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Ellison Hawes and Annie A. Taber, both of Randolph.
" 30. Abbott W. Packard and Ellen F. Blanchard, both of Randolph.
61
DEATHS RECORDED IN RANDOLPH IN 1869.
AGE.
DATE.
NAME.
DISEASE, OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Y.
M.
D.
1869.
Jan.
2
Ann Bracken,
1
3
. .
Scarlatina Anginosa.
10
Mary Bracken,
3
4
. .
Scarlatina Maligna.
13
Jane Leahy,
70
·
Old Age.
14
Margaret L. Foley,
. .
5
23
Diphtheria.
14
Michael Carney,
3
9
22
Scarlatina Anginosa.
22
George W. Paine,
1
6
..
Croup.
24
Sarah Ann Taunt,
14
3
Pulmonary Congestion.
26
Irene Hayden,
. .
..
Consumption.
Feb.
2
Mary Ann O'Brien,
6
9
1 Scarlatina Anginosa.
6
Mary Ann Bohan,
7
1
13
Scarlatina Maligna.
7
Philip F. O'Brien, -
12
5
15
Diphtheria.
8
Elizabeth Bohan,
3
8
Scarlatina Maligna
10
Bathsheba Harris,
80
4
16
Pneumonia.
10
Jeremiah Buckley,
7
1
10
Scarlatina.
[of Brain.
23
Thon as H. Sullivan,
7
6
18 Diphtheria and Inflammation
25
Ella F. Alexander,
2
2
..
27
Edward DeHaven,
4
5
March 6
3
7
19 Diphtheria,
6
67
1
13 Paralysis,
10
James Hurley,
6
11
0
Typhus Fever.
12
Ellen Jane Sheridadı,
2
6
20
Scarlatina.
15
William O. Sullivan,
1
5
2 Scarlatina Anginosa.
20
Annie M.ria Barry,
2
11
16 Scarlatina Anginosa.
26
Ruth Smith,
87
6
11 Fever/and Old Age.
27
4
11
4 Scarlatina Anginosa.
April
1
Charles Howland,
46
1
27 Exposure in Army, Consump-
6
Zurinh Cole,
88
12 Old Age.
7
Charles W. Ward,
23
3
4 Consumption.
10
Susan B. Orcutt,
64
..
Ulceration Bowels.
19
Alice L. McMahon,
27
1
11 Liver Complaint.
21
Bernard Green,
49
2
7 Consumption.
23
Howard Faunce,
2
9
7
Scarlatina.
May
8 Lucy French,
70
3
12 Heart Disease.
10 Catharine Pope,
49
..
. .
Consumption.
1.0 Harriet I. Farnsworth,
40
. .
Consumption.
11
George Herry Thayer,
20
12
Consumption.
12
Terence O'Riley,
39
·
..
14
Catharine Nolan,
9
10
19 Scarlatina.
19
William F. Nolan,
60
6
22
Scarlatina.
20 Sally Belcher,
8
1
5
Scarlatina.
28
Charles Amherst,
. .
2
Cholera Infantum.
28
George A. Driscoll, Abbie Lovering,
30
8
6
Consumption.
4
Horatio B. Alden,
83
2
19
Acute Bronchitis.
7
Edward H. Nolan,
5
6
16
Scarlatina.
9 William Whiting,
. .
5
..
. .
8
18
Dentition.
10 Sarah E. Clark,
19
8
10
Pneumonia.
2 Francis Mahony
. .
1
21
Infantile.
4 | Ephraim M. Whte,
38
4
..
Consumption.
13 : Harriet Thayer,
69
·
10
Accidental Poisoning.
2
Thomas Clark,
8
8
Infantile.
[tion.
3
Catharine Hand,
3
3
..
Scarlatina.
29
Loring F. White, Fanny Conners,
20
5
.
7
20
Scarlatina.
4
23 July
. .
2
3
Cholera Infantum.
June
2
Congenital Debility.
2 Herbert Swords,
1 Consumption.
Esther French,
80
3
11
27
Old Age.
20 Frederic Nolan,
Obstruction in Bowels.
Catharine T. Barry,
Scarlatina Anginosa. Scarlatina and Convulsions.
Stephen L. Palmer, Susan Beal,
Heart Disease.
62
DEATHS. - (CONTINUED.)
