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WAMESIT, No. 3. Foreman, H. L. Eaton. Assistant Foreman, G. W. Humes. Clerk, N. Harrington.
MERRIMAC, No. 4. Foreman, B. L. Ereson. Assistant Foreman, S. Churchill. Clerk, I. B. Hobbs.
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TIGER, No. 5. Foreman, C. H. Arlen. Assistant Foreman, F. H. Penniman. Clerk, W. A. Hodge.
MAZEPPA, No. 10. Foreman, G. C. Carr, Assistant Foreman, Fred. Munn. Clerk, H. Q. Davis.
TORRENT, No. 12. Foreman, S. K. Pickering. Assistant Foreman, James S. Trask. Clerk, Samuel Freeman.
DELUGE, No. 14. Foreman, Ira W. Dunlap. Assistant Foreman, John Willoughby. Clerk, A. F. Parker.
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY. Foreman, J. K. Southwick. Asst. Foreman, A. B. Drown. Clerk, J. W. Pratt.
O. HYDRANT. Foreman, O. C. Prescott. Assistant Foreman, J. C. Hall. Clerk, A. S. George.
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES.
MERRIMAC MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Foot of Dutton st. Incorporated in 1822. Capital, $2,500,000.
Number of Mills, 6, and Print Works. Spindles, 81,000 ; looms, 2,300 ; cards, 550. Females employed, 1,600 ; males, 700. Yards made per week, 400,000. Isaac Hinckley, Agent. Henry Burrows, Super- intendent Print Works. Edward Tufts, Paymaster, P. W. T. G. Gerrish, Paymaster.
HAMILTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Jackson Street. Incorporated in 1825. Capital, $1,200,000.
Number of Mills 4, and Print Works. Spindles, 48,512 ; looms, 1,382 ; cards, 340. Females employed, 850; males, 400. Yards made per week, 235,000. John Avery, Agent. D. G. Lang, Paymaster. William Spencer, Superintendent Print Works. B. Walker, Pay- master.
APPLETON COMPANY.
Jackson Street. Incorporated in 1828. Capital, $600,000.
Number of Mills, 3. Spindles, 17,920 ; looms, 700 ; cards, 162. Fe- males employed, 400 ; males, 120. Yards made per week, 150,000. George Motley, Agent. A. H. Robinson, Paymaster.
LOWELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Market street. Incorporated in 1828. Capital, $2,000,000.
Number of Mills, 3-one spinning, one carpet, and one cotton. Spindles, 5,650 wool ; 850 cotton; cards, 116; looms, 200 power car- pet; 205 cotton; 49 fancy check. Yards of carpet made per week, 25,000, besides 100,000 other goods. Females employed, 800; males, 500. Samuel Fay, Agent. Wm. S. Salmon, Paymaster.
MIDDLESEX COMPANY. Warren Street. Incorporated in 1830. Capital, $1,000,000.
Number of Mills. 4, and 3 dye houses. Spindles, 16,340; looms, 200 broadcloth, 200 cassimere. Females employed, 530 ; males, 275. Yards of broadcloth made per week, 3,000; narrow, 24,000. Joshua Humphrey, Agent. S. D. Sargeant, Paymaster.
. LAWRENCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Suffolk Street. Incorporated in 1830. Capital, $1,500,000.
Number of Mills, 7. Spindles, 58,624; looms, 1,822; cards, 339. Females employed, 1,300 ; males, 300. Yards made per week, 360,000. William S. Southworth, Agent. T. L. P. Lamson, Paymaster.
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SUFFOLK MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Suffolk Street. Incorporated in 1830. Capital, $600,000.
Number of Mills, 3. Spindles, 21,986 ; locms, 800; cards, 203. Fe- males employed, 533; males, 150. Yards made per week, 154,000. John Wright, Agent. John B. McAlvin, Paymaster.
TREMONT MILLS.
Tremont Street. Incorporated in 1830. Capital, $600,000.
Number of Mills, 2; Spindles, 20,448; looms, 760; cards, 176. Fe- males employed, 550 ; males, 150. Yards made per week, 230,000. Charles L. Tilden, Agent. Charles F. Battles, Paymaster.
LOWELL BLEACHERY.
In Southern section of the city. Inc. in 1832. Cap. $300,000.
Mills, bleachery and dye house. Females employed, 25 ; males, 275. F. P. Appleton, Agent. Henry P. Perkins, Paymaster.
