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R.M.H.S. RESOURCE CENTER READING, MASS.
REPORT OF THE
Town Officers of Reading
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1st, 1882.
REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers of Reading,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1st, 1882.
6
READING : CHRONICLE JOB PRINT. 1882.
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TOWN OFFICERS-1881-82.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor. JAMES REID, Chairman. WILLIAM J. HOLDEN, JOSEPH L. PRATT.
Town Clerk. WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN.
Treasurer. JAMES A. BANCROFT. Collector of Taxes. R. DEXTER TEMPLE. School Committee.
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman. -
-
- Term expires, 1882
[Resigned Aug. 8th, 1881.]
1884
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman.
HENRY G. KITTREDGE, Secretary.
1882
STILLMAN E. PARKER,
1883
ARTHUR W. TEMPLE, [resigned Aug. 8th, 1881]
1883
GEORGE E. PUTNEY, -
1884
JAMES A. BANCROFT, [to fill vacancy] - -
60 1882
EDWARD F. PARKER, " "
1882
Road Commissioners.
CHARLES A. WESTON, - Term expires, 1882
JONATHAN MOULTON, HENRY S. LA CLAIR,
1884
Engineers of the Fire Department. CHARLES H. LANG, Chief.
GEORGE H. PARKER, DANIEL CREESY [deceased], EDWARD C. NICHOLS, JAMES DEWHURST, WILLIAM L. CROWE [to fill vacancy]. -
1883
Constables.
HUBBARD E. COX,
WIILLIAM L. CROWE.
4
Police Officers.
HUBBARD E. COX, EDWIN BASSETT,
WILLIAM L. CROWE, JOHN NORWOOD, JOHN A. BLUNT.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. DANIEL B. LOVEJOY.
Trustees of Public Library.
STEPHEN FOSTER, Chairman. - Term expires, 1883
HIRAM BARRUS, Secretary. -
1882
HORACE G. WADLIN,
1883
WALTER S. PARKER,
1882
CYRUS M. BARROWS,
1884
JAMES H. GRIGGS,
1884
Trustees of Cemetery.
SOLON BANCROFT, - -
Term expires, 1882
WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN,
66
1882
WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON,
1883
JAMES A. BANCROFT, -
1883
FRANCIS O. DEWEY,
1884
GILMAN C. GLEASON, -
1884
Auditors. EDWARD APPLETON, CHARLES H. NOWELL, GILMAN L. PARKER.
Town Clerk's Report.
Births Registered in Reading in 1881.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
1881
Jan. 1
Charles Warren Paine,
M
James and Adelaide,
4
William John McCall,
M
Patrick and Margaret,
12
Gertrude Curtis Brown,
F
Chas. F. and Elizabeth A.,
21
Wilfred Clyde Emerson,
M
Albert F. and Mary A.,
25 Ethelind Florence Allen,
H
Frank H. and Florence E.,
April May 3 Harold Viall Palmer,
M
Jonathan A. and Anna C., Edward H. and Emily M., Jonathan and Caroline A., Twins,
7
Amelia Elizabeth Skilton,
F F
Simeon and Judith,
Carpenter. G.Sec'y Y.M.C.A. Carp't'r & B'd'r.
30
John -- Connelly,
John and Mary,
June 3 6
Bessie Harnden Richardson, Harnden,
F
Jason W. and Mary C.
66
10
Edna Marion Bancroft,
Herbert W. and Anna J., M Horace B. and Lillian F., M Louis F. and Hattie M.,
July 2
Louis Frederick Gay, Jr.,
F
Charles and Charlotte E., F. Howard and Emily I., Harley and IIelen S.,
24
Allan Hanscom Barrows,
27
Blanch Lona Eames, Plumb,
F
Aug. ..
4 19 31
[Elmer Dexter Jones,
M
Farmer. Farmer. Cabinet Maker.
Sept. 2
6 Florence Marion Nichols,
Willard B. and Lottie M.,
Milk Dealer.
Oct.
Minnie H. Hodgdon,
H
Charles and Ellen A.,
Millwright.
.6
12 Nellie Elizabeth Melendy,
F
..
