Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 13 Jun 1889 – Page 4, Column 5

LIST OF ALLOWANCES
Made by Switzerland County Commissioner’s Court, June Term, 1889:

QUARTERLY REPORT.

PAUPER EXPENSE.

Reported by Trustee and Overseer of Poor of Jefferson Township.

• Theodore Pickett, house rent for Vina Courtney, $9.00
• Mrs. Liley Detraz, house rent for Mr. John Orem, $8.00
• Mrs. A. Russell, house rent for Mrs. Steele, $6.00
• Wm. Johnston, house rent for Mrs. Simpson, $4.50
• Fred. Saberton, house rent for Mrs. Schenck, $3.75
• Henry Todd, house rent for Mrs. Tague, $6.00
• Dr. A. G. Craig, house rent for Simeon Leach, $3.00
• J. C. Wells, house rent for Mrs. Tague, $2.50
• Mrs. Goodwin, house rent for Mrs. Tague, $3.50
• F. L. Grisard, house rent for Wm. Daily
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mrs. Simeon Leach, $12.65
• F. L. Grisard, goods for George J. Taylor, $8.25
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Samuel Butler, $6.30
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mrs. Bosaw, $6.45
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mark Smith, $1.75
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Joseph Redd, $13.00
• Loring & Clendening, goods for Hawes Redd, $5.00
• Abner Gates, goods for Joseph Lientz, $1.00
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mrs. Tague, $1.10
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mark Smith, $1.10
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mrs. Bosaw, $2.10
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Samuel Butler, $2.20
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Noah Martin, $3.65
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Simeon Leach, $2.00
• Silas Told, coal furnished Mrs. Schenck, $2.80
• Silas Told, coal furnished Mrs. John Orem, $2.80
• Silas Told, coal furnished Mrs. Simpson, $1.00
• Silas Told, coal furnished Mrs. Wilcox, $1.00
• Mrs. E. Courtney, keeping Chester Pelsor, $16.00
• Wm. Smith, digging 2 pauper graves, $4.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Mrs. Tague, $6.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Mrs. Schenck, $6.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Mrs. Simpson, $15.00
• Julia Wolf, keeping Bennie Barker, $11.25
• George N. Reeves, goods for Hawes Redd, $3.15
• George N. Reeves, goods for Sarah Miller & child, $14.00
• George N. Reeves, goods for Lavina Courtney, $15.02
• George Haskell, burying negro child, $5.00
• Noah N. Martin, for Noah N. Martin, $10.00
• John W. Smiley, burying Mark Smith, $5.00
• John W. Smiley, burying negro child, $5.00
• Scott & Brown, goods for Joe Sullock, $2.00
• A. J. Schenck, goods for Agnes Boggs, $10.35
• Mary Gottamiller, keeping John Gottamiller, $10.00
• Wm. Smith, digging grave for Mary Edna Shafer, deceased, $2.00

Reported by Trustee and Overseer of Poor of York Township.

• J. M. W. Langsdale, goods for Margaret See, $2.50
• J. M. W. Langsdale, goods for Nancy Clements, $2.50
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Calvin Fredenburg, $7.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Harriet Burk, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Sarah Burk, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Nancy Clements, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Bettie Chaise, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Andrew J. Ralston, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Nellie Skidmore, $10.00
• John I. O’Neal, flour for Calvin Fredenburg, $4.00
• John I. O’Neal, flour for Calvin Fredenburg, $3.00
• John I. O’Neal, flour for Nancy Bosaw, $1.50
• W. C. Robinson, goods for Margaret See, $3.00
• Indiana Fulton, keeping Sallie Nipper, $10.00
• Crawford Miller, burial expense for Abraham Williamson, $31.40
• Wm. Marsh, taking to poor farm Robt. Kilgore, $3.50

Reported by Trustee and Overseer of Poor of Posey Township.

