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Tolman, James T.
.
Hanover
Tenant house 200, ¿ factory 250 .
$450
$450
¿ shop 25, ma- chinery 350
375
2
Tenant house field
75
6
Unimproved
75
975
Turner, Job A. .
.
Boston
1₺
House 550, stable 75 Home, field, and orchard
70
12
Hatch pasture
240
8
Hatch unimpro'd, Field over the
100
way .
300
83
Wood and unimp,
100
3
Stoddard land
100
84
Prince, Otis, w'd and unimpro'd, Home Pasture Prince, Otis, un- . improved .
190
17₺
Bryant sw'p w'd, Hoop-pole wood, Halifax tongue
70
4
wood
80
2,245
Turner, Barker
.
Pembroke
3
River meadow
60
60
Turner, Thomas
.
Hanover
2
River meadow
40
40
Whitman, James H. .
Pembroke.
2
Fresh meadow
20
20
150
200
20
2
625
9
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE,
FOR THE YEAR 1885.
EMBRACING THOSE OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS, TOWN CLERK, AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
BOSTON: ALFRED MUDGE & SON, 24 FRANKLIN STREET. 1886.
REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Regular appropriation . $187 00
Paid as follows : -
Samuel Loring, 56} hours labor .
$9 08
Horse and cart .
2 58
William H. Farrar, 90 hours labor Horse and cart, 90 hours
15 00
Irving Farrar, 36 hours labor
6 00
N. C. Whiting, 143 "
23 83
D. T. Stoddard, 63 " 66
10 50
Horse and cart 31 hours
5 17
Joseph Stoddard, 31 bours labor
3 45
Charles Lincoln, 62 6 6
10 33
C. Moore, 45
7 50
W. W. Collamore, 27 "
4 50
Horses and cart .
11 44
C. E. Brewster, 36 hours labor
6 00
Horse and cart, 68 hours
11 33
Israel Vining, 622 hours labor
10 41
Horse and cart, 59 hours
9 83
George Ayling, 41 hours labor
6 83
R. P. Briggs, 2 men, 4 horses, 1 day
10 17
Joshua Bailey, 9 hours labor
1 50
Calvin Wilder, 63 hours labor
10 50
W. Magoon
2 00
C. Magoon
30
H. T. Farrar
30
.
15 00
4
Charles H. Totman, 49 hours labor $8 17
John Collamore, 27
4 50
$206 22
Allowed by Selectmen 19 22
$187 00
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Regular appropriation $277 35
Paid as follows : -
W. S. Briggs, 125 hours labor . $20 84
4 horses and cart 3 days 15 00
2 66 72 days 18 75
2 50
James Gammon, 104 hours labor
17 33
R. P. Briggs, 54 hours labor
9 00
Morris Gammon, 22} hours labor
3 75
John E. Gammon, 1112 hours labor
18 58
Horse and cart, 36 hours
6 00
Joshua D. Bailey, 210 hours labor
35 00
Joshua Bowker, 40 hours labor
6 67
Oscar Sears, 222 hours labor
3 75
Miles S. Turner, 8 hours labor
1 33
Oxen .
2 00
E. W. Brooks, 68 hours labor
11 33
2 horses 8 days .
20 00
Andrew Clapp, 42} hours labor Horse, 23 days .
3 12
Simeon Damon, 119 hours labor
19 82
John Otis, 8 hours labor
1 33
Barton R. Jacobs, 18 hours labor Oxen, 2 days
4 00
Edwin Jacobs, 9 hours labor
1 50
Oxen, 2 days
4 00
William Hayden, 85 hours labor .
14 16
Albion Damon, 27 hours labor
4 50
E. C. Briggs, 8} days labor .
8 50
1
66 2 days
7 08
3 00
5
Fred Jones, labor
$1 50
A. Jones, 2 days labor
2 00
E. Gammon, 3 hours labor .
50
$266 84
Expended less than appropriation .
10 51
$277 35
DISTRICT No. 3.
Regular appropriation
$280 40
Paid as follows : -
E. R. Studley, 289 hours labor
$48 17
2 horses and cart, 222 days .
