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5.00
manure and ashes,
100.00
coal,
73.00
2 ladders,
3.00
washing machine,
6.00
wood and lumber,
50.00
10 bushels onions,
8.00
$2,264.00
Inventory January 1st, 1898,
2,569.00
Loss in inventory,
$305.00
70.00
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RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Cash on hand January 1st, 1898,
$158.68
Received for milk,
1,427.78
stock,
362.71
potatoes,
4.50
eggs and poultry,
55.70
vegetables,
28.60
grain bags,
2.00
labor and 3 dinners,
2.25
grind stone,
1.00
Drawn from the Treasury for
N. W. Bradford,
70.55
G. R. Drake,
19.24
W. C. Whiting,
3.75
E. H. Lothrop,
143.77
E. J. Bean,
322.08
$2,602.61
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for flour,
$53.70
meat,
132.99
grain,
464.14
coal,
92.41
butter and cheese,
65.56
medicine,
6.37
fish,
9.84
clothing,
44.98
repairs,
19.51
labor,
291.97
seeds,
35.39
sugar,
44.71
fertilizer,
40.00
lumber,
1.50
furniture and bedding,
3.50
stock,
446.00
Amount carried forward,
$1,752.57
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Amount brought forward,
$1,752.57
Paid for tools and hardware,
67.41
cash to paupers,
2.05
tobacco,
15.54
smithwork,
19.26
tea and coffee,
23.36
groceries,
73.35
shoes,
14.06
crackers,
7.57
warden's salary,
400.00
soap and oil,
15.59
ice,
9.69
salt,
2.20
crockery and tinware,
8.78
table linen, etc.,
9.60
painting,
89.79
doctor bill,
3.75
Cash on hand,
88.04
$2,602.61
COST OF SUPPORTING POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Drawn from treasury per almshouse acct., $559.39 Loss in inventory, 305.00
$864.39
Cash on hand,
88.04
$776.35
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
AGE.
WEEKS.
Edmund Alger,
86
51
Albert Staples,
56
52
Conn. Sullivan,
64
52
Geo. B. Randall,
72
52
Michael Ryan,
50
52
Ansel Alger,
81
50
Sarah B. Howard,
66
52
Geo. L. Edson,
86
49
The warden during the year has lodged and fed 199 tramps.
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EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
Aid to Mrs. C. E. Miller,
$62.00
Geo. N. Blanchard,
2.75
Mrs. Hathaway,
5.90
C. E. Miller, Jr.,
7.00
Nathaniel Pratt,
23.05
Isaac H. Bates,
20.00
Mrs. Kinney,
64.00
Harriet Packard,
19.50
Fred Leonard,
208.00
Merton Churchill's children,
115.00
Frank Fadden's children,
70.00
George Dunbar's children,
156.00
Abagail Fadden,
52.00
Joseph Morse,
78.00
Mrs. E. J. Packard,
169.46
Charles E. Fisher,
31.50
Arthur P. Packard,
61,75
Arthur Harvey,
7.50
John A. W. Alger,
51.66
Bangs Howes,
24.45
John Cane,
1.00
Read's child,
1.25
Total cost,
$1,231.77
Due from Easton for Mrs. C. E. Miller, 62.00
Easton for Geo. N. Blanchard, 2.75
E. Bridgewater, Mrs. Hathaway, 5.90 Raynham, C. E. Miller, Jr., 7.00
Plympton, N. Pratt, 23.05
Brockton, Isaac H. Bates,
20.00
120.70
Cost to the town,
$1,111.07
