Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 15 Dec 1887 – Page 4, Column 3

LIST OF ALLOWANCES.
The following is a List of Allowances made at the last session of Commissioners’ Court, December 5th to 9th, 1887:

PAUPER EXPENSE.

Assistance ordered by Jacob S. Shadday, Trustee and overseer of the poor of Jefferson Township:

• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Susan Day, $4.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Mr. Hewitt, $4.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Rhoda Steele, $4.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Jos. Bullock, $1.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Mrs. Sabberton, $2.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Mrs. Schenck, $6.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Mrs. Simpson, $8.00
• Mrs. Edgar, goods for Nancy Schenck, $2.00
• Shaw & Detraz, goods for Abe Boggs, $18.00
• Shaw & Detraz, goods for Susan Jennings, $2.00
• Shaw & Detraz, goods for Mark Smith, $4.00
• Shaw & Detraz, goods for Dick Russel, $4.50
• O. S. Waldo, goods for Rhoda Steele, $4.14
• O. S. Waldo, school books, Sam’l Tague, $0.80
• O. S. Waldo, goods for Nancy Schenck, $2.07
• O. S. Waldo, goods for Ira Tower, $5.00
• O. S. Waldo, goods for Nelson Griffith, $1.80
• O. S. Waldo, school books for child at W. P. Dickason’s, $0.45
• A. J. Schenck, goods for Agnes Boggs, $9.48
• Loring & Armstrong, goods for Hawes Redd, $6.00
• Scott & Brown, goods for Dick Russell, $1.00
• Scott & Brown, goods for Nora Cole, $0.50
• Jacob S. Shadday, goods for Mary Griffith, $20.93
• Jacob S. Shadday, goods for Sam’l Tague & family, $15.75
• Jacob S. Shadday, goods for Mrs. Holdcroft, $7.20
• Gottlieb Leitner, flour for Mary Griffith, $7.00
• Eleanor Courtney, keeping Pelsor child, $8.00
• John Melcher, coal for town poor, $38.00
• Peter E. Told, coal for town poor, $9.00
• George Reeves, goods for Sarah Miller, $16.00
• George Reeves, goods for Polly McClellen, $9.00
• B. F. Smith, goods for Hawes Redd, $2.65
• Jas. H. Curry, clothing Mary Speaker, $3.05
• A. G. Craig, house rent, Mrs. Leach & Simpson, $6.00
• Jacob Kerth, house rent Leach, $2.50
• J. W. Smiley, coffin for Hinson Bright, $1.50
• J. W. Smiley, taking to Poor House Atole Holderon
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Hiram Jennings, $12.40
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Gabe Tarlot, $11.83
• F. L. Grisard, house rent Wm. Dally, $9.00
• F. L. Grisard, house rent Polly McClellen, $6.60
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Simeon Leach, $11.55
• Thomas Lawton, keeping Ben Pelsor, $12.00

Joseph D. Froman, Trustee York Township.

Allowances furnished but not reported last quarter:

• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Bessie Chase, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Nancy Andrews, $10.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Harriet Burk, $3.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Sarah Burk, $6.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Mrs. Skidmore, $8.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Calvin Fredenburg, $7.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Margaret Coy, $6.00

Allowances Current Quarter:

• J. I. O’Neal, flour for Fredenberg, $3.00
• J. I. O’Neal, flour for Oliver Wheeler, $3.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods forSarah Burk, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Wm. H. Rolston, $3.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Mrs. Skidmore, $10.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Harriet Burk, $3.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Calvin Fredenburg, $7.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Betsy Chase, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Marg’t Coy, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Nancy Andrews, $10.00
• J. M. W. Langsdale, goods for Marg’t See, $3.00
• A. Benedict, goods for Wm. Lukie, $2.96
• Indiana Fulton, keeping Sallie Knipper, $10.00

Lemuel H. Emerson, Trustee Posey Township:

• S. Howe & Co., goods for Rebecca Day, $10.00
• S. Howe & Co., goods for Andrew J. Boyd, $5.00
• S. Howe & Co., goods for Matthew Stevenson, $5.00
• J. W. Love & Co., goods for Mrs. Anna Davis, $1.75
• J. W. Love & Co., goods for Mrs. H. Gillis, $8.00
• J. W. Love & Co., goods for John Banks, $5.00
• Wm. Gockel, Jr., goods for Mrs. John Gurley, $5.00
• Wm. Gockel, Jr., goods for Sarah Jones, $5.00
• E. North, goods for Mrs. Noble, $2.00
• E. North, goods for Thos. McDole, $3.00
• E. North, goods for Robt. Cotton, $5.00
• E. North, goods for Mrs. H. Peters, $5.00
• N. H. North, goods for Christine Icenogle, $5.00
• N. H. North, goods for Mrs. H. Gillis, $8.00

Orson A. Potter, Trustee Cotton Township:

• S. R. Heath, goods for Mary Merrill, $22.40
• S. R. Heath, goods for Elias Brown, $17.35
• S. R. Heath, school books for Pelsor children, $0.40
• S. R. Heath, school books for Arthur Bosaw, $0.20
• Jas. H. Gibbs, goods for David Tibbetts, $8.58
• A. J. Sedam, goods for Bills children, $6.20
• Mrs. Mary Richmond, keeping 3 Pelsor children, $28.00
• J. W. Smiley, coffin for Merrill child, $5.00
• U. H. Stow, keeping Amanda English, $30.00

Children taken to Poor House:

• Wm. Carnine, keeping 3 poor children, $31.87
• Harvey Faudre, keeping 2 poor children, $21.25
• Elizabeth Smith, keeping 1 poor child, $10.62
• Wm. Carnine, books for poor children, 0.65

L. B. Slawson, Trustee Pleasant Township:

• J. S. Steele, provisions, Mr. & Mrs. Sutherland, $9.27
• J. S. Steele, provisions, M. D. Lientz, $7.00
• J. S. Steele, provisions, Minnie Rogers, $6.00
• J. S. Steele, provisions, Dyken Aldrich, $3.50
• J. S. Steele, flour for John Courtney, $2.50
• J. P. Marsh, provisions, Mr. & Mrs. Sutherland, $3.85
• J. P. Marsh, provisions, Mrs. W. D. Lientz, $1.10
• Wm. Voris, wood for Wm. Sutherland, $7.00
• Ben. Belden, flour and meal, D. Aldrich, $5.00
• Ben. Belden, flour and meal, John Courtney, $5.50
• L. B. Slawson, taking to Poor House Lucinda Manford, $1.50
• L. B. Slawson, flour for Mrs. Lientz, $1.20
• James Mellen, 3 mos. for Mrs. Lientz, $1.50
• Mrs. Phoebe Riley, keeping Jane Nelson, $10.00
• Charles Padgett, provision Mrs. Sutherland, $2.30
• Z. I. Yonge & Co., goods Wm. Fancher, $10.00
• O. H. Ricketts, groceries, Mrs. McDaniel, $8.00

Wm. Tait, Trustee Craig Township:

• F. L. Grisard, groceries for Ostrander family, $5.20
• A. J. Siebenthal, breadstuff for Ostrander family, $5.41
• A. J. Schenck, goods for orphan children at Alex Tilley’s, $6.00
• G. P. Nash, dry goods for Rachel Roberts, $7.98
• Wm. Brindley, pork for Nancy Brindley, $6.61

Additional and Regular Allowance for Poor:

• Joseph M. Protsman, keeping Grace LeClerc, $8.00
• Ebenezer Brandon, keeping J. S. Ward, $6.37
• Sallie Martin, keeping Ed Taylor, $5.25
• Sam’l W. Spencer, rent for Elizabeth Simpson, $3.00
• Wm. Smith, digging grave for Hinson Bright, $2.00
• Jackson Leap, care of Hinson Bright, $2.00
• Nancy Bristow, house rent for Nancy Schenck, $7.50
• Larkin Turner, keeping Wm. Turner, $10.00
• Wm. Andrew, keeping Martha C. Wintizer, $9.00
• Frank W. Peters, keeping Carrie Manford, $12.00
• Dennis C. Valentine, keeping Eddie LeClerc, $8.00
• Joseph Adams, taking to Poor House Sam. J. Ward, $0.50
• F. J. Hollcroft, coffin for Jane Kelch, $5.00
• W. S. Ferguson, meals for poor family, $2.25
• Mrs. Lucy Detraz, rent for Mrs. John Orem, $8.00
• John H. Robbins, keeping Eli Farwood, $10.00
• N. H. North, provisions for Catharine Craig, $5.00
• Wm. M. Patton, coffin for colored child, $3.00
• Isaac Turner, transportation paupers from Co., $0.75
• J. L. Thiebaud, school books for poor children, $19.58
• O. S. Waldo, school books for poor children, $0.40
• W. R. Walden, coffin for babe of Alb. Goodwin, $4.00
• Str. City of Vevay, trans. of Golden family, $3.00
• Enoch S. Adams, Supt. Poor Asylum, services, $463.30
• C. Goldenburg & Son, supplies for Poor House, $5.18
• A. J. Schenck, supplies for Poor Farm, $15.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, supplies for Poor Farm, $6.80
• Shuff & Waldo, lumber for Poor Farm, $12.00
• Noah Martin, allowed for himself, $10.00
• John Gotamiller, allowed for himself, $10.00
• Dicey Estis, keeping 2 McGee children, $12.00
• Benjamin Barker, allowed for himself, $11.25
• Dr. P. S. Sage, poor doctor Jefferson Tp., $20.00
• Dr. J. H. Shadday, poor doctor Craig Tp., $18.00

BOOKS, STATIONERY & PRINTING.

• W. B. Burford, allowed, $145.50
• Baker & Thornton, allowed, $30.25
• Journal Company, allowed, $35.75
• W. J. Baird, printing, $15.60
• P. T. Hartford, $26.25

COUNTY OFFICERS’ SALARIES & FEES.

• Chas. G. Adams, Treasurer, $200.00
• P. C. Holland, Auditor, $299.35
• D. N. Haydon, Auditor, $147.21
• M. C. Walden, County Superintendent, $284.00
• W. R. Johnston, County Attorney, $25.00
• David Armstrong, 5 days Commissioner, $17.50
• Wm. Scott, 5 days Commissioner, $17.50
• J. F. Houze, 5 days Commissioner, $17.50
• J. F. Simpson, 5 days Sheriff, $10.00

HIGHWAYS & BRIDGES.

• Shuff & Waldo, bridge lumber, $2.13
• A. E. Merrit, building culvert, $10.00
• F. L. Grisard, bridge spikes, $0.25
• David Armstrong, repairs on bridges, $3.25

CRIMINAL EXPENSE.

• Jas. F. Simpson, receiving & boarding prisoners, &c., $145.50
• Thos. J. Gordon, setting grate, Sheriff’s house, $2.00
• Scott & Brown, supplies for jail, $1.45
• C. Goldenburg & Son, supplies for jail, $1.75

JURY EXPENSE.

• Jas. F. Simpson, summoning juries, $20.00

COURT HOUSE EXPENSE.

• H. Weales & Son, painting and varnishing Court Room, $305.00
• David Armstrong, cleaning, &c., Court Room, $15.95
• John Rochat, mowing and cleaning Court House yard, $2.00
• C. Goldenburg, supplies for Court House, $7.35
• Hiram Corns, ice for Court House, $4.93
• Scott & Brown, coal oil, &c., for Court House, $3.95
• C. G. Adams, office expense, $3.50
• D. B. Lee, filing stamp, $6.00
• Jas. F. Simpson, kindling and sundry articles, $27.35
• P. C. Holland, expressage, 7c., $3.00
• D. N. Haydon, dater and office expense, $6.80
• R. T. F. Abbett, office expense, $4.90
• David Armstrong, superintending Court House repairs, $5.00
• J. L. Thiebaud, supplies for Court House, $0.65

SPECIFIC ALLOWANCES.

• P. C. Holland, making up R R Duplicate, $200.00
• D. N. Haydon, fees in the case of Phillips’ liquor license, $1.80
• Jas. F. Simpson, fees in the case of Phillips’ liquor license, $1.80

TAXES REFUNDED.

• Edward Driver, erroneous improvement, $3.96