Switzerland County Commissioners’ Allowances – Dec 1880

The Switzerland County Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 16 Dec 1880 – Page 5, Column 4

List of Allowances made by the Board of County Commissioners of Switzerland County, Indiana, at their December session, 1880:

 

PAUPER, &C.

Mrs. Adrian Wolf, for keeping Barker child, $10.00

Jnt. C. Ricketts, for sundries for Dan’l Mix, $14.00

R. Galbraith, for sundries for Mrs. Bain, $5.00

N. H. North, for sundries for Icenogle, $5.00

Love & Boyle, for sundries for Mrs. Baker, $4.00

H. J. Harris, for removing paupers from State, $16.00

J. T. Whitlock, for coffin and box, Dan’l Mix, $8.00

Jnt. C. Ricketts, for sundries, Mix family, $10.43

John Neal, for coffin and box, John Kelsey, $7.00

C. G. Adams, for flour and meal, John Kelsey, $5.50

John Steel for keeping and clothing Mrs. Cole and children, $4.45

J. J. Belden, for breadstuff for Kelsey, $1.75

P. J. Riley, sundries for Colden, $6.60

James M. Smith, sundries for Cole children, $11.70

Hannah Riley, flour, etc., $4.00

Jnt. C. Ricketts, sundries for Oliver Keith and family, $12.00

Mrs. Morris, keeping old Mrs. Morris, $8.33

Mrs. Morris, keeping Depper child, $8.00

James K. Pleasants & Son, suit of clothes for Kelsey, $8.00

Ben Cole, for Mrs. Kesner and J. J. Bosaw, $20.00

William Smith, digging 2 graves for paupers, $3.00

U. P. Schenck & Son, burying clothes for Shafer child, $3.55

Charles Efner, keeping Mrs. Jackson, $7.00

W. L. & S. Told, coal for paupers, $21.59

Jacob Shadday, for Mrs. Kesner, $3.00

Ben W. Simmons, sundries for paupers, Brown’s orders, $64.43

Thomas Cotton, putting down tile, Poor Farm, $10.00

Mrs. Schenck, nursing, etc., Lizzie Bagnell—balance, $24.62

U. P. Schenck & Son, sundries for A. Boggs and wife, $24.55

N. N. Martin, self and family—balance, $15.00

John Smiley, taking pauper to poor house, $2.00

Vevay Woollen Mills, blankets for poor house, $224.77

F. L. Grisard & Son, locks for poor house, $1.50

F. L. Grisard & Son, sundries for Mrs. Shover, $5.00

Lyman Manser, keeping orphan Edwards, $10.00

W. J. Gibbs, keeping Lydia Gibbs, $10.00

James H. Gibbs, sundries for Mrs. Bills and children, $10.00

R. G. Simpson & Co., Jos. Devars family, $2.00

Peter Pelser, keeping Ben. Pelser, $10.00

Levy Smith, keeping Mrs. Mills, $10.00

Wm. M. Patton, coffin for Mrs. Barton, $7.00

S. R. Tinker, coffin for Goodpasture child, $3.00

S. R. Tinker, coffin for Wm. Hewitt, $7.00

S. R. Tinker, coffin for James Downey, $7.00

S. R. Tinker, coffin for James Cheatham, $3.00

Wm. M. Patton, coffin for Baldwin child, $4.00

Wm. M. Patton, coffin for Mrs. Bagnell, $7.00

Hall & Lewis, sundries for Eliza Orem, $2.00

Hall & Lewis, sundries for Joe Redd, $5.00

Hall & Lewis, sundries for Mary Moody, $7.50

Hall & Lewis, sundries for Mrs. Holdcroft, $6.00

Hall & Lewis, sundries for Mrs. Snyder, $2.00

James Beard, for Cary Hampton, $5.00

Wesley McHenry, transportation of Mrs. Lee’s family, $2.25

Wesley McHenry, transportation of Geo. Receivem, $2.00

John L. Thiebaud, school books for poor children, $10.60

O. D. Cunningham, for Mrs. Hinman, $16.00

O. D. Cunningham, for Amos Farwood, $18.00

O. D. Cunningham, for Jeptha Skidmore, $2.00

Isaac F. Banta, for Frank Higgins, $12.00

