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4
5
Lumbar Abscess Phthisis.
19.
Michael E. Burns,
27
5
..
Feb.
1.
Benjamin Brown, Jr.,
21
11
19
8.
Sophia M. liathaway,
26
3
11
Fever and Erysipelas.
12.
Charles F. Pool,
19
6
28
Consumption.
19.
Deborah Shaw,
66
1
13
Phthisis.
29.
David J. Penniman,
25
6
20.
Esther French,
12
4
-
Consumption.
March 5.
William Donnovan,
10
24
8.
George A. Stetson,
21
· 10
1
Diphtheria Pl'risy with Effus'n.
15.
Eveline Thayer,
61
9
12
Spinal Irritation.
24.
William Flynn,
17
9
20
Hæmyoptisis.
25.
Stephen Hayder,
69
S
21
Hæmyoptisis Phthisis.
20.
R u. B. Littlefield,
46
6
Pneumonia and Typhoid Fever.
10.
Frank Curtis,
23
9
22
Phthusis Pulmonalis.
2.
Sarah T. C'urtis,
63
..
.
Infantile.
10.
Thomas O'Toole,
1
2
. .
Malignant Tumor.
21.
Ira Howard,
39
3
21
Pulmonary Consumption.
18.
Salmon Buck,
70
Pleuro Pneumonia.
22.
Mary A. Foley,
2
6
.
Heart Disease.
24.
Abner Peirce,
54
4
21
Phthisis
1.
Jane Acherson,
3
5
. .
Heart Disease.
24.
William Drury,
54
.
·
24.
Royal T. Beal,
52
S CO CI
10
Convulsions.
June
3.
Michael F. Keith,
Consumption.
7.
Thomas Green, Jr.,
19
4
7
Phthisis Pulmonalis.
.
Michael Hand,
65
30.
Walter M. Hopkins,
1
5
7
Burned.
13.
Mary V. Martelle,
23
2
19
Consumption.
July
11.
Edward Brown,
14
1
2
Typhus Fever.
20.
Almira Thayer,
31
7
17
Hepatitis.
26.
Elisha E. Stetson,
19
4
23
Consumption.
31.
Mary A. Powderly,
39
1
18
Hepatic Congestion.
16.
Sally T. Porter,
67
11
8
Paralysis.
3.
Mirriam Hodge,
76
1
Old Age.
Aug.
5.
Charles E. Clark, Ann Fitzgerald,
70
. .
..
Paralysis.
8.
James C. Dennehey,
1
7
22
Dentition.
15.
Francis Boyle,
. .
2
9
Infantile.
18.
John Leach, Jr.,
. .
1
13
Whooping-Cough.
18.
Myra W. Pratt,
1
7
. .
Convulsions.
April
Ada Pratt,
1
. .
Inflamination of Bowels.
20.
Annie W. Turner,
13
4
4
Tabes Meseriterica.
7.
Ann MI. Gowith,
2
·
Pneumonia.
2
27.
Francis Ward,
37
..
..
12.
John Madigan,
32
.
Pulmonary Consumption.
17.
Ida Pratt,
6
Infantile.
19.
Edmund Clark,
54
10
Consumption.
6.
Michael Harney,
0
·
Infantile.
Consumption.
10.
Moses Whitcomb,
1
Croup. Inflammatory Fever
12.
Tuberculosis.
Dec. 8.
May
Jane F. Kane,
23
Pericarditis.
. .
1
. .
7
Cholera Infantum.
5.
. .
Enteritis
Consumption.
Pulmonary Consumption.
Consumption.
AGE.
63
DEATHS (CONTINUED).
DATE OF DEATH.
NAMES OF DECEASED.
DISEASE, OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
YRS.
MOS.
DYS.
1868.
Aug. 26.
Sarah B. Pratt,
22
.
26
Puerperal Convulsions.
28.
Patrick McKay,
44
. .
Pulmonary Consumption.
20.
Daniel Donohue,
..
9
19
Cholera Infantum.
Sept.
1.
Carrie L. Howard,
L
. .
19
Cholera Infantum.
4.
Sarah E. Beal,
36
.
. .
Dysentery.
9.
Frank I[. Thayer,
13
8
23
Purpura Hemorrhagia.
11.
Margaret Powderly,
. .
S
11
Whooping-Cough.
20.
Joshua Mann,
88
9
13
Old Age.
20.
