Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1879-1894, Part 32

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1879
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 786


USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Acton > Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1879-1894 > Part 32


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36


E. A. Phalen, service as constable at North Acton, 2 00


Manning & Leighton, one table for North school, 4 75


Milford Mutual Insurance Co., assess-


ment on policy No. 9,183 on Li- brary, 16 50


Waldo Bros., one plow, 20 00


2I


TOWN OF ACTON.


F. D. Weld, 114 feet ladders, 18 24


E. F. Richardson, service as cattle


commissioner in Wheeler case, 5 00


Wm. D. Tuttle, express charges, 4 96


66 postage, 2 92


66 stationery, 1 00


Wm. D. Tuttle, collecting and record- ing 42 births, 21 00


Wm. D. Tuttle, recording and index- ing 43 deaths, 6 30


Wm. D. Tuttle, recording and index- ing 27 marriages, 4 05


Wm. D. Tuttle, dog license blanks, 65


Wm. D. Tuttle, meeting selectmen about Gates road, 1 50


Wm. D. Tuttle, surveying and laying out road in Centre, 5 00


Wm. D. Tuttle, boxing ballot box and express, 1 00


O. E. Houghton, painting ladders at Centre, 2 75


N. E. Bean, repairing ladders at Cen- tre, 2 50


D. H. Farrar, repairing ladders at East, 4 50


D. H. Farrar,painting ladders at East, 6 00


H. T. Clark,painting ladders at West, 4 60


repairing 66


6 75


66 rope and labor on same, 4 00


Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, 1 table for Town hall, 2 50


Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, 2 gal-


lons paint for ladders at Centre, 2 50


22


ANNUAL REPORTS


Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, 6 lad- der hooks, 3 00


Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee,6 wrenches, 2 04


66 66 3 oilers, 1 42


66 66 emery paper, 14


E. Jones & Co., 10,660 lbs. coal for Town hall, 34 09


E. Jones & Co., lumber for shelves for school supplies, 8 18


C. L. Bradford, moving school furni- ture, 6 25


C. L. Bradford, labor on same, 6 15


C. L. Bradford, express, 30


C. L. Bradford, fumigating N. Jacob- son's house (scarlet fever), 2 00


C. L. Bradford, attending registrars' meeting, 75


Anson Piper,moving school property, 1 00


Samuel Jones, Jr., moving school fur- niture, 3 50


C. J. Williams, postage, 4 46


C. J. Williams, telephone, 60


Phineas Wetherbee, arranging poll tax list, 5 00


Phineas Wetherbee, invoice and col- lector's book, 1 35


Phineas Wetherbee, stationery, post- age and express, 1 50


Groom & Co., binding record book, 4 75


R. S. Robson, repairing ballot box, 4 00


M. E. Taylor & Co., 7 dozen pails, 22 55


66


" 8 pails, 1 20


66 66 16 pails, 1 60


23


TOWN OF ACTON.


Fitchburg R.R.Co., freight on truck, 3 50


66 ladders, 25


66


hose,


3 25


66 66 engine, 10 85


W. F. Stevens, abatement on taxes, 1893, 1,019 03


C. A. Hosmer, repairs on fire engine, 15 04


Joe Evans, 66 66 1 00


W. F. Hale, 66 66 66


80


Estate of J. E. Cutter, abatement on taxes, 1891 and 1892, 21 76


C. W. Pitman, care of Town hall, 67 10


66


66 clock, 16 25


66 repairing flag, 8 30


W. S. Warren, express, 55


G. V. Bowen, express and postage, 3 05


Waldo Littlefield, repairing scraper, 1 00


L. V. Clough, temporary aid for N. Jacobson, 3 00


Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, 1 ket- tle, sulphur and acid, 83


J. K. W. Wetherbee, postage, 1 71


66 66


2 check books, 2 00


66


stationery, 45


Dr. J. E. Marsh, 9 returns of births, 2 25


C. H. Clark, straps for trucks, 3 10


pair straps for hearse, 1 50


I. F. Duran, superintendent of burials 34 interments, 102 00


I. F. Duran, making 28 returns, 7 00


Nathan Johnson, 1 lamp and fixture for Town farm, 4 25


Nathan Johnson, repairing flag, 30


24


ANNUAL REPORTS


Spofford Robbins, putting up voting stalls, 2 39


Dr. I. Hutchins, reporting 8 births, 1893, 2 00


E. F. Conant, postage and express, 2 64


Moses A. Reed, spiking trees.


