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Cerebro Spinal Men- ingetis.
Feb. 9 Kate (Bryant) Whitehead ..... 10 Olive E. (Eaton) Skinner .. 41 14 David O'Connor .. · 30
0
28
Married
Nova Scotia. ...
Edward and Kate ..... .. Consumption.
78
14
Wakefield .
Jacob and Rebecca ... Daniel and Mary.
Consumption.
14 Benjamin F. Bancroft .. . 71
72
4
Widower ...
Cordwainer ....
Boston ....
Thomas and Mary ...
7 19|JJohn Dean.
22
8
0
Single ... .
Wakefield ...
Joseph and Mary ...
Disease of Brain.
22 Margaret B. Kirk .. 23 Jane Noonan. .
85 87
8
0
Ireland ..
George and Chloe P
Pneumonia.
13 Thomas Mulligan.
31
0
Married .. Single
Wakefield .
George and Mary ..
Bronchitis.
19 Mary E. De Roach. .
0
0
3 0
66
Nova Scotia ....
Amos and Julia ...
Consumption.
Apr. J John M. Froton ..
10
9
Wakefield ...
Charles A. and Emma A .. William D. and Alice S. ..
Diphtheria. Phthisis Pulmonalis.
24 Louisa (McCrate).Laybolt. ...
2
8
Married .
0
Single
Machinist
No. Reading.
John B. and Lizzie F. ....
Scarlet Fever.
May
16 Omar C. Corser. .
30
7
1
Mechanic ..
Wakefield ...
Cyrus and Lucretia J .. ... Henry T. and Annic M. . .. Elijah and Ruby.
Diphtheria.
2
1.
4
3
7 Married ...
Farmer.
Barre, Mass. Wakefield
- and Hannah.
Edward and Mary ...
Pericarditis.
June 7 John Gleason. ....
14
3
5
4
9
28
66
Rattan Worker Ireland .. . Wakefield .
Thomas and Margaret .... John B. and Lizzie F
Typhoid Fever. Scarlet Fever.
49
2
0
Widow .. ...
Ireland ..
Unknown .... Patrick and Catherine.
Consumption. Typhoid Fever.
Mar. 10 Mary (O'Donnell) Doherty .... 12 Mary Chloe Evans.
52
6
Single
Ireland
Michael and Rose ...
Typhoid Pneumonia.
22 Minnie E Sweetser ..
1
0
.
6
12
Somerville .
Dorchester, N.B. William and Mary J
Scotland ...
Unknown. .
Consumption.
27 Moses Spear ... 5 Nellie A. Burditt ... .
8
0 5
26
Thetford, Vt. .. .
16| Havelock A. Carleton ... ... 23 Almon Whiting .... 85 26 Susie M. Green .. 15
Charles W. and Susan E. . Consumption.
27 Cornelia R. (Welch) Tilton .... 30 Patrick F. Butler.
31 4
8
19 6
Single. ..
Deerfield, N. II ..
Consumption.
1
10
Widow ...... Single
Wakefield . .
8 John W. Burditt ..
13
Single .
. Piano Polisher
Ireland ... ..
Gentleman ... Reading . .
Nathaniel and Sarah ..
Paralysis.
[Gland
0
27
| Married ..
.
-2
8 0 11
27
.
..
Alfred I. and Mary E.
Stoppage of Bowels.
Cholera Infantum.
11 Mabel Gannet Lewis .. 20 Frank P. Porter. . 38
N. Hampton, N.II.
Laborer.
Beverly, Mass ...
Addison and Harriet C .. Timothy and Catherine ...
Phthisis. Cancer of Stomach.
Canaan. N. H .... Simon and Sarah H. C .... Consumption.
31 Alice M. (Dodge) Stanford .... 31 Justus A. Anderson ..
9 04= 0
10
Ireland .
Thomas and Bessie .... William H. and Mary A ... Benjamin and Nancy ...
Disease or Cause of Death.
Angina Pectoris. Diphtheria. Rheumatic, Pericar- [ditis.
17 George Packard ...
Pneumonia.
Enlarged Prostate
52
Acute Bronchitis.
Brights' Disease.
11
Date of Death.
Deaths Registered in Wakefield in 1884.
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Yrs
Mos
Dys
1
Heart Disease.
June 9 Richard R. Chesley ..
0
0
3
Single .
