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Benjamin Donald Milton,. Ann Maria Mckenzie, 25,
23,
Holbrook.
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, 18, Lemuel Augustus Hayward,
35,
Braintree.
Elizabeth J. Owens,
24,
Quincy.
25, Charles Lucine Lamontague,
28,
Braintree.
Johanna Scannell,
27,
Weymouth.
Whole number of marriages, 56.
Birthplace of males: Braintree, 12; other places in Massa- chusetts, 19; Canada, 9; Ireland, 7; Maine, 4; Rhode Island, Vermont, Sweden, France and Scotland, 1 each.
Birthplace of females : Braintree, 10; other places in Massachusetts, 21; Canada, 12; Ireland, 6; Maine, 2; New York, New Hampshire, England, Sweden and Scotland, 1 each.
Place of residence : Males,-Braintree, 40; other places in Massachusetts, 16. Females,-Braintree, 41; other places in Massachusetts, 14; New Hampshire, 1.
Marriages solemnized in Braintree, 19; Weymouth, 16; Quincy, 10; Boston, 4; Randolph and Holbrook, 2 each; Lowell, Dedham and Chelsea, 1 each.
Rev. W. B. Heath, married 5; Rev. A. A. Ellsworth, 4; Rev. E. O. Dyer, 3; S. A. Bates, Esq., 2; Rev. Samuel Morrison, and C. A. Belcher, Esq., 1 each, while 39 were married by clergymen and 1 by a Justice of the Peace of other places in Massachusetts.
Married for the first time, 50 males and 49 females ; for the second time, 5 males and 6 females; while 1 male and 1 female ventured to encounter the perils of matrimony for the third time.
One male of the tender age of 20, and 2 females of the age of 17 and 16, were obliged to obtain the consent of their parents.
Average age of males, 29.62.
Average age of females, 25.6.
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BIRTHS.
1889. NAME.
Jan. 10, Joseph Marcell Rogers,
11, Edward Starr,
19, - Bright,
20, Mary Ellen Sullivan,
24, Mildred Bowditch,
31, Walter Edward Trask,
Feb. 1, Ethel Lillian Smith,
Charles H. and Mary (Campbell) 7, Miriam Frances Holbrook, George H. and Sadie E. (Newcomb) 9, Ibrahim Follansbee Morrison, Walter E. and Edith A. (Follansbee) 11, Alden Wendell Dyer,
12, - Cosgrove,
12, Mary Alice Frazer,
14, Gertrude Azella French,
22, Josephine Washington O'Brien,
Mar. 4, William Henry Delory,
8, Frederick Francis Gerroir,
9, Ida Rachel Silva,
14, Rosa Josephine Dejon,
19, Edward Roche,
20, Maude Eleanor Weeks, 25, Joseph Griffin,
April 5, Lydia Williams Whitcomb,
10, Mary Winifred Leonard,
10, Esther Watson,
14, William McCarthy,
19, Faustine Craig Brackett,
19, Thomas Waldo Herrick,
21, Arthur W. Cass,
22, Eleanor Gertrude Snow,
27, Ellen Janette Cunningham, May 11, Weston Stone,
13, Roy Clayton Denley,
17, Esther May Levangie, 17, Marian Louise Kelley, 22, George Thomas Fogg, June 2, Lottie Maude Johnson,
2, Patrick Donahue,
4, Katie Louisa Condrick,
7, Florence Viola Strathdee, 10, Agnes Taft Baldwin,
16, Willie Francis Kelley,
19, William Allen Penniman,
20, Willard Taylor Brown,
PARENTS' NAMES. Simon and Mary (Pitts) John and Mary J. (Nosmarthy) Guilford and Maggie John and Honora (O'Connor) Edward W. and Lula H. (Teele) Frank and Emma J. (Smith)
Jacob A. and Gracie E. (Thompson) Albert E. and Maria Jeremiah and Katie E. (Frazer) Azel R. and Sarah L. (Porter) Michael and Josephine (Lee) Simon and Annie (Delory) George and Anna (Levangie) Harry and Annie (Hann) Simon and Mary (Cota) Thomas H. and Mary E. (Healy) James T. and Addie S. (Gilman) Michael and Julia (Griffin)
Charles G. and Nettie H. (Lloyd) Patrick and Isabelle (Beaton) Thomas A. and Elizabethı (Kimball) Richard and Elizabeth (Hogan) Foster H. and Annie B. (Nason) Thomas W. and Elizabeth (Hall) Arthur W. and Lillie E. (Patterson) Andrew C. and Edwina E. (Stuart) William H. and Mary E. (Dennehy) Charles H. and Jennie B. (Elliott) John and Hattie B. (Ananny) John D. and Ella (Delory) John and Mary J. (Lowson) George E. and Sarah E. (Pope) Frederick E. and Hannah L. (Harnish) Thomas and Charlotte F. (McIntosh) Edward P. and Mary A. (McCue) David G. and Anna B. (Broadburn) Charles and Agnes (Taft) Maria Kelley
Nathan A. and Isabelle M. (Faulkner) Willard P. and Mary J. (Taylor)
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1889. NAME.
