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1888-89
R.M.H.S. RESOURCE CENTER READING, MASS.
TOWN OF READING.
ANNUAL REPORT
OFF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1889,
BOSTON : C. M. BARROWS & CO., PRINTERS, 2 NORTH MARKET ST. 1889.
TOWN OF READING.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1889,
BOSTON : C. M. BARROWS & CO., PRINTERS, 2 NORTH MARKET ST. 1889.
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TOWN OFFICERS. 1888-89.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health. HORACE L. CUMMINGS, Chairman. STILLMAN M. PRATT. R. DEXTER TEMPLE, Secretary.
Town Clerk. JAMES REID.
Treasurer. EDWARD F. PARKER.
Collector of Taxes. HARLEY PRENTISS.
School Committee.
GILMAN L. PARKER, Secretary.
Term expires, 1891 66 1891
WARREN E. EATON,
-
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman.
66 1890
HORACE G. WADLIN,
66
1890
EDWARD F. PARKER, -
-
1889
CYRUS M. BARROWS, -
-
1889
Road Commissioners.
CHARLES A. WESTON, Chairman.
Term expires, 1891
HENRY S. LACLAIR, -
1890
SAMUEL W. BOWKER,
-
66 66 1889
-
4
Constables.
HENRY STOCK.
LAFAYETTE FORD.
Trustees of the Public Library.
CHARLES D. THOMAS,
Term expires 1891
HARLEY PRENTISS,
66 1891
JAMES H. GRIGGS, -
66 1890
CYRUS M. BARROW.S,
-
66 1890
STEPHEN FOSTER, Chairman.
66 1889
HORACE G. WADLIN,
-
Trustees of the Cemetery.
LEWIS M. BANCROFT,
-
Term expires
1891
OREN N. JONES,
-
-
-
66
66 1890
EDWARD APPLETON,
-
-
-
66
66
1889
FRANK W. B. PRATT,
-
-
66
66
1889
Board of Registrars. JAMES REID, Clerk. JOHN G. ROBERTS. HENRY ROBINSON.
HENRY E. HOLDEN.
Engineers of Fire Department.
EDWARD C. NICHOLS, Chief. ARTHUR S. RICHARDSON, Resigned. WENDELL BANCROFT. WILLIAM L. CROWE. JAMES DEWHERST.
1891
FRANCIS O. DEWEY,
66
66 1890
JAMES A. BANCROFT,
-
1889
5
Auditors. A. NEWELL HOWES.
HARRY P. BOSSON. LEWIS M. BANCROFT.
Fire Wards. LEWIS M. BANCROFT. WENDELL BANCROFT. MOSES E. NICHOLS.
Police.
HENRY STOCK. LAFAYETTE FORD.
CLARENCE J. NICHOLS. CHARLES S. CONEY, Resigned.
Night Watchman.
HENRY STOCK. CLARENCE J. NICHOLS.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
ARTHUR S. RICHARDSON.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING FOR THE YEAR 1888.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
Jan. 8 Daniel Corkery, 9 An Julian Jaequard, 66
66 11 William Franeis O'Brien,
66 13 Esther Damon Eames,
66 13 John Edward Mellen,
19 Peter Ambrose Doueett,
21 Agnes Frances Barrett,
66 28 Anna Lora Dulong,
Feb. 2 Albert Chester Mereer, 4 Sydney Freeman Brown, 8 George Clifford Stock,
12 Laurence Somerby Winchester, 23 Ralph Eaton Dakin,
Mar. 3 Bertha Lillian Parker,
66 5 Grace Miller Akerley,
66 5 Hattie May Parker,
7 Clarrissa Isabel Estelle Niehols,
66 16 Aliee Mildred Heselton,
66 19 Joseph Doueett,
66 19 Wendal B. Ambrouse,
66 20 George Albert Dane,
66 21 Mary Ellen Cullinane,
Apr. 3 Charles Cullinane,
66
4 Johnson,
66 6 Irving Walter Burtt, Moody,
9 Ralph Gray, 66 18 Edwin Christopher Dyer, 66 26 Andrews,
May 1 Helen Letitia Sands, 66 16 George Russell Smith,
66 17 Raymond Barrus Temple,
66 23 Genevieve Louise Forbes,
66 25 Marjorie Elizabeth Davies,
66
25 Harland Edmund Livingston,
60
26 Charles Henry Bolton, 31 Marion Goodwin Eaton, 8 Chester Arthur Ilazlett,
Jnne 66 16 Annie Lewis Draffin, 66
17 Rachel Bertlestein,
66 20 Carrie Lucy Osborn Upham,
66 25 Charles Frederick Myers, 3 Dean Peabody,
July 66 8 Fern Merrow Philbrook,
66 9 Harold Cummings Livermore,
66 18 Esther Franees Emerson,
66 27 Austin Corbin Allard,
66 29 Catharine Ellen Parkins, Aug. 3 Celia Ward, 66 3 Mary Louise Froton, 5 Mary Lilly White,
66 17 Annie White,
23 Almont Harrison Fairbanks,
27 William Gardner Jeffrey,
27 Carter,
66
27 Carter, Triplets,
66
27 Carter, )
F 66
66 66
F Charles and Annie, M Fred C. and Eleanor A., M John and Bridget, M Harvey and Laura Adell, F Charles A. and HIattie E.,
F James and Jemima S., M Walter S. and Belle M.,
Engineer. Laborer. Veneer dryer. Provision dealer. Cabinet maker.