BOOTT COTTON MILLS.
On Amory Street. Incorporated in 1835. Capital, $1,200,000.
Number of Mills, 5. Spindles, 53,130; looms, 1,532; cards, 392. Females employed, 870 ; males, 262. Yards made per week, 300.000. Linus Child, Agent. J. F. Trott, Paymaster.
MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS.
Merrimac, near Concord river. Inc. in 1839. Cap. $1,800,000.
Number of Mills, 6. Spindles, 58,512; looms, 1,971 ; cards, 573. Females employed, 1,300 ; males, 400. Yards made per week, 536,000. Frank F. Battles, Agent. J. Crosby, Paymaster.
PRESCOTT COTTON MILLS. On Merrimac Street, near Concord River.
Wm. Brown, Agent. Amos Rugg, Paymaster. [The statistics of these Mills are embraced in those of the Massachusetts, and the Mills are owned by that Company.]
BELVIDERE WOOLLEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Howe Street. Organized 1853. Capital $75,000.
Woollen Machinery, 6 sets. Number yards Domestic Flannels made per week, 12,000. Walter Farnsworth, President. Chas. Stott, Agent. Chas. A. Stott, Paymaster.
LOWELL MACHINE SHOP.
Dutton street. Incorporated in 1845. Capital, $600,000.
Four Shops, smithy and foundry. Males employed, from 400 to 1000. William A. Burke, Agent. Wm. Cotter, Paymas er.
WAGES AND PRODUCTS.
Average wages of females, clear of board, per week $2 00
Average wages of males, clear of board, per day ... 0 80
Medium produce of a loom, No. 14 Yarn, yards per day 45
Medium produce of a loom, No. 30 yarn, yards per day . 33
Average per spindle, yards per day ...
PAY DAYS. 1.4
On the Appleton, Bleachery, Machine Shop, Suffolk, Lowell, Tre- mont, and Locks and Canals, week after the last Saturday in each month. Hamilton, week after last Saturday but onc. Massachusetts
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and Prescott, week after the third Saturday. Merrimac, Saturday be- fore 16th. Middlesex, second Friday and Saturday after each month. Lawrence, week after second Saturday. Boott, week after first Sat- urday.
RECAPITULATION. Total amount of capital employed by the above Mills is $13,975,000. Number of Mills, 54. Number of spindles, 382.972. Number of looms, 12,121. Number of females employed, 8,758. Number of males employed, 4,212. The total number of yards manufactured in one week is as follows :- Cotton cloth, 2,465,000 ; Woollen Cloth, 27,000 ; Flannels, 12,000; Carpets, 25,000; Number of rugs, 50; Cotton consumed per week, 805,000 pounds ; Wool, 95,000 pounds. Yards dyed and printed, 470,000.
The annual consumption of anthracite coal is 29,000 tons ; charcoal, 72,800 bushels ; wood, 1,780 cords. Also, 72,217 gallons oil ; 20,000 gallons lard ; 1,564,000 pounds of starch, and 1,245 barrels of flour.
The mills are warmed by steam, and lighted with gas.
The Middlesex Company make use annually of 6,000,000 teasels, 2,000,000, lbs. fine wool, 50,000 lbs. glue, $30,000 worth of dye stuffs, and $13,000 worth of soap.
In addition to the above, the Merrimac Manufacturing Company use 1,000,000 lbs. of madder, 380,000 do. copperas, 60,000 do. alum, 50,000 do. sumac, 40,000 do. soap, 45,000 do. indigo, per annum.
The Lowell Bleachery use 40,000 lbs. indigo, and $40,000 worth of other dyeing material per year.
PROPRIETORS' LOCKS AND CANALS. On Merrimac River. Incorporated in 1792 .- James B. Francis, Agent. J. H. B. Ayer, Paymaster.
LOWELL GAS LIGHT COMPANY. Capital $200.000.
Capacity of works, 150,000 cubic feet per day. Commenced light- ing January 1st, 1850. John Wright, President. Charles Hovey, Clerk and Treasurer. John Wright, Charles Hovey, John Avery, James B. Francis, Sewall G. Mack, Joseph White, Isaac C. Hinckley, Directors. Mertoun C. Bryant, Agent. D. B. Bartlett, Paymaster. Office, 96 Middle street.