AGE.
DATE.
NAME.
DISEASE, OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Y.
D.
1569.
July
25
Samuel D. Parker,
..
6
16
Meningitis.
26
Luella J. Packard,
19
11
20
Childbirth.
27
Lucinda White,
34
3
22
Consumption.
28
Elizabeth J. Currie,
6
8
Pulmonary Congestion.
Aug.
1
James P. McLaughlan,
. .
4
13
Tetanut.
8
Mary Toomey,
4
23
Pueumonia.
9
Sarah A. Capen,
. .
7
12
Intestinal Inflammation.
15
Samuel B. Alden,
35
3
3
Suicide.
19
Josepli Long,
2
4
Convulsions.
20
Margaret Riley,
9
4
12
Dysentery Typhoid.
23
Flora A. Al 'en,
19
4
14
Puerperal Convulsions.
29
Joanna D. Daly,
5
12
Cholera Infantum.
Sept.
3 Susann ı Cheesman,
76
11
18
Cancer.
8
Henry C. Joy,
1
3
Consumption.
8
Benjan in Dickerman,
72
1
10
Heart Disease.
9 Nellie 1.ow,
1
. .
3
Cholera Infantum.
12
Betsy Stetson,
89
. .
·
13
Charles H. Hogan,
2
11
28
Croupal Symptoms.
14
Lizzie G. Deane,
1
10
12
Diarrhoea.
22
Abigrani Wilbur,
84
. .
22
James Good,
72
Chronic Heptication.
23
Lillia Mall,
2
..
26
Nellie Early,
4
6
19
Croup.
30
Willian Marris,
5
. .
Oct.
1
Frank W. Porter,
10
15
Dentition.
3
Nellie T'hayer,
. .
1
22
Swinatitis.
4
Peter Driscoll,
. .
11
2.2
Hereditary Consumption.
6
Mary L. Deyine,
9
1
8
Brain Fever.
7
Samuel Miller,
73
Paralys:s.
11
Alice Bar y,
11
28
Cholera Infantum.
15
Gerald Farrell,
20
2
11
Consumption.
17
Sally Clark,
72
3
28
Apoplexy. )
17
Elmer E Sullivan,
. .
4
10
Paralysis.
19
Annie E. Kenny,
15
4
Fits.
22
Ann Brady,
45
..
Gastritis.
Nov.
1
William McCarty,
1
10
.
Croup.
9
Francis A. Holbrook,
2
2
23
Pulmonary Congestion.
15
Mary E. Carroll,
1
3
..
Croup.
17 James Harris,
3
. .
1
Annie J. Riley,
4
1
19
D:phtheretic Croup.
8
Mary Carroll,
75
.
..
Old Age.
18
Clara J. Stetson,
22
3
..
18
Caroline Peirce,
62
11
24
Pneumonia.
25 John Slattery,
10
. .
23
Drowned.
26
Jane Fra zier,
42
1
..
Pithisis.
31
Albert Hunt,
62
. .
22
Phthisis.
1
Ellen Dunn,
. .
..
13
Infantile.
·
22
- Morton,
..
1
Infantile.
Burned.
Dec.
. .
Oid Age.
Jaundice.
. .
Cholera Infantum.
Croup.
. .
. .
Phthisis Pulmonalis.
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THIRTY-FIFTH
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 1st, 1871.
RANDOLPH, MASS : PRINTED AT THE NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTER OFFICE. 1871.
THIRTY-FIFTH
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 Ist, 1871,
RANDOLPH, MASS : PRINTED AT THE NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTER OFFICE. 1871.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor. J. WHITE BELCHER, H. B. ALDEN, JOHN UNDERHAY
Town Clerk and Treasurer. HIRAM C. ALDEN.
School Committee.
William E. Jewell,
Term expires March, 1871. 66 6.
Nathaniel Howard,
66 1872.
Jacob Whitcomb,
66
66
1873.
Trustees of Stetson High School Fund.
John L. French,
Term expires March, 1871. 66 ..
John F. Portor,
66 1872.
Sidney French,
66
1873.
Auditors.
R. W. TURNER, RICHARD STEVENS, ELISHA MANN, JR.
Constables.
William H. Warren, F. J. Bernard, Luther Rowe,
George E. Leonard, John Long,
William Shed.