15 Frederick A. Ahlert ..
14
6
13
John B. and Hannah M. . . Railroad Accident.
16; Arthur Herbert Wheeler. IS Celia L. (Whiting) Shaw .. ITStrah Wiley.
11
2
9
65
9
16.
Married
Barre, Mass. .... Elijah and Rubv. Leonard and Sally E. John and Bridget .. Wakefield . .
.. |Cancer.
69
8
8
Single .
JIn'y 1|Mary Cuff ..
20
1
12
Widow .
Reading
James and Lydia ...
9
0
1
Single ...
Carver. Mass ....
Hiram B and Hannah S ..
70
3
17
Married
Granville, N. S .. Ezekiel and Elizabeth.
13, Matthew Mather Teprell .. ....
84
11
.18
Single .
Printer & Pub- lisher.
Boston
Matthew M. and Hannah.
21 Elisha S. Oliver ...
11
21
Widower
Saugus . Ireland .
James and Johanna.
25 Catherine ( Casey) Hogan .. 25 Delia P. (Burt) Harnden ...
55
0
18
Wilmingt'n, Mass Thomas and Eunice.
Aug. 1 Charles Davis ..
89
0)
Widower ..
Rope Maker ...
Newburyport .... Derry, N. H. Samuel and Sarah ....
4 Caroline A. (Adams) Perkins .. 64 10: Julia (Sullivan) Barrett. .... 68
0
0
Widow .
Ireland .
Jeremiah and Mary ...
12 Addie Froton. 4. 16
0
0
Single . ..
Nova Scotia.
simon and Frances .. Mark and Lurania.
13, Julia A. (Kelly) Mowry .
73
6
Widow
Mendon, Mass ...
Wakefield .
Joseph W. and Estella C .. Willard L. and Mary A ...
Cholera Infantum. [Diphtheria.
17| Walter J. Hawes ..
6
13 Married .
Gentleman ....
27 Mary E. Williamson .. .
0
7
10
Single
England .
Wakefield :
Harry and Nellie A .
Cholera Infantum.
11| Bridget A. McGlory .. 11 Richard Eager ..
14 72
11
13
11
22
Married ...
Wilmington .... Portland, Me. ... Ipswich, Mass. . Stephen and Martha ....
Paralysis. Consumption. Pneumonia.
11 Henrietta (Burt) Hartshorne .. L5 Mehitable M. (Pennell) Hurd .. 18|El en S.B.(Boardman) Norcross 24 James M. Burrill ..
62
8
77
0
8
Shoemaker ...
Plaistow, N. H ... James and Nancy .....
!Typhoid Fever.
27[Clarinda ( Bailey) Mansfield ... l'Lorenzo D. Bragg. Oct.
75
11
20
Gentleman . ..
. Springfield, Vt. . Nicholas and Sally .... ... Dysentery.
l'Lydia (Knight) Stimpson .. .
88
7
10 Widow
Stoneham Elisha and Lydia. IHeart Disease.
.
.
90
10
8
Heart Disease.
Apoplexy. Congestion of Liver.
71 57
0
0
Widow
Brights' Disease. Chronic Rheumatism
50
Consumption. Ossification of Heart and Dropsy.
13 Joseph A. Locke .. ..
0 5
Single .
7
jilyde Park. ...
.
Huddersti'ld, Eng William and Martha ...
Cancerous Tumor. Cholera Infantum.
Sept. 2 Trances L. Keating. 3 Leslie Miller Foster ..
0
1
0
Single
Wakefield James and Isabella .. Henry and Frances .....
Cholera Infantum. Marasmus.
1
29 6
James and Margaret ...... Richard and Margaret .. Charles and Mehitable ... Josiah and -
Typhoid Fever.
22 0
53 74
0
12
Andover, Mass. . Samuel and Sally .. . Pneumonia.
Age.
Condition.
Occupation.
Birthplace.
Names of Parents.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Wakefield.
William W. and Martha A
William and Elizabeth .... |Diphtheria.
.. .
Enteritis. Hemorrhage of Old Age. [Lungs.
12 Sally( Boutwell) Deadman. . 1H Arnold C. Tillson .. 17/Tamar (Foster) Randall. .
Joseph and Hannah.
11
10
Married
15 0
21 Richard Sykes .
Daniel S. and Susan ..
Tumor. Apoplexy. Apoplexy. Phthisis Pulmonalis.
