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1880-81
R.M.H.S. RESOURCE CENTER READING. MASS.
REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers of Reading,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1st, 1881.
REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers of Reading,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1st, 1881.
READING : CHRONICLE AND NEWS JOB PRINT. 1881.
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TOWN OFFICERS-1880-81.
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor. JOSEPH L. PRATT, Chairman. JAMES REID, WILLIAM J. HOLDEN.
Assessors.
JOSEPH L. PRATT, JAMES REID, DAVID C. TEMPLE.
Town Clerk. WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN.
Treasurer. JAMES A. BANCROFT.
Collector of Taxes. R. DEXTER TEMPLE.
School Committee.
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman. Term expires, 1882
CHARLES F. BROWN, Secretary, (resigned,)
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HENRY G. KITTREDGE
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WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN
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STILLMAN E. PARKER
66
1883
ARTHUR W. TEMPLE
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W. WALLACE DAVIS (to fill vacancy)
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1881
Road Commissioners.
JAMES A. BANCROFT
Term expires, 1881
CHARLES A. WESTON
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JONATHAN MOULTON
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Engineers of the Fire Department. CHARLES H. LANG, Chief. GEORGE H. PARKER, EDWARD C. NICHOLS,
DANIEL CREESY, JAMES DEWHURST.
4
Constables.
HUBBARD E. COX, WILLIAM L. CROWE.
Police Officers.
HUBBARD E. COX,
WILLIAM L. CROW,
JOHN A. BLUNT, EDWIN BASSETT,
CHARLES H. BEAN, DANIEL B. LOVEJOY.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. . DANIEL B. LOVEJOY.
Trustees of Public Library.
EDWARD APPLETON, Chairman. term expires, 1881
HIRAM BARRUS, .
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FRANCIS O. DEWEY,
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1881
STEPHEN FOSTER, .
66
1883
HORACE G. WADLIN,
66
1883
'Trustees of the Cemetery.
SOLON BANCROFT,
Term expires, 1882
WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN,
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FRANCIS O. DEWEY,
1881
GILMAN C. GLEASON,
1881
WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON,
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JAMES A. BANCROFT,
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1883
Auditors.
EDWARD APPLETON, CHARLES H. NOWELL, GILMAN L. PARKER.
1882
WALTER S. PARKER,
Births Registered in Reading in 1880.
Date.
NAME OF CHILD.
Sex.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
Nov. 5 |Wm. Brooks Heselton, 1880
Jan. 31 |Florence Elva MeIntire,
Feb. 4 Arthur Herbert Choate,
Adelbert C. and Almira E., M Fitz Herbert and Ella M., M Albert A. and Helen F.,
Painter. Shipping Clerk. Shoemaker.
Carpenter.
66
28 Elbridge Clarence Merrill,
M Clarence E. and Jennie T.,
March 6 Bertha Marsh Stock,
66
23 William Sherman Badger, William Roscoe Day,
M William H. and Carrie A., M Arthur B. and Nellia A., ¿ Twins.
Mechanic.
66
1 John Howard Richardson, 24 Ethel Florence Berry,
M Henry M. and Lydia A., F Daniel W. and Eliza A.,
Butcher.
M Edward B. and Helen,
Merchant.
May 66
6 Alfred Lewis Harrington, 19 Sam'l Quincy Pierce Brown, 24 Libbie Pearl Bickford
M Samuel and Josephine, F Daniel T. and Hattie M., M Charles II. and Anna M.,
Clerk. Clerk.
June 66
66 29 Ernest Prescott Nowell, 2 Frank Clifford Carter, 22 : Mabel Elizabeth Bancroft,
F Lewis M. and Annie B.,
Ins. Inspector.
24 Harriet May Hyde,
Edmund A. and Matilda F.,
Merchant.
66
27 Marion Appleton Howes, 2 .William Edwin Johnson, 24 ; Lonise Blanchard,
F Langdon and Agnes, H George E. and Ida M.,
F
Moses E. and Emma E.,
Painter.
Aug.
66 28 Hattie Florence Manning, 1 Grace Bancroft Nichols, 29 Celia Thaxter Erskine, 66 31 'Annie Rose Doucette,
F Lewis W, and Margaret, Dominic and Anna J.,
Stone Mason.
