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Marriage
and Bride
Birth of Each
Father
Father
No. Marriage
Namc, Residence and Official Station of per- son by whom mar- ried
Jan 12 Lancaster
.
17
Henry S Lee Florence H Gould Willie H Stevens Glennie N Chase
Boston Mass Lancaster Lnnenburg Vt Lancaster
28 W Trav salesman Springfield Mass, Horace C Lee Lancaster 19 23 18 Lunenburg Vt Lancaster
George S Gould Henry Stevens Allen Chase
Maine Milan
Lancaster Rev Edward R Stearns
Feb 12
.
1
Lancaster
May 12
('Neil Twitchell Jennle Hanson William T Ryan Edith Grace Tuttle Shuman O Dennis
Burlington Vt Lancaster Lakewood N JJ Cherbrook P Q 25
23
Bookkeeper
Eatontown N JJ Geo H Dennis Sherbrook PQ' -Elvino L Avery
Eatontown N JJ England
1 Rev Marens H Carroll 1
28
Ida Craigle
Lancaster Portland Me
30
28
Lancaster
38
Dover
26
Teacher
Worcester Mass Henry B Keith
Thompson Conn;
Rev JJ L Felt
1
Lancaster
17
Wmn S Gleason
Monlder
Warwick P Q Quebec
Patrlek Duggan Lorenzo R Bryan Waterbury Vt
1
17
Frank Bryan
Montpelier Vt 31
Insurance
Waterbury Vt Lancaster Guildhall Vt St Agath P Q Guildhall Vt
Bernice Stuart
Guildhall Vt Canada
29
Joseph P sheridan Margaret C Hogan Eibridge Green
Frances York
19
Littleton
27
l'ainter
18
Maine Stark
Sept
9 Milan
David Bristol Rose Stuart Henry R Robins Bertha M Taylor Frank White Jennle Marshall
Lancaster Milan Lancaster
20
R R employee Lancaster
23
23
Fireman
Jefferson Wentworth
Thomas Cryan
Quebec
Rev J L Felt 1 2
Lancaster
1
Lancaster Rev L R Danforth
12 Laneaster
¡Ninie R Morse Frank Keith Bertha King
Lancaster
24
Lancaster
A J King Wm Gleason
Ireland
1 Rev James I Riley Littleton 1 1 Rev Edward R Stearns Lancaster 1 Rev D Alex Sullivan Lancaster
July
17
Laborer
Albany Me Littleton
Thomas sheridan Mlchael Hogan Frank J Green Martin York Joseph Bristol Henry York
Quebec Can Canada Milan Eaton Can Canada
Columbia
1
15
6.
Prescott H Morse Emma Johnson
25
Farmer Teacher Clerk Saleslady Asst supt
Canada Lancaster
Robert Tuttle
1
19
..
Phebe E Avery
Algernon # Stillings Portland Me 26 19
R R employee Effingham Falls Freeman Stillings Bartlett
Lancaster
James Craigie Win T Maddocks
Canada
1
Lancaster
.line 6
Benj T Maddoc's 1. Mae Sayward
Trav salesman Southport Me Housekeeper Station agent Istratford Lancaster
Presque Isle Me James Sayward
Leominster Mass Lancaster
111
Rochester
Littleton
31
St Johnsbury Vt 28 Lancaster 22
Lancaster Guildhall Vt 27 21
Farmer
33 27
Laborer
Gorham
Oliver Robbins James N Taylor Terrance White Gilbert Marshall Charles Morse
Lemington Vt
27
Color of each
22 30 26
Frank H Twitchell Lancaster
Wm H Hanson : Wm Ryan
Canada
1 Rev Marens H Carroll Lancaster
Lancaster Rev Edward R Stearns 1
Southport Me 2 /WP Buckley J P
9 Dover, N.H. Edward W Fiske
Win C Fiske Ithial Morse
¡ Ellen C Duggan
Inez M Stuart
Laneaster 27
Corinth Vt
ANK 19
1 1 Rev Edward R -tearns Lancaster Chester B Jordan J P 1 1 1 1 Lancaster Rev Nelson L Porter Milan
1 Rev D Alex Sulliyan Lancaster
14 Lancaster
Springfield Mass 1 |Rev Edward R Stearns 1
Maidstone Vt
1 Lancaster Rev Marcus H Carroll 1
MARRIAGES CONTINUED.
