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Teachers.
1. Middle Street,
Antoinette Wight.
No. 2. School Street,. Lucy Anne Hill.
No. 3. Paige Street,. Lucy A. Farrington.
No. 4. Centre Street,. Lucy F. Carleton.
No. 5. Hamilton Corporation,.
Elizabeth A. Stearns.
No. 6.
Hamilton Corporation,
Jennie H. Dennis.
No. 7.
Chapel Street,.
Harriet W. Moore.
No. 8.
Worthen Street,
E S Dickerman.
No. 9. Church Street,
Martha S. Williams.
No. 10. Race Street,.
Martha A. Neale.
No. 11. Cross Street,
Ann M. Murphy.
No. 12. Tilden Street,.
Eliza Merriam.
No. 13. Carter Street,.
E. W. Frost.
No. 14.
Andover Street,.
Adaline Rea.
No. 15. Adams Street,.
No. 16. Cabot Street,. .
C. A. Brewster.
No. 17.
Middlesex Street,
H. H. Currier.
No. 18.
Central Street, Eliza Cowley.
No. 19. Charles Street,
. Laura J. Pindar.
No. 20. Charter Street,. E. L. Snell.
No. 21. Chapel Street,. Sarah L. Gates.
No. 22. Adams Street,. A. R. Fisher.
No. 23. Tilden Street, Eliza T. Braley.
No. 24.
Howard Street, Ellen A. Bridge.
No. 25. Chestnut Street,
No. 26. Salem Street,.
C. A. Manahan.
No. 27.
Church Street,.
Charlotte S. Kaimes.
No. 28. Grand Street,. Emily M. Warren.
No. 29.
Middle Street,.
Jane E. Horner.
No. 30.
Mill Street, .
No. 31.
Powell Street,. Abby D. Gates.
No. 32.
Adams Street,. Ellen S. Coughlan.
No. 33.
Lawrence Street, Maria Osgood.
No. 34.
Middlesex Street, . Lizzie L. Lowe.
No. 35.
East Merrimac Street, Aurelia L. Howe.
No. 36.
Moody Street,
Mary A. Beard.
No. 37.
Fayette Street,. Eliza M. Straw.
No. 38.
Cabot Street, Harriet J. Ward.
No. 39. Charles Street, E. A. Calef.
No. 40.
Rock Street,.
Sarah P. Peaslee.
No. 41. Fayette Street,. Mary E. Way.
No. 42. Lawrence Street,. Eliza A. Noyes.
No. 43. Cross Street, Ann M. Cummiskey.
No. 44. Cross Street,.
M. L. Hill.
No. 45. Cross Street,
A. M. Eaton.
No. 46. Rock Street,.
No. 47.
Myrtle Street,.
Miranda W. Bradley.
No. 48. Tremont Street, Abby J. Hill.
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No. Location. Teacher.
No. 49. Fourth Street,. Caroline A. Page.
No. 50. Middlesex Street,. . Antoinette J. Baker.
No. 51. Eliot Street,. . O. B. Bean.
The Bartlett, Edson, and Varnum are graded schools. Principal, $1,000. Assistant : $250, 1st year ; $275, 2d year ; $300, 3d year.
SALARIES OF TEACHERS.
High School. - Principal, $1,400. Three Male Assistants, $1,000 each. Two Female Assistants, $600 and $500.
Grammar Schools. - Principal, $1,000. Female Assistant : 1st year, $225; 2d year, $250; 3d year, 275.
Intermediate Schools. - Principal, $350. Assistant : 1st year, $200 ; 2d year, $225 ; 3d year, $250; 4th year, $275.
Primary Schools. - Teacher: 1st year, $250; 2d year, $275; 3d year, $300.
Teacher of Penmanship and Bookkeeping. - C. H. Farnsworth. Salary, $1,050.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen, on the first Wednesday in April.
Chief Engineer. - Asahel D. Puffer. Salary, $300.
Assistant Engineers .- Joesph Tilton, A. H. Foster, H. L. Eaton, James Sands, C. H. Arlen. Compensation, $50 each, and $12 extra to the clerk.
Clerk of the Board. - William H. Lamson. Salary, $62.
ENGINES AND LOCATIONS.
