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475.00
repairs of highways and sidewalks
3,500.00
support of poor.
1,500.00
town officers,
900.00
incidentals,
800.00
memorial service
100.00
interest on town debt,
250.00
paying town debt
2,000.00
School Superintendent.
250.00
furnishing almshouse,
200.00
$13,725.00
TOWN PROPERTY.
Value of New Almshouse and wood-house.
$5,000.00
town farm,
3,500.00
personal property,
1,897.00
ten school-houses,
13,000.00
town library,
2,500.00
derrick,
100.00
road scraper,
100.00
JOSEPH A. SHORES, E. BRADFORD WILBUR, SAMUEL G. COPELAND,
Assessors.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF POOR.
INVENTORY AT ALMSHOUSE, JANUARY 1, 1893.
7 tons English hay,
$140.00
3} tons meadow and swale hay,
35.00
1} tons corn fodder and oats, corn,
35.00
2 bushels of beans,
5.00
10 cows,
400.00
1 horse,
115.00
30 fowls,
12.00
60 bushels potatoes,
60.00
4 bushels onions,
3.00
120 pounds pork,
12.00
40 pounds lard,
4.00
3 pounds butter,
.96
14 barrel flour,
7.50
groceries,
5.00
2 pork barrels,
1.00
soap and oil,
2.00
hay knife,
1.25
express wagon,
10.00
step ladder,
1.25
corn sheller,
4.00
carpenters' tools,
9.00
hay cutter,
4.00
5 stoves,
15.00
grind stone,
4.00
2 oxen, 135.00
Amount carried forward,
1,042.96
22.00
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6
Amount brought forward,
$1,042.96
148.00
household furniture, tinware, crockery, etc.,
5.00
3 churns,
8.00
woodenware,
15.00
beds and bedding,
87.00
table linen and towels,
3.00
hay wagon,
30.00
covered wagon,
40.00
2 tip carts,
50.00
pung,
8.00
harnesses,
25.00
3 ox yokes,
6.00
ox sled and wheelbarrow,
8.00
robes and blankets,
6.00
mowing machine and rake,
40.00
5 plows, 3 harrows and other tools,
25.00
horse sled,
7.00
manure and ashes,
100.00
coal,
105.00
2 ladders,
3.00
6 bags Fertilizer,
10.80
washing machine,
10.00
wood and lumber,
100.00
$1,897.76
Inventory, Feb. 1, 1892,
1,545.25
Gain in Inventory,
$352.51
15.00
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RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE
Cash on hand,
$48.97
Cash for milk,
1,015.73
Stock,
185.00
Onions,
14.70
Potatoes,
56.55
Hay,
45.91
Eggs,
9.79
Lumber sold,
4.25
Use of wagon,
2.00
Old chair sold,
1.00
Ox yoke sold,
2.00
Cucumbers,
39.35
Corn,
10.00
Drawn from treasury for J. C. Swan,
2.00
E. R. Hayward, fertilizers, 78.90
J.[H. Adams estate, 21.95
66
66
L. A. Flagg, for coal, 130.93
66
Chas. E. Leonard for Pigs, 8.00 283.30
Stock
6 6
66
B. H. Waugh for Labor, 9.47
66
6 6
S. G. Copeland,
Labor and Meat, 19.47
$1,989.27
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for flour,
42.02
meat,
87.86
fish,
12.72
wooden ware,
10.09
grass and garden seed,
16.65
Amount carried forward, $169.34
66
66
8
Amount brought forward, Paid for blacksmithing,
$169 34
25.55
clothing,
28.26
soap,
10.36
tinware and glassware,
7.33
crockery,
1.48
coal,
133.64
sugar,
16.05
potatoes,
3.60
Use of Stock for 2 years
10.75
shoes,
12.50
repairs,
15.93
tobacco
11.38
salt,
4.70
fertilizer,
80.50
groceries.
93.58
grain,
445.83
farming tools,
7.60
oil,
8.32
stock,
283.30
repairs on barn,
21.19
sundries,
4.04
washing machine
10.00
labor,
248.88
repair harness,
3.17
hardware,
12.46
crackers,
13.96
J. C. Swan, medical attendance,
2.00
warden's salary, 11 months,
302.95
Cash on hand January 1, 1893,
0.62
$1,989.27
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COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Drawn from the treasury per almshouse account, $554.02 Gain in inventory from February 1, 1892, to January 1, 1893, 352.51
$201.51
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
AGE.