Oct
: Lamast r
Peres J Proctor Jenol Bren.ks
21 W Laborer
Auburn Canada Freight ensh'r Mkbllebury VI Lancaster ..
Deering Canada Middlebury Vi Lancaster Canada
1
Rev D Alex!Sullivan
Lancaster
..
Folk Rt Langworthy
l'uckland Me
.rare Burns Bullard Lancaster
1
John 11 Whlte
23
Car Inspector
..
1
Lancaster
14
I.vroy Hale Seriburr
..
..
..
18
Adlelbert Ani's
Pittsfieldl Mr ..
Conk
Dover Whitetiebl Corpville Me Montville Me
Monson Me
Bontvllle Me
1
..
John ( Monaban
lancaster ..
Farmer
Quebec Canala Canala
Ireland
1
Lancaster
George W Boutwell
..
..
Northumberl'nd Gro Il Bontwell
Northumberl'ml 1 Rev Marens Il Carroll
Maria E Sundstom
..
Sweeden
FerlandSundstim Sweeden Erle Fletcher
1
*)!
James I Fleicher
..
47
..
Dexter Me Bilghton Vt
W'in Chaville
Dexter Me Canann Vi
Rev J L. Felt
Lancaster
Ella Colt
Sherbrook P' Q
Marvin Proctor Oliver Brooks MH Langworthy W'In E: Bullard Terence White ('lins M Marshall Frank B Scribner Peter Brisson Addison Amen Fred Glumn Patrick Monahan Hugh Keenan
Lancaster Topsham V't C'anziu
1
Lancaster
Rose Fmma Brisson
1 Rev Biward R Stearns
:1
..
Angle Glhoan
1 Rev D Alex Sullivan
Vary Kconan
57
Lancaster
1
Lancaster Rev D Alex Sullivan 1
Nettle G Marshall
..
1 Rev .1 1. Felt
Rev D Alex Sullivan 1
Lancaster
VITAL STATISTICS-CONTINUED.
Deaths Registered for the Year Ending December 31, 1903.
Age
Sex & Con.
Date
Place
Name and Surname
Place
Name
Maiden Name
of
of
of the
of
Occupation
of
of
Diseases or Canse of Death
Death
Death
Deceased
Years
Months
Days
Birth
Male
Female Color
Single, mar.
Father
Mother
Jan 21 Lancaster
Balley
4 Lancaster
..
4
5
69
2 7 Lyman
M
housewife farmer
Frank Bailey Charles Dolloff Daniel Stickney John Savage John MeGee
Sara Dolloff Agnes Dodds
Premature birth Phrenic abcess Fibrous phthisis Heart and Bright's disease Pulmonary tuberculosis Apoplexy
14
Kate Spanlding
139
2:28 Lancaster
F
S
DanielNSpaulding Jane Whipp
24
Julia Brown
73
121
:
11 St Johnsbury Vt M
M
L Simmons
Emily McGoff
Catarrhal inflamation Pulmonary cedenia
23
61,11
Ilalifax P Q
W
Andrew Baird
26
.