• S. Howe & Co., goods for Andrew J. Boyd, $5.00
• E. E. North, goods for Mrs. John Gurley, $5.00
• E. E. North, goods for Mrs. H. Peters, $5.00
• E. E. North, goods for John Bailey, $4.00
• E. E. North, goods for Mrs. Frank Emerson, $2.00
• E. E. North, goods for John Banks, $2.00
• E. E. North, goods for Pollard Anderson, $0.68
• Harris & Galbreath, goods for Mrs. H. Gillis, $10.00
• Henry Nave, goods for Fred Young, $1.00
• N. H. North, goods for Christian Icenogle, $5.00
• Wm. Gockel, goods for Sarah Jones, $5.00
• Wm. Gockel, goods for Fred Young, $2.00
• J. W. Love & Co., goods for Mrs. Paschal Lamkins, $4.00
• J. W. Love & Co., goods for Mrs. Frank Emerson, $1.50
• J. W. Love & Co., goods for Mrs. Rice, $5.00
• J. W. Love & Co., goods for John Banks, $3.00
• Dibble & Cheever, taking to Poor House Mrs. & Mr. Shipman, $4.00
• Bose Vawter, taking to Poor House Fred Young, $0.50
• Stanley Tull, horse hire, Trustee visiting Mrs. & Mr. Shipman, $1.00

Reported by Trustee and Overseer of Poor of Cotton Township.

• A. J. Sedam, goods for T. J. Heath and family, $12.00
• Chas. O. Potter, goods for John Andrews, $3.00
• Lewis Bocock, sawing wood for John Andrews, $1.50
• Henry Kuhlman, hauling wood for John Andrews, $1.00
• Henry Kuhlman, taking Nancy Andrews to Poor House, $3.50
• D. P. Oak, keeping Henry C. Graves, $10.00
• James H. Gibbs, goods for Harry Humphrey, $8.00
• James H. Gibbs, goods for David Tibbetts, $10.00
• James H. Gibbs, goods for Elias Brown, $19.50
• S. R. Heath, goods for Mary Merrill and family, $20.25
• S. R. Heath, goods for Indiana Johnson, $3.00
• Mary Richmond, keeping Hugh Pelsor, $8.00
• Hugh S. Pickett, keeping Lena & Lula Pelsor, $20.00
• Thomas Lawton, keeping Ben Pelsor, $10.00
• U. H. Stow, keeping Amanda English, $10.00
• Harvey Faudre, keeping Orville Bosaw and Minnie Johnson, $21.25
• Wm. Carnine, keeping three children from poor house, $31.87
• O. W. Potter, keeping Edith Miles from poor house, $10.62

Reported by Township Trustee and Overseer of Poor of Pleasant Township.

• James P. Marsh, goods for John E. Courtney, $8.00
• Miss O. H. Ricketts, goods for Mrs. McDaniel, $10.00
• L. B. Ryan, 3 cords wood for Wm. R. Sutherland
• James H. Gibbs, provisions for Mrs. M. D. Lientz and family, $9.00
• James H. Shaw, provisions for Minnie Griffin & child, $5.00
• John S. Steele, provisions for Mrs. Jane Nelson, $9.95
• John S. Steele, provisions for Wm. R. Sutherland and wife, $12.74
• E. S. Richards, 3 cords wood for Mrs. M. D. Lientz, $4.80
• Oliver Glenn, house rent for Mrs. M. D. Lientz, $3.00
• Jennie Pearce, house rent for Wm. Sutherland, $5.50
• D. C. Valentine, keeping Ed LeClerc, $6.00
• Mrs. Rogers, keeping Mrs. Bray, $10.00
• Milo R. Cole, keeping Nora Turner, $6.00

Reported by Township Trustee and Overseer of Poor and Craig Township.

• Larkin Turner, for keeping Wm. Turner, $20.00
• James Cooper, keeping Jane Cooper, $10.00
• Nicholas Webber, keeping Sarah Adams, $10.00
• Thomas Haskell, house rent for Simeon Tague, $3.25
• George W. Haskell, coffin for Simeon Tague, $5.00
• George D. Madary, clothing for Simeon Tague, $4.00
• Hall & Fallis, provisions for Ostrander family, $10.40
• Otis S. Waldo, goods for 2 orphan children kept by Alex Tilley, $5.00

County Asylum and Poor Farm Expense.

