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VITAL STATISTICS-CONTINUED.
Marriages Registered for the Year Ending December 31, 1901.
Date
I'mnee
Name and Surname
Residence at
Occupation
Place
Name
Birthplace
of
of
time of
of Groom
of
of
of
Mar'ge Marringe
Groom and Bride
Marriage
and Bride
Birth of Each
Father
Father
No. Marriage
Name, Residence andt Official Station of per- son by whom mar- ried
lan 12 Laneaster
17
..
Henry S Lee Florence H Gould Willle H Stevens Glennle N Chase
Boston Mass Lancaster Lumenburg Vt Lancaster
18
Farmer Teacher Clerk Saleslady Asst supt
..
W'm H Hanson
1
Laneaster
May
12
('Nell Twitchell Jennle Hanson William T Byan Edith Grace Tuttle Shuman O Dennis
Burlington Vt Lancaster Lakewood NJ Sherbrook P Q
26 23
Bookkeeper
Eatontown N JJ Geo H Dennis Sherbrook PQ - Elvino L Avery
Eatontown NJ England Bartlett Canada
1
28
Algernon r Stillings Portland Me
Lancaster Portland Me
26 19 30 28
Housekeeper Station agent
Stratford Lancaster
W'm C Fiske Ihlal Morse
1
Rochester
12 Lancaster
Bertha King
Lancaster
24.
17
Win S Gleason
Moulder
Lancaster | Warwick PQ Quebre Waterbury Vi Lancaster
Win Gleason Patrick Duggan Lorenzo R Bryan Waterbury Vi
Ireland
Rev James H Riley
17
Frank Bryan Inex MI Smart
Montpelier Vt Lancaster Gulldhalt Vt 27
211
Bernice Stuart
1
July
2
Kibridge Green Frances York
..
AUK 19
Littleton
17 19: 27 18
Laborer
¡ Maine Stark Gorham
Quebec Can 'Canada Milan .katon Can Canada
1 1
Sepl
9 Milan
David Bristol Rose Stuart iHenry R Robins Bertha MI Taylor Frank White Jennle Marshall
Lancaster MHan Lancaster
..
Fireman
Jefferson Wentworth
Oliver Robbins James N Taylor Terrance White Gilbert Marshall Charles Morse Thomas Cryan
Columbia Lemington Vt
1
Rev J L Felt
Lancaster
23
Lancaster Lunenburg Vi Lancaster
Allen Chase Frank H Twitchell
Maldstone Vt Lancaster
1
Lancaster Rev Marens H Carroll
Feb
12
.
1
Rev Marcus H Carroll Lancaster
19
G
..
Ida Craigle BenJ T Maddoe's 1, Mae Sayward
Trav salesman Southport Me
Presque Isle Me James Sayward
Leominster Mass
1
WP Buckley JP Lancaster Rev L. R Danforth
9 Dover, N.II. Edward W Fiske
Lancaster
NInle R Morse Frank Keith
Littleton
Teacher
Worcester Mass Henry B Keith
Thompson Con
1
Rev . L. Fell
I
Lancaster
St Johnsbury Vt 28 Lancaster
Littleton Rev Edward R Stearns Lancaster
Joseph P sherIdan Margaret C Hogan
Lancaster
271
Farmer Gultdhall Vt St Agath PQ Painter Laborer Gulldhatt Ve Albany Me I.Itleton
Thomas Sheridan Michael Hogan Frank J Green Martin York Joseph Bristol Henry York
1 1 1
Rev D Alex Sullivan Lancaster Roy Edward R . learns Lancaster
1 Chester BJordan J P Lancaster Rey Nelson L. Porter Mitan I: Rey D Alex Sulliyan Lancaster
1
14 Lancaster
.. Prescott H Morse Emma Johnson
Age in years
Color of each
28 W Trav salesman Springfield Mass Horace C Lec
19
George S Gould
Henry Stevens
Maine Milan
1
Lancaster Rev Edward R Stearns
Canada Lancaster
Wni Ryan Robert Tuttle
1
Rev Marcus H Carro !!