56 25
David W. Studley, 238 hours labor
39 67
Henry Stoddard, 53 hours labor .
8 84
S. Richardson, 53 hours labor
8 84
Andrew Morse, 26 hours labor
4 33
W. H. Morse, 58 hours labor F. Lord, 80 hours labor
13 33
Horse and cart 10 days
12 50
Carlton Litchfield, 26 hours labor
4 33
2 horses and cart 1 day
2 50
1 horse and cart 1 day
1 25
Liba Litchfield, 59 hours labor
9 84
Oxen and cart 42 days
9 50
Washington Lincoln, 24 hours labor
4 00
2 horses and cart 2 days
5 00
Amiel Studley, 16 hours labor
2 66
E. B. Damon, 24 hours labor
4 00
Charles Damon, 24 hours labor
4 00
Walter Simmons, 24 hours labor
4 00
Oxen and cart 3 days .
6 00
Horse and cart 3 days .
3 75
Everett Sprague, 209 hours labor
34 84
$297 27
Allowed by Selectmen
16 87
$280 40
9 67
6
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Regular appropriation $216 42
Paid as follows : -
Emanuel P. Joseph, 30} days labor . $46 23
Horses on cart and road machine 146 hours . 43 98
A. Black, 257 hours labor . 42 82
Joseph H. Hatch, 22 hours labor
3 66
Horses and cart 22 hours
6 82
Jesse Reed, 69 hours labor .
11 50
Horse and cart 18 hours
3 00
L. Ellms, 36 hours labor
6 00
Horses on road machine 45 hours .
18 00
Alfred K. Jacobs, 121 hours labor
20 15
Edward Jacobs, 121 hours labor
20 15
W. L. Briggs, 19 hours labor
3 16
Alfred Hayden, 33 days labor
2 62
Caleb Litchfield, 49 hours labor
8 16
Job Ellms, 45 hours labor .
7 50
Horses and cart 12 hours
3 75
John Whalen, 19 hours labor
3 16
C. A. Litchfield, labor, railing bridge, etc. .
2 00
$252 66
Allowance by Selectmen .
36 24
$216 42
DISTRICT No. 5.
Regular appropriation $261 25
Paid as follows : -
Sylvanus Clapp, 1892 hours labor
$31 58
276 hours horse and cart
43 12
E. M. Sexton, 75 hours labor 104 hours horse and cart
· 16 25
Everett Osborne, 8 hours labor
1 33
A. N. Greene, 8 hours labor
1 33
E. P. Joseph, 9 hours labor .
1 50
12 50
7
W. Sylvester, 2 days with oxen
$7 00
Miles S. Turner, 27 hours labor 4 50 27 hours with oxen 6 75
L. F. Hammond, 186 hours labor Benjamin Barrell, 1152 hours labor
31 00
19 25
George Lee, 101 hours labor
16 83
Warren Chamberlain, 40 hours labor
6 67
Charles Sylvester, 18 hours labor
3 00
Orlando C. Lake, 13} hours labor
2 25
S. C. Cudworth, 26 hours labor
4 33
26 hours horse and cart
4 06
C. W. Sparrell 32 hours labor
5 33
32 hours horse and cart
5 00
B. Barrell, for labor
5 42
N. P. Goodrich, 13} hours labor
1 35
Henry Stoddard, 24 hours labor . Augustus Gardner, 18 hours labor
3 00
George Sylvester, 42 hours labor
75
John Leslie, 28 hours labor
4 67
Arthur Merritt, 21 hours labor
3 50
Charles Berry, 28 hours labor 48 hours horse and cart
6 87
Charles Hammond, 48 hours labor
8 00
F. Chamberlain, 16 hours labor .
2 67
$268 48
Allowed by Selectmen
7 23
$261 25
DISTRICT NO. 6.
