Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1895-1898, Part 17

Author: Milford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 552


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Ellen Hunt,


Valeria L. Johnson,


Milford,


28|1st


Frederick L. Ball, Effie M. Odiorne, James F. Sullivan,


Milford, 20|1st


Milford,


21|1st


Rev. Dwight M. Hodge. Franklin. Lowell E. Fales,


Justice of the Peace. Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Providence, R. I., 32 1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Hopedale,


26 1st


Rev. G. M. Smiley.


Rev. W. Woodbury.


Lowell E. Fales, Justice of the Peace.


Justice of Peace. Rev. Lewis G. Wilson.


46


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF MILFORD, 1896 .- CONTINUED.


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


AGE.


MARRIAGE.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


MAY


10


Andrew Peterson,


Milford,


26 Ist


Rev. M. J. Enghind, Millville.


14


Dennis McCarty,


Milford,


21 1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Delia Carey,


Milford,


23 1st


14


Ernest L. Coburn,


Milford,


27 |Ist


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


21


Thomas Curley,


Hopedale,


24 1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


26


Lewis R. Joy,


Milford,


26 1st


Rev. R. K. Harlow,


Emma M. Thompson,


W. Medway,


20 1st


Medway.


30


Edward Harrington,


Milford,


36 1st


Rev. Geo. E. Huntley,


30


David L. Stimpson,


Milford,


35 1st


So. Framingham. Rev. G. M. Smiley.


JUNE


3


Frederick A. Kelly,


Milford,


28 2d


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Mary A. Cunningham,


Milford,


28|1st


3


Geo. T. Holmes,


Fairhaven,


30 1st


Rev. G. M. Smiley.


3


Thomas J. H. McGee,


Milford,


23|Ist


Rev. R. J. Quinlan,


4


John T. Kirby,


Milford,


23 1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


9


Timothy A. Murphy,


Milford,


34 1st


Rev. Henry A. Barry.


10


Chas. H. Morse,


St.Johnsbury, Vt. 28 1st


Milford,


20 1st


Milford,


22 1st


Rev. E. W. Whitney.


Maggie L. Jones,


Milford,


22 1st


14


Francis T. White,


Milford,


22 1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Nettie Le Gennesse,


Hopedale,


21 1st


18


Alric H. Clay,


Boston,


32 1st


Rev. G. M. Smiley.


18


Mathew A. Conlin,


Milford,


23 1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


21 25


Albert L. Watkins,


Milford,


23|1st


Rev. F. E. Emrich,


Maud E. Hildreth,


Milford,


25 1st


So. Framingham.


John D. Mckenzie, Ethel M. Lilley,


Milford,


18 Ist


Milford,


31 1st


Rev. M. J. Carroll.


Gus Carlson,


Framingham,


32 1st


Rev. G. M. Smiley,


Freda Allson,


Framingham,


20 1st


Otis W. Holmes,


Milford,


26 1st


Rev. E. S. Stackpole, Auburn, Me.


30


Ralph S. Beecroft,


Milford,


29|1st


Rev. J. B. Robinson.


Minnie G. Stimpson,


Milford,


26 1st


JULY 2


Nelson A. Tero,


Milford,


19 Ist


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Dora G. Daige,


Milford,


19 1st


2


George W. Ray,


Medway,


26 1st


Rev. E. W. Whitney.


Lizzie J. Wark,


Medway,


31 |1st


9


William H. Swift,


Milford, 28|1st


24 1st


13


Henry Russell,


Milford,


21 1st


Etta Guild,


Milford,


23|2d


14


Fred E. Saunders,


Milford,


26 Ist


Lena M. Underwood,


Hopedale,


21 Ist


16


Samuel Sharp,


Milford,


52|3d


Susie E. Coy,


Milford,


25|2d


16


Bernard N. Rogers,


Milford,


23 1st


Rev. W. Woodbury.


Lottie Macuen,


Milford,


19 ist


John A. Wallace,


Milford,


55 2d


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan,


Mina Stars,


N. Y. City,


45 Ist


Rev. F. E. Emrich,


Chas. S. Stimpson, Jessie M. Hewins,


Milford,


29 1st


So. Framingham,


22 1st


So. Framingham.


Milford,


23 1st


Rev. G. M. Smiley.


25 25 27 29


Elisabeth J. Homer,


Milford,


34 Ist


Margaret V. McTague,


Milford,


24|1st


Catherine O'Hara,


Holliston,


23 1st


Holliston.


