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G. A. Ayling, 4 hours
66
1 00
Henry Main, 2} hours
62
Walter Simmons and team, 343 hours
at 75c,
26 00
Patrick Gammon, 132 hours
at 25c,
3 38
E. L. Loring, 29 hours
7 25
B. H. Griffin, 13} hours
66
3 37
H. F. Smith, 8} hours
2 12
A. L. Vining, 32 hours
87
28
F. M. Vining, 36 hours A. Q. Vining, 22 hours
at 25c, $9 00
5 50
66
3 68
Oscar Lambert, 142 hours Alpheus Thomas, 11} hours Allen Damon, 14 hours
31
Percy Cowing, 94 hours
2 31
Jonn P. Jones, 52 hours A. C. Jones, 14 hours
31
A. W. Thomas, 82 hours B. B. Poole, 102 hours George Cowing, 3} hours
66
2 12
2 62
87
Timothy Shehan, 44 hours John Prouty, 10} hours L. M. Studley, 3 hours Samuel Loring, 202 hours
75
5 12
2 00
W. G. Collamore, 8 hours Wilbur Nichols, 8 hours J. H. Hackett, 8 hours
2 00
Andrew Clapp, 10 hours
2 50
Alonzo Stoddard, 3 hours
66
75
60
2 87
1 78
2 75
Wm. Lapham, 11 hours
2 75
James Ednie, 10 hours
2 50
Hiram Damon, 9 hours
2 25
George W. Rix, 12 hours
60
3 00
Geo. Wilder, 20 hours
5 00
Daniel Sprague, 8} hours
2 12
George Vinal, 14 hours Alvin Vinal, 10 hours
2 50
Albion Damon 7 hours
1 75
Benj. Loring, 4 hours
1 00
Henry Studley, 8 hours
66
2 00
Frank Damon, 143 hours
3 63
2 87
1 37
11 00
2 62
2 00
E. C. Damon, 112 hours Damon Boy, Waldo Jones,
3 50
29
Morris Gammon, 10} hours E. W. Brooks, 2 hours
at 25c, $2 62 50
Mason Loring, 12 hours Charles Pratt, 63 hours Richard Winslow, 6₺ hours J. D. Stoddard, 62 hours
1 62
1 62
Henry Damon, 1 hour
25
Herbert Penniman, 72 hours
1 87
G. A. Poole, 52 hours
1 37
Benj. Young, 3 hours
75
Frank A. Prouty, 10 hours,
66
2 50
Adelbert Gouch, 11 hours
2 75
G. A. Bates, 4 hours
66
1 00
G. L. Gardner, 4 hours
1 00
H. F. Gardner, 4 hours
1 00
Frank E. Studley, 4 hours
1 00
Daniel Barnes, 10 hours
2 50
George W. Jones, 4 hours
1 00
Benj. Prouty, 4 hours
66
1 00
Joseph Briggs, 4 hours
66
1 00
Andrew Stockbridge,
8 74
$251 04
SNOW EXPENSE-EAST WARD.
Paid,-
E. P. Joseph, two horses and one man, 62 hours at 75c,
$46 50
Four horses and three men, 6 hours at $1.75,
10 50
Frank P. Tilden, 84 hours
at 25c,
2 06
Archie Merritt, 12 hours
3 00
John Monahan, 82 hours
2 19
3 00
1 62
30
Amos H. Tilden, 82 hours George W. Griggs, 5} hours
at 25c, $2 19
1 31
1 31
Cushing Hatch, 5} hours Edgar C. Hatch, 5} hours Seth O. Fitts, 6 hours
1 31
1 50
Albert C. Tilden, 92 hours
2 37
Caleb D. Litchfield, 10 hours
2 50
Herbert Litchfield, 5 hours
66
1 25
J. H. Litchfield, 5 hours Orlando R. Litchfield, 12 hours
66
3 00
Harry J. Litchfield, 10} hours
..
2 63
Rodolphus Ellms, 10 hours
2 50
Cassius C. Merritt, 3 hours
75
Charles S. Merritt, 8 hours
66
2 00
Allen Merritt, 8 hours
at 15c,
1 20
$91 32
SNOW EXPENSE-SOUTH WARD.