Fence Viewers.
IRA W. LEWIS, EPHRAIM MANN,
JNO. S. BELCHER.
Sealers of Weights and Measures. WILLIAM H. WARREN, JR.
Surveyors of Highways.
Edson M. Roel,
Jonathan S. Belcher,
Josiah Clark,
Gilmore White, Jedediah French, Caleb Tucker,
Howard Dyer, Samuel A. Viring.
Engineers of the Fire Department.
William H. Warren, Chief Engineer, Levi Wilbur,
Edward E. Lothrop, Clerk,
Charles McCarty,
Samuel D. Chase,
Edward Belcher.
Superintendent of Almshouse. MACE GAY.
Collector of Taxes. EDSON M. ROEL.
Representative to the General Court. DANIEL HOWARD.
ARAY 14 1963
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, 1871.
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 on Highways, 5,000 00
General Town Expenses, 17,000 00
Payment on Town Debt, 5,000 00
Pay of Engine Men and Repairs on Engines, 2,450 00
State Tax, 7,900 00
County Tax, 3,482 54
Total, $51,832 54
Amount of Tax assessed in 1870, $52,105 43
TAXABLE VALUATION, MAY 1st, 1870.
Personal Estate, Real Estate,
$1,426,800 00
1,454,190 00
Total, $2,880,990 00
Rate of assessment, $17.00 on $1,000. Population May 1st, 1870 - 5564.
4
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Almshouse property,
$13,000 00
Town House and land,
15,000 00
Five Fire Engine Houses and Lock-up,
7,500 00
Schoolhouse and land Dist. No. 1,
1,800 00
2,
1,600 00
3,
1,000 00
4,
1,800 00
66
5,
1,000 00
6,
1,500 00
1,000 00
5,000 00
1,300 00
Schoolhouse and land, " 10,
4,500 00
Prescott School House and land,
18,000 00
Stetson School Fund,
10,600 00
*Eight Shares Randolph National Bank,
1,300 00
*Ten acres Salt Marsh,
500 00
Four Fire Engines, Hook and Ladder Carriage and fixtures, 6,000, 00
· Two Hearses,
600 00
$100,000 00
The Selectmen have drawn orders on the Treasurer amounting to $35,105 10
On account of Schools (teaching, fuel, and care of rooms), $9,702 99
Stetson High School, 300 00
Repairs and Incidental Expenses, 1,273 89
Amount carried forward, $11,276 88
*Coddington Fund.
7,
8,
9,
High Schoolhouse and land, "
7,000 00
·
5
Amount brought forward, On account of Repairs of Highways,
$11,276 88
5,240 34
Poor in Almshouse,
3,316 82
Poor out of Almshouse,
1,266 04
Poor of other Towns,
278 89
State Paupers,
145 80
State Reform and Nautical Schools,
120 39
Funeral Expenses,
322 00
State Aid,
5,282 18
Fire Department,
3,850 51
Abatement on Taxes,
798 24
Town Officers,
1,621 13
66
Miscellaneous Expenses,
1,585 88
$35,105 10
EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS.
By direction of the School Committee for the year ending March 1, 1871.
FOR TEACHING.
Paid Mr. Thomas H. West,
one year
$875 00
William H. Crocker,
33 weeks,
680 24
James N. Parker,
38 weeks, 799 99
John V. Beal,
one year,
1000 CO
A. H. Powers,
4 weeks,
84 21
Charles E. Fish,
12 weeks,
108 00
H. Winchell Leeds,
11 weeks,
99 00
Mrs. A. E. Upham,
17 weeks,
151 00
Miss Sarah E. Shankland,
one year,
400 00
Mary E. Coon,
6 weeks,
48 00
66 Margaret W. Boyd,
17 «
91 00
" Clara F. Leonard,
293 "
241 60
Cora I. Young,
35
288 00
Hannah F. Thayer.
