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Apr. 27
John H. Wakelin, Hattie Corkum,
Brockton, Brockton,
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Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.
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DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
No.
BY WHOM MARRIED
May 18
Ilarry Von Malder, Addie M. Beal,
Boston, Norwood,
1
Rev. W. B. Eddy, Norwood.
May 25
Perley W. Sawyer, Loe E. Jones,
Norwood, Boston,
1
1 Rev. A. II. Plumb, Boston.
June 1
John Corcoran, Mary E. Ryan,
Norwood, Norwood,
1
Rev. J. B. Troy, Norwood.
Junc 15
Gustavus T. Peterson, Georgiana A. Childs,
Norwood, Ilyde Park,
1 1
Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.
June 20
Albert C. Crocker, Edith M. Patzold,
Dedham, Norwood,
1 1 Rev. W. B. Eddy, Norwood.
June 23
William T. Whedon, Florence B. Loomis,
Norwood, Norwood, 2
2
Rev. S. L. Loomis, Boston.
June 29
John J. Conley, Catherine Coyne,
Norwood, Norwood,
1
1 Rev. J. B. Troy, Norwood.
June 29
Nicholas E. Storme, Mary E. Daly,
Norwood, Canton, -
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Rev. J. P. Bodfish, Canton.
July 18
Gustave A. R. Lemke, Agnes Ryan,
Norwood, Norwood,
1
Rev. Jas. P. Hawkes Dedham.
July 20
Lemuel B. Mckinnon, Maggie Maguire,
Norwood, Hyde Park,
1 Rev. J. J. Chittick, Ilyde Park. 1
July 28
Michael ()'Donneve, Mary Curran,
Norwood, Norwood,
1 1
Rev. J. B. Troy, Norwood.
Aug. 6
Gotfried Nelson, Hilda Willen,
Norwood, Norwood,
1 1
Rev.C.F.Johansson, Boston.
Sept. 11
Emanuel B. Johnsen, Anna E. Sjoberg,
Norwood, Norwood,
1 1
Rev. II. Olson, Norwood.
Sept. 24
Max L. Stuentzner, Emma Klotz.
Norwood, Norwood,
1
Rev. F. C. Wurl, East Boston.
Sept. 28
Herbert S. Chickering, Emily A. Leach,
Norwood, Norwood,
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1 Rev. Geo. W. Ncad, Norwood.
Oct.
1
Oscar E. Carlson, Christine Linquist,
Norwood, Norwood,
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Rev. A. W. Sundelof, 'Boston.
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DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
No.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Oct. 5
Frank H. Parker, Mary H. Alden,
Chelsea, Norwood,
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Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.
Oct. 10
Carl Henreickson, Olger Scderstram,
Norwood, Norwood,
1 1 Rev.C.F.Johansson, Boston.
Oct. 15
John W. Farnsworth, Annie A. Abt,
Norwood, Norwood,
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Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.
Oct. 20
John P. Norton, Abbie Foley,
Norwood, Norwood,
1 1
Rev. J. B. Troy, Norwood.
Oct. 27
John Hammerli, Marie J. Fink,
Norwood, Westwood,
1 1
John Jutz, Boston.
Nov. 2.
Henry J. Young, Florence M. Cobb,
Norwood, Norwood,
1 1 Rev. B. F. Perkins, East Walpole.
Nov. 3
Patrick Conley, Bridget Dunlaph,
Norwood,
1 1
Rev. J. B. Troy, Norwood.
Nov. 6
Edward P. Tucker, Kate P. Fisher,
Norwood, Medfield,
1 1
Rev. J. A. Savage, Medfield.
Nov. 9
Arthur A. Tucker, Marie A. Schaier,
Norwood, Walpole,
1 1 Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.
Nov. 9
Charles F. McIlvain, Mildred Maddern,
Norwood, Boston,
1 1
Rev. C. B. Turner, Allston.
