Massachusetts year book and city and town register, 1895, Part 38

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Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Worcester, Mass. : F.S. Blanchard & Co.
Number of Pages: 616


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9 .- Brookfield, North Brookfield, Spencer, Warren and West Brookfield, DAVID W. HODGKINS, Brookfield. 10 .- Barre, Dana, Hubbardston, Hardwick, New Braintree, Oakham and Rutland, ELIHU L. SAWYER, Barre.


11 .- Auburn, Boylston, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Paxton, Shrewsbury, Sutton. West Boylston and Worcester, PATRICK HENRY KEEFE, Worcester.


FISH AND GAME WARDENS.


The paid Game Wardens of the State are Wm. H. Proctor (State Police, de- tailed for service of Fish and Game Commission) Swampscott; John W. Delano, Marion; B. P. Chadwick, Bradford; S. B. Rich, Provincetown; Benj. Smith, Pittsfield. Besides these there are about thirty persons holding appoint- ments, and serving without pay.


BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINERS.


For Post Office Examinations, etc.


Chairman, Omar F. Loring; Secretary, Edw. E. Stebbins; Frank M. Small, J. T. Ward, A. M. Hayward.


PENAL INSTITUTIONS .*


1


INSTITUTION.


Location and P. O. Address.


Principal Officer.


Salary.


Average Daily Number of Prisoners.


Aver. Number of Prisoners Employed on Productive Industries.


State Prison,


Boston; P. O., Charlestown, .....


Benjamin F. Bridges, .


$4,000


667


439


Reformatory Prison for Women,


Sherborn; P. O., S. Framingham, Mrs. Ellen C. Johnson,


2,000+


289


136


Massachusetts Reformatory, .


Concord; P. O., Concord Junct.,


Joseph F. Scott, ..


3,500


1,035


566


State Farm,


Bridgewater; P. O., State Farm, H. M. Blackstone,


2,000


439


No report.


Boston House of Industry,


Boston; Deer Island,


James R. Gerrish, .


2,500+


1,393


Barnstable Co. Jail and House of Cor. Barnstable,


George H. Cash,


350+


14


Berkshire Co. Jail and House of Cor. Bristol Co. Jail and House of Cor., .


New Bedford,


J. A. Hunt,


1,200+


290


131


Bristol County Jail, .


Taunton, ..


A. R. Wright, Sheriff,.


800+


41


-


-


Essex County House of Correction,


Ipswich,


Charles W. Morrill,.


1,200


105


55


Essex Co. Jail and House of Cor.,


Lawrence,


H. G. Herrick, .


1,300


196


111


... Essex County Jail,


Newburyport,


Charles L. Ayers,.


900


26


Essex Co. Jail and House of Cor., ..


Salem,


S. R. Hathaway,


1,200


139


71


Franklin Co. Jail and House of Cor., Greenfield, .


Chas. S. Richardson,


700


41


20


Hampden Co. Jail and House of Cor. Springfield, .


E. P. Clark, Sheriff, ..


1,000


229


116


Hampshire Co. Jail and House of Cor. Middlesex Co. Jail and House of Cor.


Northampton,


J. E. Clark, Sheriff,.


1,000+


41


20


Middlesex County Jail,


Lowell,


H. G. Cushing, Sheriff, ..


1,000+


122


No report.


Nantucket Co. Jail and House of Cor. Nantucket, .


Fred'k F. Parker, ...


50


1


Norfolk Co. Jail and House of Cor.,


Dedham,


A. B. Endicott, Sheriff, ..


1,000


82


67


Plymouth Co. Jail and House of Cor., Plymouth,


A. K. Harmon, Sheriff,


750+


71


35


Suffolk County Jail,


Boston (Charles street),


J. B. O'Brien, Sheriff, .


1,000+


194


Suffolk County House of Correction, Boston; P. O., South Boston,


John C. Whiton,


2,500+


651


351


Worcester Co. Jail and House of Cor. Fitchburg,


B. D. Dwinnell.


1,400+


165


85


Worcester Co. Jail and House of Cor. | Worcester, .


|R. H.Chamberlain, Sh'r'f,


1,000


216


91


In each institution the principal officer has a residence free of rent.