17 Chester Wills Brown,
F
.6
29 John Henry Stokes,
M
Charles S. and Annie M.,
-
23 Frederick Stanley Parker,
66
23 Charles Albert Kearn,
25 Grace Maria Austin,
F. Henry K. and Maria .J.,
Machinist.
Dec.
12 Annie Carlton, Froton,
F
Simon Peter and Urania A.,
Shoemaker.
28
[William Dewey Hewes,
M William O. and Isabella P.,
.6
30 Laura Whitman Hyde,
F Edmund A. and Matida F.,
Organ Pipe Mk'r. Harness Maker. Patent Solicitor. Farmer. Produce Dealer. Farmer. Accountant. Broker.
11
Rhoda Porter,
12
Florence Belle Messer,
F F
Loring W. and Ella A., Jolın and Elmira W.,
R. R. Employe. Shoe Manufact'r. Clerk. R. R. Conductor. Merchant.
17
13 Alice Elizabeth Hutchins, Isabel Clethra Gilson,
F
F
M F
Cyrus M. and Augusta, Rufus C. and Almira E., Alice Plumb, J. Dexter and Julia Etta, George E. and Ida M.,
M F F
Henry G. and Martha S.,
Wool & Cot'n M't.
9 11 True Ball Badger,
M F
Henry B. and Clara A.,
Organ Maker. Engineer. 66
M M
Richard B. and Josephine A., Henry A. and Helen M., Thomas R. and Abbie S., Joseph and Susan,
Farmer.
24
Marion Thomas Todd,
Nov. 21 Arthur Elmore Coney,
M
M Frederick H. and Alice M., M David W. and Sarah A.,
Physician. Book-keeper. Farmer. Painter. Carpenter. Painter.
F James H. and Lucy M.,
Merchant.
26
Salesman. Merchant.
7
Caroline Elizabeth Skilton, {
M F
Edward A. and Susie M.,
24
Roger Clinton Holden,
Pub. Mis'y H'I'd. Music Printer. Salesman. Printer. Salesman.
Gracie Emma Manning, Arthur Sawtelle Cook,
Frank A. and Helen M.,
20
Martha Hodges Kittredge,
12 Elizabeth Nellie Melendy, 1
Reuben F. and Nellie L. Twins,
14 Jonathan Edwards Nichols,
20 Cornelia Prentiss,
23 Alice May Ellenwood,
F
15 Cornelia Harriet Eames,
Whole number of Births, 45. Males, 19; Females, 26. Nativity of Parents, Americans, Fathers, 36; Mothers, 36. Foreign, Fathers, 9; Mothers, 9.
Marriages Registered in the Town of Reading in 1881.
DATE.
NAME OF GROOM AND BRIDE.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
OCCUPATION OF GROOM.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
No. of Mar- riages.
NAME OF PARENTS.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. 20 John F. Stimpson, Lydia P. Emerson, 15 Justin C. Moulton, Kate R. Cummings, 15 Forrest E. Bailey, Mary E. Berry, March 1|Simon Peter Froton, 23 Reading, Urania Agnes White, 19 Reading,
24| Reading, 22| Wakefield, 22| Beverly, 24 Reading,
Brushı Maker,
Wakefield,
First,
George W. and Martha A., Howard and Hannah P.,
Rev. W. H. Morrison, [Wakefield.
Carpenter,
Beverly,
Reading,
Cyrenus C. & Rebecca M., Henry and Margaret,
23 Georgetown,
Farmer,
Rowley,
Henry and Mary,
24 Georgetown,
Shoemaker,
Nova Scotia,
Sylvine and Mary M.,
66
21 Frank G. Nichols, Sarah A. Holmes, 23 John J. Bell, Helen M. Hayden,
28 Reading, 26 Reading, 32 Boston,
Shoe Cutter,
Reading,
A. Gould and Adeline, William and Abigail,
Rev. F. S. Adams.
April
31 Reading, 21 D. Marshall Nichols, 32 Reading, Phebe G. Harnden, 23 John C. Arthur,
30 Reading, 24 Reading,
Mechanic.
Reading, Wilmington, Cambridgeport,
Daniel and Nancy O., Elbridge and Abby S., James S. and Marion D., Thomas and Martha D., David and Jane, John and Julia,
Rev. R. F. Tolman, [Melrose.