Paid,-
Edward Couch, two horses and one man, 16}
at 75c, $12 25
Edward Couch, 4 hours
at 25c, 1 00
Thomas Rose, 5 hours
1 25
John H. Gunderway, 4} hours
1 13
F. W. Capell, 10 hours
2 50
B. H. Merrill, 2 hours
50
James Smith Jr., 7 hours
66
1 75
E. A. Hatch, 32 hours
87
W. R. Barker, 3} hours
88
Jesse M. Winslow, 5 hours
66
1 25
hours
1 25
31
Irving Prince, 8} hours Herbert Gunderway, 11 hours Charles Williams, 3} hours
at 25c, $2 12
2 75
87
George W. Barrell, 4 hours Charles H. Smith, 163 hours James W. Smith. 7 hours
66
1 75
Richard Winslow, 3 hours
75
Stephen H. Thomas, 15 hours
66
3 75
Robert Smith, 6 hours
1 50
Charles Fish, 4 hours
1 00
Francis E. Henderson, 4 hours
1 00
James W. Studley, 8 hours
2 00
L. F. Hammond, two horses and one man, 24 hours,
at 75c, 18 00
One man, 9 hours
at 25c, 2 25
Miles S. Turner, 33 hours
75
Wm. S. Simmons, two horses and one man, 26 hours
at 75c, 19 50
Isaac H. Packard, 3 hours
at 25c, 75
John Corthell, 83 hours
2 13
Edwin L. Bailey, 7 hours
1 75
Alex. Chicoyne, 12 hours
3 00
Martin Prince, 263 hours
6 62
Edgar Lee, 16 hours
4 00
George H. Lee, 18 hours
4 50
Arthur Bourset, 20 hours
5 00
George W. Smith, 263 hours
6 60
Roy P. Hatch, 8} hours
at 15c,
1 28
$122 12
1 00
6.
4 12
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SUMMARY.
Appropriation,
$400 00
West ward,
$251 04
East ward,
91 32
South ward,
122 12
Total,
$464 48
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Appropriation for support of poor, $2,500 00
ALMSHOUSE EXPENDITURES.
Paid,-
Waldo Jones, coal,
$40 75
W. S. and R. P. Briggs, coal, 52 96
E. Clough & Co., supplies, 100 55
Burbeck & Brett, grain, 97 54
M. McDevitt, crackers, 8 35
Geo. E. Bates, meat,
49 62
Joseph H. Corthell, meat,
45 68
Geo. F. Welch, lumber, drain pipe and farming tools, 102 69
Schlegel & Fottler, seed,
13 53
A. L. Power, seed,
2 25
Bradley Fertilizer Co.,
9 70
A. Towne, dressing for land,
21 56
T. A. Lawrence, "
28 75
W. Healey,
7 17
W. O. Merritt, 66 A. Merritt, . .
2 20
5 40
F. A. Prouty, cedar posts, 11 20
W. H. Spencer, wire for fence, 10 90
E. P. Joseph, labor on form, 47 75
Joseph Merritt, labor on hay, 1 00
Levi N. Osborne, mason work,
8 85
34
Geo. W. Robbins, wall paper and hanging, $8 05 C. A. Peterson, stove, repairs and goods, 19 19 T. R. Cushing, castor, 1 50
C. W. Sparrell, wood, 21 44
A. A. Page, fish, 14 32
E. M. Sexton, milk, 4 86
C. W. Tilden, blacksmithing, 9 95
Litchfield & Curtis, supplies,
112 55
Joseph Merritt, supplies, 14 28
T. A. Lawrence, paint stock. 4 95
W. P. Thayer. shoes, 1 85
C. L. Stevens, shoes, 2 00
John Monahan, dry goods, 2 40
W. S. & R. P. Briggs, shelves for ice chest, 1 25
Geo. W. Griggs, carpenter work, 7 50
Samuel Turner, 8 50
O. B. Sears, cow, 25 00
E. W. French, repairs on shoes, 70
5 00
A. L. Power, pigs,
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, 5 00
Geo. B. Rolf, services as Superintendent, 300 00 .