1
8
----
Oct. 2| Benjamin Rice ... 8 Alexander Stewart.
51
73
5
8 Widower ....
Cotton Spinner Glasgow, Scot.
11 William J. Daniel.
0
5
14
11
25
0
0
16 Lizzie A. Mahoney ...
19
3
26 Single .
Topsfield ...
17 Ereck Anderson ...
1
8
0
Single
22
5 8
2.
Married
Carpenter ....
Limerick, Me .... Andrew and Martha ... .
26 Cyrus A. Philpot .. 29 Frank P. Tibbetts:
58 38
1
7
.
74
6
27 07,
Single .
Chair Maker ... Boston ...
Wakefield .... .
Michael and Annie ... . Enteritis.
10 John J. McTigue.
1
11 10
11
Widow .. Married .. .
Shoe Packer ... Laborer .
Ireland .
Jeremiah and Lizzie. .
Lung Fever.
Dec.
2 Daniel Murphy. .. 6 Charles McHugh.
78
0
0
Shoe Maker ...
Ireland .
James and Mary. .
.
12
1
8
Single .
4
7
3
Married
Asst. Cashier. . | Methuen.
George W. and Olive ....
. Paralysis. Uterine Cancer.
19 Eliza A. (Green) Hutchinson .. 23 Margaret (Stanton) Smith .. ..
50
9
19
30
0
0
Ireland . . ..
-- and Mary ... . Phthisis.
29 Josephine Anderson ..
0
0
2 Single .
41
0
0
Married
Ireland
Charles and Julia.
Interlobular Emphy-
31 Ellen (M.Carthv) Sullivan. .
.
4.3
9
0
Widower
Shoe Maker ... So. Reading .....
Caleb and Hannah B. .
Apoplexy.
Nov. 1 Noah Eaton. . 5 Daniel E. Whalen. .. .
24
7
19
Samuel and Elizabeth .... . Bronchitis.
13 Eunice (Nichols) Wiley .. . 75
Typhoid Fever.
18 George Abbott ... . 51
2
8
Rheumatism of Heart
51
Halifax, N. S. .. .
Frank and Ellen.
Phthisis Pulmonalis.
S Annie Blythe.
Michael E: and Mary A ...
Scarlet Fever.
14 Mary T. Goodwin.
15 Charles H. Hill. . 77
10
26
St. Albans, Vt ... Lewis and Polly ... .
.
. Pneumonia.
Single .
Wakefield ..
James and Marian Rue. .. Consumption and Neuralgia. Inflammation of . Paralysis. [Bowels. Typhoid Fever. . George and Euphemia. .... Samuel and Ellen ... John and Martha ....
0 0 Married .
Nova Scotia . ..
Ireland . ..
Typhoid Fever.
26 0
21
Married
Rattan Worker| Sweden ..
Andreas and Eva.
Cornelius and Bridget .... Convulsions.
19| Cornelius Hickey, Jr .. · 22| Walter Henry Wenzel. ·
0
Inflammation of Brain
John A. and Rose M. .
.
Ephriam and Nancy ...
Heart Disease. Pernicious Auacmia.
Chair Maker. . . Gloucester. ...
Daniel and Mary A ...
[Phthisis. . ·
Wakefield .
Dennis and Mary A . ... .. Typhoid Fever. .
14 Mary (Hardiman) Fitzgerald ..
15 Eliza J. (McKee) Guinan.
14 |Married ..... ]Ship Carpenter Charlestown ...... | John and Freelove ..... 6
Wakefield
John A. and Josephine A. Inanition. [sema.
Wakefield ...
Benjamin and Lydia ... .
52
RECAPITULATION.
Births registered in 1884,
146
Males,
66
Females, .
80
Nativity of Parents.
Fathers.
Mothers.
Born in Wakefield,
18
10
other towns in United States,
45
64
British Provinces,
32
27
Germany,
5
3
66
Ireland,
31
30
England,
9
7
Sweden,
2
1
66 Scotland,
2
2
Norway,
0
1
Unknown,
2
1
Total,
.
146
146
Marriages registered in 1884,
82
Nativity.
Grooms.
Brides.
Born in Wakefield,
12
14
66
United States,
46
42
British Provinces,
13
15
Ireland,
6
5
66
England,
.
1
1
Sweden,
1
0)
Unknown,
1
1
82
82
First marriage,
64
72
Second, “
.