Nov. 17
Herbert W. Barrett, Winnifred J. Knowles,
Norwood, Millis,
1 2
Rev. A. Truslow, Winthrop.
Nov. 22
Thomas Liddell, Susie B. Guild,
Norwood, Norwood,
1 1
Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.
Nov. 24
Alvah P. Thompson, Charl'te M. Wellington
Norwood, Norwood,
1 1
Rev. A. L. Loder, Hyde Park.
Nov. 30
Thomas Lothrop, Georgie W. May,
Norwood, Norwood,
1 1
Rev. W. B. Eddy, Norwood.
Nov. 30
Eugene L. Murphy, Mary D. O'Brien,
Norwood, Charlestown, 1
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Rev. W. J. Millerick, Charlestown.
Dec. 3
Charles H. Gardner, Eva Carpenter,
Norwood, Norwood,
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Rev. G. W. Nead, Norwood.
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Norwood,
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DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
No.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Dec. 10
James M. Donovan, Margaret Donovan,
Norwood, Norwood,
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Rev. J. B. Troy, Norwood.
Dec. 10
William T. Percy, Mary A. Crowley,
Walpole. Norwood,
Rev. J. B. Troy, Norwood.
Dec. 13
Daniel C. Fairbanks, Annie W. Bailey,
Norwood, Norwood,
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Rev. W. B. Eddy, Norwood.
Dec. 14
George II. IIill, Ellen F. Rafuse,
Cambridge, Norwood,
Rev. J. J. Woolley, Pawtucket, R. I.
Dec. 22
William H. Snyder, Emma A. Morrill,
Worcester, Norwood,
1 Rev. C. F. Weeden, 1 Norwood.
Dec. 29
Patrick J. Conley, Margaret A. Flaherty,
Norwood, Norwood,
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Rev. J. B. Troy, Norwood,
Attest:
E. L. BIGELOW,
Town Clerk.
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DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF NORWOOD, 1898.
DATE.
NAMES.
YRS.
Mos.
DAYS.
Jan.
18
Lavina E. White
79
6
11
Cephas Hoar.
75
5
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66
25
Theresa Rourk
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3
11
26
George Butler Talbot.
9
9
17
Feb.
4
Daniel Burnham Farrington
5
5
66
21
Peter' J. McCall.
33
March
00
John J. Welch .
41
Margaret Backman
68
1
5
19
Maria Guild.
8:2
5
2
26
Annie Farren
28
7
21
April
7
Alfred Carlson.
22
66
9
John Drummy.
3
9
12
17
Harvey Ray.
2
1
3
30
Michael Fagan.
34
5
10
Walter Getchell.
23
Francis Metcalf Baker
65
2
16
Elijah Wheelock
86
1
9
27
Hilda Caroline Rask
32
6
27
June
10
Foley
6
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S
July
4
James J. Hughes
4
11
3
July
11
Margaret Coughlin.
70
66
14
Bridget McDonough
64
20
Henrika Gyllenberg
21
66
24
Marion Fitzgerald
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3
15
Aug.
9
Charles F. Abbt .
5
19
66
19
Walter Parsons Chapin, Jr.
8
24
Sept.
1
Caleb W. Hartshorne .
85
4
22
Paul A. Horgan
22
1
12
כר
10
Katherine L. Rourke
18
11
Henry Linwood Fifield, 3d
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2
20
Rachel Corbett
63
S
14
26
Abbie M. Ellis
67
27
Oct.
19
Mary W. E. Fisher
83
1
20
Edward A. Nichols
4S
7
16
31
Martin E. Pendergast.
20
Mary Dower
76
29
William G. Wheeler
41
229
Reuben Hunting
11
22
May
Katie A. Keefe.
37
6
5
66
11
Arthur Eppick.
Elizabeth Curtis Rhoades
65
30
still-born.
27
Ellis Ward Hartshorne
49
11
4
12
15
22
13
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DATE.
NAMES.
YRS.
Mos.
DAYS.