May
Narissa A. Manning, 22 Reading,
Mechanic,
Nova Scotia,
Second, Luther and Lois,
Rev. W. H. Morrison, [Wakefield.
July
20 Reading,
Nova Scotia,
First
Warren and Hannah,
38 Reading,
Book-keeper,
Wiscasset, Me., Reading,
Henry M. and Sarah D., Abraham and Cassandana Forman and Eliza, [B. II. Andrew and Seraphi,
Charles and Carrie,
21 Reading,
Finisher,
Nova Scotia, Reading, Wakefield,
Jeremiah and Lois R.,
Sept.
Cynthia A.Southwick 31 Reading,
Painter,
Boston,
Reading,
Pyrotechnist,
Reading,
Reading,
Freight Agent,
Reading,
Charles H., and Mary S , Albert A., and Isabella F., Ira W. and Caroline I., Stephen M. and Elmira B.,
Rev. C. W. Heizer.
26 Reading, 22| Reading,
Farmer,
Reading, Hampstead, N. H., Pelham, N. H.,
William and Sarah M., George W. and Mary L.,
Wm. J. Wightman, [Justice of Peace
20 Reading,
Rev. M. F. Flatley, [Wakefield. Rev. R. R. Riddell, [Wakefield. Rev. J. G. Taylor, [Melrose. Rev. R. R. Day, Bos- [ton. Rey. W. Silverthorne
6 Lewis Berg, Rosanna Bishop, 7 Walter M. Scott, Fannie H. Hartwell,
29 Reading,
22| Reading, 123 Reading, 17 Reading, 27 Reading,
Tailor,
Wales, G. B.,
Hugh and Ellen,
Lottie E. Hayes, 26 Henry M. Hewes, Alice B. Temple, 7 Samuel Dulong, Madleina Doucette, 17 Charles F. Myers, Annie L. Batchelder, 1 |Robert Jones,
31|Reading,
22 Reading,
Mechanic,
Nova Scotia,
Aug.
24 | Harry Jocar, Rose Doucette,
26 Reading, 22 Reading, 44 Reading,
Mechanic,
Wakefield,
New York City,
James and Marcella,
Mechanic,
Reading,
Second, Richmond and Evelyn,
Rev. P. M. Macdon- [ald.
Rev. L. J. White.
18 Reading,
20 Wakefield, 30 Reading,
Melrose,
Edmund B. and Abigail, Frank and Sophia, John and Mary,
21 William I. Ruggles, Mina W. Hall, 28 Frank L. Johnson, Marcella Colburn,
[ Beverly. Rev. C. W. Heizer.
Rev. M. F. Flatley, [Wakefield. Rev. C. W. Heizer.
Lynn,
Paper Hanger,
England,
Cambridgeport,
Joseph and Barbara, William H. and Sarah M.,
Rev. Wm. Barrows.
Cabinet Maker,
Billerica,
Rev. M. F. Flatley, [Wakefield.
27 William B. Reed, 37 Reading, Margaret Nichols, 3| Herbert R. Heselton, 23 |Reading,
Nova Scotia,
Luke and Veteline,
Nova Scotia,
Georgetown1,
Curtis R. and Elizabeth C.,| Rev. Daniel Wait,
Feb.
Wakefield,
=
28|George A. Manning,|23|Reading,
¡Clerk,
Reading, Reading, Nashua, N. H.,
First, Third, Second, First,
¡Charles and Caroline, William M. and Dolly C., Asa and Isabel,
Oct.
2 Charles S. Barnes,
53 | Wakefield,
Stone Cutter,
William and Ruth,
Lucelia Edmands,
51 | Wakefield,
Book-keeper,
Reading, Framingham, Reading,
5 Elmer J. Brown, Hattie M. Perry, 5 Justin L. Parker, Sadie R. Lindsay,
22 Reading,
24 Wilmington,
Farmer,
24 Reading,
Salesman,
Andover, Cambridge,
William and Almira H.,
20 William H. Mears, Mary M. Pease,
19 Reading,
Carpenter,
Greenville, Me.,
Reading,
Book-keeper,
East Boston, Reading,
=
Barnabas and Amanda,
Rev. James K. Ewer.
Dec.
