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Appropriation exceeded,
$203.63 '
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid S. J. Spear, services as Town Clerk, $75.00
B. F. Shumway, services as Selectman, 100.00
William F. Guild, services as Selectman, . 100.00
H. W. Wight, services as Selectman, 100.00
W. F. Guild, services as Assessor, . 50.00
F. D. Hamant, services as Assessor, 50.00
A. B. Parker, services as Assessor,
50.00
George W. Kingsbury, services as Overseer of the Poor, 50.00
H. W. Hutson, services as Overseer of the Poor, 40.00
M. H. Blood, services as Overseer of the Poor, 40.00
A. A. Lovell, services as School Committee, 50.00
P. H. Leahy, services as School Committee, 35.00
George Washburn, services as School Com- mittee, 35.00
George Washburn, services as Purchasing Agent, 35.00
T. E. Schools, services as Auditor, 15.00
David Meany, services as Night Watch, 362.00
David Meany, services as Constable, July 4, 2.00
M. H. Blood, services as Constable, July 3, 4, 4.00
Carried forward, .
$1,193.00
12
Brought forward, $1,193.00
Paid W. H. Cook, services as Police, July 3, 4, 4.00
W. E. Fales, services as Police, July 3, 4, 4.00
H. R. Preston, services as Police, July 3, 4, 4.00
Fred H. Preston, services as Police, July 3, 4 4.00
B. C. Jordan, services as Police, July 3, 4, 4.00
M. H. Blood, services as Engineer, 25.00
H. W. Hutson, services as Engineer, 25.00
J. M. Dix, services as Engineer,
25.00
R. A. Battelle, services as Treasurer, .
100.00
R. A. Battelle, services as Collector of Taxes, 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1897, 23.05
Joseph W. Curtis, Collector of Taxes for 1898, 129.91
S. J. Spear, services as Registrar of Voters, 1897, 1898, . 12.00
C. W. Spaulding, Ballot Clerk, 4.00
J. H. Baker, services as Ballot Clerk, . 2.00
George G. Babcock, services as Teller, 4.00
J. M. Johnson, services as Teller, 4.00
E. H. Abell, services as Teller, . 4.00
T. E. Schools, services as Teller, 4.00
$1,574.96
Appropriation,
1,600.00
Unexpended, .
$25.04
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid H. M. Parker, postage-stamps for Town Reports, $5.00
H. M. Parker, book for Treasurer, 3.25
George H. Ellis, printing Reports, .
I 12.00
George H. Ellis, 200 copies School Committee Report, 5.50 .
David Meany, Constable's fees in case Charles Dickens, 10.47
David Meany, fees in case of Irving Maker, 3.73
David Meany, fees in case of William Kelley, 3.23
David Meany, fees in case of William Dugan,
5.25
Carried forward, . $148.43
13
Brought forward, $148.43
Paid David Meany, care of lockup, 4.00
David Meany, expense to Dedham, 2.00
Emma F. Rhodes, dinners for Election Officers,
11.50
S. J. Spear, printing ballots, notices, etc., 25.25
S. J. Spear, printing Voting Lists, .
7.00
S. J. Spear, recording births, marriages, and deaths, 34.00
S. J. Spear, postage and express, 3.25
S. J. Spear, returning deaths to other towns, 19.25
William F. Guild, books for Town Officers, 3.75
William F. Guild, postage and stationery, 1.50
William F. Abell, ringing fire-bell,
1.25
William F. Abell, care of town clock,
25.00
A. B. Parker, returning 81 deaths, .
20.25
George H. Ellis, 2 order books, 6.75
Greenough, Adams & Cushing, ink, 1.50
C. F. Read, express,
4.57
James Hewins, legal advice,
6.00
Alex. E. Wight, Inspector of cattle and provisions, 37.50
Sara H. Berry, copies of list of poll tax payers, 2.00
George W. Kingsbury, postage, . .50
$365.25
Appropriation,
500.00
Unexpended, .
$134.75
NOTES ANI) INTEREST.
Paid Medway Savings Bank, interest,
$308.66
Medway Savings Bank, notes, I66.66
Medway Savings Bank, money borrowed in an- ticipation of taxes,
2,000.00
Daisy E. Curtis, interest,
105.00
Trustees of School Fund, interest,
150.61
Mary J. Smith, interest,
50.00
Willard Harwood, note,
500.00
Willard Harwood, interest,
145.84
Carried forward, .