Elizabeth C. Fales
39
Nov.
4
Ellen M. Tilton
69
1
27
John McNeil
3
21
15
Edmund Roberts
38
9
20
John Chapin Lane
46
12
29
Mary Bagnall Fogg
74
10
21
Dec.
10
Charles Katzemire
32
66
25
Roxanna E. Pleadwell
85
11
21
29
Elizabeth S. Tucker
62
22
30
Warren Frye.
78
2
25
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Attest:
E. L. BIGELOW, Town Clerk.
Abstracts from Record of Town Meetings
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD
FOR THE YEAR 1898.
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EDGAR L. BIGELOW, Town Clerk.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Norfolk, ss.
To cither Constable of the Town of Norwood, in said County, GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of. Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhab- itants of the town of Norwood, qualified to vote in elec- tions and town affairs, to assemble in Village Hall, in said town, on Monday, the seventh day of March, A. D. 1898, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, namely:
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said Annual Town meeting. Meeting, March 7, 1898,
Article 2. To choose all necessary town officers. The following are to be chosen by ballot, viz .: three Select- men, who shall be Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways, one Town Clerk, one Town Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Auditors, three Park Commissioners, six Constables, all for one ycar; one member of. the Board of Health for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, two School Com- mittec for three years, two Trustecs of the Public Li- brary for three years. And also upon the same ballot to vote upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town?" All town officers, except as above named, are to be chosen for onc ycar.
Article 3. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the care and binding of the Town Rec- ords under Chapter 439 of the Acts of 1897.
Article 4. To hear and act on the report of the Aud- itors on the Selectmen's, Treasurer's, Collector's, Cemetery Commissioners' and Water Commissioners' accounts.
Article 5. To see if the town will accept of the list of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, and posted as required by law.
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Article 6. To see if the town will choose a committee to whom all subjects involving an expenditure of money shall be referred for examination, with instructions to report upon the same to the town. This annual meet- ing to be adjourned for that purpose.
Article 7. To see if the town will authorize the Col- lector of Taxes to use the same means as a Town Treas- urer may use when acting as Collector.
Article 8. To see if the town will fix the time within which taxes assessed therein shall be paid, and authorize the Collector to charge interest at a rate of seven per cent or less a year on all taxes remaining unpaid at that time.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes for the present municipal year, and to issue notes of the town therefor. The debts incurred under the authority of this vote are hereby made payable from said taxes.
Article 10. To see what action the town will take in regard to the unexpended appropriations of the past year.
Article 11. To hear and act on the reports of com- mittees.
Article 12. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the support of the Public Library.
Article 13. To see what disposition the town will make of money received for dog licenses.
Article 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the prosecution of illegal sales of liquor, and agree on a manner of expend- ing the same.
Article 15. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for the use of George K. Bird Post, No. 169, Grand Army of the Republic, for the purpose of decorating soldiers' graves on Memorial Day.
Article 16. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Depart- ment the ensuing year.
Article 17. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of hose for the Fire Department.
Article 18. To see what sum of money the town will
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raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Alarm System the ensuing year.
Article 19. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to water the streets the present year.
Article 20. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for lighting streets the current year, and to authorize the Seleetmen to make a new con- traet for street lighting, or to take any other aetion in the matter.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Seleetmen to contract with the State Highway Com- missioners for building a portion of the State highway, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to provide plans, maps, and books for the use of the Assessors of Taxes, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 23. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of schools the ensuing year.
Article 24. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to convey children living in the outlying distriets to the Norwood sehools.
. Article 25. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to pay the expense of children at the truant sehool.
Article 26. To see what action the town will take in regard to building an addition to the Guild Schoolhouse and raise and appropriate or borrow money for that pur- pose.
Article 27. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow to be expended in building lavatories and in making repairs at the North, West, and Baleh schools.
Article 28. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways the eurrent year.
Article 29. To see what aetion the town will take in regard to setting edgestones and for building eonerete walks and raise and appropriate money for that purpose.
