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A. Black, for labor
6 33
A. K. Jacobs, for labor
2 89
Harry Litchfield, for labor .
83
C. C. Merritt, for labor
1 66
John W. Hatch, for labor .
1 50
George W. Wilder, for labor
2 83
J. M. Reed, for labor .
5 83
E. A. Jacobs, for labor
6 17
J. H. Hatch, for gravel
10 24
$85 32
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Paid Sylvanus Clapp, for labor with team $14 89
E. Sexton, for labor with team .
9 58
C. W. Sparrell, for labor with team
9 34
F. Studley, for labor .
5 25
Charles Hammond, for labor
3 50
F. Chamberlain, for labor
67
John Lewis, for labor
50
L. F. Hammond, for labor .
5 33
E. Hayden, for labor .
1 62
$50 68
DISTRICT NO. 6.
Paid John F. Turner, for labor .
$6 00
D. W. Turner, for labor with team
11 25
D. R. Ewell, for labor
6 00
C. W. Pincin, for labor
2 67
T. J. Studley and others, for gravel
3 92
$29 84
DISTRICT No. 7. .
Paid Charles Simmons, for labor with team . Josiah Stoddard, for labor with team . John Barker, for labor
$21 75
10 08
4 08
17
. Paid W. S. Simmons, for labor .
$7 48
G. P. Clapp, for labor with team
2 68
Gilbert Currell, for labor
68
Thomas Waterman, for labor
68
P. W. Cushing, for labor
4 08
W. S. Barker, for labor
4 08
C. E. Simmons, for labor
4 76
M. Stetson, for labor .
4 76
Charles Pratt, with team
6 30
W. F. Gardner, for labor
68
T. C. Sampson, for labor
3 40
Albert Merritt, for labor
3 40
Elijah Barstow, for labor with team
8 40
John Bolaske, for labor
3 40
Thomas Tolman and team .
2 72
Thomas Tolman, plank
1 50
$94 91
REPAIRS OF BRIDGE ON PINE STREET.
Paid R. P. Briggs for labor with team, and for stone $14 37
Everett Sprague, for labor . 7 50
George Barrell, for labor ·
5 62
Daniel D. Sprague, for labor
9 37
Benjamin Barrell, for labor
7 50
Charles Simmons, for labor
5 50
W. S. Simmons, for labor
1 36
J. Bolaski, for labor
3 75
Wilber Gardner, for labor
5 33
Use of derrick
4 00
$64 30
REPAIRS OF BARSTOW'S BRIDGE, RIVER STREET.
Paid Charles Simmons, for labor and material $3 25
D. D. Sprague, for stone and labor 6 43
R. P. Briggs, for stone and labor 8 18
A. B. Chamberlain, for labor
5 79
B. Barrell, for labor
3 75
John Kehoe, for labor 2
3 00
.
.
18
Paid E. Sprague, for labor .
$3 00 .
S. Church, for labor . 50
W. S. Simmons, for labor
68
C. E. Simmons, for labor
81
Use of derrick
2 00
$37 39
REPAIRS OF BRIDGE NEAR SOUTH STREET, AND GRADING STREET TO SAME.
Paid R. P. Briggs, for labor with team $18 75
R. P. Briggs, for stone, plank, posts, and lights 7 50
Samuel Church, for labor and lumber 8 48
S. O. Jacobs, for labor and lumber
3 75
Waldo Jones, labor with team
4 31
James Gammon, for labor .
4 00
D. D. Sprague, for labor
5 00
Benjamin Barrell, for labor .
4 00
George Barrell, for labor
3 75
Andrew Clapp, for labor
1 50
Morris Gammon, for labor .
1 50
Peleg Curtis, for labor
75
Use of derrick
2 00
Everett Sprague, for labor .
3 00
$68 29
MISCELLANEOUS ROAD EXPENSES.
Paid Waldo Brothers, for drain pipe $13 50
Geo. D. Goodrich, drain pipe 20 25
C. Simmons, for repairs on scraper 5 00
George Tyler, for fixtures on scraper
12 00
J. Merritt, for iron work .
1 77
J. Merrill, iron work for Union Bridge
3 16
$55 68
REPAIRS OF CEDAR AND SUMMER STREETS.