MERRIMAC RIVER LUMBER CO. STEAM SAW MILLS. Middlesex, near School Street.
Royal Call, Agent.
BANKS.
Annual meeting in October. Dividends declared first Monday in April and October.
APPLETON BANK.
Appleton Block, 102 Central, corner of Hurd street.
Incorporated, 1847. Capital, $200,000. Par value of share, $100.
John A. Knowles, President. John F. Kimball, Cashier. John A. Knowles, William A. Richardson, J. B. French, Isaac Farrington, Ransom Reed, J. W. Grave, George Bragdon, John Nesmith, A. W. Buttrick, Directors. William H. Jaquith, Clerk.
Discount, Mondays and Thursdays. Bank hours, 9 to 12, A. M., and 2 to 4, P. M. ; closed Saturday afternoons.
LOWELL BANK. Savings Bank Building. Incorporated 1828. Capital, $200,000. Nathaniel Wright, President. J. L. Ordway, Cashier. Charles M.
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Williams, Clerk. Joshua Bennett, Samuel L. Dana, John O. Green, Stephen Cushing, Cyril French, James G. Carney, Nathaniel Wright, Daniel Cushing, Hapgood Wright, Directors.
Discount, Mondays and Thursdays. Bank hours, from 9 till 12, A. M., and from 2 till 4, P. M .; closed Saturday afternoons.
MERCHANTS' BANK.
Nesmith's Building, Merrimac street. Incorporated, March 28, 1854. Capital, $100,000.
Harlin Pillsbury, President. J. N. Pierce, jr., Cashier. Isaac S Morse, Asa Hildreth, Hocum Hosford, Thomas Nesmith, Royal South- wick, Jonathan Tyler, Daniel Swan, W. W. Wyman, Albert Wheeler, Joseph Bedlow, Directors. Henry P. Webber, Clerk.
Bank hours, 9 to 12, A. M., and 2 to 4, P. M. Closed Saturday afternoons. Discount, Mondays and Thursdays.
PRESCOTT BANK.
49 Central street.
Incorporated, 1850. Capital, $200,000.
Joel Adams, President. Artemas S. Tyler, Cashier. Samuel Bur- bank, Charles B. Coburn, Daniel S. Richardson, Artemas L. Brooks, Elijah M. Reed, of Tewksbury, Joshua Converse, J. L. Cheney, J. A. Brabrook, James Dinsmoor, Joel Adams, Samuel Burbank, Silas Tyler, jr., Benjamin Adams, North Chelmsford, Directors. A. C. Blanchard, Teller. Charles A. Kendall, Clerk.
Bank hours, 9 to 12, A. M., and 2 to 4, P. M .; closed Saturday P. M.
Discount, Mondays and Thursdays.
RAILROAD BANK. Savings Bank Building.
Incorporated 1831. Capital, $600,000. Par value of share, $75.
S. W. Stickney, President. John F. Rogers, Cashier. Charles C. Hutchinson, Clerk. S. W. Stickney, Homer Bartlett, William A. Burke, Linus Child, Charles L. Tilden, Charles Hovey, Sewall G. Mack, George Motley, John Wright, Directors.
Discount, Tuesdays and Fridays. Bank open from 9 till 2; on Saturdays, from 9 to 12.
WAMESIT BANK. Middlesex street, near the Depot. Incorporated, 1853. Capital, $150,000.
Horace Howard, President. John H. Buttrick, Cashier. Horace Howard, Sydney Spalding, Ignatius Tyler, Aldis L. Waite, Abiel Rolfe, Abram French, Josiah Gates, Samuel Horn, Alpheus R. Brown, Directors. James S. Welch, Clerk.
Discount, Tuesdays and Fridays. Bank hours, from 9 to 12 A. M., and from 2 to 4, P. M.
LOWELL INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS. Savings Bank Building. Incorporated in 1829.
Theodore Edson, President. John O. Green, Elisha Huntington, John Avery, Vice Presidents. Thomas Ordway, Amos Blanchard, Samuel L. Dana, William S. Southworth, George Motley, Charles
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L. Tilden, Joseph White, Isaac Hinkley, Joshua Humphreys, Trus- tees. James G. Carney, Treasurer. Charles M. Williams, Clerk.
Office open Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from 2 till 4 in the afternoon, and from 6 till 9 o'clock in the evening.