Article 30. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to be expended in grading Pros- peet Street the current year.
Article 31. To see what sum of money the town will
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raise and appropriate to be expended in grading Cross Street the current year.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to build a sidewalk on Nichols Street between the house of F. E. Colburn and Cottage Street and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 33. To see if the town will accept of Lyden Street as relaid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to pay land damage and to finish grading the same.
Article 34. To see if the town will accept of Plimp- ton Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to accept that part of Central Street between Guild Street and Park Street as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to accept of Endicott Street as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel said street or any por- tion thereof.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to accept of Savin Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to accept of Prospect Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to purchase the Alfred Ellis pasture on Prospect Street for a park and raise and appropriate money for that purpose.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to accept of Winslow Avenue between Hoyle Street and Walnut Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
Article 41. To see of the town will vote to accept of Expensive Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to accept of Day Street as relaid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to grade the same and to pay land damage.
Article 43. To see if the town will vote to accept of Winslow Avenue between Walnut Avenue and Phillips Street as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appro- priate money to gravel the same.
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Article 44. To see if the town will vote to accept of Wheelock Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
Article 45. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Dean Street from the corner of Pleasant Street to a point near the house of D. Fitzgerald and raise and appropriate or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
Article 46. To see if the town will extend the water mains on Foundry Street from the end to a point near the bookbindery of H. M. Plimpton & Co. and raise and appropriate or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
Article 47. To see if the town will vote to extend a six-inch main water pipe on Clark Street between Rail- road Avenue and William Street, with or without the usual guaranty, and raise and appropriate money or borrow money for that purpose.
Article 48. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Winslow Avenue between Hoyle Street and Walnut Avenue, when the same shall have been accepted by the town, and raise and appropriate money or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
Article 49. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Winslow Avenue from Walnut Avenue to Phillips Street, when the same shall have been accepted by the town, and raise and appropriate or bor- row money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
Article 50. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Prospect Street from near Cottage Street to Prospect Avenue and on Prospect Avenue to Central Park, when said avenue has been accepted by the town, and raise and appropriate or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
Article 51. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow money to pay for an extension of the water mains on Hillside Avenue, subject to the usual guaranty.
Article 52. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Plimpton Avenue, when the same shall have been accepted by the town, and raise and appro- priate or borrow money for that purpose, subject to the usual guaranty.
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Article 53. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Endieott Street from Walpole Street to the Tannery Lane or any portion of the way, when said street shall have been accepted by the town, and raise and appropriate or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
Article 54. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Savin Avenue, east from Cedar Street, when that avenue shall have been accepted by the town, and raise and appropriate or borrow money for that. purpose, subject to the usual guaranty.
Article 55. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow money to pay for an extension of the water mains on Expensive Avenue, subject to the usual guaranty.
Article 56. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow money to pay for an extension of the water mains on Wheeloek Avenue, subject to the usual guaranty.
Article 57. To see if the town will vote to choose a committee of five or more with authority to get the re- fusal of one or more lots of land suitable for a town hall site. Said committee to report to the town at the next town meeting.
Article 58. To see if the town will vote to provide maps, street signs, numbers for houses, and make other provisions, in order to provide for the introduction of a free postal delivery in the town, and raise and appro- priate money for that purpose, or to take any other action in the matter.
Article 59. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to pay the expense of the Board of Health.
Article 60. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to pay Warren E. Rhoads the sum of $408.33, being the amount of salary as Police Officer he would have received had he been on duty up to March 1, 1898, and raise and appropriate the same.
Article 61. To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate to defray the incidental and other necessary expenses not otherwise provided for the cur- rent year.
And the polls may be elosed as early as three o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before the time and day of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Norwood, this twenty-third day of February, A. D. 1898.
FRANK A. FALES, FRED L. FISHER, GEO. H. BATEMAN, Seleetmen of Norwood.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Norfolk, ss.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Annual Town Norwood in said county of Norfolk, qualified to vote in March 7, 1898.