Sept. 2 Robert Baldwin Weston, 6 Mary Ellen Kilman,
F F
Nathaniel W. and Mary A.
Carpenter.
Mechanic.
66
26 Thomas Ambrose Muse,
Stone Mason.
Oct. 66
3 |Alice Ethelyn Stimpson, 22 , Edwin Francis Killam,
M Joseph W. and Mary S., M Charles H. and Emma M.,
Farmer.
66
31 |Percy Alvin Swain,
F Frank and Hannah O.
Shoe Manufact'r.
-
11 Francis Henry Dewey, Jr.,
M Francis H. and Augusta T., F
Merchant.
66
12 Florence Bancroft Allen,
Charles H. and Hattie B., Jeremiah and Catherine,
Laborer. Neck Tie Manu'r.
66
22 Alice Lucy Danforth,
F
Charles E. and Annie W., Alfred W. and Alice A., John S. and Nellie J.,
Apothecary. Expressman.
66
7
- Cass,
Shoemaker.
66
12 Ella Cecelia Bunker,
Cabinet maker.
66
13 |Harold Francis Parker,
66
14|Emma Blanche Rich,
OMITTED IN 1879.
M Jonathan and Phila A.,
Cabinet Maker.
R. R. Employe. Cabinet Maker. Organ Builder. Painter.
April 66
4 Margaret Louisa Richardson
M William and Martha A.,
R. R. Conductor.
66 25 Ethel Josephine Austin,
F Henry R. and Maria J.,
H Benjamin L. and Carrie L.,
M Alden S. and Clara E.,
Dealer in Land.
July 66
Laborer.
Laborer.
Provision Dealer.
M |David and Mary A.,
Jeremiah and Catherine,
Laborer.
14 |Archibald McIntire,
M Charles HI. and Rebecca H., M John and Sylvia,
James N. and Nettie M.,
Moulder.
Shoe Laster.
Nov. 8 Annie Lillian Parker,
Farmer.
13 Lousia Driscoll,
17 Ethel Charles Damon,
Dec. 6
- Judkins,
M Herbert L. and Katie L., Henry and Mary L.,
F M Walter S. and Isabella M.,
F Seth and Martha E.,
Teacher. Broker.
Whole number of Rirths registered in Reading for the year 1880, 46. Males, 19; Females, 27. Nativity of parents, Fathers, United States, 41; Foreign, 5. Females, United States, 38; Foreign, S.
Wheelwright.
66
6 Leon Albert Hartwell,
66 25 Edith Louise Temple,
F David C. and Maria A.,
F Henry and Adda L.,
Machinist.
Brush Maker.
7 |Grace Lillian Broad,
Marriages Registered in the Town of Reading in 1880.
Date.
NAME OF GROOM AND BRIDE.
Age.
RESIDENCE.
OCCUPATION OF GROOM.
PLACE OF BIRTHI.
NAME OF PARENTS.
No. of Mar- riages.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. 21
Edward B. Eames, Clara L. Young, George J. Carr, Flora A. Niles,
24 Wilmington, 24 Reading,
Traber,
Wilmington, Reading,
Martha B. and Sarah W., Chas. W. and Fruitilla W., John P'. and Emily A.,
First,
Rev. William B. Ely.
March 9
10 Herbert W. Bancroft,
23 Reading, 21 Reading,
24 Reading,
Farmer,
I'swksbury, Reading,
Nathan and Elizabethı R., Hollis A. and Annie M., Silas G. and Augusta, David and Fannie,
66
Rev. William B. Ely.
17 Arthur G. Emerson, Emily F. Batchelder,
22 N. Reading, 26 Reading, 19 Reading,
29 Reading,
Trader,
flolli-ter, Roxbury, Lowell,
Geo. L. and Sarah A., William and Temperance, Jonathan and Olive, John G. and Joanna,
Rev. Arthur J. Hovey, [Stoneham.
=
31 Michael Shannahan, Annie J. Morgan, 24
29 Reading, Reading, 22 |Reading, 21 Reading, 22 |N. Woburn,
Painter,
Reading,
66
Rev. L. J. White.
