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2
86
2 86
James D. Dillingham,
2
3 06
15 80
20 86
John Q. Dillingham,
2
3 69
33 35
39 04
James Darius Dillingham,
2
2 00
Silas Downing,
2
23
2 39
4 62
Frank N. Dean,
2
2 00
Herbert A. Dean,
2
4 14
51 26
57 40
Everett Dean,
2
2 00
Benjamin F. Dean,
45
45
Charles G. Delano,
2
45
8 46
IO 91
Harry J. Duffee,
2
3 38
5 38
Rhoades K. Edwards,
2
I
26
6 71
9 97
George E. Eddy,
2
59
2 59
Isaac Ellis,
2
45
2 49
Margaret Ellis,
2 79
2 75
Rollin B. Eaton,
2
95
10 13
13 08
William K. Evins,
2
45
2 45
Charles W. Farmer,
2
3 96
10 08
16 04
Emily Farmer,
2
8 15
8 15
Timothy E. French,
2
54
4 28
6 82
Christopher P. French,
2
77
8 0I
IO 78
Phillip H. Fletcher,
2
I3
68
15 68
Lewis P. Fletcher,
2
6 08
31 55
39 63
Charles E. French,
2
54
2 54
Nelson A. Furbush,
2
2 00
Read & Furbush,
I 08
2 84
3 92
James O. French,
4 50
4 50
Isaac E. French,
2
2 00
John H. Grinnell,
2
72
IO 49
13 2I
William J. Grinnell,
2
2 00
Andrew J. Gidmark,
2
5 13
7 13
Lewis Green,
2
I 04
5 13
8 17
James Gillespie,
2
I I3
5 18
8 31
Benjamin Hathaway's heirs,
3 87
3 87
Henry Hathaway,
4
8 24
18 23
30 47
Willard H. Hathaway,
2
I 08
3 68
Rebecca Hathaway,
II 88
II 88
Elizabeth J. Haskins,
19 94
19 94
David Hoxie,
2
I 62
18 18
21 80
Cyrus Hathaway.
2
I I7
8 55
II 72
Albert Hathaway,
2 57
2
57
Cyrus Haskins,
2
I3
3 13
Cyrus Haskins' heirs,
6 39
6 39
26
ANNUAL REPORT.
George H. Harmon,
2
90
4 41
31
Augustus R. Haines,
2
57
4 95
7 54
Clarence E. Haines,
2
2 00
Horatio S. Haines,
2
2 00
George F. Howard,
2
72
5 63
8 35
Russell Haskins,
2
2 00
Stephen Hathaway,
2
90
13 46
16 36
Julius C. Haskins,
2
6
15 75
23 83
Enoch S. Hathaway,
2
72
3
II
5 83
John T. Haskins,
2
2 00
Malachi Haskins,
2
I 94
7 97
II 9I
Elam R. Haskins,
2
90
8 55
II 45
Cornelius Harrington,
2
45
2
45
Catharine Harrington,
8 46
8 46
Jacob C. Haskins,
2
27
2 27
Henry Haines,
2
3 60
5 60
Lydia G. Haskins,
54
14 04
14 58
Emma Humphrey,
3 42
3 42
Clothier P. Haskins,
8 78
8 78
Sarah J. Hoards' Heirs,
9 27
9 27
Thomas N. Hathaway,
2
54
IT 52
14 06
George L. Hammond,
2
36
4 50
6 86
George M. Hatch,
2
45
II 75
14 20
Samuel F. Hazzard,
2
45
8 55
II 00
Irvin Haskins,
2
2
Edward E. Haskins,
2
2 00
Benjamin S. Haskins,
2
2 00
George T. Hathaway,
2
2 00
Joseph Howland,
2
8 91
40 28
51 19
Chester Hall,
2
63
2.63
Giles L. Leach,
2
4 23
30 47
36 70
Obadiah Lawton,
2
4 77
10 67
J7 44
William F. Lincoln,
2
2 00
Simeon W. Luther,
2
81
2 81
Henry J. Leggee,
2
5 85
7 85
Benjamin Luther,
1
12 65
14 23
Edward A. Lyon,
2
68
2 68
James H. Macomber,
2
I 67
4 15
8 17
Horace N. Macomber,
2
2 25
86
5 II
Gideon H. Myrick,
2
90
II
48
14 38
Erederic Macomber,
2
2 00
John W. Meack,
2
90
4 10
7 00
Sarah C. Myrick,
16 52
16 52
Sarah C. Myrick, guardian,
3 65
3 65
27
ANNUAL REPORT.