14 Edwin B. Richardson 23 Woburn,
Organ Act'n M'r. Woburn,
William and Charlotte,
Edith E. Porter,
22 Reading,
Machinist,
Reading, Arlington,
James and Elizabeth J.,
Rev. Chas. H. Wat- [son, Arlington.
Mary Wilson,
28 Reading,
Rev. J. K. Ewer. Rev. James K. Ewer. Rev. A. E. Winship. Rev. P. M. Macdon- [ald. Rev. F. S. Adams. Rev. C. W. Heizer.
20 James E. Bigney, Evelyn C. Bancroft,
33 Greenville,
24 Reading, [Me
66
William S. and Julia M., Benjamin S. and Lydia, Bradley and Mary J., Horace L. and Abby L., John and Nancy,
20 Horace E. Cummings 27 Reading, Ella S. Burrill, 26 Reading,
Nova Scotia,
Preston and Janet,
28| Elton F. Richardson 32 Reading,
Whole number of Marriages Registered in Reading for the year 1881, 28. Nativity of persons married, American, Males, 23; Females, 23; Foreign, Males, 5; Females, 5.
Rev. L. J. White.
Florence A. Titus,
23 Reading,
22 Reading,
David P. and Harriet A., Job T. and Cathrine A., Stillman E. & Emeline A., James and Mary,
22 Reading,
8
Deaths Registered in Reading for the year 1881.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE. Y. M. D.
NAMES OF PARENTS OR HUSBAND.
CAUSE.
Jan. 22- William R. Perkins,
72 2
11|Elliott and Anna,
Heart Disease.
25
7 7
19 Andrew & Mary S. (Howes Pneumonia.
Feb. ..
27 Hettie M. Wiswell, William F. Durgin,
52
10
4
Ira O. and Elizabeth C.,
March & Mary A. Lovejoy,
59 8
35
4
Ward and Eliza,
62 8
36
7
14 James & Delia, [comb.)
Consumption.
78
Richard and Hannah,
Old Age.
..
23 Lavina P. Nichols,
80
Wm. & Sarah D. (Parker,)
Heart Disease.
..
24 Phineas H. Jaquitlı,
54 55 2
James and Julia,
Cancer.
..
20 Nellie Judkins,
31 Thomas Pratt,
82 3
5 David and Elizabeth,
83 9
27 Jonathan and Beulah,
Sloughing of Fatty
69 8 17 Wid. of Sylvester Harnden
Pneumonia. [Tumor.
35 2
8 R. H. & Betsey W. (Pratt,)
Disease of Spine.
97 6
5 Aaron & Jerusha (Parker,)
Acute Bronchitis.
. 20 Emory Bancroft,
..
42
Timothy and Hannah S.,
Consumption.
39 10
9
Francis and Mary G.,
Consumption.
81 5
2
Nathaniel and Lydia,
Chronic Bronchitis.
17
Loammi & Abigail (Rich- Cerebal Acdema.
Pneumonia.
26 Caroline A. Skilton, 7 Elizabeth A. Blood,
4
3 Jonathan Skilton,
Fever.
June
14; Annie E. Gray,
1
Bronchitis.
.
27 Sabrina B. Nichols,
75
9
25 Reuben Nichols,
Paralysis.
66 8
10 Jonathan and Susie.
Pneumonia.
27
Edward F. and Annie F.,
Pneumonia.
23
11 27 Wesley and Sarah A.,
Accidental.
85
16 Benj. & Hannah (Moor,) Edward & Christiana C.,
Cholera Infantum.
27 Philomelia P. Damon,
6
5 Amos and Betsey (Parker,) Paralysis. Benj. and Hannah,
Aug.
5 Charles H. Moulton,
55 1
William and Mary,
Apoplexy.
..
10 Mary A. Higginson,
1
1
Langdon and Agnes,
Meningitis.
31 Dorathy Pierce,
76
John H. & Mary (Rideout, Daniel and Nancy,
Apoplexy.
15 Eliza Dale,
8716
25 R'rt & Hannah (Williams,) 24 Joseph and - (Stokes)
Heart Disease.
, 24 Emily George,
74 8
29
Amos & Martha (Marrett,)
Cancer.
Nov.