Catharine O'Keefe,
55
..
. .
Consumption.
25.
Aminadab Thayer,
8:2
8
2
Old Age.
28.
- Chandler,
..
.
21
Hydrocephalus Acatus.
8.
Abi Newcomb,
83
10
1
Diarrhea.
1.
Edward C. Holbrook,
..
1
14
Diarrhoea.
13.
Charles M. West,
..
6
11
Cholera Infantum.
27.
Bartholomew Cannavan,
53
.
. .
Infantile.
16.
Cornelius Kelliher,
33
4
20
Consumption.
16.
Hannah Diamond,
2
. .
28
Lung Fever.
15.
Noble Linfield,
68
. .
..
Convulsions.
9.
Emma F. Poole,
7
9
25
Whooping-Cough.
2
Blanche M. Thayer,
80
11
4
Heart Disease.
9.
Willie B. Duncan,
9
8
Diarrhea.
Nov. 29.
Clarissa Morey,
41
7
Diabetes.
7.
Louisa J. Stetson,
31
Consumption.
2.
Susan Rooney,
25
5
15
Consumption.
14.
Mary Pendergrass,
47
L
· ·
Typhoid Pneumonia.
20.
Charles F. Pero,
30
1
G
Consumption.
Amelia E. Pendergrass,
18
3
27
Diphtheria.
9.
Ilonora Lynch,
87
10
16
Scarlatina Anginosa.
28.
Mary Clary,
1
10
23
Scarlatina Anginosa.
28.
Walter W. Holbrook,
3
1
8
Scarlatina Anginosa.
22.
Josiah Thayer,
77
2
. .
Diarrhea.
20.
Mary Keefe,
38
..
. .
Childbed.
14.
Philip Mulvany,
33
. .
Consumption.
12.
Maurice Flynn,
6
2
Bronchitis.
18.
Henry Joy,
37
3
18
Consumption.
24.
Sarah L. Howard,
45
11
4
Apoplexy.
1.
Rachel A. Page,
29
. .
..
Consumption. .
9.
Warren West,
.
..
Asthenia.
18.
Mary Keith,
. .
1
11
Infantile.
29.
Marion L. Holbrook,
1
5
.
Consumption.
16.
Edward A. L. Rooney,
..
3
..
Consumption.
10.
Thomas Ross,
6
21
Infantile.
18.
Thomas Belcher,
.
Old Age.
Dec. 31.
Rose Carney,
28
Scarlatina Anginosa.
Honora Riley,
.
. .
Chronic Bronchitis.
30.
Sidney Mann,
60
Meningitis.
Oct.
AGE.
THIRTY- FOURTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
AND
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE TOWN OF
RANDOLPH,
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE
TREASURER, TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND, AND ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1870.
RANDOLPH, MASS. : PRINTED AT THE NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTER OFFICE. 1870.
THIRTY - FOURTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
AND
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE TOWN OF
RANDOLPH,
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE
TREASURER, TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND, AND ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1870.
RANDOLPH, MASS. : PRINTED AT THE NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTER OFFICE. 1870.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1869.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor. J. WHITE BELCHER, ' HORATIO B. ALDEN, JOHN UNDERHAY. Town Clerk, and Treasurer. HIRAM C. ALDEN. School Committee.
Thomas West, John May, William J. Howe,
Term Expires March, 1870.
Term Expires March, 1872.
Resigned, Sept. 6, 1869. Trustees of Stetson High School Fund.
Daniel Howard,
Term Expires March, 1870.
John L. French,
66 66 1871.
John F. Portor,
66 1872.
Auditors.
ROYAL W. TURNER, NATHAN A. TOLMAN, THOMAS WEST.
William H. Warren,
William Shed, Freeman Bard,
Luther Rowe,
Frederick J. Bernard,
Francis O'Reilly,
Joseph W. Dargan, John P. Beal, George A. Burrell, George E. Leonard. John Long,
Truant Officers.
THOMAS WEST,
JOHN MAY.
Fence Viewers.
IRA W. LEWIS, JAMES RILEY THAYER.
Highway Surveyors.
Edson M. Roel,
Gilmore White,
Hiram Belcher,
Jedediah French,
Edwin A. Tabor,
Asia Mayhew:
F. J. Bernard,
Calvin French.
Field Drivers.
Richard McGrane, Jr.,
Moses Mann,
John P. Beal, A. C. Kimball.