Samuel &Wentworth; 79|11 12 Lancaster
M
MI
farmer housewife
Eliz'th Houghton Old age
Apl
3 7
Mildred E MeGoff
4 2 10 Lancaster
F
23
Frederick Smith
172
6 Springfield Mass M M Charlestown
W M fireman farmer
May
9
Martha Bontelle
178
8 Columbia
F
June
Patrick Mel anghlin 65 2 21 |Canada
M
ti
Mary T Newman
41
8 20 Moro Me Lancaster
S farmer
Susan Stone
Disease of brain. Fracture of skull
9
Edward Rowell
:32| 9
36.10,15 Cherrytell Me
F
16
26| 11 21 Gulldhall
M
housewife
Joseph Morin W'm Jacques
A bagail Stone Mary Hibbard Margaret Furbus Polly Hight
Pneumonia Spinal sclerosis
July Aug
25 Lancaster 3 .
Hosea Goodall Amos F Rowell Louisa Wilder
74|3 25 Jefferson 46 6: 3 Lancaster
M
8 printer
Wm L Rowell Manassah Wilder
Nancy Springer
Cancer of breast
8
Curtis P Hartford
59 - 5: 9
69 [16. Quebec Can
M
M blacksmith
Shadrack Hartford Sarah Vilas Jolm Nelson
Heart disease
Margaret Forbes Bright's and heart disease
16:
Andrew Nelson
79.11 9 treland
W farmer
stage driver John Goodall
-
Martha A LeGro| Bright's dlsease
88,10 13
F
domestic
JJason Woodward
Pernicious anemia
18
Viletta T Fletcher E A Woodward Ida McGolf
37 9 22 Lancaster
M
M W honsek per farmer housewife
M
Wm MeLanghlin John Tucker Edward Rowell Edward Tracy
Cerebral hemorrhage
15
MI honsewife M farmer
Josephi Wentworth Johanna Hayes Levl Rhoades Benj Moody James McGoff Fielding Smith
Paraplegia
29
Elizabeth II Potter Mahitable Aldrich
84 6,10 Winslow Me
82| 8.12 Franconia
.11 domestic
Sallle Taylor Etta Willard Isaac Abbott Mary Bingham Susan Laberee Abagail Everett Ephraim Cross
Appendicitis
24
Isaac E Abbott Perels Chase
82!
5 9 Lancaster
F
W housewife
Old age
23
Margaret Earley| Acute softening of brain
Old age Bright's disease
*
4
Wiliam Savage
82 6 11 |Lancaster
M
8
Susan MeGec
22
Leeds PQ
All White
W
John Aspinwall Fr'd'lek Carpenter Kathle'nStod'ard Pulmonary tuberculosis Hulda Barrows Angina pectorise
3
Herbert S Carpenter 37
Helen A Simmons Snsan Morse
3 16 | Lancaster
21:
Sara I) Bailey
22
27 27
Nathan M Stickney
Feb
Lucy Hopson Mary McCaffery
housework dressmaker housewife lawyer
W
heart disease Laryngeal diphtheria
Pulmonary tuberculosis
26 N'tmmb'nd Thomas Jacques
farmer
or wid.
Y
DEATHS CONTINUED.
sept
23 Lancaster
Francis W Coats Ande's A Twitchell
4 1.aueaster
1
Clementine E fturns SO
9 11 Orford
1
All White
M
faruter
Win P Coats AbratherTwiteln.H I.vman llaves John Mason
Esther fughe Mary Haven
Brighit's disease Pneumonia
NOS
Mary Adams
-
O MY B Winchester it
I Lancaster 12 Shetold Vt
1
Elthanou Winelier Lucy Whittom
Pulmonary consumption
12
Aaron Simpson
Nathanletti Stickies "
6 16 Laucaster
Chas Holly
4 3 Colebrook
Ireland 1
=
100000
0
Margaret Sullivan Seven C' Wymizen Julia D) Hayes Nellle Congdon
Gl
4 2 + Giroveton
Myron 1. Lucas
Mary Leicester Caroline Mel'tire
Pucumonla Cerebral softening
ticorge R Bush
733 9 17 Canada
farmtr
William Hartley
Mary Neagle
Chronle hydrocephalus
Elizabeth Hartley
4 1 30 Lauraster
merchant druggli houses In.
Archelaus Simps'u Jacob E' Stlekney Fuoch L. Colliv
Rebecca Willey Martha B Goss Lucy Fletelier Nora O'NNelll
Malnutrition
Heart disease
Bright's disease
Old age Heart and Bright's disease
Acute purumonta
.
Mary Robinson
Premature birth Old age
12 8 2 Bethel Vt
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF LANCASTER, STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15TH,
1905.
PRESS OF THE COOS COUNTY DEMOCRAT LANCASTER. NEW HAMPSHIRE
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF LANCASTER, STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15TH, 1905.