$1,244 69
Articles bought for cash by Superintendent,- Disinfectant, $1 50
Dry goods, 17 37
Eggs for setting,
1 35
Farming tools,
1 00
Grain chest,
4 00
Household utensils,
4 65
Milk,
74
Labor,
7 95
Vegetables,
2 38
Butter,
50
35
Boots,
$ 75
Blasting material,
3 08
Cake and bread,
3 95
Fish,
4 87
Fruit and berries,
20 19
Groceries,
8 16
Repairs,
10 70
Seeds and plants,
5 58
Hay bedding,
7 37
$106 09
$1,350 78
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS.
Articles sold by Superintendent,-
Milk,
$20 18
Butter,
1 15
Pork,
20 00
Vegetables,
47 32
Oat straw,
15 16
Calf,
6 72
Hens,
4 48
Eggs,
88
Wood,
3 15
Drain pipe,
5 00
Sods,
3 00
Sundries,
4 15
$131 19
For board of W. E. B. Thomas,
156 00
$287 19
36
ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
Board and lodging of 125 tramps,
$62 50
Board of inmates to balance cost,
1,001 09
$1,350 78
ARTICLES ON HAND JAN. 1, 1897.
Hay, 2 tons English,
$36 00
Oats and Hungarian, 22 tons,
37 50
Corn fodder, 1 ton,
8 00
Bedding hay,
5 00
Grain and sweet corn,
8 00
Manure,
20 00
Fertilizer,
1 50
Wood,
45 00
Sugar,
10 00
Flour,
5 50
Crackers,
1 75
Rolled oats,
4 00
Pork,
3 00
Potatoes,
12 00
Turnips,
8 00
Carrots,
15 00
Mangolds,
15 00
Butter, lard, spices, tea and coffee,
5 00
Horse,
60 00
2 cows,
75 00
2 swine,
25 00
14 hens,
10 00
·
$410 25
37 AID TO OUTDOOR POOR.
Bridget Shea.
Paid,-
Commonwealth, for board at State farm, $146 40
Joseph S. Litchfield.
Paid,-
Taunton Hospital for board,
$169 92
Taunton Hospital for clothing,
12 03
$181 95
Bella Freeman.
Paid,-
Worcester Hospital, for board,
$169 92
Mrs. Calvin Wilder.
Paid, -
John S. Brooks, supplies, $5 00
So. Scituate Savings Bank, house rent, 18 00
$23 00
Henry Stoddard.
Paid,-
Diana Pierce, for board,
$136 07
Litchfield & Curtis, shoes,
3 25
C. L. Stevens, shoes,
3 50
Diana Pierce, for clothing,
2 00
$144 82
38
Family of William T. Hunt.
Paid,-
Town of Rockland, for supplies, $3 00
Albert Culver & Co., for coal, 14 75
C. S. Millet, M. D., attendance, 4 50
$22 25
Mandana Freeman and Child.
Paid,-
Town of Whitman, for supplies,
$90 00
Charles D. Mann.
Paid,-
City of Quincy, for supplies, $17 83
Mrs. John Freeman.
Paid,-
E. P. Joseph, for wood, $3 50
J. W. Sampson, “ 5 75
Alexander Black, for labor on wood, 2 75
Litchfield & Curtis, for supplies,
53 00
Wood from almshouse,
3 00
$68 00
Thomas H. Gardner and Family.
Paid,- John S. Brooks, for supplies, $13 73
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, 25 50
$39 23
39
Gustavus Totman.
Paid,
Henry F. Ford, house rent one year, $50 00
supplies, 5 18
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance,
106 70
A. L. MacMillan, M. D., consultation fee, 6 00
$167 88
Morris Gammon.
Paid,-
J. W. Warner, care and supplies,
$6 50
Alpheus Damon, for supplies, 2 00
$8 50
Ella Gunderway,
F. H. Burnett, M. D., attendance, $9 00
Andrew Morse.
Paid,-
C. W. Sparrell, burial expenses, $37 00
Taunton Hospital, board, 5 17
Alpheus Thomas, telegraphing,
1 65
$43 82
Family of Joseph S. Litchfield.
