Town of Norwell annual report 1890-1899, Part 4

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67 60


Joseph T. Hatch


9 75


Bert Tilden


31 13


John Tilden


26 83


Jonathan Hatch


1 00


Alexander Black


10 80


John Manahan .


77 00


Daniel R. Ewell


51 20


William R. Vinal


1 10


Jake Reed


1 20


Henry D. Litchfield .


43 20


Arthur Merritt .


6 00


Joseph Merritt .


6 00


William Meacham


3 60


Andrey Johnson


14 80


Caleb Prouty


26 75


G. Hammond .


32 60


Edwin Williamson


3 00


19


Paid Archie Merritt .


$0 75


Seth O. Fitts


3 70


John Leslie


80 70


George A. Hatch


20 25


Charles T. Sables


3 81


Rudolphus Ellms


5 00


Lincoln Ellms


12 10


James Green


11 84


John Brown


12 96


Samuel L. Brown


4 80


Earnest Leavitt


35 80


William L. Healey


28 20


Carlton W. Pinson


16 40


Harry Litchfield


3 20


James L. Litchfield


13 16


Jarius Healey


41 30


Charles Pierce .


8 60


Charles Harris .


15 00


William D. Turner


38 34


C. Walter Sparrell


43 75


John Whalen


58 24


Joseph Hatch


48 06.


David Griffin


41 80


Charles Hatch


1 50


Thomas Fahey


14 40


Edward Rudd .


43 50


James Landers .


4 80


Laban Bates


32 00


Hosea Stetson


38


Caleb Litchfield


4 60


GRAVEL AND LOAM, ETC.


Paid Sampson Sisters


24 50


George A. Hatch


7 46


Martin S. Curtis


1 86


Charles A. Litchfield


13 14


Joseph T. Hatch


6 96


20


Paid Lincoln Ellms .


$9 12


William S. Hatch


42 90


James Green


14 30


Charles Farrar .


2 76


Thomas Turner


12


Cushing Hatch .


42


1 Box scythes .


7 80


Blasting materials and smith work


5 75


$1,651 65


REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.


WEST WARD.


Paid R. P. Briggs


$120 00


W. S. & R. P. Briggs, team


94 00


Morris Gammon, Jr.


63 40


E. C. Briggs


32 40


W. Pride .


22 00


Frank Stanley


55 00


Andrew Clapp .


20 60


Marcellus Jones


35 40


Peleg Curtis


12 00


Fred Jones


12 00


Albeon Damon


24 20


Ensign Damon .


21 00


Curtis Brothers


66 97


Curtis Brothers, team


48 16


Timothy Shehan


70 50


Timothy Shehan, team


33 00


Israel Vining


26 00


Dexter Wilcutt


25 00


Turner Stoddard


25 50


C. E. Brewster


20 34


C. E. Brewster, team


13 66


Walter Simmons


61 25


Walter Simmons, team


44 80


B. Richardson


4 50


21


Paid Daniel D. Sprague


$15 00


Alonzo Stoddard


3 25


William Morse


10 00


William Farrar .


$49 23


William Farrar, team


49 67


W. Estes .


7 20


Benj. Loring


22 00


Benj. Loring, team


36 67


Henry Studley .


9 20


Joseph Lovell .


24 57


Charles Totman


1 35


W. G. Collamore, team


33 00


John Collamore


28 00


W. Magoun


6 00


David Robinson


3 00


C. E. Lincoln


7 20


Simeon Damon .


38 60


Wm. Cutler


14 75


R. Williamson .


10 00


Jonn Stockbridge


2 50


Joshua Bowker .


5 00


Luther Bailey .


1 30


Abel Vinal


50


Waldo Jones


33 10


Waldo Jones, team


50 67


Henry Main


9 20


James Warner .


12 00


Morris Gammon


13 00


Alvin Baker


4 50


Charles Baker


4 50


W. S. Briggs


12 00


Joseph Briggs, .


15 00


George Church .


50


P. Pierce .


2 00


Drain pipe


5 20


Road machine irons


11 17


George F. Welch, lumber, tools, etc.


