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1887-88
R.M.H.S. RESOURCE CENTER READING. MASS.
TOWN OF READING.
ANNUAL REPORT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF
'FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1888.
BOSTON : C. M. BARROWS & CO., PRINTERS, 2 NORTH MARKET ST. 1888.
N OF READING.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1888.
BOSTON : C. M. BARROWS & CO., PRINTERS, 2 NORTH MARKET ST. 1888.
TOWN OFFICERS. 1887-88.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor. R. DEXTER TEMPLE, Chairman. HORACE L. CUMMINGS, Secretary. STILLMAN M. PRATT.
Town Clerk. JAMES REID.
Treasurer. EDWARD F. PARKER.
Collector of Taxes. JOHN C. GLEASON.
School Committee.
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman. -
Term expires, 1890
HORACE G. WADLIN,
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EDWARD F. PARKER, - -
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CYRUS M. BARROWS, - - -
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GILMAN L. PARKER, Secretary.
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JAMES A. BANCROFT,
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Surveyor of Highways. CHAS. A. WESTON.
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Constables.
HENRY STOCK.
EPHRAIM WIGHT.
Trustees of the Public Library.
JAMES H. GRIGGS,
Term expires, 1890
CYRUS M. BARROWS, - -
STEPHEN FOSTER, Chairman. -
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HORACE G. WADLIN, Secretary. -
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CHARLES D. THOMAS, -
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HARLEY PRENTISS, - -
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Trustees of the Cemetery.
FRANCIS O. DEWEY, -
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Term expires, 1890
EDWARD APPLETON, - -
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JAMES A. BANCROFT, -
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FRANK W. B. PRATT,
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SOLON BANCROFT,
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W. WALLACE DAVIS, -
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Board of Health. R. DEXTER TEMPLE.
STILLMAN M. PRATT. JAMES A. BANCROFT.
Board of Registrars. JAMES REID, Clerk.
JOHN G. ROBERTS. HENRY ROBINSON. HENRY HOLDEN.
Engineers of Fire Department. EDWARD C. NICHOLS, Chief. ARTHUR S. RICHARDSON, Clerk. WENDELL BANCROFT. WILLIAM L. CROWE. MOSES E. NICHOLS.
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Auditors. LEWIS M. BANCROFT.
W. WALLACE DAVIS.
A. NEWELL HOWES.
Fire Wards. LEWIS M. BANCROFT.
WENDELL BANCROFT. MOSES E. NICHOLS.
Police.
HENRY STOCK. WILLIAM W. DAVIS.
EPHRAIM WIGHT.
CHARLES S. CONEY.
Night Watchman. HENRY STOCK.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. ARTHUR S. RICHARDSON.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING FOR THE YEAR 1887.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
Jan. 2 Elsie Marion Killam, 9 Ernest Ralph Stevens,
10 Harold Clifford Southwell,
15 Bertha Newell Parker,
Locomotive Engineer.
Laborer.
Clerk. Bookbinder. Iceman.
Necktie cutter.
Brush maker.
Stationary engineer. Laborer.
Salesman.
Blacksmith.
Machinist.
66
Mar.
10 Florence Lillian Wood,
F Benjamin F and Elvira F., Farmer.
F Edward and Clara W., F Fannie White,
M John A and Anna G.,
Watchman.
M Warren T. and Margaret S., House-painter.
F
Henry A. and Addie E.,
F Henry and Maria Lovis, M Frank and May B.,
Laborer.
Salesman.
Currier. Stone mason.