*Excepting schools for juvenile offenders. The institutions maintained by the State for the imprisonment of juvenile offend- ers are the State Primary School at Monson, the Lyman School for Boys at Westboro and the State Industrial School for Girls at Lancaster. See Charitable Institutions.


+Also boarded at public expense.


MASSACHUSETTS YEAR BOOK.


Edgartown, .


Hiram Crowell,


200


Dukes County Jail, .


Pittsfield,


John Crosby, Sheriff,


1,000


75


39


Cambridge; P. O., E. Cambridge, John M. Fisk, .


2,500


490


71


7,012


270


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COUNTY OFFICERS.


BARNSTABLE COUNTY.


Inc. 1685. Pop. 29,172. Shire Town, BARNSTABLE.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency .- Hiram P. Harriman (R), Wellfleet, salary $1300.


Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Freeman H. Lothrop (R), Barnstable, salary $1300.


Sheriff .- Jos. Whitcomb (R), Provincetown, salary $500.


Special Sheriff .- Solomon B. Rich, Provincetown.


Master House Correction .- Geo. H. Cash, Barnstable.


Deputy Sheriffs .- Alfred Crocker, Barnstable; David B. Nye, East Falmouth; Lyman E. Baxter, Hyannis; Franklin Crocker, Hyannis; Chas. Quinn, Sand- wich; John J. Harlow, Santuit: Darius F. Weeks, South Harwich; Oliver H. Linnell, Wellfleet; John Small, West Dennis; Chas. M. Bray, Yarmouth.


Clerk of Courts .- Smith K. Hopkins (R), Barnstable, salary $1250.


County Treasurer .- Edw. L. Chase (R), Barnstable, salary $500.


Register of Deeds .- Andrew F. Sherman (R), Barnstable.


County Commissioners (compensation $1300, divided) .- Richard A. Rich (R), Truro; Joshua C. Robinson (R), Falmouth; John H. Clark (R), Brewster.


Special Commissioners .- Freeman Howes (R), Yarmouth; Watson F. Baker (R), Dennis.


BERKSHIRE COUNTY.


Inc. 1761. Pop. 81,108. Shire Town, PITTSFIELD.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency .- Edward T. Slocum (R), Pittsfield, salary $1800. Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Fred R. Shaw (R), salary $1800.


Sheriff .- John Crosby (D), Pittsfield, salary $1600.


Special Sheriff .- Col. Walter Cutting, Pittsfield.


Deputy Sheriffs .- Chas. H. Tinney, Adams; John W. Cropper, Ashley Falls; Lawrence A. Chase, Berkshire; E. H. Alvord, Chester; Wm. C. Brague, Dalton; Frank D. Rowe, Egremont ; Malcom Douglas. Great Barrington; Louis C. Raif- stanger, Great Barrington ; Chas. H. Cutting, Lee; John J. Waddock, Lee; John E. White, Lenox; John Moran, Mill River; Burton C. Langdon, Monterey; Chas. A. Claflin, Montville: Chas. L. Frink, North Adams; John E. Maloney, North Adams; Lewis W. Taylor, Pittsfield; Oliver L. Wood, Pittsfield; Wm. H. Sherill, Richmond; John H. Bacon, Sheffield: Edw. L. Day, Stockbridge; John W. Sweet, Tyringham; George F. Prindle, Williamstown; Thos. Dunfrey, Williamstown.


Clerk of Courts .- Henry W. Taft (R), Pittsfield, salary $2800.


County Treasurer .- Geo. H. Tucker (R), Pittsfield, salary $1500.


Registers of Deeds .- Northern District, E. Earl Merchant (R), Adams; Middle District, Henry M. Pitt (R), Pittsfield; Southern District, John C. New (R), Great Barrington.


County Commissioners (compensation $2100, divided) .- Job K. Anthony (R), Adams; Wm. C. Dalzell (R), Egremont ; John H. Manning (R), Pittsfield.