W. W. Blencowe,
Surveyors of Wood.
Royal Abbot,
Daniel B. White,
N. A. Tolman, Asia Mayhew.
Pound Keeper. WILLIAM HOGAN.
Superintendent of Almshouse. MACE GAY. Collector of Taxes. EDSON M. ROEL. Rerresentative to the General Court. CORNELIUS McMAHON. Engineers of the Fire Department.
William H. Warren, Chief Engineer, Edward E. Lothrop, Clerk, Charles McCarty,
James W. White, Levi Wilbur, Samuel D. Chase.
MAY 1 4 1963
Constables.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The Selectmen of the Town of Randolph herewith present their Annual Report, showing the appropriations and expen- ditures for the financial year ending March 1st, 1870.
APPROPRIATIONS, BY VOTE OF THE TOWN.
For Schools (including $300 for Stetson High School), - $10,000 00
Repairs on Schoolhouses and Incidental
Expenses for Schools, - 1,000 00
Repairs of Highways, -
- 3,000 00
General Town Expenses, .
- - 17,500 00
Payment on Town Debt,
- · 5,000 00
Pay of Engine Men and Repairs on Engines,
2,450 00
Building an Engine and Hearse House (East Randolph), - 1,500 00
66 State Tax,
.
. · 7,900 00
County Tax, . .
- 2,673 44
Total, - -
$51,023 44
Amount of Tax assessed in 1869, - - $51,584 09
TAXABLE VALUATION, MAY 1ST, 1869.
Personal Estate,
Real Estate,
$1,442,560 00 1,409,310 00
Total,
$2,851,870 00
Increase from May 1st, 1868, $116,780.
Rate of assessment, $17.00 on $1,000.
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4
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Almshouse property,
$12,500 00
.
Town House and land,
- 15,000 00
Five Fire Engine Houses and Lock-up, Schoolhouse and land Dist. No. 1, .
- '1,800 00
2,
-
"
3,
-
- 1,000 00
· 1,800 00
66
66
66
6,
-
- 1,500 00
66
66
66
8,
66
9, .
High School House and land, "
Schoolhouse and land, " 10,
- 4,500 00
Prescott School House and land,
- 18,000 00
Stetson School Fund, - 10,300 00
*Eight Shares Randolph National Bank, -
1,200 00
*Ten acres Salt Marsh, -
-
. 500 00
Four Fire Engines aad fixtures, -
- 5,000 00
Two Hearses, .
.
. 600 00
$98,100 00
The Selectmen have drawn orders on the Treasurer amounting to - $36,379 57 -
On account of Schools (teaching, fuel, and care
of rooms), -
- $10,171 34
Stetson High School, -
-
300 00
Amount carried forward,
$10,471 34
* Coddington Fund.
4,
-
-
- 1,000 00
- 1,000 00
- 5,000 00
-
1,300 00
- 7,000 00
5,
7,
.
- 7,500 00
1,600 00
5
Amount brought forward, $10,471 34 On account of Repairs and Incidental expenses, - 1,217 96
Repairs of Highways, -
. 2,455 06
Poor in Almshouse,
3,271 56
Poor out of Almshouse, -
1,605 98
Poor of other Towns, 314 27
66
State Paupers,
317 96
State Reform and Nautical Schools,
94 99
Funeral Expenses,
288 00 .
State Aid, - -
.
5,305 17
Fire Department, .
6,044 06
New Hearse House and land, - 650 00
66
Abatement on Taxes, .
670 37
Town Officers,
1,599 82
Miscellaneous Expenses, - -
2,073 03
$36,379 57
EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS.
By direction of the School Committee for the year ending March 1, 1870.
FOR TEACHING.
Paid Mr. Thomas H. West,
one year,
$857 20
George R. Chace,
16 1-2 weeks, 332 00
Barrett B. Russell,
11 2-5 weeks, 258 00
John V. Beal,
one year,
1,000 00
66 Charles R. Coffin,
24 2-5 weeks,
430 50
James N. Parker,
21 2-5 weeks,
428 00
Miss Sarah E. Shankland,
one year,
400 01
Mary E. Rogers,
37 weeks,
266 00
" Hannah O. Noyes,
23
184 00
Amount carried forward,
$4,155 71
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6
Amount brought forward,
$4,551 71
Paid Miss Mary J. Austin,
36 weeks,
180 00
"
S. Augusta Bass,
12
96 00
S. S. Whitcomb,
12
66
72 00.