Town appropriation . $100 00
Paid C. A. Litchfield, 462 hours $7 91
2 horses and cart, 472 hours . 14 85 .
19
Paid John Whalen, 472 hours
$8 08
E. P. Joseph, 33 hours
5 61
2 horses and cart, 46 hours .
10 31
A. Black, 46 hours
7 82
R. Best, 46 hours
7 82
A. K. Jacobs, 462 hours
7 90
Horse and cart, 412 hours
7 06
E. A. Jacobs, 462 hours
7 90
Amiel Studley, 41 hours
6:97
C. C. Merritt, 10} hours
1 79
John Freeman, 50 hours
8 50
$102 52
REPAIRS OF CIRCUIT STREET.
Paid R. P. Briggs, 22 days with team .
$10 79
E. Briggs, 1 day
1 00
J. Gammon, 12 days .
2 25
John Enolds, 22 days
3 67
A. C. Sylvester, 22 days
3 67
H. Gunduway, 22 days
3 67
Charles Talbot, 1} days
2 00
Charles Simmons, with team
8 79
Wm. Sylvester, with team .
.
8 75
$44 59
ORDINARY EXPENSES OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
DISTRICT No. 1.
Paid Wales Brothers, repairs on pump $4 00
Clifford & Allen, for furniture 2 80
Alpheus Thomas, cleaning house and repairs 16 05
$22 85
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Paid T. A. Lawrence, painting building
$95 00
A. B. Litchfield, for cleaning house and repairs . 14 13 Wales Brothers, repairs on pump 4 00
$113 13
20
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Paid Gustavus S. Totman, for repairs $1 50
DISTRICT No. 4.
Paid C. A. Litchfield, for cleaning house and repairs . $5 00
M. S. Curtis, for labor and material 3 00
$8 00
DISTRICT No. 5.
Paid Samuel Turner, for labor and material on out-
buildings
$72 04
Mary E. Sparrell, for fixtures in school-room .
2 00
Mary Freeman, for cleaning house 2 00 .
W. Sylvester, for grading .
1 50
T. A. Lawrence, for painting
12 72
- $90 26
DISTRICT No. 6.
Paid David W. Turner, for cleaning house and repairs . $17 70
S. W. Eastman, for stove and pipe ·
12 50
$30 20
DISTRICT No. 7.
Paid Charles Simmons, for cleaning house . . $5 65
66
" repairs on same 13 87
66 66
" grading schoolhouse yard . 14 75
$34 27
Paid E. W. French, for cleaning four clocks Litchfield & Curtis, supplies
$4 00
8 02
Allen Wright, Ex. on school books
1 75
Seth Foster, Ex. on books, etc. .
4 35
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Paid Boston School Supply Co. .
$42 14 Knight, Adams & Co.
42 04
21
Paid William Ware & Co. .
$2 75
C. M. Whiting .
8 91
W. P. Adams . 14 40
Harper Brothers
40 62
$150 86
SUPPLIES TO ALMSHOUSE, AND COST OF SAME.
Paid as follows : -
C. H. Williston, superintendent .
$300 00
Thomas Tolman, for supplies 62 83
Silas Peirce & Co., for groceries
47 71
George F. Bates, for meat .
76 68
Edward Brown & Co., for fish
4 69
C. L. Richardson & Co., for groceries
25 43
J H. Corthell, for meat
69 15
Winslow, Rand & Watson, for groceries
8 44
J. H. Ford, for fresh fish 8 91
3 90
Parsons Bowker, for milk .
9 78
Goss, Doe & Co .. for butter
13 68
A. C. Pincin, for meat
42 68
J. B. Howe & Son, for bread
5 44
A. W. Faxon, for dry goods Litchfield & Curtis, for supplies .
177 32
Locke & Hurd, for seed potatoes
1 60
John Whalen, for vegetables
3 00
J. C. Frye & Co., for butter Skinner & Arnold, for meat
11 85
Crocker & Eldridge, for groceries W. R. P. Brooks, for furniture .