13
Charles E. Eaton, Lettu Wright,
15
Groton,
Townsend,
22 Audover,
Farmer,
Andover, Reading,
Wm. R. and Martha A., Henry A. and Sally, George O. and Esther R., Richmond and Evelyn, John and Ellen J.,
66
Rev. John N. Short.
May
4 Herbert R. Heselton, Katie T. Morgan, 24 Reading,
49 Reading,
Cabinet Maker,
| Manchester,
Moses and Miranda (Nelson Second,
First,
Rev. Oscar F. Safford.
Merchant,
¡ Reading,
Reading,
Salesman,
Boston,
First, 6
Rev. C. W. Heizer.
28
Brighton,
Carriage Manu'r, Cambridge,
66
25 ¡Reading,
N. Andover,
Farmer,
24 Reading,
Reading,
July
1 Benjamin F. Pike, Olive A. Richardson,
24 Norton, Woburn,
Fall River,
19
28 Reading,
Farmer,
Reading,
James and Margaret,
First, Rev. C. D. Bradley, [Boston.
July
8 Jacob Dexter Jones, Julia Etta Healy,
19 Boston,
Salem,
Patrick and Catherine, John and Helen J., George C. and Jane M., George and Elizabeth A.,
Rev. M. F. Flatley, [Wakefield. Rev. James K. Ewer.
April
7 Charles S. Coney, Annie M. Ballard,
Reading,
North Woburn,
66
Rev. William Barrows.
27 Milo HI. Gould, Clara E. Batchelder, 20
Reading,
22 Reading,
Mechanic,
Reading,
Boston.
Jacob II. and Sally,
Fourth, Rev. James K. Ewer.
June 3 Henry E. Holden, Ada L. Safford, 3 John Bowditch, ¥ Harriet F. Wright, 6 Jon. Allen Eames, Anna C. Weston,
58 Reading, 34 Malden, 23 IN. Reading, Reading,
Laborer,
Wilmington, Reading,
Rev. L. J. White.
15 Morrill W. Arkerson, Mary E. Bancroft, 16 Ira O. Gray, Sarah E. Melendy,
Reading, North Andover,
26
Rev. Henry R. Wilbur, [Andover.
Rev. J. F. Mears.
Woburn,
Arkaid T. and Ellen C., Edward and Eliza J., Jonathan and Lucy, James and Dorinda, James T. and Harriet_1., IS. Nelson and Cornelia N., James and Elizabeth, Joseph and Mahala F Benjamin O. and Harried, Dudley and Elizabeth, Calvin E. and Esther P., Johnson and Dorcas R. Jacob and Elmira,
Second, Rev. J. F. Mears.
9 Stilson II. Dow, Maria A. Spinney, 19 Reading, Reading, 24 25 Reading,
Laborer,
Ireland,
Ireland,
Rev. William B. Ely.
Merchant,
Norih Reading, Boston,
66
31 Florace G. Monlton, Annie Goodwin,
30 Stoneham,
R. R. Employe,
Reading,
Annie J. Morrill,
29 Lyn, 22 Reading,
Lawyer,
Enfield, N. HI.,
Rev. William B. Ely.
Indian Spring, Ga., Samuel D. and Lavina D.,
Rev. L. J. White.
19 Lewis F. Gay, Hattie M. Hawes,
-hoemaker,
'Portland, Me.,
Boston,
First, (Rev. J. F. Mears.
July 26 |Roland B. Hetler,
27 Reading, 22 Reading,
[maker, Reading,
Adam and Sarah, James and Rebecca,
Jennie Mckay, 27 |Alfred Abbott, Cora E. Allen,
52 Boston,
Salesman, England,
Second, Rev. William Barrows. First,
40 Reading,
Reading,
Hostler,
Milford, N. II.,
Charles and Henrietta,
66 Rev. David N. Beach.
30 Reuben F. Melendy, Nellie L. Wilder,
2.2
23 Reading, Organ Pipe
[maker,
Luther and Julia,
Rev. J. F. Mears.
30 Phil'a, Penn., Book-keeper,
North Chelmsford, John and Mary A.,
Charles A. and Ann M.,
Rev. John G. Adams.
