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TOWN OF READING,
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1890,
BOSTON. PRESS OF S. G. ROBINSON, 29 PURCHASE ST. 1890.
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TOWN OF READING,
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1890,
BOSTON. PRESS OF S. G. ROBINSON, 29 PURCHASE ST. 1890.
TOWN OFFICERS-1889-90.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health. HORACE L. CUMMINGS, Chairman. R. DEXTER TEMPLE, Secretary. 4
STILLMAN M. PRATT.
Town Clerk. JAMES REID.
Treasurer. EDWARD F. PARKER.
Collector of Taxes. HARLEY PRENTISS.
School Committee.
GILMAN L. PARKER, Secretary, -
Term expires, 1891
66 1891
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman,
1890
HORACE G. WADLIN,
66 1890
EDWARD F. PARKER,
1892
CYRUS M. BARROWS,
66 1892
Road Commissioners.
SAMUEL W. BOWKER, Secretary, - -
Term expires, 1892
CHARLES A. WESTON, Chairman, - -
יי 1891
HENRY S. LACLAIR, -
66 1890
Constables.
HENRY STOCK.
CLARENCE J. NICHOLS.
WARREN E. EATON, -
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Trustees of the Public Library.
HORACE G. WADLIN, - Term expires, 1892
STEPHEN FOSTER. (deceased) .
CHARLES D. THOMAS,
... 1891
HARLEY PRENTISS, -
66 1891
JAMES H. GRIGGS, - -
66 1890
CYRUS M. BARROWS, -
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1890
Trustees of the Cemetery.
ALDEN BATCHELDER, - -
Term expires, 1892
1892
ALFRED W. DANFORTH, Secretary,
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66 1891
OREN N. JONES,
66 1891
FRANCIS O. DEWEY, Chairman, -
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1890
EDWARD APPLETON,
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Auditors. LEWIS M. BANCROFT,
HARRY P. BOSSON. EDGAR M. HUNT.
Board of Registrars. JAMES REID, Clerk.
JOHN G. ROBERTS. HENRY ROBINSON. HENRY E. HOLDEN.
Engineers of the Fire Department.
EDWARD C. NICHOLS, Chief.
WILLIAM L. CROWE.
WENDELL BANCROFT. WILMOT K. PRATT.
Police.
HENRY STOCK.
CALVIN L. MARTIN.
CLARENCE J. NICHOLS.
EPHRAIM WIGHT.
Night Watchmen.
HENRY STOCK. CLARENCE J. NICHOLS.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. FRANK W. PARKER.
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Town Clerk's Report. BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING FOR THE YEAR 1889.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
Jan. 5 Mary Emily Turner, - 14 Margaret Riley,
16 Eva Isabel Eibel,
27 Sybil Marion White,
66 28 James Herman Horton, "
Feb. 6|Catharine Dorothy Galvin, .. 9 John Harry Draper, 66 18 Merrill,
66 23 Helen Edith Stewart, -
March 3 Guy Carleton Howe, twins, 3 Roy Newell Howe,
3 William Doucett,
66 4 Isaac Clark Cheney,
66 6 Lealia Ada Jones, -
9 Martin Patrick Devanney, - 11 Mary Silena Doucett,
April 1 Charles Jacobs Parker, 3 Arthur William Bolton,
66 13 Will Rich Milbury.
14 Joseph Francis Quinlan
66
21 White,
66 24 Jessie Louisa Nichols, - 27 Grace Clark Mansfield,
66 30 James Alfred Doucett, -
May 7 Percival Edward Fairbanks,
66 13 Elmer Ross Batchelder,
66 22 John James O'Brien,
66 27 Jennie Francis Parker,
F Chester A. and Laura B.,
M Daniel T. and Mary A.,
F Dean and Sarah M.,
F John and Mary,
M Edwin Francis and Hattie I .. , M William J. and Maggie J., F Li-ter and Addie Evelyn, M Raymond and Jane,
M Jno. Reuben and Mary Ellz'th, M Edgar Noble and Francis A., F Phineas S. and Florence E., M Oliver L. and Susan J.,
Book-keeper. Cabinet maker. Machinist.
Carpenter.
Glass cutter.
Milk dealer.
Merchant.
Rubber business.
Mechanic.
Commercial salesman.
Tinsmith. House painter.