Meeting, town affairs held pursuant to the foregoing warrant, at Village Hall on Monday, the seventh day of March, A. D. 1898, the meeting was called to order at 7 o'clock A. M., by the Town Clerk, the warrant being read in full.
Article 1. Hon. Warren E. Loeke was chosen Moder- Moderator. ator, the check list being used.
Prayer was offered by Rev. George W. Nead.
Article 2. Before the opening of the polls, specimen Election ballots, eards of instructions, and penalties were posted Officers. according to law. The following named Ballot Clerks appointed by the Seleetmen, viz .: Byron Mylod, Edward P. Tucker, Fred L. Colton, Robert B. Oldham, and those appointed by the Moderator, viz .: George H. Bateman, Fred L. Fisher, Sumner Bagley; also the following named Tellers appointed by the Selectmen, viz .: Ed- ward W. Jewett, Wm. J. Sullivan, H. W. Alden, John F. Kiley, Patriek Brennan, Frank W. Talbot, John G. Hollingsworth, John F. Cuff, were duly sworn to faith- fully discharge and perform the duties of said offices.
The Town Clerk delivered to the Ballot Clerks the Ballots. bundle containing 1,480 official and 150 special official ballots for School Committee only, and their receipt taken for the same. The Town Clerk also delivered two voting lists containing the names of 1,007 male voters, 53 women voters.
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On motion voted, to close the polls at 4.20 o'clock P. M., at which time the polls were elosed. The ballot box registered 847. The voting lists were compared and found to agree, showing that the names of 833 male voters and 15 women voters had been cheeked, making a total of 848. For some reason the ballot box did not register correctly.
After the canvas of ballots the tally sheets, total tally sheets, ballots used, and those not used, and voting lists were all signed, sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk, after which the Moderator made the following an- nouncement: whole number of votes east, 833 male, 15 women; total 848, with the following result:
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of Poor, Survey- ors of High- ways.
For Seleetmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways:
Frank A. Fales, received 529; deelared elected.
George H. Bateman, received 506; declared elected. Fred L. Fisher, received 434; deelared eleeted.
James M. Folan, received 337.
George H. Morrill, Jr., received 232.
Marcus M. Alden, Eben F. Gay, Daniel F. Mahoney, John S. Hasty, Tyler Thayer, Geo. H. Morse, J. A. Hartshorn, had one each.
Clerk.
For Town Clerk:
Edgar L. Bigelow, received 678; declared eleeted. For Town Treasurer:
Treasurer.
Charles E. Pond, received 691; deelared elected.
Collector.
For Colleetor of Taxes:
Edgar F. Roby, received 709; deelared eleeted. Austin E. Boyden, received 1.
Auditors.
For Auditors:
Francis E. Everett, received 472; declared elected. James A. Hartshorn, received 456; deelared elected. Eben F. Gay, received 373; declared eleeted. Franeis P. Flood, received 254.
John M. Fitzgerald, received 226. Joseph F. MeManus, received 221. Mahlon R. Perry, received 131.
Water Com- missioner.
For Water Commissioner for three years: Mareus M. Alden, received 614; deelared eleeted. Perley B. Thompson, James C. Murphy, Adna Alden each received one.
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For School Committee for three years: School Committee.
Marcia M. Winslow, received 528; declared elected. John J. Geary, received 405; declared elected. Winslow Faunce, received 399. John C. Lane, received 1.
For Trustees of Public Library for three years: John C. Lane, received 490; declared elected. Maria E. Colburn, received 465; declared elected. Faustina Thompson, J. S. Cushing, W. F. Rowell, Austin Boyden, each received one.
Trustees Pub- lic Library.
For Constables: Constables.
Michael D. Creed, received 661; declared elected. Sinon P. Donnelly, received 619; declared elected. William Cleary, received 557; declared elected. Walter A. Readel, received 560; declared elected. Warren E. Rhoads, received 557; declared clected. Sumner Bagley, received 530; declared elected. John J. Welch, received 256.