May 66 11 Arthur Raymond Allard,
66 24 Gracie Maud Eaton,
25 Mary Castine,
June 2 Charles Richard Cole,
2 Mary Riley,
4 Robert Scott Burgess,
66 6 Clyde Marston Lovejoy,
66 7 George Leslie Parker,
66 20 Helen Elmina Ruggles,
66 21 Lewis Franklin Richardson,
66 21 Maude Irene Godfrey, 66 24 William Dougan,
29 Wallace Brown Ames, 30 Inez Woods Nichols,
July 18 Flora Young Millbury,
27 Mildred Allen Atkinson,
6 6 29 Simon Clements,
29 Alice Ercle Hunt,
Aug. 14 William Henry Doucett,
18 Gladys Sewell Nichols,
,6 26 Laura Amanda Barr, Sept. 5 Mary Ida Burrage, 66 8 Arthur Sum. Murch, } 8 Ada Ellen Murch,
12 Olive Bosworth Nichols,
25 Maud Pauline Foote,
27 William Henry White,
Oct. 1 Arthur Louis Eaton, 2 Walter Avard Wells, 8 Alford Doucett,
8 Mabel Perry,
66 16 Victoria Bennett,
66 20 Loretta Mary Burgoyne,
21 Jennie Beale Walker,
22 Walter McDonald Brennan,
F Phineas S. and Florence E. Cabinet maker.
M Hebert M. and Lida,
Baggage-Master.
Clerk.
17 John Henry White,
19 Winnie Isabel Mansfield.
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23 John Duffield Hill, 25 Frederick Doucett, 31 Mabel Louise Hall,
Feb. 4 Edwin Richardson Stanley, 8 George Bancroft Perry, 14 Maggie M. White,
M George A. and Hattie M., M Everett T. and Hattie A., F Michael and Mary J.,
M Charles R. and Ella B., M Robert C. and Mary A., M Edwin E. and Anna M.,
F Otto and Eliza,
Chair maker.
Farmer.
Organ pipe maker.
15 Maggie White,
18 Ernest Leroy Marshall,
27 Frederick Hanaford,
31 Marion Frances Wright,
Apr. 2 Lora Marian Lovis Bunker, 7 Walter Albert Hubbard, 9 Helen Alberta Francis,
9 Herbert Clinton Sands, 12 Willie White, 1 Charlotte Allen,
F George C. and Margaret A., Rubber worker.
Baggage-master.
Rubber worker.
Farmer. Rubber worker.
Section hand.
Plasterer.
Cabinet maker.
Commercial traveller.
Post-master.
Shoe manufacturer.
Hack driver.
Rubber Worker.
Telegraph operator.
Shoe laster.
F Ora L. and Annie E.,
F George H. and M. J., M Mary Clements,
F George G. and Alice F.,
M Ramie and Adeline, F Willard B. and Lottie M.,
F Allen J. and Susan K.,
F
George and Agnes,
Stone layer.
Farmer.
Piano case maker. Baggage master. Laborer. Machinist. Horse shoer.
Laborer.
Rubber coat maker.
F Samuel and Jane,
F
John J. and Ella J.,
F John E. and Annie Maud,
M John D. and Mary A.,
Mechanic. Clerk.
Shoemaker. Laborer. Milk dealer.
Rubber worker.
M Edwin W. and Olive J., 66
twins, F F D. Marshall and Phebe G.,
F George H. and Ida M., M Joseph and Julia, M Warren E. and Edith S., M Clark A. and Emma,
M Peter J. and Louise,
F John E. and Rosa,
Stone layer. Tinsmith.
Machinist.
Organ builder.
F Albert J. and Jennie P., M John and Hattie E., M Samuel H. and Jane,
M George A. and Ida G., F Frank P. and Hannah J., F Peter and Marine,
M Richard B. and Sarah,
F Patrick and Margaret A.,
M Robert P. and Mary D., M Edward and Ida M.,
M George W. and Jennie L., F William I. and Mina W., M Jason W. and Mary C., F Fred L. and Stella A., M John and Anna E.,
M Frank T. and Effie C., F James C. and Isabelle,
M Richard D. and Annie D., F Chester and Laura B., M William H. and Agnes,
F Ward C. and Sadie M., M Robert J. and Margaret, M Jeremiah and Julia, F Josiah H. and Caroline,
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19 Richard William Robinson, 19 Totten,
22 Albert Edwin Merrill, 25 Ellen Anna Diehlman, 5 Pearl Winifred Johnson,
11 Gertrude Alice Wright,
F J. Colby and Julia,
Salesman. Cabinet maker.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING FOR THE YEAR 1887, Continued.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
Oct. 30 Isabel Gertrude White,
31 William H. Burnham,
Nov. 13 Theresa Frances Wall,
15 Leroy Llewelyn Noble,
M Herman A. and Mary E.,
M William A. and Bertha V.,
F Albert H. and Mabel E.,
Watch maker. Slater. Organ pipe maker.
