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Peter F. Hagerty, burying horse .
3 90
John P. Lovell, costs in Station Street
case
43 31
S
95
Paid J. B. Barker, painting and lettering sign-boards
$15 08 J. C. Wendell, dinners for 5 persons, election, Precinct 4 2 50
J. C. Wendell, suppers for Registrars . 3 75
J. C. Wendell, team for Town Clerk . 75
Dr, Cutting, examination Totman
horse . 4 00
Weston H. Cushing, sign-boards, Ward 2 . 6 75
Bicknell & White, sign-boards, Ward 1, 7 11
N. D. Canterbury, service as Moder- ator at 3 special meetings ·
10 00
Wilmot Cleverly, notifying town offi- cers 2 00
George F. Maynard, notifying town officers 4 50
Joseph Totman, selling Pleasant Street Schoolhouse . 3 00
Henry A. Nash, postage stamps and postage . 7 80
Henry A. Nash, railroad fares and ex- penses . 16 41
William Nash, postage stamps and postage . 4 01
Oran White, committee fire-tug inves- tigation . 2 00
George L. Wentworth, professional services . 5 00
W. G. Nash, stationery, etc., for Town House . 4 89
George O. Miller, janitor, service for Registrars, Ward 1 . 1 00
W. A. Drake, returning 20 births 5 00
W. A. Drake, examination £ John
Curran . 5 00
96
Paid John A. Raymond, election services and expenses to Quincy . $3 50
John A. Raymond, stationery, postage, etc. 6 80
John A. Raymond, 172 burial permits, 17 20 Loud & Lovell, stationery for Select- men and Town Clerk 6 50
D. M. Field, janitor, services for Col- lector, Ward 2 1 00
D. M. Field, janitor, services for Reg- istrars, Ward 2 2 00
Weston H. Cushing and Evan J.
Evans, per contract, for working the widening, change of grade, etc., of Washington Street, per order of County Commissioners . 700 00
George W. Fay, returning 16 births 4 00
G. D. Bullock, returning 9 births 2 25
J. C. Fraser, returning 60 births 15 00
J. E. Rice & Son, returning 41 deaths, 10 25
Evan J. Evans, setting curbstones,
Ward 2 . 18 60
John Stack, cleaning Smelt Brook 1 00
Michael Griffin, cleaning Smelt Brook . 1 00
Patrick Whelan, for tree 1 50
Jacob Baker, stationery and postage . 4 00
Jacob Baker, railroad fares, horse hire, and expenses . 26 00
Quincy L. Reed, C. E., services . 72 50
D. J. Pierce & Co., stationery for As- sessors . 3 80
George A. Cushing, railroad fares, horse hire, stationery, postage, and expenses . 54 85
E. Bourk, expressage town reports 75
· Geo. Lovell, cedar posts for sign-boards. 4 85
97
Paid Joseph Poulin, nails for sign-boards, $0 20
James B. Ford, distributing town re-
ports .
4 00
C. F. Vaughan, lunch for officers 2 25
$3,849 36
CR.
By J. H. Stetson, Treasurer, C. F. Vaughan's
bill refunded '. $2 25
2 25
$3,847 11
APPROPRIATIONS.
For Jan. 1, 1887, to April 1, 1887 .
$1,800 00
April 1, 1887, to April 1, 1888 . 3,000 00
$4,800 00
Balance unexpended
$952 89
MILITARY AID.
UNDER CHAP. 301.