35 «
280 00
S. B. Wilde,
35
245 00
Amount carried forward,
$5,391 04
6
Amount brought forward, Paid Miss Kate E. Ryan,
$5,391 04
34 weeks,
204 00
Nellie F. Thayer,
34
66
170 00
Alice A. Smith,
34
204 00
Lucretia F. Wyer,
23
184 00
Estelle F. Clark,
4
66
32 00
Mary L. Prescott,
34
66
249 00
66
Abbie M. May,
23
184 00
"
Lucy J. Thayer,
11
66
66 00
66
Martha F. Ames,
9
"
63 00
Mary B. White,
23
66
184 00
66 Lizzie White,
22
132 00
Celia J. White,
36
66
270 00
66
Mary H. French,
35
66
269 00
Mary J. Austin,
35
210 00
Annie Stevens,
34
238 00
Emma P. Ryan,
1
66
8 00
66 Emma O. Warner,
24
192 00
Ella French,
23
66
117 00
Lydia B. Ring,
11
66
82 50
Ida G. Deckar,
9
72 00
$8,521 54
Paid appropriation for Stetson High School,
$300 00
FUEL.
Paid Royal W. Turner & Co. for 53 tons coal,
$511 44
Isaac N. Linfield, 2
16 00
66 A. G. Swain,
wood,
47 25
66 J. S. Belcher,
21 00
66
Caleb H. Dyer,
14 75
Samuel Howard,
12 50
Lawrence Ormsby, cutting wood,
28 50
A. C. Kimball,
66
7 00
John McGrane, 66
3 00
Lucius T. Packard,
14 40
Walter White, shavings,
3 65
$679 49
66
7
CARE OF SCHOOLROOMS.
Paid Mary Riley,.
$200 00
Lawrence Ormsby,
57 80
John Ormsby,
20 15
66 Mary C. Coon,
1 00
66 Clara F. Leonard,
7 35
Cora I. Young,
9 75
66
Lucretia F. Wyer,
5 50
66 Herbert Tabor,
15 50
H. W. Paine,
74 61
66
Abbie M. May,
10 25
Lucy J. Thayer,
5 25
66 Mary J. Austin,
10 75
Ebenezer Austin,
15 10
Mary H. French,
13 00
Minot L. Beal,
12 50
66
Celia J. White,
9 20
66 Mary L. Prescott,
5 00
A. E. Upham,
5 00
Farington Holbrook,
6 00
E. O. Warner,
3 00
H. W. Leeds,
5 50
66 Henry G. Smith,
9 75
$501 96
FURNITURE AND REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid Elbridge G. French, use of well,
$3 00
Royal S. Holbrook, 3 00
" Lawrence Hayes 66
3 00
Patrick Feeney, 66
6 00
. Jolın Wales, 4 50
James Mulloy five years, 15 00
Amount carried forward, $34 50
8
Amount brought forward, $34 16
Paid Peter A. Wales, repairing pumps,
15 50
Pratt & Hasty, printing, 1 25
Baker & Thayer, stoves, furniture and repairs, 160 26
John B. Thayer, labor and material, 52 87
William H. Crocker, labor, books and fares,
13 31
Thomas D. Morris, for paint,
189 27
Howe & French, 68 38
Joseph Belcher, labor, painting,
100 00
John L. Brown,
73 25
66 Winslow Alden, labor and material,
95 00
Royal W. Turner, glass, screws, hinges, brooms and supplies, 46 03
W. G. Shattuck, desks and pedestals,
48 80
J. D. Hammatt, crayons,
20 50
Howard, Clark & Co., settees and chairs,
29 00
Thomas West, erasers, .
4 50
John Dillon, labor and material,
6 00
Oakes S. Soule, pickets,
3 17
66 Burdett & Williams, screws,
2 06
Southworth & Co., supplies, brooms, books, etc., 8 35
Cora I. Young, books and fares,
1 65
John V. Beal, locks, ink, glass, postage, etc.,
8 72
J. H. Wales, repairing bell wheel,
1 75
" Charles Estabrook, express and cash paid,
18 30
A. J. Gove,
65
James N. Parker furniture,
90
Maynard & Noyes, ink,
4 85
W. E. Clapp, chemicals,
26 00
H. H. Packard, brooms,
3 00
John Long, teams,
9 75
66 Morss & White, supplies,
7 12
Amount carried forward,
$1,054 69
9
Amount brought forward,
$1,054 69
Paid T. W. Whiting, labor and material,
16 00
George C. Platts, "
2 00
G. H. & C. Prescott, supplies,
2 43
" Franklin Porter, books and stationery,
36 68
James E. Nash, repairing clocks,
3 12
Ralph Houghton, repairs,
5 00
Augustus Hardy, blinds,
4 50
John Reynolds, labor, 10 00
L. R. Peterson, labor and material, 15 19
Blake & Alden, cushions, 3 50
" N. Howard, horse and carriage and ex- penses procuring teachers, 29 00
" Jacob Whitcomb, horse and carriage and expenses procuring teachers, 30 00
" W. E. Jewell, bills paid and expenses, 16 46
Sundry bills paid for repairs and supplies, 45 32
$1,273 89
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR SCHOOLS.