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, S. G. COPELAND, CHAS. E. TISDALE,
Overseers of
the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Appropriation,
$600.00
Paid to E. S. LeLacheur, return of births,
1.00
Town of East Bridgewater, one half expense, of surveying town line,
10.10
Frank S. Howard, return of deaths,
2.75
Wm. E. Fay, printing reports,
61.75
Edward Madden, damage to carriage,
5.50
L. A. Flagg, moving treasurers safe,
2.50
Thomas Groom & Co., tax books,
3.75
Mrs. Ruth Brown, return of births,
.75
H. E. Weston, rent of town hall and office,
150.00
A. J. Brouillard, aid to constables,
4.02
A. W. Brownell, assesors blanks,
2.00
Henry Withington, care of monument ground,
5.00
Nathaniel Pratt, care of Godfrey house,
1.05
Frank L. Howard, postal cards,
7.50
Mosler Safe Co., safe,
300.00
Harris & Barker, counsel fees,
25.00
Wm. E. Fay, printing,
15.45
E. B. Wilbur, cash expense, use of team postage and stationery, 38.63
Emanuel King, care of old cemetery,
2.00
Howard Clark & Co., office furniture,
7.25
L. E. Hayward, care of old cemetery,
1.00
Clinton P. Howard, lumber for safe,
3.68
A. F. Haridon, land,
5.00
F. P. Hatch, work on safes,
2.60
J. E. Carr & Co., work on pumps,
5.53
W. A. Cole, platform for pumps,
5.00
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Paid Wm. Trudeau, brick for safe foundation, 10.40
J. M. Whiting, labor on safe foundation, 13.60
Frank Conlon, labor on safe, 1.80
Geo. R. Drake. telephone and oil,
.60
Josyln Express Co., moving safes, 12.00
Frank L. Howard, two treasurer's stamps, account book, bill rack, receipts and postage, 10.90
W. F. Whitmarsh, return of births, .75
Lucy A. Snell, allowance for grading yard,
29.00
$747.86
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation,
$900.00
Paid to B. B. Howard, auditor,
2.50
George F. Logue, auditor and election officer,
4.00
David R. Simmons, cattle inspector,
96.11
David R. Simmons, constable,
8.50
Lional H. Adams, constable,
22.44
Loren A. Flagg, constable,
20.90
D. W. Gardner, constable,
102.82
Benjamin F. Brooks constable,
15.15
Chas. W. Elliott, special officer,
2.50
George S. Drake, election officer,
1.80
Irving E. Wheeler, special officer,
2.50
Curtis Eddy, registrar,
2.10
Horace Bartlett, registrar,
7.80
James A. Fobes, registrar,
7.80
Chas. H. Egan, election efficer,
2.00
Chas. R. Packard, town clerk,
69.59
E. B. Wilbur, selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, 242.75
Chas. E. Tisdale, selectman, assessor and
124.00
overseer of the poor,
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Paid Samuel G. Copeland, selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, M. K. Crosby, clerk of school committee,
104.70
11.50
851.46
Received from police court of Brockton, fines,
$35.00
Received from state, one half of
inspector's salary,
34.22
Due from state one half of inspector's
salary, 13.83
$83.05
$768.41
STATE AID.