Special Commissioners .- Chas. J. Burget (D), Great Barrington; Thos. W. Richmond (R).


Master in Chancery .- Arthur S. Prout (D), Pittsfield.


Trial Justice .- Wm. C. Spaulding (R), West Stockbridge.


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MASSACHUSETTS YEAR BOOK.


BRISTOL COUNTY.


Inc. 1685. Pop. 186,465. Shire Towns, TAUNTON AND NEW BEDFORD.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency .- Wm. E. Fuller, Taunton, salary $3000. Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Arthur M. Alger, Taunton, salary $2500. Sheriff .- Andrew R. Wright, Taunton, salary $1500.


Special Sheriff .- Franklin Gray, Fall River.


Master House Correction .- Josiah H. Hunt, New Bedford.


Deputy Sheriffs .- Elijah R. Read, Attleboro; Edmund Hathaway, Dighton; Franklin Gray, Francis H. Wixon, Samuel Hadfield, Dan'l W. Riley, Chas. S. Graham, Jerome B. Westgate, Fall River; Alson W. Cobb, Mansfield; John W. Nickerson, Walter R. Spooner, Thos. S. Butman, Albert C. Kirby, Geo. F. Weeden, Josiah A. Hunt, New Bedford; Jas. W. Riley, E. Carlisle Brown, North Attleboro; Geo. H. Arnold, Norton; Chauncey G. Washburn, Stephen R. Lincoln, Raynham; Wm. H. H. Marble, Freetown; David Dean, Isaac G. Car- rier, Thos. O. Falvey, Alfred B. Hodges, Willis Potter, Taunton.


Clerk of Courts .- Simeon Borden, Fall River, salary $4000.


County Treasurer .- Geo. F. Pratt, Taunton, salary $1800.


Registers of Deeds .- Northern District, Jos. E. Wilbar, Taunton; Southern District, Geo. B. Richmond, New Bedford ; Fall River District, Nathan D. Chace, Fall River.


County Commissioners (compensation $3300, divided) .- Franklin Gray, Fall River; Edw. Mott, Taunton; Wm. Sanders, New Bedford.


Special Commissioners .- Henry A. Slocum, Dartmouth: Burrill Porter, Jr., North Attleboro.


Masters in Chancery .- Henry K. Braley, Fall River; Chas. A. Reed, Taunton; Edwin L. Barney, New Bedford; Warren G. B. Swift, Fall River.


DUKES COUNTY.


Inc. 1695. Pop. 4369. Shire Town, EDGARTOWN.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency .- Jos. T. Pease (R), Edgartown, salary $700.


Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Beriah T. Hillman (R), Edgartown, salary $700.


Sheriff .- Jason L. Dexter (R), Edgartown, salary $300 and fees.


Deputy Sheriff .- Thos. A. Dexter (R), Edgartown.


Special Sheriff and Keeper of Jail .- Hiram Crowell (R), Edgartown.


Clerk of Courts .- Sam'l Keniston (R), Edgartown, salary $600.


' County Treasurer .- Jonathan H. Munroe (R), Edgartown, salary $300.


Register of Deeds .- Littleton C. Wimpenney (R), Edgartown, $200 and fees.


County Commissioners (compensation $400, divided) .- Gilbert L. Smith (R), Tisbury; Richard Holley (R), Edgartown; Francis P. Vincent (R), Cottage City.


Special Commissioners .- Wm. J. Rotch (R), West Tisbury; E. D. Vanderhoop (R), Gay Head.


Trial Justices .- Chas. J. McIlvaine (D), Edgartown; Allen Look (D), West Tis- bury.


ESSEX COUNTY.


Inc. 1643. Pop. 299,995. Shire Towns, SALEM, LAWRENCE AND NEWBURYPORT.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency .- Rollin E. Harmon (R), Lynn, salary $3700.


Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Jeremiah T. Mahoney (D), Salem, salary $3300.


Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Ezra D. Hines, Danvers, salary $1800.


Sheriff .- Sam'l A. Johnson (R), Salem, salary $2500.