Regular appropriation $197 20
Paid as follows : --
Frank Turner, 17 days work
$25 00
Carlton Pincin, 4 days labor
5 32
George Hatch, 4 days labor
5 32
Seth O. Fitts, 10 days labor
13 33
Luther Phipps, 2 days labor
2 50
4 00
4 67
8
Samuel Phipps, ¿ day labor $0 62
Ashburton Pincin, 62 days labor 8 12
Francis Monahon, 12 days labor . Frank Dana, 12 days labor
1 87
2 00
Horse and cart 12 days
1 87
James Green, 10 hours labor 1 67
Horse and cart 10 hours
1 56
John Turner, 92 days labor
12 67
Oxen and cart 14 days
25 00
William Crandall, 32 days labor .
4 67
James Spellman, 42 66
5 62
Henry Studley, 8 66
10 67
E. M. Sexton, 2}
3 34
Horses and cart 23 days
6 25
John Tilden, 1 day labor
1 33
Henry Studley, 6 " "
8 00
Horses and cart 62 days
16 25
George Bennett, 12 days labor
2 00
Warren Jacobs, 1 . 66 66
1 33
Daniel R. Ewell, 1 66 66
1 33
D. W. Turner, 2
66
2 50
Horses and cart 2 days
5 00
A. C. Pincin, horses and cart 12 days 3 75
A. Totman,
3 7 50 66
John Turner, use of plough
1 00
Expended less than appropriation 7 30
$197 20
DISTRICT No. 7.
Regular appropriation $247 55
Paid as follows : -
Charles Simmons, 172 days labor
$26 35
2 horses and cart 9 days
22 50
Josiah Stoddard, 7 days labor
9 52
Oxen 7 days
14 00
Horse 12 days
2 04
$189 90
9
Edward Gardner, 142 hours labor
$1 81
Elijah Barstow, 5 days labor
6 80
Oxen 5 days
10 00
Charles H. Merritt, 20} hours labor
3 49
Horse 2 day
68
W. S. Simmons, 13 days labor
17 68
T. C. Sampson, 3 days labor
4 08
Horse 2} days
3 40
Albert Merritt, 47 hours labor
7 99
H. Packard, ¿ day labor
68
John Knapp, 2 days labor .
2 72
C. E. Simmons, 5 days labor
6 80
W. C. Tolman, 6 days labor
8 16
J. Barker, 1 day with horse
2 72
C. R. Curtis, 10 hours labor
1 70
5 61
Waters B. Barker, 33 hours labor Horse 2 hours
34
Thomas Tolman, 2 days labor
2 00
Cummings Litchfield, labor
50
M. Stetson, 1} days labor Horse 11 hours .
15 64
Charles Pratt, ¿ day with horse
1 36
Seth H. Vinal, 1 day labor .
1 36
Joseph Tolman, ¿ day labor
34
N. S. Turner, 5} days labor
3 74
C. P. Sylvester, 563 hours labor .
9 27
Wilber T. Gardner, 101 days labor
13 94
Henry A. Turner, 522 hours labor
8 93
Horse 34 hours .
5 78
Charles David, 66 hours labor
11 22
$234 92
Expended less than appropriation
12 63
$247 55
1 87
10
EXTRA REPAIRS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid on account of gravelling the section of road near the house of Elijah Barstow : -
Charles Simmons, 42 days labor
$6 75
2 horses and cart 4 days
10 00
C. H. Merritt, 22 days labor
3 40
T. C. Sampson, 4 days labor
5 44
W. S. Simmons, 4 days labor
5 44
Albert Merritt, 32 days labor
4 76
Josiah Stoddard, 2 days with team
6 72
32 days use of horse .
4 76
Charles E. Simmons, 3 days labor
4 08
John Barker, 32 days labor
4 76
32 days use of horse . Waters B. Barker, 52 days labor
7 48
2 days use of horse
2 72
Roger Stetson, 32 days labor
4 76
T. O. Donough, 3 days labor
4 08
A. B. Chamberlain, 32 days labor
4 76
2 horses 32 days
8 75
Elijah Barstow, 2 days labor
2 72
2 days use of team
4 00
Matthew Stetson, 52 days labor .
7 48
Charles Pratt, 32 days labor
4 76
3} days use of horse
4 76
Total
$125 98
ELM STREET REPAIRS.
Paid as follows : -
Charles Simmons, 26 days labor $39 00
2 horses and cart 23 days
57 50
Josiah Stoddard, 252 days labor . 34 68
252 days oxen
51 00
Howard Packard, 32 days labor .