EXCELSIOR, No. 1. Foreman, C. G. Luscomb ; Assistant Foreman, Abraham Shephard. Clerk, Charles E. Ricker.
WAMESIT, No. 3 (Steam Engine). Foreman, John C. Hall; As- sistant Foreman, Levi Ray; Clerk, Leonard Brown ; Engineer, Frank S. Perkins ; Assistant Engineer, George Austin ; Fireman, Henry Harrington.
MERRIMAC, No. 4. Foreman, William Barnard ; Assistant Fore- man, John H. Durgin ; Clerk, John H. Clay.
TIGER, No. 5. Foreman, Samuel D. Shipley ; Assistant Foreman, George W. Barnard; Clerk, Charles R. Brittell.
MAZEPPA, No. 10. Foreman, Gilbert C. Carr; Assistant Foreman, William E. Howe; Clerk, Charles P. Lord.
TORRENT, No. 12. Foreman, S. K. Pickering; Assistant Foreman, George Smn th ; Clerk, John C. Blood.
DELUGE, No. 14. Foreman, Ira W. Dunlap; Assistant Foreman, A. Campbell ; Clerk, James Melvin.
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HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY. Foreman, Amos B. Drown ; As- sistant Foreman, Stephen Kenney ; Clerk, Joseph W. Pratt.
HYDRANT HOSE CO. Foreman, Samuel W. Taylor; Assistant Foreman, William S. Prescott; Clerk, William K. Doe.
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES.
MERRIMAC MANUFACTURING CO.
Foot of Dutton St. Incorporated in 1822. Capital, $2,500,000.
Number of Mills, 6, and Print Works. Spindles, 85,840 ; looms, 2,400. Females employed, 1428 ; males, 700. Yards made per week, 400,000. F. B. Crowningshield, Treasurer ; office in Boston, 5 Tre- mont Street. Isaac Hinckley, Agent. T. G. Gerrish, Paymaster. Henry Burrows, Superintendent Print Works. Edward Tufts, Pay- master, P. W.
HAMILTON MANUFACTURING CO. Jackson Street. Incorporated in 1825. Capital, $1,200,000.
Number of Mills, 4, and Print Works. Spindles, 48,328; looms 1,382. Females employed, 850; males, 400. Yards made per week. 235,000. William B. Bacon, Treasurer ; office in Boston, 5 Tremont Street. John Avery, Agent. D. G. Lang, Paymaster. William Spencer, Superintendent Print Works. B. Walker, Paymaster.
APPLETON COMPANY.
Jackson Street. Incorporated in 1828. Capital, $600,000.
Number of Mills, 3. Spindles, 19,872; looms, 707. Females em- ployed, 400 ; males, 120. Yards made per week, 160,000. William B. Bacon, Treasurer ; office in Boston, 5 Tremont Street. 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, 7,016 wool, 8,050 cotton ; looms, 211 power carpet, 205 cot- ton. Yards of carpet made per week, 25,000, besides 100,000 other goods. Females employed, 800; males, 500. Israel Whitney, Trea- surer ; office in Boston, 28 State Street. Samuel Fay, Agent. William F. Salmon, Paymaster.
MIDDLESEX COMPANY.
Warren Street. Incorporated in 1830. Capital, $500,000.
Number of Mills, 4, and 3 Dye-Houses. Spindles, 16,340 ; looms, 200 broadcloth, 200 cassimere. Females employed, 730; males, 575. Yards of broadcloth made per week, 3,000 ; narrow, 24,000. Richard S. Fay, Jr., Treasurer ; office in Boston, 69 Federal Street. O. H. Perry, Agent. S. D. Sargeant, Paymaster.
LAWRENCE MANUFACTURING CO. Suffolk Street. Incorporated in 1830. Capital, $1,500,000. Number of Mills, 5. Spindles, 58,624 ; looms, 1,852. Females em-
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ployed, 1,300 ; males, 300. Yards made per week, 360,000. Henry V. Ward, Treasurer ; office in Boston, 39 Kilby Street. William S. Southworth, Agent. T. L. P. Lamson, Paymaster.
SUFFOLK MANUFACTURING CO. Suffolk Street. Incorporated in 1830. Capital, $600,000.'