Laborer.
K. R. Conduetor.
Laborer.
Stone eutter.
Patent solieitor. Watehman. Clerk.
Sail maker.
Laundryman.
Machinist. Boot and Shoe dealer.
Farmer.
Rubber clothing eutter.
Stone layer.
Mason. Horse dealer. Section hand.
Switehman. Harness maker.
Watehmaker.
Farmer.
Shoemaker. Assistant Cashier. Shoemaker. Currier.
Machinist. Carpenter. Stone mason. Printer.
Teamster,
Organ pipe maker.
Teaeher.
Rubber worker.
Market gardener.
Coat maker.
Clergyman. Japanner. Salesman. Engineer. Clerk. Farmer. Baggage master. Laborer.
Shoemaker. Fireman. Rubber worker. Organ pipe maker. Florist. Musie compositor. 66
66 66
Foreman of yard B. & M. Painter. R. R. employe. House painter. Rubber cutter. Carpenter. Sehoolmaster.
[R. R.
66 3 Thomas Francis Turner,
66 5 Ralph Waldo IIunter,
66 8 Florenee Etta Hobbs, 66 13 Adelaide Louisa Robertson,
66 16 Robert Emerson Parker,
M James and Bridget,
F Harry and Rose,
M John and Mary Elizabeth, F Paul R. and Maria S., M Henry and Cassie,
M Jolın S. and Margaret,
F Edward and Louise M.,
F John R. and Mary E., M Alexander J. and Annie, M Charles F. and Elizabeth A., M HIenry and Ada L.,
M George A. and Maria L., M James O. and Maggie, F Fred A. and Jennie D., F |Oliver L. and Snsie J., F Frank and Maggie E.,
F Richard B. and Josephine A., F Herbert R. and Lottie B., M John C. and Katie,
M George W. and Emily M., M Octavus J. and Matilda, F Thomas and Kate,
M Jeremiah and Catharine, M James II. and Arabella, M Walter E. and Aliee A., M Wellman J. and Ida E.,
M Charles W. and
M Horaee E. and Mary L.,
M Francis E. and F John and Hattie E.,
M William and Agnes M.,
M Arthur W. and Jennie R., F Martin and Jennie,
F Charles E. and Kate C.,
M Frederiek and Ida, M Henry E. and Alice, F Warren E. and Mary G., M William J. and Sarah, F William J. and Carrie M., F Lesser and Esther,
F Frederie N. and Carrie, M Charles F. and Annie Lois, M Dean and Sarah M.,
F Robert F. and Carrie C., M William B. and Grace W., F Arthur G. and Emily F., M George A. and Ida G.
F William E. and Emily, F Katie A. Ward. F Simon P. and Urania A.,
F William and Agnes L., F Joseph H. and Elizabeth, M John B. and Grace W., M William B. and Mary P., M Adelbert H. and Clara L., M 66
Sept.
28 Annie Beryl Bruorton, 3 Lyman Nelson Steele,
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING 1888, Continued.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
Sept. 24 Clara A. Resse,
Oct. 11 Dotty Mary Hodson, 66 14 Agnes Connelly,
66
20 Loton James Bryant,
21 Marion Flint Buek,
21 Albert Henry Castine,
M Peter and Mary,
66 23 Clinton Dorr Ames,
M Frank T. and Effie C.,
66 24 Harrison Bradbury Parker,
M Harrison H. and Harriet A.,
27 Oscar William Batehelder,
66 28 William Burrage,
31 Rena Eloise Flanders,
F |Newell C. and Ida F.,
Laborer.