Estelle F. Wilson,
12
60 00
"
Clara F. Leonard,
37
66
259 00
Ann Mary Wilde,
20
66
95 50
Alice A. Smith,
36
198 00
Kate Elmore Ryan,
36
66
180 50
Emma P. Ryan,
36
216 00
Annie Stevens,
36
198 50
Mary L. Prescott,
36
244 00
Laura A. Hill,
23
195 50
"
S. M. Tileston,
23
66
184 00
Mrs. A. E. Upham,
14
112 00
Miss Hannah F. Thayer,
37
66
296 00
6
Mary H. French,
36
252 00
Mary E. Wood,
23
179 20
66 Lucy J. Thayer,
36
66
204 00
Emma F. Veazie,
12
66
84 00
Enna M. Packard,
35
315 00
M. P. C. Whitney, Sarah V. Wilde,
25
175 00
" Clara M. Colcord,
16
128 00
"
Nellie F. Thayer,
11
49 50
Fannie Reed,
12
108 00
Lizzie White,
13
66
71 50
Mary B. White,
14
66
112 00
66
Cora I. Young,
83 “
68 80
25₺
66
201 60
$8,691 31
Paid appropriation for Stetson High School,
$300 00
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7
FUEL.
Paid William H. Warren, for coal, $82 50
Simeon White,
300 75
Joseph Loud & Co., 66
-
-
250 00
John Wales, carting 4
37 50
66 R. W. Turner & Co., 66
40 00
Simeon White,
9 50
Richard Adams,
66
-
19 00
Ebenezer S. Belcher, pine wood,
43 50
Thomas West,
35 75
66
C. H. Dyer,
-
16 25
66
Moses French, 66
-
12 00
Adam F. Jones,
-
3 50
E. G. Arnold, 3 50 66
" Cornelius L. White, shavings and barrels,
11 40
A. C. Kimball, cutting wood,
14 25
Edward Kennedy, -
-
10 50
Samuel B. Hobart, 66
.
.
2 00
James Reilly,
.
10 63
$902 53
CARE OF SCHOOLROOMS.
Paid Hannah O. Noyes,
-
$8 25
Mary J. Austin,
-
.
11 50
S. Augusta Bass,
-
.
6 00
S. S. Whitcomb,
6 00
66 Estelle F. Wilson,
6 00
Ebenezer Austin,
17 50
Laura A. Hill,
11 00
Mary H. French,
14 25
Mary E. Wood,
.
.
10 00
Lucy J. Thayer,
.
15 25
Amount carried forward,
$105 75
.
-
9
Amount brought forwaad,
$105 75
Paid Minot L. Beal,
27 55
Henry G. Beal,
.
-
.
12 00
Enna M. Packard,
-
-
.
17 75
Mary E. Rogers,
12 75
John and F. Ormsby,
-
.
30 00
Eddie Taber,
-
.
.
13 15
66 H. W. Paine,
62 50
Alonzo Taber,
.
-
5 75
George Ormsby,
-
37 60
66 Clara M. Colcord,
-
3 75
Clara F. Leonard,
5 25
Fannie Reed,
3 00
Gilman B. Paine,
-
-
23 75
Cora I. Young,
6 45
Mrs. A. E. Upham, -
10 50
Michael Riley, -
200 00
$577 50
FURNITURE AND REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES AND INCIDENTAL
EXPENSES.
Paid Patrick Feeney for use of well, two years, $6 00
John Wales "
6 00
Royal S. Holbrook
one year, 3 00
66 Freeman Bard “
66
3 00
66 Elbridge G. French “ 66 66
3 00
Lawrence Hayes 66 66
3 00
Thompson, Bigelow & Co., crayons, dic- tionaries, etc., 48 15
Woodman & Gannett, slate surface, 11 40
Wild, Bowler & Co.
12 33
" John Farquer, slates and nails, 6 70
Amount carried forward, $102. 58
.
.
.
.
.