Ebenezer Macomber,
2
10 76
12 76
Edward S. Macomber,
2
2 00
Maria Macomber,
27
4 32
4 59
George W. Macomber,
2
42
29 39
34 81
Restcome Macomber,
II 48
II 48
Rufus B. Macomber,
2
2 00
George R. Macomber,
2
8 01
10 OI
James McGuire,
2
2 16
13 73
17 89
Lorenzo D. Millard,
2
2 25
2 48
6 73
Restcome Macomber and Henry Brightman
14 18
14 18
Jeremiah Murphy Jr.,
2
8 33
IO 33
Mathias G. Mosher,
2
2 00
John Mackenzie,
2
2 00
Frank R. Martin, ·
2
2 00
George A. Norcutt,
2
90
3 60
6 50
Samuel C. Norcutt,
2
I7
7 65
IO 82
Barnard Norcutt,
27
7 61
7 88
Betsey Newhall.
45
45
Louise Newhall,
II
70
II
70
Walter D. Nichols' heirs,
72
21 74
22
46
Sarah Nichols,
I 35
23 72
25 07
Augustus F. Pierce,
2
I 62
12
38
16 00
James Pierce's heirs,
58 50
I 35
59 85
Jason Pittsley,
I
49
I 49
Thomas F. Pool,
2
2 00
Samuel W. Phillips,
2 25
2 25
James F. Phillips heirs,
7 79
7 79
Everett F. Phillips,
2
2 00
Andrew Pierce's heirs,
5 78
5 78
Darius Phillips' heirs,
II
48
II
48
Samuel S. Pierce,
2
3 29
5 29
Shepard Phillips,
2
3 02
5 02
Walter J. Phillips,
2
45
I 98
4 43
Alfred Pierce,
2
I 40
10 04
13 44
Philip C. Porter,
2
2 00
Franklin Phillips,
2
27
6 57
8 86
Frederick Paul's heirs,
19 13
19 13
Charles F. Paul,
2
2 00
Thomas P. Paul,
2
2 00
Paul Bros.,
5 63
6 39
12 02
Thomas Paul, guardian,
14 40
14 40
Pavid R. Pierce's heirs,
3 15
3 15
Edmund O. Phillips,
2
2 00
I
28
ANNUAL REPORT.
Elkanah Pierce,
2
16 56
27 68
46 24
Wm. H. Pierce,
2
42 66
II
93
56 59
Darius B. Phillips,
2
2 43
4 43
Robert E. Pierce,
2
2 00
Herbert A. Perry,
2
2 00
Teddy S. Pierce,
8 73
8 73
Charles Phillips,
2
3 15
5 I5
John A. Reed,
2
2 00
Otis E. Reed,
54
5 00
5 54
Florence Reed,
90
5 00
5 90
Asa W. Reed,
2
3 02
02
John F. Richmond,
2
90
7 07
9 97
David F. Richmond,
2
2 00
Wid. Stephen C. Ramsdell,
23
23
Apollos B. Reed,
2
2 00
James S. Reid,
2
2 00
John D. Rose,
2
I 44
12 02
15 46
Wm. H. Smith,
2
40
4 95
8 35
David T. Strange,
2
2 I2
12 06
16 18
Albert W. Strange,
2
2 00
Daniel D. Strange,
17 33
17 33
Noah H. Strange,
2
5 81
6 26
14 07
Thomas Strange's heirs,
25 65
25 65
George T. Strange,
2
I 13
45
3 58
Elam Staples,
2
23
3 69
5 92
Charles A. Shaw,
2
I 94
6 44
10 38
Joseph Staples,
6 57
6 57
Charles E. Shaw,
2
2 00
George A. Smith,
2
2 00
Isaac Seymore,
2
12
19 17
23 29
Thomas H. Seekel,
2
I 53
16 56
20 09
John S. Staples' heirs,
6 84
15 08
21 92
John F. Staples,
2
2 00
Sumner N. Staples,
2
2 00
Huldah T. Staples,
90
14 00
14 90
Wm. Simms,
7 61
II 70
19 31
Wm. G. Simms,
2
7 20
9 20
Congregational Society,
6 08
6 03
John Smith,
2
2 00
George H. Swift,
2
2 00
Samuel R. Stone,
2
2 25
4 25
Adelbert H. Stone,
2
2 25
4 25
Herbert W. Stone,
2
2 00
James A. Smellie,
2
17 10
19 10
I
29
ANNUAL REPORT.