$3,426.77
14
Brought forward, $3,426.77
Paid Willard Harwood, note borrowed in anticipation of taxes, . 1,000.00
Sarah G. Shumway, interest, . 50.00
Charles Harwood, interest,
70.00
Hamlet Wight, note borrowed in anticipation of taxes, . 2,000.00
Interest on same,
64.46
Willard Harwood, note,
150.00
$6,761.23
Appropriation, notes due, . $817.00
Appropriation for interest, 900.00
Borrowed in anticipation of taxes, 5,000.00 6,717.00
Appropriation exceeded, $44.23 ·
INSURANCE.
Paid A. H. Bartlett, insurance on library, $17.50 J. B. Hale, insurance on hearse and road- scraper, 7.00
H. H. Harding, insurance on Centre School- house, . 13.00
A. H. Bartlett, insurance on Centre School- house, 52.00
A. H. Bartlett, insurance on weights and measures, 6.00
H. H. Harding, insurance on North School- house, 20.00
$115.50
Appropriation,
200.00
Unexpended, .
$84.50
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INSURANCE POLICIES.
Insurance on Town House.
Expires.
Home Insurance Co.,
Aug. 14, 1900, $5,000.00
Hartford Fire Insurance Co., July 13, 1900, 10,000.00
Westchester Fire Insurance Co., Oct. 4, 1900, 5,000.00
$20,000.00
Insurance on Centre School-house.
Worcester Mutual,
Sept. 18, 1901,
$1,500.00
Dorchester Mutual, . Sept. 21, 1901, 1,000.00
Cambridge Mutual, .
Sept. 21, 1901, 2,500.00
Home Insurance Co.,
Aug. 25, 1902, 2,500.00
Norfolk Mutual Insurance Co., Sept. 1, 1901,
1,300.00
Westchester Fire Insurance Co., Oct. 26, 1902,
1,500.00
Merchants & Farmers Mutual, Oct. 26, 1900, 1,500.00
Hartford Fire Insurance Co., Dec. 7, 1902, 2,500.00
$14,300.00
Insurance on North School-house.
Norfolk Mutual Insurance Co., Oct. 1, 1901,
$2,000.00
Insurance on South School-house.
Norfolk Mutual Insurance Co., Nov.
1, 1900,
$1,400.00
Almshouse and Outbuildings.
Norfolk Mutual Insurance Co., June 13, 1900,
$2,600.00
Furniture and Farm Stock.
Dedham Mutual Insurance Co., Nov. 1, 1900,
$1,475.00
Weights and Measures.
Dorchester Mutual Ins. Co., . Sept.
7, 1901,
$400.00
Public Library.
Holyoke Mutual Insurance Co., Mar. 15, 1901,
$1,000.00
Hartford Fire Insurance Co., April 26, 1899,
1,500.00
$2,500.00
Hearse and Road-scraper.
Home Insurance Co.,
Mar. 24, 1899,
$650.00
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STATE AID.
Paid Marcus Gilmore, .
$72.00
Eben G. Babcock,
60.00
Caroline A. Adams, .
24.00
Cyrus W. Vose, . 4.00
$160.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Paid Mary Mullin, for care of children of Eugene O'Keefe,
$180.00
BURIAL OF SOLDIER'S WIDOW.
Paid J. B. Burke, for burial of Catherine Mooney,
$35.00
(Soldier's widow buried, under Chapter 279, Acts of 1896.)
Poor at Almshouse,
$2,063.94
Outside poor,
$555.54
Insane and feeble-minded,
$723.33
.
HIGHWAYS.
Paid C. T. Frost,
$420.39
Reynolds Weiker, cutting stone,
1.50
George W. Kingsbury, shovels, .
6.50
George W. Kingsbury, labor,
895.00
C. W. Spaulding, repairing gravel screen,
4.00
H. M. Parker, stone fork, .
1.50
R. W. Baker, cover for catch-basin,
1.75
John J. Kelley, repairing picks, .
2.55
John J. Kelley, repairing snow-plough,
2.50
S. B. Ware, notice of wash-out and hanging out light,
1.15
N. F. Harding, boards,
.28
$1,337.12
Appropriation,
2,000.00
$662.88
Unexpended, .