F Harrison H.and Harriet A.,
M William G. and Helen L., Trader.
Dec. 15 Elizabeth Temple, F Clarkson W. and Eliz. K.,
F James and Lizzie,
M Adelfred L. and Lena,
Freight Agent.
OMITTED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
1872, Sept.21 Adelaide Miller Parker,
Thomas A. and Sarah A.,
Cabinet maker.
1884, May 3 Editlı Abbie Killam,
Oct. 17 Evelyn Shaw Eaton,
Phineas S.and Florence E., Cabinet maker. Harry M. and Jennie S.,
Reed chair maker. Salesman.
Nov. 19 Arthur Willard Bancroft,
M Willard A. and Ada I.,
1885, June 8|Winnifred Emily Gleason,
F |Rodney H. and Julia R.,
Cabinet maker.
Whole number of Births in 1887, 75. Males, 36; Females, 39; increase over 1886, 17. Nativity of parents .- American, Fathers, 47; Foreign, 25; Unknown, 2: 74. American Mothers, 41; Foreign, 33 : 74.
Piano tuner. Laborer.
6€
27 Albert Henry Emerson,
F Eugene G. and S. E.,
M William H. and Rebecca,
F Edward T. and Lizzie A.,
Barber. Carpenter. Baggage master. Carpenter.
19 Percie Chadwick Weston,
20 Alice Mabel Polk,
25 Lucia Hastings Parker, 28 William Thomas Bryant,
20 Sarah Galvin,
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING FOR THE YEAR 1887.
DATE.
NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM.
AGE.
OCCUPATION OF GROOM.
Machinist,
Jan. Б
George H. Lincoln, Lilla A. Sweetser, James Galvin,
Feb. 20
25
Albert B. Burchsted,
Fannie E. Berry,
8
Arthur C. Mason, Abbie S. Carter, Cornelius Mahoney,
Apr. 24
27
Susannah E. Batchelder,
29
James J. Cronin,
Coatmaker,
Ireland,
Cabinet-maker,
29
May 12
June 1
8
15
21
22
26
29 July 12 20
27
Aug. 14
18
William B. Livermore, Grace W. Cummings, Martin Forbes, Jennie Mc'Glynn, William S. Manning, Jessie E. Stockwell, George Burrage, Agnes Doucette, George F. Gilman, Jennie C. Gates, Charles Albert Ryder, Frances Helen Pease, Charles F. Kimball, Nellie F. Dean, 18 Dean Peabody, Sarah Maria Pearson, 28 29
20 29 22 30 32 26 22 23 20 29 24 29 25 . 24 27 23 19 51 42 25 20 23
Brushmaker,
Salesman,
Wakefield,
Salesman,
Cooperstown, N. Y. East Boston,
Reading,
Teamster,
Ireland,
Nurseryman,
Reading, Danielsonville, Conn. Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Wakefield, N. H.
Pomfret, Vt.,
Chelsea, Reading,
Milk Dealer,
Malden, Woburn, Lowell,
Wilmington,
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Francis and Lydia,
Reading, Ireland,
Ireland,
Beverly,
Woburn,
Shoemaker,
North Reading, Wilmington, Cambridge,
Laborer,
Arlington,
Barber,
Stoneham, Montreal, L. C.,
Ireland,
Thomas and Margaret,
Martin and Bridget,
Ireland,
John and Jane,
Windsor, N. S.,
Great Falls, N. H.,
Dorchester,
Reading,
Ireland,
Morris and Sarah, Benj. P. and Mary A.,
Genl. Secretary,
Wiscasset, Me., Charlestown,
John and Susan E., William and Hannah,
Bristol, Conn., Medford,
William H. and Mariette, Joshua and Hannah, Jacob C. and Ida L.,
Samuel F. and Malvina T., Horace L. and Abby L. Michael and Mary, Dennis and Ann, Jacob W. and Lydia B.,
Daniel and Louisa F., William and Martha, John and Margaret, Avery H. and Sarah, George and Mary, George H. and Mary B., William S. and Julia M., James H. and Frances H., George W. and Maria F., Joseph and Millicent, Sam'l G. B., and Hepsibeth,
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading Rev. Thomas Slack, {Wakefield Rev. Roland D. Grant, [Wakefield Rev. C. T. Douglass, [Reading Rev. Patrick J. Halley, [Wakefield
Rev. C. T. Douglass, [Reading Rev. Patrick J. Halley, Wakefield Rev. Patrick J. Halley, [Wakefield Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading Rev. Patrick J. Halley, [Wakefield Rev. E. N. Pierce, Alna, Me.