9
Amount brought forward,
$102 58
Paid William J. Howe,repairs and bills paid,
26 75
William. Blake & Co., bell wheel, 5 00 -
Oscar F. Howe, brooms, pails, dusters, etc., 18 75
William G. Shattuck, chairs, tables, seats, etc., 34 09
Eaton, Wellington & Co., bells and glass, - 7 75
66 Royal. W. Turner & Co., glass, screws, and supplies, 26 61
66 Baker & Thayer, repairs and supplies, 60 55
66 Daniel Hall, labor and materials, 7 50 -
Winslow Alden,
-
69 96
John Dillon, -
3 00
Charles H. Howard, building fence, -
42 68
66 N. F. Roel, labor, 13 00
Ephraim Mann, labor with team, -
9 80
H. B. & W. O. Chamberlain, supplies,
12 50
John V. Beal, crayons, glass, etc., -
7 78
Maynard & Noyes, ink, -
8 10
Thomas West, labor and material,
34 30
use of horse and carriage about town, - -
15 00
bills paid for supplies,
85 73
66
conveyance of teachers, 10 00
-
28 50
White & Sprague, team for conveyance of teachers, - -
6 25
Daniel Thayer, 66
-
26 00
John Long, teams, procuring teachers, -
4 75
John May,
4 25
Gilbert T. Jones, lead and oil,
238 71
66 John L. Brown, painting, etc.,
46 13
George C. Platts, “ 6
-
162 65
Joseph Belcher, glass and setting, - .
6 61
T. W. Whiting, labor and materials, .
7 92
Amount carried forward,
$1,133 30
4
66
66
66 66 expenses and time procuring teachers, -
10
Amount brought forward,
$1,133 30
Paid Pratt & Hasty, printing,
12 25
Mrs. Sullivan and others, cleaning house, . - 6 00
J. C. Rhines, lumber,
-
.
14 01
Mace Gay, team and hand labor,
-
16 50
W. J. Howe and others, bills paid, -
15 20
Chas. Estabrook, express, -
-
.
2 80
A. J. Gove,
-
2 35
Eugene Upham, setting glass, -
2 00
J. D. F. Lyons, labor and material, -
2 60
Franklin Porter, school books, etc.,
11 05
$1,217 96
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR SCHOOLS.
Paid for teaching,
- $8,691 31
Appropriation for Stetson High School,
- 300 00
Fuel,
- 902 53
Care of rooms, .
-
-
577 50
Incidentals, .
. .
- 1,217 96
$11,689 30
-
-
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11
HIGHWAYS.
District No. 1, 8, and 10. EDSON M. ROEL, Surveyor.
Paid Edson M. Roel, labor,
$85 50
Charles H. Mann, labor and team,
75 50
Alvan Mann,
66
72 00
Seth Mann,
Mace Gay,
66
.
39 20
Elbridge G. Arnold,
5 00
Patrick Wren,
37 12
George W. Pierce,
33 75
Moses Mann,
66
31 50
Patrick Bohan,
.
25 87
Jedediah French,
66
-
14 62
Jonathan Hunt,
66
2 00
John Desmond,
33 48
John A. Sylvester,
15 00
Michael Buckley,
.
-
19 57
Richard McGrane,
.
-
4 00
William Cunningham, “
.
.
16 87
William Barry,
.
30 37
Ira Beal,
66
.
-
3 75
Ira Beal, Jr.,
-
3 75
George Wilde,
.
-
6 00
Wallace Freeman,
.
4 12
Michael Hurley,
.
.
.
5 80
Sundry persons,
66
58 19
Repairing tools,
3 30
-
Sundry persons, for 1,592 loads gravel, -
79 60
-
-
-
. 39 00
.
-
10 00
Thomas Alexander,
·
.
$754 86
12
District No. 2. HIRAM BELCHER, Surveyor.
Paid Hiram Belcher, labor and team,
.
$84 50
Jona. S. Belcher, 66
. 32 00
Levi Greenwood, "
-
16 00
" Elijah Benjamin,
12 00
Lewis F. Belcher,
15 00
Phineas Davis, labor,
34 00
" George Belcher,
34 00
Orlando Wiggins.
24 00
Allen Smith,
3 00
" Ambrose Hollis,
3 00
Festus Drew,
1 00
Anthony Decota,
.
6 00
Lewis S. Belcher,
.
-
7 00
Jesse E. Belcher
5 25
Lewis S. Belcher, for 175 loads gravel,
14 00
Ansel Belcher, 300
18 00
$308 75
District No. 3. EDWIN A. TABOR, Surveyor.
Paid Edwin A. Tabor, labor,
$35 00
" Elisha Mann,
" and team,
-
19 50
Seth Mann,
.