Paid Mrs. Frances M. Baker $48 00
Howard Baker and wife 48 00
John F. Bates and wife 72 00
Eliza J. Soule 48 00
Mrs. Caroline M. Blanchard
48 00
Alonzo Blanchard 36 00
Thomas Brady . 36 00
Charles H. Burrell, 2d 48 00
Mrs. Adella J. Burrell 48 00
Mrs. Christiana Benson 24 00
Mrs. Mary A. Buttermore
48 00
Mrs Elizabeth Carlton 48 00
Mrs. Rachel J. Clapp
48 00
Mrs. Mary Corr
36 00
Mrs. Caroline S. Crocker
48 00
Mrs. Abigail F. Cummings
48 00
William A. Clark
72 00
Alfred T. Cushing
48 00
Mrs. Philena A. Pratt
48 00
Elias H. Deere . 36 00
John C. Eldridge
48 00
Mrs. Annie Fox 48 00
Mrs. Rosina B. Foss 48 00
Mrs. Ellen Fraher 48 00
Edward B. Gardner 72 00
Jacob Gardner, Jr. 36 00
Thomas Grant 18 00
Mrs. Julia Gilligan
48 00
Mrs. Joanna Healey .
24 00
Mrs. Jane T. Holbrook 24 00
Patrick Howley . 36 00
Riley E. Jenkins 48 00
Joseph Lama ·
48 00
99
Paid George F. Lord
$36 00
Mrs. Eliza Josephs
24 00
Mrs. Ruth R. Jones .
48 00
Mrs. Lucinda B. Lewis
24 00
Mrs. Maria E. Looney
48 00
Mrs. Ellen Lynch
24 00
Sanford Makepeace
36 00
William McNair
48 00
Patrick Murra and wife
52 00
Terrence Murphy and wife .
72 00
Mrs. Martha Miller
48 00
Frank H. Miller
48 00
Thomas Nightengale .
72 00
William J. Pedman and wife
96 00
Alfred Peterson .
72 00
Benjamin F. Pratt, 2d
48 00
Mrs. Hannah T. Pratt
48 00
Josiah M. Pratt
48 00
Mrs. Narrissa H. Pratt
48 00
Mrs. Mary Perry 48 00
Mrs. Maria F. Pray
24 00
Mrs. Betsey Prouty .
48 00
Mrs. Catherine J. Rea
24 00
Benjamin F. Robinson and wife .
48 00
George W. Russ and wife
72 00
John Roachman
54 00
Charles W. Raymond
48 00
Samuel J. Ross
36 00
Edward Slattery
60 00
Mrs. Mary Slattery .
24 00
Mrs. Mary S. Sewall .
48 00
Mrs. Avis A. Smith .
24 00
Mrs. Amealin W. Sylvester
48 00
Sargent L. Stoddard . 48 00
Christopher P. Tower 48 00
Mrs. Joanna Taylor . .
48 00
Mrs. Emily P. Thayer ·
48 00
Mrs. Henrietta Thayer
16 00
100
Paid Mrs. Lydia J. Vining $48 00
Mrs. Hannah P. Willett
8 00
Mrs. Lucy C. Wrightington
48 00
Patrick Ward
44 00
John A. Loud
62 00
Mrs. Jane B. Estes
44 00
Jeremiah Quinn .
32 00
Mrs. Vesta R. Bates . 48 00
Warren W. Pope and wife .
50 00
Martin Murphy .
24 00
John Gorman
. 42 00
Benjamin F. Pratt and wife
56 00
Charles H. Allen
18 00
Mrs. Mary Mahoney .
20 00
John W. Dalton and wife
8 00
George F. Hayden
12 00
$3,776 00
Appropriation
4,000 00
Balance unexpended
$224 00
UNDER CHAP. 252.
Paid Patrick Connors, 2d .
$112 00
William H. Clapp
72 00
Jason Gardner .
80 00
Benoni Gurney .
48 00
Samuel V. Holbrook .
80 00
James Jackson .
18 00
Samuel R. Loud
31 00
Edward Morris .
38 00
Thomas Maguire
86 00
Samuel Pool
80 00
Warren W. Pope
16 00
Hiram Porter
32 00
James E. Rowell
6 00
Frederick M. Shepherd
72 00
Solomon W. Wright .
96 00
Robert A. Walch
104 00
Elbridge Lyman Leach (Brockton)
104 00
101
Paid George Holbrook (hospital) $181 76
William R. Rogers (hospital)
188 94
Clinton F. Pope
12 00
Frederick La Forest
48 00
William E. Reid
16 00
Matthew Reed
54 00
Thomas Grant
24 00
James Smith
12 00 $1,611 70
Due from the State (half) .