Stone inason. Farmer.
Fireman. Section hand R. Rd.
F Frank P. and Hannah J., Anthony and Annie,
Fireman. Fruit dealer.
Stone mason. 66
66 23 George Albert White,
Dec. 2 Ella Louise Wall. 2 Margueretta Wall, -twins,
66 8 Jennie May Hannaford,
6. 14 Leo Joseph Burgoyne,
66 19 Colin Balmain Robertson,
M
Warren T. and Margaret S., John J. and Ella J., James and Isabella H.,
House painter. Tinsmith. Machinist.
OMITTED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
XES
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
1881, Apr. 27
1882, Nov. 9
Bernard Eben Cheney, Marion Addie Howes,
F
Andrew N. and Lillian F.,
1887, June 7 1888, Dec. 1
Charles Mervin Cheney,
Euley May Wilkinson,
M Charles M. and Emma M .. F George W. and .Jennie M.,
Laborer. Section hand R. Rd. Hard rubber turner. Barber.
Inventor. Rubber worker.
F James and Lizzie,
M Isaac and Elizabeth E.,
Farmer.
Machinist.
F Spencer G. and Ella,
.. M James C. and Blanche, M 66
M Jeremiah and Julia,
M Charles M. and Emma M., F Jacob Dexter and Julia Etta,
M Matthew and Rose Ann,
F Henry and Monique,
M George W. and Jennie L.,
M Frederick and Alice,
M William O. and Edith B.,
M Michael S. and Mary E.,
M Richard A. and Flora H.,
F Amos C. and Dora,
F |Ward C. and Sadie M.,
M James A. and Betsey,
M Charles E. and Mary E., M Howard W. and Orissa J., M John Joseph and Mary Eliz'th, Veneer dryer.
Locomotive engineer.
Cabinet maker. Salesman.
June 5 Mary Murray, - 8 Francis Johnson, 15 Samuel Thomas Black,
18 Edith Madeline Fielding, 20 Walter Dulong,
July 1 George Edgar Dulong, - 11 Edgar Norman Hunt, 66 24 Annie Clare Killam, -
Aug. 2 Chester Howard Akerly, 3 Margaret Veronica Hurley,
66 10 Nelson Ravmond Weston, - 66 29 Wallace Watson Hawkes, Sept. 2 Morton Leroy Lovejoy 66 12 William James Akerman, 66 21 Hugh Leonard Eames,
Oct. 5 Arthur Pratt Allen, 7
Evans,
8 Elsie Smith, 9 Peter Benedict Bennett, 11 Elsie Amelia Nichols,
66
19 David Edward Barr,
Nov. . 2 Honora Cullinane, 11 Florence Anna Eaton, 6. 13 Assunta Michelini, 66 23 Simon Arthur White, {
twins,
M Joshua and Mary Ann, 66 .6 66 66
Edward T. and Lizzie A.,
Baggage master.
M Samuel and Jane,
F Albion G. and Jessie B., M Allen J. and Susan K., F Thomas and Catharine,
Laborer.
Laborer. Accountant. Junk dealer. Laborer, Reed worker.
F George P. and Alice M., M John N. and Annie C., M John W. and Mary Jane, M Eugene Leroy and Lizzie A.,
M Ralph Leslie and Louisa, M Leonard T. and Emily M., M Charles H. and Hattie B., M Thomas and Mary Ann, F Stephen and Jennie,
Livery stable keeper.
Driver.
Cashier. Laborer. Salesman. Farmer.
Traveling salesman.
Organpipe maker.
Pyrotechnist.
Furniture finisher.
Carpenter. Engineer.
Laborer. Carpenter. Gate tender R. Rd. Section hand R. Rd. Laborer.
M Edwin E. and Anna M.,
F Eugene G. and Susannah E.,
M James A. and Mary P.,
Adolphe and Sadie,
Patrick and Margaret A.,
Adolph F. and Nellie G.,
M Charles M. and Emma M.,
Baggage master. Book-keeper. Salesman. Brass finisher.
Whole number births registered in 1889, 65. Males, 39; Females, 26. Nativity of parents .- American Fathers, 36; Foreign, 26. American Mothers, 35; Foreign, 27. Three births twins.
66 27 Daniel Canty, 66 28 Ruth Peabody,
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING FOR THE YEAR 1889.