2 00
Leander Terry,
2
I 44
12 83
16 27
Noah D. Thrasher's heirs,
I
I3
8 10
9 23
Jonathan W. Trasher,
2
2 48
28 94
33 42
Charles O. Trasher,
2
68
2 68
Benjamin H. Thrasher,
I3
2 61
2 74
John H. Thrasher,
2
I
35
5 58
8 93
Benjamin E. Townsend,
2
3 65
IO 76
16 41
Nathaniel G. Townsend,
2
I 40
9 90
13 30
Edward E. Terry,
2
I3
2 13
Eliphalet Terry,
2
2 00
Frank B. Terry,
2
2 00
Zebedee Terry,
2
2 00
Charles Terry,
2
2 00
Joseph W. Terry,
2
2 00
Gustavus Tripp,
2
I 22
14 40
17 62
Cassius E. Viall,
2
I 62
II 70
15 32
Amanda Wilbur,
I 35
I 35
George W. Westgate,
2
I 08
6 44
9 52
George H. Westgate,
2
27
3 5I
5 71
James B. Westgate's heirs,
I 13
9 º5
10 18
Eli Wardell,
2
54
3 15
5 69
Dean T. Westgate,
3 60
II 75
15 35
George E. Westgate,
2
I3
I 80
3 93
Elijah Wilbur's heirs,
I 04
Frederick Williams,
2
2 00
George V. Williams,
2
72
2 72
William F. Westgate,
2
8I
2 81
George F. Wilbur,
2
68
22
46
25 14
Charles H. Williams,
13 05
13 05
Seth E. Williams,
2
2 07
18 68
22 75
Charles M. Wade,
2
2 07
14 00
18 07
Charles S. White,
2
77
9 54
12 31
Damon D. White,
2
2 00
Theodore Wilbur,
2
9 00
90
II 90
Benjamin A. White,
2
2 00
Frederick Whitaker,
2
45
2 45
Edward E. Whitaker,
2
3 83
3 60
9 43
Adoniram J. Wilcox,
2
90
5 99
8 89
Wm. L. Wade,
2
2 48
4 48
Marshal B. Williams,
2
4 73
6 73
J. E. M. Wright,
2
68
2 68
Hannah S. Williams,
4 95
4 95
John E. Westgate,
2
2 00
George L. Turcott,
2
30
ANNUAL REPORT.
NON-RESIDENTS.
TAUNTON.
Edward W. Macomber,
3 92
32 99
36 91
Nathan Clark,
5 18
5 18
George Seekel,
2 47
2 47
I. F. Dean,
16 88
16 88
James H. Wade,
I 35
I 35
Charles F. Johnson,
5 40
5 40
Edward T. Macomber,
I 26
I 26
David C. Dean,
4 50
4 50
James I. Dean,
4 05
4 05
Charles W. Padelford,
36
36
Wm. Burt,
2 25
2 25
Benjamin Burt,
2 70
2 70
Samuel B. Chase,
5 40
5 40
David W. Dean,
12 50
12 50
Jacob Eldridge,
I
I3
I
I3
Charles Baylies,
8 33
8 33
Lewis Bragg,
7 43
7 43
Phillip E. Williams,
27
27
Enoch Goff,
68
68
Sylvia Hathaway's heirs,
68
68
Enoch Hathaway's heirs,
68
68
George Hart,
45
45
John W. Hart,
5 63
5 63
Edward O. Hart,
4 73
4. 73
James E. Hart,
I 35
I 35
Lysander Hart,
I 35
I 35
Henry B. Macomber,
3 60
3 60
Samuel W. Macomber,
4 05
4 05
Wm. F. Macomber's heirs,
45
45
Stephen Pierce,
18
18
Oliver A. Pierce's heirs,
18
18
Wm. Price,
6 75
6 75
David Padelford,
I 35
I 35
Elizabeth Padelford,
90
90
Bernard Quigley's heirs,
90
90
Alpheus Sanford's heirs,
2 61
2 61
Sina Williams and others,
4 05
4 05
John E. Sanford,
2 25
2 25
Abraham Shores,
I 35
I 35
Lloyd Williams,
2 70
2 70
George Williams,
7 20
7 20
31
ANNUAL REPORT.
James Wetherell,
4 28
4 28
A. White & Co.,
6 75
6 75
Jacob B. Phillips,
3 15
3 15
Job Hamer's widow,
I 80
I 80
Lysander Soper,
45
45
Elkanah Hathaway,
9 90
9 90
David F. Strange,
90
90
Alexander H. Williams,
45
45
Abial B. Staples,
4 73
4 73
Israel French's widow,
90
90
Abbey Cobb,
3 60
3 60
Emily C. Williams,
6 30
6 30
Albert Pitts,
8 78
8 78
Alexander Burt,
54
54
Eliza A. Washburn,
8 10
8 10
Elizabeth Duffee,
4 50
4 50
Wm. A. Haskins,
45
45
Thomas Doyle,
2 70
2 70
Sarah J. Hathaway,
5 85
5 85
Phebe Staples,
81
81
Arthur Jones,
5 85
5 85
Caroline M. Call,
5 40
5 40
George E. Whiting,
2 97
2
97
FREETOWN.