25 Reading,
25 Reading,
Reading,
Rev. James K. Ewer.
Oct.
66
25
Watchman,
Ireland,
Cornelius and Mary,
First,
Rev. C. O' Connor, [Winchester.
25 | Winchester,
ireland,
Jeremiah and Mary,
66
Rev. J. F. Mears.
Nov.
25 Reading,
Mechanic,
Reading,
John N. and Mary J.,
66
19 Reading,
Blacksmith,
Boston,
Samnel and Sarah,
Westford,
John F. and Mary A.,
20 Pepperill,
Civil Engineer,
Reading,
Edward and Francis A.,
66
Rev. David N. Beach,
18 Orvus R. Rowell, Jane A. Robinson,
22 Reading,
Rev. Frank S. Adams.
29
23 |Wakefield, 22 Reading,
Clerk,
Reading,
William and Martha A.,
29
25 Reading,
Physician,
Peabody,
Rufus H. and Harriet W.
25 Peabody,
Calcutta, (India),
George and Helen M.,
31
WVm. J. Tilley, Sr.,
32 Boston,
Postal Clerk,
Providence, R. I.,
William J. and Jane B.,
Second, Rev. Frank S. Adams.
Mary P. Fisher,
21 Reading,
Nantucket,
Andrew D. and Eliza J.,
Rev. John G. Adams,
Dec.
Sarah L. Stoodley,
27 Reading, Reading, 27
Pererboro' N. H.,
¡Nathan D. and Rebecca A.,
21 Reading,
Mechanic,
New London, N.H., Richard HI. and Anna L., Nova Scotia, James and Jane A., Thomas and Maria, Boston,
[Wakefield.
4 |Joli N. Nichols, Lillian Wood, 24 |William J. Bailey, Hattie A. Nason, 15 Francis E. Appleton,
25 Lowell,
Woburn,
Albert and Harriet P.,
16 Horace B. Hoklen Lillian F. Loring, 14 John Butler, Phila M. Simpson, 31 Michael Driscoll, Margaret Connelly,
21 Reading,
Merchant,
Reiding, Nova Scotia,
Dudley and Elizabeth G., Baxter and Eliza, Alonzo L. and Martha,
Rev. J. F. Mears.
21 Reading.
Sept. 9 Benjamin Y. Smith, Mary F. Hutchins, 14 |J. Henry Knowles, Nettie C. Stuart,
Troy, N. Y.,
John D. and Susannalı, Samuel R. and Lucy J., Irwin and Melissa,
Rev. J. F. Mears.
Aug. 23 Orlado S. Colburn, Margaret Jackson,
26 Wakefield,
27 Wakefield,
Upper Woodstock,
Reading, Reading,
Engineer, Reading, [N. B.,
Chesterfield,
Clinton B. and Henrietta B Gustavus and Mary E.,
Berwick, Me. Green'd, NII. Reading,
Rev. J. F. Mears.
Frank A. Winship, Mary . L. Carter, Henry A. Brown, Helen M. Wills,
Rev. George Walker.
Whole number of Marriages Registered in Reading for the year 1880, 35. Nativity of persons married, United States, Males, 32; Females, 29; Foreign, Males, 3; Females, 6.
¡Organ Pipe Reading,
Deaths Registered in Reading in 1880.
Date.
NAMES.
Age. Y. M. D.
NAMES OF PARENTS OF HUSBANDS.
CAUSE.
Jan.
John E. Walker,
53 3 18
John and Mary,
4
Nathaniel A. Taylor,
5 24
N. A. and Amanda,
8
Lucia M. Temple,
41 4 5 Joseph S. Temple,
Pneumonia.
20
Katie M. Donnegan,
21
14 Morris and Bridget,
Phthisis Pulmonis.
66
25
Clarissa Danforthi,
69
8 Charles C. Danforth,
Bronchial Consum'n.
Feb. 13 George H. M. Todd,
1
4 16 Thomas R. and Abbie S.,
Diphtheric Croup.
66
19 Isaac Weston,
84 5
5 John and Mary, John and Fanny,
Old Age.