.
·
18
9
Third,
.
.
()
1
82
82
.
.
.
.
4
Scotland,
.
-
63
Number under 20 years of age,
0
9
between 20 and 30, 57
58
30 and 40,
12
11
40 and 50,
7
3
50 and 60,
3
1
60 and 70,
3
0
Deaths registered in 1884,
99
Males,
51
Females, .
48
Total,
99
Average-37 years, 5 months, 10 days.
Number under 5 years, .
23
between 5 and 10,
4
10 and 20,
.
10
20 and 30,
6
30 and 40,
8
40 and 50,
3
50 and 60,
10
60 and 70,
7
70 and 80,
15
80 and 90,
6
90' and 100, .
1
Still-born,
C
Total,
99
Nativity.
Born in Wakefield,
37
United States,
36
Ireland,
14
66 British Provinces,
England,
2
Scotland,
2
66 Sweden,
1
Total,
.
99
.
·
82
82
.
·
·
.
.
.
-
.
54
DOG LICENSES.
Number of dogs licensed in 1884.
165
Males,
20
Females,
. $330 00
Tax on 165 males at $2,
100 00
20 females at $5,
$430 00
Deduct Clerk's fees,
37 00
$393 00
. 393 00
Cash paid County Treasurer,
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk.
185
55
AUDITORS' REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1884-5.
For Town Debt, $5,000 00
Interest on Town Debt,
3,200 00
Support of Schools,
16.200 00
School Contingent Expenses,
2,000 00
Hamilton School House, . $4,000 00
Bal. from appropria- tion 1883-4, . 2,877 63
6,877 63
Support of the Poor,
5,500 00
Fire Department, ·
3,072 00
66
Hose (Special),
900 00
Town House Expenses,
1,800 00
Street Lamps,
1,400 00
66 Albion Street (Special), 50 00
Salaries of Town Officers,
2,725 00
Board of Health, 1883-4,
50 00
Night Watch,
1,800 00
Miscellaneous Expenses,
3,300 00
Highways and Bridges,
5,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$58,874 63
56
Amount brought forward,
$58,874 63
Concrete Sidewalks,
1,000 00
Crossings and Gutters, 500 00
in School-house Yards,
500 00
Rental of Hydrants,
3,000 00
Lowry Hydrant-head,
150 00
Memorial Day,
200 00
Beebe Town Library :
Regular, $500 00
Dog-tax, 1883-4, 317 77
817 77
Public Reading Room, .
350 00
Expenses of Fish Committee,
25 00
Transportation of Cannon,
100 00
Common and Park Improvements :
Bequest of Cornelius
Sweetser, . $10,000 00
Bal. of appropriation
1883-4, . 9,810 00
19,810 00
School Text Books and Supplies, .
3,000 00
Purchase of Land adjoining Greenwood School-house,
250 00
Grading of Yard, Greenwood School- house, .
250 00
Main Street Fountain, . .
.
200 00
Total,
$89,027 40
$
NOTE .- Of the above appropriations the sum of $7,197 00 was voted at Town Meetings held since the Annual Meeting.
!
57
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS,
April 7th. Appropriation authorized, . $16,200 00
Expended as follows :
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Paid Walter C. Hill, Principal High School, $1,715 25
F. B. Richardson, Assistant, 300 00
C. A. Bacon, 66 600 00 66 ·
Miss Martha Keith, 66 700 00
Mrs. M. E. Wentavorth, Advanced Gram., 750 00
Extra 6 50
Miss A. S. Perkins, 1st Grammar,
313 76
Miss S. F. Hamblin, 1st Grammar, .
321 00
P. A. Gay, 2d Grammar,
.
131 25
Miss I. H. Howe, 2d Grammar,
137 50
Miss Helen L. Gay, 2d Grammar, .
165 00
G. A. Tyzzer, 2d Grammar, .
210 00
Miss Almira A. Stearns, 1st Primary,
150 00
Miss S. E. Thompson, 1st Primary, 372 50
Miss Emma L. Randlett, 2d Primary, 150 00
Miss M. E. Emerson, 2d Primary, 372 50
Miss C. E. Emerson, Third Grammar, 475 00
Miss E. L. Prime, 1st Intermediate, 360 00
Miss L. E. Evans, 2d Intermediate,
360 00
Miss L. J. Mansfield, 3d Intermediate, . Miss Annie M. Warren, Hamilton 1st Grammar, ·
576 00
Miss Mary J. Kelley, Hamilton 2d
Grammar, .