Charles H. Briggs' heirs,
2 25
2 25
Daniel H. Cudworth,
45
45
E. P. Hathaway and Evins,
2
25
2 25
Charles Eddy,
68
68
Jonathan Gurney,
54
54
Charles E. Hathaway,
2 25
2 25
Joseph D. Hathaway,
7 65
7 65
Nichols & Sampson,
I 80
I 80
Gilbert N. Nichols,
3 60
3 60
James Winslow,
I I3
I
I3
John D. Wilson,
2 75
2
75
Apollos Webster's heirs,
I7 ] 19
17
19
George B. Williams,
18
18
Henry D. Clark,
5 18
5
18
George Pierce & Brother,
80
I 80
LAKEVILLE.
Clothier Allen's heirs,
4 95
4 95
John F. Allen,
13 50
13 50
John Allen's heirs,
54
54
Susan Strobridge's heirs,
3 60
3 60
32
ANNUAL REPORT.
William Canedy,
6 30
6 30
Jeremiah Murphy,
8 10
8 10
Job Pierce,
18
18
Ethan E. Pierce,
2 79
2 79
Henry C. Pickens,
4 50
4 50
James P. Pierce,
3 60
3 60
Wm. C. Pierce,
2 70
2 70
Wm. & C. A. Pierce,
45
45
NEW BEDFORD.
Daniel K. Andros,
13 50
13 50
Charles D. Burt,
45
45
Ella R. Thomas,
J
I3
I
I3
S. B. Hamlin's heirs,
2 70
2 70
Caroline Morse,
2 03ª
2 03
J. Augustus Brownell,
35 55
35 55
Frank S. Macomber,
I 80
4 28
6 08
DIGHTON.
Wm. W. French,
I 80
I 80
Shove & Perry,
6 30
6 30
Charles N. Simmons,
9 81
9 81
Darius White,
45
45
Noble S. Simmons' heirs,
3 5I
3 5I
James E. Standish,
45
45
Noah Chase,
4 95
4 95
Isaac N. Babbitt,
4 50
4 50
Lewis M. White,
2 48
2 48
Lewis M. White, guardian,
23
6 48
6 71
Charles E. Carr,
II
03
11 03
PROVIDENCE.
Wm. Seekel,
90
90
Jane Wrenche's heirs,
2 25
2 25
Frank E. Chester,
9 00
9 00
Joseph W. Puffer,
7 20
7 20
MISCELLANEOUS.
Abbie Chase, Portsmouth, R. I.,
3 60
3 60
Jonathan Crane, Illinois,
90
90
Sumner Thompson's heirs, Vt.,
4 05
4 05
John Crane's heirs, Cambridgeport,
8 55
8 55
Benjamin F. Chase, Brockton,
13 5°
13 50
Mary E. E. Elsbree, Westport,
13 50
13 50
33
ANNUAL REPORT.
Ambrose Hathaway's heirs, Brighton,
I
58
I
58
Enoch Sanford, Raynham,
I
58
I 58
Maria A. Strange,
68
68
Ellen Anderson, Waltham,
2 48
2 48
Simeon Winslow, Foxboro,
27
27
Old Colony Railroad, Boston, Mass.,
36 00
36 00
Oliver E. French, Newport,
14 63
14 63
Amelia Paul, Hollis, N. H.,
1 13
I 13
Wm. Morse, Canton,
6 98
6 98
Isaac Fish, Onset,
3 60
3 60
Wm. B. Dolonson, Fall River,
9 00
9 00
REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Berkley.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 13TH, 1891.
LIST OF JURORS PREPARED BY THE SELECT- MEN FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Alfred Pierce, Thomas N. Hathaway,
George W. Cummings,
Nathaniel G. Townsend,
Charles W. Cook, Gideon H. Babbitt,
Charles E. Chace,
Calvin T. Crane,
Asa W. Reed,
Thomas T. Burt,
George L. Turcott,
Charles O. Thrasher,
Orin H. Atwood,
Thomas A. Briggs, Peter L. Chace, George S. Clark.
TOWN FARM.
The examination of the accounts was made Feb. 13, 1891, and the monthly receipts and sales are as follows :
35
ANNUAL REPORT.