WEEKS.
Edmund Alger,
79
45
Albert Staples,
50
52
Conn Sullivan,
58
52
George Randall,
66
36
Michael Ryan,
44
3
Ansel Alger,
65
23
Mrs. Ann Kane,
68
12
The warden during the year has lodged and fed forty- nine tramps.
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
Aid to Frank Fadden's children,
$140.00
Fred Leonard,
212.00
Olive B. Shaw and children,
216.83
Mary Sullivan,
66.00
Abbie Fadden,
50.00
George Wild,
10.00
Mrs. Merton Churchill and Children,
159.15
Mrs. Kenney,
55.00
George N. Blanchard,
47.00
Amount carried forward, $955.98
10
Amount brought forward, Aid to Chas. T. Hayward's children,
$955.98
156.00
Mary Allison and family,
10.44
Mrs. Ann Kane,
1.75
Mrs. Heavy,
40,37
Thomas Clancy (Taunton Hospital),
66.39
Mrs. Frank Hayward (T. L. Hospital),
169.46
Eugene Conlon (T. L. Hospital),
127.21
Mrs. Rebecca Maxfield,
120.50
Wm. H. Bismore,
72.00
John A. Sloan,
32.18
Harriet Harvey,
71.55
Total Cost,
$1823.83
Received from Springfield, for Mrs. Rebecca Maxfield, 120.50
Received from Boston, for Mrs. Heavy 40.37
66 Easton, for Geo. N Blanchard, 47.00
66 Brockton, for John A. Sloan,
32.18
Due from New Bedford for Wm. H. Bismore, 72.00
· from John P. Hay ward
Mrs. 7. Hay ward
169.46
Received and due, $ 481,51 $312.05
Expense of poor out of house, $ 1,342.32 $1,511.78
JOSEPH A. SHORES, E. BRADFORD WILBUR, S. G. COPELAND,
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Appropriation,
$800.00
Paid opposing division of town
Hayward & Howard, engineers, $41.05
B. B. Howard, blanks, 5.00
5.00
J. C. Keith, coach,
A. Mudge & Son, printing, 5.50
E. B. Wilbur, cash expenses & time, 37.00
J. A. Shores, cash expenses & time, 37.75
B. W. Harris, counsel, 60.00
W. H. Jennings, time, 2.00
$193.30
Chas. E. Tisdale, postage,
1.50
L. A. Flagg. moving safe,
2.25
G. A. Goodall, printing voting lists,
14.50
C. A. Hack & Son, printing reports,
47.50
C. P. Howard, rent town hall, 75.00
G. R. Drake, sundries,
2.94
Thomas Groom, account books,
11.00
L. G. Lowe & Son, insuring almshouse,
67.50
Daniel Perkins, rent of office,
18.00
Isaac H. Bates, care of monument grounds,
5.00
Geo. M. Pratt, printing tax bills,
10.75
J. S. Sampson, printing school regulations,
18.25
R. D. McKeene, postage and telegraph,
4.43
Enterprise Pub. Co., advertising,
3.60
William E. Fay, printing town warrants,
6.00
Amount carried forward, $481.52
1.2
Amount brought forward
$481.52
F. W. Howard, care of cemetery, 3.00
Chas. E. Leonard, wood for office,
5.00
Howard, Clark & Co., returning deaths,
1.00
F. S. Howard,
2.25
Chas. McCann,
2.00
E. B. Wilbur. selling school house,
2.00
J. A. Shores, cash expense and use of team 49.49
Chas. R. Packard, printing and postage,
9.76
$556.02
Bills approved by road commissioners,
L. A. Flagg, repairs to road machine, $24.65
Chas. Burrill, gravel, 27.25
J. E. Ryder, gravel, 37.00
Davis Copeland, gravel,
7.75
J. H. Adams, estate, repairs to scraper, 3.10
W. R. Dickerson, gravel,
12.15
Pierce & Packard, shovels, 4.37
W. F. Ryder, gravel, 5.00
O. K. Ness, plank, 39.12
G. R. Drake, nails, 1.00
Geo. Hopkins, gravel,
26.50
James O. Alger, cinders and gravel, 41.20
Woldo Brothers, drain pipe, 40.48
269.57
$825.59
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE SCHOOLS.