Special Sheriff .- Wm. Cronin, Gloucester.


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COUNTY OFFICERS.


Deputy Sheriffs .- Geo. S. Cole, Andover; Julius Peale, Danvers; David N. Bridges, Georgetown; Fred O. Raymond, John W. Tilton, Haverhill: Alanson Briggs, Elmer A. Briggs, Lawrence; Chas. M. Merritt, John H. Caswell, Lynn; Chas. E. Goss, Methuen; Chas. L. Ayers, Newburyport; Arthur Bishop, Row- ley; P. F. Tierney, Geo. E. Bousley, Salem.


Clerk of Courts .- Dean Peabody (R), Lynn, salary $5200.


County Treasurer .- E. Kendall Jenkins (R), Andover, salary $2200.


Registers of Deeds .- Northern District, Aretas R. Sanborn, Lawrence; South- ern District, Chas. S. Osgood (R), Salem.


County Commissioners (compensation $4500, divided) .- John M. Danforth (R), Lynnfield; Sam'l D. Smith (D), Marblehead; Edw. B. Bishop (R), Haverhill.


Special Commissioners .- Nelson P. Cummings, Merrimac; Thos. F. Pedrick, Lynn.


Masters in Chancery .- Nath'l J. Holden (R), Salem; Rufus P. Tapley (R), Haverhill; John P. S. Mahoney, North Andover; Walter H. Southwick, Lynn.


Trial Justices .- J. Scott Todd, Rowley; Wm. M. Rogers, Methuen; Orlando B. Tenney, Georgetown; Geo. H. Poor, Andover; Amos Merrill, Peabody; Wm. Nutting, Jr., Marblehead; Chas. A. Sayward, Ipswich; Jos. T. Wilson, Nahant; Wm. C. Fabens, Marblehead; Geo. M. Amerige, Saugus.


FRANKLIN COUNTY.


Inc. 1811. Pop. 38,610. Shire Town, GREENFIELD.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency .- Chester C. Conant (R), Greenfield, salary


$1500.


Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Francis M. Thompson (R), Greenfield, salary $1500.


Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Francis N. Thompson (R), Green- field, salary $500.


Sheriff .- Isaac Chenery (R), Montague, salary $800.


Special Sheriff .- Wm. M. Smead (R), Greenfield.


Deputy Sheriffs .- H. Haskins, Charlemont; G. A. Johnson, Conway; C. A. Rich- ardson, Chauncy Bryant, Greenfield; E. J. Pratt, Miller's Falls; W. H. Ward, Montague; E. C. Fowler, Orange; W. S. Swan, Shelburne Falls; J. B. Bridges, South Deerfield; C. A. Davis, Turner's Falls.


Clerk of Courts .- Edw. E. Lyman (R), Greenfield, salary $1800.


County Treasurer .- Eugene A. Newcomb (R), Greenfield, salary $600.


Register of Deeds .- Edwin Stratton (R), Greenfield.


County Commissioners (compensation $1600, divided). - Lyman A. Crafts (R), Whately; Franklin L. Waters (R), Orange; Chas. Howes (R), Ashfield.


Special Commissioners .- Beriah W. Fay, New Salem; Amos Stewart, Colrain. Master in Chancery .- Sam'l O. Lamb, Greenfield.


Trial Justices .- Sam'l D. Bardwell, Shelburne; Henry W. Billings, Conway; Chas. Pomeroy, Northfield; Wm. S. Dana, Erastus F. Gunn, Montague; Fred'k L. Greene, Greenfield; Dana Malone, Greenfield; Vaniah M. Porter, Charle- mont; Parker D. Martin, Deerfield; Elisha S. Hall, Orange.


HAMPDEN COUNTY.


Inc. 1812. Pop. 135,713. Shire Town, SPRINGFIELD.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency,-Wm. S. Shurtleff (R), Longmeadow, salary $2700.


Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Samuel B. Spooner (R), Springfield, salary $2500.


Sheriff .- Embury P. Clark (R), Springfield, salary $1500.


Special Sheriff .- Hosea C. Lombard, Springfield.