Agnes T. Coleman,


Milford,


22|1st


Annie T. Danahy,


Hopkinton,


26|1st


Rev. E. W. Whitney.


Ella M. Jewell,


10


Dean R. Spindel,


Milford,


24 1st


Flora M. Tourtellotte,


Milford,


23,1st


Milford,


21 1st


Nora O'Malley,


Hopedale,


21 1st


Frances B. Jaminson,


Milford,


30|1st


Jennie E. Mason,


Milford,


22 1st


Johanna W. Anderson,


20


John A. Keane, Nellie A. Gorman,


Upton,


29 1st


Georgie M. Lincoln,


Auburn, Me.,


24 1st


Rev. John F. Griffin.


Mary A. Breene,


Milford,


David A. Westcott, Justice of the Peace. Rev. W. Woodbury.


Rev. E. W. Whitney.


Grace G. Goucher,


47


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF MILFORD, 1896 .- CONTINUED.


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


AGE.


MARRIAGE.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


JULY


25


Giuseppe Bianchi,


Milford,


30|1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Marietta Botticella,


Milford,


18 1st


29


James B. Edwards,


Milford,


33 1st Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Bridget J. McLoughlin,


Milford,


26 1st


AUG. 7


Willard Miett,


Milford,


23|1st


Rev. G. M. Smiley.


Jessie W. Richardson,


Milford,


19 Ist


9


Luigi Bertorelli,


Milford,


23 Ist


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Lina Macini,


Milford,


19 1st


12


Victoria Oliveri,


Milford,


29|1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Emma Cennedella,


Milford,


19|1st


23


Peter Bosten,


Milford,


25 1st


Rev. Jos. Dandolf, Boston.


25


Everett E. Allen,


Milford,


23|1st


Leslie E. Learned,


Etta M. King,


Norfolk,


22 1st


Fall River.


30


Arthur W. Beardsell,


Milford,


36|1st


Mary L. Morten,


Leeds, Eng.,


30|1st


SEPT. 2


John J. Toomey,


Haverhill, 35 1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Ella V. Carey,


Milford,


28 1st


2


Stillman D. Anderson,


Hopedale, 28 1st


New Brunswick,


24 1st


9


Clinton L. Barnard,


Milford,


25 1st


Rev. Bryant Mclellan.


Florence A. Whitney,


Milford,


22 1st


Milford,


29 1st


Rev. Frank E. Butler,


9


John E. Bucher,


Medford,


24 1st


Alcista A. Howard,


Milford,


30 1st


12


Edward J. Larkin,


Milford,


28 1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


14


Nils Swanson,


Milford,


30 1st


Rev. Harry S. Longley.


15


Earle E. Howard,


Milford,


24 1st


Rev. J. O. Knowles, Lynn.


16


John B. Henderson,


Milford,


23 1st


Rev. Lucian Drury,


20


John Robertson,


Haverhill,


40|2d


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


22


Wallace E. Stoddard,


Milford,


24|1st


Rev. T. Sedgwick,


Laetitia L. Irwin,


Williamstown,


24 1st


28


Frank B. Sturtevant,


Milford,


26 2d


Blanche M. Cuinstock,


Upton,


22|2d


28


James H. Durling, Ruth E. Ball,


Milford,


21|1st


OCT. 1


Harry A. Bagley,


Milford,


29|1st


Rev. G. M. Smiley.


Carrie C. Wilson,


Milford,


30 1st


1


Hans A. Anderson,


Milford,


27 1st


Rev. C. F. Johnson.


Annie Palm,


Milford,


23 1st


7


Herbert S. Eldredge,


Milford,


32 1st


Rev. W. Woodbury.


7


Harry E. Ward, Ida B. White,


Milford,


23 1st


Rev. W. Woodbury.


21


Frank L. Kimball,


Milford,


21 1st


Lottie M. Brown,


Milford,


21 |1st


21


Ambrogie Lordi,


Milford,


25 1st


Emma Veronesi,


Milford,


17 1st


28


John A. Cook,


Milford,


33 1st


Annie Mckenna,


Milford,


28 1st


28


Willis G. Austin,


Milford,


23 1st


Rev. G. M. Smiley.


B1


Pearlstrom G. Quinn,


Milford,


25|1st


Rev. G. M. Smiley.