NAME OF BRIDE
DATE.
AND GROOM.
AGE.
OCCUPATIONS.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. 28 Anthony Michelini, Annie Fiorani,
30 Fruit dealer,
Italy, Italy,
Feb.
7 George H. Porter, Eliza A. White,
54
At home,
North Reading,
Augustine P. and Emma H., John and Helena,
Annie A. Murray,
21
Machine stitcher, Carpenter,
Nova Scotia, Ireland,
Frank and Catherine, Thomas and Mary, John and Mary,
James Reid, J. P., Reading.
70 Farmer,
New York City, N. Y.,
Rev. D. C. Stevons.
21 Elmer Ellsworth Prince, Alice C. Little,
31
Nurse,
Reading,
26 Owen McKenney, Maggie E. Kelley,
21 At home,
Everett,
John and Catherine, John and Agnes,
Rev. Frederick N. Upham.
Apr.
6 Jay Edgar Williams, Hattie Symmes La Clair,
19
Necktie maker,
Reading,
William and Mary H., Sampson L. and Catherine, Osmond R. and Sarah H.,
Rev, Frank S. Adams.
32
Merchant,
Portsmouth, N. H. North Reading,
Thomas and Mary,
Rev. J. E. Millerick, Wakefield
25
Domestic,
Ireland,
John and Annie, William L. and Emma D., Henry and Sarah,
Rev. O. T. Walker.
51 Organ pipe maker, England.
42 At home,
England, Oxford,
Russell A. and Mary E.,
Rev. Samuel Bowker.
5 Samuel W. Bowker,
35 Contractor,
Amos and Mary G ..
Rev. Frank S. Adams.
25 Salesman,
Cambridge,
Thomas and Ann, Edwin P. and Harriet, James and Susan, George W. and Mary,
Rev. Frank S. Adams.
20
Box maker,
Jacob W. and Lydia B.,
Rev. Frank S. Adams.
23 Nurseryman, 22 At home,
Reading, Exeter, N. H.,
Rev. Frank S. Adams.
25
Book-keeper,
Reading, Reading,
Rev. O. T. Walker.
25 At home, 22 Shoe man'f'r, 19
North Reading. Lowell,
Rev. D. J. O'Farrell.
26
Baggage master, At home, Horse-shoer,
Reading, Boston, Bristol, N. B., Milford, N. H.,
Rev. Frank S. Adams.
28 19
At home,
East Bridgewater,
School teacher,
Reading, Nova Scotia, Wakefield,
Casimir and Mary,
John S, and Margaret,
16 At home,
Dominico and Assunta, Raphael and Santina, George W. and Emily B., Albert and Dorothy, Rev. Henry P. Hall, 100 Blue Hill ave. Rev. G. A. Cleveland.
14 Arthur H. Cook,
21
Brakeman,
Reading,
D. H. Reardon, Wakefield.
17 Francis W. Doucett, Annie Dowd, 20 Richard Robinson, Margaret (Wood) Reed,
23
Domestic,
Troy, N. Y.,
46 At home,
27 Baker,
Lisbon Falls, Me., Woodstock, N. B.,
James and Marcella, Jeremiah and Dorcas, Amos and Sarah, Owen and Bridget, Michael and Margaret,
Rev. O. T. Walker.
Mar. 23 William Salisbury.
23 Rubber mixer,
Preston, Eng.,
Mary McClenaghan,
28 Housekeeper,
Ireland,
Jeremiah B. and Mary E.
20 Advertising.
Biddeford, Me.,
May 20 Howell C. Russell, Ida Marion Jones, 23 Thomas Turner, Mary Thornton, June 1 William Viner, Jane Bolton, 3 Arthur E. Davis, Mabel G. Willis,
Rev. Frank S. Adams.
30 Loco. fireman,
Gorham, N. H.,
Octavus N. and Martha B.
20 At home,
Mt. Desert, Me.,
Samuel and Elizabeth,
Imogene A. Moulton,
35 Housekeeper,
Reading,
28 21
At home, Grocer,
Charlestown,
Reading, Wilmington,
John Fairfield and Ellen Maria, Charles H. and Sarah F., David P. and Harriet A., Lawrence and Almeda E., Benjamin and Minnie E., Francis and Bridget, John and Catherine, John S. and Susan E., Charles E. and Mary J., Cushing and Sarah J., Daniel W. and Eliza A.,
Rev. D. C. Stevens.