March 11
Mary E. Doucette,
3 10
April 4 John H. Richardson, Louisa Emerson, 5
67
1
9 Osro and Eliza A.,
Consumption.
66
18 Katharina Miller,
48
9 Joseph and Lucy B., Frederick Miller,
Heart Disease.
66
22 Setli II. Temple,
69 10
Apoplexy.
May 66
4 Newton J. Richardson,
49
Carus of bones of foot.
66
21 Beulah Appleton,
Old Age.
June 3 Jerome Parker,
54
66
5 John Fields,
42
66
24 Sarah L. Harrington,
38 11
16
July 66
8 J. Brooks Leathe,
67
4 6
Cancer.
66
18 Emma M. Richardson,
32
9
Consumption.
30 Francis A. Appleton,
63
5 12
Edward Appleton,
Bronchial Consump'n
Aug.
Elnathan Brown,
6
2 16 Nathan and Mehitable, Timothy and -
Infantile Debility.
66
20 William G. Nichols, Roland B. Hetler,
51
1
6 (Luther and Rebecca, Adam and Sarah, Alfred and Christina
Consumption.
66
6 Clarissa Bryant,
81
[Perkins, Heart Disease.
Nov. 12 Mary Muse,
18
Frank and Elizabeth,
Typhoid Fever.
66
12 Delia Doucette,
3
Membraneous Croup.
Dec.
3 Nora Abby Batchelder,
9
22 Edward S. and Ella G.,
Cancer of Liver. Diphtheria.
66
7 |Chas. A. Batchelder,
5
66
10 Annie E. Stevenson,
63
7 13
Kendalland AbigailNick Cancer.
66
27 John R. Norwood,
33 11
24 John and Mary A.,
Phthisis Pulmonalis
74
1
22 Henry W. Kummer,
Brain Disease.
Cancer.
66
28
Consumption.
Oct.
Christina C. Copeland,
31 9
81 3
B John and Hannah, Felix and Mary, John H. Hutchinson,
Paralysis.
16 Martha E. Hutchinson,
58 11
9 S. T. and . W. Ruggles, 28 Edward S. and Ella G.,
Diphtheria.
48 6 14 Wn. and Mary Marsha,
Consumption.
66
23 Priscilla Leathe,
40 89 5
Ebenezer and Benlalı, Ephraim and Harriet, John and Mary,
Scrof'us Abcess of l'gs Congestion of Liver. Caneer.
Harry Hunton,
69
Paralysis.
Sept. 5 Frederick Doucette,
5
2 Henry M. and Lydia A., Frederick and Mary,
Purtusis Hydroceph's Infantile Debility. Pneumonia.
10 George H. Mason,
15 John W. Gleason,
68 4
Consumption.
9 Henry Stickney,
3 Jonathan and Lucinda, Joel and Hepsah, Edward B. and Hannah,
James Jr., and Mary W., Everett B. Richardson,
Apoplexy.
6 Annie M. Kummer,
12 Abby Northey,
4 Cornelia Prentiss,
Disease of Brain.
Whole number of Deaths registered in the year 1880, 41. Males, 20; Females, 21. Na- tives of Reading, 16; other towns in the United States, 21; Foreign, 4.
Cancer. Bronchitis.
Dog Licenses.
Whole number of Dogs licensed for the year 1880 . 107
Males, 103. Females 4.
103 males at $2.00 each. $206 00
4 females at 5.00 " 20 00
$226 30
Fees, for 107 licenses, 20 cents each. 21 40
Paid County Treasurer. $204 60 as per receipt.
MIDDLESEX, SS., Dec. 11th, 1880.
Wm. J. Wightman, Clerk of the Town of Reading, has paid into the Treasury of said Middlesex County, two hundred four and 60-100 dollars for Dog Licenses for the year eighteen hundred and eighty, as per his account of Ist instant.
AMOS STONE, County Treasurer.
WM. J. WIGHTMAN, Town Clerk
n
Support of Poor at Almshouse.
EXPENDED.
For groceries . $353 15
flour and bread
157 58
grain and meal
181 40
provisions.
192 92
bedding and clothing
39 48
furniture and crockery
39 48
wood and coal ..
159 93
wheelwright and blacksmith bills.