June 29, Ann Maguire Killian, 30, - McDonell,
July -, Robert C. Bower,
Thomas and Ellen (Moils) Daniel and - (Perow) Elisha D. and Sarah A. (Cook) 5, Catherine Mahoney, Andrew F. and Catherine T. (Goffe) 7, John William McGlincy, 9, James Willis Macdonald, Bernard and Margaret G. (King) Willis R. and Mary F. (Carroll) 11, Mary Ellen Cota, Hubert and Maggie (Decose) 13, Walter A. Moreland, Joseph E. and Maria A. (Corbett) 15, Helen C. Woodman, George M. and Lydia A. V. (Smith) 18, Annie Bridget Whitney, William and Mary (Wilde) 22, Theresa Healy, Timothy F. and Mary (McMahon) 24, Arthur Andrew Hewitt, Joseph E. and Elizabeth (Frazer) 28, Lester Warren Hazelberg, Arthur T. and Lucy J. (Whiting) Charles L. and Sarah A. (Kelley) 16, Frank Jacob Call, William M. and Bertha C. (Ewell) 18, Charles E. Frazer, Charles and Rose (Brien) 18, John Edward Pitts, John and Annie (Vigneaux) 21, Almira Gage Wixon, Amos R. and Lydia G. (Coffin) 27, Joseph Aston Hollis, Joseph D. and Susie L. (Hill) 29, Margaretta Little Faxon, Cushing B. and Henrietta S. (Wardwell) 29, Thomas Henry Griffin,
Michael and Mary E. (O'Connell) Alfred C. and M. A.
30, Lucy M. Hicks,
Sept. 2, Edward Joseph Lane,
3, Lena Louisa Carver,
4, Rachel Connah,
4, John Eliner Morrison,
10, Marguerite Frances Packard, 14, - Hill,
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15, Ruth Gladys Sampson,
21, Bessie Mabel Tirrell,
22, Edwin Wesley Borden,
Oct. , 6, Hubert Moses Brow,
8, Martha Amelia Bennett,
11, Carrie F. Bunker,
12, Abbie Llerena Allen,
16, Ida May Moir,
18, Dorothy Russell Bates,
Nov. 6, Martin Francis Dillon,
8, Marie Fletcher Pickering, 17, John Lynch,
20, Herbert Ellis Holbrook, 20, Joseph Edward Smith,
24, May Stevens,
28, Royal Andrew Pace,
28, Theresa Donahue,
PARENTS' NAMES.
James and Alice (Havey) William A. and Sarah L. (Huff) Samuel and Cecile (Kopette) John and Jennie (Williams) Charles E. and Mary A. (Briody) William and Elizabeth (Carmichael) Josephus and Mary E. (French) Lewis H. and Mary H. (Clayton) Herbert W. and Emma (Grigg)
Moses and Annie (Gerroir) Henry and Amelia (Delory) Joshua M. and Nancy A. (Goodnow) William and Emma F. (Jones) William H. and Mary J. (Spinney) Charles S. and Sarah H. (Merrill)
Daniel and Kate (Gill) Charles H. and Emma F. (Tower) Mary J. Lynch James F. and Amanda J. (Savil) George E. and Olive V. (Brow) James and Sarah Charles A. and Mary (Long) Peter and Margaret (Morrill)
Aug. 6, George L. Abell,
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1889.
NAME.
Dec. 2, Ruth Putnam,
2, William Prescott O'Rourke,
2, Emma Frances Greenough,
11, Isaline Mabel Sherman,
12, Paul Albert Dowd,
16, Elsie McDowell,
24, George Henry Lahey,
26, - Revere,
30, Effie Grace Horgan,
PARENTS' NAMES.