15 25


M. E. Taylor & Co., -


63 gal. oil for Town hall,


5 57


1 shovel


37


zinc


66


85


glass 66


80


chimneys 66


66


1 50


2 brackets 66


66


50


dust pan 66


66


10


broom


66


35


4 lamp fount. "


66


40


4 burners


66


50


pitcher


37


wicks


66


16


doz. pencils 66


66


20


putty


66


66


12


copperas


66


66


12


bolt


66


60


10


$2,354 60


PRINTING.


Paid Enterprise Printing Co., warrants and


reports, $77 75


Enterprise Printing Co., advertising, 2 00


Enterprise Printing Co., warrants for June and November, 4 50


Enterprise Printing Co., registrars' no- tices, 3 50


Augustus Hosmer, orders and notices, 3 15


25


TOWN OF ACTON.


Thomas Todd, notices for Nagog, 1 75


Campbell & Hanscom, poll tax list, 8 50


$101 15


CEMETERY EXPENSES.


Paid Nathan Johnson, labor in Woodlawn, $103 48


Nathan Johnson, labor in North, 5 00


Estate of L. U. Holt, repairing pump in Woodlawn, 3 50


L. W. Stevens, labor in Mt. Hope, 121 55


E. Hall & Son, 480 feet chestnut for posts in Mt. Hope, 13 00


C. H. Mead & Co., wire and staples for fence in Mt. Hope, 12 49


C. B. Stone, making deeds for lots in Mt. Hope, 10 00


Horace F. Tuttle, making plan of Mt. Норе,


13 95


Horace F. Tuttle, surveying lots in Mt. Hope,


3 00


John Fletcher, labor in Woodlawn,


5 50


$291 47


STATE AID.


Paid W. B. Ball, chap. 279, acts 1889, 55 3-4 weeks' board, $196 50 Allen G.Smith, “ 13 months, 65 00


Addison B. Wheeler, chap. 279, acts 1889, 13 months, 65 00


Mary J. Brown, chap. 301. acts 1889, 13 months, 26 00


Emma F. Blood,


66


13


66


52 00


Richard G. Dane,


66


13


66


65 00


Achsa Hanscom, 66


66


13


66


52 00


Aaron C. Handley.


66


66


13


66


78 00


Louisa Hobart,


66


66


2


66


8 00


Almira H. Loker,


66


66


3


66


12 00


26


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Eliza J. Shattuck, chap. 301, acts 1889, 13 months,


52 00


Luke Smith,


66


66


13


66


52 00


Mary Smith,


66


13


52 00


Rebecca C. Wright,


66


66


13


66


52 00


Susan B. Winn,


66


66


13


52 00


Phœbe F. Wood,


66


66


13


52 00


$931 50


STREET LAMPS.


Paid Henry Barker (2),


$5 20


G. V. Bowen,


2 60


L. C. Baldwin,


2 60


E. I. Banks,


2 60


L. V. Clough (2),


5 20


O. L. Dart,


2 60


I. F. Dürren,


2 60


A. J. Fletcher,


2 60


J. P. Fletcher,


2 60


L. A. Hesselton,


2 60


L. S. Hosmer,


2 60


H. J. Hapgood,


2 60


F. J. Hastings & Co.,


2 60


F. A. Houston,


2 60


A. H. Jones,


2 60


Elnathan Jones,


2 60


W. H. Jones,


2 60


Mrs. M. E. Lothrope,


2 60


Frank Merriam,


2 60


A. Merriam,


5 20


A. C. Piper,


2 60


Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee (2),


5 20


Edwin Tarbell,


2 60


F. Z. Taylor, 2 60


G. W. Worster,


2 60


27


TOWN OF ACTON.


Acton Centre Improvement Society (51), 132 60 West Acton Street Lighting Associa- tion (36), 93 60


$301 60


BREAKING OUT ROADS.


Paid Aaron Allard,


$11 10


C. L. Bradford,


1 25


Abel Cole,


25 40


E. H. Cutler,


4 20


J. E. Durkee,


11 95


C. L. Davis,


14 20


N. Davidson,


. 4 40


H. A. Gould,


129 97


M. Harmon,


1 20


W. H. Hartwell,


27 70


W. H. Jones,


2 00


A. H. Jones,


5 23


W. S. Jones,


8 50


O. A. Knowlton,


10 00


Wm. Kingsley,


10 63


N. Littlefield,


22 13


Thos. McCarthy,


13 05


Jerry McCarthy,


56 50


C. O. Neil,


6 80


A. C. Piper,


96 75


W. C. Robbins,


180 85


John Rouillard,


3 75


H. F. Robbins,


1 20


C. Shirland,


3 95


A. L. Tuttle,


14 55


Luke Tuttle,


39 90


F. H. Whitcomb,


7 00


$714 16


28


ANNUAL REPORTS


EXPENSES ON TURNPIKE ROAD AS ORDERED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.