446 88
Miss L. F. Ingram, Hamilton Int., . 4
400 00
Amount carried forward,
$9,413 14
8
فاكر ويســـ
400 00
58
Amount brought forward, · $9,413 14
Miss S. E. Howlett, Hamilton Primary, 400 00
Miss E. A. Weeks, Franklin Int., 216 00
Miss Clara M. Sweetser, Franklin Primary, 315 00
Miss H. B. Danforth, North, : 400 00
Miss M. E. Kelley, Assistant North, 69 00
Miss Cora H. Dennett, East, 400 00°
Miss F. A. Bishop, Woodville, 400 00
Miss S. E. Wilkins, Greenwood Int .. 400 00
Miss N. H. Thayer, Greenwood Primary, 360 00
Miss M. F. McLaughlin, West Int .. 351 60
Miss E. W. Lang, West Primary, 216 00
Miss Alice Field, 1st Int., .
150 00
Miss Annie M. Ransom, Bank Building, 216 00
George F. Wilson, Music Teacher,
530 75
Total for Salaries, $13,837 49
JANITORS' SERVICES.
Paid Wmn. Hy. Wiley, High School and Bank Building,
$297 95
George E. Gamage, Centre Schools, 224 50
Hiram P. Hill, Hamilton and Franklin Schools, 210 00
W. W. Bessey, West,
80 00
Henry Phelps, North,
40 00
I. F. Sheldon, South,
80 00
Jacob Remmell, East,
40 00
W. J. Murphy, Woodville, 40 00
Wm. Ricker. Franklin Annex,
19 00
Total,
$1,031 45
59
FUEL ACCOUNT,
Paid John A. Henderson, 71 tons Coal, at
$402 93 $5 67 1-2, ·
85 405-2000 tons Coal (furnace), at $5 27 1-2, . 449 44
3 1-2 tons Coal (basketed), . Wakefield Coal Co., 5 1-10 tons Coal
21 33
(furnace), at $6 25, . ·
31 87
1 cord Oak Wood (sawed), .
·
10 00
Geo. W. Aborn, 20 tons Coal ( furnace), at $6, .
120 00
1-2 cord Wood,
3 00
Moses G. Hobson, Preparing Fuel, .
10 50
Jacob Remmell, 66
2 50
Hiram P. Hill, 66
1 65
Wm. Hy. Wiley,
66
7 00
W. W. Bessey,
3 67
Francis Lunt,
66
3 50
Total,
· $1,067 39
Recapitulation.
Paid for Teachers' Salaries, .
$13,837 49
Janitors' Services, .
·
1,031 45
Fuel Account,
1,067 39
Total. ·
.
$15,936 33
Balance unexpended,
263 67
.
.
$16,200 00
60
SCHOOL CONTINGENT FUND,
April 7th. Appropriation authorized. . $2,000 00
Received from State Treasurer, 78 55
Received from tuition fees,
24 00
Total,
$2,102 55
Expended as follows :
Paid Edwd. E. Lee, school books and supplies, $59 65
William Ware & Co., books, 17 56
J. L. Hammett, school supplies, .
.
45 84
Boston School Supply Co., school sup- plies, 55 61
Ivison, Blakeman & Co., books,
4 50
Thos. Hall, supplies, chemicals,
6 60
Winkley, Dresser & Co., paper, ink-
stands and hektograph, . 21 24
John W. Locke, stationery, . 1 10
C. Wakefield, rent of room, 60 00
Wm. Ricker, .
67 50
Estate Lucius Beebe, rent of room, 60 00
Wakefield Water Company, water sup-
ply, 18 mos., to June 1, '85, . .
163 50
George Goodhue, plumbing school-houses, 197 50
George H. Teague, carpenter work and repairing, 352 73
E. I. Purington, carpenter work and repairing, · .
169 20
R. H. Mitchell, carpenter work, .
14 00
David Perkins, carpenter work and repairing, 4 75
Fence High School yard, .
