Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 11 Mar 1886 – Page 4, Column 4

List of Allowances
Made by the Board of County Commissioners, of Switzerland County, Indiana, at the regular March session, 1886:

• F. L. Grisard, sundries for Mrs. Jennings, $11.78
• F. L. Grisard, sundries for Leachs, $9.40
• F. L. Grisard, sundries for Mrs. Taylor, $8.95
• F. L. Grisard, sundries for William Daily, $3.00
• George Reeves, sundries for Mrs. Sarah Miller, $12.00
• Chas. V. Thiebaud, sundries for Newton Short, $2.00
• Chas. V. Thiebaud, sundries for Mrs. Louisa Plew, $1.00
• Chas. V. Thiebaud, sundries for Elizabeth Simpson, $4.00
• John March, taking Mrs. Vailes and family to poor farm, $3.00
• Shaw & Detraz, sundries for Mark Smith, $3.50
• Shaw & Detraz, sundries for David Woods, $2.00
• Shaw & Detraz, sundries for Duval, $1.50
• John Melcher, for coal for Samuel Butler, $8.10
• John Melcher, for coal for Mrs. Leach, $5.40
• John Melcher, for coal for Mrs. Jennings, $7.20
• John Melcher, for coal for Sarah Miller, $2.20
• John Melcher, for coal for Mrs. James Cole, $2.70
• John Melcher, for coal for Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson, $3.60
• Peter E. Told, for coal for Mrs. Orem, $6.60
• Peter E. Told, for coal for Nancy Schenck, $4.80
• Peter E. Told, for coal for N. N. Martin, $3.00
• Peter E. Told, for coal for Betty Smith, $1.80
• Scott & Brown, sundries for Duval, $10.00
• Scott & Brown, sundries for Dick Russell, $3.00
• Scott & Brown, sundries for Henry Wells, $3.00
• Scott & Brown, sundries for Mrs. J. Cole, $5.00
• Z. I. Yonge & Co., sundries for Mrs. E. Simpson, $2.00
• Z. I. Yonge & Co., sundries for Mrs. McCorkhill, $0.70
• David & Robinson, for keeping transient paupers, $2.50
• O. S. Waldo, for sundries for Mrs. Nancy Schenck, $2.00
• O. S. Waldo, for sundries for Mrs. Mary Travis, $4.00
• O. S. Waldo, for sundries for Mrs. Viola Plew, $1.00
• O. S. Waldo, for sundries for Mrs. Joseph Bullock, $4.00
• Wm. M. Patton, coffin and hauling Wm. White, $6.00
• Mrs. Kilgore, rent and support, $12.50
• Harry Smead, rent for Boggs family, $9.00
• Mrs. Lucy M. Detraz, rent for Mrs. Orem, $6.00
• Andrew J. Schenck, sundries for Boggs family, $13.33
• J. S. Shaddy, services as overseer of poor for year, $30.00
• John L. Thiebaud, school books for poor children, $13.35
• Wm. M. Patton, coffin and hauling Wm. White, $6.00
• Mrs. Julia Wolf, for keeping Wm. Barker, $11.25
• Dicey Estes, for keeping McGee children, $12.00
• N. N. Martin, for himself, $10.00
• Jno. Gautsmuller, for himself, $10.00
• Thomas Land, sundries for Jeptha Skidmore, $9.00
• Thomas Land, sundries for Sarah Burke, $5.00
• Thomas Land, sundries for Mahala Wheeler, $5.00
• Thomas Land, sundries for Louisa Perkins, $10.52
• Indiana Williamson, for keeping Sally Nipper, $10.00
• Mrs. Farrar, for nursing Louisa Perkins, $12.00
• John I. O’Neal, breadstuff for Mahala Wheeler, $3.00
• John I. O’Neal, breadstuff for Calvin Fredenberg, $3.00
• John I. O’Neal, breadstuff for Polly McCleland, $4.00
• Schrumph & Told, sundries for Calvin Fredenberg, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, sundries for Louisa Perkins, $1.25
• Chris Weichert, for keeping Louisa Perkins, $10.00
• Henry Barker, for keeping 3 tramps, supper, lodging and breakfast, $1.50
• Mrs. English, for nursing Louisa Perkins, $2.50
• Thomas Armstrong, services as overseer of poor, on year, $14.00
• William Jockel, Jr., for Sarah Jones, $5.00
• William Jockel, Jr., for Mrs. Crouch, $2.00
• William Jockel, Jr., for Joseph Baker, $5.00
• S. Howe & Co., for Mrs. Gillis, $10.00
• S. Howe & Co., for Mrs. Rebecca Day, $5.00
• S. Howe & Co., for Andrew Boyd, $4.85
• N. H. North, for C. Icenogle, $5.00
• E. E. & W. F. North, coal for Joseph Baker, $6.30
• Ben C. Mead, wood for Joseph Baker, $3.00
• Geo. H. Keeney, burial case for Isaac Straughan, $5.00