6 17


22


Paid F. Alger, sharpening tools


$2 00


E. W. Gardner, repairing road machine and sharpening tools


11 08


Cash paid for blasting materials


3 50


John Brown, for gravel


9 18


R. Delano, for gravel


8 50


William Callamore


1 02


Abel Vinal


1 05


William Morse .


36


Andrew Stockbridge .


1 74


Cooney .


2 58


Joseph Lovell .


4 26


Labon Wilder estate


24 00


Henry Shute


1 25


S. Henderson


20


B. Jacobs estate


11 00


Mrs. Hiram Gardner


10 00


$1,600 40


REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.


SOUTH WARD.


Paid Arthur B. Chamberlain


$437 30


James Studley


119 20


Benj. Barrell


147 60


John Dagan


5 40


Andrew Turner


22 50


Charles E. Hunt


23 00


Thomas Fay


60 00


Sylvanus Clapp


40 27


Daniel T. Hunt


8 17


Charles Chamberlain


75


Charles C. Pratt


3 30


John Corthell


81 07


William Smith .


49 30


Thomas C. Sampson .


18 53


James Smith


99 20


23


Paid Edward Hatch .


$13 80


Richard Smith .


71 40


Marion Martin


1 80


John Kehoe


64 60


Arthur Smith


14 80


George O. Torrey


12 60


William R. Smith


4 60


E. E. Stetson .


8 34


Lorenzo Cromwell


2 13


George H. Torrey


17 97


Henry A. Turner


23 47


George Barrell .


17 60


Daniel Ewell


20 00


Edward M. Sexton


42 67


Williams B. Brooks


10 00


For blacksmithing


4 40


Snow-plow


15 25


Gravel and drain-pipe


84 48


$1,545 50


RECAPITULATION.


East Ward


. $1,651 65


West Ward


1,600 40 .


South Ward


1,545 50


$4,797 55


HENRY NORWELL,


RICHABD P. BRIGGS,


ARTHUR B. CHAMBERLAIN, Road Commissioners.


REMOVING SNOW.


Paid C. C. Merritt


·


$4 25


C. W. Tilden


10 50


A. B. Chamberlin


30 38


E. P. Joseph .


2 25


E. M. Sexton


8 00


24


Paid C. W. Pinson


$2 87


R. P. Briggs


14 00


Curtis Bros.


21 00


Charles Smith


63


D. P. Robinson


87


Dexter Wilcutt


75


J. Gammon


50


W. W. Stoddard


1 50


Wm. Vinal


4 00


Israel Vining


6 50


Wm. Cutler


1 25


Andrew Stockbridge


7 25


Alvin Baker


1 00


Alden Damon


37


Timothy Shean


1 75


James Gammon


50


Daniel D. Sprague


5 50


Walter Simmons


2 50


$128 12


TOWN OFFICERS.


Paid Samuel Tolman. for services as school committee $12 00


Rev. S. R. H. Biggs, for same service 5 00


Hattie R. Gardner, for same service


54 00


Israel Hatch, for same service


32 68


Mary E. Curtis, for same service, and travelling expenses .


81 50


Thomas Barstow, services as selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor for 1891. including expenses out of town . 165 00


George W. Griggs, for services as above


139 00


Alpheus Thomas, for services as above ·


120 00


E. T. Fogg, for services as registrar of voters


20 00


John H. Prouty, for same service (two years) 30 00


Seth Foster, for same service 15 00


E. M. Sexton, for same service 15 00


25


Paid C. H. Merritt, for same service $15 00


C. A. Litchfield, services as auditor 10 00


John Corthell, services as constable 8 00


C. W. Tilden, for warning town officers and town meetings 6 50


C. W. Sparrell, for returning deaths (two years) 15 00


E. T. Fogg, recording deaths, marriages and births 24 85


Israel Hatch, services as inspector of election, November, 1891 . 3 00


Amos H. Tilden, same service 3 00


George W. Curtis, services as deputy inspector of elections, November, 1891 3 00


Andrew Stockbridge, same service 3 00


James H. Pinkham, services as teller, November, 1891 3 00


Frank L. Hammond, same service


3 00


C. C. Merritt, same service


3 00


Joseph C. Otis, same service


3 00


Frank P. Tilden, same service . 3 00


$795 53


TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.