Number of Mills, 3. Spindles, 21,986 ; looms, 800. Females em- ployed, 533 ; males, 120. Yards made per week, 154,000. Henry V. Ward, Treasurer ; office in Boston, 39 Kilby Street. John Wright, Agent. John B. McAlvin, Paymaster.
THE PROPRIETORS OF THE TREMONT MILLS. Tremont St. Incor. in 1830. Capital, $600,000.
Number of Mills, 2. Spindles, 20,448; looms, 760. Females em- ployed, 550 ; males, 150. Yards made per week, 230,000. Henry V. Ward, Treasurer ; office in Boston, 39 Kilby Street. Charles F. Battles, Agent. Joseph S. Holt, Paymaster.
LOWELL BLEACHERY.
In southern section of the city Inc. in 1832. Cap. $300,000.
Mills, Bleachery, and Dye-House. Females employed, 40; males, 360. Samuel G. Snelling, Treasurer; office in Boston, 4 Liberty Square. 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, 54,936 ; looms, 1,534; cards, 392. Females employed, 870; males, 262. Yards made per week, 300,000. T. Jefferson Coolidge, Treasurer ; office in Boston, 60 State Street. Linus Child, Agent. J. F. Trott, Paymaster.
MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS.
Merrimac, near Concord River. Inc. in 1829. Cap. $1,800,000.
Number of Mills, 6. Spindles, 58,440; looms, 1,971. Females employed, 1,300 ; males, 400. Yards made per week, 540,000. Homer Bartlett, Treasurer ; office in Boston, 60 State Street. Frank F. Battles, Agent. J. Crosby, Paymaster.
PRESCOTT COTTON MILLS. On Merrimac Street, near Concord River.
Homer Bartlett, Treasurer ; office in Boston, 60 State Street. William 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 in 1853. Capital, $75,000.
Woollen Machinery, 6 sets. Number yards Domestic Flannels made per week, 12,000. Walter Farnsworth, President. Charles Stott, Agent. Charles A. Stott, Paymaster.
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LOWELL MACHINE SHOP.
Dutton Street. Incorporated in 1845. Capital, $600,000.
Four Shops, Smithy, and Foundry. Males employed, from 400 to 1,000. J. Thomas Stevenson, Treasurer ; office in Boston, at Boston and Lowell Depot. William A. Burke, Agent. William W. Sherman, Paymaster.
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 . . 11
RECAPITULATION. Total amount of capital employed by the above Mills is $13,400,000. Number of Mills, 54. Number of spindles, 400,390. Number of looms, 12,139. Number of females employed, 8,771. Number of males employed, 4,250. The total number of yards manufactured in one week is as follows :- Cotton Cloth, 2,397,- 000; Woollen Cloth, 30,000; Flannels, 12,000; Carpets, 25,000; number of Rugs, 50; Cotton consumed per week, 842,000 pounds ; Wool, 75,000 pounds. Yards dyed and printed, 15,574,000.
The annual consumption of anthracite coal is 30,850 tons; charcoal, 27,750 bushels; wood, 1,620 cords. Also, 58,917 gallons oil; 20,000 gallons lard ; 1,601,000 pounds of starch, and 1,385 barrels of flour.
The mills are warmed by steam, and lighted with gas.
The Middlesex Company make use annually of 2,000,000 teasels, 1,200,000 lbs. fine wool, 20,000 lbs. glue, $15,000 worth of dye-stuffs, and $13,000 worth of soap.
In addition to the above, the Merrimac Manufacturing Company use 1,900,000 lbs. of madder, 150,000 do. copperas, 170,000 do. alum, 160,000 do. sumac, 40,000 do. soap, 20,000 do. indigo per annum.
The Lowell Bleachery use 40,000 lbs. indigo, and $30,000 worth of other dyeing material per year.
PROPRIETORS OF THE LOCKS AND CANALS ON MERRI- MAC RIVER.
Incorporated, 1792.
James B. Francis, Agent. J. H. B. Ayer, Paymaster.
LOWELL GASLIGHT COMPANY. Capital, $200,000.