Rev. J. H. Humphrey,
{Reading Rev. N. Boynton, Haverhill Rev. J. H. Humphrey, [ Reading. Rev. John M. Gallagher, [Wakefield Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading Rev. John M. Gallagher, [Wakefield Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading Rev. C. T. Douglass, Reading Rev. Charles J. Staples, [Reading Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading
Clerk,
PLACE OF BIRTH.
Corinna, Me.,
Kirk and Delia, John and Catherine, Morris and Saralı, Franklin N. and Elizabeth A., Henry and Mary E.,
Ozro and Eliza S.,
Osgood A. and II. Malvina. Dennis and Mary, Daniel and Mary,
Peletiah W. and Sarah E.,
George W. and Lydia,
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Mary A. Glynn, Henry Mellen, Cassie Quillen, Edgar M. Knight, Lillian J. Thayer, Daniel Lehan, Catharine J. Fitzgerald, William H. Symonds, Helen W. Baker, Charles Story, Carrie I. Baker, Joseph C. Clark, Jessie Hartshorne,
25
Machinist,
Rubber Worker,
22 30 25 23 23 31 21 22 21 37
Lizzie Fitzgerald,
23 22 25 26 35
Laborer,
Shoe cutter,
Maggie T. Crowley, Eugene G. White,
Edward and Sarah Jane, Erastus and Olive S., George T. and Zylpha, Dennis and Mary,
Middleton,
Stone Mason,
Locomotive En- [gineer, Organ Builder,
Sept. 1 Job Tucker Perry,
17
Oct. 3 12
13
15
66
18
21
25
25
27
Marcia Ellen Bigelow, Octavus J. Dane, Matilda Muse, Charles L. Walker, Nellie M Messer, Henry A. Lefavour, Esther May Wiley, Andrew M. Hoffman Ella F. Wakefield, Bennie F. Flanders, Martha C. Mcars, Maynard B. Copeland, Mary Louise Stinchfield, William Parkins, Emily Hill, Daniel C. Sanborn, Julia Parker, James Fred Parker, Ella Florence Gray, William Taylor, Susie A. Palmer, Jolın A. Roberts, Mary Emma Freeman, Charles W. Lee, Jennie E. Bancroft,
42 26 20 22 22 21 '19 40 30 28 29 32 29 25 24 51 45 27 23 36 23
61 | Carpenter,
Horse Dealer, Clerk,
Shoe cutter,
Druggist,
Conductor,
Sash and Blind [Manf'r,
Laborer,
Poland Springs, Me., Birmingham, Eng , Birmingham, Eng., Wilmington,
Reading,
Salesman,
South Reading, Boston,
James B. E. and Hannah A., Ira C. and Ellen M., Thomas and Susan,
Provision De'lr,
Hudson, N. H., Haverhill,
J. Bailey and Hannah,
Nov. 8
31
Clerk,
Charlestown,
James W. and Lucie R., Charles I. and Roxanna W.,
[Reading
Lowell,
Jolin W. and Ellen G.,
Wendell and Nancy J.,
Aaron and Eliza,
Joseph and Betsey,
Boston,
James A. and Mary A., Francis and Hannah,
Laborer,
Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia,
Jolın and Sylva,
Telegraph Op'r,
Framingham,
James D. and Lucy,
Reading,
Edwin E. and Millie W., John and Elizabeth, William and Sylva Ann,
Rev. Charles J. Staples. [Reading Rev. Charles J. Staples, [Reading
Teamster,
Nova Scotia,
Nova Scotia,
Sylvine and Kate,
Clerk,
North Reading,
Reading,
Portland, Me.,
Speculator,
New York City, N. Y., Union, Me,
Salesman,
East Boston,
Cyrus and Hannah,
Stephen P. and Georgie W. Osmond and Sarah H.