CITY INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS. Office at Appleton Bank. Incorporated in 1848.
Nathan Allen, President. Horace Howard, William North, Vice Presidents. Jonathan Tyler, Aaron Mansur, John Nesmith, Stephen Mansur, George Bragdon, John Mixer, J. B. French, Jacob Robbins, Abner W. Buttrick, Charles H. Wilder, A. L. Brooks, Trustees. John A. Buttrick, Treasurer. J. B. French, Horace Howard, Nathan Allen, A. W. Buttrick, John A. Buttrick, Board of Investment.
Open afternoons, and Thursday and Saturday evenings.
LOWELL FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK. Incorporated, 1854.
Receives deposits in sums from Five cents to One thousand dollars, and pays interest semi-annually, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, with an extra dividend of profits every three years.
Located at the Prescott Bank, corner of Central and Market streets. Open every Tuesday and Saturday evenings, from 7 to 9, and every afternoon, from 2 to 4 o'clock, except Saturday.
Horatio Wood, President. Hon. Linus Child, Hon. Jonathan Hart- well, Littleton, Hon. Nathan Crosby, Rev. E. B. Foster, Rev. T. B. Thayer, Vice Presidents. John W. P. Abbott, Jos. A. Brabrook, Sewall G. Mack, Benjamin Adams, Samuel Burbank, Isaac S. Morse, Joel Adams, Joshua Converse, Wm. A. Richardson, F. P. Appleton, Samuel Fay, Ignatius Tyler, Frank F. Battles, John F. Kimball, Hapgood Wright, Trustees. Artemas S. Tyler, Treasurer. Joel Adams, Samuel Burbank, John F. Kimball, William A. Richardson, Hapgood Wright, Board of Investment.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
HOWARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, (Lowell), Office, 17 Appleton Block. N. Allen, President. J. W. Daniels, Secretary and Treasurer. Nathan Allen, John A. Knowles, Samuel Burbank, Stephen Cushing, C. M. Marvel, J. W. Daniels, A. W. Buttrick, M. G. Howe, Ephraim Brown, H. C. Lowe, E. M. Read, Tewksbury, A. A. Miner, B. F. Bates, Boston, Directors.
LOWELL MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Office 49 Central street. James H. B. Ayer, President. Jacob Robbins, Secretary. Horace Howard, Jonathan Tyler, John Nesmith, Ransom Reed, Stephen Mansur, A. R. Brown, I. S. Morse, William Fiske, J. S. Howe, W. H. Wiggin, Abr. French, J. K. Fellows, A. B. Buttrick, Directors.
TRADERS AND MECHANICS' FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. E. F. Sherman, Secretary. Office, 27 Central street.
MIDDLESEX MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, (Concord, Mass.) Joel Adams, Agent, 49 Central street.
MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, (Newark, N. J.) Joshua Merrill, Agent.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, (Boston.) S. W. Stickney, Agent. Office, Railroad Bank.
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A. J. RICHMOND, 18 Appleton Block, 94 Central Street, is Agens for the following Companies.
ETNA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Hartford, Conn. CHARLESTOWN MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Charlestown. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Hartford, Conn. HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Hartford, Conn. SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Springfield. WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INSURANCE COMPANY, Pittsfield.
LOAN FUND ASSOCIATIONS.
LOWELL MUTUAL LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATION. John W. Graves, President. J. F. Manahan, Secretary. Office, 13 Appleton Block.
MERRIMAC MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION. Caleb Crosby, President. J. F. Manahan, Secretary. Office, 13 Appleton Block.
SOCIETIES AND COMPANIES.
CITY SCHOOL LIBRARY. This Library now contains more than ten thousand volumes, and is open every afternoon from two to five, and every evening, except Wednesday, from seven to nine o'clock. Any citizen of Lowell can take out books by obtaining a certificate of either of the Directors, and paying fifty cents a year to the librarian. The library is in the third story of the City Government building. Stephen Mansur, Frederick Holton, Andrew Moody, Amos Rugg, John F. Kimball, Wm. E. Livingston, Charles Merrill, James Russell, Directors. J. J. Judkins, Librarian.
MIDDLESEX MECHANIC ASSOCIATION. Incorporated in 1825. Rooms, Mechanic's Building, Dutton street.