$805 85
town (half) .
805 85
$1,611 70
Appropriation (no appropriation for amount due from State)
1,000 00
Expended in excess
$611 70
STATE.
DR.
To military aid, paid under Chap. 301 . . $3,776 00
To military aid, paid under Chap. 252 805 85 .
$4,581 85
J. H. STETSON, Treasurer.
DR
To cash refunded, on miscellaneous account $2 25
J. H. STETSON, Treasurer. CR.
By 1,563 orders drawn by the Selectmen, as fol- lows, on account of appropriations . $102,082 60
For notes given in anticipation of taxes . 35,000 00
For State and National Bank tax . 11,933 39
For note due March 27, 1887 ·
.
3,000 00
-$152,015 99
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TRIAL BALANCE.
DEC. 31, 1887.
DR CR.
Schools
$36,927 23
New schoolhouse, Ward 2
12,671 89
New schoolhouse lot, Ward 2
807 13
Highways .
13,876 57
Fire Department
1,862 23
Police Department
2,311 79
Town House
251 41
Tufts Library
1,642 27
Suppressing the illegal sale of intox- icating liquors 189 70
Printing and advertising 874 25
Discount and remittances ' 4,549 03
Interest and discount
2,123 49
Hydrants and fountains
7,700 00
Procuring plan of sewerage
288 30
Bills payable, balance
$62.092 00
J. H. Stetson, Treasurer, balance notes approved
62,092 00
Bills payable. notes paid
38,000 00
J. H. Stetson, Treasurer, cash refunded,
2 25
Memorial Day 300 00
Town Officers
6,470 25
Military Aid, due from State
4,581 85
Military Aid, Chap. 252, Town one- half
805 85
Miscellaneous
3,847 11
J. H. Stetson, Treasurer, orders drawn by the Selectmen 152,015 99
State and National Bank tax
11,933 39
.
$214,107 99 $214,107 99
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TABULAR STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1887.
Object of Appropriation.
Amount Appropriated.
Amount Expended.
Unexpended Balance.
Expended in Excess of Appropriation.
Support of Schools
$45,362 79
$36,927 23
$8,435 56
New Schoolhouse, Ward 2 .
13,145 00
12,671 89
473 11
Lot, New 66
66
2 .
1,229 75
807 13
422 62
Highways-General Repairs,
7,300 00
7,091 83
208 17
Removing Snow,
3,000 00
1,268 95
1,731 05
East St.
500 00
575 00
$75 00
Putnam St.
675 00
675 00
Jackson Sq.
300 00
300 00
Broad St. Bridge,
100 00
82 25
17 75
Prospect St.
1,000 00
960 23
39 77
Summer St.
300 00
300 00
Front St. Bridge,
200 00
287 70
1 87 70
Columbian Sq.
600 00
881 61
281 61
White St
200 00
200 00
Hingham and Quincy Bridges,
600 00
900 00
300 00
Land damage
700 00
354 00
346 00
Fire Department .
3,150 00
1,862 23
1,287 77
Police Department
2,400 00
2,311 79
88 21
Suppressing Illegal Sale In- toxicating Liquors
214 55
189
24 85
Town House
400 00
251 41
148 59
Tufts Library
1,642 27
1,642 27
Printing and Advertising
1,600 00
874 25
725 75
Discounts and Remittances,
5,100 00
4,549 03
550 97
Interest and Discount .
2,800 00
2,123 49
676 51
Hydrants and Fountains
7,700 00
7,700 00
Procuring Plan of Sewerage,
300 00
288 30
11 70
Memorial Day
300 00
300 00
Town Officers
6,100 00
6,470 25
370 25
Miscellaneous Expenses
4,800 00
3,847 11
Miscellaneous Expenses (re- funded)
2 25
950 64
Military Aid, Chap. 301
4,000 00
3,776 00
224 00
Military Aid, Chap. 252
1,000 00
1,611 70
611 70
$116,719 36
$102,082 60 $16,363 02
$1,726 26
1,726 26
16,363 02
$118,445 62 $118,445 62
TUFTS FUND.