Paid Edward W. Brooks, for services as janitor, 16


months


$100 00


L. J. Studley, for mason work . 2 63


Litchfield & Curtis, supplies


9 30


Edward W. Brooks, wood


3 75


יי grading 50


$116 18


Received for use of hall .


.


.


63 00


Balance against the Town Hall .


. $53 18


26


INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.


Paid Alfred Mudge & Son, printing town reports $85 25 Alfred Mudge & Son, printing voting lists and assessors' notices 25 75


E. T. Fogg, for insurance on Town Hall 18 75


Pharmacy Press, for stationery and printing 8 30


Thomas Groom & Co., for order, assessors and tax books . 12 63


E. A. Turner, for stationery, postals and stamps, 16 68


Boston Herald Company, advertising ·


1 25


C. W. Calkins & Co., printing assessors' blanks, 3 50


H. B. Loud & Co., printing transcripts of war- rant ·


2 50


Town of Pembroke, seeding ponds with alewives, Thomas Barstow, cash paid for wood, posters and stationery . ·


3 15


Seth Foster, expressage .


10 65


Litchfield & Curtis, postage and office supplies


16 99


C. W. Sparrell, case for ballot box ·


5 00


Frank Dyer, expressage 2 85


Litchfield & Curtis, rope and buckets, Forest


Street


2 20


Samuel Loring, services as fire warden 1 00


Alpheus Lewis, watching fire


2 00


Dr. H. J. Little, returning births


75


Dr. C. H. Davie, returning births


1 00


Dr. C. S. Millett, returning births


1 50


$226 50


TOWN LANDING.


APPROPRIATION $100.


Paid John Turner for materials and labor $80 00


C. W. Tilden, for material and labor 3 00


$83 00


4 80


27


ALMSHOUSE EXPENSES.


Paid C. H. Williston, salary as superintendant . $75 00


O. H. Lake, salary as superintendent 225 00


A. C. Pinson, for meat 77 30


E. H. Bonney, for coal 98 67


Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, for groceries 231 77


George E. Bates, for meat · 93 14


W. H. Richardson, for meat and vegetables 48 34


Thomas Tolman, for groceries 82 56


Joseph H. Ford, for fish 29 35


Phillips, Bates & Co., for grain 15 80


Burbeck & Brett, for grain 36 84


Joseph H. Corthell, for meat 46 15


E. P. Welch, for lumber 63 48


E. A. Turner, for groceries 28 46


A. W. Faxon, for dry goods 34 84


O. H. Lake, supplies and cash paid 21 51


Sylvanus Clapp, for wood 24 70


Old Colony R. R., freight . 25


George W. Robbins, for paper hanging 2 20


Joseph Merritt, for blacksmithing 9 47


C. W. Tilden, for blacksmithing 8 75


Joseph Cudworth, for repairs on pump 5 00


Samuel Turner, for screen door


2 50


J. H. Spencer, for repairs on harnesses


4 75


M. McDevitt, for crackers


2 48


A. J. Waterman, for tinware


9 85


T. A. Lawrence, for paint, materials and labor .


49 06


L. J. Studley, mason work and materials . 33 81


Elizabeth T. Brooks, for nursing


42 00


Mary Shepherd, for nursing 16 50


S. W. Eastman, for tinware 2 00


Washington Lincoln, for pasturing cow 7 00


C. A. Litchfield, for vegetables . 22 20


C. W. Sparell, for supplies 27 14


Joseph H. Ford, swine 5 00


28


Paid Ashburton Pinson, killing swine $3 50


C. H. Williston, cash paid O. C. R. R. 1 01


C. H. Williston, for extension table 6 00


Alfred Payne, for repairing shoes ·


1 27


George W. Griggs, for labor and cash paid 12 00


J. B. Barnaby, for clothing 12 50


E. W. Whiting, for clothing


14 50


B. W. Jacobs, for filing saws


80


Mrs. C. H. Williston, for nursing Annie E. Pierce. (State expense) 6 00


Francis Henderson, for cow 30 00


Joel Goldthwait, oil cloth carpeting · 45 50


Geo. F. Welch, drain pipe, cement, etc.