Nov. 1 Josephine Cummings, 4 Ernest Edwin Grover,
66
11 Andrew Jackson Bowman,
66 13 Asa Willie Parker,
66 16 Viola Mildred Burehsted,
17 Froton,
F Alex and Annie B.,
Laborer.
Rubber worker.
66 30 John Conrad Godfrey Herboltz- M J. C. G. E. and Pauline, [heimer, M John and Sylvia,
Dee. 1 Thomas Leon Muse,
F Henry and Ellen,
M David and Charlotte, M Aristides and Mabel,
66 19 Wilson Ryder Butler,
66 21 |Bertha Dora Lee,
66 22 Ralph Haley Johnson,
M J. Colby and Julia F.,
Farmer and mason.
66 22 Timothy Canty,
26 Dunean Neil MeLaren,
M Cornelius A. and Margaret A., R. R. eonduetor. M John and Jessie Ann,
Carpenter.
OMITTED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
1835, Sept. 19 Charles Stuart Garrison Rogers, M Samuel S. and Louisa B.,
1887, Mareh 3 Arthur Andrew Roberts,
' July 13 Ethel Frances Swaine,
M Francis E. and Phebe H., F Charles II. and Emma M.
Laster. Deeorator. Foreman seetion men.
F John and Mary,
M Loton W. and Maria L.,
F |William C. and Sallie A.,
M Adelbert E. and Mary A., M George and Agnes,
Stone layer.
F Timothy J. and Maria, M Charles E. and Annie F.,
Mason. Glassblower.
M Joseph and Margaret,
M Asa and Sarah A .,
Farmer.
F Albert B. and Fannie E.,
Shoe eutter.
2 Aliee May Parsons,
66 6 Simon Eddie Doucett,
66 17 Sumner Clarenee Whittier,
M Wilson R. and Luella S., F Charles W. and Jennie E.,
Laborer. Builder. Rubber worker. Forem'n neekwear Fae'y. School teacher. Clerk.
Shoe manufacturer. Laborer. Shoe laster.
Whole number of Births registered in 1888, 91. Males, 53; Females, 38; inerease over 1887, 16. Nativity of parents .- Ameriean, Fathers, 51; Foreign, 37; Unknown, 1. American Mothers, 52; Foreign, 37. One birth triplets.
Carpenter. Clerk.
Laborer. Telegraph operator.
Organ pipe maker. Farmer.
Laborer.
F Charles A. and Celina,
F Alexander and Eliza,
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING FOR THE YEAR 1888.
DATE.
NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM.
AGE.
OCCUPATIONS.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Joseph S. Houghton J. P., [Weld, Me. C. T. Douglass, Clergyman, [Reading.
Rev. W. II. Morrison, [Manchester, N. H. Rev. Henry A. Cooke,
[Boston.
Charles J. Staples, Clergyman, [Reading.
22
At home,
Reading,
32
Brass finisher,
Melrose,
29 At home,
Reading,
Addison A. and Elizabeth,
Feb. 16
21 Clerk,
Reading,
William and Carrie, George and Mary, Levi and Jane,
Mar. 8 Weldon F. Downey, Helen Crane, 14 Sydney D. Heckbert, Estella M. Bowser.