Mertonn C. Bryant, President. William A. Richardson, Vice Pres- ident. William G. Wise, Secretary. John W. Smith, Treasurer. William Fiske, George W. Stanley, Albert Mallard, S. K. Hutchinson, Josiah Gates, J. G. Peabody, John A. Buttrick, Trustees. Charles Butterfield, Librarian.
The Association have a valuable Library, containing upwards of 6,500 volumes, with a spacious Reading Room, where may be found the most valuable papers and periodicals of the day. They have also an extensive Philosophical Apparatus, Cabinet of Natural History, &c. The Exhibition Hall contains a number of highly finished Paintings of some of our most distinguished men.
LOWELL CEMETERY. O. M. Whipple, President. John F. Rogers, Clerk and Treasurer. Joshua Merrill, Jonathan Tyler, John Nesmith, Cyril French, Stephen Cushing, Charles Hovey, Samuel Burbank, Paul Perkins, S. W. Stickney, John L. Cheney, Andrew Moody. William A. Burke, Trustees. Oliver Moulton, Superintendent. Price of Lots, $35.
LOWELL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. Hospital, Merrimac, corner Pawtucket.
This Association was organized in 1840, by the several manufactur- ing companies in Lowell, for the convenience and comfort of persons employed by them respectively, when sick. The charges are $4.00
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per week for men, and $3.00 for women. If the patients are able, they are to pay the Superintendent ; if not able, the corporations from which they go are responsible, and the patients are then responsible to the corporations. Relatives or friends of patients may be admitted to visit them any day in the week, except Sundays, from 10 to 12, and 2 to 4, P. M., and at other times, if necessary, with a special permit from one of the Trustees, or from the Physician or Surgeon of the Hospital. Also, arrangements have been made by which patients not connected with the corporations may be admitted, by special agree- ment with the Superintendent.
Officers. John D. Prince, Chairman ; Charles L. Tilden, Secretary ; Linus Child, Treasurer; William Spencer, Samuel Fay, jr., Joshua Humphreys, George Motley, John Wright, Isaac Hinckley, Joseph White, William S. Southworth, William A. Burke, J. B. Francis, John Avery, Trustees; Gilman Kimball, M. D., Physician and Superin- tendent.
LOWELL DISPENSARY.
Established and incorporated in 1836, for the purpose of furnishing medicine and medical advice to the poor, gratis.
James G. Carney, Chairman of Board of Managers ; J. L. Ordway. Secretary and Treasurer. Physicians. - Dr. D. P. Gage, Northern District ; J. W. Graves, Southern Distriet ; Consulting Physicians, Dr. John O. Green, Dr. John C. Dalton.
LOWELL MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
Formed in 1843. Office, Free Chapel, Middlesex street.
Open every day from 4 to 5 o'clock, P. M., except in the month of August. During the Winter season, a female assistant is in attend- ance from 2 to 5, P. M. Any cases of poverty submitted to her judg- ment or investigation will be attended to as promptly as possible. Order box at the office and at E. Bush's apothecary store, opposite the Post Office.
Officers, 1857. John Avery, President ; Frederick Hinckley, John Nesmith, J. B. French, E. B. Patch, Moses G. Howe, William P. Brazer, Directors ; William G Wise, Treasurer; Hapgood Wright, Secretary ; Rev. Horatio Wood, Minister at Large; Matthias Park- hurst, Collector.
SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME.
Lady Superior, Disérée; Teachers, Sister Constantina, Frances Honorine, Rose Honorine, Sisters. School located on Adams street, near Cross.
MASONIC.
Rooms in Nesmith's Block, John Street.
PILGRIM ENCAMPMENT KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Instituted October, 1855. S. K. Hutchinson, Grand Com .; C. F. Blanchard, General- issimo; S. W. Brown, Capt. General; Edward Tuck, Treasurer; C. C. Hutchinson, Recorder.
AHASUERUS COUNCIL OF ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS. Reor- ganized Dec. 23, 1856. Officers elected, October, 1857. Joseph Bed- low, T. I. G. M .; Maynard Bragg, R. I. G. M. ; Benjamin Ball, I. G. M. ; S. K. Hutchinson, M. of C .; William North, M. of Ex .; Geo. W. Bedlow, R.
MOUNT HOREB ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER. Chartered 1826. Joel Spalding, H. P .; Alfred S. Saunders, K. ; Jonathan P. Folsom, S; C. C. Hutchinson, C. of H .; I. C. Eastman, P. S .; Robert H.