Paid for teaching,
$8,821 54
Appropriation for Stetson High School,
300 00
For fuel,
679 49
" Care of rooms,
501 96
" Incidentals, 1,273 89
$11,576 88
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HIGHWAYS.
Districts No. 1, 8 and 10. EDSON M. ROEL, Surveyor.
Paid Edson M. Roel, labor, $82 50
" Mace Gay, labor and team, 69 20
" Charles H. Mann, labor and team, 110 20
" Ephraim Mann, 130 20
" Alvan Mann, 66 66 66
72 60
Seth Mann, 66 66
93 00
" E. M. Roel and others, labor and team picking stones, 116 09
" George W. Pierce, labor, 48 37
" William Cunningham, labor, 45 00
Patrick Feeney, labor,
19 32
Thomas Ward, 20 47
James Lyons,
19 12
" Jedediah French,
31 72
John Gill,
43 87
William Barry,
45 00
James O'Brien, "
5 85
Martin Harty, 66
26 75
Daniel Kiley,
14 50
66 Patrick Bohan,
28 35
John Desmond,
20 47
Patrick Wren,
38 25
" Owen Sullivan,
22 25
Cornelius Halpin, labor,
5 37
" John Halpin,
5 37
" (). D. Sullivan,
3 37
C. Ward, 3 25
66 Sundry persons, labor and repairs,
23 78
Bradford L. Wales, for 314 loads gravel, 18 84
" Michael McAuliff, for 690 32 10 66
Moses C. Beal, " 124
6 20
Amount carried forward,
$1,201 36
11
Amount brought forward,
$1,201 36
Paid Daniel Kiley, for 224 loads gravel,
11 20
Richard Adams,
" 242
12 10
Thomas Good,
320
66
16 00
Town Farm,
550
27 50
Ephraim Mann, 66
76
66
66
3 80
Charles Belcher,
120
66
6 00
E. Alden,
160
8 00
" O. B. Crane,
40
6
66
2 00
" E. Beal,
60
3 00
$1,290 96
District No. 2. JONATHAN S. BELCHER, Surveyor.
Paid Jonathan S. Belcher, labor and team,
$57 25
Lewis S. Belcher,
66
66
19 25
66 Hiram Belcher, 66
66
51 75
66 Levi Greenwood,
66
34 00
Simeon White, 66
66
11 25
" John A. Blood,
66
6 00
William B. Belcher,
66
8 00
George Belcher, labor,
29 25
66
Phineas Davis,
28 75
S. O. Wiggins,
66
24 00
Allen Smith,
14 00
66
Isaac Blanchard,
6 00
Ward C. Deane,
6 00
Sundry persons
14 85
Jonathan White, for 252 loads gravel,
20 16
Samuel Baker, " 142
11 36
66 Hiram Belcher, 18 66 66
1 44
66
66
4
$343 31
12
District No. 3. JOSIAH CLARK, Surveyor.
Paid Josiah Clark, labor and team,
$167 00
Ephraim Mann, “ 66
43 00
Timothy M. O'Niel, labor, 7 12
66 George H. Peck,
4 50
66 Simeon Howard,
66
10 87
William Taunt,
15 00
Josiah Holbrook, 66
24 00
Delazon D. Mann,
42 75
Simeon Wentworth, “
16 87
" Thomas Johnson, 66
2 25
John Sylvester, 66
6 75
James Kemp, 66
6 75
Sundry persons, 66
21 37
6 Ephraim Mann, for 312 loads gravel,
31 20
Eliza Tabor, 65 66
6 50
Joshua Hunt, 35 66 66
3 50
Sundry persons, 157 66
15 70
$425 13
District No. 4. GILMORE WHITE, Surveyor.