24
36 Dressmaker, Tailor,
Prince Edward's Island,
Joseph and Nancy,
Sackville, N. B.,
Jolin and Bella,
27
Salesman,
Wakefield,
Charles and Henrietta,
Apr. 4 Clinton Harris Stearns, Florence Johnson Wilson,
26
At home,
Arlington,
Charles and Mary,
19
27 Rattan worker,
26
Domestic,
Navillette, N. S.,
Dominique and Vicheline, Alexander and Elizabeth,
66
25
25 Alexander A. Baird, S. Icelone Smith, Lister Fielding, Anie E. Rudolphı,
21 Rubber worker, At home, Clerk,
Gardner, Andover,
J. N. and Abbie S., Richard D. and Hannah, John and Margaret,
Apr. 29 Lewis W. Snyder, Emma J. Overlock,
24 At home,
Stockton, Me.,
26 Laborer,
Tusket, N. S.,
23 Domestic,
Eel Brook, N. S.,
25 Sawyer,
Germany, Littleton, N. II.,
20 At home,
20 Shoe cutter,
24 Housekeeper,
30 Stationary engin'r Cavendish, Vt., Bridgewater,
33 Dressmaker,
Windham, N. HI.,
Weld, Me., Medfield, Gilmanton, N. H.,
William J. and Sarah C., Joseph and Mary, James and Hannah, Samuel G. and Caroline W., William and Carrie,
George F. and Sarah,
11
4 George A. Vermille, Flora J. Mooar, Louis William Hawkes, AAnnie Newton Kingman,
28 23
Salesman, At home, Milk dealer,
Saugus,
Louis P. and Mary A., Gilman D. and Nancy M., Daniel S. and Electa M., Bowman W. and Eliza,
Francis J. and Harriet A.,
26
18 William E. Russell, Lois J. Hatfield, Elmer P. Bancroft, Hattie V. Stone,
23
At home, Shipper,
Reading, Manchester, N. H.,
Nova Scotia,
24 Shoe laster,
Reading,
Jolin C. and Sarah A.,
Frank S. Adams, Clergyman, [Reading. E. A. Wyman, Clergyman, "[Malden. Rev. J. White, Bath, Me.
J. H. Humphrey, Clergyman, [Reading. J. H. Humphrey, Clergyman, [Reading. Frank S. Adams, Clergyman, [ Reading. Rev. J. E. Millerick, [Wakefield. D.H. Rcardon, Ass't Pastor St. [Joseph's Church, Wakefield. C. T. Douglass, Clergyman, [Reading.
O. T. Walker, Minister, [Reading. Rev. R. F. Tolman, Pastor of [Baptist Church, So. Gardner. Janes Reid, Justice of the [Peace, Reading.
May 2 Simon Froton, Mary Melonsoll,
3 August Viefield, Carrie Stafford, 8 Freddie J. Batchelder,
Lizzie Carr, June 3
James II. Siddle, Josephine A. Lovewell,
27 Dressmaker,
New Brunswick, Bradford, Eng., Middleton,
John and Mary,
John T. and Sarah Sophia,
Jan. 29 La Rue N. Adams, Mattie F. Wilkins,
16 21 27 School teacher,
26 Teamster,
Salem,
Asa A. and Sarah A., Patrick and Elizabeth, Peter and Kate, William and Elizabetlı, Leonard J. and Emma,
D.II. Reardon, Ass't Pastor St. [Joseph's Church, Wakefield. Frederick N. Upham, Pastor [Old South Church, Reading. C. T. Douglass, Clergyman, [Reading.
Rev. J. II. Vincent, [Chelmsford, Mass.
Jan. 2 William II. Wightman, Emily R. Russell,
3 Charles E. Fairbanks, Mary E. Stiles,
25
Reading, Manchester, N. H.,
21
23
29 George W. Wilkinson, Jennie M. Sawyer, Frank S. Vermille, Annie M. Thistle,
20 At home, Butcher,
New Brunswick,
Ohio,
Vinal and Sarah,
21 18 At home,
James and Elizabeth,
21 Laborer, Domestic,
Nova Scotia,
Peter and Kate,
16
12 Adolphe Turner, Sadie Melonson, Ferdinand Jedrey, Constance Doucett,
Salmon River, N. S.,
Peter and Elizabeth,
St. John, N. B.,
33 Carpenter,
William S. and Jane,
Montreal, Can.,
Isaac and Margaret,
Deep Water, N. S.,
35 27 29 48 Insurance agent, Milliner, Salesman, At home,
East Randolph, Hampton, Va.,
George W. and Lydia, Edward and Rosa Elizabeth, Sydney and Sarah, George P. and Mary,
June 6 William O. Millbury,
20 18
Pyroteehnist, Coat maker,
Reading, Charlestown, Salmon River, N. S., Yarmouth, N. S., Lowell,
William and Annie,
O. T. Walker, Baptist Minis-
Edlith B. Bryden,
23 Laborer,
4 26 Henry Doucett, Monique Boudreau, 20 Employe shoe fac.