12 47


William Sylvester, plowing


8 00


Samuel Turner, swine


5 00


Joseph Merritt, repairs on pump


2 00


W. S. & R. P. Briggs, for ice .


8 00


Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendence and sup- plies . 121 00


Frank Dyer, expressage ·


1 40


Litchfield & Curtis, supplies


176 14


$1,949 96


ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.


Received from Joseph H. Corthell, for horse $110 00


Due from the State for military aid


36 00


Sale of articles by superintendant 6 13


Board and lodging of tramps


15 00


$167 13


Board and medical expenses of inmates to balance cost .


1.782 83


$1,949 96


29


AID TO OUT-DOOR POOR.


GUSTAVUS S. TOTMAN.


Paid Henry F. Ford, house rent one year . $60 00


Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance 17 00


EDWARD FREEMAN AND FAMILY.


Paid George H. Torrey, house rent $6 00


Litchfield & Curtis, supplies .


7 02


Joseph H. Corthell, supplies 9 80


Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance


5 00


MARY A. REEVES.


Paid Mrs. A. L. Jewett, for board $7 50


Elijah Barstow, wood 4 95


MANDANA FREEMAN AND CHILD.


Paid Town of Whitman, supplies


. $104 50


FRANK H. STODDARD AND FAMILY.


Paid Town of Abington, for aid


$33 00


THOMAS H. GARDNER AND FAMILY.


Paid John S. Brooks, supplies . $104 00


Dr. R. W. Southgate, medical attendance for 1890-91 177 00


FAMILY OF WM. T. HUNT.


Paid Albert Culver & Co., coal $7 00


Alpheus Thomas, shoes for child 1 25


THOMAS H. GUNDERWAY.


Paid Town of Hingham, supplies


$3 13


SARAH E. HARRIS.


Paid Litchfield & Curtis, supplies


$25 00


30


ELIZABETH T. BROOKS.


Paid Litchfield & Curtis, supplies $25 00


FAMILY OF JOSEPH S. LITCHFIELD.


Paid William R. Vinal, wood 2 25


Litchfield & Curtis, supplies .


39 00


MRS. JOHN FREEMAN.


Paid C. A. Litchfield, wood 3 00


GEORGE W. SMITH.


Paid Charles W. Sparrell, for burial of child


10 00


CHAS. E. LINCOLN.


Paid Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance on family . 41 00


FAMILY OF DANIEL SHEA.


Paid Town of Weymouth, for supplies


48 50


BELLA FREEMAN.


Paid Commonwealth of Mass. for board at Taunton


Hospital


84 50


Taunton Hospital, for board


84 96


GEORGE A. GARDNER.


Paid Taunton Hospital, for board


169 46


BRIDGET SHEA.


Paid Taunton Hospital, for board


169 46


JOSEPH S. LITCHFIELD.


Paid Taunton Hospital, for board


23 21


" clothing . .


11 65


$1,284 14


.


31


AID TO PERSONS HAVING A SETTLEMENT IN OTHER TOWNS.


FAMILY OF BENJAMIN STETSON, SCITUATE.


Paid Litchfied & Curtis, supplies


$102 39


William H. Richardson, supplies 4 00


Gamaliel D. Sampson, wood 13 50


A. W. Faxon, dry goods 7 38


A. C. Pinson, supplies


4 35


Lyman Gibbs, clothing


4 50


G. W. Griggs, cash paid


3 50


$139 62


FAMILY OF HENRY S. BATES, COHASSET.


Paid Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance. . 1 00


CHARLES F. TALBOT, BRIDGEWATER.


Paid Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance .


.


2 00


$142 62


STATE CHARGES.


MARY A. BROWN.


Paid Waldo Jones, wood


$4 50


Alpheus Damon, supplies 14 00


ELIZABETH BARSTOW.