Deputy Sheriffs .- Jacob Diegel, Agawam; Wm. H. Lewis, Blandford; Edwin H. Alvord, Chester; Alfred L. Pomeroy, Jas. J. Crean, Chicopee; Chas. W. Ter-


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MASSACHUSETTS YEAR BOOK.


rett, Granville; Sumner T. Miller, Valentine J. O'Donnell, Edw. M. Bolton, Gustavus A. Phelps, Holyoke; Davenport L. Fuller, Indian Orchard; Elijah Cope, Longmeadow; Earl M. Scott, North Wilbraham; Herbert A. Northrop, Orrilus W. Studley, Palmer: Hosea C. Lombard, Henry McDonald, Walter S. Miller, Jas. Anderson, Jos. B. Lombard, Springfield; Foster Vining, Southwick; Henry W. Soule, Tolland; Wm. W. Hosmer, Ansel D. King, Westfield; Eugene E. McCann, West Springfield.


Clerk of Courts .- Robert O. Morris (R), Springfield, salary $3500.


County Treasurer .- M. Wells Bridge (R), Springfield, salary $1500.


Register of Deeds .- Jas. R. Wells (R), Springfield.


County Commissioners (compensation $2500, divided) .- Jas. M. Sickman (R), Hlyoke; Wm. H. Brainerd (R), Palmer; Timothy M. Brown (R), Chairman, Springfield.


Special Commissioners .- Dan'l Dunn (R), Chicopee; Benj. F. Burr (R), Ludlow. Masters in Chancery. - Henry W. Bosworth, Springfield; Allen Webster. Springfield.


HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.


Inc. 1662. Pop. 51,859. Shire Town, NORTHAMPTON.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency .- Wm. G. Bassett, Northampton (R), salary $1600.


Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Hubbard M. Abbott (R), Northampton, salary $1600.


Sheriff .- Jairus E. Clark (R), Northampton, salary $1000.


Deputy Sheriffs .- David H. Tillson, Amherst; Wm. Burnett, Belchertown; Marshall I. Jenkins, Cummingion; Lawrence W. Dower, G. S. Buckner, East- hampton; Josiah W. Flint, Enfield; Reuben Bell, Hadley; Seth W. Kingsley, Hatfield; Edw. A. Allen, Huntington; Ansel Wright (special), Edwin T. Hervey (at court), Thos. A. Orcutt (Florence), Northampton; John P. Taylor, David M. Donaldson (Falls), South Hadley; Andrew J. Davis, Maurice Fitzgerald, Ware; Henry A. Bisbee, Williamsburg.


Clerk of Courts .- Wm. H. Clapp (R), Northampton, salary $2300.


County Treasurer .- Edwin H. Banister (R), Northampton, salary $800.


Register of Deeds .- Robert W. Lyman (R), Northampton.


County Commissioners (compensation $1600, divided) .- Eugene E. Davis (R), Northampton; Sam'l M. Cook (R), Granby; Elisha A. Edwards (R), South- ampton.


Special Commissioners .- Chas. E. Blood (R), Ware; Chas. K. Brewster (R), Worthington.


MIDDLESEX COUNTY.


Inc. 1643. Pop. 431,167. Shire Towns, CAMBRIDGE (EAST) AND LOWELL.


Judges of Probate and Insolvency .- Chas. J. McIntire (D), Cambridge, salary $4500; Geo. F. Lawton (R), Lowell, salary $4000.


Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Samuel A. Folsom (R), Winchester, salary $4000.


Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Wm. E. Rogers (R), Wakefield, salary $2000.


Sheriff .- Henry G. Cushing (R), Lowell, salary $2500.


Deputy Sheriffs .- Geo. G. Tidsbury, Ashland; Henry C. Sherwin, Ayer; Walter C. Wardwell, Cambridge; John R. Fairbairn, East Cambridge; Appleton H. Torrey, Groton; Geo. F. Stiles, Alvah S. Baker, Lowell; Lyman H. Richards, Malden; Chas. G. Whitman, Chas. F. Morse, Marlboro; M. Frank Eastman, Melrose: Wm. Nutt, Natick; Sam'l W. Tucker, Newton; Wm. H. Walsh, South Framingham; Jas. H. McKenna, John A. Tolman, Waltham; John E. Tidd, Woburn.