12 Martha S. Kittredge,
56
3
22 Peter and Harriet,
Pul. Consumption. Stricture.
Dec-
6 Michael Kelley,
60
John and Anna,
Pneumonia.
4
19 Aaron Temple,
77
2
4 Richard and Hannah,
Cancer.
Deaths Registered, 53. Males, 23; Females, 30. Nativity, American, 48; Foreign, 5.
THERE WERE 2 DEATHS BETWEEN 90
AND
100. AVERAGE
AGE,
95
10
14
8
70
=
80.
..
77
7 15
7
..
50
60.
55
11
27
8
..
40
50.
44
4 25
8
3
..
20
30.
No
4
20.
..
1
9
7
April
Jonathan Frost, 10 Mary E. Harnden, 15 Annie Austin,
65
15 Nathaniel & Polly (Russell, Emory and Harriet,
Apoplexy.
44
Pneumonia.
May ..
21 E. Fanny Wheeler, 23 Melville Kingman, 9 Martha Batchelder, 14 Sarah L. Johnson, 25 Maria A. Dow.
19 30
54 7
Diabetes.
2
19 David & Rebecca ( Preston,
Heart Disease.
July 4 Frank H. Parker, 4 W. Henry Nason, 22 Phebe Hill,
Paralysis.
26 Alice Fran's Copeland, 2
7
29, Peltiah Spearin,
86
Old Age. Accidental.
6 Robert B. Jackson,
62 4
John and Nancy,
70
John and M. A. (Powers,)
Cancer.
Dysentery.
Sept. 12 Henry R. Kidder,
62
Ossification of Heart.
18 Martha Wightman,
94 2
36 11 5 Henry G. Kittredge,
Emb. of Pul. Art's.
25 John H. Conant,
25 Drusilla Knights,
59 4
21 John Knights,
Y.
M.
D.
8
80
,.
90.
86
6
10
60
70.
64
4
6
8
30
40.
34
24
5
11
under
4
33
23
17 J. C. and Alice S.,
9 Daniel B. Lovejoy,
Congestion of Brain. Angina Pectoris. Hem. of Kidneys.
11 Warren N. Parker, 19Elizabeth Newell,
23 Earl Wiechman,
40
Chronic Diarrhea.
25 Daniel Creesey,
31
12 Maxwell and Johanna, Jolın Judkins,
Pneumonia. Consumption. Influenza.
15 Polly Smith,
19 Mary E. Hartshorne,
Wm. & Betsey C. (Morgan, Ira C. and Sarah E.,
27 Rebecca P. Batchelder, 77
29 Milo Parker,
3
2
Nelson, [ardson,)
3 Levi L. & Eliz'h W. (Whit-
14.James E. Eames, 22 Amos Temple,
Consumption. Consumption.
31 Addie B. Pierce, 3 Henry Hock,
10 07
22 Louise Blanchard,
Dog Licenses.
Whole number of Dogs licensed for the year 1881.
Males, 107. Females, 5.
112
107 males at $2.00 each. $214 00
5 females at
5.00
25 00
$239 00
Fees, for 112 licenses, 20 cents each
22 40
Paid County Treasurer. $216 60 as per receipt. MIDDLESEX, SS., Dec, 9, 1881.
William J. Wightman, Clerk of the Town of Reading, has paid into the Treasury of said Middlesex County, two hundred sixteen and 60-100 dollars for Dog Licenses for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, as per his account of 1st instant.
AMOS STONE, County Treasurer.
WM. J. WIGHTMAN, Town Clerk.
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT.
Almshouse. INMATES.
Catharine O'Keefe. Age 75 years.
Joanna Wall. 82
Caroline E. Wiley 75
Mary Brown. 81
Hannah Welch, admitted Sept. 27, 1881.
67
Sarah L. Johnson, admitted May 2, 1881, died May 14, 1881 47
Mabel Johnson, admitted May 2, 1881 14
Jonathan Pratt. 72
Daniel Spokesfield
63
Alpheus Austin 62
James Hunter
38
EXPENDED.
George Beasley, keeper, salary $400 00
G. W. Atkinson, groceries. 223 57
Parker & Stone, 260 02
Merrick A. Stone,
157 07
T. C. Trow, provisions. 120 98
Henry Harnden, provisions 103 66
Frank Allen,
11 74
A. M. Smith,
14 40
Hosea L. Day, crackers, etc. 67 62
Warren H. Godfrey, fish.