Paid Mary A. Brown, for transportation of child


5 00


Paid H. J. Little, medical attendance 15 00


$38 50


Total amount paid for aid to out-door poor .


1,465 26


Refunded by the State


$38 50


Refunded by other towns . 142 62


181 12


$1,284 14


32


EXPENDED FOR SOLDIERS' RELIEF.


UNDER CHAPTER 447, ACTS OF 1890. JOANNA KEENE.


Paid Town of Hanover, house rent one year $50 00


BENJAMIN F. LEE.


Paid Town of Hingham, supplies 5 50


GERTRUDE MEE.


Paid City of Brockton, supplies .


32 00


$87 50


EXPENDED FOR SOLDIERS' RELIEF FOR OTHER TOWNS.


UNDER CHAPTER 447, ACTS OF 1890. MICHAEL SPELLMAN, HOLLISTON.


Paid Litchfield & Curtis, supplies


$12 00


Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance . .


13 00


$25 00


LYMAN B. FITTS, MARSHFIELD.


Paid Dr. H. J. Little, medical attendance on family . 5 00


$30 00


EXPENSES ON C. D. MANN CASE.


Paid John F. Simmons, legal services $150 00


Hosea Kingman, legal services 100 00


H. W. Dudley, M.D., witness 75 00 Alpheus Thomas, cash paid witnesses 62 05


Frank H. Burt, as stenographer 32 00


L. E. Cowles & Co. printing reports and briefs 46 25


$465 30


33


STATE AID.


PAID UNDER CHAPTER 301, ACTS 1889.


Harriet J. Apts . $4 00


John T. Hatch


. $35 00


Charles D. Barnard .


48 00


Edward L. Hyland


18 00


David Bassford


12 00


Ann McKenna


24 00


Charles E. Bates


32 00


Mary Monahan


48 00


Amanda Coleman


36 00


Timothy B. Chapman


72 00


John Corthell


48 00


Josiah W. Chamberlin, Jr. 72 00


Charles H. Damon .


48 00


Hannah Dover


24 00


Emily Damon


16 00


Charles David


45 00


Charles H. Farrar


36 00


Seth O. Fitts


30 00


Lyman B. Fitts .


72 00


George A. Hatch


56 00


$1,057 00


MILITARY AID.


PAID UNDER CHAPTER 279, ACTS OF 1889.


Michael Spellman, $104 00 Refunded by the town of Holliston. Samuel Keene, 72 00 One half refunded by the State. Charles R. Humphrey, 8 00* One half refunded by the State. James H. Patterson, 88 00 One half refunded by the State. David Bassford, 28 00 One half refunded by the State.


George O. Torrey, 36 00 One half refunded by the State.


Seth O. Fitts, 24 00 One half refunded by the State.


Harriet Raymond


48 00


David P. Robinson and


wife .


72 00


Seth H. Vinal


54 00


Esther M. Young


48 00


Edward M. Magoun


18 00


Sarah E. Turner


36 00


George O. Torrey


2 00


Isaac N. Fitts


3 00


$360 00


34


RECAPITULATION.


Taxes abated


$100 54 Paid repairs of schoolhouses, cleaning and care of rooms, etc. .


181 61


School books and stationery


257 29


Salaries of school teachers


3,591 00


Repairs, District No. 6


159 07


Ventilating school rooms, District No. 2


390 96


Repairs of highways


4,797 55


Removing snow


128 12


Town officers


795 53


Town hall


116 18


Incidental expenses .


226 50


Town landing .


83 00


Almshouse expenses


1,949 96


Aid to out-door poor


1,465 26


Soldiers' relief .


117 50


Expenses on C. D. Mann case


465 30


State and military aid


1,417 00


Fuel for schoolhouses


159 84


$16,402 21


NORWELL, Jan. 14, 1892.


This certifies that I have examined the accounts of the select- men, treasurer, and collector, and have found the same correctly cast, with proper vouchers.


C A. LITCHFIELD, Auditor.


35


FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


LIABILITIES.