4 76
Andrew Turner, 3 days labor
4 08
4 76
11
T. C. Sampson, 27 days labor ·
$36 72
J. Stoddard, 26 days use of horse
3 74
C. E. Simmons, 27 days labor Israel Hatch, 23 days labor
36 72
3 23
A. Merritt, 22 days labor . 29 92
31 62
Elijah Barstow, 22 days labor 22 days use of team
44 00
Gilbert Currell, 123 days labor
16 83
Matthew Stetson, 23 days labor .
31 28
Thomas Tolman, 21 days labor
21 00
John Barker, 2 days labor .
2 72
Wilber F. Gardner, 83 days labor Charles Pratt, 11 days labor
14 96
3 days use of horse
4 08
W. S. Simmons, 22 days labor
29 92
Walter S. Barker, 5 days labor
6 80
John Bolaski, 4 days labor .
5 44
For use of tools .
2 00
Lumber and labor for railing
8 75
Total .
$553 22
PAID FOR EXTRA REPAIRS ON WINTER STREET, DISTRICT No. 6.
John F. Turner, for labor and team
$7 25
Daniel R. Elwell, for labor .
9 67
J. H. Harvey, for labor
1 75
B. Blanchard, for labor
1 75
H. L. Studley, for labor
4 25
W. L. Crandall, for labor
1 33
$26 00
The above bill of labor was on account of the large quantity of ice formed there, causing the street to be in a dangerous condition.
11 39
J. H. Knapp, 23§ days labor
29 92
12
EXTRA LABOR ON CROSS STREET.
Paid as follows :-
R. P. Briggs, 4 days labor . $6 00
J. W. Sampson and 2 men, 4 days labor 16 00
2 horses 6} days labor . 16 25
J. F. Turner, 4 days labor .
5 33
F. Humphrey, 3 days labor
4 00
Frank Dana, 4 days labor .
5 33
Frank Dana, horse and cart 1 day
1 33
S. Brown, 4 days labor
5 33
John Brown and team, 1 day
3 82
Gravel and blasting material
2 75
Total . $66 14
Paid on account of maintenance of Union Bridge, 1883 and 1884 $65 85
E. R. Studley, railing bridge on School St. .
5 88
Walter Simmons, railing road on Prospect St., $2 50
Daniel Sprague, railing road on Prospect St., 10 50
13 00
John Stockbridge, for guide-post and setting
2 00
Joseph Merritt, material for railing bridge Mount Blue Street .
1 00
GRAVEL, DRAIN PIPE, ETC.
District No. 1 paid as follows : -
Samuel Loring
$6 80
District No. 2 :-
W. S Briggs
9 54
District No. 3 : -
E. R. Studley
$11 45
Andrew Stockbridge
8 20
19 65
13
District No. 5 : -
Lewis Raymond, allowance for gravel . $10 00
Sylvanus Clapp, for gravel . 6 28
$16 28
District No. 6 : -
George A. Hatch .
10 66
District No. 7 :-
Charles Simmons . 3 12
George Tyler, fixtures for road machine
8 00
R. P. Briggs, plough points .
1 65
Waldo Bros., for drain pipe .
19 50
Total
$95 21
ORDINARY
EXPENSES OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS.
DISTRICT No. 1.
J. H. Prouty, cleaning schcol-room
$11 50
Repairs and incidentals
8 66
$20 16
DISTRICT NO. 2.
A. B. Litchfield, supplies, incidentals, and
labor .
$6 22
Paid for cleaning school-room 11 00
R. P. Briggs, repairs on pump . . 75
17 97
DISTRICT No. 3.
G. S. Totman, cleaning school-room .
$4 00
Repairs and labor 7 50
A. O. Sprague, mason work and stock 15 00
T. A. Lawrence, setting glass . 1 25
27 25
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Kate Williamson, cleaning school-room $5 00
T. A. Lawrence, setting glass .
50
C. A. Litchfield, supplies and labor, $4.75, less old stove, 75c. 4 00
9 50
14
DISTRICT No. 5.