From Feb. 15, 1890, to
CREDITS.
DEBITS.
March 1, 1890,
$17 43
$24 08
For the month of March,
64 97
57 10
April.
77 49
78 69
May,
46 62
81 96
June,
39 12
68 45
July,
32 89
69 08
August,
44 19
50 26
September,
75 16
75 37
October,
56 76
49 96
November,
144 35
52 00
.
December,
78 53
76 11
1891 January,
86 40
56 06
To February 13,
19 98
17 32
$783 89
$756 44
756 44
Balance in favor of Town, $27 45
The Superintendent's service for the year ends the 31st of March, 1891, his salary being $200 per year.
We understand him that there are no debts against the town except a doctor's bill.
At present there are four inmates at the Almshouse, Irvin and Howard Cummings, eight and nine years old, and Lillian Staples and child. John Westgate died, March 12, 1890.
Persons receiving aid outside of the Almshouse : Sally Cummings, $1 per week ; Abby Cummings, 50 cents per week; Sarah Macomber, $1 per week; Simmons' family, $10 per month ; Fred. W. French, $3.25 per week at Taunton Lunatic Hospital.
The barn, porch and henhouse at the farm are in a very bad condition for the want of shingling, and should
36
ANNUAL REPORT.
be attended to at once, as the framework of the buildings are becoming rotten by delay.
Twenty-five tramps have stopped over night at the farm during the year.
APPRAISAL OF STOCK, HAY, FARMING UTEN- SILS AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
2 horses,
$135 00
9 cows,
288 00
4 shoates, 22 00
18 tons of hay,
234 00
1 ton salt hay,
10 00
1 hay cutter,
3 50
1 harrow and hay rack,
4 00
1 horse rake,
19 00
5 hay forks and 2 rakes,
2 00
4 shovels,
2 00
1 pair hames and tackle,
2 00
Harnesses,
22 00
Ladders and tug hook,
2 50
4 whiffletrees, 1 wrench,
2 75
1 express wagon,
10 00
1 farm wagon,
15 00
8 chains, 2 iron bars, 2 sledges,
5 00
1 grindstone and wheelbarrow,
2 50
1 small wagon, 4 00
6 scythes, 5 snathes, 2 corn cutters,
6 00
70 fowl,
45 50
8 cords of wood at door,
28 00
2 horse blankets, 2 robes, 4 00
37
ANNUAL REPORT.
1 lot fertilizer, 1 75
Furniture in tramp house,
2 50
2 plows and cultivator, 7 00
1 horse sled, shingles, 1 step ladder,
5 00
1 grain cradle,
3 50
4 bu. meal, 2 bu. corn and shorts,
5 50
Corn and rye, 4 00
4 saws, 3 axes and 1 hatchet,
4 50
3 hoes and 1 pick,
1 00
Cabbage and small potatoes,
2 50
12 bu. potatoes, $15, turnips, $1.50,
16 50
175 pounds of pork, 8c.,
14 00
45 pounds of ham, 12c.,
5 40
2 churns and wringer,
5 00
18 bu. ashes, 2 cider and 1 pork barrel, 6 50
Lot of barrels, 1 50
One oil can and oil, 1 00
Boxes and moulds, 1 00
2 milk pails, 19 milk pans, 3 50
40 pounds of lard, 4 00
Large iron kettle, 4 jugs and lantern, 2 50 3 wash tubs, 1 80
1 lot of beans and rye meal,
2 00
1 lot of hard soap, 1 set of measures, 4 50
1 wash-board and 2 wash-boilers,
2 50
7 beds, bedsteads and straw beds,
28 00
1 bed spread, 12 comfortables, 1 quilt,
13 00
14 pillow slips, 17 bed sheets, 10 00
3 bed blankets, 15 towels, 5 00
3 stoves and pipes and copper tank, 28 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
3 screen doors and oil stove, 5 50
Carpet and 2 clothes horses, 4 00
2 clocks and 3 looking-glasses, 3 00
4 kettles, spider and griddle,
3 00
4 lamps and steel-yards,
2 25
Groceries on hand,
8 00
Crockery and tin-ware,
10 00
4 tables and 20 chairs,
7 00
4 bureaus, brace and bits,
7 25
Appraisal, 1891, $1,111 70
1890,
1,082 05
WILLIAM BABBITT, Selectmen
HERBERT A. DEAN, of
PETER L. CHACE,
Berkley.
REPORT
OF THE
Town Clerk for 1890.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF BERKLEY 1890.
Child's Name.
Earle Whitaker,
Born Feb. 6, 1890.