Notes in favor of South Scituate Savings


Bank . $10,975 00


J. T. Litchfield heirs (note) 1,000 00


C. W. Sylvester heirs (note) 470 00


R. V. C. Turner heirs (note) 575 00


J. C. Tolman heirs (note) 300 00


Lucy Turner (note)


500 00


Interest due on the above to Jan. 1, 1892 270 60


Coffin fund (note)


2,000 00


-


$16,090£60


ASSETS OF THE TOWN.


Due from State for military and State aid . $1,185 00


Due from State for aid to poor . 38 50


Due from towns for aid to poor 3 00


Due from towns for soldiers' relief 30 00


State school fund (estimated) 212 00


County school fund (estimated) 250 00


Due on Glover mortgage (Granderson farm) 700 00


Due on corporation taxes 169 00


Taxes outstanding in hands of collectors 2,296 48


Due from Maverick National Bank ·


2,176 88


Cash in hands of treasurer


498 65


$7,559 51


$8,531 09


ASSESSORS' STATISTICS. VALUATION MAY 1, 1891. '


Real estate


$686,900


Personal estate .


198 886


$885 786


Amount of assessment, $11,564.65.


Tax rate, $12.00 on $1.000.


Polls, 464 ; number paying poll tax only, 128; horses, 402; cows, 305; neat cattle, 85; swine, 67; dwelling-houses, 445 ; acres of land assessed, 12, 209.


36


LIST OF JURORS.


TO BE PRESENTED TO THE TOWN FOR ACCEPTANCE OR REVISION MARCH 7, 1892.


John S. Barker.


George W. Curtis.


George G. Currell.


George H. Clapp.


Edwin A. Turner.


James H. Pinkham.


Webster A. Cushing.


John P. Henderson.


William S. Simmons.


Benj. Loring.


Frank L. Hammond.


J. Alden Damon.


Henry F. Ford.


J. H. Lehan.


George C. Cowing.


Joshua R. Barker.


Henry A. Turner.


Amos H. Tilden.


Seth O. Fitts.


Wilfred Bowker.


John H. Prouty.


Alfred B. Litchfield.


Benj. B. Poole.


George W. Robbins.


David Stoddard.


Joshua M. Reed.


Israel Hatch.


Wm. S. Briggs.


C. Walter Sparrell.


Respectfully submitted,


THOMAS BARSTOW, GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS,


Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor.


37


FOURTEENTH 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, 1891 $29 41


Interest to Jan. 1, 1892


100 00


$129 41


Paid for care of cemetery lot


$5 00


for relief of out-door poor .


86 50


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1892


37 91


129 41


38


SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT.


OF THE


TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS POOR FUND.


Amount of fund $2,000 00 Invested in Western Mortgages at six per cent.


Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1891 . $43 75


Interest to Jan. 1, 1892


120 00


$163 75


Paid indoor poor


$60 00


Paid outdoor poor


78 62


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1892


25 13


$163 75


39


SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS CEMETERY AND TOMB FUNDS.


Amount of funds $1,500 00 Deposited in South Scituate Savings Bank.


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1891


$46 60


Interest to Jan. 1, 1892


69 47


$116 07


Paid for care of cemetery lot


$7 00


Paid for care of tomb yard


5 00


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1892 .


104 07


116 07


40


FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TRUSTEES OF THE JOSSLYN CEMETERY FUND.


Amount of fund . 200 00 Deposited in South Scituate Savings Bank.


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1891


$16 81


Interest to Jan. 1, 1892


·


9 39


$26 20


Paid for care of lot, two years .


$9 00


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1892


17 20


26 20


THOMAS BARSTOW, GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS, Trustees of the Coffin, Otis, and Josslyn Funds.


41


TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.


MARRIAGES.


REGISTERED IN NORWELL FOR THE YEAR 1891.


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.


Jan. 1


Fred H. Sanborn. Annie R. Osborn.


Scituate . .. . Norwell .. ..


- Married in Norwell by Rev. S. R. H. Briggs.


Apr. 4


Rose Magoun


Norwell . .


Married in Cohasset by Rev. Ignatius P. Egan.