17
SEWER ACCOUNT.
Paid C. T. Frost, for labor as per report. $59.27
H. M. Parker, grate, 1.50
$60.77
Appropriation,
50.00
Appropriation exceeded,
$10.77
BRIDGES.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, repairs, $3.37
C. T. Frost, repairs, 12.97
$16.34
Appropriation,
100.00
Unexpended, .
$83.66
1
SIDEWALKS.
Paid F. M. Ballou & Co., concreting,
$298.10
Appropriation,
300.00
Unexpended, .
$1.90
CEMETERY.
Paid J. B. Hale, for Committee,
$443.00
Appropriation,
400.00
Interest on Trust Funds, .
$43.00
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, for clearing roads and sidewalks,
$1,237.75
Appropriation,
900.00
Appropriation exceeded, $337.75
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TAXES.
Paid Walpole tax,
$2.09
Millis tax, .
7.88
County tax,
1,183.04
State tax,
795.00
$1,988.01
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Lowell Babcock, Q. M. Post 117, G. A. R., ex-
penses,
$50.00
Appropriation,
$50.00
TOWN PROPERTY.
School-houses, $18,500.00
Chenery Hall,
25,000.00
Public Library, 3,500.00
Cemetery, . 3,000.00
Town Farm, 4,500.00
Fire apparatus,
2,000.00
Farm stock, tools, and furniture at Almshouse, 2,000.00
Hearse, road machine, and snow-plough. 1,000.00
$59,500.00
RESOURCES.
Cash in treasury Feb. 1, 1899; $1,301.97
Due from taxes of 1894, 25.50
Taxes of 1895, 40.65
Taxes of 1896, .
283.65
Taxes of 1897,
651.32
Taxes of 1898, . 3,180.12
State for State aid, 177.00
State for burial of soldier's widow, 35.00
State for inspection of cattle and provisions, 18.75
State on account of David West, . 23.65
Carried forward, $5,737.61
19
Brought forward, $5,737.61
Due from Town of Nantucket for aid furnished Mrs.
Herbert Parker, . 60.00
Town of Franklin for medical attendance on Marcus Gilmore, 12.00
N. T. Dyer, guardian for Rachel Briscoe, . 256.12
F. M. Yerinton, guardian for William Forbes, 214.96 F. E. Mason, guardian for Elizabeth Smith, 500.56 Overseers for milk, 105.06
Overseers for meadow hay, II.91
$6,898.22
TEMPORARY LIABILITIES.
Notes to Harwood Brothers, $4,250.00
Daisy Curtis, 2,100.00
Sarah G. Shumway,
1,000.00
Mary J. Smith,
1,000.00
Medway Savings Bank,
4,700.00
$13,050.00
PERMANENT LIABILITIES.
Note to Trustees of School Fund,
$2,510.20
Trust Funds : -
George Cummings, for Public Library,
1,000.00
George M. Smith, for Public Library, .
500.00
George M. Smith, for Cemetery, 100.00
Mary T. Derby, 66
100.00
Nancy H. Curtis,
50.00
Mary F. Ellis,
1'00.00
Mary M. Phelps, 66
50.00
Moses Ellis,
200.00
Eliza E. Williams,
475.00
$5,085.20
Total liabilities,
$18,135.20
Liabilities exceed resources,
$11,236.98
20
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.
Teaching schools,
$3,500.00
Care, fuel, and supplies,
1,500.00
Highways,
2,000.00
Bridges,
100.00
Removing snow, . 500.00
Fire Department,
1,000.00
General expenses,
500.00
Town officers,
1,600.00
Support of poor at Almshouse, .
1,000.00
Support of poor out of Almshouse,
500.00
Insane and feeble-minded,
400.00
Interest,
900.00
Public Library, dog tax and
100.00
Cemetery,
400.00
Memorial Day,
75.00
Notes due,
967.00
Paying debt,
500.00
Soldiers' Relief
180.00
Care of sewer,
50.00
Insurance,
100.00
Sidewalks,
300.00
$16,172.00
Guide-boards are maintained at the usual places.
Respectfully submitted,
B. F. SHUMWAY,
Selectmen WILLIAM F. GUILD,
of
HERBERT W. WIGHT, Medfield.