29 28
J. B. Wiley, plastering, Franklin Street and Greenwood, 173 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,503 56
---------
1
1
61
Amount brought forward, $1,503 56
N. H. Dow, labor and material ; steps at High School and wall at Centre Schools, 54 20
S. F. Littlefield & Co., janitors' supplies,
23 19
Cutler Bros., janitors' supplies, ·
8 99
Wm. H. Tay, 66 66
1 25
Geo. H. Taylor, stoves, funnel and cleaning John Flanley, window shades, · 48 00
22 99
Feather dusters, hassock and broom, 4 30 Wakefield Rattan Co., mats, . 38 33
1-2 dozen office baskets, . 3 75
C. W. Eaton, advertising and printing, .
46 00
W. H. Twombly, advertising, 5 50
George F. Lucas, one clock and repairs, 4 10
C. A. Cheney, clock repairing,
2 00
E. D. Eldridge, Tr., trees, Hamilton School, 15 00
American Bk. Note Co .. printing diplomas 6 00
M. J. Hill, writing diplomas, 6 00
P. C. Wood, ribbon, ·
2 20
S. S. White, expenses engaging teachers, 2 08
4 00
E. M. Tyler, copying examination papers F. B. Richardson, rubber bag, 4 00
S. M. Spencer, self-inking stamp, . 5 00
Joseph Ward & Co., looking glasses, Hamilton School, 7 00
E. W. Eaton, 2 water pails and 6 tin dippers, ·
1 70
W. B. Ellis, balance over special appro- priation for concrete, .
39 27
E. B. Nye, tuning piano twice, ·
3 00
L. Descalzo & Co., hanging gas fixture, High School, . 1 94
Amount carried forward,
$1,863 35
62
Amount brought forward, $1,863 35
E. H. Tarbell, pendant light, High School 4 35 Margaret Bransfield, cleaning Greenwood Schoolhouse, 2 50
Thos. Hickey, Road Com., concrete side- walks, . 93 52
J. W. Morrison, measuring concrete, 3 00
E. E. Oliver, repairs, East Ward, ·
65
B. Donnelly, cleaning vaults,
25 00
Hy. N. Sweetser, 3lbs. black, 1 sash tool,
1 00
H. N. Winslow, moving furniture, . -
8. 50
Wm. Ricker, labor and expressing,
4 25
W. W. Bessey, school messenger, Taking census,
30 00
George E. Gamage, labor and repairs,
26 10
Hiram P. Hill, 66
66 .
5 67
Wm. Henry Wiley,
66
6 00
I. F. Sheldon, 66
3 20
Henry Phelps,
2 00
Jacob Remmell,
1 50
Total,
$2,095 59
Balance unexpended,
6 96
$2,102 55
HAMILTON SCHOOL HOUSE,
FOR HEATING, FINISHING AND FURNISHING, AND FENCING
AND GRADING LOT.
April 7th. Appropriation authorized, . $4,000 00
Unexpended appropriation of'83-4 2,877 63
Total,
$6,877 63
.
·
15 00
63
Total of Appropriations brought forward, Expended as follows :
$6,877 63
Paid David Perkins, contract, $3,758 73
Denis Greancy, mason work on out-house 475 00
Wait and Cutter, architects, . 266 70 J. & A. Kohler & Co., heating apparatus 680 00
A. G. Whitcomb, furniture, . 469 75
Mills & Harper, painting and tinting, 146 00
Carroll W. Clark, slating blackboards,
106 00
Redding, Baird & Co., cathedral glass, 85 00
Morss & Whyte, wire guards,
19 35
George W. Aborn, 8 tons coal during building, 56 00
W. W. Bessey, caretaker, 6 weeks, 15 00
C. W. Eaton, advertising proposals, 3 00
W. H. Twombly, " 66
2 00
Geo. M. Tompson, surveys and esti- mates for grading, . 43 00
Geo. W. Killorin, grading school yard, . 391 60
Wm. N. Tyler, 66 ·
11 00
D. W. Hunt, 66 66
.
8 40
Total,
$6,536 53
Balance unexpended,
341 10
$6,877 63
SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS.
August 18th. Appropriation authorized, $3,000 00
Expended as follows :
Paid Wm. Ware & Co., text books, 698 43
Boston School Supply Co., text books, .
523 41
Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., text books, . 279 37
Chas. H. Whiting, text books, 189 90
Amount carried forward,
$1,691 11
64
Amount brought forward,
$1,691 11
Ginn, Heath & Co.,
177 46
Harper & Bros., .
123 76
Carl Schoenhof, .