Paid H. A. Gould, work, $308 80


Wm. Kingsley, work,


211 82


Nahum Littlefield,


474 12


S. A. Guilford, blacksmith bill,


4 76


W. F. Hale, 6 7 00


Isaac Reed, 97 loads gravel,


4 85


V. F. Gardner, 256 loads of gravel, 12 80


H. T. Clark, plow beam, 2 50


C. H. Mead & Co., 3 plow points. 1 62


$1,028 27


TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS.


Paid W. S. Jones, scholars from southeast, $120 00


Thomas Scanlon for 1 scholar to High school, 12 00


J. R. Bassett, 1 14 00


Mrs. Kate Varney, 1 18 00 66


John Maynes, 1 66


66


66


54 00


Luther Conant, 1 66


12 00


E. F. Conant, 1


66


12 00


Emery Taylor, 2


66


66


24 00


Charles Edwards,


1


1


66


12 00


L. C. Taylor,


1


66


12 00


F. P. Wood,


1


66


66


12 00


A. M. Knowlton, 1


66


12 00


S. H. Taylor, 1


66


66


14 00


D. J. Wetherbee,


1


66


66


14 00


J. W. Parsons, 1


1 term, 9 00


$381 00


18 00


C. I. Miller, 3


12 00


Robert Wayne,


29


TOWN OF ACTON.


FIRE APPARATUS AND BUILDINGS.


Paid Ayer Fire Deportment, truck and ladders, $100 00


Samuel Jones, Jr., building 3 truck houses, 312 00


Samuel Jones, Jr., lumber and la- bor (extra), 4 79


Samuel Jones, Jr., building 1 house, 112 00


S. F. Hayward & Co., 3 engines, 450 00


S. F. Hayward & Co., 20 feet 4-inch suction hose for South Acton, 39 00


S. F. Hayward & Co., 200 feet 2 1-2 inch cotton rubber-lined hose, 60 00


S. F. Hayward & Co., 20 feet suc- tion hose, 20 80


S. F. Hayward & Co., 1 strainer, 1 50


S. F. Hayward & Co., 100 feet un- lined linen hose, 16 00


S. F. Hayward & Co., 20 feet suc- tion hose, 20 80.


S. F. Hayward & Co., 1 nozzle, 7 20


D. H. Farrar, 3 ladder trucks, 197 00


Francis Jones, painting four truck houses, 21 88


$1,362 97


TOWN OFFICERS.


Paid Edward Dixon, supt. of schools, $390 00


C. J. Williams, school committee, 64 68


H. F. Tuttle, 66 15 00 66


C. L. Bradford, 66 66


22 50


Dr. I. Hutchins, " 66 10 00


30


ANNUAL REPORTS


Estate of James Fletcher, school


committee, 9 00


William D. Tuttle, registrar, 15 00


Samuel Guilford, 66


12 00


Julian Tuttle, 66


12 00


J. R. Lawrence,


12 00


Smith Finney, special police July 4, 2 50


Roswell Tuttle, 66


66


2 50


Fred Reed, 66 6.


2 50


Moses Reed, 66


2 50


Ed. A. Phalen,


66


2 50


Chas. Pitman, 66


2 50


Phineas Wetherbee, assessor,


50 00


James B. Tuttle,


26 25


Anson C. Piper, 66


26 00


T. F. Newton, election officer, 3 00


H. J. Hapgood, ،،


3 00


Jas. McGreen, 66 66


3 00


Abram Tuttle, ..


3 00


L. C. Taylor, 66


3 00


H. F. Tuttle, 66 6.


3 00


D. J. Wetherbee, "


3 00


E. A. Phalen, 66


3 00


H. A. Littlefield, “ 66


3 00


C. H. Mead.


3 00


C. B. Stone, 66


3 00


Wm. Kelley, 66 ..


3 00


G. E. Holton, 1 00


Phineas Wetherbee,election officer, 1 00


Fred S. Whitcomb, 66


1 00


D. J. Wetherbee, auditor, 5 00


H. J. Hapgood, 5 00


Wm. D. Tuttle, clerk, 30 00


31


TOWN OF ACTON.