Blanche Phipps, ss


Milford,


18 1st


31


Albert B. Montague,


Brockton,


30 1st


Rev. O. W. Scott,


Grace E. Burt,


Milford,


27 1st


Brockton.


Joseph J. Lawton, Mary L. Bates,


So. Weymouth,


28|1st


So. Weymouth. Rev. W. Woodbury.


Mary R. Turner,


Milford,


23,1st


Betty Svenson,


Milford,


24 1st


Lizzie W. Heath,


Lynn,


21 |1st


Leah May Simpson,


Bellingham,


18|1st


Bellingham.


Nellie T. Gillon,


Milford,


26 Ist


Williamstown. Rev. E. W. Whitney.


Milford,


24 1st


Rev. G. M. Smiley,


Grace J. Hayward,


Milford,


23 1st


Milford,


17 1st


Rev. E. W. Whitney.


Rev. James Gambera,


Boston.


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Helen M. Mather,


Milford,


17 1st


Livia Costo,


Milford, 20|1st


Rev. E. E. Atkinson, Cambridge.


Rev. W. Woodbury.


Laura Copp,


48


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF MILFORD, 1896 .- CONCLUDED.


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


AGE.


MARRIAGE.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


NOV.


Daniel M. O'Brien,


Milford,


27 1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Annie M. McLoughlin,


Milford,


25 1st


5


Lemuel B. Wilmarth,


Milford,


28|1st


Rev. Harry S. Longley.


11


John Coyne,


Mendon,


38|1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


17


James McKale,


Hopedale,


24 1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


25


George D. Warren,


Milford,


23 1st


Rev. D. J. Kelliher,


25


Wm. F. Gleason,


Hopedale,


22 1st -


Medway. Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


25


John P. Handmore,


Milford,


27 list


Rev. D. J. Kelliher,


26


Ulic F. Burke,


Natick,


25 Ist


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


26


William D. Baxter,


Milford,


26|1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Ellen E. Nugent,


Milford,


27 1st


26


John J. Colbert,


Upton,


30 1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Ann G. Quigley,


Mendon,


25 1st


26


John J. Ahern,


Milford,


25 1st


Rev. Jas. T. Canavan.


Mary E. Donlan,


Milford,


26|1st


DEC. 19 20


August Peterson,


Milford,


28 |1st


Rev. Elmer Holmsted,


Annie Anderson,


Lowell,


26 1st


No. Easton.


Louis Edward Dunton,


Medway,


21 |1st


Rev. H. S. Longley.


Cora Adeline Newell,


Medway,


18 1st


24


Alfred L. Comee,


Milford,


19 1st


Rev. Bryant Mclellan.


Cora Tingley,


Milford,


19 1st


27


Davide Vinante, Rosi Trettel,


Milford,


27|1st


Rev. Patrick Cuddihy.


Milford,


25 1st


30


Thos. Marland Buckley,


City Mills,


28|1st


Rev. H. S. Longley.


Margaret Ann McNally,


City Mills,


21|1st


Anna M. Keane,


Milford,


34 1st


Mary Sullivan,


Hopedale,


21 1st


Bertha E. Cunningham,


Milford,


19|1st


Bertha M. Daniels,


Medway,


18 1st


Annie W. O'Donnell,


Medway,


24 1st


Medway.


Ellen F. Fenton,


Milford,


24 ist


1


Carrie E. Brown,


E. Albany, N. Y., 30 2d


49


DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF MILFORD, 1896.


DATE


DEATH.


NAME OF DECEASED.


AGE.


YMD


DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.


PLACE OF BIRTH.


1896. JAN. 2 2 3 3 4 4 10 12 13 18 19 25


FEB. 1 8 7 12


13 14 17 20 26 27 MAR. 3 8


10 10 10


11 13 14 14


16 16 16 16 22 26 28


APR. 1 2 7 11 25 25 26 27 29


Almond Metcalf, Sarah (Frost) Ide, George B. Colburn, Daniel Steward, Julia Fallon, Ellen Chapdelain, Charles Carney,


4


7


1 14 Senility, 22 Broncho-Pneumonia,


26 Bright's Disease, Tuberculosis, 3 Inanition, 10 26 Congenital Heart Dis- ease,


Milford. Hopedale. Sharon. Shrewsb'ry, Vt. No. Anson, Me. Milford. Milford.


Milford.


21 59


2 Bright's Disease, 4|26 Cirrhosis of Liver,


Salem. Milford. Italy.