• Enoch S. Adams, Superintendent of Asylum & Poor Farm, allowed for caring for inmates of Poor House, $612.20; two pumps for Poor House, $14.50; taking pauper Ella Ellis to Vevay, $0.75; burying Conrad VanDuzen, $2.00
• Union Furniture Company, three bedsteads for Poor House, $9.75
• A. J. Schenck, pump chain and rubber buckets for Poor House, $4.35
• John W. Smiley, coffin for Conrad VanDuzen, $5.00
• Z. I. Yonge, bed ticking for Poor House, $2.70
• Tim Porter, conveying pauper to Poor House, $1.45

Pauper Doctors’ Allowance.

• Dr. E. M. Cheever, for Posey Township, $37.50
• Drs. J. W. & C. L. VanOsdol, for Cotton Township, $23.50
• Dr. John H. Shadday, for Craig Township, $21.00
• Dr. P. S. Sage, for Jefferson Township, $22.50
• Dr. R. M. Copeland, Bennington precinct, $12.50
• Dr. Scott Culbertson, Moorefield precinct, $15.80
• Dr. J. M. Langsdale, Florence precinct, $12.50
• Dr. John Woodside, Markland precinct, $12.50

COUNTY OFFICERS’ FEES & SALARIES.

• Charles G. Adams, Co. Treasurer, $200.00
• Geo. S. Pleasants, Co. Attorney, $25.00
• M. C. Walden, County Superintendent, $308.00
• R. T. F. Abbott, Clerk’s fees case State Ind. vs. Sam’l H. Porter, possession real estate, $7.90
• W. S. Tower, Sheriff’s fees same case, $2.05
• D. N. Haydon, County Auditor, salary & fees, $480.15
• David Armstrong, 5 days as Commissioner, $17.50
• Wm. H. Scott, 5 days as Commissioner, $17.50
• Orson A. Potter, 5 days as Commissioner, $17.50
• Oscar Williamson, 5 days as Sheriff Commissioners’ Court, $10.00

ASSESSMENT OF REVENUE.

• Jas. C. Long, assessing City of Vevay, 52 days, $104.00
• Eaton Cotton, assessing Jefferson Township, 51 days, $108.00
• Jackson Land, assessing York Township, 58 days, $116.00
• Benj. F. McIntire and deputy, assessing Posey Township, 64 days, $128.00
• Geo. S. Hulley, assessing Moorefield and Pleasant Township, $120.00
• Robert B. Littlefield, assessing Cotton Township, 41 days, $82.00
• Joshua H. Means, assessing Craig Township, 57 days, $114.00

BOOKS, STATIONERY & PRINTING.

• Sentinel Printing Co., books and stationery, $55.75
• Walter A. Knox, pringint and advertising, $6.30
• W. J. Baird, advertising and printing, $38.95

BRIDGE & HIGHWAY.

• L. H. Emerson, part expense repair of bridge at Turner’s Branch, $103.65
• David Armstrong, lumber and repairing Indian Creek Bridge, $1.50
• Wm. Cunningham, assessing damages in change of highway, $1.50
• J. W. Smiley, horse hire for Commissioners to visit Allensville bridge, $1.88

CRIMINAL EXPENSE.

• Oscar Williamson, boarding prisoners and jail expense, $82.80
• A. J. Schenck, wallpaper, supplies for jail house, $11.41
• F. L. Grisard, supplies for Sheriff and jail, &c., $1.30
• P. C. Holland, coal for jail, Sheriff’s order, $10.00

JURY EXPENSE.

• Oscar Williamson, summoning Grand and Petit Jurors, $30.00

COURT HOUSE EXPENSE.

• Oscar Williamson, care Court House and yard, $22.95
• Thomas Delaney, lumber for repair Court House cistern, $2.88
• James K. Pleasants, lumber for repair Court House cistern, $3.78
• Scott & Brown, coal oil, brooms, &c., $2.18

SPECIFIC ALLOWANCE.

• C. G. Adams, office expense, postage, etc., $3.15
• D. N. Haydon, office expense, postage, etc., $6.55
• John Hollcraft, J. P. fees in case Paris C. Snyder, insane, $1.60
• George Rayl, Constable fees in case Paris C. Snyder, insane, $2.80
• B. L. Simmons, Mayor, costs in case Mary D. Torrence, insane, $1.80
• J. D. Brindley, Marshal, costs in case Mary D. Torrence, insane, $0.95
• Francis W. Cole, enumerating voters of Pleasant Township, $32.00
• Joseph McClanahan, Sr., taxes refunded, $16.14