R R employee Effingham Falls Freeman Stillings Lancaster
James Craigie W'm T Maddocks
1
Southport Me
Lancaster
2
Dover
A J King
Ellen C Duggan
Insurance
Luftdhatt Vt Canada
Corinth Vi
1
27 20 R R employee Lancaster
Quebec
1
Springfield Muss ! Rev Edward R Stearns
Canada
Lancaster Rev Edward Rt Stearns Lancaster
Phebe E Avery
MARRIAGES CONTINUED.
Ocl
5 Lane ast. r
Percy J Proctor Jenni: Brouks
Auburn Northumberl'nd Pockland Me
19
Freight cash'r
Auburn Canada Middlebury Vt Lancaster
Deering Canada Middlebury Vi Lancaster Canada
I
Rev D Alex!Sullivan
Lancaster
1-
J"d'k R Langworthy
.. race Burns Bullard
Lancaster
..
23
Car inspector
..
Lancaster Topsham Vt
1
Lancaster
Nov 21
Adelbert Ames
Pittsfield Me
35.
Cook
24
Lancaster :
Farmer
Quebec Canada Canada
Northumberl'nd Geo H Boutwell
Northumberl'nd
25
George W Boutwell
..
32
Sweeden
FerinandSundst'm Erle Fletcher
Dexter Me
Rev J L Felt 2
Dec
2
James R Fletcher Ella Colt
..
47
..
Dexter Me Brighton Vt
Wm Coville
Canaan Vi
Lancaster
1
15
John H White
: Nettle G Marshall
20
19
..
. Leroy Hale Serliner
20
:
18
Dover Whitetich fornville Me Montville Me
Marvin Proctor Oliver Brooks M H Langworthy Will E Bullard 'Terence White Chas M Marshall Frank B Scribner Peter Brisson Addison Ames Fred Gilman Patrick Monahan Hugh Keenan
Canada Monson Me Boutville Me Ireland Canada
]
Rev Rdward R Stearns
]
Lancaster
23
..
John C Monahan
Mary Keenan
..
32
..
1 Rev Marcus Il Carroll
Sweeden
1
Lancaster
Maria E Sundstom
Sherbrook PQ 48
21 |W Laborer
1
1 Rev .I L Felt
Lancaster 1 1 Rev D Alex Sullivan Lancaster Rev D Alex Sullivan 1
Rose Fmmia Brisson
Annie Gilman
1 Rev D) Alex Sullivan 1 Lancaster
37
VITAL STATISTICS-CONTINUED.
Deaths Registered for the Year Ending December 31, 1903.
Age
Sex & Con.
Date
Place
Name and Surname
Place
Name
of
of
of the
of
Occupation
of
Death
Death
-
Jan 21 Lancaster
Balley
4 Lancaster
27
Sara 1) Batley
22
4 5
housewife farnier
Frank Bailey Charles Doffott Daniel Stickney John Savage John MeGee
Sara Dolloff Agues Dodds
Premature birth
27
Nathan M Stickney
69
2 7 Lyman
6 11 Lancaster
M
8
Susan Medice
Leeds PQ
housework dressmaker
DanielNSpaulding Jane Whipp John Aspinwall
IInlda Barrows
Angina pectorise
Mrh
3
Herbert S Carpenter 37
/11 St Johnsbury Vt ML 3:16 Lancaster
lawyer
1. Simmons
Emily MeGot
Catarrhal inflamation Pulmonary cedenmi
.