27 Clerk,
July 18 Joseph Peabody, Althea M. Howard, Aug. 1 Alvin G. Somes, I Hannah C. Savage,
24 At home, 21 21 Salesman, Necktie maker,
Reading, Wakefield,
Gardner G. and Ellen M.,
Augusta, Me.,
Charles and Fannie,
17 Station'y engin'r,
Reading,
Ezra K. and Mary L.,
16 William H. Manning, | Jennie L. Lothrop, Sept. 26 ,William O. Richardson,
Inez O. Poole,
22 At home,
Rockland,
John S. and Susan J.,
Boston,
Andrew T. and Catherine,
Det. 23 Charles Henry Moore, Martha Anna Chamberlain,
47 42
Organ pipe voieer, Neektie maker,
Andover,
Aaron and Lydia,
24 John C. Stone, Eliza A. Jones,
58 Housekeeper,
Westford,
Thomas and Lucinda,
25 Cabinet maker,
Reading,
David II. and Sophia R.,
24 Walter Cook Kendall, Mary Pingree Russell,
20 At home,
Andover,
Gideon and Sarah A.,
25 Owen E. Powers, Ella F. Cleaveland,
23 Coat maker,
Nova Scotia,
John and Jane,
29 Frank B. Cummings, Elizabeth E. Smith,
Bath, N. H.,
Samuel and Julia A. E.,
6
24 Book-keeper,
Boston,
Benjamin Thos. and Charlotte A.
27
At home, Salesman,
Andover,
Charles B. and Martha L.,
Nov. 1
25
23 Shoe stiteher,
North Truro,
Edward T. and Sarah H.,
65 Farmer,
Reading,
Eben D. and Rebeeea,
53 Housekeeper,
Hampden, Me.,
Oliver and Dorcas,
7
Arthur T. Mckay, Gertrude L. Brown,
22
At home,
Gray, Me.,
Alvin and Sarah F.,
18 Timothy Moynihan.
35
Laborer,
Ireland,
John and Mary,
Margaret Cullinane,
2.2
Domestie,
Ireland,
Daniel and Norah,
33
Piano maker,
Madison, Me.,
Jolin and Betsey J
O. T. Walker, Minister, [Reading.
29
John A. Hartbower, Caroline F. Haag,
Reading,
Charles L. and Mary A.,
$6
29 Wm. Harding Trueworthy, Annie O'Brien,
25
Reading,
James and Mary Ann,
Holton, Me.,
John and Emma,
Dec. 16 Thomas J. Watson, Sarah Pfaff,
10 39 R. R. signal man, Dry goods dealer,
Boston,
Lorenz and Mary,
24 Laborer,
Amherst, N. II.,
Charles E. and Mary J.,
31 Edward W. Flint, Lillian G. Brewer,
20 At home,
Portland, Me.,
Charles H. and Emma J.,
[Reading.
23
Organ pipe maker
Reading,
James and Susan R.,
Rev. Ebenezer S. Jordan, [New Gloucester, Me. Rev. J. E. Millerick, [Wakefield.
66 28 John P. Cook, Luey B. Stiles,
25 At home,
Gilmanton, N. H.,
Samuel G. and Caroline P., John C. and Elizabetlı,
Orna. weaver,
Bavaria,
28 25 27
Rubber eutter,
Rockland, Me.,
Acel and Ivan,
31 Benjamin Austin Parker, Emma Florence Adams, Arthur E. Abbott, Georgia P. Pendergrace, 3 Newton Symonds, Betsey Stevenson,
Topsfield,
Benj. Franklin and Mehitable F.
Rev. James Cairnes, [Woodsville, N. H. Frank S. Adams, Clergyman, [Reading. Frank S. Adams, Clergyman, [Reading.
34 Cabinet maker,
Reading,
Cyrenus C. and Rebeeea N.,
23 At home,
Augustine K. and Abbie,
24 Blaeksmith,
Nova Scotia,
Charles H. Oliphant, Pastor [First Chureli, Methuen, Mass. Frank S. Adams, Clergyman, [ Reading. Frank S. Adams, Clergyman, [ Reading. O. T. Walker, Minister, [Reading.
70 Shoe cutter,
Stoneham,
Isaae P. and Mary M.,
19 Coat maker,
25 Clerk,
Evansville, Ind., Reading,
Henry M. and Lydia,
Rev. D. A. Newton, [Stoneham, Mass.