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE FUND WAS DONATED, BY THE LATE QUINCY TUFTS.
LECTURE FUND.
Deposited with Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, $5,000, at 4% interest :-
January, 1887. By cash received for in- come on same $200 00
January, 1888. By cash received for in- come on same 200 00
By balance from 1886 8 88
DR $408 88
March 3, 1887. To Cash paid expenses in- curred in securing lecturers, course of 1886-87 $5 00 5 00
Balance on hand January, 1888 . $403 88
LIBRARY FUND.
Deposited with Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, $2,500, at 4% interest :
January, 1887. By cash received for in- come on same $100 00
January, 1888. By cash received from in- come on same 100 00
DR. $200 00
January, 1887. To cash paid A. S. White, Treasurer . $100 00 January, 1888. To cash paid A. S. White, Treasurer . 100 00 $200 00
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READING-ROOM FUND.
Deposited with Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, $2,500, at 4% interest : -
January, 1888. By cash received for in-
come on same .
$100 00
By cash, balance 1887
40
$100 40
Dr.
January, 1888. To cash paid sundry bills,
per receipt
$87 16
87 16
Balance on hand January, 1888 .
$13 24
SHADE TREE AND SIDEWALK FUND.
Deposited with Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, $2,000, at 4% interest :-
January, 1887. By cash received from in- come on same $80 00
January, 1888. By cash received from in- come on same ·
80 00
By balance from 1886
35 37
DR. $195 37
January, 1887. To cash paid sundry per-
sons for labor, etc. $111 29
111 29
Balance on hand January, 1888 .
$84 08
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NORTH WEYMOUTH CEMETERY ASSOCIATION FUND.
Deposited with Massachutetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, $1,000, at 4% interest : -
January, 1887. By cash received for in- come on same . $20 00
January, 1888. By cash received for in- come on same 20 00
$40 00
DR.
January, 1887. To cash paid Henry New-
ton, Treasurer $20 00
January, 1888. To cash paid Henry New- ton, Treasurer 20 00
$40 00
Vouchers for all payments made on account of this fund are held by the chairman of the Board of Selectmen, by whom the pay- ments were made.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor of the town of Weymouth respect- fully submit their annual report, with the Auditors' appraisal of almshouse property and a statement in detail of the expense of supporting the poor of the town, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1887.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cummings still continue in charge of the almshouse, and the manner in which the same has been managed by them has given entire satisfaction to the Overseers. Their ser- vices have been secured for the coming year, at a salary of $800, which, when the nature of the service rendered by them to the town is considered, appears to be a very reasonable compen- sation.
The increasing infirmities of the older members of the house- hold, consequent to advancing years, together with the admission of newer cases, some of which more properly, perhaps, should be placed in hospitals, has greatly over-taxed the strength of our very efficient matron, thereby making it necessary to employ more help than usual in the house the past year, and it has been thought ad- visable, so long as the condition and requirements of the inmates remain as they are at the present time, to employ some competent person as an assistant to our matron.
There has been one birth in the house the past year, and two deaths have occurred, viz. : that of Mr. Jarius White, a boarder, and Michael McCann, who had a settlement in Boston.
The receipts from the farm during the year, owing to the failure of the potato and root crop, has not been as satisfactory as usual. This, with the increased amount paid for help in the house, shows in the increased cost of maintenance of the inmates. The amount of assistance rendered to poor out of the house has been reduced nearly $500 from last year, although the applications for assistance have been more numerous. The claims of cities and other towns for assistance rendered to our poor shows a slight increase, which
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is on account of some bills of 1886 not being received in season for last year's report.
One of our insane patients at hospital has died, and one has been placed in the hospital during the year .* The expense of main- tenance of the insane is somewhat less than last year, but the coming year will probably show an increase. A committee of our Board have visited most of our patients of this class, but none of them were found in such condition as would permit of their removal to our almshouse.
