's
4 53
sundries
55 85
salary of keeper.
400 00
ALMSHOUSE.
By labor on highways. $138 23
labor of removing snow
13 00
labor on ice
2 00
lighting street lamps
67 00
Amount carried forward. $220 23
(10)
$1882 62 CR.
11
Amount brought forward $220 23
wood sold. 193 81
Catharine O'Keefe's pension 96 00
Catharine O'Keefe's state aid. 48 00
lodging and food for 1265 tramps at 30 cents
379 5°
supplies, and moving, White family.
8 50
tarring trees on Common.
2 50
stock and produce sold . 62 52
boarding Henry Nowell.
8 50
collection of bills of previous years 30 08
cash drawn from treasury 832 98
$1882 62
To amount drawn from treasury $832 98
amount of old bills collected 30 08
$863 06
By amount due for labor on highways $56 17
amount due for board. 175 00
$231 17
Net expense of poor in house. . ...
$631 89
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE
Furniture, crockery, tinware, etc
$283 29
Beds and bedding
301 13
Stoves and furniture 128 00
Provisions
210 39
Farming tools.
208 45
One horse
150 00
One cow
40 00
Fowls.
12 00
Light wagon.
30 00
Farm wagon
60 00
Stone wagon.
20 00
Two carts
100 00
Horse sled
18 00
Sleigh
12 00
Mowing machine
25 00
Hay and straw 89 00
Amount carried forward,
$1687 26
12
Amount brought forward $1687 26
Wood and coal. 62 50
Grain and meal. 6 00
Manure.
75 00
Arches for building cisterns.
10 00
Posts and lumber ..
3 00
Bills due for labor, produce, etc
343 40
$2187 16
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Joanna Wall, admitted Sept. 3, 1879,
Age 80 years.
Clarissa Bryant,
80
Hannah Welch, left Nov. 12, 1879,
69
Catharine O'Keefe,
73
Caroline E. Wiley,
73
Mary Brown,
79
Harry Hunton,
69
Jonathan Pratt,
70
Daniel Spokesfield,
61
Alpheus Austin,
60
James Hunter, 36
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Lucy Freeman, supplies .
$23 52
Mary A. Blanchard, supplies.
$12 50
66
fuel 53 93
66
66 medical attendance 65 67
132 10
Sarah L. Penney, supplies .
$62 29
medical attendance 8 50
70 79
William H. Manning, supplies.
78 43
Abigail P. Beers, support at Lunatic Hospital. .
172 31
Benjamin Weston, 66
206 53
Charles W. Kelley
83 35
Alma J. Day, 6€ 66
15° 35
George C. Stevens
66
$8 17
66
expense of committal .... 21 60
29 77
Amount carried forward, $947 15
13
Amount brought forward, $947 15
Cleaveland B. Holt, supplies
79 75
Louisa R. Parker, 66
76 50
Dorothy Peirce, rent.
$48 00
fuel .
22 88
Funeral expenses of William Peirce
16 00
$86 88
Cr. by cash towards funeral expenses
3 00
83 88
Walter G. Perkins, supplies
2 36
Kate Donnegan,
$53 55
medical attendance.
71 50
medicines.
28 36
funeral expenses
22 50
175 91
John H. Daland, supplies
$37 00
66
fuel.
16 07
Bridget Donnegan, supplies
$81 00
66
fuel. .
23 63
medical attendance 8 00
112 63
Hannah J. Nichols, fuel.
$30 93
rent
37 80
medical attendance
8 00
76 73
Luella R. Lloyd, rent.
$55 00
fuel.
7 00
medical attendance
14 25
76 25
Daniel L. Barnard, supplies
$8 24
fuel
6 50
medicines
2 70
17 44
Jaques Gowing, support of Mary Gowing at Lu-
natic Hospital
200 27
George H. Daland, supplies
11 00
Amount carried forward.