Hammond C. Schurtlieff, Marie Givanni,


71 6 6


Typhoid Fever,


Vermont.


Elizabeth (King) Warren, Mary A. (O'Donnell)


56 5


11 Carcinonia,


6 Diabetes,


Medway.


25 57 5


21


4 19 Membranous Croup, 8 Senerial Debility,


Webster. Milford.


34 1


4 Tuberculosis,


Milton.


Edgar A. Sherborne,


10


25


4 Pneumonia,


6


2


Acute Serengo, Asthma, General Decay,


Nelson V. Bennett,


John Marshall, Sarah Gillis,


Annie Elizabeth Heath,


33 3


2 Corcinoma of Breast and Liver,


Milford. Ireland.


Ellen (Hennessy) Hartnett Robert Marcastroppa,


94 6


9


Apoplexy, Non-Diphtheritic Croup complicating Whooping Cough,


Rockport, Me. New Brunsw k


3|10 Tuberculosis, Bright's Disease and


11


Apoplexy,


Leyden. Maine.


David B. Hitchcock, Catherine (Murphy) Powers, 69


Joseph Connors, Nathan L. Chaffin, Mary E. Lyons, Catherine Hannigan,


75 9|20 6


25


Heart Disease, Diphtheria, Acute Nephritis Compli- cating Pregnancy, Chronic Hepotitis,


Milford. Ireland.


Ann Dolan, Catherine (Gallagher)


Conroy, Elizabeth (Carney) Sloan,


80 73


7


Meningitis, Chronic Pleurisy,


Tuberculosis,


Ireland. Milford. Milford. Ireiand.


Ireland.


John Clifford, Kate A. Fitzpatrick,


37 32 70 2 3


102 67 48 27


Mary E. Mee, Benj. A. Anthony,


29


Nellie M. (Smith)Sherman Caterina Mangiati, Angelo Marcastroppa, Delia A. (Slattery) Quinlan


50


34


3|26 Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, Dynamite Shock, Valvular Disease of the


Heart, Milford.


Shock Due to Injuries Received from Burns,


Milford. Nova Scotia.


Johnson,


Henry N. Parkhurst, Lillian M. Schlief, Lillian May Gould, Grace Ella (Prescott) Wheeler,


Wm. Raftery, Henry B. Thayer, Arthur Marcastroppa, Charles Battles, John Taft, Martin Tiernan,


46 65 63 2 85 77 88 80


3 12 Bronchitis, Typhoid Pneumonia, Old Age,


Canada. Scotland.


Eliza(Gaskins) Townsend, Maria Fidelia ( Talbot) Cook, 6 9


26 77 66


10 |Heart Disease, Cardiac Weakness Sec- ondary to Acute Gas- tritis,


3|12|Pneumonia


Ireland. Milford. Winchendon. Milford.


69


Apoplexy, Chronic Mania and Pneumonia,


Ireland.


Roy Gordon, Jeremiah H. Flynn, Frank H. Scanlan,


Pneumonia, Odema Glatidis Compli- cating Whooping Cough, Scarlet Fever,


Milford. Uxbridge.


OF


Bellingham. Ireland. Marlboro. Farnumsville. Milford. Ireland. Ireland. Milford.


General Paralysis, Pneumonia, Phthisis,


2 23 Erysipelas & Pneumonia Milford.


50


DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF MILFORD, 1896 .- CONTINUED.


DATE


DEATH.


NAME OF DECEASED.


AGE.


DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.


PLACE OF BIRTH.


MAY


1


Sarah Sullivan, Mary (Casey) Bird,


69 32


Acute Pleurisy,


5 6 7


Charles Gilleney, Edward A. Hastings, Bridget (McCormick)


32


4


8|Consumption,


Milford. Tewksbury. Shrewsbury.


7 10 18 21


Hannah (Comce) Rounds, Patrick Connelly, Joseph W. Littlefield,


Anna B. (Svenson)


Peterson,


23 42


Thomas Hubon,


Samuel Austin Vant,


29


Phthisis Pulmonalis, Paresis,


Milford. Sutton.


JUNE


A. B. Dow, Giacomo Bianchi,


24 32


3 Pulmonary Tuberculosis Whitefield, Me. Accidental Crushed


Skull,


Patrick Ward,


Old Age,


Pulmonary Congestion, Ireland.


Mary Freeman (Fitch) Wires, 51 4


7 Removal of Tumor,


Charlestown.