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
ANNUAL REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
ENDING JAN. 31, 1899.
Receipts.
Balance from last year, $13.03
Appropriation from Town, 400.00
Lots sold and care of lots,
227.00
Interest on trust lots from Town,
43.00
From accumulated interest of Trust Fund,
37.15
$720.18
Disbursements.
By labor, Frank Quincy, $28.87
Thomas Rourke, 11.55
Horse and cart, A. B. Parker, 138.07
John Simmons, 23.27
66 H. H. Keith, 97.72
66 Charles Wight, 46.72
Frank L. Osborn, 55.20
66 W. D. Gilbert, 79.28
66 George Steere,
22.92
W. B. Grover, 53.88
66 Daniel Pember, 77.53
55.30
George Wright,
19.25
66 Horse and cart, J. B. Hale,
17.32
J. B. Hale, urn for G. M. Smith Lot,
10.00
Sundries, 14.42
$751.30
Resources exceeded, .
31.12
$720.18
Fred A. Wildes, .
22
Interest to credit of Trust Lots :
Mary Derby Lot, .
$11.07
George M. Smith Lot, 23.13
Mary Ellis Lot, 14.07
Nancy Curtis Lot,
3.38
Mary Phelps Lot, .
1.59
Moses Ellis Lot,
2.56
To invest,
$55.80
A. B. PARKER, 1 Cemetery WILLARD HARWOOD, § Committee.
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1899.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
The Fire Department is in good shape. Both companies have the required number of men, and they are always ready to respond to every call for duty.
We have had seven fires during the year.
February 3, Monks Block. Cause, spontaneous combustion. Damage small.
March 23, Elmwood Hotel. Cause, bursting of lamp. Dam- age large, partial loss.
April 10, Willard Harwood, storehouse. Occupied by J. E. Lonergan. Cause, incendiary. Total loss.
July 4, John Mason, barn. Caused by lightning. Total loss.
July 21, Second Congregational Church. Struck by lightning. Damage by fire small.
July 30, Hamlet Wight, barn. Struck by lightning. Damage small.
September 20, William Weiker, barn. Caused by overturning lantern. Total loss.
Respectfully submitted,
M. H. BLOOD, H. W. HUTSON, Engineers.
S. E. MITCHELL,
S. E. MITCHELL, Clerk for the Board.
REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
I herewith report, as Sealer of Weights and Measures, that I have complied with the law by advertising, as required. The standard weights and measures are kept in good order and condi- tion, ready for use at any time. I have visited the stores, and ex- amined, and find the scales and balances in good order.
FEB. 1, 1899.
I. B. CODDING, Scaler of Weights and Measures.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1898.
DATE.
CHILD'S NAME.
PARENTS.
Jan. 5
Florence Louise Condon.
Ernest H. and Mabel (Curley).
Jan. 9.
Lesley Haywood Sartoris.
Hiram H. and Mamie (Cody).
Feb. 26. Ernest Melvin Herron.
George B. and Bertha M. (Cox).
Mar. 5.
Laura Huntington Smith.
George H. and Laura H. (Brown).
April 2. Clifford Elwyn Aulis.
April
26.
Frederick Henry Dyer.
John F. and Lillian A. (Fossett). John and Kittie E. (Schools).
May
21.
Edward David French.
Edward and Martha C. (Warde).
June I. Byron Bartlett Lantz.
June I8.
Dewey Clyde Bean. Still-born.
Perrin B. and Mabel S. (Morse).
June 30.
Irma Elizabeth Carswell.
William T. and Lina S. (Lovering).
July I.
Pauline Mitchell.
Herbert L. and Mabel J. (Mason).
July
13.
Kenneth Edson Sherman.
Edgar A. and Sarah J. (Heard).
July 18.
Clifford Lester Codding.
Elmer B. and Fannie A. (Briggs).
Aug. 5.
Georgianna Locke.
William H. and Hattie M. (Fisher).
Sept. 7.
Still-born.
Sept. 14.
Harold Frederick Cass.
Frederick N. and Evelyn (Blake).
Sept. 15.
Still-born.
Edward M. and Emma L. (Richards).
Nov. 18.
Dollena Catherine McPhee.
Daniel H. and Effie (McIsaacs).
Dec.