July
19 Charles M. Danforth, Nellie Brown, 26 Lawrence G. Duley, Rosetta H. Wier, 26 Francis J. Clark, Emma L. Elsesser,
At home,
24
31 Machinist, 19 22 Stone layer,
Rev. J. E. Millerick, Wakefield
66 27 Charles Douglass Wells, Mabel Gertrude Flint, 8 Quincy Cushing Bird, Emma Frances Berry, 9 Dennis Doucett, Margaret Matilda Doucett,
Rev. J. M. Mulcahy, Franklin .
22 At home,
50 Farmer,
Reading, Bed ford,
26
Rev. Frank J. Ryan.
27 Brush maker,
28 24 At home, Section hand, R. R, Ireland,
6|Thomas Roby Hill, Jennie Netterville Monroe, 17 Herbert L. Mckay, Grace Sidelinker, 18 Jacob Woodward Manning, Florence F. Nason,
July 11 Boardman P. Shute, Clara A. (Houseman) Miller " 11 William F. Nichols,
40 Shoemaker, 39 Housekeeper,
31 Teaching,
28 Teaching,
28 Watch factory,
25 Music teacher,
Rev. Frederick N. Upham.
28 Carpenter, Domestic,
Lyndeborough, N. H., Boston, Chicopee Falls, Rockland,
Rev. H. C. McDougall, Rockland.
23
22 Dress maker,
Clerk,
North Reading,
Reading,
Lucius M. and Henrietta F.,
Ira W. and Caroline J.,
30 26 29 30
Shoemaker, Housewife, Stable hand,
Germany, Walpole,
Herz and Julia,
Rev. M. F. Flatley, Malden.
66 22 John J. Shannon Harriet F. McBride,
25
Chicago, Ill.,
Jeremiah and Mary, Hugh and Catherine, Osborn R. and Sarah F.,
Rev. O. T. Walker.
Oct: 13 Edward O. Poland,
Capt. Fire Co.
Winchendon, Charlottetown, P. E. I.,
Rev. A. G. Bale, Melrose.
27 At home,
Charlestown,
Rev. N. C. Alger, Chatham.
23 At home,
Chatham,
Rev. J. W. Winkley.
63 Dentist,
Dover, Me.,
Jonathan and Mary, Jonathan and Abigail, William and Catherine,
Rev. O. T. Walker.
35 Painter,
London, Eng.,
28 Domestic,
Bridgewater, N. S.,
John and Mary,
Rev. J. E. Millerick, Wakefield
22 Contractor,
Reading,
Patrick and Margaret.
Rev. M. J. Savage.
48
Farmer,
Belfast, Me.,
Orrin and Lucinda,
66
31
Carpenter,
Nova Scotia,
John B. and Frances,
Nova Scotia,
Simon and Annie C., Andrew J. and Lucy B.,
Rev. Frank S. Adams.
Dec. 3 Arthur S. Tuttle, Susan R. Nichols,
Reading,
J. Brooks and Caroline E.,
Rev. Frank S. Adams.
20 Orrin A. Cummings,
Windham, N. H.,
John A. and Ellen T., Mason and Betsey F., Charles A. and Emily C.,
Christopher R. Elliot,
Dorchester
Boston,
Warren and Mary, Benjamin and Sarah,
Rev. O. T. Walker.
Carpenter,
Reading,
Washington Co., Me.,
Charles and Ruth.
Omitted in 1888.
Rev. J. M. Wyman,
Dec.
8 Freeland E. Stackpole, · Alice E. Nief,
21
Shoemaker,
South Berwick, Me.,
Roslindale.
30 Thomas H. Barrett,
Charlestown.
Mary E. Miles,
23 At home,
Reading, Charlestown,
John C. and Rosa. Patrick and Hannah, Thomas and Margaret,
Rev. J. M. Donovan,
18 Rubber coat mak'r Boston, 25 Machinist,
Lynnfield, New York City, N. Y. Reading, Hardwick, Reading, Great Falls, N. H.,
Jonathan B. and Abigail S., John M. and Rosetta, Daniel and Nancy O., E. Willis and Susanna, Henry C. and Maria, Charles M. and Martha P., Samuel and Mary J., Levi and Elizabeth,
/Erdix T. Swift, J. P.