Benjamin W. and Mabel A. (Snow)
John and Rosanna (Devereaux) Abraham and Annie G. (Harnish) Daniel H. and Nannie S. (Hayden) Paul and Teresa (Long) Robert and Alison T. L. (Lowson) David and Mattie (Rogers) Frederick A. and Ida M. (Bailey) Lawrence F. and Effie G. (Bishop)
Whole number of births in 1889, 100.
Males, 50; females, 50.
Birthplace of fathers: Braintree, 16; other towns in Massa- chusetts, 28; Canada, 21; Ireland, 15; Maine, 6; England, 4; Russia, 2; New York, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Ohio and Scotland, 1 each ; unknown, 3.
Birthplace of mothers : Braintree, 15; other towns in Massa- chusetts, 33; Canada, 27; Ireland, 10; Maine, 4; England, 3; New York, Rhode Island and Russia, 2 each; Scotland, 1; un- known, 1.
DEATHS.
~AGE.
1889.
NAME
BIRTHPLACE.
Y.
M.
D.
Jan.
5, William Hearn,
Roxbury,
37
5
7
12, Edward Starr,
Braintree,
-
2
15, Maria A. (Parker) Wood,
Rhode Island,
70
9
25
25, Frances E. (Collins) Smith,
Connecticut,
71
2
7
25, Walter H. Dexheimer,
Braintree,
-
3
1
Feb.
5, Nellie W. Hill,
21
5
1
7, Warren E. Goodnow,
1
3
16
11, Susan J. (Bates) Stoddard,
66
60
1
21
11, Mehitable S. (Hayden) Hunt,
66
69
4
.21
11, Mary H. (Tower) Marston,
Canton,
52
4
25
16, Lillian F. Spear,
Maine,
4
6
6
19,
Arthur R. Oldham,
New Jersey,
1
0
15
22,
Mary (Thayer) Dyer,
Braintree,
89
1
14
Mar.
5, John S. Walker,
Rhode Island,
23
-
-
7, Joseplı Gunning,
England,
76
1
-
21, Caroline (Hobart) Maginnis,
Braintree,
81
-
22, Patrick Donahue,
Ireland,
60
27,
Mildred Bowditch,
Braintree,
-
2
3
29,
Sarah (Gardner) Burrell,
So. Reading,
82
4
4
-
78
- AGE.
1889.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y.
M.
D.
April 4, Elijah Benjamin,
Canada,
77
2
28
11, Mary Winifred Leonard,
Braintree,
-
2
18, Ida I. (Rowell) Holbrook,
21
7
20
30, Emily E. (Bowditch) Littlefield,
66
47
11
1
May 11, Robert A. Wilson,
Derby, Vt.,
61
13, Salmon F. Jenkins,
New York,
59
9
10
16, Irene J. (Littlefield) White,
Braintree,
68
0
14
26, Mary A. (Mundy) Morrison,
66
31
8
2
June 14,
Alden Bowditch,
66
79
-
19, Catherine (Ray) Buckley,
Ireland,
52
28, William R. Penniman,
Braintree,
68
8
9
29, Abigail (Mason) Swett,
Dedham,
91
2
12
30, Amos Benjamin,
Holbrook,
10
2
24
July 1, Ann (Maguire) Moils,
Ireland,
57
8
-
-
9
11
6,
Catherine Mahoney,
Braintree,
62
8
24
23, Nathaniel P. Pettibone,
New York,
40
3
12
15,
Marion L. Kelley,
-
2
29
16,
Catherine (Healy) Gannon,
Ireland,
94
-
66
63
17, Eliza J. Levangie,
Nova Scotia,
4
19, Lois (Holbrook) Thayer,
Randolph,
86
10
3
20, Charles E. Frezer,
Braintree,
2
20,
Sarah E. (Beals) Bennett, Unknown,
Unknown,
-
22, Lucinda (French) Willett,
Braintree,
78
10
17
22, Willa M. Sturgis,
Cotuit,
-
9
13
23, Michael Finnegan,
Ireland,
81
31, Arthur B. Dorety,
Braintree,
7
4
5
Sept. 2, Robert C. Bower,
Newton,
2, George E. Cole,
Randolph,
19
7
26
10,
Peter Lowson,
Scotland,
68
-
16, Sarah Osterweil,
Braintree,
-
11
19
Oct.