Paid,- Geo. L. Newcomb, M. D., Attendance, $10 00
40
Litchfield & Curtis, supplies,
$110 90
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance,
23 00
$143 90
Bella Sylvester.
Paid,- H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, $1 00
Clifford H. Plummer, for board and expense of child, 28 00
$29 00
Ezekiel E. Gunderway.
Paid,-
Alpheus Damon, for supplies,
$30 00
Hiram Damon.
Paid,- J. H. Curtis, fuel and clothing, $11 00
Sarah E. Harris.
Paid,-
Mass. Homeopathic Hospital, treatment, $2 00
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, 9 00
$11 00
Lorenzo Cromwell.
Paid,- H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, $11 00
41
Annie L. Pierce and Family.
Paid,-
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance,
$12 00
Emery Winslow.
Paid,-
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, $ 50
$1,381 00
AID TO PERSONS HAVING A SETTLEMENT IN OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS.
C. B. Smith, Hanover.
Paid,-
Frederick Jones,
$36 56
R. W. Killam, supplies,
16 99
J. H. Howard,
6 06
W. S. Curtis, medical supplies,
3 65
E. L. Lapham, meat supplies,
8 15
$71 41 -
Josiah W. Chamberlin, Holbrook.
Paid,-
Melvin Little, supplies,
$106 00.
Seymour S. B. Howe, Weymouth.
Paid,- Henry F. Ford, supplies, $65 12
42
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, $83 00
Oliver H. Howe, M. D., attendance, 20 00
Frederick W. Prouty, house rent, 10 00
Levi N. Osborne, wood,
2 00
$180 12
Mrs. Benj. Stetson's Family, Scituate.
Paid,-
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, $8 50
Alfred W. Shepherd's Family, Pembroke.
Paid,
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, $133 00
A. L. MacMillan, M. D., « 20 00
$153 00
Mrs. Nellie Fuller, Topsfield.
Paid,
H. J. Little. M. D., attendance, $6 00
Charles H. Kendall, Boston.
Paid,- Melvin Little, for supplies, $9 00
$534 03
43
SUPPORT OF POOR-STATE CHARGES.
Family of Edward C. Jordan.
Paid,-
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, $44 00
SUMMARY.
Total amt. paid for aid to out-door
poor,
$1,959 03
Cost of poor at almshouse,
1,001 09
Less amount to be refunded by city and
$2,960 12 towns,
$534 03
Less amount to be refunded by State,
44 00
$578 03
Total cost of poor, $2,382 09
THOMAS BARSTOW, GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS, Overseers of the Poor.
EXPENDED FOR SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation,
$400 00
William E. Reid.
Paid,- Town of Rockland, for supplies, $84 00
44
Union Company, for supplies,
$153 00
H. M. Shaw, house rent, 22 00
Herbert L. Alley, house rent,
22 00
$281 00
Less military aid,
120 00
$161 00
Gertrude Mee, Brockton.
Paid, ---
City of Brockton, aid for 1895-6, $176 12
A. Dakin, cash on account of Mrs. Mee, 25 00
$201 12
Joanna Keene.
Paid, --
Town of Hanover, house rent,
$25 00
Benjamin F. Lee.
Paid, ---
Town of Easton, supplies, $2 31
Town of Canton, supplies, 3 25
$5 56
Lyman B. Fitts, Marshfield.
Paid cash, $11 00
Expenditures on account of soldiers'
relief, $403 68
Less amount to be refunded by Marshfield, 11 00
Total cost, $392 68
45
STATE AID.
Paid,-
Josiah W. Chamberlin,
$72 00
Charles D. Barnard,
48 00
David Bassford,
48 00
Amanda Coleman,
48 00
Timothy B. Chapman,
72 00
John Corthell,
48 00
Charles E. Bates,
24 00
Charles H. Damon,
48 00
Hannah Dover,
16 00
Charles David,
72 00
Ensign B. Damon,
48 00
Daniel R. Ewell,
72 00
Charles H. Farrar,
36 00
Seth O. Fitts,
60 00
Lyman B. Fitts,
72 00
John T. Hatch,
60 00
Sarah Hatch,
48 00
Edmund L. Hyland,
28 00
William A. Haskell,
30 00
William H. Morse,
48 00
William O. Merritt,
48 00
Martin S. Poppy,
48 00
Barden A. Prouty,
16 00
David P. Robinson,
36 00
Frederick A. Pratt,
72 00
Frederick M. Shepherd,
20 00
Edwin Studley,
48 00
George O. Torrey,
48 00
Charles H. Totman,
48 00
James W. Warner,
36 00
Harriet Jacobs,
48 00
Harriet Raymond,
48 00
46
Thomas R. Lawrence,
$44 00
Esther M. Young, 48 00
$1,606 00
Approved by Commissioners and due from the State, $1,606 00
MILITARY AID.