13. John Edward Brennan.
Redman J. and Elizabeth G. (Fair).
Dec. 22.
Edith Harriet Heard.
Joel E. and Emma E. (Smith). John and Nellie (Rourke).
Dec. 29.
John Roger Mitchell.
Total number of births, 24.
Males, 12.
Females, 12.
EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 444, ACTS OF 1897.
SECTION 3. Physicians and midwives shall on or before the fifth day of each month report to the clerk of each town or city a correct list of all children born during the month next preceding. ...
SECT. 6. Parents shall within forty days after the birth of a child give notice thereof or cause such notice to be given to the clerk of the city or town in which such child is born. ...
Blanks can be obtained on application to the Town Clerk.
Reginald E. and Fannie (Crawford). Jesse and Mary (Ossinger).
June I8.
June 28.
Barbara Colburn.
Nov. 5.
Ruth Bent.
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MARRIAGES IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1898.
1
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCES. WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.
§ Joel E. Heard,
Medfield, Medfield,
1 1
April 4.
§ John E. Roberts,
Medfield,
Montgomery, Vt.,
May IO.
Martha L. Hurd,
Worcester, Mass., Medfield,
June 26.
§ Calvin Olney Sanger, Norah Frances Sullivan, § Basil D. Miller,
Medfield, Peterboro, N. Y.,
Medfield,
Oct. 12.
Alice M. Wight,
Medfield,
Nov. 6.
Edward P. Tucker,
Norwood, Mass ..
S In Medfield, by Rev. J. A. 1
§ George W. Mills,
Medfield, Medfield,
Savage.
In Medfield, by Rev. L. M. Pierce.
Nov. 24.
2 Catherine E. Sullivan,
Medfield,
1 In South Natick, Mass., by 1 Rev. J. A. Donnelly.
Dec. 21.
Frederick T. Young,
Medfield,
§ In Medfield, by Rev. S. L.
) Prudence M. Steere,
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. J. A. Savage. § In South Framingham, by Rev. F. T. Whitman. § In Medfield, by Rev. A. M. Crane.
Sept. I. Agnes H. Lincoln, Frank E. Day,
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. J. A. Donnelly. ( In Westwood, Mass., by 1 Rev. C. S. Locke. § In Medfield, by Rev. J. A. Savage.
Kate P. Fisher,
Nov. 7. ¿ Jessie B. Maclaine, Michael E. Griffin,
Medfield,
Medfield,
1 Morse.
Total number of marriages, 10.
Married in town, 7. Married out of town, 3.
Jan. 12. Emma E. Smith,
( Luna May Bolt,
Charles W. Strang,
Medfield,
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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS IN MEDFIELD RECORDED DURING THE YEAR 1898.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Yrs. Mos. Days.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Jan. 5.
Comfort S. Thompson.
65
8
Paralysis.
Jan.
1 5.
Clarissa Cheney.
74
-
Pneumonia.
Jan. 16.
Mary J. Stedman.
85
4
I6
Apoplexy.
Feb.
5.
Joseph P. Meany.
18
4
48
Septicæmia.
Feb.
5.
John W. Bruce.
52
II
25
Chronic Nephritis.
Feb.
8.
Helen Z. Allen.
59
IO
17
Diabetes Mellitus.
Feb.
18.
Lydia C. Snow.
96
II
2
Mar.
I.
Sarah Elder.
77
IO
24
Organic Heart Disease.
Mar.
18.
Sophia Boos.
80
20
Dropsy.
April
5.
Olive C. Guild.
82
8
IO
Hemiplegia.
May
3
William H. Bullard.
54
3
25
Chronic Nephritis.
May
II.
Joseph Clark.
77
7
5
Apoplexy.
May
14.
Grace H. Rodowsky.
5
-
20
Peritonitis.
May
16.
Robert Crawford.
73
4
I
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
June
IO.
Mary B. Lovell.
73
7
21
Gastro-enteritis.
June 16.
Lewis M. Richards.
75
2
28
June 17.
David A. West.
58
6
18
July
12.
William Kingsbury.
86
4
IO
Result of Fall.
Aug. 21.
Georgianna Locke.
78
3
8
Anæmia.
Sept. 7.
Still-born, female.
Sept. I 5.
Still-born, female.
Nov. 12.
William R. Richardson.