Edwin Maybury, M. D., has served as Town Physician during the past year, at a salary of $248, and has given very general satisfac- tion. His services have again been secured for the coming year, at the same salary.
Bath-tubs, water-closets, and soapstone tubs, for laundry pur- poses, have been put into the house the past year, the expense of which will be found under head of " Improvement Account."
The cost of maintenance of the town's poor for the year has been $12,561.60, and for all other payments on account of poor, $2,290.09, making the total expenditure on poor account $14,851.69, leaving the unexpended balance of the appropriation, $1,605.76, to cover expenses to April 1, 1888.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. A. CUSHING,
HENRY A. NASH, JACOB BAKER, HENRY LOUD, WILLIAM NASH,
Overseers of the Poor.
ALMSHOUSE SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES FOR 1887.
Inventory of Dec. 31, 1886 $5,774 25
Paid Haskell & Adams, for groceries . 417 68
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, for coal . 243 06
Joseph Loud & Co., for coal . 264 93
Ambler & Hobart, for grain 608 59
* And three more since January 1.
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22 . 7 26.30 32 06
Paid J. H. Stetson, Treasurer, for water
rent
$32 00
W. G. Nash, for groceries . 420 08
Russell & Burk, for repairing boiler, 11 34
Fuller, Leonard & Small, 300 feet hose, and nozzle 152 50
Eliza L. Howe, for wood
124 25
Z. T. Nash, for wood
41 25
J. Hubbard & Co., disinfectant
3 25
Matthew Lynch, for labor . 12 00
Josiah Martin, for meat, etc. 266 93
S. W. Pratt, stove, etc. 32 90
C. Ahlf, for farm wagon
195 00
C. Ahlf, for repairing .
23 35
Joseph Poulin, blacksmith work
60 95
Thomas South, blacksmith work .
49 88
Andrew Tracy. for fish
33 53
- Totman, for bread, etc. 16 28
Jos. Loud & Co., for weighing . 50
Jordan, Marsh & Co., for dry goods
7 21
Geo. T. Rand, for dry goods
25 07
F. A. Sulis, for dry goods, etc ..
122 19
Timothy Smith, for clothing, etc. 26 30
Estate G. S. Baker, for hardware, etc. 33 14
E. H. Pray, for shoes, etc. . 105 43
Viram Cummings, services on farm
185 15
Dennis Cohen, services on farm . 131 10
John W. Gillion for care Mr. Gammon, 51 00
Harriet Gammon, for care of Mr. Gam-
mon
104 00
John Welsh, repairing harnesses, etc. . 39 10
C. H. Thompson, per bills . 22 05
A. L. Hobart, manure, etc. .
52 57
Stephen Cain, labor and material 2 50
Charles Vaughan, oysters and crackers, 10 16
Mary Grant, services in house .
54 00
Agnes Morris, services in house . 75 00
1?
600
110
Paid Mollie Lairds, services in house, $37 00
Mary Keeler, services in house 26 50
E. Bourk, expressage . 65
George R. Davis, killing hogs
10 50
James Rice, for clams .
1 90
Louis Nash, dry goods
2 00
Expense to Connecticut for Mrs.
Rosey · 7 68
A. S. Tolman, for vinegar . 7 50
J. B. Howe, town meeting, cake 1 00
William Douse, salt hay
13 10
R. H. White & Co., dry goods 3 25
Patrick Kennard, cutting wood 180 00
Herbert Saunders, cutting wood .
66 00
Bentley, lobsters and clams
2 62
W. K, Baker & Son, supplies and ex- pressage 33 15
S. W. Pratt, dishes, tinware, etc. 12 50
J. G. Worster & Co., supplies 4 37
Cash for coat for Samuel White . 4 00
Bigelow & Douse, supplies . 6, 13
Lowell & Bros., supplies 15 87
Louis J. Hart, shoes .
