The Switzerland County Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 17 Mar 1881 – Page 4, Column 3
A list of allowances made by the Board of County Commissioners of Switzerland County, Indiana, at their March session, 1881:
PAUPER.
Mrs. Adrian Wolf, for keeping pauper child, $10.00
H. J. Harris, for 8 days as overseer of poor, $15.00
Jonathan C. Ricketts, for Oliver Keith, $12.00
F. J. Hollcroft, for coffin for S. Gibson, $7.00
Mrs. Morris, for keeping old man Morris, $10.00
Mrs. Morris, for keeping Depper Child, $6.00
Jonathan M. Froman, for 6 months rent for Mrs. Kelpore, $18.00
W. P. Dickason, for sundry paupers on Brown’s order, $4.00
D. B. Lee, for 1 day as overseer of poor, $2.00
S. R. Heath, for Eli Owens, $5.25
Lyman Menser, for keeping Orfa Edwards, $10.00
W. J. Gibbs, for keeping Lydia Gibbs, $10.00
James H. Gibbs, sundries for Mrs. Rills, $10.00
L. H. Smith, for keeping Mrs. Mills, $10.00
Peter Pelsor, for keeping Ben Pelsor, $10.00
O. D. Cunningham, sundries for Mrs. Hinman, $17.45
O. D. Cunningham, sundries for Mrs. Skidmore, $5.50
O. D. Cunningham, sundries for Mrs. Perkins, $8.00
O. D. Cunningham, sundries for Amos Farwood and family, $26.00
Dempsey Gullion, for keeping Mrs. Wheeler and family, $24.00
Wm. H. Scott, for sundries from Oliver Keith, $2.00
John I. O’Neal, breadstuff to Mrs. McClellan, $5.35
John I. O’Neal, breadstuff to John W. Miller, $7.44
John I. O’Neal, breadstuff to Nancy J. Bosow, $6.20
John I. O’Neal, breadstuff to Calvin Fredenberg, $2.50
J. M. W. Langsdale, for Amos Farwood, $1.00
W. W. McCreary, Jr., breadstuff to Mrs. Hinman
W. W. McCreary, Jr., breadstuff to Mrs. S. Boyd, $7.00
J. H. Beard & Co., for J. W. Miller, $13.38
Clendenning and Kincaid, coffin for Mrs. Colon, $5.00
C. G. Adams, 4 days as overseer of poor, $8.00
P. J. Riley, for Josiah Colden, $10.00
Mrs. Kelsey, for herself, $7.35
Wm. Lock, for himself, $6.40
John Steel, for Cole girl, $3.00
T. B. McGregor, for Mrs. Riley, $2.90
Isaac F. Banta, for Wm. Roach, $12.00
Isaac F. Banta, for Rebecca Danner, $10.00
Isaac F. Banta, for Debora Cotton, $5.00
Isaac F. Banta, for William Stanley, $2.00
Isaac F. Banta, for Flora Manford, $10.00
Isaac F. Banta, for Clinton Manford, $10.00
Isaac F. Banta, for Oliver Jones, $17.00
Jacob List, for keeping Delilah Jackson, $10.00
Joseph Redd, for keeping Sam Spechers and wife, $5.44
Morrison L. Brown, 35 days overseer of poor, $70.00
William M. Patton, 3 coffins for Downey and children, $17.00
Greenberry Hughes, for balance keeping sister-in-law, $7.00
James Anderson, for H. Jennings, $3.00
James Anderson, for Zerilda Bradley, $5.00
James Anderson, for H. B. Downey, $4.00
B. W. Simmons, for H. B. Downey, $14.00
B. W. Simmons, for Mrs. McClanahan, $13.00
B. W. Simmons, for Mrs. Neal, $4.00
B. W. Simmons, for Specher, $4.00
B. W. Simmons, for Adolphus Ward, $3.00
B. W. Simmons, for Mrs. Martin, $1.50
B. W. Simmons, for T. Day, $4.00
B. W. Simmons, for H. Wells, $1.00
B. W. Simmons, for Mrs. Sturgeon, $4.50
B. W. Simmons, for Manda Willis, $2.00
N. W. Martin, for balance over coal bills, $5.00
John Smiley, for taking pauper to Poor House, $2.00
N. H. North, for sundries for Icenogle, $5.00
N. H. North, for sundries for A. Kes, $5.00
R. Galbraith, for sundries for Bayne, $5.00
Love & Boyle, for sundries for Mrs. Baker, $10.00
Love & Boyle, for sundries for J. B. Duda, $5.00
John L. Thiebaud, school books poor children, $2.80
John L. Thiebaud, school books poor children, $1.10
Matthew Worstell, for keeping paupers at Poor House, $496.70
Frank Allen, bringing crazy man to Vevay and to Poor House, $3.00
Geo. H. Keeney, for coffin and grave for Lydia Lee, $8.00
R. G. Simpson, for sundries for Jas. Devar, $5.81
W. L. & S. Told, coal for Vevay poor, $56.68
Wm. Smith, digging 3 graves for Downeys, $5.00
John Gill, unpaid hotel bill for tramping soldier, $0.60
James K. Pleasants, straw for bedding at Poor House, $6.55
O. S. Waldo, for chamber pots to Poor House, $3.45
Thiebaud & Beagle, shoes for old Mrs. Martin and girl, $2.70
U. P. Schenck & Son, for Boggs family, $42.94
U. P. Schenck & Son, for Searcy, $1.01
U. P. Schenck & Son, for coal, Bettie Lewis, $7.50
U. P. Schenck & Son, for Mrs. Kesner, $5.00
U. P. Schenck & Son, for H. Wells, $5.00
P. T. Hartford, for shoes N. N. Martin’s family, $1.90