24
5
24
Appendicitis.
Nov. 29.
Mary E. Burr.
89
5
29
Dec.
7.
Adolph Anderson.
20
5
II
Chronic Gastritis. Phthisis.
Total number of deaths, 26.
Males, I I.
Females, 15.
Over 90 years of age,
I
Between the ages of 80 and 90,
5
Between the ages of 70 and 80,
7
Between the ages of 40 and 70, Between the ages of 20 and 40,
5
Between the ages of 10 and 20, .
I
Under 10 years of age,
I
Still-born,
3
-
-
16
Capillary Bronchitis.
Sept.
5.
Henry S. Brown.
Organic Brain Disease. Tuberculosis.
June
18.
Still-born, female.
Senile Dementia.
-
3
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DEATHS AT MEDFIELD INSANE ASYLUM DURING THE YEAR 1898.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
WHERE FROM.
Jan. 3.
Lizzie Jenness.
38
Fall River, Mass.
Jan.
13.
Eugene Fournier.
62
Salem, Mass.
Jan.
14.
Joseph Charoux.
40
Hudson, Mass.
Jan.
15.
James O'Brien.
76
Cambridge, Mass.
Jan.
16.
Dennis Callahan.
51
Boston, Mass.
Jan.
28.
George F. Baldwin.
57
Phillipston, Mass.
Jan.
30.
Margaret J. Mahaffey.
2I
Cambridge, Mass.
Feb.
4.
Mary Kehoe.
78
Boston, Mass.
Feb. II.
Hannah Pope.
55
Boston, Mass.
Feb.
13. George E. Douglass.
48
Chelsea, Mass.
Feb.
13. John Wyman.
53
Wendell, Mass.
Feb.
17.
Charles H. Hutchinson.
79
Cambridge, Mass.
Feb.
23.
Willis C. Healey.
41
Provincetown, Mass.
Feb.
24.
Catherine Fitzpatrick.
67
Peabody, Mass.
Mar.
I.
Edgar Chase.
46
Winchester, Mass.
Mar.
2.
Charles Norton.
38
Newton, Mass.
Mar.
2.
Matthew J. Harkins.
42
Roxbury, Mass.
Mar.
8. Etta F. Thayer.
35
Fall River, Mass.
Mar.
9.
Catherine Tynan.
58
Southbridge, Mass.
Mar.
II.
James M. Atherton.
82
Bourne, Mass.
Mar.
I 5.
Ellen J. Bell.
35
Ware, Mass.
Mar. 16.
Sarah Goodwin.
60
Boston, Mass.
Mar. 25.
Susan McGilligan.
50
Boston, Mass.
Mar. 31.
Mary Casey.
98
Boston, Mass.
April
4.
Israel W. Guild.
36
Malden, Mass.
April
6.
Maria J. Gurdy.
72
Boston, Mass.
April
9. -
Jane Hunter.
72
Boston, Mass.
April
IO.
Helen Keyes.
62
Ware, Mass.
May
I.
Albert W. Judd.
53
Whately, Mass.
May
6.
Minnie F. Steadman.
22
Hanson, Mass.
May
7. Bridget Wilson.
37
Chelsea, Mass.
May
13.
Martin Waters.
59
Westborough, Mass.
May
IŠ.
Jeremiah J. Driscoll.
37
Boston, Mass.
May
18.
Arthur Jackson.
31
Hinsdale, Mass.
May
26.
Fred Hudson.
33
Lawrence, Mass.
June
9.
Blanche Gorman.
40
Boston, Mass.
June
IO.
Sophie Trommer.
43
Clinton, Mass.
June
23.
Elizabeth Coffey.
.36
Boston, Mass.
June 26.
Alexander G. Glover.
18
Boston, Mass.
June
26.
Alfred Fuller.
=
Boston, Mass.
July
14.
Lucy Stacy.
45
Lynn, Mass.
July
20.
Catherine F. Lang.
63
Boston, Mass.
Aug.
5.
Dummer Freeman.
64
Malden, Mass.
Aug.
6.
Mary E. Carleton.
66
Boston, Mass.
Aug.
8.
Michael Delay.
28
Watertown, Mass.
Aug.
8. Hannah Coholan.
74
Boston, Mass.
Aug.
13.
Catherine Mooney.