PRESS OF THE COOS COUNTY DEMOCRAT LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Town Officers.
MODERATOR: W. P. BUCKLEY.
TOWN CLERK : R. J. BROWN.
TREASURER : A. R. TIMBERLAKE.
SELECTMEN :
J. E. MCINTIRE,
C. A. CLEVELAND, J. W. TRULAND.
TAX COLLECTOR : GEO. V. MOULTON.
OVERSEER OF POOR : FRED W. STREETER.
SUPERVISORS OF CHECK LIST 1905 : J. S. PEAVEY,
BENJAMIN BENTON, JOHN COSTELLO.
BOARD OF HEALTH. .
FRANK SPOONER, M. D. H. B. CARPENTER, M. D. J. I. WILLIAMS, C. E.
HIGHWAY AGENTS : A. C. HOWLAND, GEO. A. WEBSTER, G. J. SHOFF.
NIGHT POLICE : W. E. INGERSON.
AUDITORS : C. L. HURLEY, J. D. HOWE.
REPRESENTATIVES TO GENERAL COURT : EZRA MITCHELL,
E. M. MONAHAN, G. E. LANE.
State of New Hampshire.
To the inhabitants of the Town of Lancaster qualified to vote in town affairs:
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said town on the second Tuesday of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects :
1. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
2. To choose, three Selectmen, a Treasurer, a Prosecut- ing Agent, and other necessary officers for the ensuing year.
3. To see What sums of money the town will vote to raise for the following purposes :
First. To meet current expenses of the town and apply on the principal and interest of the Town debt.
Second. For building and repairing highways and bridges.
Third. For building and repairing sidewalks.
Fourth. For breaking rock and building Macadam roads and streets.
Fifth. For lighting streets.
Sixth. For observance of Memorial Day.
Seventh. For school books and supplies.
Eighth. For extension and care of sewers.
4. To direct how the sums raised for any of the above purposes shall be expended.
5. To direct how the school money be divided.
6. To see if the town will vote to instruct the selectmen to appoint a special police officer for night service in Lan- caster Village for the ensuing year, and to raise money for the same.
7. To see what action the town will take in regard to the disposal of the liquors on hand.
4
8. To see what action the town will take in regard to an act "To provide for state aid and for the expenditures of other public moneys in the permanent improvement of main highways throughout the state", passed February, 1905, and raise money for the same.
9. To see if the town will vote to instruct the selectmen to build a suitable sidewalk on Canal street, during the sum- mer of 1905.
10. To see what action the town will take in regard to land of Mrs. H. C. Forbush, at the junction of Middle and Mechanic streets.
11. To see if the town will vote to exempt the Lancas- ter Mills from taxation for a term of years.
12. To see if the town will vote to instruct the select- men to sell the Charles Kenison house and land, so called.
13. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
Given under our hand this 25th day of February, 1905.
J. E. MCINTIRE, ) Selectmen C. A. CLEVELAND, of
J. W. TRULAND, J Lancaster.
Selectmen's Report.
VALUATION.
No.
Value
1903
1904
1904
Polls
884
915
$
1903 88,400
$ 91,500
Real Estate
1,127,359
1,132,115
Horses
682
756
42,940
40,915
Oxen
6
8
245
305
Cows
1760
1723
37,759
36,254
Other cattle
589
559
9,527
8,089
Sheep
394
373
1,278
1,256
Hogs
2
11
20
76
Hens
50
20
Carriages
4,200
4,670
Bank stock and money at interest
71,854
66,957
Stock in trade
108,050
105,550
Mills, acqueducts and bridges
47,775
46,575
Total valuation
$1,539,407
$1,534,282
TAXES ASSESSED.