Rev. E. P. Blodgett, Greenwich. Rev. Frederick N. Upham.
Lizzle A. Robinson, 16 Walter Gerritson, Hattie Maria Chase, Sept. 2 Herbert Warren Hodgeman Alice G. Nason, 4 Burton C. Rich, Nellie M. Lovewell,
32 26 19
Iceman, At home, McKay stitcher,
New Brunswick, Hancock, N. H.,
Charles A. and Laura A., James and Sarah, Elijah and Lucie, Henry and Ellen B., Samuel O. and Elizabeth B .. Lambertus W. and Sophia,
Rev. J. H. Hoffman.
66 7 Richard I. Hallett, E. Kate Knight, 11 William J. Allen, Sophia F. Krook, 12 Lucius Morris Beebe, Helen Ida Ruggles, .. 14C. J. G. E. Herbolzheimer, Pauline Cauter,
28
Book-keeper,
Baltimore, Md.,
Rev. D. C. Stevens.
Reading, Germany,
Peter and Barbara,
James Reid, J. P.
41 39 28 Book-keeper,
Charlestown,
William B. and Isabella. Jacob W. and Sophronia P., Edward John and Clarissa, William H. and Ruth A., Godfrey and Cynthia A. S.,
Mary J. (Thompson) Fellows 23 Arthur Everett Roberts, Clara Augusta Norris, Nov. 11|Fred M. Temple, Flora M. Tripp, 66 14 Alonzo C. Blethen, Frances Parker Shute,
40 Housekeeper,
Lynnfield.
Michael and Mary,
22 At home,
Roston,
42 Housekeeper,
Lowell,
Jacob and Almira A.,
Rev. J. E. Millerick, Wakefield
17 24 At home, 30 Provision dealer, At home,
Saugus,
28 Farmer,
21 Domestic,
Bradford, N. H.,
Cora A. Putney, 24 John A. Burgess,
Dedham,
33 Teamster, 19 At home, 61
Julia A. Mitchell, 24 Charles C. Frost, Delia C. (Higgins) Smith,
49 Housekeeper,
Edward L. and Mary J.,
16 George Crowther, Mary Hubbly 19 Edward H. Forbes, Fannie M. Downs, 23 Orrin W. Cunningham, Ida M. (Nichols) Lyman, 27 Augustus Surette, Louise Muse,
22 Salesman,
Reading,
Rev. Frederick N. Upham.
21 20 Book-keeper,
Whole number of marriages, 47. Nativity of persons married : American, Males, 36; Females, 37; Foreign, Males, 11; Females 10. First marriage of 38 males and 40 females. Second marriage of 8 males and 5 females. Third marriage of 1 male and 2 females.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1889.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Y.M.D.
NAMES OF PARENTS OR HUSBANDS.
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Jan. 9 Gardner French,
66 10 Henry Damon,
73 11 21
Oliver and Sally,
Gangrene.
46 12 Sarah L. Brown,
15 Elizabeth A. Dewey,
17 John R. Dennett,
69 11 10 Ephraim and Abigail,
Heart disease.
6 17 Sylvester Phelps,
81 6 13 Joshua and Nancy,
Apoplexy.
21 Luther Weston,
83 7 Ephraim and Molly, 1
Old age.
66 25 Gilman C. Gleason,
79
2 20 Joseph and Lucy,
Paralysis.
" 27 Mary E. Parker,
" 29 Thomas Leon Muse,
" 30 Sarah G. Temple.
83 2 4 John and Lydia,
1 Edwin E. and Annie M.
26 Frank W. Gilmore, 15 5 26 James W. and Maria,
Mar. 5 Daniel B. Lovejoy, 71
" 13 Francis Forbes,
66
14 Luther Hutchins,
66
17 Mollie C. Atwood,
17 Annie Enos,
66 26 George G. Pearsons,
Apr. 11 Sarah D Butman, 13 Abigail Buxton,
81 3
3 Asa and Elizabeth,
84 10
7 Parker and Abigail,
63
9 10 Richard and Clarissa,
Pneumonia.
66 16 Edwin C. Dyer,
66 21 White,
66 22 Ira C. Gray,
59 6 30 Ira and Harriet,
24
23 Veitoll and Maggie,
Consumption.