William E. Reid, $120 00 One-half refunded by the State, $60 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation, $1,200 00
Paid,-
Thomas Barstow, services as Selectman, Asses-
sor and Overseer of the Poor for 1896, $181 00
George W. Griggs, for services as above, 135 00
Alpheus Thomas, for services as above, 160 75
Israel Hatch, services as School Committee, 35 00
H. J. Little, 66 30 00
Marion G. Merritt,
40 00
Benjamin Loring, 66
40 00
George Cushing, services as Auditor,
12 00
E. T. Fogg, services as Registrar of voters, clerk,
15 00
E. M. Sexton,
15 00
John H. Prouty, " 66
15 00
Joseph O. Otis, “ clerk, 20 00
E. A. Turner, salary collecting taxes 1895, 350 00
Charles Simmons, services as fire warden, 5 00
Samuel Loring, services as fire warden, 3 00
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J. Warren Foster, services as cattle inspector, 1895-6. 93 00 Edwin C. Briggs, services, 30 00
Joseph F. Merritt, 5 50
Ashburton W. Pinson, 21 13
Alpheus Thomas, services as moderator, March, '96, 6 00
Joseph C. Otis, services as town clerk, March, '96, 8 00
John Corthell, notifying town officers, 3 00
Alpheus Thomas, services as Board of Health, '95, 10 00
E. T. Fogg, recording marriages, births and deaths. 15 70
C. W. Sparrell, returning deaths, 5 50
Fred. M. Curtis, posting town meeting warrants,
15 00
J. H. Lehan, services as election officer,
2 50
Arthur C. Jones, .. ..
2 50
Jonathan Hatch,
2 50
$1,277 08
TOWN HALL.
Paid,-
Albert Wilder, tuning piano, $3 00
Brown & Lehan, for labor and materiat, 4 50
E. T. Fogg, insurance, 22 50
L. F. Hammond, cleaning well,
2 50
Litchfield & Curtis, supplies 1895,
5 55
Charles Simmons, flag staff,
17 00
E. W. Brooks, services as janitor 4 months,
16 67
grading cellar,
9 00
66 wood and labor, 5 23
Levi N. Osborne, labor and material,
28 50
F. J. Croning, services as janitor to Jan 1, 1897,
25 00
for cleaning, 12 00
$151 45
18 00
Received for use of Hall,
$133 45
48
INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation,
$400 00
Paid,
J. S. Smith, printing town reports, $93 75
Litchfield & Curtis, postage, stationery, 1895-96, 26 62
Harrison L. House, survey and plan for State highway, 52 00
Mosler Safe Co., safe for Town Clerk, 27 50
Seth Foster, oil cloth for Selectmen's office,
9 83
County Treasurer, entry fee for Main street peti- tion, 3 00
Thomas Groom & Co., order books for Select-
men, 9 00
Joseph C. Otis, indexing, 4 00
J. R. Collamore, expressage on reports and safe, 5 80
Brown & Lehan, stock and labor in Select men's office, 7 43
Town of Pembroke, seeding ponds,
7 50
Litchfield & Curtis, buckets, rope and labor, Cir- cuit street, 3 00
Zephaniah Talbot, for land on River street, 17 50
Horace T. Fogg, for legal services,
12 00
Thomas Groom & Co., tax record books,
3 50
Seth Foster, expressage,
10 05
J. S. Smith, printing transcript of warrant, . wood posters,
3 00
1 25
Town of Marshfield, repairs on Union bridge,
2 25
Thomas Barstow,
3 00
E. P. Joseph,
3 00
Boston Bolt Co., for bolts used on Union bridge, 1 98
E. A. Turner, cash paid for printing tax bills, 4 00
George F, Welch, lumber for Gaffield park, 4 76
Boston Herald Co., advertising, 1 25
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George W. Griggs, cash paid for Park notices, $2 00
T. A. Lawrence, painting road machine, 12 00
Frank Dyer, expressage, 12 40
Fred M. Curtis, cash paid for printing town meeting warrants, 8 30
Alpheus Thomas, for postage, 1 80
Joseph C. Otis, cash paid for license blanks, 2 60
Thomas Barstow, stationery and expressage,
2 17
H. J. Little, M. D., returning births,
1 25
F. H. Burnett, M. D., returning births,
1 00
C. L. Howes, M. D., returning births,
75
Litchfield & Curtis, supplies to Board of Health,
3 30
Thorp & Martin, book for Treasurer,
4 90
Alvin Baker, watching fire,
2 00
Henry Gammon,
2 00
Henry C. Ford,
3 50
William Monahan,
3 50
George Monahan,
1 50
James Greene,
1 50
Edwin C. Jordan,
2 00
Lorenzo Cromwell,
75
$381 29
CEMETERY.