14 16 16 20 25 27


Lizzie Coppinger, George McDonough, Ellen O'Neil,


67 10 14 Chronic Cardiac Disease,


Ireland.


13. 5


7 Consumption,


58|11


4| Acute Bright's Disease,


Wellesley. Mendon.


28 JULY 1


Julia (Boroland)


Mathewson,


Phthisis Pulmonalis,


John Eugene Emery,


24 Consumption,


61


1 Cholera Infantum, Acute Intestinal Cat-


8 10 14 15 19


Mary M. Cross,


3 1 10 Tubercular Meningitis,


Franklin. Milford.


Mabel M. Sweeney,


Wm. Henry Johnston,


7 |Phthisis Pulmonalis,


Ora Estella Byard,


2 8


3 Tubercular Meningitis, Fracture of Skull,


Milford. Milford.


Marshall T. Cox, Earnest Gevanna,


6 20 Cholera Infantum, Diabetes Mellitus,


Ireland.


22 24 24 25


Lelia J. Carey,


70 11


3 Senile Meningitis, Cancer of the Stomach


6


and Liver,


Pelham, Mass.


Maria (Magon) Chamber-


30


Ervin L. Howland, . lain,


85 10 5


Old Age, Cholera Infantum,


Duxbury. Milford.


Tames Merrill, George Crofton, Arthur Holland,


49 18


Acute Tuberculosis, Inanition, Enteritis,


Milford. Ireland.


Michael Hayes, Agnare Holland,


Milford.


Milford.


23 24


Victor T. Sherman,


2 30 Cerebro Spinal Menin- gitis, Hopkinto.


28


Mary Drorey,


68


Acute Gastritis, second- ary to Cardiac Disease, Ireland,


Ireland. Hopkinton. Milford.


Ireland.


Leah E. Farnsworth,


1|29 Cholera Infantum, 3|16 Cholera Infantum,


Berlin, Vt. Milford.


19 20 20 21 21 22


Mary (Curran) Shortell, 4 Mabel Elizabeth Emery, 20 11 Frank E. Chamberlain, Luigi Frascotti, Patrick Ferguson, 69 18 7


42


7 Cholera Infantum,


Appendicitis,


1 6 Diphtheria,


Old Age, Tuberculosis,


Milford. Upton. Milford. Ireland. Milford. Greene, Me.


28 29


Eliza A. (Quimby) Harvey Caroline E. (Thurber) Chapin, 53 5


AUG. 2 2 9 10 13 14


Albert Francis Fairbanks, Roxannah (Adams) Williams, 76 7


1|23


1 11 30 Inanition, 8 24 Cholera Infantum, Dysentery, Gen. Disabil- ity, Medway


Milford. Ireland.


Harry M. Walker,


8 13 Accidental Overdose of Morphine,


6


Pneumonia,


Fallon, 52 74 6 15


Purpura Hemorrhagica, La Grippe,


75 General Debility,


81 11 21 Heart Disease, Acute General Tuber-


4116 culosis, Sweden.


21 21 30 1 3 7 12


Mary (Horgan) Clare,


80 72


Winnifred (Raftery) Burke, 96 10 6


Old Age, Acute Tuberculosis,


Ireland. Ireland. Milford.


24|10 Acute Tuberculosis,


Mary Rosannah Emery, Harriet W. (Taft) Hill,


4 6


Arthur F. Goodnow, Mary (Curtin) Reynolds,


47 21 7 4 6


arrh,


23 1 25


Milford.


1 30 Cholera Infantum,


Milford. Ireland.


OF


YMID


24 17 19 Phthisis Pulmonalis,


Ireland. Wrentham. Ireland. Milford.


84 11 6


Italy. Ireland.


51


DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF MILFORD, 1896 .- CONCLUDED.


DATE


DEATH.


NAME OF DECEASED.


AGE.


DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.


PLACE OF BIRTH.


AUG. 30 SEPT. 3


Isahela Larzi,


2


5 20 Diphtheria,


Milford.


Elizabeth (Hart) McCool,


63


Dilatation of Heart and Bright's Disease, Ireland.


Joseph W. Lawton, Lewis R. Hazard.


67 51


5 14 Heart Disease, 2 11 Gangrene and Ischo- rectal Abscess,


England.