1, Thomas Hill,
Ireland,
73
-
7, Ebenezer F. Howard,
Randolph,
60
8
7
22, John Long,
Ireland,
59
4
10
27,
Charles A. Lund,
Andover,
39
2
20
Nov.
7, Carrie F. Bunker,
Braintree,
-
-
27
12, Jonathan B. Wood,
Seekonk,
76
10
2
21, Martin Bannon,
Randolph,
48
11
-
25,
Arthur W. Cass, Jr.,
Boston,
-
7
4
66
-
-
Aug. 3, Arthur Lynch,
Braintree,
-
3
12
17, James Nettleton,
-
Pr. Ed. Island,
31
-
20,
5, Ellsworth Locke,
Lowell,
1
8, Catherine T. (Howard) Reed,
Boston,
9, Alice E. Browning,
7
66
-
2
-
79
1889.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y. M. D.
Nov. 28,
John W. A. Dean,
Medfield,
73
6 13
28, Eunice T. (Penniman) Lakin,
Braintree,
77
7
19
Dec. 6, John M. Scott,
Ireland,
67 6
-
8, Joseph E. Smith,
Braintree,
-
17
19, Ruth Hilliard,
Dorchester,
1
6
24
20, Jonathan W. Wales,
Braintree,
77
2
18
29,
Mary E. Gillespie,
66
17
7
26
Stillborn, 3; making in all 73.
Of the above, 21 were under 5 years of age ; 1 between 5 and 10; 3 between 10 and 20; 3 between 20 and 30; 5 between 30 and 40 ; 3 between 40 and 50; 5 between 50 and 60; 11 between 60 and 70; 11 between 70 and 80; 5 between 80 and 90; and 2 over 90.
Average age, 41 years.
Males 39 ; females 34.
Single, 28; married, 28; widowed, 12; unknown, 2.
Born in Braintree, 31; other places in Massachusetts, 19; Ire- land, 9; Canada, 3; Rhode Island and New York, 2 each ; Con- necticut, Maine, New Jersey, Vermont, England, Scotland and unknown, 1 each.
The birthplaces of the parents were as follows:
Fathers .- Braintree, 12; other places in Massachusetts, 17; Ireland, 16; Canada, 7; England, 4; Maine, 3; Scotland, Con- necticut and Vermont, 2 each; Austria, New Hampshire, Illi- nois and Rhode Island, 1 each; unknown, 4.
Mothers .- Braintree, 11; other places in Massachusetts, 24; Ireland, 12; Canada, 8; Maine, 3; Rhode Island, New Hamp- shire, New York and England, 2 each; Connecticut, South Carolina and Scotland, 1 each; unknown, 4.
Buried, in Braintree, 26; Weymouth, 17; Quincy, 9; Boston, 7; Randolph, 4; Chelsea, 2; Holbrook, Dedham, Cotuit, Brock- ton, Carver, North Adams, Connecticut and unknown, 1 each.
Causes of death: Consumption, 9; pneumonia, 6; paralysis, 5 ; heart disease and cholera infantum, 4 each ; apoplexy, anemia
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and stillborn, 3 each; marasmus, diphtheria, bronchitis, old age, cystitis, premature birth, cachexie, dementia and epilepsy, 2 each ; convulsions, brain disease, Bright's disease, gangrene, inflamma- tion of bladder, drowned, cirrhosis of liver, encepalitis, general debility, membraneous colitis, cancrum oris, diarrhœa, measles, railroad accident, congenital malformation, meningitis and frac- ture of femur, 1 each.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
REPORT OF FIRES.
The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department reports to the Town Clerk the following fires which occurred during the year 1889 :
March 23. Brush land of Hollis & Thayer. Damage, $75. Cause, accidental.
April 27. Cotton mill of heirs of E. A. Hollingsworth. Oc- cupant, B. F. Smith. Value of building, $500. Damage, $25 on building and $75 on contents. Fully covered by insurance. Cause, accidental.
May 8. Hennery of S. W. Hollis. Value of building, $200; of contents, $250. Total loss. No insurance. Cause, explosion of lamp.
July 13. Dwelling house of Alexander McGaw. Value of building, $600; of contents, $300. Damage to building, total loss ; to contents, $250. Insurance on building, $900; on contents, $300. Cause, explosion of a kerosene oil stove.
December 31. Engine house of Old Colony railroad. Value of building, $3,000. Damage to building, $15. Fully insured. Cause, unknown.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN RECORDS.