1903
1904
State tax
$2,996 25
$2,220 00
County tax
7,186 25
6,631 00
Interest on notes and bonds
246 26
1,644 00
Bonds
2,000 00
2,000 00
Support of Poor
700 00
500 00
Support of schools
4,921 40
5,260 00
Library and reading room
730 00
650 00
Town officers
2,000 00
2,000 00
Fire department
1,000 00
1,000 00
Miscellaneous
1,300 00
1,300 00
$23,080 16
$23,205 00
Estimate amount to receive from state $4,000 16
$4,235 00
Necessary for current expenses
$19,080 00
$18,970 00
6
Highways and bridges
5,000 00
5,000 00
Sidewalks
1,000 00
1,500 00
Macadam streets
1,500 00
500 00
Lighting streets
1,365 00
1,428 00
Memorial day
100 00
100 00
School books and supplies
900 00
1,000 00
Sewers
500 00
500 00
Night police
600 00
600 00
Cemetery Debt -
500 00
Completion Town Hall
464 37
Shelving for vault and chair room
350 00
Total amount of town tax
$30,859 37 $30,098 00
Precinct Tax
500 00
500 00
Union District tax
4,900 00
5,800 00
Town District tax
700 00
800 00
Total tax assessed
$36,959 37 $37,198 00
1903
1904
Inventory of town
$1,539,407 00 $1,534,282 00
Inventory of Precinct
1,108,030 00 1,099,955 00
Inventory of Union District
1,090,712 00
1,086,350 00
Inventory of Town District
448,695 00
447,932 00
Rate of town tax on $100
2 08
2 00
Rate of precinct tax on $100
05
05
Rate of Union District tax on $100
46
54
Rate of Town District tax on $100
16
18
SELECTMEN'S ESTIMATE.
1905
State tax
3,145 00
County tax
4,550 25
Interest on notes and bonds
1,644 00
Bonds due Jan 1st 1906
2,000 00
Support of poor
100 00
Support of Schools
5,275 00
Library and reading room Town officers Fire department Miscellaneous
650 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
1,300 00
$21,664 25
Less amount estimated to be received from state
4,400 00
Necessary for current expenses
$17,264 25
Highways and bridges
5,000 00
Sidewalks
1,500 00
Memorial day
100 00
Lighting streets
1,452 00
School books and supplies
1,000 00
Sewers
500 00
Macadam streets
Night police
600 00
$28,716 32
AVAILABLE ASSETS FEB. 15th 1905 :
Due from Chas. Hill on Conn. river bridge
$ 25 00
Taxes on Real Estate bid off by town
742 81
Amount due from County
231 26
Amount in hands of overseer of poor
381 25
Amount in hands of treas. county committee
85 01
Rent due on school lots 182 00
Due from Frank Kellum on tax book of 1899
67 47
J. L. Bass, collector sewers 1901
22 00
" Geo. V. Moulton, collector 1904
515 94
66 £ sewers 1904
170 00
-765.41
Cash in hands of Treasurer
1,385 06
$3,807 80
8 QUESTIONABLE ASSETS
Liquor fixtures etc. on hand
$402 41
Due from L. B. Whipp as liquor agent
285 99
$688 40
$4,496 20
LIABILITIES.
Bonds
$18,000 00
Notes
30,800 00
Overdue interest on notes
180 00
Outstanding orders
19 25
Due A. C. Howland, road agent
522 04
Geo. V. Moulton, collector 1904
25 00
" J. D. Howe, 1902
1 00
J. L. Bass, 1901
1 00
268.29
$49,548 29
Less available assetts
3,807 80
Net debt Feb. 15th 1905
$45,740 49
Net debt Feb. 15th 1904
48,760 77
" 1905
45,740 49
Decrease of debt $3,020 28
This result is brought about by the turning into the treasury for general purposes the shoe shop liability of $1,000 00
CARE OF CEMETERY LOTS.
The town holds in trust for the care of cemetery lots the following amounts the interest on which at six per cent is to be used.
William F. Smith lot
Summer street cemetery $50 00
Samuel H. LeGro 66
.