E. W. French, repairing clock . $1 00
George Sylvester, labor on out-buildings . 2 00
$3 00
DISTRICT No. 7.
Adaline Patterson, for cleaning room
$3 15
Charles Simmons, supplies and labor 7 65
10 80
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Paid Charles H. Whiting
$40 90
Knight, Adams & Co. .
45 38
Cowperthwaite & Co. .
3 60
Packard Bros. & Co.
28 00
William Ware & Co.
60 86
Boston Supply Co.
21 85
Harper & Brothers
16 74
Thompson, Brown & Co.
24 41
King & Merrill
19 60
F. M. Ambrose
12 95
Total
$274 39
SUPPLIES TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Paid E. T. Fogg
$13 63
C. L. Rice & Co.
5 21
Cliford & Allen, for chairs .
2 34
Total
$21 18
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
Paid as follows : -
Leander Sherman, on account of contract for building the same
. $1,100 00
Leander Sherman, for extra work 32 40
E. T. Fogg, for insurance
37 50
15
R. M. Pulsifer, for advertising $5 63
Cape Ann Granite Co., for steps 112 00
R. P. Briggs and others, for carting steps and labor and material 30 15
T. A. Lawrence, for painting
206 15
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., for paint stock
86 79
Hanover Branch R. R., freight on furniture
9 49
M. W. Cain & Co., for office table
16 00
Leander Sherman, for labor and material
100 12
Hopkinson & Marden, for step ladder
2 75
A. G. Whitcomb, for 320 ft. settees
118 40
Clifford & Allen, 84 ft. settees
26 88
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, for chandelier, etc. 57 20
Clifford & Allen, for chairs 17 25
Nickerson & Miller, for supplies
4 00
Houghton & Dutton, for supplies 1 08
E. P. Welch & Son, lumber for floor and basement 28 89
E. T. Fogg, for supplies 4 25
16 00
R. P. & W. S. Briggs, lumber for stalls
14 75
Sylvanus Clapp and team, grading grounds 7 83
75
Morris Gamon, 11 "
2 00
Benjamin Barrell, 3 "
5 25
W. S. Briggs and team
9 50
R. P. Briggs, 10 days labor
15 00
Amos O. Sprague, labor and material . 11 75
F. H. Curtis, 26 59
Geo. H. Torrey, for surveys, writing contract, and ser- vices as building committee . 27 00
David W. Turner, services as building committee 20 00
F. H. Curtis, cash paid, and services as building com- mittee 29 90
Peleg Curtis, for labor 7 00
Sundry bills paid on account of dedication of Town Hall, 73 25
S. W. Eastman, for pipe and zinc · 14 10
E. T. Fogg, for stove .
Simeon Damon, ¿ day labor
16
Seth Foster, for expressage and supplies . $8 75 Simmonds and Pratt (attorneys for W. P. Brooks), for Town Hall lot 175 00
$2,461 35
Amount previously paid .
2,964 87
$5,426 22
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT WITH SELECTMEN.
DR.
Paid E. W. Brooks, for care and labor $60 00
E. W. Brooks, for wood 11 52
Almshouse, for coal 4 00
Almshouse, for oil
5 00
$80 52
CR.
By cash received for use of same $120 00
Balance in favor of hall $39 48
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
Paid as follows : -
Franklin Jacobs, for services as School Committee and writing report $19 00
Emily T. Jacobs, for services as School Committee 46 00
E. T. Fogg, for services as School Committee 45 00 E. T. Fogg, as Registrar of Voters and clerk of same . 20 00 Seth Foster, as Registrar of Voters 15 00
C. W. Tilden, as Registrar of Voters . 15 00
J. H. Prouty, as Registrar of Voters 15 00
J. C. Nash, for warning town meetings and officers 21 00
C. W. Sparrell, for returning deaths . 9 00
Geo. L. Newcomb, for returning births 50
E. T. Fogg, for recording births, marriages, deaths, and services as Town Clerk . 36 75
17
Charles A. Litchfield, services as Selectman and writ-
ing financial report to March, 1885 $35 00
To extra services as Assessor on Valuation . 100 00
To extra services and expenses on pauper cases . 15 00
To services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of Poor 115 00
Richard P. Briggs, services as Selectman to March 1 20 00
To extra services as Assessor on Valuation . 100 00
To services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of Poor 100 00
Charles Simmons, services as Selectman to March 1 24 50
To extra services as Assessor on Valuation . 100 00
To services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of Poor
66 00
Andrew J. Litchfield, for collection of taxes
88 53
$1,006 28
Cost of new furnace : -
Paid Highland Foundry Co. for one No. 5} porta-
ble furnace, as per contract $224 60
Charles Simmons, for labor and material 32 63
Amos O. Sprague, for labor and material
22 25
David Griffin, for 6 days labor
9 00
Waldo Brothers, for cement
2 95
Total
$291 43
SUPPLIES FURNISHED ALMSHOUSE.