Isaac H. Bates,
$60.00
Geo. N. Blanchard,
72.00
Wm. T. Britton,
72.00
C. E. Churchill and wife,
96.00
Ezekiel W. Chamberlain and wife,
48.00
Wm. Crockett and wife,
108.00
Seth Edson,
48.00
James P. Gallagher,
72.00
Linus E. Hayward and wife,
84.00
Henry Hiatt,
72.00
William H. Jennings,
72.00
James H. Leonard,
48.00
James P. Lincoln,
48.00
Andrew W. Perkins and wife,
100.00
Nathaniel Pratt,
72.00
William B. Smith,
60.00
George. S. Wentworth,
48.00
Mary E. Alger,
48.00
Helen M. Bates,
40.00
Abigal Cole,
44.00
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Mary E. Howard,
48.00
Stella E. Howard,
48.00
Elizabeth F. Leonard,
48.00
Hannah R. Stanley,
48.00
Perez C. W. Vaughn,
32.00
Michael Logue,
12.00
Samuel Gammell,
30.00
$1,578.00
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in treasury Jan. 1st, 1898,
$6,877.95
Borrowed of Horatio Howard,
1,000.00
Rec'd of Brockton B. & T. St. R. R. Co.,
1,319.67
66 Income from dog fund,
320.94
Income from school fund,
281.28
66 Town of Easton,
4.00
" East Bridgewater,
16.50
" Plympton,
32.07
66
" Bridgewater,
4.50
City of Brockton,
10.00
balance Corporation tax,
33.15
66 E. B. Wilbur, auctioneer's license,
2.00
Borrowed East Bridgewater Savings Bank,
2,000.00
Rec'd Fred Fuller, pedlers license, from estate of Mrs. Henry Copeland,
6.00
100.00
Borrowed, Edgerly & Crocker,
2,000.00
Rec'd R. O. Harris, state allowance and school supt., 152.76
66 E. P. Dunbar, butchers license,
1.00
Prescott Snell, butchers license,
1.00
66 State paupers, 22.30
66 Brockton and E. B. St. R. R. Co., 219.75
Brockton and E. B. St. R. R. Co.,
180.25
inspection of animals,
296.72
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Rec'd Corporation tax,
386.95
66 National Bank tax, 436.28
State aid,
1,475.00
Borrowed, Plymouth County S. D. & T. Co.,
1,000.00
Rec'd tax list for 1898,
14,418.87
police court Brockton, fines,
35.00
$32,633.94
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for State aid,
$1,578.00
Schools, repairs and supplies,
5,305.87
Schools, transportation,
513.62
Schools, superintendent,
250.00
Memorial,
100.00
Almshouse,
559.39
Library,
386.92
Highways,
3,530.58
Poor out of house,
1.231.77
Incidentals,
747.86
Abatement,
41.64
- Town officers,
851.46
Land damage,
1,629.00
County tax,
1,449.27
State tax,
570.00
Horatio Howard, note and interest,
1,050.00
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank, note and int., 2,051.67
Edgerly & Crocker, note and interest, 2,033.33
Cash and uncollected taxes,
8,753.56
$32,633.94
Condition of Treasury January 1, 1899.
Cash on hand, $572.75
Uncollected taxes for 1898,
4,586.81
Due from Geo. M. Pratt, 3,594.00
also interest collected on 1895, 1896 and 1897 taxes.
$8,753.56
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W. Bridgewater, Mass., Jan. 14th, 1899.
We have examined the books and accounts of all the officers intrusted with the receipt, custody or expenditure of money, and all original bills and vouchers on which money has been paid from the treasury of this town, and we find all such books, accounts, bills and vouchers to be correct.
B. B. HOWARD, G. F. LOGUE, Auditors.
Outstanding note against the Town, $1,000.00
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR AND TREASURER. Beginning March 14, 1898.
RECEIPTS.
Geo. M. Pratt, collector of taxes for 1897,
$3,150.00
E. P. Shaw, bal. corporation tax, 33.15
Brockton Police Court, fines, 35.00
E. Bradford Wilbur, auctioneer's license, 2.00
Borrowed, East Bridgewater Savings Bank, 2,000.00
Fred Fuller, pedlers license, 6.00
Estate of Mrs. Henry Copeland,
100.00
Borrowed of Edgerly & Crocker, 2,000.00
R. O. Harris, state allowance for Supt. of Schools, 152.76
E. P. Dunbar, butchers license, 1.00
E. P. Shaw, Commission of inspection of animals,
296.72
Prescott Snell, butchers license,
1.00
E. P. Shaw, for support of state paupers,
22.30
Brockton & E. Bridgewater St. R. R. Co., land damage, 400.00
E. P. Shaw, corporation tax,
386.95
E. P. Shaw, National Bank tax,
436.28
E. P. Shaw, state aid, Chap. 301, acts of 1889,
1,413.00
E. P. Shaw, burial of indigent sailors and soldiers, 62.00
Borrowed, Plymouth Co. Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 1,000.00 Tax list for 1898, 14,418.87
$25,917.03
EXPENDITURES.