67
Boston, Mass.
Aug. 30.
Elizabeth McDermott.
72
Boston, Mass.
April 24.
William Aitkins.
71
Lowell, Mass.
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29
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
WHERE FROM.
Aug. 30.
William J. White.
53
Lowell, Mass.
Sept. 2.
Edgar D. Shaw.
Mansfield, Mass.
Sept. 4.
Deborah F. Upham.
49
New Bedford, Mass.
Sept.
7.
Bridget Welch.
33
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 10.
Solomon O. Shaw.
58
Boston, Mass.
Sept. II.
Orsina G. Powell.
53
Lynn, Mass.
Sept. 14.
John Mannix.
39
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 18.
James L. Onthank.
5I
Southboro, Mass.
Sept. 19.
Jane Barry.
71
Lynn, Mass.
Sept. 29.
Michael H. Donovan.
37
Weymouth, Mass.
Oct. 6.
James H. Carpenter.
23
Groveland, N.H.
Oct.
12.
Anthony Hartley.
38
Newburyport, Mass.
Oct. 18.
Mary Killian.
70
Boston, Mass.
Oct.
25.
Elizabeth C. Fales.
39
Norwood, Mass.
Nov. 7. Nov. 14.
Lucy Whitcomb.
59
Lynn, Mass.
Nov. 27.
Mabel Putnam.
33
Orange, Mass.
Nov. 28.
Margaret Kearns.
46
Boston, Mass.
Nov. 29.
Bridget Salmon.
55
Boston, Mass.
Nov. 29.
James W. Stapleford.
68
Edgartown, Mass.
Nov. 30.
Jane Carroll.
76
Boston, Mass.
Dec.
I.
Joseph Reed.
74
Boston, Mass.
Dec. 14.
Ellen Flemming.
31
Boston, Mass.
Dec. 23.
Catherine Ferren.
43
Worcester, Mass.
Dec. 28.
Mary J. Conners.
25
Woburn, Mass.
Dec. 31.
Patrick W. Brophy.
46
Boston, Mass.
Total number of deaths at Asylum, 75.
Males, 35. Females, 40.
A true copy of records of births, deaths, and marriages in the town of Medfield.
Attest :
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Town Clerk.
Mary Quirk.
58
Boston, Mass.
43
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TO FEB. 1, 1899.
JOSEPH W. CURTIS, IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
Dr.
Cr.
To commitment of tax of 1898, $16,157.03
By cash paid Treasurer, . $12,983.37
By abatement, 2.30
To additional commitment of tax of 1898, 16.03
By interest on tax of 1898, . 7.27
By uncollected tax of 1898, . 3,180.12
$16,173.06
$16,173.06
JOSEPH W. CURTIS, Tax Collector.
Examined and found correct. T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT ON DELINQUENT TAXES.
On tax of 1894 :
Collected and paid Treasurer,
$10.02
Abatements, .
157.21
Remaining unpaid, $25.50 On tax of 1895 :
Collected and paid Treasurer,
136.40
Abatements,
107.09
Uncollected tax of 1895, 40.65
On tax of 1896:
Collected and paid Treasurer,
189.53
Abatements, .
118.94
Uncollected tax of 1896, 283.65
On tax of 1897 :
Collected and paid Treasurer,
2,045.26
Abatements,
84.48
Uncollected tax of 1897, 651.32
Total unpaid, $1,001.12
R. A. BATTELLE, Collector.
.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
FROM MAR. I TO OCT. 1, 1898.
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.
Paid A. L. Gay, for labor, .
$29.08
Thomas Maguire, for labor, .
7.97
F. L. Osborne, 66
18.85
Lee Thompson, 66
I.II
Frank Sleeper, 66
1.05
Ernest H. Condon,
6.82
J. J. McGrory, 66
1.20
Charles Wight, 66
13.99
John Simmons, 66
17.10
Joseph Leeds, 66
4.II
George Wright,
2.62
Irving Crosby,
8.31
Waldo Kingsbury, 66
4.29
Theodore Peterson,
II.02
Martin V. Reed,
66
4.72
Wm. Stevens,
5.34
J. H. Brigham,
66
17.45
Roscoe Hamant,
66
5.60
Frank Fonnels,
66
1.05
Frank Towns,
66
2.58
Charles Towns,
2.58
E. H. Lander,
66
5.33
Dan Pember, 66
1.57
Edward Meany,
66
2.01
Richard Gorman, 66
4.99
Charles Warner, 66
1.30
R. Baker for plank and sawing,
2.00
C. T. Frost,
35.25
$227.54
Wm. Sweeney,
2.80
R. J. Brennan,
66
2.45
32
GRAVEL ACCOUNT.