[Reading
May 6
Omitted in 1883. James O' Brien, Mary A. Barry,
30 27
Belfast, Me., Bridgewater, N. H., Andover, Nova Scotia, Andover, Stoneham,
Job and Ellen, Haren C. and Arville, Otis and Mary, Frank and Maggie, John and Annie, David H., and Martha A., Henry A. and Eunice A., Eben and Esther,
Marblehead, Roxbury, Rotterdam, N. Y., Reading, East Clarendon, Vt., Andover,
Norton,
John and Elizabeth, Frederick and Elizabeth, Wallace M. and Sarah A., William and Almira H., Joseph and Louise P., John and Mehitable F.,
Thomas and Mary, James and Catherine, John N. and Elizabeth, Loea and Eliza P.
Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading Rev. Patrick J. Halley, [Wakefield Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading Rev. Charles J. Staples, [Reading Rev. Charles Wingate, [Haverhill Rev. C. T. Douglass,
Rev. D. S. Coles, [Wakefield Rev. Charles J. Staples, [Reading
18 David Drew, Sarah E. Hall,
20
23
Dec. 3
7
10 George Hatfield, Eunice Muse, 14 Ellsworth Pierce, Effie M. Sanborn, Henry H. Dresser, Inez Ione C. Richards,
19
26
J. Wesley Davies, Marion F. Lombard, 22 20
21
William S. Kinsley, Estelle Webster Jones, 22
Tuner & Voicer,
Boston,
North Reading,
Ireland, Boston,
John and Margaret, Edward and Margaret,
Rev. D. J. Splaine, [Boston
16
23 27 26 Clerk, 57 Farmer,
Pelham,
Reading,
Barnstead, N. H.,
Barnstead, N. H.,
Rubber Manfr.,
England,
Cyrile and Veteline,
Rev. J. H. Humphrey, [Reading Rev. J. M. Gallagher, [Wakefield Rev. J. H. Humphrey, [Reading
Nova Scotia,
Farmer,
Nova Scotia,
Bowman and Eliza,
Prescott W. and Almira J., John N. jr., and Sarah E. Alfred M. and Martha A., Alfreda De C. and Gladys E., Edward and Jane,
Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading Rev. Edward Davies, [ Reading Rev. Frank S. Adams,
Watchman,
18 21 20 23 23 26 18 24 21 34 17 21
Ralph L. Akerman, Louisa Meredith, Alexander Doucette, Rose Muse, Frank M. Fenton, Amy L. Smith, Abel C. Andrews, Miney White,
47 28 20 20
Gardener,
Rev. Franklin Hutchinson, [Framingham Rev. Patrick J. Halley, [Wakefield Rev. Charles J. Staples, [Reading Rev. Frank S. Adams, [ Reading Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading Rev. G. A. Cleaveland, [Melrose
Whole number of Marriages, 44. Nativity of persons married : American, Males, 36; Females, 31; Foreign, Males, 8; Females, 13.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING FOR THE YEAR 1887.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Y. M. D.
NAMES OF HUSBAND
OR PARENTS.
DISEASE, OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Jan. 8 Caroline E. Wiley,
80
9 Edmund and Naney,
Uleer of Leg.
$6 19 William R. Pratt,
80
9 Amos and Abigail,
20 Susan F. Holt,
75
5 23 Joseph and Lydia,
Heart Disease and Old Age. Consumption. Pneumonia.
Feb. 4 Elmer Franklin Coats,
66
6 Wilhelmina Louise Cummings 18 Nellie Milbury,
5
4
3 Harley E. and Philinda A., William and Annie,
Inflammation of the Bowels. Diptheria. Cyanosis.
66 23 Jane E. Jeffrey, 28 Fanny Surrette,
20
5 10 Augustus Surrette,
Paralysis. Consumption.
Mar, 5 Andrew J. Roberts, 7 Francis Kingman,
66
13 Nancy Frost,
81 9
6 Jonathan Frost,
Pneumonia.
66
15 Nellie Jennings,
Capillary Bronchitis.