• Mrs. Sam’l Fisk, board and lodging Mrs. Miles and children, $2.25
• R. A. Steele, coffin for Mrs. Crouch, $5.00
• Steamer Tom Ross, passage Mrs. Miles and children, $1.50
• John W. Smiley, hauling Mrs. Miles and children to poor house, $2.50
• James W. Love, 1 year services overseer of poor, $13.00
• Charles O. Potter, for Hannah Acra, $7.24
• S. R. Heath, for Mary Wells, $5.80
• S. R. Heath, for Elias Brown, $12.98
• James B. Gibbs, for Mrs. Merrill, $15.00
• James B. Gibbs, for David Tibbats, $8.09
• Hugh S. Pickett, for keeping 2 Pelsor children, $20.00
• John Pelsor, for keeping 1 Pelsor child, $8.00
• O. W. Potter, services as overseer of poor 1 year, $9.00
• Thomas Lawton, for keeping Ben Pelsor, $12.00
• Ford & Steele, for Wm. Sutherland, $8.00
• Ford & Steele, for Mrs. M. D. Leintz, $3.00
• Ford & Steele, for Mrs. Lucinda Manford, $5.00
• Ford & Steele, for Mrs. LeClerc, $5.00
• Orinda H. Ricketts, for Mrs. McDaniel, $8.00
• Padget & Seaver, for Mrs. M. D. Leintz, $7.00
• Padget & Seaver, for Mrs. Lucinda Manuel, $2.75
• John Smith, for Mrs. Lucinda Manuel, $3.50
• Daniel Lock, for taking Rachel Buchanan to Poor House, $1.00
• Ben F. Rodgers, hauling wood for Mrs. Manuel, $1.00
• Josiah Orem, hauling wood and house rent for Mrs. Manuel, $6.00
• George W. Cole, wood for Mrs. M. D. Leintz, $10.30
• Maria Tucker, $12.22
• L. B. Slawson, for team to take R. Buchanan to poor house, $1.00
• L. B. Slawson, for services as overseer of poor for year, $13.00
• F. J. Siebenthal, for Ostranders, $4.23
• F. L. Grisard, for same, $4.80
• John E. Morgan, for E. Davis, $1.03
• Rodolph Thiebaud, for John Baker, $1.65
• William Andrew, for Wintyser, $9.00
• William Tait, services as overseer of poor 1 year, $14.00
• James Curry, keeping paupers at poor house, $675.06
• James Curry, hauling out manure, $18.75
• Charles Goldenburg & Son, ironwork, etc., poor house, $16.20
• Union Furniture Co., lounge for poor house, $2.00
• Golay & Stevens, disinfectants, etc., for poor house, $1.20
• A. J. Schenck, pump fixtures poor farm, $1.50
• George W. McKay, viewing and surveying Leatherbury road, $7.30
• R. R. Stout, reviewing Leatherbury road, $4.50
• John R. S. Smith, reviewing Leatherbury road, $4.50
• Ben F. Rodgers, reviewing Leatherbury road, $4.50
• John W. Powell, taking out of drift pile and care of bridge brick, $25.00
• Theodore Livings, damages for Leatherbury road, $60.00
• James Cole, damages for moving road on his land, $14.00
• P. C. Holland, salary and filing acct, last qr, $442.61
• C. G. Adams, salary, $200.00
• M. C. Walden, salary, etc., $294.00
• R. T. F. Abbett, fees, etc., $4.30
• A. G. Craig, salary, etc., health officer for year, $101.95
• James B. McCrellis, salary, etc., advisory county attorney, $25.00
• Wm. Brindley, per diem 5 days as Commissioner, $17.50
• Wm. H. Scott, per diem 5 days as Commissioner, $17.50
• John F. Houze, per diem 5 days as Commissioner, $17.50
• James F. Simpson, Sheriff, $10.00
• James F. Simpson, kindling wood and care of Court House, $16.75
• C. Goldenberg & Son, stove pipe, repairs etc., Court House, $9.15
• Scott & Brown, kerosene and matches Court House, $1.57
• F. L. Grisard, 1 coal had, Auditor, $0.45
• P. C. Holland, office expenses, $3.15
• C. O. Adams, office expenses, $4.00
• P. T. Hartford, advertising and blanks and stationery, $108.20
• W. A. Knox, advertising, $30.00
• W. J. Baird, advertising, $38.15
• W. B. Burford, Books and stationery, $28.00
• John W. Smiley, cab hire Ellis to Lee’s and back, $4.00
• John W. Smiley, cab hire Commissioners to poor farm, $1.50
• James F. Simpson, receiving, boarding and discharging prisoners, $56.80
• James F. Simpson, posting notices of tax sale, $7.25
• James F. Simpson, summoning juries, $29.00
• George G. Krutz, for taxes erroneously paid, $29.00
• Granville Bailes, for taxes erroneously paid, $0.51