Paid Gilmore White, labor and team, $52 80
" Thomas West,
33 17
" E. S. Belcher, 66
14 67
" Nelson Merrill, labor,
12 00
Cornelius White, labor,
17 00
Adoniram Pendergrass, labor,
16 80
" Ezra Whitcomb, labor,
9 40
" Cornelius L. White, labor,
6 00
" Sundry persons, labor,
10 45
" Zenas French, for 330 loads gravel,
19 80
$192 09
13
District No. 5. JEDEDIAH FRENCH, Surveyor.
Paid Jedediah French, labor,
$32 64
Mace Gay, labor and team, 38 00
Seth Mann, “
24 00
Rufus A. Thayer, labor and team,
5 00
Lewis Jones, labor,
29 00
Noah Chessman, labor,
20 25
Daniel Lyons, labor,
9 00
-
Sundry persons, labor,
9 10
Amasa Clark, for 102 loads gravel,
10 20
Royal S. Holbrook, for 76 loads gravel, 7 60
Rufus A. Thayer, for 34 loads gravel, 3 40
$188 19
District No. 6. CALEB TUCKER, Surveyer.
Paid Caleb Tucker, labor and team,
$53 00
Joshua Spear, “ 66
6 00
Rufus Jones, 66
18 00
Adam Jones, 66
8 75
Silas Dyer, 66
8 00
Ellis Tucker,
5 00
" Alfred H. Tucker, labor,
46 00
" C. Edson Tucker,
23 00
" E. D. Woodward, 66
26 .00
" John Kiley,
6 00
Sundry persons,
4 00
66
66 281 loads gravel,
11 24
$214 99
14
District No. 7. HOWARD DYER, Surveyor.
Paid Howard Dyer, labor,
$36 20
Patrick McMahon, labor and team,
32 12
" Zavan P. Jordan,
24 75
D. A. Elliot,
17 50
Moses W. Whitcomb, labor,
6 12
66 John Dillon,
3 40
= James Welch,
10 00
Thomas Townsend
10 00
John Freel, 66
4 00
Jesse Townsend,
66
10 00
Lemuel Hollis,
5 00
Sundry persons,
and gravel,
13 92
Samuel Packard, for 58 loads gravel,
3 62
Richard Adams, for 56
3 50
Ebenezer Alden, for 165
8 25
John A. Blood, for 55
2 75
$191 13
District No. 9. SAMUEL A. VINING, Surveyor.
Paid Simeon White, labor and team,
$123 35
" Richard Barry,
20 25
" Daniel H. Clark,
46 60
Zenas French,
16 00
James Martin, labor,
32 59
Patrick Sullivan,
1 75
Alpheus Hunt,
16 62
Martin Branley,
6 00
66
Jacob Buker,
19 25
Isaac Buker,
11 37
Edward Doyle, 66
20 00
John Gill, 66
1 66
Amount carried forward,
$315 44
15
Amount brought forward,
$315 44
Paid Sundry persons, labor,
46 24
John Kellaher, for 109 loads gravel, 4 36
J. Adams, " 178
=
10 80
S. A. Vining, " 173
10 38
66 Sundry persons, for gravel,
5 92
$393 14
EXTRA REPAIRS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid Nath'l F. Roel, and others, on Stoughton road $369 74
Edson M. Roel
66 377 83
Chas. Belcher, “ " Railing roads, 236 08
101 68
J. C. Rhines, lumber,
20 00
Pratt & Co.,
56 70
66 E. M. Roel, and others, on bridges,
85 80
66 N. F. Roel, “ " roads and bridges,
93 79
Gilmore White,
35 65
Austin Roel,
66
23 63
F. Comwell,
66
18 00
Old Colony and Newport Railroad Freight,
4 05
$1,422 95
. REMOVING SNOW.
Paid F. J. Bernard, and others,
$55 89
" Jedediah French,
53 55
66 Hiram Belcher,
32 97
Asia Mayhew,
101 56
Edson M. Roel,
157 34
Edwin A. Tabor,
63 92
Calvin French,
34 65
66
Caleb Tucker, 66
8 80
Gilmore White, 66
42 67
Josiah Clark, 66
16 60
Jona. S. Belcher,
10 50
$578 45
William Campbell, iron work,
16
SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES FOR THE ALMSHOUSE AND FARM.