Paid on orders of selectmen, $13,603.20
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank, note and int.,
2,051.67
Edgerly & Crocker, note and int.,
2,033.33
E. P. Shaw, state tax,
570.00
Horatio Howard, note and int.,
1,050.00
Albert Davis, county tax, 1,449.27
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Uncollected taxes of 1898, Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1898,
4,586.81
572.75
$25,917.03
FRANK L. HOWARD,
Collector and Treasurer.
Out standing note against the town,
$1,000.00
NAMES OF JURORS.
For acceptance or revision by the town at its annual meeting.
James A. Fobes,
Azel Lothrop,
George F. Logue, .
Frank L. Howard,
William H. Bosworth,
Edwin L. Pratt,
Lionel H. Adams,
Erland Thayer,
Fred A. Perkins,
Henry O. Davenport.
Chas. E. Leonard,
William F. Ryder,
Jonas Hartwell,
Henry W. Leach,
Henry Bartlett,
Lyman E. Copeland,
William A. Cole,
Edwin H. Thayer
David L. Lombard,
Charles H. Fuller,
William H. Washburn,
David R. Simmons,
Ellis R. Holbrook, James S. Jones, Michael O'Fallon,
Ervin Lothrop,
Bradford Copeland,
William B. Kingman,
John W. Darling, Robert H. Hatch.
NAMES OF JURORS DRAWN IN 1898.
Geo. Burke, Albert L. Alger,
Herbert W. Packard,
Linus E. Hayward,
Chas. H. Calwell,
David Snow,
Geo. H. Knapp,
Curtis Eddy,
Chas. T. Howard,
Julius Hayward,
Jacob Atwood.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS.
· There has been drawn from the treasury for
schools, school repairs and supplies, $5,305.87
Appropriation for schools, $4,000.00
Appropriation for school repairs and supplies, 500.00
Received from school fund,
281.28
Received from state on account of district supervision, 152.76
4,934.04
Overdrawn, $369.83
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
There has been drawn from the treasury for superintendent of schools, $250.00
TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS.
There has been drawn from the treasury for transporting scholars, . $513.62
450.00
Appropriation,
Overdrawn, $63.62
LIBRARY.
Drawn from the treasury for the library,
$386.92
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Appropriation, $100.00
Paid Charles R. Packard, 100.00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation for roads and sidewalks, $3,500.00
Drawn from treasury on bills approved by superintendent of streets, 3,530.58
Overdrawn,
$30.58
At a meeting of the selectmen, held at their office on March 7th, William F. Ryder was appointed superintendent of streets.
WE RECOMMEND THE TOWN TO APPROPRIATE :
For the support of poor,
$1,500.00
transportation of pupils,
450.00
schools,
4,000.00
repairs and supplies,
500.00
highways and sidewalks,
3,500:00
town officers,
900.00
incidentals,
600.00
memorial service,
100.00
superintendent of schools,
250.00
The County Commissioners in laying out West Center and North Elm streets made the following assessments and awards for land damage.
ASSESSMENTS.
Upon the Town of West Bridgewater to be rein- bursed by the Brockton, Bridgewater and
Taunton Street Railroad Company, and the County,
$1,754.75
Received from the Brockton, Bridge-
water and Taunton Street Rail- road Company, $1,319.67
Due from the County, 435.08
$1,754.75
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AWARDS.