20 34
hired labor.
135 90
medical attendance and medicines
36 62
burial expenses of Harry Hunton.
23 00
" Clarissa Bryant.
22 75
stock.
9 72
fresh fish
34 38
repairs
3 82
farming tools
:3 05
sundries
40 02
buffalo robe.
2 25
salary of keeper
400 00
-- $1854 89
RECEIVED.
From stock and produce sold
$224 14
wood sold .
173 13
boarding horse and cow . 5 00
sundry persons
210 II
lighting street lamps
146 00
Catharine O'Keefe's pension and state aid
144 00
Amount carried forward, $902 38
12
Amount carried forward, 902 38 lodging and food for 203 tramps at 30 cts. 60 90
teaming
30
labor on highways
105 20
tarring trees on common.
2 00
collection of bills of previous years JI6 17
orders drawn on treasurer
667 94
-$1854 89
Orders drawn on treasurer. $667 94
Amount of bills collected for previous years . . . 116 17
$784 II
Amount of bills due almshouse account.
278 58
Net expense of poor at almshouse $505 53
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE.
Furniture, crockery, tin ware, etc.
$294 77
Beds and bedding .
302 78
Stoves and furniture
103 75
Provisions
169 68
Farming tools, harness, etc
230 98
One horse
145 00
One cow.
40 00
Light wagon
25 00
Farm wagon
50 00
Stone wagon
20 00
Two carts
80 00
Sled
18 00
Sleigh.
12 00
Mowing machine
20 00
Hay
118 00
Wood and coal
114 12
Grain
8 15
Manure
75 00
Arches for building cisterns
10 00
Posts and lumber.
3 00
Fowls
18 50
Buffalo robe.
2 50
Bills due for produce, labor, etc. 534 45
-- $2395 63
13
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Joanna Wall
Clarissa Bryant, died Oct. 6, 1880
Age 81 years. 8I
Catharine O'Keefe
74
Caroline E. Wiley
74
Mary Brown
80
Harry Hunton, died July 2, 1880)
69
Jonathan Pratt
71
Daniel Spokesfield 62
Alpheus Austin 6I
James Hunter, left April 5th, re-admitted Oct. 9 37
SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
EXPENDED.
Eliza M. Bancroft, supplies $78 21
Abigail P. Beers, support at lunatic hospital ...
174 34
Alma J. Day, יו 66
53 14
Benjamin Weston 66
66
$184 82
66 66 of family, fuel. II OO
- $195 82
George C. Stevens, support at lunatic hospital. ..
74 10
Emory B. Eames . ..
129 54
Jaques Gowing, support of wife at lunatic hospital.
188 02
Mary A. Blanchard, supplies
$15 50
66
fuel .
53 50
66 66 med. attend. and medicines, - 36 75
105 75
Mrs. Emil Ross, supplies
2 00
George H. Daland, fuel.
$II 89
66 66
supplies
6 41
18 30
John H. Daland, s upplies
$7 00
fuel
19 13
26 13
Bridget Donegan, fuel
$7 50
66
supplies
79 50
87 00
14
Charles E. Dame and family, supplies
$76 00
66 66 rent. 75 00
151 00
Luella R. Lloyd, rent
$65 00
66 66
fuel
32 12
Sarah E. Hartshorne, supplies $160 53
66
66 fuel . 26 38
66 66 medical attendance 45 85
Cleaveland B. Holt, supplies. 66 66
$78 00
fuel .
II I3
89 13
William H. Manning, supplies
78 19
John A. Messer, supplies.
43 75
Hannah J. Nichols,
$15 00
66 fuel
21 62
66
66 rent
10 00
66
66 66 medicine 35
Louisa R. Parker, supplies
41 43
Sarah L. Penny, supplies Henry Hook and family, supplies
$10 00
fuel.
24 00
66
66
rent. 20 00
66
medical attendance. 56 00
66
burial expenses 20 00
Dorothy Pierce, supplies
$10 00
66
rent 42 00
66
fuel. 31 63
66
medical attendance. 12 5º
96 13
Mary E. Grover, supplies.
$40 00
burial expenses 20 00 - 60 00
Newton J. Robinson, supplies
$3 00
66
fuel.