50 00
John Leavitt
50 00
Benj. F. Whidden
6€
66
50 00
9
Hattie Bothel lot
Summer street cemetry 50 00
A. P. Allen
Wilder 50 00
David Beattie
Summer street
50 00
Rufus C Lucas
١١
50 00
N. M. Stickney
Wilder
50 00
Mrs. H. Querry ١١
50 00
Mrs. Mary E. Moore "
Summer street
50 00
. Proctor Jacobs
50 00
L. G. Bailey
50 00
Mrs. Mary W. Clough lot
50 00
$700 00
PROPERTY OWNED BY TOWN
Library building and land Stone crusher plant Store house and land, Prospect street Play ground
One-half the town building and lot
One-half piano, dishes and etc. in town building Charles Kenison house and land
Safe and office furniture
1779 town histories
Five road machines
Three snow rollers One stone roller
One hand stone roller
Six barrels of tar Two snow plows Lot of miscellaneous tools One force pump Plank
10
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
S. W. Green, breaking roads and
running roller
$
17 00
T. J. McGinley, labor on highway
7 87
W. H. Leith, plank 78 20
Lancaster Water Works, labor on sidewalks
36 65
F. D. Hutchins, land damage new street
40 00
George W. Lane,
10 00
A. C. Howland, road agent
1780 73
George A. Webster,
1586 27
G. . Shoff,
6€ 1398 40
$4955 12
SIDEWALKS.
We employed the same foreman as in 1903 under whose direction 1988 yards of new walk, 354 yards of new cross- ing and 1200 yards of covering were done making a total of 3542 yards of concrete work costing as follows:
W. C. Putnam, for curbing Main street 372 75
A. C. Howland, labor with team filling .. 162 25
$535 00
Frank Smith & Co., tar and pitch
857 40
D. R. Remick, slab wood
81 76
Albert Rich, drawing wood
3 50
Thompson Mfg. Co., labor as per bill
11 37
Labor
817 51
Hartley, Baker & Cummings, labor,
team and man
196 00
85 87
Frank Smith & Co., gravel, trucking, etc. Freight on tools
1 70
M. A. Eaton, use of tools
25 00
$2080 11
Total
$2,615 11
11
Less amount received for private work 601 56
Net cost of walk and curbing $2,013 55
MACADAM ACCOUNT.
We crushed and spread 616 cubic yards of rock at the following cost.
Farrell, Foundry & Machine Co., repairs
$19 00
I. F. Moore, merchandise as pe. bill
9 03
Frank Smith & Co.,
41 12
Thompson Mfg. Co., casting and labor
22 83
D. R. Remick, slab wood 48 00
Fred Holton, sand 4 95
265 55
Burt Smith, labor on rock " " road and street 108 00
$795 84
EXTENSION AND CARE OF SEWERS.
Extension Kilkenny street 700 feet
Extension Fletcher street 400 feet
Extension Portland street 750 feet
L. F. Moore, pipe, cement, etc. $222 04
68 77
Frank Smith & Co., pipe, cement, etc. 103 51
Lancaster Water Works, labor, extension
and care 495 29
Less assessments
275 00
Net coat
$614 61
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
W. H. McCarten " Precinct tax 500 00
$1,000 00
$1,500 00
Labor, breaking, crushing and spreading
277 36
Thompson Mfg. Co., castings as per bill
$889 61
12 SCHOOLS.
Fred C. Cleaveland, Treas. Union Dist. 3,279 94 " extra
5,800 00
$9,079 94
J. E. McIntire, Treas., Town District
1980 06
66 " extra " 800 00
" High School rebate
81 62
$2,861 68
SCHOOL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
F. C. Cleaveland, Treas., Union Dist.
$749 61
J. E. McIntire,
66
Town Dist.
144 40
$894 01
STATE TAX.
Solan A. Carter, State Treasurer $2,220 00
COUNTY TAX.
Dean S Currier, County Treasurer 5,850
MEMORIAL DAY.
D. T. Timberlake 100 00
LIBRARY AND READING ROOMS.
F. D. Hutchins, Treasurer 650 00
OVERSEER OF POOR.
Fred W. Streeter 500 00
LIGHTING STREETS.
Lancaster & Jefferson Electric Co.
1,428 00
NIGHT POLICE.
W. E. Ingerson 600 00
SHELVING FOR VAULT.
Art Metal Construction Co. 290 00
SUMMER STREET CEMETERY DEBT.