Charles W. and Mary Anna,
Casimir and Mary, Joseph and Millicent, Joel and Maria P., Joseph and Phalalie, William and Rachel R., [ter, Reading. D.H. Reardon, Ass't Pastor St. [Joseph's Church, Wakefield. Frank S. Adams, Clergyman, [Reading.
Frank S. Adams, Clergyman, [Reading. Frank S. Adams, Clergyman, [Reading.
Whole number of Marriages, 42, Nativity of persons married : American, Males, 30; Females, 32; Foreign, Males, 12; Females, 10.
Frank S. Adams, Clergyman, [Reading. Rev. J. E. Milleriek, [Wakefield. O. T. Walker, Minister, [Reading. O. T. Walker, Minister,
O. T. Walker, Minister, [Reading.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING FOR THE YEAR 1888.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Y.M.D.
NAMES OF HUSBAND
OR PARENTS.
DISEASE, OR CAUSE OF DEATH
Jan. 9 Benjamin F. Adams,
80
Benjamin and Sarah,
12 Harriet H. Conant,
98
6,22 John and Susanna,
19 Amanda Robinson,
76
8,10 Benjamin and Miriam,
22 Peter Froton,
77
Victor and Margaret,
66 30 Hattie E. Holman,
30
7 27 Warren Q. and Adeline,
Consumption.
Feb. 6 William H. Willis,
71
2. Isaac and Lydia,
Bronchitis. Cancer.
14 Cornelia N. Eames,
57
7 John and Anar,
6 8 Joseph and Patience,
Disease of Heart.
26 Nancy A. Gleason,
74
3 9 Gilman C. Gleason,
Softening of Brain.
Mar. 17 Priscilla Killanı,
18 John Knights,
73
John and Martha,
Heart Disease.
66
19 Stephen M. Hall,
75
3 Stephen and Anna,
Bronchitis.
Apr. 4
Johnson,
James and Arabella,
Stillborn.
7
Moody,
58 27
21 Zeb. S. & Hannah E. Knight, John and Emma,
Epilepsy
30 Sarah H. Symonds,
60
5 10 Daniel and Esther,
Pleuro-Pneumonia.
66
11 Atkins Rich,
60
1 26 William and Hannah,
Neuralgia of Heart.
66
24 Annalı H. Buxton,
66 26 John C. Gleason,
43 2 4 John W. and Velina,
Consumption.
June 9 Reuben Weston,
86 6 5 Jabez and Lucy,
Old Age.
66 10 Cora E. Abbott,
48
6 21 Samuel R. and Lucy J. Allen, Disease of Heart.
77
7 21 Jepthah and Sarah Brown,
Paralysis of Brain. Heart Disease.
July 2 Carrie O. Upham, 19 Bessie May Dysart,
3
1 John A. and Annie M,
Cholera Morbus.
25 Samuel F. Atwood,
32 9
4 Benjamin Y. and Mary S.,
Spinal Meningitis.
Aug. 4 Eliza A. Severance,
66
15 Grace M Akerlcy,
10 Oliver L. and Susan J., 5
Cholera Infantum.
20 Sarah Judkins,
80
Paralysis.
25 Elizabeth Froton,
Cystitis.
27
Carter,
Inanition.
27
Carter, Triplets,
Inanition.
27 Carter, )
1
66
Inanition.
Sept. 1 Edward C. Bancroft,
Consumption.
4 Louis K. Palmer,
Phthisis Pulmonalis.
18 George A. Eaton,
20
4 Chester L. and Sophia, 6
Scrofula of Brain.
20 Unknown,
21 Wakefield,
Premature Birth.
Cancer.
Oct.
Discase of Stomaclı.
14 James Bassett,
66
21
Roberts,
9 Henry and Cassic, 9
Consumption.
Nov. 3 Mary M. Lothrop,
56
8
Consumption.
8 Daniel Cullinanc,
20
Daniel and Honora,
Poison, Self-Administered.
Cyanosis.
25 William Henry Roby,
58
Heart Disease.
Dec. 11 Jennie Perkins,
40
17 Alfred Perkins,
Cancer.
11 Eliza O. Dow,
77
8. Josiah and Anna,
Bronchitis.
15 Sophia B. Wright,
57
3.28 Emery F. Wright,
Paralysis.
66 20 Mary S. Scott,
76 10 20 Ezekiel and Mary Martin,
Gangrene.