Samuel >Wentworth: 79:11 12 Lancaster
MI
farmer housewife
domestic
Levl Rhoades Benj Moody James McGoff Fielding Smith Isaac Abb it Ephraim Cross
Eliz'th Houghton Sallte Taylor Etta Willard Mary Bingham
heart disease
3
4! 2 10 Lancaster F
72 6 Springfield Mass Mi Charlestown
W
Fireman farmer
May 9
Frederick Smith Isaac E Abbott Perels Chase Martha Boutelle
5 9 Lancaster
F
S Columbia
W housek'per farmer housewife
Margaret Farley
Acute softening of brain
Patrick Melaughlin 65
41
8 20 Moro Me Lancaster 36.10 15 Cherryfield Me
31
farnier
Susan Stone
A bagall Stone Mary Hibbard
Pulmonary tuberculosis
18
26 11 21 Gimildhall
M
housewife
farmer
Margaret Furbus Pneumonia Polly Hfight
Spinal sclerosis
.July
Auf
Hosea Goodall Amos P Rowell Louisa Wilder
46 6 3 Lancaster
N domestic
Nancy Springer
Cancer of breast
Curtis P Hartford Andrew Nelson
691 16 Quebee l'an
M
blacksmith
Shadrack Hartford Sarah Vilas John Nelson
Heart disease Margaret Forbes' Bright's and heart disease
16
Viletta T FRIcher E A Woodward Ida MeGolf
371 922 Lancaster
31 farmer
Pernicious anenna
Iti
26 N'thumb'od Thomas Jacques 25 Lancaster
74| 3 95 Jefferson
Printer Stage driver John tivodall Wm L Rowell Manassah Wilder
Martha A LeGro Bright's disease
$8.10 13 59 6 9 ..
farmer
Wm MeLaughlin John Tucker Edward Roweli Edward Tracy Jason Woodward "Joseph Morin W'm Jacques
Abugall Everett
Appendicitis Old age Bright's disease Old age
2 21 Canada
1.
Disease of brain: Fracture of skull
Cerebral hemorrhage
13
Mary T Newinan Edward lowell
31 housewife
Laryngeal diphtheria
7
Flizabeth Il Potter Malltable Aldrich Mildred E Metiott
Halifax P'Q
1.
W
Andrew Baird Joseph Wentworth Johanna Hayes
Paraplegia Old age
21
:Helen A Simmons Susan Morse =
73
39 2.28 Lancaster . 21
F
housewife
24
Julia Brown
Fr'd'lek Carpenter Kathle'nStod'ard Pulmonary tuberculosis
Phrenic abcess Flbrons phthisis Heart and Bright's disease Pulmonary tuberculosis Apoplexy
4
Wi liam Savage
.Years
Months
Days
Birth
Male
* * Female
JIHLA HV Color
Single, mar.
or wid.
Maiden Name of Diseases or Canse of Death
Father
Mother
Lucy Hopson Mary MeCaffery
14
Kate Spanking
$
84| 6 10 Winslow Me
82: 8 12 Franconia
Susan Laberec
24
79 11 9 Ireland
DEATHS CONTINUED.
sept Oct
25 Laneaster
Francis W Coats Andes A Twitchell
4 Lancaster
M M
All White
M W
farmer
Mary Robinson Esther Bugbee Mary Haven Wm F Coats AbratherTwitchell Lyman Hayes John Mason Elthi inon Winch'er Lucy Whittum Archelaus Simps'n' Rebecca Willey
Bright's disease Pneumonia
Nov
28 2010
Mary Adams C M'V B Winchester; 64 Aaron Simpson
97
2 14 Dublin
Pulmonary consumption
12
68 1:22 Sheffield Vt
M
12
NathanielG Stickney Chas Colby
57 . 4 3: Colebrook
M
M
merchant druggist
Jacob E Stickney | Martha B Goss Lucy Fletcher Nora O'Neill Enoch L Colby Timothy Thea
Bright's disease Old age
Margaret Sullivan Steven C Wyman
78 61
Ireland West n Vt
MF
w
Joseph
Mary Leicester
Caroline Mel'tire! Pneumonia
2
George R Bush
2. 4 Groveton 73 9 17 Canada
=
W
housewife farmer
Myron L. Lucas Joseph Bush William Hartley
Mary Neagie
Cerebral softening Chronle hydrocephalus
30
Elizabeth Hartley
4 1:30 Lancaster
F
Premature birth Old age
4
Clementine E Burns 80
2 il; Orford
I Lancaster MI M
Malnutrition
73 6 16; Lancaster
M
Heart disease
17
9
10
Julia D Hayes Nellie Congdon
61 8 29 Columbus Ohio
M housewife farmer
Heart and Bright's disease Acute pneumonia
19
82 8 22 Bethel \'t
. housewife farmer
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 : (. 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 selectmell 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, 1903.