Appropriation for schools, $3,750.00
for repairs and supplies,
475.00
Amount carried forward, $4,225.00
66
13
Amount brought forward, There has been drawn from the treas- ury for schools, For repairs, For supplies,
$4,225.00
$3,507.52
268.48
177.54
3,953.54
Balance,
$271.46
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Appropriation,
$250.00
Paid M. K. Crosby to May 20,
$50.00
R. D. McKeene,
145.82
195.82
Balance, $54.18
LIBRARY.
Drawn from treasury for Library,
$307.89
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
Appropriation, $100.00
Paid C. R. Packard commander of post, 100.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF HIGHWAYS,
Appropriation for roads and sidewalks, $3,500.00
Drawn from treasury on bill approved by the road commissioners, 3,482.62
17.38
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NEW ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation, $200.00 5.52
Paid N. W. Bradford, painting, A. S. Lyon, lumber for wood house, 58.17 W. J. Cairns, labor “ .6 76.86
$136.03
Keeler & Co., furniture, 126.38 R. H. White, blankets and spreads, 30.65 Howard, Clark & Co., pillow ticks, 2.00 J. S. Sargent & Co., hooks and wire, 1.70 Grey's Furniture M'f'g Co., screens, 5.00 Isam Mitchel, lumber, 1.15
L. Richardson & Co., curtains, 28.52
Ladies Aid Society, puffs, 13.20
$208.60
$350.15
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
$900.00
Paid Geo. M. Pratt, auditor, $2.50
Lucius Gurny, auditor, 2.50
Chas. E. Tisdale, treasurer, 1891,
200.00
Chas. E. Tisdale, election officer,
3.00
Geo. C. Howard, moderator, 5.00
Daniel W. Gardner, constable,
73.37
M. K. Crosby, clerk of
school committee, 10.00
Chas. H. Egan, election officer,
4.00
Adelbert A. Goss, election officer, 4.00
Geo. R. Drake, election officer, 3.60
Davis Copeland
2.70
Amount carried forward 310.67
15
Amount brought forward $310.67
Paid Chas. R. Packard, town clerk, 74.67
Jos. A. Shores, selectman, assessor and overseer,
248.35
E. Bradford Wilbur, selectman,
assessor and overseer, 178.05
Samuel G. Copeland, selectman,
assessor and overseer, 73.00
Horace W. Howard, selectman,
assessor and overseer,
57.25
Edward H. Keith, registrar,
9.50
James A. Fobes,
6.50
Lucius, Dunbar, 66
8.00
Benjamin Perkins, school committee 7.00
Josiah A. Perkins, constable,
12.70
George M. Pratt, treasurer 1892,
200.00
1,185.69
STATE AID.
George N. Blanchard,
$72 00
Mrs. Geo. N. Blanchard,
36 00
William T. Britton,
48 00
Charles E. Churchill,
72 00
William Crockett,
48 00
Lucius Dunbar,
72 00
Patrick Dorgan,
60 00
James P. Gallagher,
72 00
William H. Jennings,
72 00
James H. Leonard,
72 00
Mrs. Leonard,
40 00
Charles E. Miller,
32 00
Charles T. Morse,
72 00
John A. Millet,
60 00
Amount carried forward, $828 00
16
Amount brought forward,
$828.00
Andrew W. Perkins,
70 00
William B. Smith,
5 00
Horace N. Weld.
72 00
Mary E. Alger,
48 00
Mary E. Howard,
48 00
Elizabeth O. Packard,
48 00
Mary J. Reeves,
48 00
Eliza F. Richardson.
48 00
Stella E. Howard,
24 00
Henry Hiatt,
48 00
L. E. Hayward ,
36 00
Mrs. L. E. Hayward,
44 00
Patrick Donahue,
40 00
Thomas Mason,
20 00
William E. Cole,
48 00
Nathaniel Pratt.
70 00
$1,545 00
MILITARY AID.
Thomas Mason,
$24 00
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TREASURERS ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in the treasury, February 1, 1892,
$4,393 19
Balance of corporation tax, 75 66
Borrowed of Frank Dunbar,
1,500 00
Received from town of Plympton,
131 00
Borrowed of Frank Dunbar,
1,000 00
82 00
Received from sale of schoolhouse, ٠، Tax bills for 1892,
16,628 46
Corporation tax,
662 49
National bank tax,
569 84
State Aid Chapter 301,
1438 00
Military Aid Chapter 279,
96 00
Town of Easton,
47 00
From John P. Hayward,
169 46
From State support of paupers,
2 07
" burying a horse,
3 60
City of Springfield,
120 50
66 Boston,
40 37
. 6 " Brockton,
32 18
$26,991 82
EXPENDITURES.