Isaac F. Banta, for R. W. Leclerc, $19.50

Isaac F. Banta, for George Adams, $10.00

Isaac F. Banta, for John W. Still, $5.00

Isaac F. Banta, for Jos. Adams, $20.00

Isaac F. Banta, for David A. Konkle, $8.00

Kincaid & Brother, for Mrs. McClanahan, $3.20

H. M. Fallis, for H. B. B. Downey, $1.00

Clendenning & Kincaid, coffin for Sturgeon child, $3.00

Mrs. Green, taking care Mrs. Forward, $13.00

Wm. McCreary, breadstuff for Mrs. Hinman, $8.50

Wm. McCreary, breadstuff for Mrs. Boyd, $8.00

John I. O’Neal, breadstuff for J. W. Miller, $6.30

John I. O’Neal, breadstuff for Mrs. McLelland, $5.30

James H. Beard, sundries for J. W. Miller, $14.30

Langsdale Bros., sundries for A. Farwood, $1.90

Bledsoe & Beymer, sundries for Mrs. Bunk, $6.00

Bledsoe & Beymer, sundries for A. Farwood, $6.00

W. H. Scott, sundries for Oliver Keith, $5.23

Dempsey Gullion, Jr., for Mrs. Wheeler & family, $26.00

Mrs. E. Boyd, taking care Brook child, $5.00

Mat. Worstell, keeping paupers, poor house, $448.77

Americus Benedict, for Mrs. Kilgore, $10.00

Americus Benedict, for Mrs. McLelland, $6.54

Americus Benedict, for Mrs. Boyd, $9.50

C. Goldenburg & Son, tile, etc., poor farm, $79.10

 

COUNTY OFFICERS’ FEES AND SALARIES.

R. S. Northcott, County Superintendent, $210.85

A. Benedict, Treasurer, $200.00

John Gill, Auditor, $488.27

Wm. Stewart, Commissioner, $21.00

D. R. Drake, Commissioner, $24.50

Julius Muret, Commissioner, $24.50

Wm. S. Tower, Sheriff, $12.00

John P. White, Sheriff, election expense, $20.00

R. T. F. Abbett, Clerk, election expense, $20.70

John White, summoning G. and P. Juries, November Term, $28.50

 

BOOKS, STATIONERY AND PRINTING.

J. B. Savage, 2 Record Books, $28.00

W. B. Burford, sundries for County Officers, $116.40

Levy Brothers, sundries for County Officers, $58.55

Indianapolis Journal Company, $72.50

W. J. Baird, advertisements, $6.15

 

Geo. House, box and burying drowned man, $7.00

 

COURT HOUSE EXPENSE.

Hiram Corns, for lce, $3.75

U. P. Schenck & Son, lumber and nails for fence, $2.90

W. S. Tower, for cleaning privy and sawing wood, $7.75

John P. White, taking care Court House 2 months, $6.60

Cain & Bonner, 3 brooms, $0.75

C. O. Thiebaud, sundries for Treasurer’s office, $2.89

John L. Thiebaud, sundries for Court House, $3.70

Smith Brothers, sundries for Court House, $2.00

James Boyd, stove pipe and fixtures for Court House, $2.80

Huntington “Cinti” lamp for Judge Allison, $3.50

A. Benedict, office expenses 9 months, $8.04

John Gill, office expenses 1 qr, $1.50

C. Goldenburg & Son, sundries for Court House, $20.28

 

D. B. Lee, flooring for Plum Creek Bridge, $214.74

Julius Muret, putting down Plum Creek Bridge, $40.00

F. L. Grisard & Son, spikes, $11.00

Chas. H. Pavy, laying balance floor Indian Creek Bridge, $10.00

 

W. S. Tower, receiving and discharging prisoner, $0.80

D. C. Weaver, repairing jail, $4.50

John P. White, coal for jail, $3.00

W. L. Told & Bros., coal for jail, $6.00

James Boyd, stove pipe &c., $4.12

Moxley & McCallum, sash &c., $8.00

C. Goldenburg & Son, stove, $16.00

 

W. S. Tower, cost State vs. Damon, $2.20

Perret Dufour, cost State vs. Damon, $5.45

Mrs. Wm. Conner, delinquent taxes, $26.41

W. S. Tower, summoning Commissioners extra session, $5.40