Paid Mace Gray, services as Warden,
$500 00
Briggs & Co., groceries,
· 335 91
D. A. Brayton, flour, 40 00
W .. Chickering, groceries,
62 00
Herbert N. Leach, groceries,
50 23
Nathan A. Tolman, groceries,
26 33
Royal .W. Turner & Co., groceries,
200 02
66 Josiah Clark, meat,
337 15
66 Jesse Fenno, milk,
61 85
66 J. White Belcher, grain and meal,
280 85
T. Pryor, fish, 23 32
Royal W. Turner & Co., 19 tons coal,
170 25
Samuel E. Hawes & Co., clothing,
113 23
N. Rosenfeld, 66
34 06
L. Hofferman,
13 10
66 N. E. Buck, supplies,
11 90
66 H. H. Packard, clothing,
28 57
Baker & Thayer, labor and repairs,
19 67
Josiah F. Field, repairs, .
9 48
John B. Thayer,
6 25
John L. Brown,
11 01
66 L. R. Peterson,
3 36
66 Edward A. Perry, “
4 00
William Campbell, repairs, etc.,
55 85
Franklin Porter, boots, shoes and medicines, 26 89
109 60
Dr. F. Howard, medical attendance,
51 50
Dr. E. A. Allen ,. 66
99 80
Dr. W. M. Babbitt,
20 00
Ralph Houghton, coffin, grave, etc., 14 00
New England Drain Pipe Co.,
17 80
Amount carried forward,
$2,737 98
Sundry persons, supplies, labor and material,
*
17
Amount brought forward, $2,737 98
Paid Town of Randolph for salt grass,
16 25
" Ames Plow Co., tools and seeds, 29 73
Daniel A. Elliot, hay,
25 41
66 Michael Kelly, manure,
38 00
66 E. & A. Hawes, manure,
50 50
Manus Gallagher, labor and manure,
32 00
66 Wm. Barry, J. French, and M. Holbrook, labor,
85 00
J. J. Walworth & Co., repairs,
3 15
66 Charles H. Mann, ploughing with team,
8 00
Joshua Hunt, Jr., ploughing with team, 8 00
E. A. Tabor, for English grass, 60 20
Seth Mann, 2d, pasturing cows, 11 00
C. S. Holbrook, pasturing heifer, 11 00
N. Farrington, two pigs, 30 60
Josiah C. Oliver, one cow and calf, 95 00
Allen A. Belcher, one cow, 75 00
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer for labor and produce sold, $564 48
Balance on Inventory, 101 49
$665 97
Net expense of supporting poor in Almshouse,
$2,650 85
Total « out of Almshouse, 1,266 04
Total expense in and out of the Almshouse, $3,916 89
Total expense in 1867,
$6,987 77
1868,
7,378 74
66
66 1869,
3,977 55
66
66 1870,
3,916 89
$3,316 82
18
RELIEF OF POOR OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Ann F. Thayer.
Paid Horatio Packard, board and clothing, $81 00
Edwin and Mary Chessman.
Paid Samuel Chessman, board, $156 00
Betsy Jones.
Paid Remembrance Jones, board,
$88 00
" Ephraim Mann, wood, 8 00
" Dr. E. A. Allen, medical attendance, 47 00
$143 00
Widow John A. Hobart.
Paid Lewis J. Hollis, wood and cutting,
$23 50
HI. H. Packard, supplies,
20 00
$43 50
State Lunatic Asylum.
Paid for Diantha Hobart,
$205 07
Tryphena Niles,
217 80
Bradford W. Belcher,
141 55
Richard Carey,
35 50
$599 92
Paid for Ellen Keith, supplies,
$3 25
Child of Sarah M. Jones, board,
23 00
Catharine Curtis, wood,
21 00
Richard Carey's family, coal,
10 50
Amount carried forward, $57 75
19
Amount brought forward,
$57 75
Paid for Almira Giles, coal
10 50
Mrs. McDonald,
10 75
Margaret Kennedy, 66
10 50
Mrs. Michael Murphy,
10 50
66 Mrs. Philip Kenney,
10 50
66 Francis Blanchard, wood,
12 00
Ann Sloan, supplies,
21 05
Ralph Houghton, coffin for Patrick Kiley,
10 50
and robe for B. W.
Sylvester's child, 11 00
Relief of sundry persons (partly refunded), 77 57
[$242 62
RELIEF OF POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.