Six months interest on loan,
$125 00
Brockton Savings Bank note and interest,
5,125 00
County tax,
1,432 74
Amount brought forward, $6,682.74
18
Amount carried forward,
$6,682.74
Frank Dunbar note and interest,
511 25
State tax, 857 50
Frank Dunbar note and interest,
1,025 00
Six per cent. discount on taxes paid before Oct. 15, 859 42 Town officers,
1,235 69
Schools,
3,507 52
School repairs,
268 48
School supplies,
177 54
Memorial,
100 00
Library,
307 89
Poor out of the house,
1,823 83
Highways and Sidewalks,
3,684 94
Town Farm,
554 02
New Almshouse,
350 15
Incidentals,
623 27
Abatements,
67 96
State Aid,
1,545 00
Military Aid,
24 00
Cash and uncollected taxes Jan. 1st., 1893,
2,639 80
R. D. McKeen, Superintendent of Schools, 145 82
$26,991 82
Condition of the Treasury January 1, 1893. Cash on hand, $1814 80
Uncollected taxes,
825 00
$2,639.80
Outstanding note against the town.
Borrowed from Frank Dunbar, $1000 00
In obedience to the instructions of the town the under- signed have examined the accounts of all town officers for the year ending December 31, 1892. We find all orders drawn by the Selectmen properly vouched by receipted bills.
CHARLES E. TISDALE,
HORACE W. HOWARD, S Auditors.
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NAMES OF JURORS.
For acceptance or revision by the town at its annual meeting.
Albert L. Alger,
Pardon K. Bacon,
Frank Copeland,
S. Ellis Ryder, Joseph Vosmus, Lucius Dunbar,
Bradford Copeland,
Elihu Leonard,
Curtis Eddy, John A. Millet,
Charles H. Egan,
Herbert A. Millet,
Linus E. Hayward,
Seba H. Marshall,
Horace W. Howard,
Japhet Packard,
Francis E. Howard,
Myron Packard,
George W. Howard,
William F. Ryder.
George C. Howard, Julius Hayward,
Almon Rounds.
Charles T. Williams,
Jonas Hartwell,
Charles Atwell,
J. S. Jones,
F. J. Hambley,
Warren C. Kinney,
Arthur C. Peckham,
George H. Knapp,
Charles E. Churchill,
Hiram E. Weston.
NAMES OF JURORS DRAWN IN 1892.
Davis Copeland,
Molbry A. Ripley,
Ira A. Pratt,
Frank L. Howard,
Chester Thayer.
WE RECOMMEND THE TOWN TO APPROPRIATE.
For support of poor, support of schools, 4,150.00
$1,500.00
school repairs and supplies,
475.00
highways and sidewalks,
3,500.00
20
For town officers,
900.00
incidentals, 800.00
public lectures,
100.00
memorial service,
100.00
Superintendent of Schools,
250.00
The next annual town meeting will be held on Monday, the sixth day of March, 1893.
JOSEPH A. SHORES,
Selectmen,
E. BRADFORD WILUBR,
Assessors and
SAMUEL G. COPELAND,
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The Road Commissioners have paid or approved bills to the following named persons for work on the roads and sidewalks.
George Hopkins,
$400.20
Charles H. Fuller,
106.65
E. F. Miller,
4.19
Philip Kent,
20.10
John Cashman,
85.55
R. C. Bennett,
22.65
Frank Signal,
83.40
Terence Keenan,
123.00
Frank Westgate,
12.45
George W. Petty,
2.50
John Luddy,
87.00
W. L. Wadsworth,
10.50
George W. Howard,
96.00
C. P. Howard,
90.00
James McAnaugh,
73.50
Joseph C. Howard,
130.17
Prescott Snell,
23.85
Edgar Billings,
33.40
Thomas Luddy,
70.65
Edward P. Dumbar,
10.40
William Gorman,
104.60
John J. Gilligan,
76.35
John Blake,
13.95
Horace Bartlett,
133.20
E. B. Wilbur,
129.85
Bradford Copeland.