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Butcher, R. A. C .; Edward Tuck, Treas .; W. F. Salmon, Sec'y : G. W. Bedlow, M. 3d V .; Edward Bush, M. 2d V. ; Andrew Swapp, M. Ist V .; Revs. T. Edson, and I. S. Cushman, Chaplains. Meet- ings in Masonic Hall, Monday evening next preceding the full moon.
PENTUCKET LODGE. Instituted 1805. Isaac Cooper, W. M .; James B. Trueworthy, S. W .; James Hurd, J. W. Meetings in Masonic Hall, Thursday evening next preceding the full of the moon.
ANCIENT YORK LODGE. Instituted 1852. C. C. Hutchinson, W. M .; William F. Salmon, S. W .; John Billings, J. W .; John A. Goodwin, S .; William Lamson, jr., T. Meetings in Masonic Hall, Wednesday evening next preceding the full of the moon.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
Rooms in Appleton Block, on Central Street.
Merrimac Lodge, No. 7, Monday Evenings.
Mechanics' 11, Friday
Oberlin 66 " 28, Tuesday
Monomake Encampment, No. 4, second and fourth Thursdays in the month.
BANDS OF MUSIC.
MARBLE'S LOWELL CORNET BAND, - office, 27 Appleton Block,- are prepared to furnish music for any appropriate occasion, at short notice and on reasonable terms. Apply to William O. Brooks, Leader, at the office.
LOWELL BRASS BAND. Office, City Market. George Brooks, Leader ; James D. Foote, Treasurer ; Elvin French, Clerk.
NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS.
Lowell Daily Journal and Courier. Established in 1824. Office, 27 Central street. Terms, $5.00 per annum. S. N. Merrill, Proprietor.
Lowell Weekly Journal and Courier. Office, 27 Central street. Pro- prietor and Publisher, the same as the Daily Journal and Courier. Terms, $2.00 per year.
Lowell Advertiser, Democratic. Established in 1834; daily. Terms, $3.00 per year. Office, Spaulding's Building, 48 Central street. Charles Hunt, Publisher.
Lowell Patriot and Republican, Democratic. Established in 1834 ; weekly. Officer and Publisher same as the Advertiser. Terms, $1.50 per annum.
Lowell Daily Citizen and News. Established June 4, 1851 ; Ameri- can Republican. Published by Brown & Morey, 44 Central street ; E. Emery, Editor. Terms, $4.00 per annum.
American Citizen. Established May, 1854. Published every Friday, in connection with the Daily Citizen and News. Terms, $2.00 per year.
Vox Populi, Neutral. Established in 1841. Published weekly, by S. W. Huse & Co., at 21 Central street. Terms, $2.00 per annum.
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY OFFICERS.
Judge of Probate ... . Wm. A. Richardson. Lowell.
Register of Probate. .Alfred A. Prescott .. Reading.
Clerk of the Courts, Seth Ames, Cambridge.
Assistant Clerk, .M. Preston,. Lexington.
Registers of Deeds, Caleb Hayden, East Cambridge
A. B. Wright. ... Lowell.
County Treasurer,
Amos Stone, .. Charlestown.
Crier of Courts, ..
. Moses Prichard, . Concord. Cambridge. William Parmenter,
Overseers of House of Correction.
Fisher A. Hildreth.
.Lowell.
Samuel Chandler, Lexington.
Master of House of Correction, Charles J. Adams,. Cambridge.
Sheriff,
. John S. Keyes,.
. Concord.
Deputy Sheriffs.
Cambridge, East, Samuel W. Richardson. Cambridgeport, Hosea Jewell. Charlestown, John B. Dearborn. Concord, John B. Moore. Framingham, Joseph G. Bannister. Groton, E. S. Clark. Hopkin- ton, Elijah Winship. Lowell, Joseph Butterfield, Edwin L. Shed, Philip V. Thomas. Marlborough, John W. Moore. Medford, John T. White. Natick, Ephraim H. Brigham. Newton, Horatio N. Hyde. Townsend, Benjamin F. Lewis. Waltham, Eben W. Fisk. Woburn, Thomas J. Porter. Reading, John P. Sherman.
Jailers.
Cambridge, Charles J. Adams. Concord, Samuel Staples. Lowell, Samuel Meserve.