17 50
J. F. Sheppard & Sons
7 82
Weymouth Gazette (4 years)
8 00
Expense to Boston, sundry times for help 6 20
Vegetables and berries
4 92
John Cohen, shovelling snow 1 80
Dennis Cohen, shovelling snow 2 50
Jerome Rice, shovelling snow · 1 80
Patrick Callahan, 4 days' labor . 8 00
Cash for feeding horses, and dinners 6 40
Martin K. Pratt, Journal 6 00
Cash for expressage on vinegar . 1 50
Mrs. McNair, for washing . 2 40
Cash for fish and clams, and honey, 5 00
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Paid Loring Pratt, for shoes $6 25
Loud & Lovell, for supplies
47 11
J. A. Torrey, for soap
31 67
Cash for fish, clams, and dishes .
3 53
Cash, expense to Boston for girl,
1 90
Michael Delory, mowing salt grass 4 00
F. W. Loud, feeding horses, and dinners, 3 00
Cash for inmates to Fair 4 00
G. F. Curtis's bill
2 50
C. T. Bailey, supplies
4 55
Cornelius Green, for sand
30
Smith & Bates, clothing
32 66
J. S. Johnson, filing saws . 3 60
S. W. Gutterson, use of cart 5 75
A. M. Aldrich, turkeys, Thanksgiving, 7 02
Cobb & Bates, supplies
3 00
Bailey, supplies .
1 85
Cash, expense to Boston for girl
2 45
Mr. Sims's bill . 1 00
Geo. Lovell, for ice
18 40
A. B. Shaw, for wood
13 00
Bryant & Scates, for turkey's 4 24
Cash for leather
4 60
D). J. Pierce & Co's bill
23 55
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber 2 65
Cash for box rent, Post-office 1 00
Cash for turkey and garden seeds 3 00
Cash for expense to Boston, for girl .
2 20
Cash for railroad tickets for P. F. Maguire 1 30
Joseph Cummings and wife, for services, 600 00
Cash on hand, included in inventory 291 76
Town for rent
300 00
$11,777 87
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INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMS- HOUSE, JAN. 1, 1888.
4 horses . $1,000 00
4 cows . 160 00
17 hogs and pigs . 150 00
2 robes
10 00
2 sleds .
50 00
9 blankets
5 00
57 fowls .
42 50
5 surcingles
2 00
1 two-horse cart . 40 00
2 farm wagons 120 00
and cards . 2 00
9 stake chains .
3 00
4 wrenches
2 00
1 set measures 50
2 baskets
1 50
1 pung .
15 00
2 wheelbarrows 7 00
3 hogsheads 2 25
1 roller 5 00
60 empty barrels 5 00
1 wheel drag 15 00
1 mowing machine
50 00
3 kerosene barrels 4 50
4 ploughs .
25 00
2 scythes 75
6 snaths 2 00
1 bush scythe . 50
4 rakes . 75
7 hay forks 2 00
1 two-horse harrow . 5 00
1 one-horse harrow 3 00
4 double harnesses 100 00
1 rope
1 00.
1 single harness . 30 00
2 cart harnesses 20 00
70 vine protectors . 7 50
2 pig boxes 1 00
1 chain harness 3 00
8 spades and shovels, 4 00
6 manure forks 3 00
5 whiffletrees and 8
7 hoes 1 40
1 potato hoe 25
Hames
2 00
1 grub hoe . 50
5 halters
6 00
2 iron rakes 50
1 set lead reins
5 00
3 iron bars .. 3 00
1 new farm wagon 175 00
1 cultivator 5 00
1 horse hoe 00
1 buckling harrow 5 00
2 hay poles 50.
1 hay cutter 4 00
2 grindstones .
15 00
2 ox yokes 00
1 carriage jack 2 00
chains . 10 00
1 ladder hook .
$1 00
1 whip 1 00
2 horse carts .
75 00
1 covered wagon . 40 00
Brush, currycombs,
1 sleigh . 5 00
1 vinegar barrel . 1 00
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4 pickaxes .