17 20
Nathan White,
3 50
Delazon Mann,
17 40
George Meader,
29 00
James Kemp, Jr.,
11 00
R. H. Gorham,
15 40
Charles Lamb,
.
6 13
Sundry persons,
.
.
18 51
66
for gravel,
16 22
-
-
-
$188 86
.
-
13
District No. 4. GILMORE WHITE, Surveyor.
Paid Gilmore White, labor and team,
-
-
$57 43
Calvin R. Phillips, “
-
- 10 50
Cornelius L. White, “
.
-
10 75
Joseph Baker,
11 00
Cornelius White,
17 20
Adoniram Pendergrass, labor,
9 70
Nelson Merrill,
6 00
Thurston P. White,
66
-
.
6 00
Joseph Richards,
66
-
3 00
Ezra Whitcomb,
-
-
2 00
Joseph Bunker,
-
.
2 00
Madison Hayden,
66
.
.
2 00
Sundry persons,
9 00
$146 58
District No. 5. JEDEDIAH FRENCH, Surveyor.
Paid Jedediah French,
labor, -
-
$30 81
A. G. Swain,
and team,
26 25
Seth Mann,
-
27 00
Noah Chessman,
12 37
George W. Burrell,
-
12 37
Lewis Jones,
-
.
12 37
Charles M. Holbrook, “
.
6 00
Mace Gay,
and team,
7 00
Henry G. Burrell,
66
-
-
3 50
Sundry persons,
-
3 00
for gravel, - -
23 60
-
.
-
-
$164 27
14
District No. 6. ASIA MAYHEW, Surveyor.
Paid Asia Mayhew and others, labor and team,
$108 05
Peter Stone,
labor
-
12 75
William Lyons,
1 50
Horatio L. Thayer,
66
-
-
10 50
George W. Tower,
66
3 75
Caleb Tucker & Son,
66
-
.
9 00
Sundry persons, 66
-
1
5 46
$151 01
District No. 7. F. J. BERNARD, Surveyor.
Paid F. J. Bernard,
labor
$23 38
Wales French,
and team
- 21 38
Moses W. Whitcomb,
- 17 63
John A. Blood,
32 43
Thomas Townsend,
-
25 50
Mr. Grace,
66
-
-
6 40
Jobn Gill,
-
5 00
T. M. O'Niel,
.
-
2 50
66
W. E. Bernard,
-
-
3 50
Howard Dyer,
"
-
9 00
66
Sundry persons,
6 30
.
-
7 35
$160 37
District No. 9. CALVIN FRENCH, Surveyor
Paid Calvin French, labor
$13 20
66 Martin Branley, ¥
and team
86 00
Levi Greenwood,
66
- 25 40
Elijah Benjamin, 66
66
- 37 40
Zenas French,
-
14 00
Amount carried forward,
$176 00
-
for gravel -
-
.
-
-
-
15
Amount brought forward,
$176 00
Paid Benjamin Sanders, labor,
21 00
66 Richard Barry,
66
12 00
John Gill,
10 00
66
C. S. Chandler, 66
22 00
John O'Neil,
2 00
Martin Curtis, 6
2 00
James Doyle,
5 60
Sundry persons,
for gravel
19 58
$282 18
EXTRA REPAIRS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid Edson M. Roel and others,
-
$18 84
F. J. Bernard and others,
-
24 93
N. F. Roel and others,
154 51
Adoniram Pendergrass and others,
3 00
$201 28
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid Wales French, and others
-
-
$2 15
Gilmore White,
-
11 45
66 Asia Mayhew,
.
-
13 20
66 Edson M. Roel,
38 80
Calvin French,
66
-
10 00
Edwin A. Taber,
7 65
Jedediah French,
66
-
7 25
Hiram Belcher,
66
.
-
6 40
$96 90
Total,
$2,455 06
12 00
.
-
.
16
SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES FOR THE ALMSHOUSE AND FARM.
Paid Mace Gay, services as Warden, $350 00
Martin L. Hall, groceries, -
.
231 61
E. Holden & Son, meat, -
-
-
30 62
H. N. Leach, groceries, -
.
.