66
75 60
D. Appleton & Co .. 66
54 95
Warren P. Adams, 66
33 33
Lee & Shepard,
33 25
Thompson, Brown & Co., text books,
26 37
T. W. Gilson, text books, .. 23 34
Knight, Adams & Co., text books, ·
10 40
Oliver Ditson & Co., music books, .
55 35
White, Smith & Co.,
20 25
$2,325 17
George S. Perry, slates, slate pencils, crayons, lead pencils, blotting paper, object blocks and color chart, . · George F. King & Merrill, slates, pens, pencils, penholders and ink, ·
· 98 92
91 80
Boston School Supply Co., rewards, rulers, color charts, numeral frame, drawing paper, etc.,
68 88
Doane & Greenough, letter paper, pencils, note books, envelopes, . . Edwd. E. Lee, letter paper and slates, . 10 70
80 63
C. A. Cheney, slates, · W. F. Chester, 40 pair dumb bells, 17 00
2 01
Whitall, Tatum & Co., chemical apparatus
26 61
Billings, Clapp & Co., chemicals, .
8 54
John H. Eaton, expressing school supplies 17 93 W. W. Bessey, marking and delivering school supplies, 66 25
Total, . Balance unexpended,
$2,814 44
185 56
$3,000 00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
April 7th. Appropriation authorized,
$2,000 00
January 12th.
" additional, 100 00
February 2d. 66 66
972 00
Total,
$3,072 00
Expended as follows :
STEAMER LUCIUS BEEBE.
Paid W. B. Daniel, 1st Engineer,
$125 00
E. I. Purington, 2d
100 00
David Graham, Steward,
75 00
Members, as per pay roll to May 1, '84, 185 25
66 60 to Feb. 1, '85, 163 33
G. H. Hathaway, horses,
34 00
N. H. Dow, 66
16 00
D. W. Hunt,
8 00
Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas,
25 00
Geo. W. Aborn, fuel,
21 55
Wakefield Coal Co., fuel,
8 00
Crosby Steam Valve Co., repairs,
1 50
Silsby Mfg. Co., repairs,
6 20
Cutler Bros., 1 whip and 2 barrels,
2 20
Cunningham's Express, 1 cask and ex- pressing, 2 75
E. I. Purington, labor on cask, Wellington Bros., cannel coal,
5 30
H. N. Winslow, teaming coal,
4 00
Moses G. Hobson, sawing wood, ·
1 00
A. S. Atherton, oil and matches, David Graham, extra labor,
4 06
60
Total, 9
$796 17
7 43
66
CHEMICAL ENGINE CO.
Paid Members as per pay roll to May 1, '84, $175 50
to Feb. 1, '85, 140 66
F. J. McAvoy, Steward,
42 25
Chas. Jordan, rent 1 year,
50 00
G. H. Hathaway, horses,
4 00
Geo. W. Aborn, coal,
4 00
J. A. Henderson, wood,
2 25
J. & S. Winship, repairs,
1 25
Geo. M. Kelley, 6.6
1 00
G. W. Kendall,
50
A. J. Hutchinson, soap and oil,
80
Cutler Bros., 1 qt. sperm oil,
50
Total,
$422 71
C. WAKEFIELD ENGINE CO.
Paid Members as per pay roll to May 1, '84, $573 00
to Feb. 1, '85, 444 66
E. F. Preston, Steward, ·
20 88
W. C. Buxton,
7 87
Abram Gould, rent of land,
12 00
A. L. Mansfield, horses,
8 00
Howland & Place, alcohol,
2 00
A. S. Jackson, 1 doz. washers,
1 15
A. S. Atherton, 2 galls. oil,
. 40
S. F. Littlefield & Co., globe, 30
Total,
$1,070 26
.
67
WASHINGTON HOOK AND LADDER CO.
Paid Members as per pay roll to May 1, '84, $336 00
66 to Feb. 1, '85, 223 35
A. S. Cobb, Steward, 18 25
Warren Institution for Savings, rent,
95 00
Chas. Dunn, rent to Jan. 1, '85,
25 00
G. H. Hathaway, horses, .
10 00
Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas,
10 20
John A. Henderson, wood and coal, 4 30
A. S. Atherton, 2 qts. oil, 50
Total,
$722 60
SUNDRY OTHER EXPENSES.