$5 00
1 bush hook
1 00
Lot cement
and
plaster 1 00
1 corn sheller .
5 00
1 meal chest and feed trough . 2 00
9 axes
6 00
5 saws and horses
4 00
Beetle and wedges,
2 00
2 hatchets .
1 00
Chest tools .
10 00
2 stone hammers .
1 00
1 set stone tools
3 00
6 ladders
12 00
2 hog hooks
1 00
2 blocks and ropes
1 50
Balances 5 00
1 pair skids
2 00
5 coal shovels .
5 00
Old boiler
15 00
12 tons coal .
72 00
25 cords manure
150 00
87 cords wood .
528 00
28 tons hay .
560 00
3 whitewash brushes, 1 00
6 pails 3 00
600 lbs. salt pork . 54 00
5 bbls. flour 30 00
35 gallons molasses 11 50
140 lbs. lard 14 00
Coffee 8 90
40 lbs. tea 14 28
220 lbs. sugar
15 40
Soft soap 3 00
Grain
15 00
20 bushels potatoes
20 00
3 bushels beets
1 50
10 bushels turnips .
.
$2 50
1 cross-cut saw
.
2 00
·
1 water sprinkler .
75
.
300 feet cotton hose
and 2 nozzles
.
155 00
150 feet rubber hose
.
15 00
Crackers .
50
50 lbs. fish
2 75
50 lbs. sausage .
6 25
2 set kittles
3 00
320 lbs. ham
28 80
Raisins
75
4 jars
2 00
2 butter boxes
2 00
33 bushels beans
8 75
35 bushels cob corn
22 50
Graham flour 2 75
Cabbages
10 00
3 bbls. apples .
7 00
12 lbs. pepper
3 00
5 gallons vinegar .
1 00
30 lbs. butter
9 00
42 lbs'. saleratus
2 94
Kerosene 4 50
6 brooms
2 00
Sauer-kraut .
1 50
2 lanterns
1 00
1 clothes wringer .
3 00
Scales
6 00
72 lbs. tobacco .
30 50
Sole leather .
4 00
Squashes .
5 00
Iron safe .
40.00
Other household fur-
niture 800 00
Cash on hand
291 76
Total .
$5,321 76
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We have also made the following appraisal : -
Town farm (64 acres of land) . $6,400
Buildings on same 10,000
Woodland, about 62 acres 1,300
$17.700
JOSEPH DYER, LORING TIRRELL, FRANCIS AMBLER,
Auditors.
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS FOR 1887.
Cash for board of John O. Foye . $169 00
For board of Nancy Nash 117 00
For board of Hiram Blanchard 32 39:
For board of Michael McCann
16 29
For board of Mrs. Frank H. Stoddard and child 12 86
For board of Patrick F. Maguire
3 80
For board of Mrs. Hannah Pedman, State aid 48 00
From C. H. Thayer, for labor of inmate 21 60
For wood
486 00
For wood and coal
15 38
For pigs
70 50.
For corn and potatoes
46 25.
For squashes
152 72
For milk, butter, and eggs
59 18
For mowing
10 00
For labor on highways, Ward 1
20 90.
For labor on highways, Ward 2
7 70
For labor on highways, Ward 3
25 30
For labor on highways, Ward 4
11 00
For removing snow, Ward 2
42 35
For wood and carting coal to Engine Houses, Town House, and Lock-up 23 75
For wood and carting coal for schools . 431 10.
For wood and carting coal for schools in 1886
355 86.
0
115
Cash for wood and carting coal to outside poor $828 23
For board of Jairus White .
38 43
For labor on Prospect Street .
.
67 50
For labor on Reed's Avenue .
33 00
$3,146 09
Inventory of Dec. 31, 1887, per Auditors' memorandum,
5,321 76
Total
. $8,467 85.
SUMMARY OF ALMSHOUSE.
EXPENSES AND RECEIPTS FOR YEAR 1887.
DR.