111 12
Royal W. Turner & Co., groceries, etc., Josiah Clark, meat, -
231 85
D. A. Brayton, and others, flour,
199 29
J. White Belcher, grain and meal, -
-
273 46
P. H. Pryor, fish, -
16 85
Morse, Shepard & Co., clothing and supplies, 147 95
66 Tucker Manufacturing Co., bedsteads, 6 00
66 C. Morton, Jr., clothing and supplies,
137 02
N. Rosenfeld, " -
6 23
66 S. E. Hawes & Co., shoes, -
21 61
Ephraim Mann, wood, -
-
11 50
Robert Porter, Jr., coal, -
-
66 99
" Royal W. Turner, “ .
-
144 33
66 Ames Plow Co., supplies, -
-
-
70 87
John B. Thayer, repairs, - 30 00
Parker, Gannett, & Osgood, supplies. -
4 75
Baker & Thayer, labor and material, M. M. Alden, 66
- 29 52
Joseph Graham, 4 25
66 15
Peter A. Wales, pump, -
18 00
66 Sundry persons, supplies and labor, -
132 64
Gardiner Chilson, boiler, -
18 00
66 Josiah Clark, and others, manure, -
62 50
66 William Campbell, repairs, etc., -
9 40
" J. J. Walworth, -
19 60
E. A. Allen, supplies, -
-
28 04
Amount carried forward, .
$2,598 36
-
.
38 14
Simeon P. Taylor, drain pipe, and repairs,
.
-
-
80 07
17
Amount brought forward,
$2,598 36
F. Porter, medicine, 25 58
Ralph Houghton, coffin and robe, 14 00 -
66 Dr. E. A. Allen, medical attendance, Dr. F. Howard, 16 -
- 39 63
-
67 50
Manus Gallagher, labor and supplies,
-
30 50
E. G. Arnold, ploughing,
3 50
Ephraim Mann, -
-
-
3 00
Town of Randolph, salt grass,
9 50
Atherton Coales, fencing material,
-
6 24
C. L. Copeland, five shoats,
48 00
Hiram Gay, one cow, -
-
150 00
66 William Campbell, one horse-cart, .
105 00
John Loring, one farm wagon,
- 125 00
Walter Cartwright, harnesses, -
45 75
$3,271 56
CR.
By Cash paid Treasurer, for labor, produce, and
property sold, - - $340 94
Balance on Inventory, -
559 05
$899 99
Net expense of supporting poor in Almshouse, $2,371 57 Total " 66 out of Alms- - 1,605 98
house,
Total expense in and out of the Almshouse, $3,977 55
A decrease from the previous year of $3,401 19. Total expense in 1868,
$7,378 74
1867, $6,987 77
-
-
18
RELIEF OF POOR OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Henry M. Jones.
Paid Bradford W. Sylvester, board, -
$156 00
Sundry persons, rent, fuel, etc., -
21 92
Ralph Houghton; coffin, robe, and expenses, 19 50
$197 42
Widow John A. Hobart.
Paid H. H. Packard, supplies, -
- $20 00
E. S. Belcher, wood,
17 25
Samuel B. Hobart, cutting wood, -
5 00
Dr. S. S. Gifford, medical attendance,
18 00
$60 25
· Ann F. Thayer.
Paid Horatio Packard, for wood and clothing,
$86 25
Mrs. Helen Hollis and three children.
· Paid C. S. Loud, for supplies, -
$26 00
" H. H. Packard, -
12 00
Dr. T. E. Wood, medical attendance, .
4 00
42 00
Edwin and Mary Chessman.
Paid Samuel Chessman, for board, -
$129 00
Dr. E. A. Allen, medical attendance, -
66 50
$195 50
Betsey Jones.
Paid Remembrance Jones, for board,
. $74 00
" Dr. E. A. Allen, medical attendance,
43 63
" F. Porter, medicine,
10 00
$127 63
19
State Lunatic Asylum.
Paid for Diantha Hobart,
- $197 25
Tryphena Niles,
- 197 69
" Rosina K. Hodge, -
26 00
66 Rebecca R. Orcutt,
49 00
$469 94
Paid for Christiana Sloan and 5 children, supplies, Rosina K. Hodge and family, 66
10 00
66 J. Wales Sylvester and family, .
37 00
Susan M. Pratt, board, - .
10 29
Ebenezer Holbrook, Jr., and family, sup- plies, 14 43
80 40
66
Mrs. Phillip Kenney and family, supplies, 25 50
66 Cornelius McDonald, “ .
11 75
66
Michael Murphy, 66
-
11 75
66 Robert Cary,
10 45
66
Mrs. Eliza Ann Hunt, 66
.
14 00
66
Ellen Keith and child, .