78
7
60
3 18 John and Agnes,
Cancer of Liver.
May 2 Charles Tweed,
74
1 11 James and Sally,
Paralysis.
13 Francis A. Phelps,
61
1 26 Jacob and Rebecca,
Heart Disease.
10 Elizabeth A. Brooks, 27 Nathan Mclendy,
64
2 17 Samuel and Hannah,
23 10 Moses M. & Susan A. Osborn,
Peritonitis.
64 2 Henry & Eliz'h Woodbridge, General Prostration.
30 10 38 9
1 Lorenzo and Abigail,
Struck by a R. R. Train.
66 26 Mary J. Beard, 7 Humphrey Sullivan,
58
26 Eben Beard, 2
71
9 John and Honora,
90 1 9 David Bassett, John A. and Mary E.,
Old Age. Stillborn. Marasmus.
22 .John E. Mellen,
23 Sumner H. Fuller,
47
4
Whole number of deaths registered, 57. Males, 31; Females, 26. Less than last year, 8. Nativity: American-Males, 25; Females, 23. Foreign-Males, 5; Females, 3. Unknown, 1.
Number of deaths over the age of 90, 2; 80 to 90, 3; 70 to 80, 14; 60 to 70, 7; 50 to 60, 7; 40 to 50, 4; 30 to 40, 4; 20 to 30, 4; under 5, 11; unknown, 1. No death reported between the ages of 4 and 20 during the year.
Heart Disease. Chronic Bronchitis. Softening of Brain. Hernia.
18 Thomas Jefferson Mayall,
61
73
9
17 Samuel and Lois,
Marasmus.
15 Benjamin Rutherford,
15 Clara Tuttle,
Consumption.
.6 24 George Hubbard,
28 John Taylor,
Wellman J. and Ida E., Eliza Rutherford,
Stillborn Typhoid Pneumonia.
50 11 16 Jesse B. and Ann F. Monroe, Consumption.
77 10 Simon and Mary Lescur,
1 Adelbert H. and Clara, 1 66 66
5 James and Sally,
2 George and Grace,
Enoch and Lydia, Isaac P. Lothrop,
17 Froton,
1 Alex and Annie. William and Susan,
11
DOGS LICENSED DURING THE YEAR 1888.
Whole number issued .
221
Two hundred and two for males, at $2 . $404.00
Nineteen for females, at $5 . 95.00
$499.00
Less fees for 221 licenses, at 25 cents
44.20
- $454.80
1888, June 1st, paid J. O. Hayden, County Treas., $234.60
66 66 66 220.20 - - $454.80 JAMES REID, Town Clerk.
Reading March 1st, 1889.
12
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT.
ALMSHOUSE. INMATES.
Cleveland B. Holt
aged 89
Jonathan Pratt
79
David F. Weston
75
Alpheus Austin
66 69
Thornton D. Sanborn
66 63
James Hunter
66 45
Henry W. Weston
40
RECEIVED.
Emory B. Eames, board .
. $200 00
Catherine O'Keefe, board
· 144 00
Charles Tweed
.
27 00
Produce sold
153 73
Wood
38 40
Labor of George Beasley, keeper, lighting street
lights .
257 60
Labor of George Beasley, outside
15 00
66 removing snow . 4 00
66
distribut'g annual report 6 00
66 . . highways . 54 90
Board and lodging from sundry persons 25 50
EXPENDED.
Geo. W. Beasley, keeper . . $500 00
M. A. Stone, groceries 162 16
Geo. W. Atkinson, groceries
· 116 43
Mary F. Riordan, labor at Almshouse
130 00
C. D. Cobb & Bros., groceries .
107 81
Geo. H. Prescott
94 18
Amount carried forward, $1110 58
·
$926 13
13
Amount brought forward,
$1110 58
C. L. & W. H. Nichols, meat . 77 53
Wendell Bancroft, fuel 89 83
Francis Bartley, clothing . 56 15
Paul R. Eames, provisions 51 35 .
Bartholomew Foley, 1 cow and 2 swine 52 00 .
Hosea L. Day, crackers . 43 72 .
J. W. Roberts & Co., flour 35 62 .
Howard & Graves, provisions 25 04 .
Wm. Hawes, fish .
28 58
R. Dexter Temple, funeral expenses Sarah Judkins 25 00 Sundry bills 29 73
Boots, shoes, and repairing same
22 45
. M. Hanley, furniture 23 50
H. K. Austin, labor and material 17 54 .
Wm. Nokes, three swine . 13 00 .