J. K. W. Wetherbee, treasurer, 75 00


G. V. Bowen, selectman, 85 00


E. F. Conant, 85 00


H. A. Littlefield, “ 4 months, 16 67


Estate of J. E. Cutter, for salrry of collector in 1892, 80 00


$1,100 10


LOANS PAID.


Paid Percis V. Hapgood, interest on $500 note 1 year, $25 00


Frank H. Jones, interest on $600 note 1 year, 30 00


John A. Bowen, interest on $1000 note 1 year, 50 00


Estate of Wm. Davis, interest on $350 note 1 year, 17 50


Estate of Wm. Davis, interest on $1000 note 1 year, 50 00


Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, in- terest on $1500 note 1 year, 75 00


Varnum Tuttle, interest on $700 note 1 year, 35 00


Varnum Tuttle, interest on $540 note 1 year, 27 00


Mrs. W. W. Davis, interest on $100 cemetery fund, 5 00


John A. Bowen; $3,000 note and interest from July 17 to Nov. 17, 3,060 00


J. K. W. Wetherbee, $324.74 note and interest from July 17 to Oct. 30, 330 85


32


ANNUAL REPORTS


Patch Bros., $500 note and inter- terest from June 22 to Nov. 7, 509 38


$4,214 73


RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS.


Balance due from treasurer Feb. 26,


1893, $2,827 59


Balance due from collector Feb. 26, 1893,


1,009 50


Appropriation for town charges,


6,500 00


66%


schools,


4,400 00


66


school supplies,


450 00


66


supt. of schools, 400 00


66


Memorial library,


550 00


66


high ways,


2,700 00


66


transportation school


children, 200 00


66


breaking out roads, 1,000 00


66


State tax, 1,625 00


.6


county tax, 1,326 91


66


overlayings, 552 75


Received from State treasurer, -


Burial of State pauper, 15 00


Support of State pauper,


10 75


Corporation tax,


519 69


National Bank tax,


314 72


Military aid,


133 25


State aid,


558 00


Income Mass. school fund,


233 54


Received from County treasurer, dog tax, 243 08


C. H. Clark, on acct. of


supervision of schools, 315 28


33


TOWN OF ACTON.


Received from Money overdrawn on


street lamps 1892, 4 00


66


Library fines, 14 38


66


Nathan Johnson, old hearse wheels, 10 00


Nathan Johnson,hay in Woodlawn cemetry, 10 00


66


Isaac Ford, old road scraper, 20 00


L. W. Stevens, lots sold in Mt. Hope ceme- tery, 22 00


66


John Fletcher,lots sold in Woodlawn ceme- tery, 22 00


66


C. J. Williams, school supplies, 20


Estate of James Fletch- er,cash overdrawn on school supplies 1982,


40 93


C. J. Williams, cash for damage to furniture in East school, 1 00


66


Town of Boxboro, tui- tion of Alice P. Wil- lard, 16 00


66


C. W. Pitman, for rent of Town hall and basement, 102 25


Received from borrowed money,-


Win. D. Tuttle, 550 00


Frank H. Jones, 700 00


B. H. & O. K. Patch, 500 00


34


ANNUAL REPORTS


Young People's Christian Un- ion (South Acton), 100 00


John A. Bowen, 3,000 00


Estate of Wm. Davis,


28 00


J. K. W. Wetherbee, tempora- ry loan, 324 74


Received from interest on money in bank, 89 29


$31,439 85


EXPENDITURES.


For support of Centre school,


$601 09


66


South


855 27


66


East . 6


426 10


66


West 66


879 73


66


North


413 54


66


Southeast


113 50


66


High 66


1,284 03


School supplies,


502 45


Bills unpaid Feb. 26, 1893,


1,213 22


Miscellaneous,


2,420 86


State and military aid,


931 50


Poor,


1,407 38


Cemetery expenses,


291 47


Memorial library,


517 30


Roads ordered by county com- missioners,


1,028 27


Roads and bridges,


2,510 41


Repairs on town buildings and grounds,


873 30


Town officers,


1,100 10


Loans and interest,


4,214 73


Printing, 101 15


35


TOWN OF ACTON.