Charles A. Howe, Treasurer
500 00
13
BONDS, INTEREST ON BONDS AND NOTES.
Paid bonds
2,000 00
Interest on bonds
800 00
Interest on notes
939 00
$3,739 00
TEMPORARY LOAN AND INTEREST.
Lancaster National Bank, note
$2,000 00
Lancaster Savings Bank, note
3,000 00
Lancaster National Bank, interest on note
48 61
Lancaster Savings Bank, interest on note
94 58
$5,143 19
HEDGEHOG BOUNTIES.
F. B. Spaulding, paid for 3 hedgehogs
$ 75
J. W. Truland, paid for 38
9 50
J. E. McIntire, paid for 27 Total
6 75
68
$17 00
POLICE COURT.
John Flanders, tramps and drunks
$29 50
C. A. Young, bill approved by Judge Shurtleff 5 86
John Flanders, boarding tramps and drunks
7 50
Fred C. Cleaveland, bill approved by B. Jacobs
1 50
$44 36
TAXES BID OFF BY TOWN.
J. M. Rowell, collector 1903
$337 52
Geo. V. Moulton, collector 1904
344 84
$682 36
TOWN OFFICERS.
Fred S. Linscott, selectman
$28 00
J. E. McIntire,
20 00
F. B. Spaulding,
5 00
14
J. D. Howe, auditor 5 00
C. L. Hurley, “ 5 00
Irving E. Smith, supervisor March meeting
24 00
C. E. Kimball,
24 00
J. S. Peavey, " Mar. and Nov. meeting 48 00
Irving E. Smith,
Nov. meeting 24 00
C. E. Kimball,
24 00
John H. Emerson, ballot clerk May 12th 1903 5 00
Roger W. Rhodes, ballot clerk Nov. 8th 1904 5 00
J. T. Amey, ballot clerk 1902, 1903, 1904 15 00
Burleigh Roberts, ballot clerk 1903 and 1904 10 00
O. L. Wark, policeman 9 00
C. A. Young, 16 50
Ira G. Noyes
14 00
W. E. Ingerson
10 00.
Joseph Kenney, special police
4 00
C. E. Allen, 66
2 00
Chas. H. Carr, 66
2 00
T. D. Carbee
66
10 00
O. B. Hackett,
2 00
J. M. Rowell, bal. tax collector 1903
25 00
J. M. Rowell, collecting sewer tax 1903
5 00
J. I. Williams, board of health
25 00
H. B. Carpenter, board of health
25 00
Frank Spooner, board of health
41 50
C. A. Howe, board of education
30 00
Mrs. Adria L. Chessman, board of education
30 00
Fred C. Cleaveland, board of education
50 00
Jennie McGary, 3 members school board
120 00
C. M. Marshall, truant officer
10 00
W. P. Buckley, moderator
25 00
Fred W. Streeter, overseer of poor
100 00
R. J. Brown, town clerk 200 00
A. R. Timberlake, treasurer
50 00
15
Geo. V. Moulton, tax collector
250 00
J. E. McIntire, selectman
290 00
C. A. Cleveland, 125 00
J. W. Truland, 210 00
$1,923 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
H. H. Sanderson, printing town reports $87 00
C. L. Sedgell, balance for snowing bridges 10 00
Fielding Smith, stamps for town reports 6 92
Geo. N. Kent, insurance on town histories 13 50
J. D. Howe, rebate 1902 tax 4 47
N. J. Sears, shavings for Town Hall
1 00
Chas. H. Emerson, labor on highway 1903 7 00
Michael Noonan, labor on parks
18 00
J. B. Cloudman, order board of health Frank C. Grant, labor on park 2 50
3 00
J. F. Condgdon, " order board of health 2 75
W. A. Folsom, painting bulletin order board of health 2 00
W. H. Tripp, cutting bushes and trucking 5 75
1 00
Patrick Brown, labor with team 1903 R. P. Kent & Son, damage by ice Indiana Road Machine Co., casting G. H. Colby & Co., books ard paper Charles Rines, labor cutting bushes
2 70
2 00
1 05
Mrs. Alice N. Winch, labor on town books
10 00
D. M. White, printing 3 75
11 00
Fred Dooley, 66
12 50
Cleveland & Gould, police furnishings