P. T. Hartford, for shoes Mrs. Holdcraft, $2.50
Cain & Bonner, for Alice Whiting, $2.00
Cain & Bonner, for Mrs. Krutz, $5.00
F. L. Grisard & Son, lock for Poor House, $0.75
F. L. Grisard & Son, sundries Day and Snyder, $3.65
Kincaid & Bro., for sundries H. Wells, $3.00
Kincaid & Bro., for sundries Mrs. Sturgeon, $0.50
Kincaid & Bro., for sundries H. B. Downey, $10.80
Kincaid & Bro., for sundries Boswell, $4.50
Kincaid & Bro., for sundries Mary McMahin, $3.35
Kincaid & Bro., for sundries Manda Willis, $3.50
A. Benedict, for Nancy Bosaw, $11.54
A. Benedict, for Frazier, $10.00
A. Benedict, for Mrs. Disbrough,, $6.34
A. Benedict, for Mrs. Kilgore, $10.00
A. Benedict, for Mrs. McClelland, wood, $6.75
A. Benedict, for Mrs. Boyd, $6.55
A. Benedict, for Mrs. McClelland, $13.39
Vevay Woolen Mills, for Coal, N. N. Martin, $1.60
Ben Cole, for Mrs. Moody, $15.00
Ben Cole, for George Gilbert, $7.00
H. M. Fallis, for Eliza Orem, $8.00
Mrs. Jas. Boyd, for keeping pauper child, $10.00
Mrs. Nancy Schenck, for goods for Mrs. Bagnell, $5.00
I. Yonge & Co., for shoes for negro, $1.25
I. Yonge & Co., for Greenberry Hughes, $3.00
Matthew Worstell, clothing for children sent from Poor House to House of Refuge, $23.40
COUNTY OFFICERS’ FEES.
James P. Orem, fees and repairs vault key, $2.45
N. S. Northcott, salary as Co. Superintendent, $247.00
A. Benedict, salary as Treasurer, $200.00
John Gill, salary as Auditor, $438.19
Wm. Stewart, 6 days as Commissioner, $21.00
D. R. Drake, 7 days as Commissioner, $24.50
J. N. E. Muret, 7 days as Commissioner, $24.50
William S. Tower, 7 days as Sheriff, $14.00
BOOKS, STATIONERY AND PRINTING.
Levy Brothers, Books and Stationery for county offices, $70.85
W. B. Burford, Books and Stationery for Co. offices, $2.85
Wilstach, Baldwin & Co., Books and Stationery for county offices, $144.35
Irvin Armstrong, advertising notice to tax payers, $19.20
Irvin Armstrong, for advertising delinquent tax lists, $183.40
W. J. Baird, advertising and job printing, $24.10
STATE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
Americus Benedict, paid Female Reformatory, $31.50
Americus Benedict, paid House of Refuge, $25.00
Americus Benedict, paid Deaf and Dumb Asylum, $9.70
COURT HOUSE, JAIL, Etc.
Moxley & McCallum, Repairs to Court House, $20.00
George Kerth, Repairs to Court House, $30.00
Hall & Lewis, wall paper, matting, &c., $16.27
Z. I. Yonge, matting, &c., $11.85
John L. Thiebaud, sundries for C H and offices, $10.30
George S. Pleasants, premium on Insurance, $75.00
Smith Brothers, lamps, coal oil, wick, &c., C H, $9.75
W. L. & S. Told, Anthracite coal for C H, $18.37
Luther Gravener, repairs to privy seats, $4.35
W. L. Fisk, one dozen chairs, $12.00
W. S. Tower, taking care C H, paid for sawing wood, &c., $14.85
R. T. F. Abbett, office expense, $2.85
George W. Muret, 2 ½ cords kindling wood, $7.50
R. F. Stewart, 1 ½ cords kindling wood, $4.50
C. O. Thiebaud, sundries for Treasurer’s office, $2.65
James Boyd, repairs C H and jail, $22.45
D. C. Weaver, repairs iron work jail, $3.00
W. L. & S. Told, coal for jail, $16.28
U. P. Schenck & Son, blankets for jail, $10.30
Cain & Bonner, matches for C H, $0.50
PRISONERS
W. S. Tower, receiving, boarding and discharging prisoners, $70.40
J. K. Pleasants & Son, clothing for prisoners, $14.25
ROAD AND BRIDGE.
F. L. Grizard & Son, spikes for bridge floor, $1.50
Allen Markland, viewer on McCreary road, $4.50
Charles Markland, viewer on McCreary road, $4.50
Jacob Myers, viewer on McCreary road, $4.50
MISCELLANEOUS.
W. S. Tower, taking Burrell Stevens to H. Refuge, $35.60
W. S. Tower, taking J. B. Hastings to Insane Asylum, $48.75
Matt Worstell, taking 3 children to House Refuge, $47.00
Johnston & Griffith, preparing papers to send boy to House of Refuge, $10.00
Dr. W. E. Freeman, examination and certificate to B. Stevens, $5.00
W. S. Tower, summoning jury Jan term S C C, $19.50
W. S. Tower, distributing election papers March ’81, $10.00
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES.
Allowances made to Township Trustees, to be taken out of Township Funds in their hands:
- Morrison L. Brown, Jefferson Township, $138.00
- W. C. Armstrong, York Township, $163.50
- H. J. Harris, Posey Township, $168.00
- D. B. Lee, Cotton Township, $70.25
- C. G. Adams, Pleasant Township, $94.00
- Isaac F. Banta, Craig Township, $95.09