June 23


( Frank S. Staples L. Carrie Osborn


Norwell Norwell . ...


Married in Norwell by Rev. Wm. D. Woodward.


July 2


§ Gustavus T. Tolman Annie G. Tucker.


Norwell . .... Duxbury ....


Married in Marshfield by Rev. Isaac B. Prior.


Sept. 4


Frank Osman White. Carrie Clifton Gerrish.


Pembroke ... Pembroke ..


Married in Norwell by E. T. Fogg, Esq.


Sept. 12


Clifford A. Brett. Adelaide F. Simmons


Hingham ... Norwell .. ..


Married in Weymouth by Rev. B. F. Eaton.


Sept. 28


C. Walter Sparrell Nellie M. Hatch.


Norwell .... Norwell .. ..


Married in Norwell by Rev. Joseph Osgood.


Oct. 5


Edgar E. Gardner Adelaide Higgins


Norwell .. .. Norwell .. ..


Married in Hanover by Rev. Wm. C. Barrows.


Dec. 21


§ Barton C. Rogers ¿ Evelyn Hinckley


Pembroke .. Norwell


Married in Marshfield by Rev. N. M. Williams.


Dec. 25


Benjamin Briggs. Ellen A. Hyland


Norwell .. .. Norwell ....


Married in Scituate David Brewer.


by Rev.


Michael Kane.


Hanover


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BIRTHS IN THE TOWN OF NORWELL, 1891.


DATE.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAME OF PARENTS.


1891.


Feb.


4


Frank Turner


William L. and Grace L. Healey. Charles and Martha Hunt.


13


Winnefred M


19


Viola


Lorenzo B. and Lucy Cromwell. George B. and Deborah Ellms.


Mar.


Ellms.


Alexander and Agnes Black.


April 24.


Frederic Burton.


Frank A. and Fanny P. Delano. Tilon and Flora Williams.


July


5


Lucy S.


Aug.


12


Joseph.


Thomas and Katie Googan. James H. and Ada Leavitt. Frank L. and Agnes G. Sweetland.


Sept. 6


Louis


Horatio N.


Lawrence Gaffield


Oct. 22


Mildred H ...


Litchfield.


-


Harriman


29


Tolman


Nov.


Ina C.


- Wood ward


Charles A.


Dec.


10


Jeannette King.


28


Mary E


29


Irene F


Charles and Dora Talbot.


5


Margaret Vernon


14


Robert Gray.


Carlton G. and Lillian Tilden.


12


Harry Francis.


28


26


27


Edward W. and Rowena Gardner. William D. and Edith Turner. Henry T. and Hattie Gunderway. George W. H. and Mary Litchfield. Charles J. and Theodote Harriman. Gustavus and Annie G. Tolman. Emanuel P. and Nettie Joseplı. Edgar C. and Josphine Woodward. Charles E. and Martha R. Abbott. Hatherly E. and Mary HI. Ainslee. Harry and Kate Williams.


29


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DEATHS IN THE TOWN OF NORWELL, 1891.


DATE.


NAME.


AGE.


CAUSE OF DEATH.


PLACE OF BIRTH.


1891.


Y.


M.


Jan. 6


Adaline Briggs


88


Heart Failure


Holliston.


“ 21


James P. Briggs


91


5


Old Age


Scituate.


24


Mary E. Freeman.


50


Cancer


Ireland.


Feb. 1


Martha Tilden. 76


4


Paralysis


Scituate.


66


10


Thos. B. Waterman 61


1


Disease of Heart.


Scituate.


23


Rebecca Prouty


90


3


Cancer


Massachusetts.


Mar. 10


John Gardner. 68


7


Pneumonia.


Hanover.


13


Sarah Delano 78


2


Pneumonia


Scituate.


23


Samuel D. Cudworth


69


Boston.


66


29


Ansel G. Groce. 87


Congestion of Lungs


Barre.


66


30


Thomas W. Briggs 66


Heart Disease


Scituate.


31


Ruth N. Hayden 80


10


Bronchitis


Weymouth.


Apr.25


Alfred O. Delano 52


Phthisis.