NORFOLK, ss. To either of the constables of the town of Braintree, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Braintree, on Monday, the fourth day of March, 1889, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the report of the several town officers, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year, and also to vote on the following question, as required by Chap. 54 of the Acts of the year 1881, namely : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 5. To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring money for any purpose.
ART. 6. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To see if the town will accept the jury list as made by the Selectmen.
ART. 8. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $150, and pay the same to the General Sylvanus Thayer Post, G. A. R., for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses of memorial services on Memorial Day.
ART. 9. To see how the town will vote to pay the members of the Fire Department.
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ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be needed to pay the interest on the water bonds and for the sinking fund established for the pay- ment of said bonds.
ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to charge interest on all taxes that remain unpaid after a certain date.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote, in connection with the town of Weymouth, to enlarge the waterway at Smelt Brook, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 13. To see if the town will take any action relating to sewerage or drainage.
ART. 14. To see if the town will elect six Trustees of the Thayer Public Library, in accordance with the provisions of Chap. 304 of the Acts and Resolves of the Legislature of 1888.
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to lay a new floor in the Town Hall, and appropriate. money for the same.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to pave the gutters on Monatiquot Heights, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 17. To see if the town will appoint a committee to consider the best method for lighting the streets and public buildings of the town, and to report thereon at any town meeting held thereafter.
ART. 18. To see if the town will take into consideration the matter of enlarging the waterway at Cart Bridge, and to take such action thereon as may be deemed necessary.
ART. 19. To see if the town will accept that portion of Tremont street, extending from Taylor street to Central avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 20. To see if the town will accept Bowditch street, leading from Front street, in the East part of the town, as now laid out. 4
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to change the title Thayer Public Library to Braintree Free Public Library.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to purchase two hook and ladder trucks, remodel the engine houses in the East and
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South parts of the town fit for the occupancy of the same, and appropriate the sum of $3000, to defray expense of same.
ART. 23. To see if the town will widen, straighten and build retaining walls on Quincy avenue, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 24. To see if the town will choose a committee to select a location and get plans and specifications for the erection of a High School building in the North part of the town.
ART. 25. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to compensate B. J. Loring, Jr., for losses incurred by him while in performance of his duties as constable of the town.
ART. 26. To see if the town will sell a strip of land on the easterly line of the poor farm about fifteen feet in width on the street, running back to nothing about fifty-five feet from said street.
ART. 27. To choose, in accordance with the provisions of Chap. 123 of the Acts of the year 1877, three discreet persons by ballot, whose duty it shall be to inspect the Monatiquot river, to cause the regulations respecting fisheries therein to be carried into effect, and to prosecute all violations thereof.
ART. 28. To see if the town will accept Standish avenue as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate $150 to build the same.
ART. 29. To see if the town will accept Myrtle street, Spruce street and Vine street, as shown upon a plan of land belonging to Edward Reed, made by Charles A. Pierson, in September, 1887, and as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 30. To see if the town will accept the new road leading from a point on Middle street, opposite the residence of George Wales, to a point on Union street, opposite the residence of John Rennie, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money to build the same.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to build a sidewalk on Hancock and Washington streets extending from the residence of Michael Brandley to that of the heirs of John H. Thayer, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
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ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to build an armory for Company K, and choose a committee and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 33. To choose any committee or hear the report of any committee, and act thereon.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days, at least, before the time of said meeting, and by publishing once in the Braintree Observer.
Hereof fail not, but make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.
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ANSEL O. CLARK, J. FRANKLIN BATES, NATHANIEL F. HUNT, Selectmen of Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss. BRAINTREE, February 23, 1889.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Braintree herein described, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine public places in the said town of Braintree, seven days before the time set for said meeting; and have likewise caused the said warrant to be published in the Braintree Observer once before the time of said meeting.
HORACE FAXON,
Constable of Braintree.
A TRUE COPY.
Attest :
SAMUEL A, BATES, ,
Town Clerk.
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BRAINTREE, March 4, 1889.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the meeting was called to order, and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Ansel O. Clark was appointed to check the list, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 1. The ballot having been taken by the use of the check-list, it was found that Francis A. Hobart had been unani- mously chosen Moderator, and he was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 2 was laid on the table.
ART. 3. Voted, That the highways and bridges shall be re- paired for the ensuing year, under the direction of three Survey -. ors of Highways.