7 50
W. M. Sampson, for coal .
37 68
Wilmot Clothing Company, for clothing
7 75
Hyde, Wheeler & Co., for meat .
8 27
W. H. Richardson, for supplies .
9 24
Amos H. Litchfield. for straw
6 80
Burr & Tyler, for butter
7 94
S. W. Eastman, for tin ware
4 00
Culver, Phillips & Co., for grain
56 10
C. Williamson, for dressing hogs, etc.
3 50
J. P. Squire & Co., for meat
12 13
4 73
41 29
22
Sylvanus Clapp, for pigs
$6 00
R. P. Briggs, for wood
20 50
E. R. Turner, for labor
7 00
E. A. Turner, for supplies .
56 59
Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendance
32 00
C. W. Sparrell, for burial of Mary Ford
18 00
E. H. Bonney, for coal 25 00
E. C. Hatch, for crackers .
20 19
W. Sylvester, for team labor 3 50
Seth Foster, for supplies and expressage
20 00
$1,288 08
'ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
Received from sale of articles
$35 65
for board
33 00
" income of Otis fund 60 00
" board and lodging of tramps
15 (0
66 " articles furnished Town Hall
3 75
Board of inmate to balance cost .
1, 41 40
$1,288 80
SUPPLIES FURNISHED TO OUT-DOOR POOR.
Paid on account of partial support to C. D. Mann and
family . $52 00
Charles Talbot, for aid 4 00
Michael Spellman, for aid 3 00
Mary S. Fitts, for supplies .
45 04
Mary F. Stetson and family, supplies . .
115 75
Mary A. Brown, supplies and medical attend- ance 78 13
Clark DeWitt, for medical attendance
7 50
James Litchfield, supplies and house rent
40 39
Sarah Harris, for fuel
8 00
S. Cazneau, for supplies
61 69
Mary A. Reves, for nursing and medical attend-
ance
28 00
Mary Ford, for groceries, fuel and meat 51 73
Josephine Winslow, for burial 18 00
23
Paid George Lee and family, for medical attendance, 1885 and 1886 $24 00
Gustavus S. Totman, for medical attendance 5 00
Andrew Greene and wife, for supplies . 42 00
Town of Whitman, for aid to Mandana Freeman 52 00
Ann Barstow and family, for supplies .
100 29
George Prince, for clothing, boots, etc.
11 32
Mary E. Leslie, for supplies 18 85
Town of Hanover, for aid to Joanna Keene 37 50
City of Brockton, for aid 10 Mrs. Mee 52 00
Town of Scituate, supplies to H. D. Litchfield
91 43
Litchfield & Curtis, supplies to H. D. Litchfield . 34 00
T. L. Litchfield, supplies to II. D. Litchfield 3 28
Lyman B. Fitts, for aid
3 00
Town of Hanover, for aid to N. J. Stoddard
37 50
Taunton Hospital, for board of
Bridget Sh an
191 91
George A. Gardner
190 61
Joseph Harvey
198 06
$1,605 98
LIST OF JURORS
AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Edward W. Gardner.
James H. Pinkham.
Andrew Merrill.
George W. Curtis.
William H. Farrar.
Edwin A. Turner.
Alfred K. Jacobs.
Daniel D. Sprague.
William S. Simmons.
George H. Clapp.
Webster A. Cushing.
Andrew Clapp.
Charles W. Tilden.
Samuel Tolman.
Charles W. Groce.
George W. Wilder.
Frank P. Tilden.
Thomas Barstow.
David Stoddard.
Alphonzo Reed.
Andrew Stockbridge.
George P. Clapp.
Louis Ellms.
Edward M. Sexton.
Joseph H. Curtis.
John S. Barker.
David Bassford. George C. Cowing.
James L. Litchfield.
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MILITARY AID.
PAID UNDER CHAP. 301.
Paid as follows : -
Abijah Ewell $70 00
Louisa J. Hayden . . $48 00
George B. Hayden
52 00
C. D. Barnard . 48 00
J. B. Goodrich . 36 00
Charles H. Damon
.