Locke & Hurd, for seed potatoes
$3 95
Henry A. Turner, for cow
45 00
J. A. Torrey, for soap
12 10
Parker & Robie, for meat .
2 65
R. P. and W. S. Briggs, for wood
24 90
For ice
7 00
N. P. Brownell, for medical attendance
24 00
W. H. Sampson, for coal
80 50
18
C. W. Sparrell, for milk $9 42
For 1 pair pigs
6 00
For lumber . 4 95
Coffin for Rebecca Thompson
15 00
Burial of Luke G. Fitts 20 00
Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendance 4 00
James W. Vinal & Co., for sink 3 75
Walworth Man'f'g Co., for pump and pipe 3 52
George W. Simmonds & Son, for clothing 5 15
L. M. Dyer, for meat
2 79
Shepard, Norwell & Co., for dry goods
5 31
C. W. Sparrell, coffin for Harriet Granderson
15 00
Jonathan Hatch, for meat .
10 21
E. H. Bonney, for coal
6 41
Austin & Graves, for crackers
17 97
Levi N. Osborne, for mason work
4 00
Sundries at Philip Foster auction 2 60
Seth Foster, for supplies and expressage 19 49
Joseph H. Corthell, for meat
75 32
S. W. Eastman, for supplies 15 73
Charles H. Williston, superintendent of almshouse 287 50
W. H. Richardson, for meat 26 10
Thomas Tolman, for groceries
89 37
Culver, Philips & Co., for grain .
69 03
Joseph Ford, for fish .
9 36
A. W. Faxon, for dry goods
27 57
J. C. Frye & Co, for butter 22 06
Thurston & Hall, for crackers 9 19
H. B. Wilmot, for clothing. 4 50
H. C. Tower, for flour
23 50
Skinner & Arnold, for meat
44 42
J. P. Squire, for mneat
6 18
G. E. Bates, for meat
45 00
Winslow, Rand & Watson, for groceries
62 90
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, for groceries
38 15
E. T. Fogg, for groceries .
138 22
C. H. Williston, for supplies
16 97
19
E. A. Turner, for groceries Emery Brothers, for supplies John C. Nash, for supplies . Benjamin Barrell, for labor .
$77 93
3 38
1 62
3 00
$1,452 67
ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
Received from sale of cow .
$42 00
"' " stove, etc. . 5 25
" " articles by superintendent . 13 35
Meals and lodging 5 00
Board and lodging of tramps . 10 00
Income of A. T. Otis fund
26 55
Oil and coal furnished Town Hall 9 00
Coal on hand more than last year
30 00
Board of inmates to balance cost
1,311 52
$1,452 67
SUPPLIES FURNISHED OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for partial support : -
MARY FORD.
W. C. Sampson, for coal
$7 00
E. H. Bonney, for coal
6 50
E. T. Fogg, for groceries
55 00
$68 50
SARAH HARRIS.
B. P. Foster, for wood
$10 00
C. A. Litchfield, for wood
5 75
E. T. Fogg, for groceries
6 00
$21 75
PATRICK SPELLMAN.
E. T. Fogg, for groceries
$5 14
20
SYLVARY CAZNEAU.
H. F. Ford, for groceries
$36 00
John E. Corthell, for meat .
20 00
E. W. Brooks, for wood, etc. 3 50
$59 50
WILLIAM S. HUNT.