66 26 Mary N. Sweetser,
84 7 John and Mary,
Old age.
27 Albert F. Converse,
56
2 25 Eben and Sabra,
Apoplexy.
66 28 Jeremiah Delay,
29 Hattie C. Eaton,
24 11 Osgood and Lucy A.,
Suicide.
May 4 Charles W. Perkins,
66 11 Anton Neixras, 24 H. Walter Brown,
"
30 Helen L. Harrington,
June 5 James M. Eames,
66
12 Ruby W. Carter,
July 16 Edward Barnard, 26 David F. Weston,
Aug. 4 John Watson,
19 Chester H. Akerley,
66 21| William Mears,
28 Ellen M. Gray,
66 29 Jane W. Pratt,
Sept. 1 Susan R. Mckay,
66 3 Henry A. Brown, M. D.,
66 4 Andrew J. Bowman.
7 Percival E. Fairbanks,
66 10 Mary Ella Nichols,
14 Mary A. Blanchard,
26 Ellen F. Tufts,
Oct. 8 Sophia R. Crowe, 66 8 Emma F. Pitman,
66 10 Charles Ernest Warren,
21 James Smith,
66 23 William Proctor,
26 Esther R. Batchelder,
66 30 Stephen Foster,
Nov. 1 George Ballard,
66 17 James W. Roberts,
26 Estella M. Parker,
26 John E. Walker,
66 28 Rosamond C. Davis,
Dec. 1 Harriet W. Pratt,
" 13 Frederic N. Temple,
49 10 23 William and Mary C.,
Creeping paralysis.
5810 6 James and Sybil,
Pneumonia.
1886. Omitted in previous years. Jan. 27 Capt. Josiah Coburn,
73 7| 9|Josiah,
Cancer.
Whole number of deaths registered, 69. Males, 43; Females, 26; Nativity, American, - Males, 37; Females, 23; Foreign, - Males, 5; Females, 4.
Ages ;- 80 to 90, 8; 70 to 80, 14; 60 to 70, 9; 50 to 60, 11 ; 40 to 50, 2; 30 to 40, 5; 20 to 30, 7; 10 to 20, 2; 1 10 10, 2: less than one year, 8; stillborn, 1.
83 9 20 Eliphalet and Esther,
Senile atrophy.
23| Mary E. Coney,
34 5 13 Rufus H. and Harriet W., 9 27 Joseph W. and Margaret, 4 Charles E. and Mary,
27
2 9 William H. and Ruth A.,
64
4 15 Walter C.,
Paralysis.
Heart failure.
52 Thomas and Mary,
Consumption.
Hemorrhage.
Teething and meningitis.
Bronchitis, with cancer of hand. Myelitis.
Pneumonia.
Paralysis.
Marasmus.
Pernicious anæmia.
11 6 21 Warren and Mary,
Consumption.
Dropsy of chest.
76 4 5 Sewell and Deborah,
Abdominal tumor.
63 Richard and Hannah,
59 6 John and Deborah,
80 10 22 Davis and Mary,
71 2 3 George B. and Eliza,
64 5 5 James W. and Martha,
Consumption.
Anæmia.
Rheumatic carditis.
17 Oliver L. and Susan J.,
Marasmus.
Degeneration of heart.
Disease of heart and kidneys.
Railroad accident.
Cancer of lungs.
Pulmonary phthisis.
Cholera infantum.
Diarrhea.
Consumption and cong. of lungs.
7 7 Asa A. and Hannah P., 61
39 Lyman and Mary,
1 10 10 Charles E. and Isabel,
65 5 Abraham and Alice,
8,30 William and Helen L., 8 Benjamin and Hannah,
70
78 8 Thomas and Phebe,
30 Michael and Mary,
7 21 Willis M. and Hattie L.,
51 10 20 Edward and Margaret,
74 9 26 David and Lucinda, 72 10 Elix and Rosanna,
57 10 23 Zebediah and Sarah, 53 918 Samuel and Miranda,
64 6 27 Benjamin and Hannah, 53 11 4 Charles and Elizabeth,
Consumption.
Pneumonia.
Consumption.
Debility.
Railroad accident,
Cerebro spinal meningitis.
75 Michael and Mary,
Pneumonia.
71 11 14 Warren and Lucinda, 35 40 4 Newell and Mary J.,
Malignant cancer.