15 00
Hannah Dover . 34 00
Hannah B. Chapman . 48 00
T. B. Chapman 36 00
Lucy S. Robinson . .
15 00
David P. Robinson 15 00
Betsey W. Sylvester .
40 00
Harriet Jacobs . 34 00
Seth O. Fitts £ 21 00
Mary Monahan .
48 00
Charles E. Bates 12 00
Mary Spencer .
48 00
Ann McKenna .
4 00
Hannah M. Raymond . 18 00
John Lewis .
48 00
$690 00
PAID UNDER CHAP. 252.
Samuel Keene, for five months .
$30 00
I. N. Fitts (town reimbursed by Royalston) 50 00
INMATES AT THE ALMSHOUSE.
Age.
Age.
Jefferson Damon 68
John McCurdy 74
Mary Williams 76
Charlotte Prince . 49
Mary Granderson
55
Abigail Granderson . 46
Ambrose Beach
10
Eleazer Hatch 56
Mary E. Prince 12
Mary Gardiner 25
S. Cazneau
78
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Alfred Mudge & Son, for printing valuation book, $288 75 Alfred Mudge & Son, for printing town warrants and orders 7 25
Alfred Mudge & Son, for printing proposals for wood . 1 75
Alfred Mudge & Son, for printing school report, 23 66
Quincy Insurance Company, for renewal of policy, 10 25
25
Paid C. W. Tilden, for smith work $8 30
F. H. Sanborn, for printing tax receipts 8 25
E P. Welch & Son, for lumber . 3 05
Old Colony R. R., for freight on drain pipe . 2 88
Harriet J. Apts, in full for settlement on account of injury 125 00
J. Merritt, for smith work . 5 42
Expense of suit, South Scituate v. Stoughton 29 40
Litchfield & Curtis, stationery and supplies 9 42
J. F. Fairbanks, for one third cost of binding the old records of Scituate 10 67
Alpheus Thomas, for cash paid on account of liquor law 12 00
$546 05
CASH PAID FOR WOODCHUCKS.
C. Simmons, 201 $50 25
R. P. Briggs, 196
49 00
C. A. Litchfield, 194 . 48 50
$147 75
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
Paid as follows : - Nathaniel B. Clapp, sealer of weights and measures . $10 00
C. W. Tillen, for warning town meetings and officers . 11 00
Charles Simmons, as selectman, etc., to March 1 25 00
R. P. Briggs, for same services . 25 00
C. A. Litchfield, for same services 30 00
Time and expense in preparing valuation book and town report 30 00
Emily T. Jacobs, services as school committee
53 00
Martha W. Brooks, for same services, from March, 1885, to September, 1886 50 00
E. T. Fogg, for services as school committee 50 00
C. A. Litchfield, for services as assessor, selectman, and overseer of poor to Jan. 1 . 115 00
Extra services on duplicate valuation book 10 00
R. P. Briggs, for same services . 100 00
26
Charles Simmons, for same services $80 00 C. W. Sparrell, for returning deaths . 6 25
E. T. Fogg, for services and clerk of registrars 20 00 Seth Foster, for services as registrar . 15 00
J. H. Prouty. for services as registrar . 15 00
James H. Williams, for services as registrar 15 00
18 50
E. T. Fogg. for recording marriages, births, and deaths, Alpheus Thomas, services as motlerator, 1835 and 1886 6 00
Samuel Tolman, services as school committee 5 00 .
A. J. Litchfield, for collection of taxes
91 47
$781 22
TAXES ABATED OR GIVEN UP.