Frank E. Terry, Born May 2, 1889. No name, Born April 26, 1890. Albert E. Shaw, Born Sept. 23, 1890.
Mildred Phillips, Born Oct. 23, 1890.
Parents' Name.
Frederic Whitaker,
Ella Whitaker,
Frank B. Terry,
Anna H. Terry,
J. A. Smellie, E. D. Smellie, Chas. E. Shaw,
Grace E. Shaw, D. Benjamin Phillips, Carrie L. Phillips.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF BERKLEY 1890.
April 2. Samuel W. Phillips of Berkley, to Louise M. Thrasher of Taunton. Married by E. A. Lyon, Berkley.
June 9. Charles E. Shaw of Berkley, to Grace E. Fisher of Taunton. Married by E. C. Bass, Taunton.
July Curtis F. Cummings of Taunton, to Idella Angell of Berkley. Married by E. Dawes, Lakeville.
6.
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Aug. 12. D. Benjamin Phillips of Berkley, to Carrie L. Terry of Freetown. Married by R. M. Pea- cock, Somerset.
Aug. 14. Charles A. Macomber of Berkley, to Elizabeth M. Nickerson of Lakeville. Married by G. H. Flinn, Berkley.
Oct. 11. Lester C. Moranville of Lakeville, to Julia Borden of Taunton. Married by B. A. Chew, Berkley.
Nov. 9. Alton A. Allen of Fall River, to Ella M. Mosher of Berkley. Married by J. E. M.
Wright, Berkley.
Nov. 26. Thomas T. Burt of Berkley, to Laurilla A. French of Berkley. Wright, Berkley.
Married by J. E. M.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF BERKLEY 1890.
Name.
Date.
Y.
M.
D.
Disease.
Nancy E. White,
Jan. 10
62
7
21
Pneumonia
Saralı A. Butters,
Jan. 18
83
2
6
Elijah Wilbur,
Jan. 19
87
0
24
John S. Staples,
Jan. 21
64
4
13
Bronchitis
Harriet J. Marble,
Mar. 5
68
0
0
Johanna Driscoll,
Mar. 10
80
0
0
Oliver F. Seekell,
Mar. 12
57
0
8
Cancer.
John Westgate,
Mar. 12
70
0
0
Gangrene.
Mary M. Pierce,
Mar. 20
49
11
20
Scirrhus
Darius Sandford,
May 14
88
9
20
George W. Pittsley,
June -
30
1
20
Drowning Peritonites
Saralı Crane,
June 12
58
6
6
Obadialı Lawton,
June 25
80
0
0
Hepatites
Clarence H. Sylvester, Aug. 9
0
3
1
Hercules Dean,
Oct. 21
55
5
20
Phthisis
Selden N. Bowen,
Oct. 31
30
0
0
Blood Poison
Hannalı B. Burt,
Nov. 2
71
11
7
Heart Failure
Lucinda F. Phillips,
Nov. 5
63
8
13
Dropsy
Caroline Burt,
Dec. 1
82
0
0
Old Age
Eliza Hoxie,
Dec. 26
78
4
14
Heart Disease.
GILES L. LEACH, Town Clerk.
TREASURER'S
REPORT,
For Year Ending Feb. 15, 1892,
TOGETHER WITH A
LIST O TAXES
FOR 1891-92
OF THE
TOWN OF BERKLEY.
TAUNTON, MASS .: PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF C. H. BUFFINGTON, 1892.
Treasurer's Report.
FOI THE YEAR, FROM FEB. 15, 1891, TO FEB. 15, 1892.
RECEIPTS.
h in reasury, Feb. 15, 1891, $653 91
Gurney, Checks for Sally Cummings, 72 00
nk Macomber, Auctioneer's License, 2 00
Everett Cudworth ..
2 00
1
.. Hathaway, credit, for Darius Sanford,
1890, 4 80
1. Mosher, Agent on Town Farm, 8 00
Hired, Machinist National Bank, 1,600 00
Oyster Note. 1,525 00
Fish Note, C. N. Simmons, 53 00
" J. W. Thrasher, 50 00
Use of Myrick's Hall, W. G. Simms, 12 00
Fines from Dist. Court, Jones & Terry Case, 20 00
Town of Raynham, 4 00
A. M. Alger, Fines due from Dist. Court, 15 00
James Pierce, Children attending Myrick's School, 8 25
Hay from Town Farm, 4,210 lbs., at $12 per ton, 25 26
Corporation Tax, 1891, 266 22
National Bank Tax, 1891, 888 81
Military Aid, Chap. 279,
177 00
State .6 66 198 00
301,
Dog Fund, 118 86
State School Fund, 387 73
Uncollected 'Taxes of 1890,
TOI 97
Am't assessed for State, County and Town
'Fax for 1891. 4,461 85
- -$10,655 69
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TOWN OFFICERS.