Received for burial lots,
$34 00
grass,
2 50
$36 50
Paid,- Samuel Loring, for labor, $5 40
A. T. Farrar, for hay,
2 83
8 23
$28 27
50
RECAPITULATION.
Paid,-
Taxes abated, $138 81
School-house repairs, cleaning, care of rooms &c.
and expenses of locating High school in Town Hall,
931 15
School books, stationery, &c.,
342 66
Conveyance of scholars to High school,
287 92
Superintendent of schools,
500 00
Teachers' salaries,
3,959 00
Highway expenditures,
4,990 83
Snow expenses,
464 48
Town Officers,
1,277 08
Town Hall,
151 45
Incidentals,
372 99
Cemetery,
8 23
Almshouse expenses,
1,350 78
Aid to Out-door poor,
1,959 03
Soldiers' relief,
403 68
State and military aid,
1,726 00
Fuel for schools,
193 50
$19,057 59
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
NORWELL, January 18, 1897.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Treasurer and Collector and find them correctly cast and with vouchers for all payments made.
GEO. CUSHING, Auditor.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of South Scituate Sav-
ings Bank, $9,500 00
Betsey B. Tolman, note, 300 00
Coffin Fund, note,
2,000 00
Note in favor of Trustees of the A. T.
Otis Poor Fund, 1,300 00
$13,100 00
ASSETS.
Due from the State, for military and State aid,
$1,666 00
State, for aid to poor, 44 00
Marshfield, for soldiers' relief, 11 00
City and towns, for aid to poor,
276 50
State school fund (estimated),
350 00
County school fund,
251 12
State, for superintendent and teachers' salaries, 416 67
Due on Granderson farm mortgage, 700 00
Taxes outstanding in hands of collector, 207 75
Due on corporation taxes, 243 65
Due from John F. Osborne, for board of wife at hospital, 254 70
Due from Maverick National Bank, 228 58
Cash in hands of Treasurer, 1,320 02
$5,969 99
$7,130 01
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LIST OF JURORS
To be presented to the Town at the annual meeting.
Andrew S. Richardson,
William S. Simmons, John E. Leslie,
Edwin C. Briggs,
Orlando H. Lake,
Joseph C, Otis,
George Reed,
Cassius C. Merritt,
James E. Stoddard,
Chas. H. Totman,
William L. Healey,
David Bassford,
John Corthell,
James W. Sampson,
William H. Richardson,
Thomas Barstow,
George W. Curtis,
Bradford B. Poole,
Arthur T. Stoddard,
James W. Studley,
Amos H. Tilden,
George H. Bates,
Charles D. Barnard,
George W. Richardson,
John S. Gardner,
Charles H. Dyer,
L. Frank Hammond,
Jonathan Hatch,
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS BARSTOW, GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS, Selectmen of Norwell.
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NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
OF THE
Trustees of the Coffin Poor Fund.