ART. 4. Voted, To proceed to the election of the following town officers on one ballot, namely: Town .Clerk ; Treasurer; three Selectmen, who shall be Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways; one Water Commissioner for the term of three years; two School Committee for the term of three years ; three Auditors ; three Fence Viewers; and twelve Constables ; and also at the same time vote on the question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Nathaniel F. Hunt was appointed to take charge of the box for the reception of ballots on the question of license, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Polls were declared open at 8h. 12m. A. M.
Moderator appointed as tellers to assort and count the votes : Charles C. Mellen, Douglas A. Brooks, Ibrahim Morrison, Albert R. Hobart and John M. Beals; and they were sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted, That a committee of nine be appointed by the Modera- tor, to report what appropriations are necessary to be made to defray the expenses of the town the ensuing year.
Moderator appointed George H. Arnold, James T. Stevens, Ansel O. Clark, Albert E. Avery, Francis H. Crane, Edward O. Pierson, Ebenezer F. E. Thayer, George D. Willis, Asa French.
Voted, That the polls shall be closed at one o'clock P. M .; and at that time they were declared closed.
The tellers having completed their work, the Moderator de- clared the result of the ballots as follows, namely :
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Whole number of votes, 640.
For Town Clerk, -Scattering, 1; Samuel A. Bates, 634; and he was declared elected, and sworn by the Moderator.
Town Treasurer, - Scattering, 1; Andrew J. Bates, 639; and he was declared elected, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways, - Scattering, 3; J. Franklin Bates, 283; Ansel O. Clark, 637; Nathaniel F. Hunt, 634; R. Allen Gage, 348; and Ansel O. Clark, Nathaniel F. Hunt and R. Allen Gage were de- clared elected, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
School Committee for three years, - Rebecca H. Morrison, 634; Ann M. Brooks, 633; and they were declared elected, and afterwards accepted the office.
Constables,-Scattering, 12; Howard M. Hobart, 638; Joshua M. Bunker, 638; Gilman D. Whittaker, 638; Albert Hobart, 638; Joseph S. Marsh, 638; Thomas Downey, 637; James A. Rey- nolds, 634; Edwin L. Curtis, 631; Horace Faxon, 629; B. J. Lor- ing, Jr., 625; Henry B. Vinton, 622; John Kelley, 594; and they were declared elected, and Howard M. Hobart, Albert Hobart, Thomas Downey, James A. Reynolds, Edwin L. Curtis, Horace Faxon, B. J. Loring, Jr., and John Kelley were after- wards sworn by the Town Clerk. The others declined to accept the office.
Auditors, - Scattering, 1; George D. Willis, 639; John M. Beals, 636; Alverdo Mason, 626; and they were declared elected, and were sworn by the Town Clerk.
Fence Viewers, - Scattering, 1; Freeman G. Crosby, 640; John V. Scollard, 636; J. Franklin Bates, 627; and they were declared elected, and Freeman G. Crosby and John V. Scollard were sworn by the Town Clerk.
J. Franklin Bates having declined, Josiah Penniman was elected to fill the vacancy, and he was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Water Commissioner for three years, - Scattering, 1; Joel F. Sheppard, 270; John V. Scollard, 358; and John V. Scollard was declared elected, and 'accepted the office.
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Whole number of ballots, 369. Yes, 90; No, 279.
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There being two John Kelleys upon the voting list, it was voted that the "John Kelley of Quincy Avenue," is understood as having been elected Constable.
Conrad Mischler was elected Constable by ballot, in place of Henry B. Vinton, declined, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted, To choose three Measurers of Grain.
Willie J. Loring and J. Marcus Arnold were chosen, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
J. Francis White was also chosen, and afterwards declined.
Voted, To choose four Weighers of Hay.
Martin L. Tupper, J. Marcus Arnold, Peter B. Lowson and James H. Finegan were chosen, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted, To choose three Measurers of Lumber.
Martin L. Tupper, Benjamin J. Loring, Jr., and George H. Hol- brook were chosen, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted, To choose one Measurer of Leather.
Albion C. Drinkwater was chosen, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted, To choose Five Measurers of Wood.
J. Marcus Arnold, Martin L. Tupper, Edward J. Carroll, Ed- ward M. Wight and William Allen were chosen, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted, To choose three Field Drivers.
John W. Mulcahey, William C. Daniels and Walter E. Mor- rison were chosen, but all declined.
Voted, That one Pound-keeper be appointed by the Selectmen.
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