Fire apparatus and buildings, 1,362 97


Breaking out roads,


714 16


Transportation of scholars,


381 00


Street lamps,


301 60


State tax,


1,625 00


Connty tax,


1,326 91


$27,397 04


Balance due from W. F. Stevens, taxes in 1893,


1,197 87


Balance due from J. K. W. Wetherbee, treasurer, 2,844 94


$31,439 85


TOWN DEBT.


Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, note, $1,500 00


Interest on same from June 20, 1893,


to March 12, 1894, 54 58


Estate of Wm. Davis, note, 1,028 00


Interest on same from October 18, 1893, to March 12, 1894, 20 56


John A. Bowen, note, 1,000 00


Interest on same from June 6, 1893,


1


to March 12, 1894, 38 33


Frank H. Jones, note,


600 00


Interest on same from April 27, 1893, to March 12, 1894,


26 25


Frank H. Jones, note,


700 00


Interest on same from June 15, 1893,


to March 12, 1894,


25 96


Varnum Tuttle, note, 700 00


Interest on same from April 17, 1893,


to March 12, 1894, 31 59


Varnum Tuttle, note, 540 00


Interest on same from July 14, 1893, to March 12, 1894, 17 85


36


ANNUAL REPORTS


Percis V. Hapgood, note, 500 00


Interest on same from June 1, 1893,


to March 12, 1894, 19 50


Estate of mn W. Davis, note, 350 00


Interest on same from May 12, 1893, to March 12, 1894, 14 58


Wm. D. Tuttle, note, 550 00


Interest on same from June 8, 1893,


to March 12, 1894, 20 93


Young People's Christian Union (So. Acton) note, 100 00


Interest on same from June 30, 1893,


to March 12, 1894, 3 50


$7,841 63


Less amount due from collector and treasurer,


4,042 81


Balance against the town March 12, 1894, $3,798 82 GUSTAVUS V. BOWEN, E. F. CONANT, Selectmen of Acton.


ACTON, March 15, 1894.


We have examined the accounts of the selectmen and find them correct.


HIRAM J. HAPGOOD, DANIEL J. WETHERBEE, Auditors of the Town of Acton.


37


TOWN OF ACTON.


List of Jurors.


The following is a list of persons to serve as Jurors for the ensuing year, as revised by the selectmen of Acton, to be submitted to said town at the April meeting :


Luther Conant,


Daniel H. Farrar,


Francis Hosmer,


James P. Brown,


Frank H. Whitcomb,


Chas. S. Twitchell,


Geo. B. Parker,


Chas. J. Holton,


James Kingsley,


Thomas F. Noyes, Luke J. Robbins,


John C. Keyes,


Norman A. Davidson,


Lyman C. Taylor,


Joseph A. Whitcomb,


D. J. Wetherbee,


Geo. R. Keyes,


Samuel Jones, Jr.,


Hanson A. Littlefield,


John Temple,


Job W. Dupee,


David C. Harris,


Geo. W. Worster,


W. F. Stevens,


S. Hammond Taylor,


F. J. Hastings.


GUSTAVUS V. BOWEN, E. F. CONANT,


Selectmen of Acton.


Acton, March 16, 1894.


38


ANNUAL REPORTS


Report of Receipts and Expenditures at the Almshouse in Acton, For the Year Ending February 29. 1894.


ARTICLES ON HAND FEB. 28, 1894.


12 cows,


$480 00


175 flour barrels, at 18 cents,


31 50


Grain,


15 00


6 ladders,


9 00


4 plows,


20 00


2 cultivators,


3 00


Hay cutter,


2 00


12 tons hay,


240 00


Oat fodder,


2 00


Bone meal,


35


Salt,


30


Express wagon,


65 00


Horse rake,


15 00


Hay wagon,


18 00


Horse cart,


18 00


Stone drag,


4 00


Harrow,


2 00


Other farming tools,


22 00


1 horse,


75 00


Lumber,


10 00


Pung,


8 00


Express harness,


32 00


Light harness,


10 00


39


TOWN OF ACTON.


Mowing machine,


2 00


15 bushels potatoes,


8 00


2 one-horse sleds,


15 00


Tubs and pails, Horse blanket,


1 50


Light wagon,


25 00


31 market boxes,


3 10


Wheelbarrow,


2 00


Canvas cover,


2 50


Barbed wire,


2 00


14 cords wood,


56 00


3 wood saws,


2 00


Oil tank,


1 00


Tin pails,


·1 00


64 hens,


32 00


Flour,


4 50


Sugar,


15


Eggs,


44


Spices,


40


Extract,


30


25 pounds dried apples,


2 00


Cooking range,


35 00


Beef,


1 68


Beans,


24


Tea and coffee,


67


Soap,


3 25


Canned fruit,


5 00


Fruit jars,


2 50


$1,291 83


RECEIPTS FROM THE TOWN FARM FROM MARCH 1, 1893, TO MARCH 1, 1894.