Amount of fund,
$2,000 00
Loaned to the Town of Norwell at five per cent.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1896,
$98 21
Interest to Jan. 1, 1897, 100 00
$198 21
Paid for care of cemetery lot,
$5 00
Paid for relief of out-door poor,
74 96
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1897,
118 25
$198 21
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TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the A. T. Otis Poor Fund.
Amount of fund,
$2,000 00
Loaned to the Town of Norwell at 4}
per cent., $1,300 00
Interest in house and lot, Decatur, Al- abama, 700 00
$2,000 00
Received one year's interest on Town note to Jan. 1, 1897, $58 50
Received for eight months' rent of house, 80 00
$138 50
Paid in-door poor,
$17 00
Paid for repairs, insurance, taxes and
commission to local agent on house in Alabama, 76 24
Deficiency Jan. 1, 1895,
60
Cash on hand Jan 1, 1$97.
44 66
$138 50
The house in Decatur, Alabama, as will be seen by the above financial statement is rented for $10 per month. dur- ing the year we have paid taxes, insured the property for three years and needed repairs have been made. If present circumstances exist we see no reason why a good profit will not be paid on the amount invested the coming year.
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ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the A. T. Otis Cemetery and Tomb Funds.
Amount of funds deposited in South Scituate Savings Bank, $1,500 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1896, $65 23
Interest to July 1, 1896, 63 18
$128 41
$1,628 '41
1
Paid C. W. Sparrell,
$27 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1897,
101 41
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1897,
1,500 00
$1,628 41
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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the Josselyn Cemetery Fund.
Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1896, deposited in South Scituate Savings Bank,
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1896,
$27 98
Interest to July 1, 1896, 9 18
$237 16
Paid for care of lot,
$5 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1897,
32 16
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1897,
200 00
$237 16
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FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the Samuel C. Cudworth Cemetery Fund.
Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1896, deposited in South Scituate Savings Bank,
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1896,
$8 16
Interest to July 1, 1896,
8 40
$216 56
Paid for care of lot,
$5 00
Interest on deposit Jan 1, 1897,
11 56
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1897,
200 00
$216 56
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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the Prudence C. Delano Tomb Fund.
Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1896 deposit-
ed in South Scituate Savings bank,
$300 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1896,
$1 00
Interest to July 1, 1896, 12 16
$313 16
G. W. Sparrell, care of tomb,
$5 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1897,
8 16
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1897,
300 00
$313 16
THOMAS BARSTOW, GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS,
Trustees of Funds.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN NORWELL FOR THE YEAR 1896.
Jan. 15. In Boston, John Whalen and Mabel A. Farley, both of Norwell, by Rev. Minot J. Savage. March 1. In Cohasset, Samuel Olson and Isabel N. Osborn, both of Norwell, by Rev. Geo. J. Newton. May 21. In Hingham, Henry W. Winslow and Ann E. Pierce, both of Norwell, by Rev. William J. Hambleton.
June 24. In Rockland, Clarence E. Barnard and Alice M. Bushen, both of Norwell, by Kev. N. D. Bigelow.
July 29. In North Scituate, Fred S. Farrar, of Norwell, and Sarah E. Bailey, of Scituate ; by Rev. Albert D. Spaulding.
Sept. 9. In Norwell. Henry J. Corthell and Lillian F. Merritt, both of Norwell, by Rev. Thomas Thompson.
Sept. 27. In Norwell, John Thomas Ryan and Alice May Bates, both of Norwell, by Rev. Thomas Thompson.
Oct. 6. In Norwell, Alden Beach and Rachael Winslow, both of Norwell, by Rev. Thomas Thompson. Oct. 18. In Norwell, Willie F. Pratt, of Norwell, and Ella Dusey, of Cohasset ; by Rev. I. I. Leslie. Oct. 21. In Norwell, George Whiting, of Boston, and Grace H. Jacobs, of Norwell ; by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
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Oct. 26. In Boston, George F. Morse, of Norwell, and Nellie F. Conners, of Rockland ; by Rev. E. Winchester Donald.
Nov. 19. In Cohasset, William H. Stockbridge, of Hing- ham, and Hattie J. Hyland, of Norwell ; by Rev. Joseph Osgood.