Paid Mary Le Barron,
$315.00
Horace Bartlett,
102.00
Joseph C. Howard,
14.00
Davis Copeland,
15.00
Addison Brooks,
57.25
Eliza A. Snell,
100.00
T. Prescott Snell,
50.00
Margaret O'Conner,
13.00
Mary E. Alger,
50.00
Charles E. Kinney,
108.50
Clinton P. Howard,
108.75
Edgar Billings,
15.00
Alton Snell,
26.00
Frank E. Shaw,
101.00
Charles W. Elliott,
5.00
Lucy A. Snell,
71.00
Rosana B. Morse,
7.50
L. Sumner Packard,
13.00
Winthrop Howard,
63.00
Warren C. Kinney,
156.00
Nancy D. Hambley,
117.00
Due Edwin M. Bradley,
48.00
Samuel N. Howard,
67.50
Japhet B. Packard,
5.00
James R. Young,
1.00
Horatio Howard,
5.00
George Shipman,
42.25
George Wilbur,
78.00
$1,754.75
The County Commissioners in laying out Matfield, Belmont and Plain streets, made the following assessments and the fol- lowing awards for land damage :
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ASSESSMENTS.
Upon the Town of West Bridgewater, to be reim-
bursed by the Brockton and East Bridge. water Street Railroad Company and the County,
$293.00
Received from the Brockton and East
Bridgewater Street Railroad Com-
$219.75
pany, Due from the County,
73.25 +
$293.00
AWARDS.
Paid Richard W. Smith,
$18.00
Kate B. Rice,
2.00
Elouisa Packard,
36.00
James P. Lincoln,
65.00
Due Jacob Atwood,
38.00
Deborah Thayer,
20.00
John Richards,
27.00
Elijah Richards,
25.00
Watts Richards,
20.00·
Hattie Richards,
2.00
Melvin L. Webber,
40.00
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$293.00
Received from the Brockton and East Bridgewater Street Railaoad Company one hundred and eighty dollars and twenty-five cents ($180.25), to be expended by the Superin- tendent of Streets, on Belmont and Plain streets as per agree- ment with said company.
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TOWN MEETING.
Plymouth ss :
To any Constable of the Town of West Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town, qualified to vote at elections and in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, in said town on Monday, the sixth of March, at one o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers.
ART. 3. To bring in their votes "Yes" or "No" on the following question : "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?
ART. 4.To hear the annual report of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 5. To act on the list of jurors as reported by the selectmen. .
ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation of the same.
ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow money, in anticipation of taxes, to pay charges against the town.
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ART. 8. To see if the town will appropriate money for necessary transportation of pupils to Grammar Schools.
CAUCUS.
A citizens caucus will be held in Town Hall on Monday evening, Feb. 27th, 1899, at 7.30 o'clock, for the purpose of nominating all town officers for the ensuing year.
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, SAMUEL G. COPELAND, Selectmen. CHARLES E. TISDALE,
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
The Superintendent of Streets has approved bills to the following named persons for material and work on the roads and sidewalks :
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Charles H. Fuller,
$114.00
Charles E. Leonard,
118.75
L. A. Flagg,
64.95
John Cashman,
85.50
Thomas Hennessey,
175.10
Samuel B. Hetherington,
54.00
George Hopkins,
480.55
Charles E. Brown,
168.00
George W. Howard,
83.85
Elmer E. Howard,
95.20
Fred J. Hambley,
50.40
Peter Keenan,
73.00
T. Prescott Snell,
113.40
Alger Bros.,
58.57
Horace Bartlett,
106.75
Erank E. Shaw,
22.50
John P. Peterson,
47.60
P. O'Connor est.,
96.70
Edgar Billings,
10.00
E. B. Wilbur,
77.50
Clinton P. Howard,
96.75
Henry Withington,
14.40
John Luddy,
80.40
Joseph S. George,
92.40
Claus Hackenson,
4.00
Joseph C. Howard,
130.45
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Antone Peter,
38.45
John Courtney,
19.50
Terrence Keenan,
55.80
George J. Kingman,
49.50
James McAnaugh,
49.50
S. G. Copeland,
33.75
W. C. Kinney,
22.00
George A. Hopkins,
8.00
James McFadden,
.60
Daniel Sullivan,
1.00
F. H. Amsden,
1.70
Thomas Alger,
2.20
Philander Lambert,
5.80
H. L. Campbell,
3.20
John Leary,
2.00
H. F. Corkam,
4.30
William L. Cox,
4.40
James Keivney,
8.00
T. F. Wentworth,
3.10
James Keenan,
2.40
E. J. Morse,
3.60
George F. Ryder,
8.20
John A. Norman,
8.80
John Norman,
9.30
H. E. Weston,
1.60
Walter S, Tower,
1.40
Frank Conlon,
3.40
E. P. Dunbar,
17.90
David B. Hall,
1.25
Erland Thayer,
5.30
Ira A. Pratt,
3.30
August Winberg,
3.50
W. H. Linsey,
2.60
Benjamin Morse,
3.00
Charles Shaw,
.80
C. E. Miller,
1.20
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John King,
3.00
Manuel King,
3.40
W. A. Wixon,
2.00
Oliver K. Ness, Jr.,
5.20
E. N. Fisher,
10.10
Dana Egan,
4.00
D. R. Simmons,
3.00
E. H. Lothrop,
11.70
L. E. Hayward,
18.80
John Reeves,
43.80
James Clifford,
15.25
George Withington.