Clerk of Courts .- Theo. C. Hurd (R), Winchester, salary $6000.


Assistant Clerk of Courts .- John L. Ambrose (R), Somerville, salary $2600.


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Second Assistant Clerk of Courts .- Wm. C. Dillingham (R), Malden, salary $2500. County Treasurer .- Jos. O. Hayden (R), Somerville, salary $2500.


Registers of Deeds .- Northern District. Jos. P. Thompson (R), Lowell ; Southern District, Chas. B. Stevens (R), Cambridge.


County Commissioners* (compensation $5400, divided) .- Francis Bigelow (R), Natick; J. Henry Read (R), Westford; Sam'l O. Upham (R), Waltham.


Special Commissioners .- Edw. E. Thompson (R), Woburn; Lyman Dike (R), Stoneham.


Masters in Chancery .- Geo. M. Weed, Newton; Chas. H. Conant, Lowell; Gil- bert A. A. Pevey, Cambridge; Wm. V. Thompson, Cambridge; Peter A. Fay, Lowell.


Trial Justices .- Henry C. Mulligan (R), Natick; Chas. H. Hill (R), Hudson; Geo. L. Hemenway (R), Hopkinton; Ralph E. Joslin (R), Hudson.


NANTUCKET COUNTY.


Inc. 1695. Pop. 3268. Shire Town, NANTUCKET.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency .- Thaddeus C. Defriez (R), salary $700.


Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Henry Riddell (R), salary $700. Sheriff .- Josiah F. Barratt (R), salary $300 and fees.


Clerk of Courts .- Josiah F. Murphey (R), salary $600. County Treasurer .- Henry Paddock (I), salary $200.


Register of Deeds .- Lauriston Bunker (D), salary $300 and fees.


Commissioners of Insolvency .- Almon T. Mowry (R), Chas. F. Hammond (R), Mendle Rothenberg (R).


Trial Justices .- Allen Coffin (P), C. Hadwen Crowley (R).


NOTE .- The Selectmen of the town of Nantucket have the powers and per- form the duties of County Commissioners. The treasurer of the town is also county treasurer.


NORFOLK COUNTY.


Inc. 1793. Pop. 118,950. Shire Town, DEDHAM.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency .- Geo. White (R), Wellesley, salary $2800.


Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Jona. Cobb (R), Dedham, salary $2300.


Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency .- John D. Cobb (R), Dedham, salary $1200.


Sheriff .- Aug. B. Endicott (D), Dedham, salary $1200.


Deputy Sheriffs .- Sam'l H. Capen, Canton; Howard Colburn, Dedham; John B. Fitzpatrick, Franklin: Wm. Wragg, Needham; Geo. H. Field, Quincy; Thos. Farrell, Randolph; Abram C. Paul, Stoughton; Fred H. Fowler, Walpole; Geo. W. White, Weymouth.


Clerk of Courts-Erastus Worthington (R), Dedham, salary $2800.


County Treasurer .- Chas. H. Smith (R), Dedham, salary $1800.


Register of Deeds .- John H. Burdakin, Dedham.


County Commissioners (compensation $4200, divided). - Thos. Blanchard (R), Stoughton; Watts H. Bowker (R), Brookline; Melville P. Morrell (R), Hyde Park.


Special Commissioners .- Everett J. Eaton (R), Needham; Silas A. Stone (R), Sharon.


Masters in Chancery .- Henry B. Terry (R), Hyde Park; Chester A. Reed (D), Dedham; Jas. E. Tirrell, Quincy.


Trial Justices .- Emery Grover (R), Needham; Sam'l Warner (R), Wrentham; Thos. H. Wakefield (R), Dedham: Henry B. Terry, Hyde Park: John C. Lane (R), Norwood; Nathan A. Cook (R), Rufus G. Fairbanks (D), Bellingham; C.