$1912 94
53 º7
14
Amount brought forward $1912 94
John A. Messer, town of Winchester for supplies
25 38
Patrick Conolly, medicines
2 34
Eliza M. Bancroft, supplies
$36 64
60
fuel
3 94
40 58
Miranda Ellenwood, rent
$24 00
66
fuel
II OO
35 00
Samuel H. White, supplies
$27 30
66
fuel.
2 75
66
medical attendance
19 75
49 80
Sarah E. Hartshorne, supplies
$16 72
66
fuel.
14 25
medical attendance
36 25
66
medicines
4 75
71 97
James E. White, city of Boston for supplies . .. $19 67
66 for burial Horace White. 5 00
24 67
Mrs. Emil Ross, city of Boston for supplies .. ...
I 55
Frank Jenkins, city of Lynn for support.
18 00
Newton J. Robinson, fuel .
7 00
Orville N. Wilder, medical attendance
13 75
Traveller, R. R. ticket to Boston
35
$2203 33
RECEIPTS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE. From town of Malden for supplies for Sarah L. Penney $75 95
Woburn for supplies for Henry Berry and family 168 50
Woburn for supplies for Alfred M. Richardson 6 28
State for support of paupers 25 13
$275 86
DUE FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE. From town of Malden for supplies for Sarah L. Penney $70 79
Amount carried forward. $70 79
15
Amount brought forward. $70 79 Lloyd 76 25
From city of Boston for supplies for Luella R.
town of Athol for supplies for Miranda and Julia E. Ellenwood 69 56
state for pauper . 49 80
city of Springfield for supplies for O. N. Wilder. 13 75
$ 280 15
Net expense of poor out of house
1927 47
Net expense of poor in the house
631 89
Whole expense in and out of house. $2559 36
Food and lodging 1265 tramps at 30 cents 379 5°
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid William F. Durgin, for services on school committee from April Ist, 1878, to April 5th, 1879 . $35 00
Charles F. Brown, for services as member and secretary of school committee for year 1878-9. 60 00
J. B. Leathe in full for services as Select- man, Assessor, Overseer of Poor, etc ... Joseph L. Pratt, for services as Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of Poor, etc., to Mar. Ist, 1880. 210 00
Frederick Bancroft in full for services as Collector of tax of 1877 8 00
John Norwood, services as night Police- man 84 00
James Reid, for services as Selectman, As- sessor, Overseer of Poor, etc., to March Ist, 1880. 275 00
Hubbard E. Cox, for services as Constable 22 00
William J. Holden, for services as Select- man, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor,
etc., to March Ist, 1880 192 87
Amount carried forward. $926 87
40 00
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Amount brought forward. $926 87 Paid W. Wallace Davis, for services on School
Committee in full to April ist, 1880. . .. 50 00 William J. Wightman, for services as Town Clerk to March Ist, 1880. 25 00
William J. Wightman, for services as School Committee to March Ist, 1880. 40 00
William J. Wightman, for recording births, deaths and marriages. 40 00
William J. Wightman, for making other official records 12 00
Edward F. Parker, for services as Auditor for year 1879. 3 00
Stillman E. Parker, for services as Auditor for year 1879 3 00
William M. Titus, for services as Auditor for year 1879 3 00
H. G. Wadlin, for services as School Com- mittee from March Ist, 1879, to March Ist. 1880 60 00
H. G. Wadlin, for taking census of school children . 10 00
Henry G. Kittredge for services as School Committee for year :879-80. 50 00
John A. Blunt for services as police officer, 5 50 Henry S. LaClair, for services as Road Commissioner for year ending March 1, 1880 50 00
James A. Bancroft, for services as Road Commissioner for year ending March I, 1880. 50 00
Charles A. Weston, for services as Road Commissioner for year ending March I, 1880 50 00
William L. Crowe, for services as Consta-
ble and police officer to March 1, 1880. . . 23 50 James A. Bancroft, for services as Treasu- rer and Collector for year ending March 1, 1880. 325 00
1726 87
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TOWN OFFICE.
Paid Lewis E. Gleason for postage stamps. $3 00
Charles K. Darling for stationery. .3 50
Pulsifer, Jordan & Co., for stationery 87
Packard & Burrill, feather duster.