Railroad accident.
Asthma and bronchitis.
25
3 15 John C. and Jane D.,
53
2 24 Bodwell and Sally,
Pneumonia.
37 2 Michael and Mary,
Heart disease.
73 10 Joseph and Hannah,
20 7 Benjamin Y. and Mary,
1 6 Antoine and Annie,
Bronchitis.
25 10 28 S. G. Bradley and Hepsibeth,
Heart disease.
Heart disease.
Bronchitis.
1 Horace E. and Mary L., Richard A. and Flora H.,
Tubercular meningitis.
Stillborn.
Erysipelas.
23 Mary Dulong,
Gastric fever.
Premature birth.
Acute Bright's disease.
52 10 9 David and Mary N.,
Bright's disease.
1 29 John and Sylvia,
Pneumonia.
Feb. 18 Merrill,
77 11 26 Hosley and Rebecca,
Heart disease.
76 921 William and Sarah,
63 7 11 John and Betsev,
Stricture of bowels. Pneumonia.
Apoplexy.
Cerebral embolism.
14 John N. Nichols,
28 George W. Porter,
8| Martha Bezanson,
9 James Gartland,
27 18 John and Annie,
Dogs Licensed for the Year 1889.
Whole number of licenses issued . 211
One hundred and ninety-two for males, at $2. $384 00
Nineteen for females, at $5 95 00
$479 00
Less fees for 211 licenses, at 20 cents 42 20 - - $436 80 1889, June 3d, paid J. O. Hayden, County Treas., $207 60
". Dec. 2d, " 66
66
229 20
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$436 80
JAMES REID, Town Clerk.
Reading, March 1st, 1890.
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT.
ALMSHOUSE.
INMATES.
Cleveland B. Holt. Aged 90 years.
Jonathan Pratt
66
80
David F. Weston, died July 26
76
Alpheus Austin
66
70
Thornton D. Sanborn
46
64 66
James Hunter. .
66 46 66
Henry W. Weston
41 66
Abigail P. Beers, admitted May 7, died Jan. 13 66
69
RECEIVED.
Catherine O'Keefe, board. $144 00
George Beasley, Keeper, lighting street lights
294 00
Same produce. .
101 55
Same wood furnished outside Poor.
42 48
Same meals and lodgings.
21 50
Same cow sold. 20 00
Same
distributing annual reports 8 00
Same removing snow 3 00
$634 53
EXPENDED.
George Beasley, Keeper $500 00
George W. Atkinson, groceries 222 56
M. A. Stone, groceries. 168 13
Mary F. Riordan, labor
130 00
Samuel A. Clough, provisions 121 19
John H. Simpson, groceries 87 87
David C. Temple, repairing buildings 67 50
Calvin L. Martin, coal .
61 25
Greenleaf S. Tukey, pump and piping.
37 73
Amount carried forward, $1396 23
11
Amount brought forward, $1396 23
Paul R. Eames, provisions
34 58
Francis Bartley, clothing 34 25
William Hawes, fish 29 37
R. Dexter Temple, funeral expenses of Abigail P. Beers 27 00
C. D. Cobb Bro., groceries .
22 40
James W. Roberts & Co., groceries
21 75
Francis F. Brown, medical attendance
20 75
Mrs. H. L. Day, crackers.
19 54
Ellenwood & Robertson, labor and material
18 44
Moses E. Nichols, labor and material.
17 56
Emily Ruggles, dry goods .
17 17
Reading Ice Company, ice.
17 55
Wendell Bancroft, lumber 15 98
R. Dexter Temple, wood and windows 14 00
M. Hanley, furniture. 11 88
Charles Wakefield, wood 11 25
T. Littlefield, labor and material . 11 05
W. H. Willis, medicine 10 15
Lewis R. Speare, two swine.
10 00
N. W. Broad, labor and material
9 87
George H: Prescott, groceries 8 91
H. K. Austin, labor .. 8 40
C. A. Wells, horse shoeing. 7 02
George W. Hunt, standing wood. 6 25
Robert P. Burgess, labor and material 6 00
Charles G. Rogers, labor and material 5 58
Howard W. Batchelder, cutting wood. 5 00
Dominique Doucett, stone work . 4 50
Trustees of Cemetery, standing wood 4 25
John A. Blunt, iron work. 3 25
John O. Dow, medical attendance 3 25
Samuel Brown, wood work. 2 75
J. H. Hannaford, medical attendance 1 50
Amount carried forward, $1837 43
12
Amount brought forward, $1837 43
Noble Bunker, cutting wood.