31 46
Wendell Bancroft, coal.
35 00
Joseph L. Pratt, wood. 54 50
Albert F. Emerson, wood. 10 62
Amount carried forward, $1,490 64
11
Amount brought forward, $1,490 64
Matthew Hanley, carpets, bedding, etc.
11 34
A. P. Kendall, furniture. 18 00
George Beasley, keeper, sundries for inmates . .
75 62
William H. Willis & Son, medicines
4 31
F. F. Brown, M. D., attendance and medicines. .
34 50
James Reid, dry goods. 17 67
William L. Jones, labor
6 25
Milton D. Parker,
75
Mary Riordan, labor in house.
130 36
Wendell Bancroft, repairs
3 54
Charles G. Rogers,
19 27
Robert P. Burgess,
7 50
Moses E. Nichols,
30
Copeland & Bowser, 66
6 32
Francis Bartley, clothing.
18 35
Samuel Brown, wheelwright work.
5 50
R. C. Totten, blacksmith work
6 15
John A. Blunt, 66
11 89
George Beasley, heifer.
5 00
Alfred Wiley, pasturing cow
4 80
---- $1,878 06
RECEIVED.
George Beasley, labor on highway and snow in
1880
$122 15
George Beasley, labor on highway in 1881-'82. . 106 95
" snow " ..
16 25
" Main street, " ..
13 80
66
lighting street lights on account 73 29
66 tarring trees on Common 2 50
Jonathan Pratt on account of board. 60 75
George W. Beasley, for
156 43
Catharine O'Keefe's pension and State aid 144 00
Wood sold. 150 26
Produce sold
139 04
Stock
11 58
Supply for tramps (93) .. 27 90
Estate of Alfred Baldwin, an old account. 22 00
Amount drawn from Treasury 831 16
$1,878 06
4
12
Amount drawn from Treasury. $831 16 of bills collected for previous years. 144 15
$975 31
Amount of bills due Almshouse account.
$156 43
60
" from street lights. 160 32
$316 75
Net expense of poor at Almshouse. $658 56 Amount of bills due for previous years which will undoubtedly be paid. $271 43
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Benjamin Weston, support at Worcester Lunatic
Hospital
$191 35
Benjamin Weston, support of family, fuel 23 13
$214 48
Abigail P. Beers, support at Northampton Luna- tic Hospital. 174 03
Mary Gowing, support at Worcester Lunatic Hospital. 183 68
Cleaveland B. Holt, supplies
$79 50
16 66 fuel 18 00
Sarah L. Johnson, rent ..
$10 00
supplies 9 80
66 fuel 5 51
.
66
66 66 medicines 9 05
$62 36
William H. Manning, supplies.
George C. Stevens, expense at hospital.
Sarah E. Hartshorne, supplies.
$42 02
66 medical attendance. 2 50
66
medicines 50
burial expenses 20 00
$65 02
Eliza M. Bancroft, supplies
72 64
Charles W. Kelley, expense at hospital
6 50
Louisa R. Parker, supplies.
59 43
Dorothy Pierce, rent. $27 00
97 50
medical attendance 28 00
78 41
7 80
"
13
Dorothy Pierce, fuel.
7 88
medical attendance 27 50
62 38
Mrs. Sophia Best, city of Lynn for supplies. 42 01
Everett Parker, supplies.
8 00
Michael Kelley, widow of, fuel
3 75
Sarah L. Penny, supplies
73 50
Edwin L. Hewes,
1 50
Mrs. Emil Ross. 66 city of Boston
3 70
Mary A. Blanchard, supplies
$ 2 00
fuel.
47 12
medical attendance 13 75
66 medicines 2 00
64 87
Caroline Weichman, rent.
$ 42 00
John A. Messer, town of Winchester, supplies. .
16 25
Bridget Donigan, supplies
39 00
John H. Daland, rent.
$44 00
“
supplies
5 00
49 00
Clara White, board .
4 00
medicine
60
4 60
Tom Thomas, wife of, supplies.
7 01
medical attendance 4 00
11 01
George H. Daland, supplies.