J. D. Dillingham, School Committee, 1890, $25 00 Wm. Babbitt, Selectman from Feb. 14 to March 4.
.9 50
G. L. Leach, recording Births, Deaths and Marriages for 1890,
P. C. Porter, Auditor and Horse hire 1890 3 00
G. L. Leach, attending meeting to register voters, six times,
9 00
C. T. Crane, School Committee from Jan. 31, to close of school year, 1890-91, 9 50 Peter L. Chase, Selectman, Feb. 16 to ()ct. 1, 1891, 24 95
Peter L. Chase, Selectman, cash paid out. 1 05
Gideon Myrick, Assessor for 1890, 38 75
G. I .. Leach, Town Clerk from (ct. 3. 1890 to Sept. 7, 1891, 21 50
G. L. Leach, express on books, stamps and stationery, 5 55
C. W. Cook, Selectman, Overseer of Poor, from March 14 to Sept. 8, 1891, 16 10
C. W. Cook, cash paid out for stamps and stationery, 2 15
Andrew J. Briggs, Constable at State Elec- tion, 1 50
G. L. Leach, Assessor for 1891, 37 50
C. T. Crane, School Committee from
March 10, 1891, to Jan. 30, 1892, 24 00
Peter L. Chase, Selectman and Overseer of Poor, up to Feb. 15, 1892, 25 50
Peter L. Chase, cash paid out, 1 25
C. W. Cook, Selectman up to Feb. 15, 1892, 17 50
N. H. Strange, Collector and Treasurer, 1891, 100 00
HI. A. Dean, Selectman and Overseer of Poor, up to Feb. 15, 1892, 25 50
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P. C. Porter, Auditor for 1891, 9 50
Mary LeP. Corey, School Committee up to Feb. 10, 1892, 19 50
Rollin: H. Babbitt, School Committee up to Feb. 15, 1892, 27 50
Kollin H. Babbitt, cash paid out, 40
Julius C askins, Inspector, State Election, I 50
( ' .. Crane, Ballot Clerk, .
I
50
N .- T. Bowen, Inspector, ..
I 50
Albert W. Strange, 6.
1 50
Gid on Myrick, 6.
66
1 50
$472 40
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS.
M. G. Mosher, Town Farm agent, 1890, $200 00
G. L. Hammond, care of Town Hall up to Feb. 15, 1892, 8 75
Interest, Machinist National Bank, 6 63
J. T. Horton, tending draw to B. & D. bridge, from Jan. I to Apr. 1, 1891, 18 00
A. L. Hathaway and others, fighting forest fires, 2 75
T. T. Burt and others, fighting forest fires, 8 25
S. W. Luther, repairs on buildings at Town Farm, 1 00
1 Irving Anderson, work on School House No. 4. 40
C. H. Buffington, ballots, Mar. 1891, 2 75
Sanders & Buffington, lumber and pickets, 38 12 W. G. Simms, freight on stove pipe, 25
Wm. H. Burke, horse for Town Farm, 100 00
P. A. Pierce, labor inside Town Hall and stock furnished, 26 50
Interest, Machinist National Bank, 12 50
Otis A. Thayer, 54 posts at .20 for Myrick's School House lot, 10 80
Ebenezer Macomber, labor on School House No. 7, 1 55
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Ebenezer Macomber, building fence round S. H. Lot, 26 69
3 Notes, Machinist National Bank, 1,600 00
Taunton Lumber Co., shingles for Town Farm, 64 00
Sanders & Buffington, nails, 3 13
G. H. Lincoln, wagon for Town Farm, 55 00
Int. Machinist National Bank, 18 29
Nelson Blinn, shingling Town Farm barn,
32 25
'Town of Middleboro' Care of Fish, 20 00:
C. H. Buffington, printing reports, 46 10
Nelson Blinn, building wood-shed to school House No. 4, 145 CO
Taunton Lumber Co., lumber for barn at Town Farm, 1
: 41
Geo. F. Pratt, County tax, 633 92
T. H. Seekell, serving dog warrants 1891, 5 00
Nelson Blinn, labor on School-houses, Nos. 3 and 5, 4 50
James F. Clark, painting on School-houses 90 hours, 18 00
George S. Cummings, painting on School houses 90 hours, 18 00
John A. Read, painting on School-houses 80 hours, 16 00
T. O. Falvey, criminal cases, 14 67
Warren F. Butler, repairing ballot box, I 05
James A. Tinkham, repairs on ballot box, 2 00
H. A. Dean, transportation of ballot box to and from Taunton, I 50