Paid C. W. Eaton, storage of Yale Engine to
Oct. 1, '84, ·
$30 00
J. & S. Winship, 2 reservoir covers, .
5 50
G. H. Hathaway, horses, ·
6 00
S. F. Littlefield & Co.,
repairs on town pump,
1 82
66 engines, ·
4 53
A. S. Jackson, repairs,
4 00
66 1-2 doz. spanners, ·
2 50
Parsons & Howard, repairs East Ward house,
1 00
R. M. Pulsifer & Co., advertising Yale Engine, 3 00
J. H. Emerson, ringing bell for engine meetings, 1 year, 3 00
do. 1-2 day's labor, .
1 00
E. W. Eaton, 1 pail, .
.
50
J. H. Eaton, express, 45
Total,
$63 30
68
RECAPITULATION.
Steamer Lucius Beebe, $796 17
Chemical Engine Co.,
422 71
C. Wakefield Engine Co.,
1,070 26
Washington Hook and Ladder Co., 722 60
Sundry other expenses,
63 30
Total,
$3,075 04
Balance overdrawn,
3 04
$3,072 00
HOSE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
April 7th. Appropriation authorized, Paid James Boyd & Sons, 1,000 feet hose, .
$828 75
Balance unexpended, 71 25
$900 00
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
April 7th. Appropriation authorized, . $2,725 00
Expended as follows :
Paid Board of Auditors for 1883-4,
$100 00
Selectmen, for 1884-5, 400 00
Assessors, 400 00
Overseers of the Poor, 250 00
66 School Committee, 250 00
Road Commissioners, .
200 CO
Fire Engineers, 75 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,675 00
$900 00
69
Amount brought forward,
$1,675 00
Paid Town Treasurer,
200 00
Town Clerk,
100 00
Richard Britton, Tax Collector, 1882,
50 00
C. F. Woodward, “ 66
1883, $50
1884, 300
350 00
Total,
$2,375 00
Constables and police as follows :
Paid John A. Meloney, Constable, $23 00 Chas. H. Davis, 7 34
Hy. W. Eustis, Police service, 3 00
John Drugan, 5 00
John McMahon,
14 90
J. S. Batchelder, 66 3 60
J. A. Flockton, 66. 66 12 56
Richard O'Leary, 66 26 80
Chas. Sullivan, 66 66
5 30
Michael Welsh, 66 66
10 25
John F. Alexander,“
32 65
A. M. Prescott, 66
3 00
E. I. Purington, 66
24 03
Thos. Lally, 66
6 50
Geo. T. Lamont,
66
18 47
J. S. Niles, 66
66
6 50
Denis Daily,
6 50
D. W. McCarthy,
66
14 90
N. M. Eaton,
6 50
R. H. Mitchell,
10 10
John F. Wbiting,
66
16 20
R. L. Cooper,
7 75
$264 85
Total, ·
$2,639 85
Balance unexpended,
85 15
$2,725 00
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.
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HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
April 7th. Appropriation authorized, . $5,000 00 Received from Park Commissioners, for loam, 75 00
66 other individuals, 23 00
W. L. Griffin, drain pipe, 24 00
66 Goodhue and Birnie, labor on line of water pipes, 25 00
60 Town of Saugus, one-half cost building bridge and use of road machine, 18 00
F. E. Noyes, for drain pipe, 1 38
Total,
. $5,166 38
Expended as follows :
Paid for labor and teams as per pay
rolls, $4,314 82
H. N. Winslow, snow paths, 1883-4, ·
25 00
E. O. Gowing, snow paths, '83-4 25 00
Jonathan Lassell, 66
10 75
F. P. Hoyt,
9 00
Andrew Young,
3 50
C. Gorham,
3 25
A. L. Mansfield,
66 3 00
W. H. & P. B. Teed, labor on trees, 1883-4, 1 50
Kimball Bros., steel plate for road machine, 8 00
Kendall & Little, blacksmithing
16 55
Henry Hone, 50'yds. gravel at 10 cts., 5 00
B. W. Oliver, repairing bridge. Water street, . 14 00
Amount carried forward, $4,439 37
71
Amount brought forward, $4,439 37
Paid B. W. Oliver, railing highways,
33 00
H. N. Oliver, cedar posts, ·
26 40
Thos. McCoubry, steel picks,
10 50
Mary G. Vinton, 319 yds. gravel at 10 cts., ·
31 90
Cutler Bros., tools,
16 45
Geo. W. Aborn, drain pipe,
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