6 00
fuel.
10 88
16 88
Lucy Freeman, supplies.
10 00
Charles E. Dame, rent
78 00
66 supplies.
105 43
66
medical attendance 10 00
medicine 90
$194 33
Luella R. Lloyd, rent.
$60 00
fuel
37 88
97 88
$1,762 51
14
Appropriation for support of poor $3,150 00 Expense of poor in Almshouse $975 31
out of Almshouse 1,762 51
2,737 82
Balance unexpended.
$412 18
RECEIVED FOR SUPPORT OF POOR, OUT OF ALMSHOUSE, AS PER TREASURER'S REPORT.
From town of Malden for supplies for Sarah L. Penny. $ 9 00
city of Boston for supplies for Charles E. Dame 151 86
city of Boston for supplies for Luella R. · Lloyd 97 12 town of Winchendon, aid to Denzel Har- rington. 23 00
$260 98
DUE FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE. From city of Boston for supplies for Charles E. Dame . $194 33
city of Boston for supplies for Luella R. Lloyd. 97 88
city of Malden for supplies for Sarah L. Penny 73 50
town of Lynnfield for supplies for Edwin L. Hewes. 1 50
$367 21
PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE .-
Furniture, crockery, tin ware, etc $305 64
Stoves, fixtures, etc 120 62
Beds and bedding 316 63
Provisions 127 25
Horse. 140 00
Cow.
45 00
Heifer
25 00
Swine
45 00
Fowls.
22 00
Amount carried forward, $1147.14
15
Amount brought forward,
$1147.14
Light wagon.
25 00
Farm
50 00
Stone
20 00
Two carts
80 00
Horse sled.
18 00
Sleigh ..
8 00
Wheelbarrow
4 00
Mowing machine
20 00
Snow plough.
5 00
· Hay
107 50
Grain
8 25
Fodder
5 00
Manure
75 00
Coal and wood
49 00
Posts and lumber
3 00
Fence wire.
1 50
Farming tools, harnesses, etc
189 87
-
-$1,816 26 -
Bills due for board and labor.
588 18
$2,404 44
JAMES REID,
WILLIAM J. HOLDEN,
Overseers of
JOSEPH L. PRATT,
Poor.
Reading, March 1, 1882.
Assessors' Report.
VALUATION FOR TAXATION.
Real estate ..
$2,129,167 00
Personal estate. 393,998 00
-$2,523,165 00
Amount of appropriations
$30,427 81
Overlayings
682 75
State tax.
1,950 00
County tax
979 89
$34,040 45
Assessed on 872 polls, $2 each
$1,744 00
" personal estate
5,043 11
" real estate.
27,253 34
34,040 45
One poll subsequently assessed. .. 2 00
Amount of list committed for collection,
$34,042 45
Rate of taxation, $12 80 per $1,000,
Total number of polls
873
" horses
275
" coWS
288
66
" sheep.
7
" dwelling-houses
687
66
66 acres of land 57392
Value of real estate, 1882. $2,129,167 00
66
1881. 2,109,096 00
Increase
$20,071 00
17
Value of personal estate, 1882.
393,998 00
1881. 348,720 00
Increase 45,278 00
Total amount of increase
·
$65,349 00
In submitting the foregoing report, we would respectfully call attention to the change in the law in regard to the taxation of mortgages as real estate, which will become operative the present year, unless repealed or changed by the present Legislature. Its effect will probably be to reduce the amount of personal property liable to be taxed, increase the rate of taxation, and materially add to the labors of the Assessors.
JAMES REID, Assessors WILLIAM J. HOLDEN, of
JOSEPH L. PRATT, Reading.
Reading, March 1, 1882.
.
Selectmen's Account.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation $2,100 00
Paid James Reid, for services as Selectman, As- sessor, Overseer of Poor, Board of Health, etc., to March 1, 1882. $300 00
William J. Holden, for services as Selectman,
Assessor, Overseer of Poor, Board of Health, etc., to March 1, 1882 300 00 .