9 11 16 25 25


Catherine (McCalloff) Higgins Annie Vida Bertherman, Edward P. J. Kirby, Cora (Hero) Mayhew,


66


Enteritis,


43 5


1 21 Purpure Hemorrhagia, Bright's Disease,


52 2 13 Diabetes,


Ireland. Milford. Ireland. Milford.


Frank Hurley, Patrick J. Burns, Ada E. Nelson, Charles Gibbons,


26 39 9


10 Phthisis Pulmonalis,


3


69 49


7 Acute Nephritis, Apoplexy, Acute Phthisis,


Accident,


Cornelius Doherty, Jennie M. Keith,


Catherine E. Barrett,


27


9 Bronchial Consumption, Heart Disease,


6 Heart Disease,


Canada. Milford.


1


Ellen (Kelly) Killion,


46 8 Valvular Disease of the


Heart,


New Brunsw'k Milford. Austria. Milford.


Alonzo J. F. Howard, Mary Dain, Moses Smith,


65 90 73 2


5|Diabetes, 5 Old Age. 1 |Heart Disease,


5 21 Arterio Sclorosis,


Upton. Milford. Milford. Milford.


Agnes T. Dolan, George Lutey,


36


6 16 Phlegnonous Erysipelas England. 3 Milford. Pneumonia,


S 3 Old Age,


Blackstone.


Milford. Upton.


Horace Walker, Win. H. Davis,


80 71 78 68 11


9 12 Bladder Trouble, 5 Suppurative Cystitis as- sociated with General


3 83


46 73 78!


6 7 Heart Disease, Heart Disease, 4 16 Heart and Kidney


Disease,


Leicester.


OCT. 1 4 8 8 14 19 23 31 31 NOV. 2 4 5


8 10 16 18 19 19 23 24 3 4 5


DEC.


6 7 7 11 18 20 20 21 22 27 30 30


Frank Kiathowski, John C. Warfield, James D. Bailey,


8 32 7 80 11|30 -7 3 7


6|27 Bronchial Pneumonia, Hemorrhage, Acute Enteritis,


Heart Disease and


Dropsy,


Redmond, Vt. Milford. Royalston, Vt. Mendon.


Eran A. Fiske, Ann M. Thayer, Catherine Cahill,


70 80 6 4 Senility, 7|19 Convulsions,


25 7 10 Cerebral Abscess,


17 Liver Complaint and Jaundice,


Reading, Vt. Milford.


Matilda Rogers, Asa D. Morse,


Debility, 4 Bronchial Croup, Senile Dementia Ex- haustion,


Medway. Eaton, O. Ireland.


Mary E. Moulton, Ellen Hussey, Sophia C. Burgess,


71 1


7 Congestion of Lungs, 5 11 1 Membranous Laryn-


gitis, Boston.


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OF


YMD


TOWN WARRANT.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


WORCESTER, SS.


To Either Constable of the Town of Milford, in said County; Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified by law to vote in Elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the First day of March, A. D., 1897, punctually at Eight o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following articles, namely :-


[The Polls may be closed at four o'clock in the afternoon on said day of meeting.]


ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


ARTICLE 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing. A Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Tax Collec- tor, Auditor, Three Selectmen, Three Assessors, Three Over- seers of the Poor, Two Members of the School Committee, Three Trustees of Public Library, (One to fill vacancy,) One Member of the Board of Health (for 3 years,) Two Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, and Fifteen Constables; to be voted for on ballots prepared and furnished in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 417 of the Acts of 1893, and amend- ments thereto; also upon said ballots the voters will give in their votes "Yes" or "No," in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?"


ARTICLE 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the Se- lectmen, School Committee, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Engineers of Fire Department, Tax Collector, Trustees of Pub-


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lic Library, Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, and any other officers and committees of said Town.


ARTICLE 4. To raise and appropriate such sum or sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town expenses for the year ensuing.


ARTICLE 5. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to lighting its streets, and appropriate money for the same.


ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes of the cur- rent year.


ARTICLE 7. To determine when all taxes shall be col- lected and paid into the treasury the year ensuing, and to fix the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for collecting the same.


ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate one hundred and fifty dollars towards defraying the ex- penses of Memorial Day.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to take charge of all legal proceedings for or against the Town.


ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will appropriate any. money to remove from the arsenal at Watertown and mount the two cannons given by the United States to the G. A. R. Post 22, or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will appropriate any money to repair or rebuild the Central street sewer from the electric light station to South Bow street, or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out, grading, and ex- tension of Fruit street from South Main street to Depot street, appropriate any money to construct the same, or take any ac- tion in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out and grading of Pop- lar street, appropriate any money to build the same, or take any action in relation thereto.