6 55
Catharine Curtis, -
14 50
John McCarty, in State Almshouse, -
9 60
" Sarah E. Law (Stoughton), 32 00
66 Mary Kennedy, supplies,
6 00
66 John W. Sylvester, 66
.
22 00
Sundry persons, relief (partly refunded), 57 27
Paid Ralph Houghton, coffin for Susan Beal,
66 66 66 “ C. A. Kellaher,
12 00
66
66
" Annie Kenney,
8 00
66 A. C. Kimball, digging grave for Susan Beal,
3 00
66 Patrick Kiernan, " Edw. Brown and A. Kenney, 3 50
$15 00
Peter Buckley and family (city of Cam- bridge),
-
12 00
$426 99
20
RELIEF OF POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.
*Paid for George O. Orcutt, - Abington, $45 76
* Luella J. Packard, - Dorchester, -
50 50
66 John Orcutt, - Weymouth, - 27 00
* 66 Rufus Harrington, - Boston, -
38 50
* Franklin Leonard, - North Bridgewater, 96 50
66 James Kemp, - Westford, 5 00
Nancy Swain, - Quincy, 13 50
Ann Hunt, - Quincy, 37 51
$314 27
STATE PAUPERS.
· Susanna Winnett.
Paid for Supplies, - -
$121 85
“ medical attendance,
66 00
coffin, robe and expenses, .
14 50
$202 35
66 Sundry State Paupers, .
.
67 31
lodgings and meals for 117 travellers, - 48 30
$317 96
STATE REFORM AND NAUTICAL SCHOOLS.
Paid for Charles F. Foster, of Boston, $16 99
66 Francis Fadden, West Bridgewater, 26 00
Thomas E. Bossell, -
26 00
William Carrivan, Stoughton,
26 00
$94 99
* Refunded.
21
FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Ralph Houghton, attending 99 funerals, - $99 00 John Long, use of horse and care of hearse, do., 156 50 Jonathan S. Belcher, attending 13 funerals at 2.50, 32 50
$288 00
STATE AID.
Paid Sundry persons as per account returned to the State, - - $5,305 17
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid Sundry Bills (for items see Engineer's Report), $6,044 06 Paid for New Hearse House and land, - $650 00
ABATEMENTS ON TAXES.
Paid Edson M. Roel, Collector for 1869, - $670 37
22
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Town Auditors for 1869, $10 00
Engineers, services to May 1st, 1869, 51 08
Austin B. French, Committee on Almshouse, 50 00
66 Edson M. Roel, Collector of taxes, 1868, - 180 74
William J. Howe, services as School Com- mittee, and team, 84 00
Thomas West, services as School Committee, from March 1st to April 1st, 1869, -
13 50
66 Thomas West, services as School Committee, from April 1st, 1869, to March 1st, 1870, 85 50
75 00
66 John May, services as School Committee, - J. White Belcher, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, -
250 00
100 00
J. White Belcher, services on State Aid, Horatio B. Alden, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, .. 250 00
" Horatio B. Alden, services on State Aid, 100 00
John Underhay, services as Selectman, As- sessor, and Overseer of the Poor, -
250 00
John Underhay, services on State Aid, - 100 00
$1,599 82
23
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Pratt & Hasty, printing Town Reports, $189 50
" tax bills, warrants, advertising, etc., 81 83
Wales French, interest on Bigelow notes, 45 00
" James Foord, for list of mortgages, 25 00
" Rachael J. Sweeney, land damage (as per vote of town), 200 00
" George Talbot, admr., damage awarded by County Commissioners, 275 00
G. A. Tolman, copying town valuation from 1775 to 1827, and 1869, -
170 00
Charles K. Darling, blank books and station- ery, etc., 77 78
" Wright & Potter, blank books and printing,
65 60
Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co., -
110 75
People's Fire Insurance Co., -
43 00
Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 73 50
Charles Estabrook, express and carting, 41 87
" Nathan Pendergrass, storage for hearse, -
12 00
John G. Poole, postage, etc., -
12 03
" L. R. Peterson, and others, railing, etc.,- around Town House, 38 86
John L. Brown, labor and repairs, - 19 85
" Lawrence White, ringing bell for town meet- ings, 2 00
" Sundry bills, repairs and material, Select- men's room, 28 70
" William Campbell, labor and material on hearse, -
33 50
" For badges for Special Police, -
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