1880. F. E. Stowell . $2 82
1885. W. T. Hunt . . $2 00
66 L. Damon
2 00
Huldy Pratt est., 2 75
E. Gammon . 2 00
66 R Winslow . .
2 00
1881. F. E. Stowell 3 66 66
E. Chubbuck 83
66 T. Mee 2 00
66
Henry Wright . 1 00
E. Gammon . 2 00
66 M. H. Litchfield, 60
L. Damon 2 00
66 Nathaniel Wade, 50
A. I. Sears 2 19 66 M. M. Gardner . 2 00
A. C. Sylvester 2 00
F. Gurney 2 00
66 A. Winslow .
2 00
Geo. W. Stetson, 2 00
1882. F. E. Stowell 3 18
E. Corlew 2 00
66
J. F. Turner. 2 00
C. A. Gardner 2 00
66 E.E. Gunderway,
2 43
J. B. Knapp . 2 00
66 Alfred Winslow . 2 00
66 Dexter Thomas . 2 00
1883. E.E. Gunderway, 2 01
N. Chamberlain est. 46
W. T. Hunt .. 1 00
C. E. Hunt . . 1 37
66 G.H.Torrey (trs), 11 68
1884. S. A. Lester . 2 00
66
Abijah Ewell . 2 00
W. T. Slason 2 00
66 Herbert Sprague, 2 00
66
Roswell Curtis . 2 00
Alonzo Hobart . 28
66 I.B.Damon, heirs, 22
C. Groce & Son (error) . . 33 00
Total .
$115 98
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TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
AMOUNT PAID FOR GRADING, SINKING WELL, FINISHING SUPPER- ROOM, FURNITURE, ETC.
Appropriation by town $500 00
Paid A. O. Sprague, for mason work on chimney $17 75
R. P. Briggs, for labor, and cash paid for same on well and grading lot 43 75
Marcellus Day, for well pipe
19 00
Fuller, Dana & Fitz, for pump and pipe .
6 50
H. B. Railroad Company, for freight . 3 12
W. S. Sampson, for fertilizer and seed 3 17
E. Otis, for cedar posts 3 60
E. P. Welch & Son, for lumber
4 48
Peleg Curtis, for labor
3 00
F. H. Curtis, for labor and material
184 21
R. P. Briggs, for material, and cash paid for same,
19 00
A. O. Sprague, mason work and material
38 30
Waldo Brothers, for chimney top
4 88
H. N. Clark, for stove 16 88
4 20
Litchfield & Curtis, for supplies .
10 37
Clifford & Aller, for furniture
15 00
E. W. Brooks, care of hall .
75 00
Almshouse, for coal and oil
3 75
$481 96
Credit by cash received for use of hall
$112 00
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE TOWN.
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of
Harvey T. Sylvester
$200 00
J. C. Tolman heirs .
300 00
R. V. C. Turner heirs
575 00
C. W. Sylvester
470 00
Lucy Turner .
500 00
J. T. Litchfield heirs
1,000 00
N. M. Brooks, for cedar posts
4 25
Sylvanus Clapp, for wood .
1 75
S. W. Eastman, for stove-pipe ·
28
Estimated amount outstanding .
$150 00
South Scituate Savings Bank notes
7,175 00
$10,370 00
ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
Outstanding taxes in hands of collectors . $2,186 25
Due from State on account of military aid . 800 00
Due from towns and State for aid to poor 400 00
School books in hands of the committee
250 00
Due on account of school funds
375 00
Due on account of Glover mortgage .
700 00
Due on corporation taxes .
100 00
Cash in hands of treasurer
1,817 39
$6,628 64
VALUATION OF THE TOWN, MAY 1, 1886.
Personal estate .
$237,665
Real estate
· 668,914
.
$906,579
Rate, $9.50 on $1,000.
Assessment, including poll-taxes, $9,479.30.
Number of polls, 451 ; dwelling-houses, 431; cows, 312 ; sheep, 9; neat cattle, 52; swine, 59 : horses, 338. Number of tax- payers, 877 ; persons paying a tax on property, 766 ; persons paying poll-tax only, 111. Value of buildings, exclusive of land, $356,507.
The highest rate of taxation in the State is in the town of Florida, being $25 on $1,000. The lowest rate is that of the town of Groton, $5.00. In the 27 towns which comprise the county of Plymouth, only four towns have a lower rate than our own, the average rate being $11.75 to $1,000.
CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD, RICHARD P. BRIGGS, CHARLES SIMMONS,
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1886.
E. T. FOGG, Treasurer,
in account with the TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE.
DR.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1886 .