Paid for George O. Orcutt, - Abington, $27 25
66
Thomas S. Somes, - Gloucester, 49 00
66 Susan Hicks, - Dartmouth, 16 50
Ephraim Spear, - Boston,
74 00
Franklin Leonard, - North Bridgewater,
41 00
James Kemp, - Westford,
12 90
Abagail Fadden, - West Bridgewater,
33 64
Ann Hunt, - Quincy,
17 00
Wm. Carrivan, -- Stoughton, 7 50
$278 89
STATE PAUPERS.
Paid for G. A. Burrell, for lodging and board 151 travellers,
$71 80
Ruel Wade, supplies, 6 50
Sundry persons, relief, fare, cash, etc., 18 00
Thomas Hickman, supplies in sickness, 49 50
$145 80
20
STATE REFORM AND NAUTICAL SCHOOLS.
Paid for Jeremiah Shields,
$24 78
Theodore Bossell, 10 36
Walter S. Clark,
2 14
Clara B. Kennedy,
35 60
Eliza J. Myers, 15 87
" Mary A. Sylvester, 15 87
Catharine Bohan,
15 87
$120 39
FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Ralph Houghton, attending 105 funerals, $106 50
John Long, use of horse and care of hearse, 165 50
Jonathan S. Belcher, attending 20 funerals, 50 00
$322 00
STATE AID.
Paid sundry persons, as per acct. returned to the State,
$5,282,18
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid sundry bills (for items see report of engineers),
$3,850 51
ABATEMENTS ON TAXES.
Paid Edson M. Roel, collector for 1870, $798 24
21
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Town Auditors for 1870, $10 00
" Engineers, for services to May 1st, 1870, 32 00
" Edson M. Roel, Collector of taxes 1869, 286 50
Wm. E. Jewell, services as School Committee, 80 63
Nathaniel Howard, “ 81 00
Jacob Whitcomb, 81 00
J. White Belcher, services as Selectman, Asses- sor, and Overseer of Poor, 250 00
J. White Belcher, services on State Aid, 100 00
" Horatio B. Alden, services as Selectman, Asses- sor, and Overseer of Poor, 250 00
Horatio B. Alden, services on State Aid, 100 00
John Underhay, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, 250 00
John Underhay, services on State Aid, 100 00
$1,621 13
22
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Pratt & Hasty, printing 1500 Town Reports, $198 50
66 advertising, tax bills, warrants, 61 00
66 £ Wales French, interest on Bigelow Note, 45 00
Free Public Library (as per vote of the town),
402 40
Thomas Groom & Co., blank books and stationery, 47 25
Charles K. Darling, blank books and sta- tionery, 62 31
Wright & Potter, Order book,
11 75
H. C. Alden, copying valuation and National Bank stock, 20 00
Isaac N. Linfield, damage to fence,
10 10
Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
70 50
Weymouth, “
18 00
Quincy,
4 00
R. T. & E. Mann, wood for Selectmen's room,
8 00
Peter A. Wales, pump and setting,
56 00
L. R. Peterson, watering troughs,
9 86
Baker & Thayer, labor and material,
38 22
" John B. Thayer, labor and material on Lock-up, 42 30
Thomas Fardy,
3 00
G. A. Burrell, 66
10 50
" E. Beal, Surveying and plan of West Street,
7 10
E. Estabrook, entertainment County Commis- sioners and town officers, 31 25
N. F. Roel, labor on road,
11 45
" For services of special police July 4 and 5, 27 00
William H. Warren, services as Constable,
24 00
66 Mrs. S. P. Brown, printing, 2 00
J. G. Poole, postage,
8 22
Amount carried forward,
$1,229 71
[23
Amount brought forward, $1,229 71
Paid John Loring, labor and material, 10 80
Ralph Houghton, ballot-box and repairs on hearse, 7 50
John Long, horse and carriage on town business, and fares, 26 35
A. G. Hanna, horse and carriage on town business, 29 25
A. J. Gove, Express and cash paid, 9 50
Frank Smith, abating nuisance, 3 00
" Assessors, taking new valuation of the town and census May 1, 1870, 75 00
Selectmen, expenses and cash paid on town business, on new roads, settlement of paupers, state aid, examination of County records, etc., 98 90
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