Received for apples,


$204 13


45


40


ANNUAL REPORTS


Received for bull,


16 00


birch poles,


34 02


COWS,


52 00


calves,


17 75


66


eggs,


49 84


66


labor,


4 90


66


milk,


836 52


66


old junk,


32


66


potatoes,


5 08


66


soap,


58 05


$1,278 88 -


EXPENDITURES AT THE TOWN FARM FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1894.


Axes and handles,


$ 2 45


Boxes,


1 97


Butter,


31 93


Beans,


5 06


Blacksmith's bill,


26 98


Beef,


64 17


Brooms and brushes,


2 14


Coal,


6 43


Canvas cover,


2 50


Cabbage,


18


Cheese,


2 37


Cooking range,


35 00


Castings,


1 33


Cloth and clothing,


9 86


Crackers,


36 10


Coffee,


5 65


Curtains,


60


Cows,


299 00


27


wood,


-


41


TOWN OF ACTON.


Canned goods,


30


Collar pad,


50


Cream tartar,


81


Dr. Sanders' bill,


2 50


Extracts,


90


Farming tools,


15 84


Fly paper,


42


Flour,


29 10


Fish,


3 57


Globes and chimneys,


1 42


Glass,


33


Grass seed,


3 41


Grain,


420 94


Harness,


12 50


Horse blanket,


1 85


Hardware,


3 74


Kerosene oil,


4 70


Lumber,


24


Lard and cottolene,


14 77


Lemons,


41


Labor,


82 75


Molasses,


90


Medicine,


1 37


Matches,


61


Mop handle,


15


Nails,


1 94


Netting,


74


Onions,


15


Potatoes,


2 03


Paint and oil,


10 36


Printers' ink,


1 44


Phosphate,


14 38


Paper,


13


42


ANNUAL REPORTS


Paris green,


36


Pasturing cattle,


12 88


Repairs on harness,


2 55


Rolled oats,


6 06


Rope,


28


Raisins,


1 34


Sawing lumber,


50


Services of A. S. Bradley and wife for


March, 29 17


Services of E. J. Ordway and wife 11 months,


320 84


Services of L. C. Taylor,


50 00


66


J. B. Tuttle,


15 00


66


E. C. Parker,


6 00


Spices,


1 80


Soda,


74


Sugar,


33 40


Starch,


6


Slippers,


25


Soap,


11 77


Salt,


60


Scraps,


2 00


Tea,


14 18


Tar paper,


1 37


Tubs and pails,


1 48


Tomato plants,


25


Tin ware,


1 55


Use of bull,


2 00


Use of pump,


1 00


Vinegar,


60


Wicks,


7


Wheelwright's bill,


2 50


W. B. Holt, for repairs,


4 45


43


TOWN OF ACTON.


Yeast, 94


Expenditures, Receipts,


$1,694 91 1,278 88


Income less than expense, $416 03


Due from treasury to balance account, $416 03


Interest on town farm, $3500,at 5 pr. cent., 175 00


$591 03


Victualing and lodging 872 tramps, at 25 cents each, 218 00


Cost of supporting poor on farın, $373 03


Whole number of persons, exclusive of tramps, sup- ported at almshouse,


3


Average number, 3


Present number,


3


LYMAN C. TAYLOR, JAMES B. TUTTLE, EDWIN C. PARKER, Overseers of Poor.


We have examined the above accounts of the Overseers of the Poor and find them correct.


H. J. HAPGOOD, D. J. WETHERBEE,


Auditors.


44


ANNUAL REPORTS


Town Clerk's Report for 1893.


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN ACTON IN 1893.


No. Date of Birth. 1893.


Name of Child. Names of Parents.