36 13
F. B. Spaulding, one-half Town and Masonic building deficit 166 83
Drew, Jordan, Buckley & Shurtleff, one-half costs Lawrence suit 87 50
2 00
F. B. Hodgdon, labor watchman clock 7 00
C. K. Hodge, painting guide boards
16
E. V. Cobleigh, one-half value dishes, chairs etc. Masonic Hall 125 00
Edson C. Eastman, tax collector's books 15 00
Geo. C. Edmonds, express crusher repairs 22 89
H. H. Sanderson, printing cards and orders 4 75
Geo. N. Kent, insurance on Town and Masonic building 96 25
Geo. M. Stevens & Son, insurance on Town and Masonic building
113 75
Geo. M. Stevens & Son, insurance on plate glass 4 54
F. H. Nourse, insurance on boiler
15 00
T. D. Carbee, enumeration scholars Union Dist 10 00
C. A. Young, moving voting fixtures
1 50
J. I. McIntire, painting voting fixtures
3 00
Mrs. E. W. Fiske, meals for election officers
3 00
H. H. Sanderson, printing check .ists
14 00
Adley & Donahue, blacksmith bill
21 60
E. B. Beach & Son,
1 75
E. Mitchell, order board of heaith
10 50
Mrs. Mary Hogan, order board of health
2 10
Mrs. Ada M. Amadon, error in taxes 1904 4 36
Henry Young, care of lots in cemetery
15 50
Chas. A. Howe, care of Wilder cemetery 15 00
J. I. Williams, rent of room for selectmen 40 00
W. C. Putnam, Labor on Kent fountain 10 75
Burt Smith man and team
1 50
J. C. Hunter
on sewers 1903 and 1904 2 50
C. H. Emerson
on highway 1904 7 00
Edward Gonyea shoveling snow
3 75
Lancaster Water Works, labor team and man
57 70
" building fence 13 85
Geo. W. Tibbetts, road machine and crusher repairs 1903 and 1904 83 45
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17
Benj. Benton, sand for sidewalks and roads
12 65
John Grannis, cedar posts 3 75
Thompson Mfg. Co., stamps and pad 1 50
L. F. Moore, merchandise as per bill
22 87
Frank Smith & Co., merchandise as per bill
32 92
Fred S. Linscott, merchandise as per bill 7 20
Payson Fernald, wire for highway 14 38
50 00
Fred C. Cleaveland, legal services
2 00
M. B. Evans, telephone tolls
I 50
J. E. McIntire, paper, express, etc. as per bill
2 74
H. B. Carpenter, bal. returning birth and deaths 1903 3 50
E. F. Stockwell,
* 1904 6 00
H. B. Carpenter,
6 25
H. Barnett,
1 00
Ezra Mitchell,
3 25
W. H. Leith,
66
5 00
Mrs. Ada M. Amadon, water on highway 1904
3 00
L. S. Hartford,
3 00
W. C. Hodgdon, 66
" 1903, 1904 6 00
Fred A. Shuce
3 00
Hartley, Baker & Cummings, water on highway 1904 3 00
B. F. Wesson, sheep killed by dogs 3 00
William Sheltry, sheep killed by dogs 4 00
F. P. Wells, 7 00
$1,435 85
SUMMARY OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDING FEB. 15th
1905.
Highways and bridges $4,955 12
Sidewalks 2,615-11
Macadam street
795 84
Extension and care of sewers
889 61
J. I. Williams, services as engineer
18
Fire department
1,500 00
Schools union district
9,079 94
Schools town district
2,861 68
School books and supplies
894 01
State tax
2,220 00
County tax
5,850 32
Memorial day
100 00
Library and-reading room
650 00
Overseer of poor
500 00
Lighting streets
1,428 00
Night police
600 00
Shelving for vault
290 00
Summer street cemetery debt
500 00
Bond and interest on bonds and notes
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