Vevay Town Council – Nov 1867

Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, Town Council proceedings appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 7 Nov 1867 – Page 2, Column 1

Proceedings of Town Council.

The Trustees of this place met at the Court House last Monday night, for the transaction of Town business.

The following bills were allowed:

  • Alfred Stow, $124, for services as Health Officer, Street Commissioner and Marshal for the months of May, June, July, August, September and October
  • A. J. Elder, $343, for stone spread at the foot of Ferry Street
  • A. P. Dufour, $3, for surveying and establishing corners in Vevay Cemetery
  • Armstrong & Fuget, $8, for chain furnished grade at the foot of Ferry Street
  • F. A. Boerner & Bro., $15, for keeping Town Clock in order
  • Josiah Jackman, $7, for measuring 548 perch of stone on the foot of Ferry Street
  • David Forsell, 50 cts., for burying dead hog
  • Wm. Smith, $3.50, for Superintending Cemetery

J. W. Gray and G. W. Hawthorn were appointed a committee to have a gutter repaired at the foot of Ferry Street.

G. W. Teats, John Armstrong, and G. W. Hawthorn, were appointed a committee to examine the grade at the foot of Washington Street.

President I. Stevens stated to the Board, that having information that James Torrance had been selling gravel out of Arch Street, and deeming it necessary, had employed Col. Carter to institute suit against said Torrance. The Board concurred in the action of President Stevens in the above case.

John Armstrong was appointed a committee to procure the Marshal a suitable badge.

From a report made to the Council, by Wm. Smith, Superintendent of Vevay Cemetery, we learn that the following number of internments were made in the Cemetery during the quarter ending Nov. 1, 1867:

  • August – 5
  • September – 3
  • October – 3
  • Total – 11

The ages of those interred ranged as follows: From sixty to seventy, 1; from fifty to sixty, 1; from forty to fifty, 1; from twenty to thirty, 1; one month to six months, 4; premature, 3. Eight of the deceased were males and three were females.

The following were the causes of their deaths: Drowned, 1; Consumption, 3; Whooping Cough, 2; Heart Disease, 1; Unknown, 4.

In 1866 the number of deaths during the same months was 16.