5.70
J. M. Howard & Son,
11.50
Patrick McGinn,
4.40
A. H. Lyon,
.80
Patrick McAnaugh,
1.20
Joseph Perry,
1.20
Joseph Sylva,
4.90
James Gilligan,
6.80
James F. Hennessey,
6.80
Augustus Hennessey,
6.80
G. A. Freeman,
3.50
Harry H. Marshall,
4.70
William A. Cole,
4.50
James R. Holbrook;
3.30
Edward Pittsley,
3.10
William Lake,
9.00
Oscar Johnson,
9.00
Nels Johnson,
6.00
William Lyon,
6.00
Philip Kent,
2.00
David Quinlan,
1.20
James Quinlan,
1.20
C. E. Sanborne,
1.95
George G. Tucker,
1.80
C. C. Thayer,
2.60
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Henry O. Davenport,
6.10
Frank Echler,
.70
Waldo Brothers,
84.00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. Road.
7.81
George R. Drake,
.50
William F. Ryder,
296.70
$3,530.58
WILLIAM F. RYDER,
Superintendent.
DEATHS RECORDED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1898.
DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
Y
M
D
CAUSE OF DEATH PLACE OF BIRTH
NAMES OF PARENTS
1898
Tuberculosis pul-
Jan
19
Charles F Norman
14
6
28
mon. acuta. Pneumonia
Feb
13
Barnabas Dunbar
84
10
23
Paralysis .. .
Mar
12
Laura F Reed . .
6
12
19
Eleazer A Cole
72
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16
Apr
15
Stillman F Willis ..
72
7
24
20
John F McGarry
·
4
23
May
20
Jeremiah Ring
. .
. .
Old Age. .
31
David Bartlett. .
87
3
20
LaGrippe ..
W Bridgewater
June 22
James C Swan . . ·
70
20
Pistol wo'd of hd Easton ..
24
Elijah A Godfrey .
56
10
5
Explosion .
Taunton
27
Carl A Lindstrom . 70
11
29
Paralysis
Sweden
July
2
Unknown .
. .
. .
1
6
3
Mary Ames Howard .. .
78
27
23
William Penpraese. .
52
10
7
Aug
10
Joseph Vosmus.
69
7
30
25
Mary J Tisdale.
76
1
20
Catarrhal Pneum Raynham .
Sept
13
Daniel P Glass
88
11
8.
15
W Bridgewater "
30
Joseph F Woodbury .. . Experience® E Ames . . .
77
7
21
Oct
2
4
Lillian Cyr ..
3
. .
..
7
Ann P Carr
74
. .
·
28
Mary A Howard.
85
8
25
Old Age.
W Bridgewater
Nov
22
Stillborn
. .
. .
·
Dec
8 Abigail Cole.
89
3
14
18 Edward B Pittsley
72
2
21
Freetown.