For Board of Health for three years: Lyman F. Bigelow, received 449; declared elected. Daniel M. Hurley, received 254.
Board of Health.
For Park Commissioners: George S. Winslow, received 556; declared elected. James Berwick, received 534; declared elected. Jos. W. Roby, received 484; declared elected. Thomas F. Mahoney, received 247.
Park Com- missioners.
Shall License be granted for the sale of intoxicating License liquors in this town: No, received 522. Yes, received 235.
Question.
The following officers were elected by nomination at large:
For Surveyors of Lumber: Surveyors of Lumber.
H. Frank Walker, Milton H. Howard, Walter S. Phalen.
For Measurers of Wood and Bark: Measurers of Marcus M. Alden, Daniel E. Callahan, Harvey L. Bark .; Wood and
Boyden, Eugene E. Winslow.
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Weighers. For Public Weighers:
J. Edward Plimpton, Walter S. Phalen, James A. Hartshorn, J. E. Hartshorn, Chas. E. Hill, John Nugent.
Field Drivers. For Field Drivers:
Frank G. Allen, chairman; Daniel Harrigan, Daniel E. Callahan, Robert Seaver, William Bateman, Frank Fahy.
Pound Keeper. For Pound Keeper:
William A. Apel.
Binding Town Article 3. Referred to Appropriation Committee ap- Records. pointed under Artiele 6. At adjourned meeting April 11, unanimously voted that it be dismissed from the warrant.
port accepted.
Auditors' Re- Article 4. Unanimously voted that the Auditors' Report as printed in the Annual Town Report be ae- eepted.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
We, the subscribers, Auditors of the town of Nor- wood, have examined the accounts of the Seleetmen, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Cemetery. Commis- sioners, Water Commissioners, Trustees of Publie Libra- ry, Trustees of Sinking Fund, and all original vouchers on which moneys have been paid from the town treas- ury for the year ending January 31. 1898. We find and report that all orders drawn by the Selectmen, Water Commissioners, Cemetery Commissioners, and Trustees of Publie Library have been duly vouched, and that the foregoing is a true statement of the sums received and payments made Charles F. Pond, Town Treasurer, and Edgar F. Roby, Tax Collector, and that the aeeounts kept by them have been eorreetly cast and payments duly vouched, and that there remains in the treasury, January 31, 1898, the sum of $2,448.66; also that the indebtedness of the town is $108,532. The amount of the Sinking Fund is $13,528.90.
FBEN F. GAY. FRANCIS E. EVERETT, JAMES A. HARTSHORN,
Auditors.
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Article 5. Unanimously voted to accept of the list of Jurors. Jurors as prepared by the Seleetmen on February 19, and posted, according to law, after erasing the name of Eugene M. Sullivan.
List of Jurors:
Harry W. Alden, Hermon C. Babcock, Sumner Bag- ley, George F. Bagley, Robert T. Barr, Daniel E. Callahan, John C. Currier, Albert L. Dean, Lewis Day, Isaae Ellis, John Gillooly, Eben F. Gay, J. E. Hartshorn, James P. Hennesy, Milo F. Hobbs, Charles E. Hill, George L. Ingraham, Arthur L. Ide, Cephas W. Jackman, John J. Kelley, John F. Kiley, Joseph F. McManus, Fred R. Merrifield, Joseph E. May, William H. Murphy, George A. O'Brine, Robert B. Oldham, Chas. E. Otis, William H. Pond, Charles E. Pond, Eugene E. Randlett, Julius A. Sherrer, George A. Smith, Joseph Squires, Norman J. Stone, Dean Swift, Frank W. Talbot, Warren F. Taylor, Charles H. Tebbetts, Tyler Thayer. Harris F. Turner, Constant F. Whitney, Frank H. Winslow.
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