$1,602 68
Outstanding taxes same date
277 67
State scho ,l fund
216 12
Dog tax refunded
169 05
Use of Town Hall
112 00
Sale of fish rights
14 50
Corporation tax refunded
2,420 83
National bank tax expended
1,325 92
Town of Scituate, for aid to poor
433 90
South Scituate Savings Bank note
2,850 00
Town of Hanover, for aid to poor
61 33
Interest on A. T. Otis poor funds 120 00 . Pedlers' licenses 18 00 .
Henry Glover, interest on mortgage
35 00
Town of Royalston, for aid .
.
50 00
Received for board at almshouse .
33 00)
Sale of grass on town flats . 47 00
State aid under Chaps. 252 and 301
717 00
Town of Bridgewater, for aid to poor .
4 00
C. W. Sparrell, for use of hearse
66 00
Articles sold from almshouse
35 65
Interest on funds unpaid .
·
25 00
Received of A. J. Litchfield, collector .
8,883 49
·
.
$19,518 14
30
CR.
By cash paid on selectmen's orders, and. allowances Notes and interest paid
. $13,231 79
. $2,291 40
Scituate tax
12 10
County tax
915 00
County tax .
1,125 46
Treasurer's salary
50 00
Outstanding taxes previous to 1884
75 00
$17,700 75
Cash in hands of treasurer .
1,817 39
$19,518 14
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
ANDREW J. LITCHFIELD,
in account with the TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1886, of assessment of 1884, $259 00 Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1886, of assessment of 1885, 1,588 42
Assessment of 1886 .
9.479 30
$11,326 72
CR.
Taxes outstanding of 1884, assessment $72 97
Taxes outstanding of 1885, assessment 444 76
Taxes outstanding of 1886, assessment
1,593 52
By cash paid E. T. Fogg, treasurer .
8,883 49
Discount for prompt payment
331 98
$11,326 72
Amount of taxes outstanding of above-named assessments, $2,111.25.
We, the undersigned, have examined the accounts of the treasurer and collector, and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
C. A. LITCHFIELD, R. P. BRIGGS, CHARLES SIMMONS,
Committee.
32
NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
COFFIN POOR FUND.
AMOUNT OF FUND, $2,000.
Balance available Jan. 1, 1886 . .
$9 91
Interest accrued to Dec. 31, 1886
100 00
Total .
$109 91
There has been allowed and paid to worthy poor to
date
$96 24
Cash on hand in bank
13 67
Total .
. . $109 91
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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OTIS POOR FUND.
AMOUNT OF FUND, $2,000.
Balance available Jan. 1, 1886 .
$7 55
Interest accrued to date
120 00
$127 55
There has been paid on account of the almshouse
$60 00
Paid on account of outside poor . 42 55
Cash in hands of town treasurer .
25 00
Total .
$127 55
3
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FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
A. T. OTIS CEMETERY AND TOMB FUNDS.
AMOUNT OF FUND, $1,500.
Interest accrued to date $104 26
There has been paid on account of care of cemetery
lot
$4 00
Interest on deposit
100 26
Total.
$104 26
The interest on these funds has been allowed to accumulate, on account of proposed improvements the coming season.
The names and amount paid to each from the Coffin and Otis Poor Funds can be seen at any time on our books.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD,
RICHARD P. BRIGGS, CHARLES SIMMONS,
Trustees.
35
REPORT
OF THE COMMITTEE CHOSEN TO GRADE THE GROUNDS
AROUND THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
R. P. Briggs was chosen by the town, C. W. Sparrell and Waldo Jones by the ladies' sewing societies, as the committee to have charge of the work. The amount expended for labor and material has been $890. Sixty-five tons of stone was purchased of the Rock- port Granite Company. C. W. Howland, of Rockland, was employed to draft the plan of the ground. There has been received by the committee the appropriation of $600 made by the town at the annual meeting, also $300 from the two ladies' sewing societies, and we would respectfully report that we have sufficient funds in our hands for the completion of the work the coming spring.
Respectfully,
R. P. BRIGGS, For the Committee.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
MARRIAGES
REGISTERED IN SOUTH SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1886, AS PRE- PARED BY THE TOWN CLERK.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. 12
( Amos O. Sprague,
South Scituate.