Cash paid for supplies
8 25
ARTHUR KNAPP.
Dr. Howes, medical attendance, 1883 and 1884 100 00
ELISHA COLEMAN.
Dr. Howes, medical attendance, 1884 . 20 50
THOMAS H. GUNDERWAY.
Town of Hingham, for supplies .
5 12
AMANDA FREEMAN.
Town of South Abington, for supplies . 17 00
SUSAN CROMWELL.
Melvin Little, for supplies .
22 50
E. GUNDERWAY.
N. P. Brownell, medical attendance 10 00
MARY E. LESLIE AND FAMILY.
E. T. Fogg, for supplies
$56 50
N. P. Brownell, for medical attendance
59 00
Geo. O. Torrey, for nursing
42 50
Sundry supplies furnished
41 99
$199 99
LUKE G. FITTS.
J. H. Corthell, for meat
$4 45
Jonathan Hatch, for meat
8 99
N. P. Brownell, for medical attendance
10 00
C. H. Davie, for medical attendance
12 00
$35 44
21
ANN BARSTOW AND FAMILY. E. T. Fogg, for supplies $120 00
ANDREW GREEN AND WIFE.
E. T. Fogg, for supplies
42 00
SARAH S. TOTMAN.
Ansel G. Groce, for board and medical attendance
$57 75
C. W. Sparrell, for burial
18 00
$75 75
CATHERINE G. MEE.
Town of Weymouth, bill of 1883
$54 57
City of Brockton
52 25
$106 82
SAMUEL KEENE.
Town of Rockland, for aid to
. .
$14 10
TAUNTON LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
Paid for board, clothing, and breakage, -
Bridget Shea .
$190 17
Joseph Harvey
195 08
George A. Gardner
198 36
$583 61
HENRY D. LITCHFIELD AND FAMILY.
Town of Scituate, for supplies
$161 00
Cost of outdoor poor belonging to this town . $1,676 97
SUPPLIES FURNISHED TO THOSE HAVING A SETTLE- MENT IN OTHER TOWNS.
MARY F. STETSON.
E. T. Fogg, for supplies
$154 25
J. C. Nash, “ 66 6 00
B. P. Foster and others, for wood
24 75
$185 00
22
JAMES LITCHFIELD.
H. F. Beaverstock, for supplies
$56 09
Mrs. Cashman, for house rent
48 00
Dr. Millet, for medical attendance
10 00
N. P. Brownell, “
6 25
MARY S. FITTS.
E. T. Fogg, for supplies
$14 00
JOSEPH HAMMOND.
N. P. Brownell, for medical attendance
1 00
A. T. SMITH.
N. P. Brownell, for medical attendance
4 00
E. M. MAGOON.
Dr. Southgate, for medical attendance
19 50
ALICE V. BAPTIST.
Dr. Howe, for medical attendance
90 00
EMERY FRANKS.
E. T. Fogg, for supplies
1 00
Total
$434 84
MILITARY AID
PAID UNDER CHAP. 301, ACT OF 1879.
Abijah Ewell $48 00
Betsy W. Sylvester 48 00
George B. Hayden
54 00
Louisa J. Hayden 48 00
Hannah W. Hayden 24 00
John Lewis 48 00
Seth O. Fitts 36 00
C. D. Barnard 48 00
T. B. Chapman . 24 00
Mary Spencer 48 00
Hannah B. Chapman .
28 00
B. M. Young
18 00
Harriet Jacobs
48 00
Total
$652 00
-
$120 34
.
J. B. Goodrich 36 00
23
PAID UNDER CHAP. 352.
Elisha Coleman
$72 00
Samuel Keene
50 00
T. B. Chapman
32 00
Total
. $154 00
ORDINARY EXPENSES OF THE TOWN.
E. T. Fogg, for postage and stationery $6 32
T. J. Studley, for repairs on road machine, 1884 4 00
M. R. Warren, tax collector's book and ink 1 10
Samuel Turner, labor and stock for water trough . 5 50
O. W. Leach, printing tax receipts and postals 7 50
Seth Foster, for expressage on school books, etc. Old Colony Railroad Co., freight, drain pipe, etc. 2 47
17 00
E. P. Welch & Son, for tools and lime 4 85
F. N. Miller, for printing town reports and transcripts 92 45
Town of Pembroke, for seeding ponds with alewives .