2 20
William Proctor for rent of office to Jan. £, 1880. 150 00
J. B. Leathe, furniture for office. 4 50
Fred W. Barry, stationery. I 92
Benjamin Rutherford, cleaning office
Wendell Bancroft, coal 2 25
3 50
George Beaseley, wood.
3 63
William J. Holden, blank book.
33
William J. Wightman, postage stamps, sta tionery, and dog licenses 4 00
$179 70
PRINTING.
Paid Rand, Avery & Co., printing and binding for Town Clerk. $10 50
C. T. Tolman, for printing town reports .. . 163 00
warrants. . 6 50
C. T. Tolman, for printing 1000 permits to Almshouse. 3 00
C. T. Tolman, for printing receipts and notices . 4 00
C. T. Tolman, for printing dog notices for Town Clerk. I 50
C. T. Tolman, for printing tax bills for Collector
8 00
C. T. Tolman, for printing forty lists of voters 18 00
C. T. Tolman, for printing and advertising registration notices. 3 50
C. T. Tolman, for printing and advertising three hundred dollar reward. 2 50
C. T. Tolman, for advertising . I 25
C. T. Tolman, for printing 1000 billheads. 3 50
$225 25
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STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Citizens' Gaslight Company, for gas. $174 92
Charles W. Badger, for naphtha .. 20 43
George W. Beaseley, for lighting from Mar. ist to Nov. Ist, 1879 . 58 50
for repairs. 25
George Beaseley, keeper of Almshouse, for lighting from Nov. Ist, 1879, to March Ist, 1880 67 00
M. E. Nichols, setting glass . 2 71
Globe Gaslight Company, for cleaning two burners. 50
Charles H. Lang, sundries 3 10
Thomas Pratt, large tin can 4 00
B. P. Bowman, four copper street lanterns. 23 00
$354 41
STATE AID.
Paid Lucy J. Allen. $36 00
Dorcas Berry. 48 00
Seth Bessey and wife 84 00
Mary A. Blanchard
48 00
George W. Carleton
18 00
W. Wallace Davis. 18 00
Henry Deadman and wife.
21 00
Martin J. DeRonde and wife.
48 00
Lydia C. Eaton.
48 00
Caroline Goodwin.
48 00
Sarah Hetler
48 00
Lambertus W. Krook.
36 00
Rebecca Lloyd
12 00
Edwin Manning .
13 50
Benjamin McAllister.
72 00
Sarah Nichols. 48 00
Catharine O'Keefe 48 00
Margaret Pinkham. 48 00
Christian E. Rahr. 13 50
William B. Reed. 9 00
Amount carried forward. $765 00
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Amount brought forward $765 00
Charlotte Richardson
48 00
Harriet C. Robinson
48 00
Henry F. Scruton.
72 00
Eliza Stevens
48 00
Harriet Young
48 00
Marcella Woods
28 00
$1057 00
MILITARY AID.
Paid Eliab C. Jones.
$90 00
George E. Leathe. 21 00
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$III 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid James A. Bancroft, on list of 1877 .
$193 19
66 1878. 89 84
1879. 18 26
$301 29
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Peter B. Teed, oiling tree protectors on Common
$1 00
Peter B. Teed, oiling and packing tree pro- tectors 3 55
Lyceum Hall Association for use of hall for town meetings in 1879. 45 00
Charles K. Darling, blank book for Treas- urer.
4 50
Thomas Groom & Co., one book for Tax Collector .
I 50
. Henry Howard, damages from defect in highway.
20 00
Solon Bancroft, Esq.,services and expenses in case of Frank E. Brown vs. town of Reading 31 65
James H. Wentworth, for new pump head and repairs on pumps. 12 75
Nathan Bancroft, for care and repairs of town flag for years 1878-9. 13 50
Amount carried forward. $133 45
20
Amount brought forward. $133 45 James A. Bancroft, Treasurer, for insurance of school houses and furniture in high school 150 00
George W. Dean, for ringing bell for town meetings. 2 00
Wendell Bancroft, for repairing platform at pumps on Common. 2 53
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