Capacity of works, 150,000 cubic feet per day. Commenced light- ing January 1st, 1850. John Wright, President. I). B. Bartlett, Clerk. John F. Rogers, Treasurer. John Wright, Wm. A. Burke, Levi Sprague, John Avery, James B. Francis, Sewall G. Mack, Isaac C. Hinckley, Directors. Mertoun C. Bryant, Agent. D. B. Bartlett, Paymaster. George M. Elliott, Clerk. Office, Middle Street, corner Shattuck.
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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, J. B. French, Isaac Farrington, W. L. North, A. Putnam, C. B. Richmond, George Bragdon, John Nesmith, A. W. Buttrick, Directors. D. W. Cushing, 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.
John O. Green, President. J. L. Ordway, Cashier. Nathan G. Lamson, Clerk. Joshua Bennett, Edward Tuck, Phineas Whiting, Joel Spalding, Frederick Ayer, John Waugh, W. H. P. Wright, John O. Green, Cyril French, 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 $150,000.
R. Southwick, President. J. N. Pierce, jr., Cashier. Isaac S. Morse, Asa Hildreth, Hocum Hosford, Thomas Nesmith, Royal Southwick, Jonathan Tyler, Daniel Swan, W. W. Wyman, Albert Wheeler, Joseph Bedlow, D. W. C. Farrington, 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, Edward F. Sherman, Elijah M. Reed, of Tewksbury, Charles Scott, J. L. Cheney, J. A. Brabrook, Joel Adams, Silas Tyler, jr., Benjamin Adams, North Chelmsford, Directors. Charles A. Kendall, Teller.
Bank hours, 9 to 12, A. M., and 2 to 4, P. M. ; closed Saturday, P. M. Discount, Mondays and Thursdays.
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RAILROAD BANK. Carleton Block, Merrimac Street.
Incorporated, 1831. Capital, $600,000. Par value of share, $75.
S. W. Stickney, President. John F. Rogers, Cashier. L. C. Mun- roe, Clerk. S. W. Stickney, Homer Bar lett, 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.
Wm. A. Richardson, President. John H. Buttrick, Cashier. Wm. A. Richardson, Chas. H. Wildes, Jacob Kelley, Ignatius Tyler, Abiel Rolfe, Josiah Gates, Samuel Horn, Alpheus R. Brown, Henry C. Howe, 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, 1829.
Theodore Edson, President. John O. Green, Elisha Huntington, John Avery, Vice Presidents. Amos Blanchard, Samuel L. Dana, William S. Southworth, George Motley, Daniel Cushing, Stephen Cushing, Albert Mallard, William North, Charles A. Savory, Trus- tees. James G. Carney, Treasurer. George J. Carney, Assistant Treasurer. Nathan G. Lamson, Clerk.
Office open Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from 2 till 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and from 6 till 9 o'clock in the evening.
CITY INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS. Office at Appleton Bank.
Incorporated, 1848.
Nathan Allen, President. Horace Howard, William North, J. G. Abbott, Vice-Presidents. Jonathan Tyler, Stephen Mansur, George Bragdon, John Mixer, J. B. French, Jacob Robbins, Abner W. But- trick, Charles H. Wilder, A. L. Brooks, Abram French, James B. Francis, Trustees. John A. Buttrick, Treasurer.
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.
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Open every Tuesday and Saturday evenings, from 7 to 9 ; and every afternoon, from 2 10 4 o'clock, except Saturday.
Horatio Wood. President. Hon. Linus Child, Hon. Jonathan Hart- well, Littleton, Hon Nathan Crosby, Rev. E. B. Foster, Samuel W. Stickney, Vice-Presidents. John W. P. Abbott, Jos. A. Brabrook, Sewall G. Mack, Benjamin Adams, Samuel Burbank, Isaac S. Morse, Jo-I Adams, Thomas Talbot, William A. Richardson, C. B. Coburn, Samuel Fay, Ignatius Tyler, Frank F. Battles, John F. Kimball, Hap- good 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, 23} Cen- tral. N. Allen, President. J. W. Daniels, Secretary and Treasurer. Nathan Allen, Walter Wright, Samuel Burbank, Stephen Cushing, C. M Marvel, J. W. Daniels, Henry C. Howe, Ephraim Brown, J. G. Abbott, John Avery, Arthur P. Bonney, E. M. Read, Lowell; A. A. Miner, Benjamin E. Bates, A. T. Lowe, Leister M. Clark, Reuben E. Demmon, Boston, - Directors.