Married in South Scituate by Rev. W. H. Fish.
Mar. 22
Maria E. Baker.
April 28
Cornelia B. Waite.
Medford.
May 1
Samuel H. Turner, Mildred B. Goss.
Rockland. 66
Married in) South Abington by #Rev. Samuel Bell.
1
, Urania Leavitt.
South Scituate.
Married in Weymouth by Rev. Jacob Baker. Married in Hingham by Rev. Ger- ald Fagan.
9
Mary A. Larkin.
66
16
Ida Sanford.
..
Married in South Scituate by Rev. W. H. Fish.
6
Hannah F. Jacobs.
South Scituate.
66
26
A. Laura Young.
Married in Hanover by Rev. W. Henry Brooks.
July 3
Joseph H. Hatch,
Aug. 5
Susan F. Harrison.
§ Henry E. Damon,
Scituate.
Sept. 5 ¿ Vesta L. Reed.
South Scituate. 66
Alvin T. Baker,
5 Sara A. Sears.
Oct.
9
Philip Menadier, Jr.,
Boston. South Scituate.
Eliza A. Greenwood.
Married in Scituate by Rev. T. W. Sheppard. Married in Weymouth by Rev. W. H. Bolster. Married in Boston by Rev. Emery J. Haynes.
June 2
Mary E. Sparrell.
Hingham.
Married in Hingham by Rev. Al- fred Cross. Married in Hanover by Rev. T. H. Goodwin.
30
Thomas A . Pincin, Margaret Johnson. Daniel Barnes, Lydia E. Ford.
Hanover.
South Scituate.
Married in Hanover by Rev. T. H. Goodwin.
Hanover.
South Scituate. 66
Married in Scituate by Rev. Joseph E. Fisher.
· Irene Hayden.
Alpheus W. Thomas,
Married in South Scituate by Rev. W. H. Fish. Married in Medford by T. P. Sawin.
( Henry N. Magoun,
South Scituate.
Charles H. Thompson,
Jeremiah H. Lehan,
John P. Callahan,
Married in South Scituate by Rev. T. H. Goodwin.
Frederic M. Curtis,
( Arthur F. Loring,
( George E. Farrar,
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BIRTHS.
DATES.
NAMES.
PARENTS' NAMES.
1883.
Dec. 27
Anna L. Capel.
George M. and Hattie E.
1886.
Jan. 22
Grace Susan Monies.
Henry L. and Susie M.
26
Alma Wood Gunderway.
Ezekiel and Lucy E.
Feb. 8 George Leonard Bennett.
George and Sarah E.
66 19 Hattie Jacobs Farrar.
Alfred L. and Evie.
Mar. ·2
Lottie R. Tirrell.
Arthur and Mary F. B.
April 5
Harry A. Nickerson.
Arthur and Lucy C.
66 11
Freddie Vinal.
William and Mary E.
June 1
Ethel I. M. Thompson.
Robert and Ida M.
July S
William Henry Delano.
Rufus and Flora.
6
18
Percy Nathaniel Sylvester.
Fred N. and Ellen M.
Aug. 12 66 17
Wilber Stetson Tower.
Arthur and Mary C.
John P. and Fannie M.
31
James W. and Lula.
Sept. 13
Walter Scott Osborne.
Levi N. and Julia M.
Joseph L. Dorr.
William and Lucy F.
Oct. 18
19
Edward Lawrence Gammon.
John E. and Catherine. Lyman and Maria.
66
25
Frank Willard Damon.
Charles H. and Maria B.
66
30
Charles Francis Tisdale.
George and Amelia F.
Dec.
11
Grace Elizabeth Smith.
Elmer C. and Nannie.
30
- Stoddard.
William and Adeline J.
Henry Herbert White.
Henry and Harriet T.
21
Lyman W. Lincoln.
Herbert Clarence Henderson.
Apps.
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DEATHS.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
PLACE OF BURIAL.
Y. M. D.
Jan. 15 Calvin Wilder .. 69
3
Blood poisoning.