II 25
66
66
medical attendance 2 50
66 66 burial expenses 23 00
97 12
232 76
46 87
9 00
130 00
39 75
15
William H. LaChance, supplies.
9 00
Denzil Harrington, burial expenses of wife 23 00
Lucy Freeman, supplies
13 15
Sarah L. Johnson, 66
$10 00
66
fuel.
II 25
66
66
66 medical attendance and medi-
cine.
19 35
40 60
Miranda and Julia E. Ellenwood, rent.
31 5º
66 66
medical attendance. 2 00
Mary Muse, State pauper, supplies.
96
.. 66
16
medical attendance.
48 00
66
66 66 66
medicines
15 58
66
66
66
nursing.
16 44
60
66 66
burial expenses
18 00
--
Fred. Carter, traveller, medical attendance .
I 25
$2,467 34
ADDITION TO AND REPAIR OF ALMSHOUSE.
Wendell Bancroft, for labor and material . $982 07
Moses E. Nichols for painting . 138 56
-- $1120 63
RECEIVED FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF ALMS- HOUSE, AS PER TREASURER'S REPORT.
From city of Springfield for supplies for O. N. Wilder
$ 13 75
town of Malden for supplies for S. L. Penny 70 79
town of Athol for M. and J. E. Ellenwood 103 06 - $187 60
33 50
98 98
16
DUE FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
From city of Boston for supplies for Luella R. Lloyd and family . $ 97 12 city of Boston for supplies for Charles E. Dame and wife. 151 00
town of Malden for supplies for Sarah L. Penny . . . 9 00
town of Winchendon for aid of Denzil Harrington 23 00
- $280 12
TOWN OFFICE.
Paid for stationery, blanks, etc $ 25 12
postage stamps 6 61
coal and wood 13 00
cleaning office 2 50
rent from Jan. 1, 1880, to March 1, 1881 .. 175 00 - $222 23
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid William J. Wightman, for services as Town Clerk to March 1, 1881 .. $25 00
William J. Wightman, for recording births, deaths and marriages. 35 00
Joseph L. Pratt, for services as Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of Poor, Board of Health, etc., to March 1, 1881.
275 00
James Reid, for services as Selectman, As- sessor, Overseer of Poor, Board of Health, etc., to March 1, 1881. 450 00
William J. Holden, for services as Select- man, Overseer of Poor, Board of Health, etc., to March 1, 1881.
175 00
David C. Temple, for services as Assessor.
250 00
James A. Bancroft, for services as Treas- urer to March 1, 1881 . 125 00
Amount carried forward, $1,335 00
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Amount brought forward, $1,335 00
James A. Bancroft, for services as Collec- tor to March 1, 1881 .. 75 00
R. Dexter Temple, on account, for services as Collector. 100 00
Horace G. Wadlin, for services as School Committee to March 1, 1881 60 00
Henry G. Kittredge, for services as School Committee to March 1, 1881 55 00
William J. Wightman, for services as School Committee 35 00
W. Wallace Davis, for services as School Committee to March 1, 1881 . 8 00
Stillman E. Parker, for services as School Committee for 1878 and 1879 45 00
Arthur W. Temple, for services as School Committee to March 1, 1881 . 50 00
Charles F. Brown, for services as School Committee from Mar., 1879, to Dec., 1880. 70 00 James A. Bancroft, for services as Road Commissioner to March 1, 1881 . 50 00
Charles A. Weston, for services as Road Commissioner to March 1, 1881 .. 50 00
Jonathan Moulton, for services as Road Commissioner to March 1, 1881 .. 45 83
Hubbard E. Cox, for services as Constable. 24 50 William L. Crowe, for services as Consta . ble and Policeman to March 1, 1881 .... 21 00 John A. Blunt, for services as Policeman. 10 00 Ames Gowing, for services as Policeman, July 3d, 4th, 5th, 1880. 5 00
John Norwood, for services as Policeman, July 3d and 5th, 1880. 4 00
- J. C. Gleason, for services as Auditor for 1879-80 10 00
Francis Bartley, for services as Auditor for 1879-80 10 00
--- $2063 33
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PRINTING.