Scituate.


May 9


Emily Damon. 65


5 Influenza


Scituate.


14


Henderson


Norwell.


15


N. Milton Brooks. 65


3


Influenza


Scituate.


66


27


Lydia O. Sanborn. 65


3


Peritonitis.


Scituate.


June 7


Patrick Spellman 69


Spinal Disease


Ireland.


“ 17


Christana Barstow


27


Heart Disease.


P. E. I.


26


Fanny E. Merritt. 63


Cerebral Hemorrhage ...


Scituate.


July 28


Wm. H. Merritt 68


7


Accident


Scituate.


Aug. 31


Adelia L. Farrar


24


7


Consumption


Scituate.


Sept. 6


Lilles C. Ford. 75


4 Cerebral Hemorrhage ...


Marshfield.


14


Chas. W. Hyland 16


10 Typhoid Fever


Scituate.


66


19


Walter W. Osborn


9


2


Acute Rheumatism


Scituate.


Oct.


Elijah Clapp. 84


7 Old Age


Boston.


23


Horatio N. Gardner.


Asphyxia


Norwell.


Nov. 3


Laura A. Cushing.


74


5 Pneumonia.


Billerica.


7


Benj. Jacobs.


76


1 Old Age ..


Scituate.


16


Parmenus Pierce


64


Typhoid Pneumonia.


Scituate.


29


Chas. O. Abbott.


Heart Disease.


Norwell.


Dec. 21


Wm. H. Coffin 47


Consumption


Maine.


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CITIZENS' CAUCUS.


The citizens of the town of Norwell are requested to meet at the Town Hall, Norwell, on Saturday evening, Feb. 27, 1892, at half past seven o'clock, to nominate town officers for the ensuing year, and transact any other business that may properly come before it.


PER ORDER OF THE SELECTMEN.


SCHOOL REPORT.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF NORWELL.


MR. ISRAEL HATCH


Term expires 1894.


MRS. MARY E. CURTIS


Term expires 1893.


MISS HATTIE R. GARDNER


Term expires 1892.


To the Citizens of Norwell :


GENERAL REMARKS.


We have made one more change in the arrangement of the terms of our school year, and now have it divided, we think, satisfactorily.


Fall term begins first Tuesday after Labor Day and continues fourteen weeks, with a recess of Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following. Vacation - three weeks.


Winter term begins first Monday in January, and continues twelve weeks. Vacation - two weeks.


Spring term begins first Monday after Fast Day, and continues twelve weeks. Vacation - nine weeks.


IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.


Teachers' Convention at Brockton ; High School Graduation ; Annual Exhibition of Grammar, Mixed and Primary Schools ; Examination for admission to High School; Memorial Day exercises.


OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.


At the last annual meeting, the town appropriated and raised $150 for repairs in District No. 6. We, therefore, during the summer vacation, had new outbuildings made and the front newly


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clap-boarded, so with its new doors and a fresh coat of paint on the front, it looks as well as the rest of our buildings. But we shall have to ask once more for an appropriation to paint the school house in District No. 5. The town voted us all we asked for last year, that was $90, but the building needed paint so badly, being so large, with considerable fancy work, that we could not find a painter who would do it for that sum, so this year we must ask for $150.


The new system of heating and ventilation now in use in Dis- trict No. 2 was placed there by order of the State Inspector of Factories and Public Buildings, and NOT by your committee, as some have thought.


This system of ventilation (by means of a jacketed stove, wood- burning) is now in use in some of the finest school buildings in the State and is a great success ; and although we have had some diffi- culty in getting the room warm enough for comfort during the early part of the day, we think that we have now overcome the difficulty and that hereafter there will be no trouble in that direction.


We feel very sure that the many cases of sickness in our high school last winter were caused entirely by the bad ventilation ; the many throat troubles, the rapid spread of the measles in the school, were directly attributable to that.


BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.


We have made but one large purchase of books during this year, and that was for our district schools in the matter of geography. For four years, we have bought no new geographies, and what we had then were not new, so that at this date they are decidedly old and very much behind the times, almost ancient geography.




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