Dec. 7. In Norwell, George O. Torrey and Martha J. Carr, both of Norwell, by Melvin Little, Esq., Justice of the Peace.
Dec. 14. In Cohasset, Daniel F. Bates, of Norwell, and Gertrude H. Stockbridge, of Hingham ; by Rev. Joseph Osgood.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN NORWELL IN 1896.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Feb. 9. Mildred Alpha Hatcli.
Edward A. Lizzie F.
9. Theodore Sylvester.
Bella F. Sylvester.
28. Annie Rebecca Costello.
James HI. and Rebecca.
Mar. 20. Elizabeth Christian Ednie.
James and Sarah.
April 8. - Howe.
Seymour and Rose. Alonzo B. and Bertha M.
23. Verge Nichols.
Verge and Sophia.
July 2. Ruth Louise Shepherd
Alfred W. and Bessie S.
Aug. 3. Arthur Northway Hammond.
Lloyd F. and Lettie W.
6. Margaret Tolman.
Thomas J. and Jessie.
13. Ellis Frank Prouty.
Frank A. and Amy L. Edward F. and Ida M.
17. Reginald Burns Blood.
23. Humphrey William Turner.
William D. and Edith W.
24. Erlan Norman Thomas.
Stephen H. and Annie M.
Sept. 3. Roy Irving Joseph.
Emanuel P. and Nettie
11. - - Adams.
Charles E. and Elizabeth.
14. - Griffin.
Brenton H. and Addie C.
Oct.
6. Elsie May Damon.
19. Marion Dorothy Turner.
Arthur and Hattie.
Nov. 10. Sarah Black.
Alexander and Agnes.
19. Blanche Marie Pinson.
Ashburton and Jennie.
26. Vera Litchfield.
Dec. 9. Carlton Mckinley Cromwell.
George W. H. and Mary J. Lorenzo and Lucy.
17. Ruth Elizabeth Ramsdell.
George E. and Lizzie.
Wallace H. and Fannie M.
12. Louise May Whiting.
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DEATHS IN THE TOWN OF NORWELL. 1896.
DATC.
NAME.
AGE.
DISEASE.
BIRTHPLACE.
Jan. 2. Parsons Bowker,
73
6 Pneumonia,
Scituate. Scituate.
19. John C. Champion,
23
3 Consumption,
No. Woodstock.
Feb. 9. Thomas H. Gardner,
3 Cerebral Hemorrhage. Hingham.
10. Susan M. Munnis,
10 Phthisis, Stillborn.
Charlestown.
19. George E. Knapp,
20
11 Phthi-is.
Norwell.
22. Emily T. Jacobs,
03
6 Pneumonia.
Weymouth ..
23. John Tilden,
66
1 Paralysis. 12 day :. Asthema.
Scituate.
Apr. 1. Elizabeth C. Ednie,
13. Nellie S. Howe,
6 Diphtheria.
Weymouth ..
Mar
Jane S. Clapp.
S Phthisis.
East Boston.
12.
Lucinda W. Curtis,
80
11
Pneumonia,
Scituate.
18. Nancy Cushing. 92
6 Bronchitis.
Boston.
June 11. Frederick M. Shepher 1, 74 3 Inflam'n urinary org'us, Northampton.
July 4. Chas. W. H. Litchfield. 11
1 Diphtheria,
Norwell.
6. Sarah S. Sylvester,
25
3 Consumption.
Lynn.
Aug. 2. Fred Allen Curtis,
6
3 Appendicitis, Old Age.
Boardinghaw.
10. Hattie May Jones
1
Dysentery.
Scitnate.
17.
Reginald B. Blood. 21. James F. Shurtleff,
6 Enteritis.
Rockland.
Sept. 2. Frederick B. Jacobs, 31
James Patterson 6 Typhoid Fever, Stillborn.
Norwell.
14. Belinda Griggs,
79
Cerebral Softening. Stillborn.
Norwell.
22.
Charles Williamson, 69
3 Enteritis.
Stoughton.
24.
Thomas Turner.
69
Cancer,
Norwe l.
Oct. 10. Zoa Ellms, 91
6 Diarrhea.
Scituate.
11. Colman Ford, S5
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