F. R. Washburn, material for painting School-houses, 45 80
Crowell & Savory, material for painting at Town Farm, 4 73
George S. Clark and others, labor at School- house No. 7, 4 35
M. G. Mosher, Town Farm agent, part pay 1891, 28 00
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Wm. Boyce, labor on buildings at Town Farm, II 60
State Tax, 345 00
C. T. Crane, administering oath to Assessors, 25
G T Hammond, services and fuel for Town meeting, 1 50
Mary R: nond, cleaning School Houses, 1, 2, 6 and 7, 9 50
Eliza Terry, cleaning School Houses, 3, +, and 5, 7 50
F. R. Washburn, shellac and paint for No. 5 3 35
T, ' !. Burt, moving safe from Weir to B. Common, 1 50
G. L. Hammond, cutting bushes on B. Com- mon, 1 50
Timothy French, labor and material on School House No. 2, I 90
J. C. Standish, care of B. and 1). bridge, from April 1, 1891, to Jan. 1, 1892, 56 25
Abatement of Taxes, 1890-1891, 56 95
Cudworth & Davis, lumber for Town Farm hen-house, 20 47
A. L. Hathaway, labor and material on School House No. 3,
1 00
D. S. Briggs,
17 30
H. A. Dean, 1 2 cord wood to Town Hall, 2 00
C. W. Cook, stamps and stationery, 1 54
C. W. Cook, counsel,
3 00
Charles Corey, serving, copying and posting Town Warrants, 1885-6-7-9, 1890-91. 76 00 Charles Corey, Dept. Sheriff in crim. cases, May 1891, 17 48
Charles Corey. Dept. Sheriff in crim. cases, Sept. 1891,
5 30
E. H. Evans, City Marshal, Taunton,
50
N. H. Strange, meeting with Selectmen at Town Hall 28 times 1891-92, 21 00
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M. G. Mosher, money received from Staples Coal Co. for hay, Discount on Taxes for 1891,
25 26
128 44
$4,345 73
BERKLEY AND DIGHTON BRIDGE.
T. T. Burt, labor on bridge, $3 00
Geo. E. Boyce, labor on bridge, 7 00
Eli Wardell, labor on bridge, 1 50
J. C. Standish and others, labor on bridge and material, 30 30
541 80
SOLDIER'S RELIEF.
E. L. Strange for C. F. Staples,
For medicine.
$7 57
For board,
13 80
For clothing,
2 00
G. L. Hammond, digging grave,
3 00
H. T. Washburn, funeral charges, 35 00 Expenses in full for C. F. Staples. $61 37
B. L. Dwinnell, medical attendance for S. W. Phillips, $10 00
Taunton Hospital up to Jan. 1, 1892,
167 13
Expended for S. W. Phillips up to Jan. I, 1892, $177 13
H. T. Washburn, funeral charges for Irving D. Cummings, $15 00
H. H. Sproat, medical attendance, 20 75 Expended in full for Irving D. Cummings, Staples Coal Co., coal for Mrs. M. M. Wellman, $16 00
$35 75
T. A. Briggs, board for Abbie Cummings from Aug. 13, 1890 to Aug. 13, 1891, 26 00
Paid Presbrey Bros. for Mrs. S. W. Phillips, 3 00
Whole amount expended for Soldiers Relief, - $319 25
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POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Allowance made by Selectmen for Sarah Maromber $1.00 per week, paid to Feb. 2, 1892, $54 00
Allowance for Sally Cummings, $1.00 per week, paid to Feb. 6, 1892, 53 00
12 checks for Sally Cummings, at $6.00 72 00
Amount Raid out of Treasury, for Sally Cummings, $125 00
Taunton Lunatic Hospital for Fred French, 12 months, $169 16
Simmons family from May 15 to July 15, 20 00
Tity of Taunton for Simmons family up to Feb. 28, 1891, 70 00
Whole amount paid up to date, $90 00
City of Taunton for burial of Orrin Norcutt, $7 50
Presbrey Bros., goods furnished Chester Hall, 4 00
City of Brockton, for Edwin Macomber, 22 86
H. H. Sproat, medical attendance for
Lillian Staples, 17 00
Clinton Sproat, ointment, 50
Allowance made for Samuel H. Clark, $1.25 per week, paid G. A. Clark for S. H. Clark, I2 50
H. H. Sproat, medical attendance for Hiram Atwood, , 00
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