66
18 Darius Wellington,
Cancer of Stomach.
Apr. 4 Eliza A. Ford,
58
6
2 David and Esther Crowe,
Paraplegia.
60 16 George G. Freneh,
Consumption.
66 16 Mary L. Boyce.
51
4 Thomas and Rose,
Heart Disease.
66 19 Mary J. Nichols,
59
7 7 John N. Nichols,
Pneumonia.
66 29 Geo. O. Batchelder,
61
11 27 George and Rebeekalı E.,
Disease of Heart. [ease. Rheum Fever and Heart Dis- Paralysis and Rheumatism.
May
66 30 Lulu Eaton, 10 John M. Houseman, 13 Henry G. Richardson,
75
79 9 3 Jepthah and Rebeckah,
Aeute Mania.
26 Julia A. Spinney,
27 Jacob Jones,
June 20 Daniel P. Spokesfield,
66
21 Mary Bowers,
77
1 21 Joseph and Ruth White,
Consumption.
25 Benjamin Loring Vose,
43
3 Jolin L. and Hannalı, Warren and Mary A.,
Peretonitis.
6 Mary A. Hildreth,
76 11
3 4 Samuel and Jane,
82 1 Jonathan and Sophia,
69 5 6 Jesse and Abigail,
Consumption.
66 20 William E. Moulton,
66 28 Ames Gowing,
61 8
2 Jabez and Hitty,
Selerosis of Liver.
Aug. 2 Charlotte Allen,
6 Marion Francis Wright,
Cholera Infantum.
66 8 Rosetta A. Houseman,
Cystitis and Old Age.
15 Frederic Doucette,
Brain Disease.
66 19 Maude I. Godfrey,
66 26 Herbert Clinton Sands,
Cholera Infantum.
Sept. 3 Joanna Wall, 5 Jolin Burrill,
Dysentery.
9 Cephas I. Nichols, 9 Nichols,
55
8 18 Francis E. and Olive,
Still-born. Duodenal Uleer.
Oet. 16 Graee I. Parker, 66
26 Luther Elliott,
28 Alida Gorus,
74
6 4 John W. Gleason,
Cancer of Liver.
66
7 Betsy F. Beard,
86
9 Jonathan and Beulah,
Pneumonia.
66 8 Sally G. Weston,
84
9 Abijah Weston,
Cancer.
Consumption.
18 Charles N. Nichols,
40
15 David and Mary,
Consumption.
66
24 Murphy,
73
2 Benjamin and Abigail, 6
93
4 Benjamin and Mary,
Heart and Brights Disease. Old Age.
22 William Wheltoll,
29 6 18 Bartholemew and Mary,
Consumption.
25 Harriet L. Weston,
41 1 2 Jolin C. Gleason,
93 11 20 Ithiel and Lucy Smith,
Rheumatic Carditis. Bronchitis.
66 29 Bathslieba Bean,
60
6 7 Abiel and Lydia,
4 18 Andrew J. and Laura,
Menengitis.
21
Totten,
66
9 10 Thomas Jeffrey,
Heart Disease.
64 11 2 Frink and Nancy,
75 6 21 Ambrose and Esther,
Paralysis.
1 11 25 Ellen Jennings,
20 Everett and Abbie,
74
6 Joseph and Lucy,
47 1 4 Gardner and Esther,
39 7 23 George A. Boyce,
Consumption.
25 Ardenne Parker,
35 3 26 William S. and Eliza,
1 2 11 Frank P. and Ifannah, 24
65 10 19 William F. Spinney, 62
Heart Disease.
68 6 18 Joseph and Sally,
Brights Disease.
22 John Warren Hunt,
Scrofula.
July 2 Florence Parker,
32 3
5 Henry F. and Luthera, Chapen and Sarah Sampson,
Softening of Brain. Cholera Morbus.
66 16 Willie White,
66 18 Joseph Bancroft,
18 Ezra B. Robinson,
34 Charles H. and Mary A.,
3 George C. and Abigail M.,
Diarrliœa.
4 6 Henry A. and Addie E.,
80 John M. Houseman, 6 20 Jeremiah and Julia,
2 Frank L. and Stella A.,
Cholera Infantum.