1. Jan. 7. Frederick Dana Jones. Fred G. and Mary A. Jones.


2. Jan. 24. Edward Moen. Frank and Margaret E. Moen.


3. Feb. 3. Merrill Elbridge Wheeler. Elbridge L. and Florence I. Wheeler.


4. Feb. 15. Ruth Gertrude Knowlton. Frank R. and Emma S. Knowlton.


5. Feb. 22. Robert Stuart Christie. Samuel A. and Ida E. Christie.


6. Mar. 29. Walter Fred Gilmore. Fred W. and Della Gilmore.


7. April 6. Isaiah McLaughlin. James W. and Delila McLaughlin.


8. April 19. Martha Lizzie McDonald. John and Mary McDonald.


9. April 20. Harold Asaph Merriam. Frank A. and Bertha M. Merriam.


10. April 21. Mary Jacobson. Simon and Rosa Jacobson.


11. April 23. Arthur Tuttle Goding. James A. and Clara L. Goding.


12. April 28. David Russell Kinsley. James and Annie Kinsley.


13. April 28. Burton Hart Hoar. John S. and Minnie Hoar.


45


TOWN OF ACTON.


14. May 1. Ernest Edward Allsop. Arthur E. and Eva Allsop.


-7 15. May 13. Kenith Fay Reed. Lorenzo E. and Emma A. Reed.


16. May 17. Chester Cleveland Brooks. Fredson P. and Mattie M. Brooks.


17. May 21. Bertram Stanley Barber. Giles A. and Maggie Barber.


18. May 31. Genevieve Frances Davis. Wilber Grove and Annie E. Davis.


Mary Frances McGreevey John and Mary


19. June 13.


McGreevey.


20. June 14. Elsie Bryant. Delmer F. and Carrie M. Bryant.


21. June 15. Lucilla Moore. William J. and Mary A. Moore.


22. June 15. Ralph Edward Gates. Hiram E. and Etta A. Gates.


23. June 17. Mary Whitman. John W. and Bessie Whitman.


24. June 18. Elizabeth Harrington Bessey. William N. and Gertrude Sylvester Bessey.


25. June 26. Howard Lyman Whitcomb. Fred J. and Mary E. Whitcomb.


26. June 30. Rosa Jackman. Jane Jackman.


27. July 1. Harry Leslie Woodward. Edwin P. and Velma A. Woodward.


28. July 14 A son to Daniel E. and Susie Feeney. 29. Aug. 7. Milton Everett Austin. Byron W. and Hattie Belle Austin. 30-31. Aug. 12. Everline Knowlton Frank B. and Nellie F. Everlyn Knowlton Knowlton.


1


46


ANNUAL REPORTS


32. Aug. 20. Helen Eliza Fairbanks. Charles H. and Nellie L. Fairbanks.


33. Sept. 11. Emma Genneva Gill. James and Geneva Gill.


34. Sept. 18. Mabel Florence Worden. Martin H. and Lizzie M. Worden.


35. Sept. 24.


Ernest Linscott Hall. Ephraim L. and. Lucy F. Hall.


36. Oct. 8. Lena Elizabeth Glazier. Thomas Henry and Emma Glazier.


37. Oct. 27. Annie Rosa Stroevonevecz. Frank and Agnes Stroevonevecz.


38. Nov. 1. Florence Gough. John E. and Margaret Gough.


39. Nov. 25. A son to James and Catherine Devane.


40. Nov. 29. Earl Gardner Brooks. Roy Gardner and Libby Lorraine Brooks.


41. Dec.


5. Lena May Ordway. Joel E. and Emma J. Ordway.


42. Dec. 14. William George Ryan. Michael J. and Rose F. Ryan.


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN 1893.


Date and Place of Marriage. 1893.


Names and Residence of Parties.


1. Jan. 30. Arthur E. Allsop of Acton.


At Acton. Eva May Penniman of Acton.


Elwin C. Wheeler of Hubbardston.


2. Mar. 8. At Acton. Carrie N. Grimes of Hubbardston.


Lyman R. Tuttle of North Heath.


3. Mar. 9. At Acton. Isador Willis of West Acton.


4. Mar. 30. Warren H. Carter of Franklin, N. H. At Acton. Maggie F. McLeod of West Acton.


47


TOWN OF ACTON.


5. Mar. 27. James A. Grimes of Acton.


At Acton. Annie F. Haley of Acton.


6. April 23. Joseph A. Flint of Acton.


At Acton. Sarah Elizabeth Stone of Acton.


7. June 1. At Acton. Susan A. Wetherbee of Acton.


George G. Russell of Concord.


8. June 1. George Herman Tuttle of Cambridge.


At Acton. Idella Josephine Barker of South Acton.


Leonard F. Leavitt of Charlestown. .. !


9. June 3. At Acton. Alice M. Sawyer of South Acton.


10. June 7.


Herbert F. Robbins of Acton.