85.40
Amount carried forward,
2,029.51
22
Amount brought forward,
$2.029.51
Davis Copeland,
64.50
P. H. Bacon,
6.25
Warren Keith,
64.60
Samuel Copeland,
48.90
George Ellis,
20.25
John Ellis,
1.50
Peter Keenan,
7.50
John Duguid,
11.25
William Quinlan,
12.90
Est. P. O'Connor,
103.50
A. L. Alger,
98.35
William F. Ryder,
450.94
O. K. Ness,
14.70
Owen Conlin,
.90
Henry Doucette,
1.50
J. Q. Hartwell,
8.05
Andrew Munson,
32.98
J. A. Shores,
.75
Preston West,
4.80
David Fraher,
1.95
Thomas Snell,
1.35
W. K. Dickerson,
6.00
J. E. Ryder,
55.92
Charles Leonard,
3.00
E. A. Godfrey,
8.62
Willard Howard,
8.45
L. E. Hayward,
9.00
F. J. Hambly,
2.25
Michael Egan,
16.50
Charles H. Egan,
19.80
Patrick Keenan,
11.25
Charles Howard,
7.58
Charles Brown,
1.50
John Doucette,
3.00
Amount carried forward,
3,139.80
23
Amount brought forward,
$3,139.80
L. E. & E Copeland,
12.90
John Robbins,
1.75
Thomas Hennessy,
3.75
Michael King,
11.25
C. C. Thayer,
16.15
Erland Thayer,
119.59
James McAnaugh, Jr.
3.75
R. W. Morse,
2.25
William Penpraese,
4.50
J. L. Pittsly,
3.82
Charles Merrill,
4.35
Charles Vosmos,
3.38
C. T. Williams,
9.23
F. E. Howard,
6.80
L. A. Flagg,
122.51
F. W. Howard,
16.87
$3,482.62
Appropriation for Highways,
$3,500.00
Amount expended,
3,482.62
Baiance unexpended, $17.38
We recommend the town to appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars for the repairs of roads and sidewalks.
ERLAND THAYER, -
WM. F. RYDER, Road Commissioners. L. A. FLAGG.
.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Marriages recorded in West Bridgewater in the year 1892
Feb. 1. Jeneus Dupuis of West Bridgewater to Laura Garney of Brockton.
April 5. Conrad Ericson of Easton to Mary P. Bosworth of West Bridgewater.
April 26. Cornelius Buckley to Bridget T. Hennessey, both of West Bridgewater.
April 27. John Fallon to Geneva S. Dewyer, both of West Bridgewater.
May 18. David H. Shields of West Bridgewater to Julia A. Daley of North Easton.
June 2. Charles M. Wilde of Middleborough to Pamelia Frances Wright of Middleborough.
June 22. Frank E. Rounds to Annie M. Lyon, both of West Bridgewater.
June 23. Edward Mc Anaugh of West Bridgewater to Mary Hayes of Brockton.
July 25. James E. Willis of Easton to Mabel G. West of West Bridgewater.
Aug. 17. Stephen E. O'Neil of West Bridgewater to Mar- garet A. Conneys of Brockton.
Sept. 24. Philip Kent of West Bridgewater to Jane Leary of Bridgewater.
Oct. 2. William L. Packard of Lynn to Leonnie I. Rich- ardson of East Bridgewater.
Oct. 23. Daniel W. Burrill of Easton to Mary J. Harris of West Bridgewater.
Dec. 31. Howard E. Billings of West Bridgewater to Agnes M. Hemingway of South Braintree.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER DURING THE YEAR 1892.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
1891.
March
2
Henry Phillips Millett.
Male
Herbert A. and Affie G. (Holley; Millett.
3
John Francis McAnaugh.
66
James F. Abbie M. (Smith) McAnaugh. Martin and Ellen (Burke) Curran. Daniel and Joanna (Robinson) Lynch.
July
19
John Lynch . .
August
13
Michael Lynch
Michael and Nellie (Corbet) Lynch.
December 30
Myrtle Louise Copeland
Female
Lyman E. and Louise F. (Hartwell) Copeland.
1892.
1
Hattie F. Randall.
4
Alice M. O'Neil ..
William F. and Clara F. (Britton) Randall. John and Margaret (Hennessey) O'Neil. Edwin L. and Caroline E. (Swift) Wilds.
February
3
Lizzie May Wilds.
Joseph E. and Ellen H. (Benson) Ryder.
4
Frederick D. Williamson
Male
Joseph D. and Flora A. (Bartlett) Williamson.
20
Narcisse Belmore.
Octave and Elise (Cadeau) Belmore. John D. and Mary K. (Doucette) Robbins.