2 00
Webster Eames, cutting wood.
2 00
John Holman & Co., mill work.
75
W. G. White, expressing.
15
Sundry bills
39 73
Boots, shoes, and repairing
23 95
Medicine
15 60
Standing grass
10 50
Butter
9 72
Total amount expended. $1941 83
Total amount received .
634 53
Net expense at Almshouse
$1307 30
RELIEF OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
John Owens, nursing .
$441 16
Thomas A. Evans, groceries
$84 00
Same wood and coal . 34 14
Lucy J. Freeman, telegraphing .
$ 50
Same
board 63 00
Same
nursing 5 00
Same medicine and medical attendance, 5 00
Same
clothing
9 75
Same
funeral expenses 21 50
Mary A. Blanchard, rent
$35 00
Same
funeral expenses
27 50
Same
medical attendance
27 75
Same
wood and coal
25 38
Same
provisions
14 50
Same
medicine 2 95
Same
groceries 1 00
134 08
Amount carried forward,
$798 13
118 14
104 75
13
Amount brought forward,
$798 13
Louisa R. Parker, supplies.
$78 00
Same wood 6 00
84 00
Caroline Weichman, rent.
70 00
Elizabeth W. DeRonde, rent
24 00
Marcella Wood, rent.
24 00
Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, wood and coal
25 25
Mrs. Benjamin Weston, supplies.
$53 00
Same
coal
16 88
Same
wood 5 10
74 98
-James Sullivan, supplies
$2 24
Same
wood
3 38
Same coal
13 50
19 12
William Blanchard, medicine and medical attend-
ance
6 50
George H. Daland, fuel
$8 07
Same provisions
2 00
10 07
. George O. Kelley, funeral expenses of child.
5 15
Horace W. Blanchard, medicine .
75
$1141 95
LUNATIC HOSPITALS.
Danvers, William A. Flint, board. $171 21
Maggie Whelton, board. 182 01
Worcester, Henry C. Buck, board.
71 04
Northampton, Abigail P. Beers, board $68 15
66 transfer from hos-
pital to Almshouse 8 98
77 13
$501 39
14
TRAMPS.
George H. Prescott, crackers
$8 94
M. A. Stone, crackers. 8 31
W. G .. White, expressing 25
$17 50
Number of tramps cared for at station, 514.
Appropriation .
$2700 00
Sale of John R. Dennett estate. 429 00
$3129 00
Total expense of poor
2968 14
Unexpended
$160 86
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
Mrs. Charles H. Leland, Sherburne $36 00
George F. Hubbard, Cambridge 34 96
Thomas Welch, Wakefield. 2 00
Benjamin F. Wood, Woburn
1 79
$74 75
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF STATE PAUPERS.
Simon Dulong, rent.
$4 00
Same nursing. 25 59
$29 59
Joseph Pittier, medical attendance 13 75
RECEIVED FROM CITIES AND TOWNS.
Luella R. Lloyd.
$12 00
Charles Hadley .
3 38
$15 38
Received on account of State
162 07
15
PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE.
Furniture, crockery and tin ware
$357 68
Beds and bedding 214 00
Provisions
139 20
Farming tools 155 00
Two cows 75 00
English hay.
60 00
Stove and hollow ware
72 00
Harnesses 50 00
Express wagon .
50 00
Manure
50 00
Wood and coal in shed
68 00
Cord wood
60 00
Horse.
40 00
Farm wagon
40 00
Horse cart.
35 00
Fowls. 15 75
Meadow hay 10 00
Pigs
15 00
Stone wagon
15 00
Horse sled. 12 00
Mowing machine
10 00
Sleigh .
10 00
Grain
7 00
$1560 63
Town farm and buildings
$5600 00
Personal property at town farm 1560 63
$7160 63
HORACE L. CUMMINGS, R. DEXTER TEMPLE, STILLMAN M. PRATT,
Overseers of the Poor.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
VALUATION OF ESTATES, REAL AND PERSONAL, TAXED IN TOWN, MAY 1, 1889.
Real estate. $2,402,984 00 Personal estate. 227,843 00
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