To inventory of Jan. 1, 1887 . $5,774 25
Supplies and expenses, per memorandum, 5,103 62
Joseph Cummings and wife, services .
600 00
Town, for rent of farm
300 00
- -$11,777 87
CR.
By receipts from labor, sales of wood, pro-
duce, etc., per memorandum . $3,146 09
Inventory of Dec. 31, 1887 . . 5,321 76
8,467 85
Cost of poor in almshouse for the year . $3,310 02
EXPENSE OF POOR OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.
Assistance to Mrs. William Holbrook, Ward 1, $102 00
Mrs. Albert Ford, Ward 1 . 72 00
Mrs. Asa Hollis, in Randolph, 67 00 Mrs. Daniel Campbell and 3 children, in Cambridge 84 00
Mrs. Cora Ruggles and 3 chil- dren, Ward 1 . 144 00
116
Assistance to Mrs. John McCue and 2 chil-
dren, Ward 1 . $127 88
Miss Elmira F. Pratt, Ward 1, 104 00 Mrs. William Goodwin, Ward 1 36 63
Child of H. Austin Spear,
Ward 1 52 00
Stephen A. Bicknell (blind),
Ward 1 .
68 00
Roger W. Bicknell (blind), Ward 1 68 00
William Wildes, Ward 1 87 50
S. Edgar Burrell's family, in 1885 and 1886, Ward 1 73 51
Mrs. Mary Cunniff and 4 chil- dren, Ward 2 174 25
Mrs. Mary Cahill and 5 chil- dren, Ward 2 . 56 17
Mrs. Mary Donovan and 3 children, Ward 2 33 00
Mrs. Ellen Toomey and 3 children, Ward 2 108 10
Mrs. Daniel E. Looney, Jr., and 2 children, Ward 2 102 75
Mrs. Samuel Wrightington
and 3 children, Ward 2 60 25
Murray children, Ward 2 65 50
Mrs. James Barrett and 4 chil- dren, Ward 2 38 00
Mrs. Herbert H. Burrell and 4 children, Ward 2 123 18
Mrs. Susan Larmey, in 1886 and 1887, and 5 children, Ward 2 164 00
Mrs. Geo. W. Orcutt and fam- ily, Ward 2 30 00
Mrs. I. L. Wing and 2 chil- dren, Ward 2 96 00
117
Assistance to Mrs. John Fogarty and 3 chil-
dren, Ward 2 · $105 48
Thomas Murphy and family, Ward 2 65 12
John C. Morris and family, Ward 2 ·
49 05
Thomas Doran, Ward 2 .7 75
Mrs. Maggie Powers, Ward 2,
17 08
Mrs. Mary Roberts and 2 children, Ward 2 35 13
Mrs. Harriet M. Burrell, Ward 2, 36 00
Mrs. Patrick Weathers and 2 children, Ward 2 84 00
Mrs. Edward Conlin and 4
children, Ward 2 . 27 38
Mrs. Harriet N. Maxim,
Ward 2 .
104 00
William Fogarty, Ward 2 48 00
Frank Drayton and 3 children Ward 2 14 88
D. Collins' children, Ward 2, 5 98
Michael Fogarty, Ward 2 55 89
James Gumb, Ward 2 .
42 06
Mrs. Geo. H. Dunbar and child, Ward 2, . 72 59
John J. Hall, Ward 2 7 13
Augustus Flaherty, Ward 2, . 12 09
Mrs. Bridget Roach, Ward 2, 16 13
Mrs. James B. Pratt, Ward 2,
12 90
Mrs. - Lawton, Ward 2 .
5 13
Edward Dwyer, Ward 2
7 13
Mrs. Benjamin Dyer, Ward 2
10 25
Mrs. Timothy O'Connor,
Ward 3
176 65
Child of Hugh Cronin, Ward 3, 39 00
Child of Edward Kiley, Ward 3 39 00
Child of Oscar Hafley, Ward 3, 9 00
9
118
Assistance to 2 children of Daniel O'Connell,
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