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ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out and grading of a way leading from Pearl street to School street through land of L. A. Cook and heirs of Peter Cook, appropriate any money to build the same, or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to keep Memorial Hall Building permanently insured for a reasonable amount and make an appropriation for the same.


ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will appropriate three hundred dollars to paint buildings at Town Farm and put in water closets, or take any action in relation to the same.


ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen in regard to laying out or reloca- ting Spruce street from Congress street to a stone fence post at land formerly of John O'Shea, appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars in addition to the two thou- sand dollars already appropriated for the purpose of building a Town barn, or take any action in relation to the same.


ARTICLE 19. To see what action the town will take in re- lation to the payment of the Town bonds ($25,000) which be- come due on the tenth day of August next.


ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will appropriate any money to build a sidewalk on the easterly side of North street, or take any action in relation to the same.


ARTICLE 21. To hear the report of the committee on en- larging and remodeling the Town House, see if the Town will accept and allow the same, appropriate any money to carry out the recommendations of the committee, or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to locate an electric light at some suitable point in the Town Park, and appropriate money for the same.


ARTICLE 23. 'To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to locate an electric light at some suitable point on Wal- nut street, and appropriate money for the same.


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ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town are in favor of building a street from the easterly end of Granite street crossing the Hopkinton railroad and bridging the Charles river to a point on the westerly side of East Main street.


And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meet- ing Houses and at the Post-Office in said town; also cause an attested copy to be published in The Milford Daily News, Milford Daily Journal, Milford Gazette, and Milford Times, newspapers printed in said Town, Two Sabbaths at least be- fore the time set for said meeting.


Hereof Fail Not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Clerk of said Town, at the time of meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands at Milford, this 18th day of Feb- ruary, A. D., 1897.


GEORGE F. BIRCH, GEORGE S. WHITNEY, B. T. CLANCY,


Selectmen of Milford.


A true copy. Attest:


OLIVER D. HOLMES, Constable of Milford.


INDEX.


Appropriations .


7


Assessors' Report


46


Auditor's Report


79


Board of Health, Report of .


76


Collectors' Reports .


.


42


Fire Department, Report of


50


Overseers of Poor, Report of


61


Property in Highway Department


.


77


Selectmen's Report .


10


Summary of Expenses .


9


Town Clerk's Report .


·


48


Town Officers


3


Town Park Commissioners, Report of


·


49


Treasurer's Report .


. 33


Trustees of Town Library, Report of


· 71


Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, Report of


74


SECOND SECTION.


School Committee, Report of


.


1


Superintendent's Report


.


12


THIRD SECTION.


Town Records


1-51


Town Warrant


.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF MILFORD,


CONTAINING REPORTS OF THE 1


Selectmen, Assessors, Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Board of Health, Engineers, Overseers of the Poor, Trustees of Town Library, Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, Park Commissioners, Town Clerk, Auditor, School Committee, and Superin- tendent of Schools,


FOR THE


Year Ending February 1, 1898.


MILFORD, MASS. : COOK & SONS, PRINTERS, JOURNAL OFFICE. 1898.


TOWN OFFICERS.


SELECTMEN.


GEORGE S. WHITNEY, BENJAMIN T. CLANCY, LEWIS HAYDEN.


TOWN CLERK. DOMNICK J. LANG.


TOWN TREASURER. CLIFFORD A. COOK.


TAX COLLECTOR. WILLIAM P. FOLEY.


AUDITOR. HORACE A. BROWN.


ASSESSORS.


GEORGE E. STACY, SULLIVAN C. SUMNER, FRANK E. MANN.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH,


JAMES W. BURKE.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


JOHN J. DUGGAN, GEORGE L. COOKE, RICHARD GILFOYLE,


HORACE E. WHITNEY, GEORGE E. STACY, CHARLES MACKIN.


BOARD OF HEALTH.


WM. J. CLARKE, M. D., JOHNEM. EATON, M. D., ALFRED A. BURRELL.


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.


CHAS. A. DEWEY, BENJ. ADAMS, NATHANIEL F. BLAKE,


THOMAS F. MANNING, OWEN F. CROUGHWELL, NATHAN W. HEATH.


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TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY.


CHARLES W. JOHNSON, HENRY C. SKINNER, GEORGE L. MAYNARD,




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