LOWELL MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Office, 49 Cen- tral Street. James K. Fellows, President. George W. Bean, Secretary. Jonathan Tyler, John Nesmith, Ransom Reed. Stephen Mansur, A. R. Brown, I. S. Morse, Wm. Fiske, Josiah S. Howe, Jonathan Page, Wm. P. Brazer, J. H. B. Aver, W. H. Wiggin, Abr. French, J. K. Fellows, A. B. Buttrick, Directors.
TRADERS AND MECHANICS' INSURANCE COMPANY (Lowell). Office, 27 Central Street. C. B. Coburn, President. E. F. Sherman, Secretary. Charles B. Coburn, Thomas Nesmith, L. G. Howe, Levi Sprague, S. W. Stickney, Isaac Place, Edward Tuck, D. S. Richard- son, Hocum Hosford, E. F. Sherman, Directors.
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.
THOMAS C. KENDRICK, 18 Appleton Block, 94 Central Street, is Agent for the following Companies : -
ETNA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Hartford, Conn.
CHARLESTOWN MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Charles- town.
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Hartford, Conn.
NORTH AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Hartford, Conn. SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Spring- field.
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INSURANCE COMPANY, Pittsfield.
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LOAN FUND ASSOCIATIONS.
LOWELL MUTUAL LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATION. John W. Graves, President. J. F. Manahan, Secretary. Office, 19 Appleton Block.
MERRIMAC MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION. Caleb Crosby, President. J. F. Manahan, Secretary. Office, 19 Appleton Block.
SOCIETIES AND COMPANIES.
CITY LIBRARY.
This Library now contains more than twelve thousand volumes, and is open every afternoon from two to five, and every evening, except Wednesday, from seven to nine o'clock (holidays excepted). Any citizen of Lowell can take out books, on application to the librarian, by paying fifty cents a year to the librarian, and ex- pressing a willingness to be governed by the rules and regulations of the library. The library is in the third story of the City Government building. Frederick Holton, B. G. Sargeant, W. F. Salmon, Wm. G. Wise, Rev. Amos Blanchard, Nathan Allen, Hubbard Willson, Erastus Boyden, Directors. Charles A. Kimball, Librarian.
MIDDLESEX MECHANICS' ASSOCIATION.
Incorporated in 1825. Rooms, Mechanics' Building, Dutton Street.
Sewall G. Mack, President. Jeremiah Clark, Vice-President. Wm. F. Salmon, Secretary. John W. Smith, Treasurer. Horatio G. Bur- gess, Caleb Crosby, Oliver E. Cushing, Ferdinand Rodliff, William A. Richardson, Paul Hill, Charles Wilkins, H. W. B. Wightman, Trustees. Nathan F. Crofts, Librarian. Sewall G. Mack, ex-officio, Elisha Hunt- ington, Wm. Hardman, Mertoun C. Bryant, Andrew Moody, Stephen F. Gates, Samuel P. Hadley, Jr., Directors of the Library and Reading Room.
The Association owns MECHANICS' BUILDING, on Dutton Street ; has a Library of upwards of 8,000 volumes, and a spacious Reading Room, where may be found the most desirable papers and periodicals of the day. It has also a valuable Cabinet of Natural History, &c., which forms what is called the " Whipple Department." In the Hall are highly finished paintings of Washington, Webster, Kirk Boot, Patrick T. Jackson, Abbott Lawrence, Nathan Appleton, and John A. Lowell. The present number of members is about 950, including females, who are entitled to the privileges of the Library. Price of membersbip, $6. Annual assessments, $1 for males and 50 cents for females. Meetings of the Association are held on the first Thursday of April, July, October, and January. The annual meeting for the choice of officers is on the first Thursday of April.
LOWELL CEMETERY.
O. M. Whipple, President. John F. Rogers, Clerk and Treasurer Joshua Merrill, Jonathan Tyler, L. K. Hutchinson, Edward F. Watson,
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Stephen Cushing, Charles Hovey, Samuel Burbank, Paul Perkins, S. W. Stickney, John L. Cheney, Andrew Moody, William A. Burke, Trustees. Wm. M. Smith, 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 per week for men, and $3 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 Hos- pital. Also, arrangements have been made by which patients not con- nected with the corporations may be admitted, by special agreement with the Superintendent.
