Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-11
Abstract from Southbridge Town
Report.
Decrease in Personal Wealth Shown By
Advance sheets-opticaI Town
Notes.

Southbridge, March 10-The annual
reports of the town officers for the year
ending March /, are in the hands of the
printer, The report of the town treas
urer shows a population of $780, an as
sessed valuation of $3.50, III, and net
debt of $57,62S97
The cemetery committees re-
port shows balance of $9O49. .25
and receipts of the year includ-
ing appropriation $295126. Expenditures
$2922.S7 showing a balance to credit Of
account of $28.S9
The library committee on Mynott fund
show balance Of $106243, and on the
public library account receipts including
appropriations, $2809.67; expenditures,
| $2723.44; balance to credit, $S0.23.
Overseers of the poor show receipts,
| $6369.41; expenditures, $5664.47; balance
| to credit S70494, on the account of the
outside poor. On the account of the re-
pair of farm buildings, a balance Of
$257.67 On account of the support of
poor at town farm, the receipts are
$3005.65; expenditures, $2223.44; balance
on hand, $7S2.21. In the report on the
outside poor account, one item shows
that the town housed and fed during the
| past year 1884 tramps, making an item
of $23S.40, or 10 cents to each person.
| The report of the school committee
shows the public school receipts
$1S, ,252.29; expenditures, $12595. .08; bal
ance, $657.21 contingent schools ac-
count receipts $2718.52, expenditures
$27O7.97; balance, $IO.55; evening schools,
/ receipts $659.T0, expenditures $634.56; ball
ance $25.14; high school, receipts $3908 So,
expenditures $3131.50, balance $77 10;
school apparatus account, receipts
$242.91, expenditures $230.92, balance
$1199. The report of the selectmen
on the abatement of taxes account,
shows a balance of $768.16; the account
Of the new armory shows an appropria-
J ton of $4,000, and expenditures of
$1O,S15, leaving the account overdrawn
$31516. The bridge account is shown
to be overdrawn $4545.
Contingent expense account is over
drawn $315.41 The account of the
laying out of Coombs street, shows a bal
ance of 1852; a balance 60 the credit
of the fire department of $31338, and
to the new grammar school building a
credit of $3677.S4; the highways account
is overdrawn $1105.&. Most of the other
accounts of the town show balance
to their credit.
| OF the valuation of the town, the real
estate valuation is $2,764, 434; personal
estate, 1924, ,73S; total, 1883, ,172, showing
gain on real estate of $90,0S3, and a
loss on personal estate of $3475.
| The total appropriations and receipts
of the town foot $199 218.S1, total expen-
| ditures $114 ,45633, unexpended $S7, ,5S4 so,
overdrawn $685.. "a, and appropriations
recommended $75395
OPTICAL TOWN NOTES.
Fred George of Brimfield had quite
an experience with a horse while driv-
ing to town yesterday. The horse reared
and kicked, smashing the wagon and
creating quite a sensation. The animal
! finally fell and broke one of its legs,
and had to be killed.
Patrick Fitzpatrick has sold the tea
store on Mill street, and entered the en-
'ploy of D. Harrington & Son.
Mrs. Mary Jolly has purchased from
Henry Theriault cottage house on
Dean street, and will make her home
there.
| Edgar Young, conductor on the cleo
tric road, who has been confined to the
house for some time with rheumatism
is able to be at work again.
| Ten persons from this town went to
Boston today to be naturalized