4 17 John and Hattie, Daniel and Mary Lahan,
Old Age.
18 1 26 Richard B.and Josephine. A., Diptheria. Amos C. and Dora,
19
9 6 George A. and Frances A.W. Luther and Esther,
Typhoid Fever. Paralysis.
Cancerous state of Stomach.
Nov. 6 Velina Gleason,
13 Elizabeth C. Jackson,
18 Adaline Spooner,
74
5 6 Benjamin and Abigail Bray, Consumption. Still born. Michael and Mary J.,
Dee. 8 Lydia Cook, 11 Joseplı Young,
Whole number of deaths registered, 65. Males, 32; Females, 33. More than last year, 11. Nativity : American-Males, 31; Females, 26. Foreign-Males, 1; Females, 7.
Deaths between the age of 90 and 100, 2; 80 and 90, 9; 70 and 80, 12; 60 and 70, 9; 50 and 60, 4; 40 and 50, 4; 30 and 40, 6; 20 and 30, 3; 10 and 20, 2; under 10, 14.
8
2 Robert C. and Mary A.,
18 Francis E. Peabody,
Cerebro Spinal Menengitis.
19 John Thomas Hallahan,
Consumption.
Paralysis.
8 24 Jacob and Hannalı,
33 6
Menengitis.
Cerebritis.
Consumption.
85 81 8 13 William and Sally,
24 Daniel C. Channell,
67 71 2 9 Henry Gorus,
39 9 13 Robert B. and Mary T.,
25 Arkaid T. Holden,
DOGS LICENSED DURING THE YEAR 1887.
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Whole number of licenses issued to Dec. 1, 1887
218
One hundred and ninety-one for males, at $2 . $382.00
Twenty-seven for females, at $5 135.00
$517.00
Less fees for 218 licenses, at 20 cents
43.60
$473.40
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1887, June 1st, paid J. O. Hayden, County Treas., $202.20
" Nov. 30th, " " 66 66
66 271.20 -- $473.40
JAMES REID, Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The duties and responsibilities of the Overseers of the Poor are no small part of the whole duties of the present board of officers.
The general condition of the farm is comparatively good. A long needed improvement has been made, supplying the house with steam for the comfort of the family, which was voted at the last annual meeting. A portion of the extra expense at the almshouse over last year was improvements coupled with the introduction of steam. The out buildings have been improved, and what is most needed now is re-locating the barn and placing a cellar under the same.
It will be noticed that the amount expended for relief out of the almshouse is in excess of last year, caused by an increase of numbers aided. The receipts have been much less, on account of Mr. Beasley having been kept at home to help care for the family.
The work is sometimes simple, often complicated, always impera- tive ; one applicant may be reasonable in demands, while another will urge his demands regardless of reason or justice.
The Overseers recommend the following amounts of money to be appropriated for the ensuing year.
For the almshouse $1,300 00
For relief out of almshouse 1,500 00
Respectfully submitted,
R. DEXTER TEMPLE, Overseers HORACE L. CUMMINGS, of
STILLMAN M. PRATT. the Poor.
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OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT.
ALMSHOUSE. INMATES.
Joanna Wall, died September 3,
aged 88
Hannah Welch, left June 21,
" 73
Jonathan Pratt
78
Daniel Spokesfield, died June 20,
66 69
Alpheus Austin
66
68
James Hunter
66
44
Thornton D. Sanborn
66
62
Joseph Bancroft, died July 18,
66 68
Cleveland B. Holt . 66 88
Emory B. Eames
59
David F. Weston, admitted April 7,
74
Henry W. Weston 66 66
66 39
RECEIVED.
Charles Tweed, board March 1, 1888. . $156 00
Catherine O'Keefe, pension
144 00
Produce sold .
140 57
Labor of keeper removing snow 5 00
highway
10 50
distributing annual reports .
6 00
Wood sold
40 68
$722 39
EXPENDED.
Appropriation.