*The County Commissioners of Middlesex county have jurisdiction over Revere and Winthrop, in Suffolk county.


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MASSACHUSETTS YEAR BOOK.


Everett Washburn, Wellesley Hills; Chas. R. Darling (D), Walpole; Orestes T. Doe (R), Franklin.


PLYMOUTH COUNTY. Inc. 1685. Pop. 92,700. Shire Town, PLYMOUTH.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency .- Benj. W. Harris (R), East Bridgewater, salary $2000.


Register of Probate and Insolvency .- John C. Sullivan (R), Middleboro, salary $1800.


Sheriff .- Alpheus K. Harmon (R), Plymouth, salary $900.


Special Sheriff .- Willard Torrey, Norwell.


Deputy Sheriffs .- Josiah Cushman, Abington; F. D. King, Bridgewater; Henry S. Porter, Geo. A. Wheeler, Brockton; Wm. J. Alden, Duxbury; Chas. Spring, Hingham; R. P. W. Bowles, Mattapoisett; Jas. Cole, Middleboro; Jas. B. Col- lingwood, Plymouth; Jas. W. Hurley, Wareham; S. O. Cobb, Whitman.


Clerk of Courts .- Edw. E. Hobart (D), Plymouth, salary $2000.


County Treasurer .- Albert Davis (R), Whitman, salary $1200.


Register of Deeds .- Wm. S. Danforth (R), Plymouth.


County Commissioners (compensation $2700, divided) .- Walter H. Faunce (R), Kingston; Wm. Rankin (R), Brockton; Jedediah Dwelley (R), Hanover.


Special Commissioners .- Andrew J. Pickens (R), Middleboro; Albert T. Sprague (R), Marshfield.


Masters in Chancery .- Jos. O. Burdett (R), Hingham; Frank M. Reynolds (R), Hull.


SUFFOLK COUNTY.


Inc. 1643. Pop. 484,780. Shire Town, BOSTON.


Judges of Probate and Insolvency .- John W. McKim (R), Boston, salary $5000; Robert Grant (D), Boston, salary $5000.


Register of Probate and Insolvency,-Elijah George (D), Boston, salary $5000.


Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Ebenezer Gay, Boston, salary $2800.


Sheriff .- John B. O'Brien (R), Boston, salary $3000.


Special Sheriff .- Fred H. Seavey, Boston.


Deputy Sheriffs .- John F. Kelly, Jos. P. Silsby, Jr., Robert E. Maguire, Francis Martin, Jere. G. Fennessey, Boston.


Clerk of Supreme Judicial Court .- John Noble, Boston, salary $6500.


Assistant Clerk of Supreme Judicial Court .- Clarence H. Cooper, Boston, salary $2500.


Clerk of Superior Court (Civil Session) .- Jos. A. Willard (R), Boston, salary $6500.


Clerk of Superior Court (Criminal Session) .- John P. Manning (D), Boston, salary $6000.


County Treasurer. - Alfred T. Turner (R), Boston. (Treasurer of the city of Boston.)


County Auditor .- Jas. H. Dodge (R), Boston, salary $800. (Auditor of the city of Boston.)


Register of Deeds .- Thos. F. Temple (R), Boston.


Masters in Chancery .- Henry H. Smith, Hyde Park; John H. Sherburne; Henry S. Dewey, Jas. F. Farley, Edw. J. Jones, Edwin H. Darling, Geo. P. Sanger, Chas. E. Grinnell, David H. Coolidge, Henry W. Bragg, Boston.


NOTE .- In the city of Boston the Board of Aldermen have all the powers and duties of County Commissioners, except in relation to trials by jury and recov- ery of damages in such trials, in cases of laying out and discontinuing highways and appeals from Assessors for abatement of taxes.


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COUNTY OFFICERS.


WORCESTER COUNTY.


Inc. 1731. Pop. 280,787. Shire Towns, WORCESTER AND FITCHBURG.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency .- Wm. T. Forbes (R), Westboro, salary $3500. Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Geo. H. Harlow (R), Worcester, salary $3000.


Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Fred'k H. Chamberlain, Worces- ter, salary $1800.


Sheriff .- Robert H. Chamberlain (R), Worcester, salary $2500.


Special Sheriff .- Benj. D. Dwinnell, Fitchburg.


Deputy Sheriffs .- Jas. M. Drennan, Chas. Sibley (at court), Jas. Early, David H. Hayter, Wm. W. Scott (at court), W. Ansel Washburn (at Worcester jail), Worcester; Wm. H. Richardson, Ashburnham; Roswell L. Doane, Athol; Syl- vester Bothwell, Barre; John Nugent, Blackstone; Edwin P. Heath, Douglas; Warren E. Tarbell, East Brookfield; George F. Hillman. Hardwick; John P. Ranger, North Brookfield; Chas. A. Bartlett, Clinton; Benjamin D. Dwinnell (at Fitchburg jail), Chas. H. Potter, John J. Sheehan, Henry G. Greene, Fitchburg; Henry A. Turner, Gardner; Geo. F. Hillman, Furnace, Hardwick; Edw. W. Merrick, Holden; Nathan E. Metcalf, Leominster; Abbott A. Jenkins, Henry C. Snell, Milford; Hamilton Boyd, Northbridge; Geo. S. Eddy, Oxford; Francis D. Newton, Southboro (P. O. Fayville); Franklin Ja- cobs, Southbridge; Henry P. Draper, Spencer; Chas. W. Nichols, Templeton; Edmund O. Bacon, Uxbridge; Walter A. Putnam, Warren; Maurice P. Clare, Webster; Wm. Magner, Westboro; Emory A. Bacon, West Boylston; Robert Callahan, Winchendon.


Clerk of Courts .- Theo. S. Johnson (R), Worcester, salary $5200.


County Treasurer .- Edw. A. Brown (R), Worcester, salary $2200.


Registers of Deeds .- Worcester District, Harvey B. Wilder (R), Worcester; Northern District, David H. Merriam (R), Fitchburg.


County Commissioners (compensation $4950, divided) .- Geo. W. Cook (R), Barre; Henry G. Taft (R), Uxbridge; Emerson Stone (R), Spencer.


Special Commissioners .- Howard M. Lane (R), Leominster; S. Augustus Howe (R), Gardner.


Masters in Chancery .- Geo. M. Woodward, Fred'k B. Harlow, Henry E. Hill, Chas. R. Johnson, Worcester.


Trial Justices .- Chauncey W. Carter, Wm. E. White, Leominster; Sylvander Bothwell, North Brookfield; Luther Hill. John F. Green, Hardwick: Henry E. Cottle, Brookfield: Frank B. Spalter, Winchendon; Stephen W. Trowbridge, Rutland; Albert W. Curtis, Spencer; John W. Tyler, Warren; Horace W. Bush, West Brookfield; Matthew Walker, Barre.


U. S. CUSTOM HOUSE. Cor. State and India streets, Boston.


The Custom House opens at 9 A. M. and closes at 4 P. M. (2 P. M. on Saturdays). Collector .- Winslow Warren, salary $8000.


Comptroller and Prin. Clerk .- John M. Fiske, salary $5000.


Deputy Collector .- Martin A. Munroe, salary $3000.


Deputy Collector .- Jos. H. Barnes, salary $3000.


Deputy Collector .- Wm. F. Jones, salary $3000.


Auditor and Disb'g Clerk .- Lemuel M. Barker, salary $3000. Cashier .- E. L. Frothingham, salary $3000.


Secretary and Chief Clerk (Collector's Office) .- Daniel S. Knowlton, salary $2500. Superintendent of Warehouses. - Wm. A. Hyde, salary $2000.


Weigher .- Andrew Hall, salary $2000.


Naval Officer .- Chas. F. Stone, salary $5000.


Deputy Naval Officer .- Chas. H. Amsden. salary $2500.


Private Secretary (Naval Office) .- Orris W. Farrar. salary $2000.


Surveyor .- Wm. E. Blunt, salary $5000.




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