J. E. MCINTIRE, ) Selectmen
C. A. CLEVELAND, of
J. W. TRULAND, ) 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
7
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
sewers 1904
170 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer
1,385 06
-765.41
$3,807 80
8 QUESTIONABLE ASSETS
Liquor fixtures etc. on hand Due from L. B. Whipp as liquor agent
$402 41
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
568.29
$49,548 29
Less available assetts
3,807 80
Net debt Feb. 15th 1905
$45,740 49
48,760 77
Net debt Feb. 15th 1904 £ 6 " 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
Suminer street cemetery
$50 00
Samuel H. LeGro 66
50 00
John Leavitt
50 00
Benj. F. Whidden
66
50 00
9
Hattie Bothel lot
Summer street cemetry 50 00
Wilder 50 00
A. P. Allen
David Beattie
Summer street 50 00
Rufus C Lucas
50 00
N. M. Stickney
Wilder
50 00
Mrs. H. Querry
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
HIGHWAY'S 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,
١٦
1586 27
G. . Shoff,
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 & Cuminings, labor, team and man
196 00
Frank Smith & Co., gravel, trucking, etc.
85 87
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
L. F. Moore, merchandise as pel bill
9 03
Frank Smith & Co., 66 66
41 12
Thompson Mfg. Co., casting and labor
22 83
D. R. Remick, slab wood 48 00
Fred Holton, sand 4 95
265 55
Labor, breaking, crushing and spreading
277 36
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
Thompson Mfg. Co., castings as per bill
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 $1,000 00
" Precinct tax 500 00
$1,500 00
$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
" 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 Interest on bonds Interest on notes
2,000 00
800 00
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. Amney, 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, 66
16 50
Ira G. Noyes
14 00
W. E. Ingerson 66
10 00.
Joseph Kenney, special police
4 00
C. E. Allen,
2 00
Chas. H. Carr,
2 00
T. D. Carbee
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 J. E. McIntire, selectman 290 00
250 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
6 92
Fielding Smith, stamps for town reports Geo. N. Kent, insurance on town histories J. D. Howe, rebate 1902 tax
13 50
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 healthı Frank C. Grant, labor on park
2 50
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
F. B. Hodgdon, labor watchman clock
7 00
Mrs. Alice N. Winch, labor on town books
10 00
D. M. White, printing
3 75
C. K. Hodge, painting guide boards Fred Dooley,
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
4 47
3 00
2 00
11 00
16
E. V. Cobleigh, one-half value dishes, chairs etc. Masonic Hall 125 00
Edson C. Eastinan, tax collector's books 15 00
Geo. C. Edmonds, express crusher repairs 22 89
H. H. Sanderson, printing cards and order.s
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 Mrs. E. W. Fiske, meals for election officers 3 00
14 00
H. H. Sanderson, printing check .ists Adley & Donahue, blacksmith bill E. B. Beach & Son, 1 75
21 60
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 66 on sewers 1903 and 1904 2 50
C. H. Emerson 6 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
3 00
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 Frank Smith & Co., merchandise as per bill 32 92
22 87
Fred S. Linscott, merchandise as per bill 7 20
Payson Fernald, wire for highway
14 38
J. I. Williams, services as engineer 50 00
2 00
Fred C. Cleaveland, legal services 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,
" 1903, 1904 6 00
Fred A. Shute
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
66
18
Fire department
1,500 00
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