20
Frances A White .
38
11
16
22
Adelaide Nickerson . .
50
8
17
23
Leon Adelbert Burke. . . .
4
18 Abscess of Liver
23
John F Lake . .. ......
· ·
3
19 Capillary Bron'is
W Bridgewater Hill, N H .... W Bridgewater Sagamore . Greenwood, Me Brockton ....
John Norman & Johanna Ericksson John Dickerson & Adeline Taylor Daniel Dunbar & Nicollis Wilbur Charles Reep & Annie B Blake Calvin Cole & Betsey Judkins Stillman F Willis & Huldah Packard John McGarry & Mary A Connors John Ring & Hannah Reardon David Bartlett & Polly B Howard Caleb Swan & Ruth Barrell Elijah Godfrey & Betsey Smith Magnus & Choltorin Lindstrom
Jonathan Ames & Sally Capen John Penpraese & Jane Powell Jacob Vosmus & Mary Goss Chandler Dean & - Besse Ezekiel Glass & Mary Thomas James Finch & Elsie Whitman Norman Woodbury & Mary O Ellis Alvin Howland & Priscilla Clark Vital Cyr & Lea Dupuis Unknown
Phineas Frost & Clarissa Cleveland James Pittsley & Mercy Pittsley G C Mansfield & Harriet L Derby Cyrus Alger & Sarah H Hayward John Burke & Lottie May Pittsley J W Lake & Clementine Cameron
30
W Bridgewater P E Island . . . . Auburn, Me. . .
Duxbury .
28
Elwyn F Finch ..
.
·
·
15
5 Dis. Un'y Organs Exha'on, Teeth'g Chol. Infantum. Hem'ge of Lungs Meningitis
Dysentery .
Brewster . · W Bridgewater Boston
Samuel Dunbar & Betsey Lothrop
N Wrentham . .
General Debility Brights Disease. Ch. Inters'l Neph Paresis .
South Braintree W Bridgewater
21
Willis K Dickerson
69
·
·
·
Cong. of Lungs. Cirrhosis of Liver Mitral Stenoses. Pneumonia
W Bridgewater Ireland .
77
· ·
Found in River, prob. drowned Heart Failure. . . Gastric Catarrh. LaGrippe ......
. .
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1898.
DATE.
NAME
SEX
NAMES OF PARENTS
1894
July 16
Frank Perkins Raymond.
Male ... ..
Charles W Raymond and Etta J Cook
1896
May
6
Rosalie Ellis .
Female . . . .
George W Ellis and Ida M Blake
1897
December 17
John Francis McGarry
Male . . .
John McGarry and Mary A Conners
1898
14
Elwyn F Finch
1
Illegitimate
Female George W Ellis and Ida M Blake
March 12
18
Mary Frates.
Male . Gustavus A Peterson and Hilma M Johnson
April
20
Nancy Mary Woodbury .
Female
George N Woodbury and Lilla L Dearth
31
May
4 Gerald Leslie Wilbur.
Male .
Cedric Elsworth Marshall .
Male
Harry A Marshall and Ada E DeNeves
1
Mary Elizabeth Raymond
Female Charles W Raymond and Etta J Cook
Male
Charles and Lena Burguist
Male
William J Cairns and Ermind Perkins
1
Stillborn .
5 Forest Leon Elliott.
Male Charles W Elliott and Emma B Lowell
14
Bessie May Wixon.
Female Joshua F Wixon and Matilda M Miller
August
26 John D Sullivan
Male John W Lake and Clementine Cameron
September
5
Leon Adelbert Burke.
