The Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 12 Jun 1879 – Page 4, Column 4
The following is a list of Allowances made by the Board of County Commissioners at their June Term, 1879:
Paupers and Poor House.
J. C. Ricketts, for Mix, $14.00
Armstrong & Walden, coffin for M. Livings, $6.00
S. R. Heath, poor in Cotton Township, $36.00
N. N. Martin, for self and family, $20.00
Clendenning & Kincaid, coffin for poor child, $2.50
Jonathan Froman, rent for Deppe and Kilgore, $19.50
David & Benedict, sundries for Deppe and Kilgore, $33.50
G. W. Saddler, moving pauper to poor house, $5.00
G. W. Potter, for Mrs. Ben Morris, $7.00
G. W. Bryson, flour, &c., for poor York Twp, $17.38
Mrs. Indiana Williamson, Daubenheyer’s order, $10.00
John L. O’Neal, flour, for poor, York Township, $3.20
James Krutz, coffin and burying pauper, $10.00
O. D. Cunningham, for poor, York Township, $66.55
B. N. Davies, for poor, Jefferson Township, $9.47
B. W. Sammons, for poor, Jefferson Township, $15.50
Peter Pelser, for keeping Ben, $10.00
Ed Wintizer, for keeping Wells, $3.00
Mrs. Barlow, for keeping Mrs. Jackson, $6.00
Julius Blach, on Davies’s order, $2.00
E. M. Cheever, Physician, Posey Township, $37.50
U. P. Schenck & Son, on Davies’s order, $27.65
U. P. Schenck & Son, on Davies’s order, $5.50
W. L. Moon, Physician Craig Township, &c., $25.00
H. M. Fallis on Davies’s order, $13.00
John Chateline, coal on Davies’s order, $4.00
J. H. Shadday, medical services, Davies’s order, $9.00
James Anderson, Davies’s order, $7.45
O. S. Waldo, Davies’s order, part of poor house, $40.63
Cain & Bonner, Davies’s order, $2.50
Hall & Lewis, Davies’s order, $15.00
Bristow & Lock, coal, Davies’s order, $5.00
Thiebaud & Gibbs, Davies’s order, $3.50
N. H. North, on Harris’s order, $5.00
J. W. Vanosdol, Physician Cotton Township, $20.00
F. J. Hollcroft, coffins for paupers, $10.00
Wm. Brindley, for poor, Craig Township, $19.00
Hewitt & Froman, medicines, &c., $10.00
R. G. Simpson, medicines, &c., $5.00
J. H. Shadday, medicines, &c., Hughes, $10.00
Ben Cole, on Davies’s order, $5.00
Matthew Worstell, keeping paupers, $571.25
Norisez, Bro & Fisk, chairs for poor house, $30.00
Heady & Lewis, lumber for poor house, $14.67
David Glenn, apple trees for poor house, $11.50
William Smith, burying pauper child, $1.00
Criminals.
Union Furniture Co., bedding for jail, $8.50
U. P. Schenck & Son, sundries for jail, $7.13
John P. White, boarding criminals, $142.60
Assessing.
Jonathan McMakin, Assessing Jefferson Twp, $112.50
Wm. M. Patton, Assessing Vevay, $75.00
George W. Bromwell, Assessing York Township, $95.00
Benj. F. McIntire, Assessing Posey Township, $95.00
Wm. S. Twineham, Assessing Pleasant Township, $120.00
William Miller, Assessing Craig Township, $90.00
John W. Morrison, Assessing Cotton Township, $77.50
John Gill, making Assessor’s Books, $50.00
Court House.
J. N. Netherland, $3.00
B. W. Simmons, $1.65
Union Furniture Co., $17.50
John L. Thiebaud, $11.40
John Gill, $8.50
P. C. Burns, $0.75
O. S. Waldo, $0.35
Cain & Bonner, $0.20
C. O. Thiebaud, $3.50
Hall & Lewis, $20.50
Robert Smith, $18.00
John Bosaw, $14.50
Harry Weales, $11.05
C. J. Robenstein, $2.00
Norisez, Bro, & Fisk, $2.00
Bridge and Highway.
W. H. Anderson, highway expense, $1.50
Thomas Pickett, bridge expense, $4.00
John L. Muret, $1.50
E. B. L. Ford, $1.50
Taxes.
Delilah Keith, taxes refunded, $21.30
Barbara Anderson, taxes refunded, $38.50
Elenet Phillips, taxes refunded, $18.15
County officials.
John Gill, quarter’s salary, $480.00
L. W. Richards, 6 month’s salary, $282.00
C. J. Robenstein, quarter’s salary, $250.00
Philander Morrison, 6 days Co. Commissioner, $22.00
Jacob Banta, 6 days Co. Commissioner, $22.00
William Stewart, 6 days Co. Commissioner, $22.00
John P. White, 5 days Sheriff, Com’rs Court, $10.00
Indianapolis Sentinal Co., Books, &c., $43.45
W. B. Burford, $46.25
Levy & Bros, $19.00
W. J. Baird, public printing, $12.10