Paid C. T. Tolman, for printing the annual re- ports for 1879-80. $152 50
for printing and advertising for Town Clerk 7 00
6 Selectmen . 12 50
66 66 66 Assessors' notice 5 00
J. Mandeville, for printing tax bills .. .. .. 6 00
66 and advertising 5 50 66 printing and advertising town warrant 6 50
W. H. Twombly, for printing and adver- tising 3 25
- - $198 25
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Citizens' Gaslight Co., for gas $142 39
Globe 66 naptha . 48 40
66 eleven street lan- .
terns and fixtures 77 00
Globe Gaslight Co., for eleven patent burners 44 70
Globe Gaslight Co., for five unions for burners I 40
Globe Gaslight Co., for frame and screws for street lanterns I 25
Lang's express, for expressage and sundries 9 72
Joseph L. Pratt, for twelve lamp posts .... John A. Blunt, for labor and material .... I 62
15 00
Thomas B. Richards, for labor setting lamp posts 4 00
Hiram Litchfield, for labor setting lamp posts 2 62
Moses E. Nichols, for painting lamp posts 2 2I William H. Bancroft, glazing street lanterns Wendell Bancroft, labor on lamp posts ..: 2 25
5 74
Frank H. LaClair, for lighting 14 IO
T. Littlefield, for tin can
75
George W. Beasely, for lighting 72 nights
50 00
George Beasely, keeper, labor self and horse, lighting 146 00
$569 15
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STATE AID.
Paid Dorcas Berry
$48 00
Seth Bessey
72 00
Mary A. Blanchard. 48 00
George W. Carleton
27 00
Martin J. DeRonde
57 00
Lydia C. Eaton
48 00
Caroline Goodwin
48 00
Sarah Hetler
48 00
Lambertus W. Krook
36 00
Benjamin McAllister
72 00
William Mears
50 40
Sarah Nichols
48 00
Catharine O'Keefe.
48 00
Margaret Pinkham
48 00
Charlotte Richardson
48 00
Harriet C. Robinson. 48 00
Henry F. Scruton
72 00
Eliza Stevens
48 00
Marcella Wood
48 00
- $962 40
MILITARY AID.
Paid George E. Leathe
$124 00
John F. Cook.
45 00
$169 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid James A. Bancroft on list of 1877, personal $ 4 00
66
66
66 1878,
79 58
66
66 66
1879, 149 5I
66 66 66
1877, real. . .
8 40
66
66 66 66
1878, 96 69
62 09
Joseph Fultz, for over taxation.
10 50
R. Dexter Temple on list of 1880, personal 24 15
66
66 66 real . .
8 63
$443 55
66 66
1879,
20
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid E. R. Morse & Co., repairing safe in office $15 00
Lyceum Hall Association for use of hall for town meetings in 1880 . 40 00
James S. Campbell, fees in Bessy case ... 7 30
J. Horace Green, damages from accident on highway 25 00
H. A. Davis, sealing standard weights and measures 6 75
George W. Batchelder, for burying a dead dog 50
Ira Bradley & Co., for binding a volume of records of fire department 3 00
Rand, Avery & Co., for enlarging, binding and lettering record books for Town Clerk's office 36 00
George F. Morgan, for abstracts of mort- gages . . 9 36
Peter B. Teed, packing and oiling tree protectors. 2 75
A. S. Richardson, for repairing pumps ... 5 75
Thomas Groom & Co., tax book for Col- lector I 50
Nathan Bancroft, repair and care of town flag. 7 00
Wendell Bancroft, for labor on band stand 93 Gilman C. Gleason, repairs on tomb and hearse 5 55
Gilman C. Gleason, returning 44 deaths to Town Clerk II OO
David C. Temple, railroad fares and pos- tage stamps 9 90
H. G. Wadlin, taking census of school children 10 00
George Beasely, keeper, for tarring trees on common 2 00
William J. Wightman, making official re- cords . 15 00
Amount carried forward, $214 29
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Amount brought forward, $214 29
William J. Wightman, issuing certificate to representative in 1879-80. 4 00
William J. Wightman, stationery, stamps and dog licenses in 1880 5 00
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