Male John Burke and Lottie May Pittsley
Male Norman Woodbury and Mary O Ellis
October
5 Eunice May Logue. . .
Female George F Logue and Belle B Alger
66
21 Forrest Edward Martin.
Male . . . John A Martin and Margaret E Duggan
December
1 Blanche Chassez ..
Female Theophile Chassez and Adele Perry
12 Mary Gannett Ryder. ..
Female George F Ryder and Grace M Adams
29
Agnes Gertrude Hennessey
Female
James W Hennessey and Margaret A Scanlon
28
Ida May Ellis
Female Edwin L Pratt and Mary II Pope
Female Antone and Amelia Frates
21 George Willard Peterson.
Male
Charles L Bradford and Florence W Stillman Nahum J Wilbur and Evelyn D Lyon
24
24
Mamie Victoria Winberg
Female
August Winberg and Sophia Lindstrom
June
9 Charles Burguist.
28 David Dewey Cairns
July
4 John F Lake.
15
Joseph Franklin Woodbury
Male . . John L Sullivan and Margaret E McDonald
21 Herbert Lenthel Bradford
Marie W Pratt
Male . James E Finch and Elsie M Whitman
January February
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Marriages Registered in West Bridgewater during the year 1898.
Jan. 11. Edmond Copeland of West Bridgewater and May Alice Hartwell, of Brockton.
Jan. 15. John E, Blake and Lydia A. Packard, both of W. Bridgewater.
May 26. Fred T. Congdon, of Easton, and Ida F. Wood, of West Bridgewater.
May 27. Thomas Quinlan, of West Bridgewater, and Mar- garet F. Seaver, of Newfoundland.
June 1. Thomas Gorman, of West Bridgewater, and Mary MacNeil, of Bridgewater.
June 22; Jesse H. Bourne, of Foxboro, and Alice D. Eddy, of West Bridgewater.
July 5. John H. Blake, of West Bridgewater, and Mattie C. Weaver, of Brockton.
July 5. Grant W. E. White, of West Bridgewater, and Jessie M. Thomas, of Hyde Park.
July 6. Arthur D. Copeland, of Brockton, and Jessie Janet Lothrop, of West Bridgewater.
July 10. Shepard E. Wilbar, and Emma F. T. Vaughan, both of Brockton.
Oct. 6. Michael Gorman and Mary Ellen Golden, both of West Bridgewater.
Nov. 24. Arthur J. Parker, of West Bridgewater, and Cath- erine McOnnel, of Brockton.
NOTE .- Intention of marriage by William F. Bosworth, of West Bridgewater, and Mildred E. Jennings, of Fredricton, N. B., recorded June 3d, but no returns of certificate received.
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REPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
During the year 1898 there have been added to the li- brary, by purchase, 123 volumes.
By the will of the late Mrs. Julia A. Drury 121 volumes, as well as a large number of unbound magazines, have been re- ceived by the library. Mr. F. E. Howard has also donated 26 volumes. The number of bound volumes now on the shelves is 4,989.
The number of books issued by the librarian in 1898, and the classes to which they belong, is as follows, viz :-
Agriculture,
2
Art,
3
Biography,
125
Fiction,
2,027
General Literature,
244
History,
171
Humerous Works,
-
22
Juvenile Work,
825
Magazines,
707
Poetry,
103
Reference Works,
3
Religion and Theology,
10
Science,
86
Travels,
48
Public Documents,
12
4,388
COST OF MAINTAINING THE LIBRARY.
Receipts.
From Town Treasurer,
$386.92
sales of catalogues, cards and fines,
8.59
$395.51
34
Expenditures.
Estes & Lauriat, for books,
$124.53
Librarian's salary,
150.00
Material and labor for new shelves,
31.57
Magazines,
31.10
C. A. Howland, books,
7.25
F. J. Barnard & Co., binding,
18.37
Balch Bros. Co.,
16.80
C. P. Howard, wood,
4.00
Printing regulations,
2.50
Postage, express, oil acct.,
9.21
Balance to new account,
.18
$395.51
The Cornelia Alger bequest, having been deposited in the East Bridgewater Savings Bank, now amounts to $842.32.
Respectfully submitted for the trustees of the Public Li- brary.
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