Probate Courts.
Probate Courts, are holden at Cambridge, on the 2d and 4th Tuesdays of January, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of February, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of March, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of April, 2d Tuesday of May, 2d Tuesday of June, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of August, 2d Tuesday of September, 2d Tuesday of October, 2d and 4th Tues- days of November, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of December.
At Lowell, on the 1st Tuesday of February, Ist Tuesday of April, 1st Tuesday of June, Ist Tuesday of September, and Ist Tuesday of December.
At Concord, on the Ist Tuesday of January, Ist Tuesday of March, 1st Tuesday of May, and Ist Tuesday of October.
At Framingham, on the 4th Tuesday of June, and 4th Tuesday of October.
At Groton, on the 4th Tuesday of May, and 4th Tuesday of Sep- tember.
County Commissioners.
Leonard Huntress, Tewksbury, Chairman. Paul H. Sweetser, South Reading ; John K. Going, Shirley.
Special Commissioners.
William Hastings, Framingham ; John Fletcher, Acton.
Times and Places of Meeting.
At Cambridge, on the Ist Tuesday of January, at Concord, on the Ist Tuesday of June, and at Lowell, on the 1st Tuesday of Sept.
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Court of Insolvency.
Luther J. Fletcher, Lowell, Judge ; J. H. Tyler, East Cambridge, Clerk.
Times and Places of holding Insolvency Courts.
At Cambridge, on the 1st Monday, at Concord, on the 2d Monday, and at Lowell, on the 4th Monday of each month.
Commissioners of Insolvency.
Lowell, Luther J. Fletcher ; Pepperell, Asa F. Lawrence ; Waltham, Josiah Rutter; Natick, John W. Bacon.
Masters in Chancery.
A. P. Bonney, William S. Gardner.
Commissioners to Qualify Civil Officers.
Alpheus R. Brown, Nathan Crosby, John W. Graves, S. W. Stick- ney, Nathaniel Wright.
Notaries Public.
Edwin A. Alger, James G. Carney, John A. Knowles, David Hyde, Samuel W. Stickney, Abel Whitney.
Coroners.
Josiah B. French, Edwin L. Shed, J. P. Jewett, Joel Spaulding.
Justices of the Peace and Quorum throughout the Commonwealth.
Homer Bartlett, Elisha Huntington, Josiah G. Peabody, Isaac S. Morse, Wm. A. Richardson.
Justices of the Peace and Quorum.
Josiah G. Abbott, Joel Adams, Edwin A. Alger, Samuel A. Brown, Joseph Butterfield, Benjamin F. Butler, Alpheus R. Brown, Robert B. Caverly, Linus Child, H. G. F. Corliss, Nathan Crosby, William S. Gardner, John W. Graves, John A. Knowles, Sewall G. Mack, E. F. Sherman, Theodore H. Sweetser, Wm. P. Webster, Tappan Went worth.
Justices of the Peace.
James C. Abbott, Julian Abbot, John T. K. Adams, Hiram A. Alger, Otis Allen, John Avery, J. H. B. Ayer, Frank F. Battles, Geo. W. Bean, Ithamar A. Beard, John Bennett, H. G. Blaisdell, Andrew Blood, Arthur P. Bonney, Artemas L. Brooks, Ethan Burnap, A. W. Buttrick, John A. Buttrick, Albe C. Clark, Joshua Converse, James Cook, Isaac Cooper, Alanson Crane, William Davidson, Robins Dins- more, Erastus Douglas, Charles S. Eastman, A. B. Farr, James K. Fellows, Luther J. Fletcher, James B. Francis, Abner Frost, Abram French, Cyril French, Josiah B. French, Robert J. Garrett, John A. Goodwin, Sam'l P. Hadley, jr., Peter Haggerty, Philip Hardy, Asa Hil- dreth, Eliphalet Hills, James M. Howe, Lorenzo G. Howe, Moses G. Howe, Anson Huntington, Samuel H.Hutchinson, Benj. F.Jackson, A. F. Jewett, J. P. Jewett, Jonathan Kendall, John F. Kimball, William Kittridge, Chauncy L. Knapp, Jonathan Ladd, Wm. Lamson, jr., Am- brose Lawrence, Samuel Lawrence, Cyrus Latham, James Loughran, Jas. J. Maguire, John F. Manahan, Albert Mallard, Stephen Mansur,
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