The Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 18 Dec 1875 – Page 4, Column 5
LIST OF ALLOWANCES
Made by the County Commissioners their December Session, 1875.
To Wm. McKim, quarterly allowance for use of Isabella Owens, a pauper child, $10
To Thomas Lawton, quarterly allowance for use of Ben Pelser, $10
To Ben Cole, for goods furnished, Malinda Hatton, a pauper, $3
To Sol McCallum, for covering roof of Poor House, $15
To Ben Cole, for goods furnished Linda Allen, a poor person, $3
To John L. Orem, for use of G. H. Chittenden, a poor child, $4
To A. Chittenden, quarterly allowance for use of self, $8
To Adrian Wolf, quarterly allowance for use of Bennie Barker, a poor child, $15
To John Armstrong, for use of Jennie Night, a poor person, $2
To John H. Cotton, for goods, &c., furnished poor house, $50
To J. N. Searcy, for goods, &c., furnished divers persons for use of paupers, $122.46
To William Smith, for digging graves for two pauper children, $4
To Wm. Patton, for two months’ services as County Auditor and managing school fund, $385
To Simeon Orem, for use of Mrs. Lowe, a destitute widow, $10
To John Gill, for flour furnished Mrs. Whiting, a poor person, $6
To B. N. Davis, for money advanced in removing paupers from county, $10.75
To John F. McCreary, for erroneous tax refunded for the years 1872 and 1873, $4.25
To O. S. Waldo, for goods furnished Joseph Bosaw, sr., a poor person, $9
To John Chatelin, quarterly allowance for use of Noah Martin and family, poor persons, $50
To John H. Daubenhever, for use of Nancy Tarwood and family, quarterly allowance, $20
To same, for use of Mrs. Kligore and family, poor persons, $20
To same, for use of Polly McClellan, a poor person, $20
To John Peelman, for use of Mary Procotor, a poor person, $10
To Wm. Carnine, for use of Hatch child, $10
To Wm. Seward, for use of Charles Moody, $10
To John Moore, for keeping Sarah Blackburn, $10
To Thomas Works, for keeping Eliza Owens, $10
To C. H. Sage, for use of Susan Moody and family, $20
To same, for use of paupers in Cotton Township, $45.05
To James H. Gibbs, for goods furnished Mrs. Eli Owens, a poor person, $7
To John Armstrong, for money advanced in taking Torrance children to Asylum, $40
To same, for summoning Commissioners for special term, $11.60
To same, for serving highway notices, $5.30
To same, for summoning jury, $61.20
To same, for boarding prisoners in the county jail, $134.80
To same, for taking care of Court House, $16.50
To U. P. Schenck & Son, for sundries furnished paupers, $40
To James Anderson, sundries prisoners in county jail, $12.85
To S. R. Heath, sundries furnished paupers, $30
To S. B. Miller, goods furnished paupers, $2.44
To Pleasants & Thiebaud, goods furnished Ben Whitaker, $4.85
To Julius Blach, traveling sack furnished Torrance children, $1
To C. J. Robenstein, salary, report, &c., as school superintendent, $27
To H. Krutz & Co., sundries furnished paupers, $24
To Rebecca Marshal, boarding paupers, $2
To C. O. Thiebaud, sundries furnished Court House, $6.90
To F. M. Griffith, County Bonds redeemed, $12,000
To same, interest on County Bonds, $988
To same, interest on County Orders, $250
To same, stamps, &c., furnished county, $4.80
To S. P. Worstell, summoning Coroner’s jury in the case of Benjamin Plew, $2.85
To W. J. Baird, Printing done for county, $17.13
To F. J. Grisard, serving as clerk in the case of Ben Whitaker, $5
To George Gordon, hauling shingles to Poor House, $5
To R. F. Grisard & Bro., goods furnished Mrs. Whiting, $10
To same, nails furnished Poor House, $9.50
To Pattie, Smith & Co., lumber and shingles furnished Poor House, $88.75
To F. R. Detraz, ice furnished Court House, $1.30
To John P. White, for drawing juries, $13.00
To J. K. Pleasants, lumber and shingles furnished Poor House, $102
To Yonge & Co., goods furnished Poor House, $21.93
To J. M. Stratford, freight and wharfage on lumber for Poor House, $9.50
To Catharine Roberts, for use of self and family, $10
To W. H. Wallick, serving as clerk in case of Benj. Plew, $2
To Isaac Miller, for use of Lantz child, $7.50
To William Stewart, five days service as County Commissioner, $44
To F. J. Hollcroft, holding Inquest in case of Benj. Plew, $5
To John Armstrong, for use of Mrs. McClanahan and family, $10
To James Christie, for use of David Goens, a poor child, $7.50
To James W. Horton, witness fees in case of Benj. Plew, 75 cents
To Harriet Gibson, allowance, $10
To John Gill, one month’s salary as County Auditor and managing school fund, $175
To John Armstrong, five days’ attendance at Commissioner’s Court, $10
To Hall & Lewis, goods furnished paupers, $5
To Indianapolis Sentinel Co., for Books and Stationery, $83