$2700 00
G. W. Atkinson, groceries 296 89
M. A. Stone.
258 51
Wendell Bancroft, fuel
lighting street light 219 64
142 73
Amount carried forward,
$698 13
14
Amount brought forward, $698 13
Tuttle & Austin, meat and provisions 106 64
George Beasley, keeper 500 00
H. L. Day, bread 54 64
William Hawes, fish
43 90
C. L. & W. H. Nichols, meat
49 70
Matthew Hanley, furniture 34 58
Paul R. Eames, provisions and meat 56 53
Ardenne Parker, groceries 37 14
Dominique Doucett, labor 12 00
Emily Ruggles, dry goods 23 17
R. C. Totten, labor and material 12 00
Francis Bartley, clothing .
72 58
John B. Emerson, Executor
12 00
W. H. Willis & Son, medicine
9 70
John A. Blunt, blacksmithing
1 50
R. L. Beers, repairing pump Asa Parker, teaming lumber
4 00
R. Dexter Temple, funeral expenses J. Bancroft 23 00
8 00
H. K. Austin, labor on steam pipe
John Holman, sawing lumber 4 46
Reading Ice Co., ice 5 10
Patrick McCall, repairs to harness 5 00
Benjamin Eames, sawing logs 2 89
Cummings' Express, expressing
75
Samuel Brown, repairs 50
A. S. Richardson, mill work . 2 00
Mary F. Riordan, labor at Almshouse 130 00
John O. Dow, medical services 21 75
$1947 50
Total amount expended .$1947 50
Total amount received 722 39
Net expense of poor at almshouse
$1225 11
H. C. Perry, medical attendance 5 00
8 75
T. Littlefield, repairs. . 2 09
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RELIEF OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Mary A. Blanchard, rent .
$60 00
66 66 groceries and provisions .
84 81
66 fuel 41 97
66
medicine
21 42
66 physician's bill 15 00
Darius Wellington, nursing .
79 25
physician's bill
28 75
66 medicine
14 80
fuel
1 88
66
groceries
1 23
John R. Dennett, groceries
82 38
fuel .
26 88
66 medicine 90
George E. Leathe, supplies
96 00
Caroline Weichman, rent . 84 00
Louisa R. Parker, supplies
73 50
Lucy Freeman, board . 69 00
Thomas A. Evans, supplies
42 00
Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, fuel
38 57
groceries
1 00
David F. Weston, fuel
15 63
66
medicine
2 90
physician's bill
16 25
Marcella Wood, rent
24 00
Elizabeth W. DeRonde
24 00
$48 00
Emeline Barnard, rent
15 00
fuel
4 38
$19 38
Amount carried forward, $965 50
$223 20
$125 91
$110 16
$404.07
$34 78
16
Amount brought forward,
$965 50
James Sullivan, fuel . 15 50
Mrs. Benjamin Weston, fuel 18 82
George H. Daland, supplies
11 48
Edward Gerry, aid
4 29
Horace Blanchard
3 90
John Gerry
1 44
Sarah Judkins, physician's bill
1 25
Joshua White,
1 25
Nicholas Cassidy, R. R. fare
30
$58 23:
$1023 73
LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
Danvers, William A. Flint
. $170 81
Maggie Whelton
62 21
Northampton, Abigail P. Beers
169 48
$402 50
TRAMPS.
Ardenne Parker, 1886 bill
$12 36
M. A. Stone .
22 15
$34 51
Number of tramps cared for at station, 514. Total expenses of Poor out of Almshouse $1460 74
Net expenses of Poor at Almshouse 1225 11
Amount expended.
$2685 85
Amount unexpended
14 15
$2700 00
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
Woburn, Mrs. Benjamin Wood
19 89
Boston, Luella R. Lloyd .
60 00
Sherburn, Mrs. C. H. Leland
36 00
$115 89
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PAID ON ACCOUNT OF THE STATE.
Daniel L. Barnard 19 00
Samuel White 15 75
$34 75
RECEIVED FROM CITIES AND TOWNS.
Boston, Luella R. Lloyd .
78 25
Woburn
29 89
Sherborn
36 00
Lynnfield .
77 58
Malden
26 05
$247 77
PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE.
1 horse
40 00
2 cows
50 00
37 fowls
25 90
1 express wagon 50 00
1 farm wagon 40 00
1 horse cart 35 00
3 harnesses . 60 00
l mowing machine 12 00
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