9 50
F. N. Miller, for printing voting lists and receipts 23 00 Allen Wright, for expressage on school books 1 60
C. W. Sparrell, for draping monument and Town Hall out of respect to Gen. U. S. Grant .
8 15
Joseph Merritt, for smith work on road machine and sharpening tools . 17 09
E. P. Welch & Sons, for lumber, lime, etc. 10 00
Amos O. Sprague, for labor on almshouse chimneys 15 00
R. P. and W. S. Briggs for ice, 1884 . 7 00
C. W. Tilden, for smith work 5 10
Bishop Brothers, for ladder . 3 00
$240 63
24
TAXES ABATED OR GIVEN UP.
1878. C. V. Chapman, $2 00
1881. J. H. Vining . $2 00
1879. C. V. Chapman, 1 68
1880. J. H. Vining 2 00
Calvin Talbot . 2 00
Calvin Talbot . 3 00
66 C. V. Chapman, 2 00
1882.
J. H. Vining
Charles Sables .
2 00
Peter Sylvester, 3 68
A. S. Richard- son 5 64
1883.
Charles Sables . 2 00
F. S. Benson . 2 00
66
J. S. Stoddard . 3 87
66 W. T. Slason 2 00
66 Scott Osborne . 2 00
1883. A. N. Green . 2 37
C. F. Litchfield, 2 00
66 Roswell Curtis . 2 00
Total
. $58 54
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN.
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of
Harvey T. Sylvester
$200 00
J. C. Tolman, heirs
300 00
R. V. C. Turner
575 00
C. W. Sylvester .
470 00
Lucy Turner
500 00
J. T. Litchfield, heirs
1,000 00
South Scituate Savings Bank
6,275 00
Estimated amount outstanding,
not including
schools
200 00
Total
· $9,520 00
66 A. S. Richard- son, balance, 1 91
C. V. Chapman,
2 00
2 96
66 J. S. Stoddard . 2 00
Peter Sylvester,
3 43
66 Elisha Coleman, 2 00
25
ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
Outstanding taxes to date in hands of Collectors . . $2,125 09
Due from State on account of military aid . 806 00
Due from towns and cities for aid to poor 500 00
School books in hands of School Committee, estimated, 150 00
Due from County and State, School and Dog funds 375 00
Due on corporation and bank taxes
100 00
Due on account of Grandison farm
700 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer .
1,602 68
$6,358 77
LIST OF JURORS
AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Charles N. Gardner.
Andrew Merrill.
Thomas Barstow.
James H. Pinkham.
David Stoddard.
Frank P. Tilden.
Alfonzo Reed.
H. F. Beaverstock.
Andrew Stockbridge.
Enwin A. Turner.
Henry F. Vining.
Daniel D. Sprague.
Melvin Little.
James L. Litchfield.
E. M. Sexton.
Webster A. Cushing.
Joseph H. Curtis.
George H. Clapp.
Charles H. Totman.
E. T. Fogg.
John S. Barker.
B. P. Nicholds.
I. H. Packard.
Samuel Tolman.
George P. Clapp.
Charles W. Groce.
Alfred K. Jacobs.
George W. Wilder.
Charles W. Tilden.
CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD, RICHARD P. BRIGGS, CHARLES SIMMONS, Selectmen and Overseers of Poor.
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COFFIN FUND.
AMOUNT OF FUND, $2,000.
Balance on hand January 1, 1885 .
$9 57
Interest received of town Treasurer, January
1,1886 . 100 00 ·
$109 57
There has been allowed and paid on account of
Mary Ford
$10 00
Mrs. James Spellman
10 00
Sarah Harris .
10 00
Henry Bowker
9 00
Thomas Mee, care of lot
6 50
Deborah Stetson .
10 00
Andrew Green and wife .
10 00
Mrs. Barstow and children
10 00
Sylvary Cazneau .
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