March
5
Annie Robbins .
Female
April
15
Grace Edson Weston
Male 66
May
10
Frederick A. Munson
66
15
Laura May Cyr.
Female
June
8
Lorenzo Dow Merrill
Male
Charles H. and Eva A. (Mudgett) Merrill.
10
John Lewis
Manual and Elizabeth Lewis.
12
Warren Sherman Keith.
Warren R. and Lizzie St. John (Dow) Keith. Albert and Maria Heaps. Viola A. Cobbett.
August
6
Helen Covington Howard.
Female
Clinton P. and Hattie F. (Alger) Howard.
September 14
28
George Gilbert Coughlan
Male 66
Orrin E. and Alma J. (Woodman) Edson.
October
14
14
John Irving Burke
John and May (Pittsley) Burke.
66
21
Jane Middleton Parry
Female George W. and Susan M. (Middleton) Parry.
26
Percy Cleveland Packard
Male Arthur P. and Almira E. (Macomber) Packard.
30
Abby Helen Copeland ..
Female
Samuel G. and Carrie A. (Leonard) Copeland.
31
Henry Arthur Parry . ..
Male
Henry W. and Catharine (McLean) Parry.
There is a very general impression amongst parents that it is the duty of the town clerk to canvass the town for births each year ; to the contrary, however, the law requires parents to report the births of their children to him. Section 2, Chapter 32, Public Statutes reads as follows :- Parents shall give notice to the clerk of their city or town of the births and deaths of their children; every honscholder shall give like notice of every birth and death happening in his house; the oldest person next of kin shall give such notice of the death of his kindred: the keeper of a workhouse, house of correction, prison, hospital, or almshouse, except the state almshonse, and the master or other commanding officer of a ship, shall give like notice of every birth and death among the persons under his charge. Whoever neglects to give such notice for the space of six months after a birth or death shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five dollars.
25
July
Edward Frank Heaps
9
Arthur Everett Cobbett
Ruth Otis Brooks
Female
Benjamin F. and Alice (Hall) Brooks. Michael G. and Nora (McGrath) Coughlan.
Ralph O. Edson.
H. Eugene and Mary F. (Caldwell) Weston. Charles and Albertine (Lindstrom) Edland. Andrew and Ida Sophie (Nelson) Munson. Vital and Lea (Dupuis) Cyr.
17
Herbert Edland.
4
Alice Holmes Ryder
January
17
William P. Curran
DEATHS REGISTERED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER DURING THE YEAR 1892.
DATE.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Y.
M.
D.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
1892.
Jan. 3
Philo P. Leonard.
87
10 Pneumonia.
Wareham.
5
Laura C. Penpraese
11
Bronchial Catarrh.
6
Stillman W. Hersey.
73
4
6
Pneumonia.
14
Hattie F. Randall.
73
11
14 14 "La Grippe."
19
Abbar Lendh. Patrick Cronin.
24
Exposure.
Feb. 16
Robert Quinlan. Narcisse Belmore.
10
2
Drowning. Wealhenen.
64 21
Albert Copeland.
72
3
8
Appoplexy. Heart Disease.
14
Robert O'Fallon.
72
2
66 18
Catharine Galvin.
16
6
26
Phthisis.
Apr. 9 4 14
Sylvanus Packard.
76
9
30 Mitral Insufficiency.
Betsey Wood.
82
24
Scrofulosis.
66 17
23
8
7
Phthisis. 66
66 18 May19
Timothy F. Luddy. William R. Luddy. Thomas Clancy. Edward W. Hayward. Catharine Brady.
79
6
10
Senile Debility.
W. Bridgewater. Canada.
Gardner, Me.
W. Bridgewater.
3
Cholera Infantum.
66
Boston.
“ 31
4
9
17 Dysentery.
Oct. 18
29
10
15
Ulceration of Bowels.
Dec.31
Anna Dunbar.
42
3
21
Phthisis.
North Woburn. Ireland. Ireland.
Charles and Albertine (Lindstrom) Edland. Patrick F. and Elizabetlı (Heaphy) Tooniey. James and Honovah (Roberts) Adams. John D. and Kate (Doucette) Robbins. Thomas and Mary (White) Hennessey.
Timothy and Catharine (Twohig) Sullivan. 7
26
John and Mary (Fraher) Luddy. John and Mary (Fraher) Luddy. Parents unknown. Edward and Perny (Howard) Hayward. Dennis and Margaret (Richards) Brady. Abiathar and Jane (Fullmore) Carlton. Francis and Matilda A. Dunbar.