T. Littlefield, repairs and material
14 50 .
Butter
14 50 .
Medicine .
13 80
.
Two swine
12 00 .
Estate of B. Rutherford, 1 heifer
.
16 25
Emily Ruggles, dry goods
.
14 58
S. A. Clough, Provisions .
8 24
R. C. Tollen, labor and material
7 80
Wm. H. Willis, medicine .
7 00
Alfred Richardson, cutting wood Hartley Lord, standing wood
8 88
Reading Ice Co., ice
8 75
Luther E. Nichols, fish
7 53
Grindstone
8 25
Standing grass
7 50
S. M. Morse, butter
9 12
Albion G. Nichols, wood .
8 75
Tuttle & Austin, provisions
5 95
Amount carried forward,
$1898 04
.
W. P. B. Brooks & Co., refrigerator
15 20
.
7 82
14
Amount brought forward,
$1898 04
A. H. Graves
5 92
Joseph Stokes, wood
5 25
Moses E. Nichols, labor .
·
4 55
Dr. F. F. Brown, medical attendance
1 00
P. McCall, labor and material .
3 25
Geo. E. Lang, expressing
25
Total amount expended
.$1918 26
Total amount received
· 926 13
Net expenses at almshouse
Appropriation
$1300 00
Net expended .
·
992 13
Unexpended
$307 87
RELIEF OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Mary A. Blanchard, rent .
$60 00
groceries and Provisions . 43 57
66
66
fuel .
37 06
medicine
11 40
66
66 physician's bill . 16 25
$168 28
John R. Dennett, fuel
$17 12
66
groceries
44 93
66
provisions
10 51
66
clothing
1 50
medicine
1 70
watchers and labor
10 00
66 funeral expense
39 50
team for funeral
4 00
66
lot in cemetery
5 00
66
gravestone
16 00
$168 50
Amount carried forward,
$336 78
.
$992 13
66
milk
18 24
15
Amount brought forward,
$336 78
Daniel Sullivan, supplies .
2 52
medicine
6 45
66
medical attendance
21 25
funeral expenses
33 00
Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, fuel
$29 32
66 supplies . 1 48
66
66 medical attendance . 1 25
$32 05
Mrs. Louisa R. Parker, supplies
$78 00
66 fuel
9 50
$87 50
Mrs. Sarah Judkins, medical attendance
$26 25
medicine . .
1 00
$27 25
Horace Blanchard, medical attendance
$24 50
medicines
4 30
66 supplies
1 42
$30 22
Thomas A. Evans, groceries
72 00
George E. Leathe
29 45
Elmira Weston, fuel
$17 90
supplies
32 00
$49 90
Marcella Wood, rent
24 00
Caroline Weickman, rent
98 00
Elizabeth W. DeRonde, rent
24 00
James Sullivan, fuel
3 50
Lucy Freeman, board®
78 00
Patrick Ragan, hospital bill
64 00
George Early, supplies
4 00
George H. Daland, fuel
5 52
60 supplies
5 00
$10 52
Amount carried forward,
$1,034 39
$63 22
16
Amount brought forward, $1,034 39
LUNATIC HOSPITALS.
Northampton, Abigail P. Beers, board $169 92
Danvers, William A. Flint
177 67
·
Maggie Whelton
. 171 52
$519 11
TRAMPS.
Wm. M. Titus, supplies
$1 50
M. A. Stone,
6 44
Geo. H. Prescott,
7 96
$15 90
Received for lodging 25
Number of tramps cared for at station, 458. .
Total expenses of Poor out of Almshouse $1599 15
Appropriation
1600 00
Unexpended
85
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
Boston, Luella R. Lloyd rent · $12 00
Sherburne, Mrs. Charles H. Leland, 66
36 00
Boston, George F. Hubbard,
14 70
Woburn, Charles Hadley,
.
3 38
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF STATE.
Mary M. Lothrop
$90 45
Daniel L. Barnard
65 07
Simon Dulong .
70 25 ·
RECEIVED FROM CITIES AND TOWNS.
Boston, Luella R. Lloyd .
. $ 60 00
Woburn, Mrs. Benjamin Wood
6 87
Sherburne, Mrs. C. H. Leland .
72 00
Received on account of State
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