OFFICERS. - John Avery, Chairman ; F. F. Battles, Secretary ; Linus Child, Treasurer ; William Spencer, Samuel Fay, Jr., George Motley, John Wright, Isaac Hinckley, F. F. Battles, John White, William S. Southworth, William A. Burke, J. B. Francis, John Avery, Henry Burrows, 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. David Wells, Northern District ; Dr. Hanover Dickey, Southern District. Consulting Physician, Dr. John O. Green.
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 attendance from 2 to 5, P. M. Any cases of poverty submitted to her judgment or investigation will be attended to as promptly as possible. Order box at the office door.
OFFICERS, 1857 .- John Avery, President. Frederick Hinckley, John Nesmith, A. R. Brown, N. M. Wright, Charles B. Coburn, William C. Tenney, F. H. Nourse, Directors. William G. Wise, Treasurer. Hap- good Wright, Secretary. Rev. Horatio Wood, Minister at Large. Matthias Parkhurst, Collector.
SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME.
Lady Superior, Sister Disérée. Teachers, Sisters Constantina, Sta- nislaus, Gertrude, M. Rose, Rose, Maria, M. Theresa, Ursula, Xavier,
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Francisca, Ann Louise, Cecelia, M. Agathe, M. Josephine, M. Antony. School located on Adams Street, near Cross.
MASONIC. Rooms in Nesmith's Block, John Street.
PILGRIM ENCAMPMENT KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Instituted, October, 1855. C. F. Blanchard, Grand Com .; William S. Gardner, General- issimo ; Jos. Bedlow, Capt. General; Edward Tuek, Treasurer ; Geo. W. Bedlow, Recorder. Meetings, Wednesday evening after full moon.
AHASUERUS COUNCIL OF ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS. Re- organized, Dec. 23, 1856. Officers elected, October, 1857. Joseph Bedlow, 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. Jona- than P. Folsom, H. P. ; Geo W. Bedlow, K .; H. Hosford, S. ; Thos. G. Gerrish, C. of H .; Edw'd Tuck, Treas .; Josiah E. Short jr. Sec. Meetings in Masonic Hall, Monday evening on or before each full moon.
PENTUCKET LODGE. Instituted, 1805. Wm. North. W. M .; H. N. Hall, S. Ward .; Thomas G. Gerrish, J. Ward .; Albert Mallard, Treas .; S. E. Bickford, Sec. Meetings in Masonic Hall, Thursday evening on or before full moon.
ANCIENT YORK LODGE. Instituted. 1852. William F. Salmon, W. M .; Geo. W. Bedlow, S. Ward. ; John A. Goodwin, J. Ward ; WVm. Lamson, Treas .; Wm. J. Burnham, Sec. Meetings in Masonic Hall, Wednesday evening on or before full moon.
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INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. Rooms in Appleton Block, on Central Street.
Merrimac Lodge, No. 7, Monday evenings.
Mechanics' Lodge, No. 11, Friday evenings. Oberlin Lodge, No. 28, Tuesday evenings.
Monomake Encamp'nt, No. 4, 2d and 4th Thursdays in the month. Plymouth Rock Lodge, No. 1. Organized, March 2, 1859. Meet- ings every Saturday evening. Officers chosen in May and November of each year.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
EQUALITY DIVISION, S. of T., No. 182.
PASSACONAWAY DIVISION, S. of T., No. 158. PAWTUCKET DIVISION, S. of T., No. 64.
WAMESIT DIVISION, S. of T., No. 24.
BAND OF MUSIC.
LOWELL BRIGADE BAND. - George Brooks, Leader; Charles N. Currier, Director and Clerk; William K. Doe, Treasurer. Office at Rugg & Griffith's, 77 Merrimac Street.
NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS.
Lowell Daily Journal and Courier. Established in 1824. Office, 21 Central Street. Terms, $5 per annum. Stone & Huse, Proprietors.
Lowell Weekly Journal and Courier. Office, 21 Central Street. Proprietor and Publisher, the same as the " Daily Journal and Courier." Terms, $2 per year.
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