Paid Samuel Ellis, for gravel,
$1.25
George Bruce,
1.00
Joseph Allen,
2.40
Frank Harding,
1.45
$6.10
HIGHWAY TEAM WORK.
Paid William J. Cox, for teams, $140.01
J. E. Lonergan,
2.50
N. Grant,
5.44
Charles Warner, 66
38.80
186.75
SEWER ACCOUNT.
Paid W. D. Gilbert, for labor.
$2.45
R. Baker, for gate-box,
2.50
Jem McGrory, for labor,
4.75
Wm. Cox,
19.40
John Rhodusky, “
10.32
Richard Gorman, "
6.30
Peter Gordon,
2.10
T. L. Donlan,
3.25
Charles Warner,
4.55
C. T. Frost,
2.25
H. R. Preston, 66
1.40
59.27
BRIDGE ACCOUNT.
Paid Dedham Lumber Co., for plank
$11.22
S. D. Wheeler, for labor, .
1.75
12.97
$265.09
Respectfully submitted,
C. T. FROST, Superintendent of Streets.
Correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Paid G. W. Kingsbury, Superintendent, $61.50
J. W. Simmons, for labor,
33.40
Edw. Meany, 66
45.90
Charles Booth, 66
55.98
R. Gorman,
33.12
J. A. Quincy,
49.32
Thomas Rourke, 66
39.24
Willie D. Gilbert, 66
7.02
F. G. Osborn,
4.68
E. Wilson, 66
2.70
P. Carlow,
4.32
F. B. Quincy, 66
11.88
J. A. Simmons, 66
4.59
Hans Pederson,
5.13
H. Wight,
2.97
E. Holt,
66
7.00
C. W. Wight,
66
.5°
$369.25
HIGHWAY TEAM WORK.
Paid A. H. Clark, for team,
$118.80
W. J. Cox,
66
119.61
F. S. Wight,
84.78
W. E. Kingsbury, “
68.40
J. E. Lonergan, 66
27.54
G. W. Kingsbury, “
48.62
$467.75
GRAVEL ACCOUNT.
Paid R. Weiker, 39 I loads of gravel @ 5 cts.,
$19.55
H. M. Lillibridge, 30
1.50
J. A. Allen, . 16 66 66 66
66
.
.80
$21.85
34
TOOLS, ETC., FOR HIGHWAY.
Paid for gravel screen, . $8.00
J. A. Fitts, 14 lbs. of spikes, .56
J. A. Fitts, 14 shovels, . 9.15
Codding & Schools, 3 forks, . 1.80
Codding & Schools, 4 shovels,
2.40
Blood Brothers, 3 forks,
1.80
Blood Brothers, 2 shovels,
2.60
G. G. Babcock, painting and lettering guide- boards, 5.00
E. M. Bent, cement and drain-pipe, 3.89
F. W. Cutter, sharpening picks and bars, .95
$36.15
BRIDGE ACCOUNT.
Paid Union Lumber Company, 160 ft. spruce plank, $2.72
G. W. Kingsbury, labor, .65
$3.37
SNOW ACCOUNT.
BREAKING OUT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS AND DIGGING OUT GUTTERS FROM FEB. 1, 1898, TO FEB. 1, 1899.
Paid G. W. Kingsbury, Superintendent, $50.00
J. D. Tufts, for labor, .
9.00
James Meany,
1.80
P. Boyle, 66
1.00
C. Garfield, 66
.20
B. C. Jordan, 66 .
6.40
Wm. McLeod,
5.40
R. Hamant, .. 7.20
J. T. Leeds, 66
10.20
F. Sydadall, .
9.70
R. E. Cole,
1.00
Otto Rechten,
.70
D. Wheeler,
2.00
T. Kennedy,
4.70
Carried forward, .
$109.30
35
Brought forward,
$109.30
Paid Lewis Adams, for labor,
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