June 2 66 5 July21 64 30 Aug. 8 “ 23
Elizabeth Dunbar. Mary F. Tinkham. Herbert Edland. WalterEdward Toomey.
51
8
20 13
11
10
63
7
6 Appoplexy.
John H. Adams. Joseph Robbins. Margaret O'Neil.
41
Unknowil.
68
Bright's Disease.
Middleborough. W. Bridgewater. W. Bridgewater. Ireland.
6
22
18
32
Ireland. Bridgewater.
Brockton.
Patrick and Margaret (Searson) Quinlan. Narcisse and Elise (Cadeau) Belmore. Albert and Anne H. (Williams) Copeland. Edward and Catharine (Crahen) O Fallon. Michael and Anne (Sheridan) Galvin. David and Susan (Perkins) Packard. Israel and Sally Smith.
W.Bridgewater.
James and Mary (Briggs) Leonard. William and Catharine (Shaw)-Penpraese. John and Sarah L. Hersey. William F. and Clara F. (Britton) Randall. William Farnham(mother's name unknown) Charles W. Hildah C. (Johnson) Lendh. John and Ellen Cronin.
17
William H. Farnham.
6
4 Convulsions.
W. Bridgewater. E. Bridgewater. W. Bridgewater. Milton. Brockton. Ireland.
Canker.
26
1
Mar.10
.6
4 23
Mitral Insufficiency.
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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 inhabi- tants 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 day of March, at one o'clock in the afternoon then and there to act on the following articles, vix :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the annual report of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary town officers.
ART. 4. 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. 5. To act on the list of jurors as reported by the Selectmen.
ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be nec- essary to defray the town charges for the ensuing year, and make apropriation of the same.
ART. 7. To see if the town will raise one hundred dol- lars for public lectures.
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ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow money, in anticipation of taxes. to pay charges against the town.
ART 9. To see if the town will order the road com- missioners to build a sidewalk on South Main street, and appropriate money for the same. (By request.)
ART. 10 To see if the town will authorize the road commissioners to purchase a stone for crushing machine to prepare stone for the roads and appropriate money for the same. (By request of the road commissioners.)
ART. 12. To transact any other business that may le- gally come before the meeting.
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
There are now in the library 3,813 volumes, 95 having been added during the year 1892.
The number of books of the several classes, loaned dur- ing the year is as follows, viz :
Agriculture
7
Art,
9
Biography,
226
Fiction,
2451
General Literature,
288
History,
197
Humerous Works,
40
Junenile Works,
700
Magazines,
1047
Poetry,
190
Works of Reference
19
Religion and Theology,
17
Science,
120
Travels,
126
Public Documents,
2
Total,
5,439
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE LIBRARY.
Receipts.
Received from Town Treasurer,
$270.73
fines, sales of catalogue and cards, 16.81
$287.54
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Expenditures.
Librarian's salary,
$104.36
Estes & Lauriat,
93.23
Durny's History of Rome,
40.00
W. B. Clarke & Co.,
14.85
Oil, express, postage and stationary,
9.56
M. S. Curtis, (painting)
8.00
W. E. Fay, (printing)
9.00
Miss Kingman, (books purchased)
6.18
Book Buyer,
1.00
Balance from old account,
1.36
$287.54
Respectfully submitted for the Trustees,
CHARLES R. PACKARD.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. .
At the beginning of the school year of 1892 the follow- ing were members of the committee :
J. A. SHORES and Mrs. M. K. CROSBY for three years. G. C. HOWARD and W. H. BOSWORTH for two years. Mrs. A. S. LELACHEUR and B. PERKINS for one year.
The organization for the year was as follows :
J. A. SHORES, Chairman.
M. K. CROSBY, Secretary.
B. PERKINS and G. C. HOWARD, Committee on Repairs.
B. PERKINS and G. C. HOWARD, Truant officers.
The schools were assigned as follows :
North and North Centre to Mr. Perkins.
Cochesett to Mr. Howard.
Centre to Mrs. LeLacheur.
South to Mr. Shores.
East and Matfield to Mrs Crosby.
Jerusalem to Mr. Bosworth.
To J. A. Shores, A. S. LeLacheur and M. K. Crosby was assigned the examination of teachers selected to fill vacancies.
M.' K. Crosby was appointed agent for school supplies.
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