At Ashland.


Bessie E. Foote of Acton.


11. June 24. At


Albert Rickerby of South Acton. Jennie Parker of Nova Scotia.


12. June 25. At Concord. 13. June 29. At So. Acton. 14. July 25. At. Cambridge. 15. Aug. 4. At Acton. 16. Aug. 6. At Ayer.


Jeremiah R. Ingham of Concord. M. Ella Sibley of South Acton.


Ora L. Clough of South Acton. Myrtilla Richardson of South Acton. Joseph M. Ryan of Concord.


Rose F. Rodway of East Acton. Manoel Miller of Cambridge. Mary Pauline King of South Acton.


17. Aug. 12. At Acton.


Waldo H Miner of South Acton. Caliste E. Farmer of Shirley. Walter Welch of South Acton. Laura M. Horton of South Acton. Amherst F. Durkee of West Acton. Minnie B. Haire of Maynard.


18. Aug. 28. At Maynard. 19. Sept. 6. Luther H. Bateman of Harvard. } Mary Ann Hammond of Acton.


At Acton.


20. Sept. 18. Albert H. Perkins of West Acton. At Boxboro. Ella B. Patterson of West Acton.


21. Oct. 3. Milledge Osborn Baker of Atlanta, Ga.


48


ANNUAL REPORTS


At W. Acton. Fannie Marcella Houghton of West Acton.


22. Oct. 4. At W. Acton.


David L. Ball of Concord.


Vernie G. Whitcomb of West Acton.


Eugene L. Hall of West Acton.


23. Oct. 19. At W. Acton. 24. Oct. 23.


Isabelle H. Bent of West Acton.


Lewis Leveronia of West Acton.


At Concord.


Ellen C. Coughlin of West Acton.


25. Oct. 24. At E. Acton.


Fred F. Robbins of East Acton. Lucy M. Davis of East Acton.


26. Nov. 30. At W. Acton. 27. Dec. 25. Herbert E. Willis of South Acton.


At So. Acton.


Evelyn Blanche Fletcher of South Acton.


DEATHS REGISTERED IN ACTON IN 1893.


No. Date of Death. 1892.


Names of Persons Deceased.


Yrs.


-Age- Mos.


Ds.


1. Jan. 9. Whitney E. Stowell,


72


4


4


2. Jan. 19. Enoch Hall,


82


11


19


3. Jan. 25. William A. Thompson,


4


-


27


1. Feb. 19. Joseph Truette,


58


5


7


5.


Mar. 4. Leslie D. Spinney,


-


2


5


6. Mar. 9. George Hagar,


77


11


9


7. Mar. 25. Andrew Lawrence,


81


11


-


8. Mar. 28.


Rev. James Fletcher,


69


6


23


9. Mar. 29.


Samuel A. Dorrison,


75


4


8


10. Mar. 29.


Jason W. Livermore,


87


15


11.


April 10.


Leslie P. Richardson,


9


11


12. April 27. James Hill,


--


6


27


13. June 25. James B. Smith,


71


5


28


14.


July 14. Son of Daniel E. Feeney,


-


-


4


15. Aug. 2. Asaph Parlin,


81


9


15


16. Aug. 29. Lucy A. Flagg,


59)


7


6


-


Harry P. Barteaux of West Acton.


Minnie M. Littlefield of West Acton.


49


TOWN OF ACTON.


17. Sept. 1. Eugene G. Kraetzer,


44


3


9


18. Oct. 5. Sally M. Johnson,


46


11


19. Oct. 12. Jane Jackman,


50


20. Oct. 19. Arthur Jackman,


55


21. Oct. 21. John McCarthy,


81


22. Nov. 28. A :on of James Devane,


3


23. Dec. 30. James C. Graham,


84


8


15


24. Dec. 17. Lena May Ordway,


-


12


25. Dec. 23. John E. Cutter,


68


8


8


26. June 19. Arthur E. Mead,


24


-


PERSONS BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL.


No. Date of Death. Names of Deceased.


Age-


1893.


Yrs. Mos. Ds.


1. Feb. 28. Eliza A. Whitcomb of Boston,


76 10


4


2. Feb. 7. Abner Hosmer of Lawrence, 80


7


3. April 25. Susan Simmons of Boston,


72 4


4. May 29.


Abbie L. Chapman of Everett,


37 5 13


5. Aug. 24. Granvile Rouillard of Malden, Moses A Noyes of Newton,




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.