Hanover.
17 Francis Peabody.
76
9 Nephritis.
Wenham.
Feb. 7 James C. Moore.
63 8 Bright's disease.
Hanover.
8 Bella T. Jacobs ..
77 11
Bronchitis
8 Martha M. Damon
53
4 13 Spinal disease.
South Scituate.
66 21 Sarah J. Jacobs ..
67
2 1 Paralysis.
Hanover.
66 22 Eliza S. Raymond. 77
Mar. 7 Josiah Stoddard .. 75
66 8 H. Frank Shipley . 36
3 Phthisic.
66
25 Frank E. Stowell. 31
9 Phthisic.
Hanover.
27 Lucy E. Barnes 25
2 Cerebo spinal sclerosis .. Pneumonia. 25
66
April 11 Robert V. C. Turner. 76 12 Freddie Vinal.
1 Heart disease ..
Hanover. Impoverishm't of blood. South Scituate.
May 16 Gilbert Currell. 69
1 Malformation. .6
.6 8 Lydia K. Litchfield
70
2
8 Apoplexy
66
Sept. 16 Clara A. Damon.
5 10 17 Diphtheria.
Hanover.
Oct. 13 Temperance Clapp. 54
66 16 Freddie L. Prouty. 14
66 22 Mary L. Ford ... 75
Nov. 7 Ruth C. Penniman. 69
6 Tumor of throat.
Hingham.
9 Josephine Winslow 22
Consumption
South Scituate. 66
2€ Adelaide L. Torsleff 43 10
Coma .
Dec. 12 Harry A. Nickerson
7 Inflammatory diarrhea. 8
Weymouth.
Typhoid fever Apoplexy Old age
South Scituate.
21 Anna H. Stockbridge. 41
66
66
66 28 Thankful Litchfield. 83
2 19 Marasmus South Scituate.
June 1 Ethel I M. Thompson
3 21 Cancer of the stomach. . South Scituate. Bright's disease. 66 Marasmus 66
Sixteen marriages were registered during the year, twenty-two births, and twenty-six deaths.
Number of dogs licensed, 127. Received for licenses, $296.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
At the annual meeting of the town, in March last, Mrs. E. T. Jacobs was re-elected to the School Board, and organization resulted as follows : Mr. E. T. Fogg was chosen chairman, and Mrs. E. T. Jacobs, secretary. Miss M. W. Brooks, who was elected a year ago last March, resigned to accept the offer of the school for the fall term in District No. 1 ; as this caused a vacancy in the School Board, it was necessary for the selectmen and remaining committee to appoint some one. The choice of Mr Samuel Tolman being made, he was notified and accepted. We have now nine schools, with nine teachers in the employ of the town. The past year has been an unusual one in the way of changes in our corps of teachers. District No. 1. Grammar and Primary, - Mr. J. J. Prentiss re- signed at the end of the spring term, and Miss Martha W. Brooks was appointed to the position. Miss Sarah B. Jacobs tendered her resignation, to accept a school which was offered her in Han- over, and Mrs. Lina F. Stowell was appointed to the vacancy. No. 2, Grammar and Primary, -the winter term was taught by Mr. J. W. Smith ; Primary by Miss Sophronia L. Curtis. The spring term opened with one school, taught by Mrs. Margaret B. Rice ; for the fall term, Miss A. Eudora Gardner, was appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned ¿by the resignation of Mrs. Rice. No 3, Primary School, - winter term taught by Miss Mary A. Litchfield, who was unable to return to her position in the spring ; the vacancy was filled by the appointment of Miss Maria W. Tol- man. No. 4, Mixed School, - winter and spring terms were , taught by Miss Stella C. Jacobs ; during the vacation, she resigned to accept a position in Duxbury. The fall term was taught by Miss Sylpha Loring. No. 5, Grammar and Primary, - winter term was taught by Miss Mary E. Sparrell, who resigned at the close of the term ; spring term by Miss Fannie M. Dugey. The fall term opened with one school, taught by Mrs. Mary E. Curtis. No. 6, Primary School, - winter and spring terms were under the
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