Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-02
BARRE.
CAUCUS NOMINATIONS.

CAUCUS NOMINATIONS.
At the citizens caucus Saturday
night, the only one held here this sea
son, Charles e. Haven was nominated
as candidate for seleotman, Austin F.
Adams for overseer of poor, Rev Alvin
f. Bailey for school committee George
N. Harwood for assessor, each for three
years, William r. Spooner for town
clerk, Harding jenkins for treasurer,
sylvester Boutwell, for collector of taxes,
James A. Rice, Charles S. Root and c.
N. Winship for fence viewers, j. C. Bar
tholomew agent for the town in regard
to the Central Massachusetts Railroad
Company, Charles H. Follansby agent
to prosecute and defend all actions at
law for or against the town, F. A Rich
for auditor Mrs. Caroline w. Woods
and Matthew Walker for library trus-
tees for three years, Matthew Walker,
Henry w. Harwood, Henry H. Weeks,
Charles H. Osgood and Fred B. Holland
for surveyors of lumber George A.
Brown, M. D., for board of health, and
c. H. FoBlansby, Sylvester Boutwell,,
Pliny H. Babbitt, James E. Holden, Will
liam C. Peck William F. Tay, John l..
Smith, r. j. Stevenson and George e
Wilson for constables. The candidates
for selectman, overseer Of the poor and
town clerk are new nominations this
year, although each Of them has respec-
lively held the same Office previously.
G. c. Cook, who is the present town
clerk and who has very acceptably filled
the Office for several years, would have
been renominated, but he declined to
stand for another year
CLEANED FROM TOWN REPORT.
The annual reports of the several town
officers have been printed and are now
in the hands of the voters, and from
the following statistics are obtained:
Paid salaries of town officers, $1569;
breaking roads, 1892; high school, $1S09;
common schools, school supplies and re-
pairs of houses, $4769 conveying pupils,
1852; music in schools 5000; school su-
perintendent, $573; drinking fountain,
$1S4; Memorial day, $100; needy soldiers,
$50; INDECENT soldiers, $206; street lights,
SALT; fire department, $1298; highways,
$2887; bridge repairs $751; highway rail-
ings $153; cutting brush by sides of
highways, $S5; breaking roads, 1892; sup
port of poor, 1894; miscellaneous, $651
showing expenditures of $1S 129, besides
$2017 for state and county taxes and $355
for state aid to ten persons. The re-
sources of the town are a little over
$50, 900, which includes $5794 cash in
treasury, $3041 uncoIlected taxes and
S1d1GJ
of Central Massachusetts Railroad
stock The town is free from debt and
holds as trust funds $2254, the income
of which is partly for the library and
partly for certain cemetery lots. The
average number of paupers at the aims
house was 1-6 and the cost of main
tanning each person per week $4.9S. The
printed reports of the school COM
mittee, library trustees, fire department, |
f1o+ n icin Of hal
town government is in a healthy and
condition.
The overseers of the poor have secured |
the services Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank |
Carr as warden and matron at tine |
for another year. During the
two years Mr.. and Mrs. Carr have been |
in charge they have given excellent |
both in the management of |
the farm, which contains over 200 acres, |
and in. the care of the inmates of the |
house.
At the close of registration Saturday
evening the voting list contained the |
names of 431 male voters. Three were
dropped from the list and Is were add
ed during the sessions recently held. |
The number of assessed polls in town is
614.
DR.. E. S. Sawyer, who has been a
physician here for the past |
seven years, and had built up large |
and who recently sold his |
practice, has left town and located in |
Exeter, N H. The doctors health broke |
down early in the winter, his extensive !
riding proving too much for his endur- |
ance During the residence Of the doc |
tor and family in town they have made |
many friends, and all will regret their !
departure The doctors practice in his |
new field will be confined to a narrower
field than when here.
At the auction sale, Saturday, of the |
stove, tin and glassware belonging to
the insolvent estate of w. H. White, the
auctioneer, p. II. Babbitt. now
in the S0th year of his age, had full
and in seven hours disposed of
$50 different lots of articles. But very
few men of Mr.. Babbitt's age could have |
such a strain.
DIR. j. G. Berry of Worcester, who |
was to have lectured in Library Hall, !
two weeks ago, was unable on account
of the severe snow storms at that time
to reach town. The lecture, on Japan, |
her people and their characteristics and |
customs" will be given by him Wednes-
day evening.
Posters in quaint English are out an
nouncing an old folks ball in Williams
Hall, Friday evening of next week. The |
managers and floor directors include |
several of our citizens who are from 20 |
to 80 years of age, but who are quite |
active, Notwithstanding, and will parti- |
cipate in the dancing.