Horace G. Wadlin, for services as School Committee 30 00
S. E. Parker, for services as School Commit- tee to March 1, 1881 50 00
S. E. Parker, in part for services as School Committee in 1881. 30 00
George E. Putney, in part for services as School Committee 45'00
Hubbard E. Cox, for services as Constable .. 32 50
William J. Wightman, for services as Town Clerk. 50 00
W. W. Davis, for services as School Commit- tee for March, 1881 4 00
John A. Blunt, for services as Policeman ... 8 75
Arthur W. Temple, for services as School Committee from March 1 to July 7, 1881 .. 12 00 William L. Crowe, for services as Policeman and Constable. 16 00
Edward F. Parker, for services as School Committee from August 16, 1881, to March 1, 1882. 25.00
Amount carried forward, $903 25
19
Amount brought forward, 903 25
James A. Bancroft, for services as School Committee from August 16, 1881, to March 1,1882. 25 00
James A. Bancroft, for services as Treasurer for the year ending March 1, 1882. ..... James A. Bancroft, for services as Collector. 15,00
125 00
Henry G. Kittredge, for services as School Committee for the year ending March, 1882 60 00
Walter S. Parker, for services as School Com- mittee to March 1, 1882 50 00
Charles A. Weston, for services as Road Com- missioner from March 1, 1881, to March 1, 1882. 50 00
Henry S. LaClair, for services as Road Com- missioner to March 1, 1882 45 83
Jonathan Moulton, for services as Road Com- missioner from March 1, 1881, to March 1, 1882 50 00
R. Dexter Temple, on account as Collector of tax of 1881 200 00
R. Dexter Temple, on account as Collector of tax of 1880. 50 00
Joseph L. Pratt, for services as Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of Poor and Board of Health, etc., to March 1, 1882. 175 00
-- -$1,749 08
Amount unexpended .. 350 92
INTEREST ON TOWN DEBT.
Appropriation. $3,000 00
Theron Johnson. $440 00
Chrisje Ridder. 32 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 650 00
Amount carried forward,
1122 00
20
Amount brought forward, 1122 00
M aria L. De Labarre.
750 00
Mrs. Mary Stimpson 42 50
Prissie Leathe 22 50
Charlotte Weston. 12 00
Institution for Savings, Newburyport. 300 00
Amanda Goldsmith, Guardian
90 00
Joseph L. Wiley, Trustee.
225 00
Harriet A. Brown. 12 00
James A. Bancroft. 75 00
Jules R. Allen, estate of. 10 00
Miss Mary Stimpson. 45 00
G. C. Gleason, on trust fund. 6 00
First National Bank, Chelsea. 75 00
2,787 00
Amount unexpended.
$213 00
REPAIRING HEARSE.
Appropriation
$120 00
George L. Brownell. $120 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Appropriation. $1,500 00
Temporary loan, in anticipation of taxes 2,000 00
J .. . 66
500 00
-- $4,000 00
Paid William L. Crowe, distributing Town Re- ports. $5 00
6;
A. G. Brown, printing 1,200 copies Valua- tion. 140 00
W. H. Twombly, printing 1,200 Town Re- ports. 128 00
W. H. Twombly, extra on Town Clerk's tables (nonpareil). 5 90
Amount carried forward, 90
21
Amount brought forward, $278 90
W. H. Twombly, printing 50 extra School Reports . 4 00
W. H. Twombly, printing and advertising, 32 06
66 66 1,000 copies By-
laws 25 00
W. H. Twombly, printing 100 Police Regu- lations (card board). 9 00
W. H. Twombly, printing Assessors' no- tices and dog licenses (posters) 3 25
W. H. Tw mbly, printing 1,000 Select- men's orders 4 00
W. H. Twombly, printing and advertising, 16 25
warrants and ballots 4 50
W. H. Twombly, printing and advertising $500 Reward 5 25
W. H. Twombly, printing and advertising, 3 50
Lyceum Hall Association, for use of hall. . 42 50
Books and stationery 9 33 60
A. W. Danforth, blank licenses and bonds, A. S. Richardson, oak pump on Common .. 17 00
repairs on pumps .
3 25
J. H. Hanaford, postage stamps. 3 00
James Reid, expense on hearse to and from Boston 2 50
James Reid, railroad fares 4 85
Thomas Groom & Co., Collector's Tax-book, 1 50
Charles Taylor, carriage hire on account Mineral street crossing . 1 50
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