Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 14 Mar 1889 – Page 4, Column 5

LIST OF ALLOWANCES
Made by the Board of County Commissioners of Switzerland County, Indiana, at their regular March session, 1889.

PAUPER EXPENSE.

Reported by Trustee and Overseer of Poor of Jefferson Township.

• F. L. Grisard, goods for Nancy Jennings, $12.25
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mrs. Simeon Leach, $12.55
• F. L. Grisard, goods for George J. Taylor, $9.40
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mr. Hewitt, $7.65
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mrs. Bosaw, $7.00
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Samuel Butler, $5.55
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Eads children, $2.45
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mark Smith, $5.25
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mrs. Ed Taylor, $1.25
• F. L. Grisard, house rent for Wm. Daily, $9.00
• Julia Wolf, keeping Bennie Barker, $11.25
• Joseph Redd, keeping Joseph Peelman, $15.00
• Silas Told, coal furnished Mrs. Simpson, $11.88
• Silas Told, coal furnished Mrs. Wilcox, $11.70
• Silas Told, coal furnished Mrs. Orem, $4.75
• Silas Told, coal furnished Mrs. Tague, $1.00
• Silas Told, coal furnished Mrs. Nancy Schenck, $3.50
• Silas Told, coal furnished John Steele, $2.00
• Silas Told, coal furnished Mark Smith, $1.00
• Silas Told, coal furnished Gabe Taylor, $1.00
• Dicey Estis, keeping 2 McGee children, $12.00
• Dr. A. G. Craig, house rent for Mrs. Leach, $3.00
• Mrs. Lucy Detraz, house rent for Mrs. John Orem, $8.00
• Fred Saberton, house rent for Nancy Schenck, $3.75
• Mrs. F. A. Russell, house rent for Mrs. Steele, $6.00
• U. P. Schenck, house rent for Mark Smith, $3.80
• Abram Boggs, house rent for Mrs. Ed Taylor, $0.75
• J. C. Wells, house rent for Mrs. Tague, $5.00
• Mrs. F. M. Turner, house rent for Mrs. McClelland, $6.00
• Joseph M. Clevenger, house rent for Sarah Miller, $8.00
• Mrs. Serena Schroeder, house rent for Eads children for one month, $3.00
• A. J. Schenck, goods for Agnes Boggs, $9.98
• P. T. Hartford, goods for Mrs. Saberton, $1.25
• P. T. Hartford, goods for Mrs. Nancy Schenck, $1.50
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mrs. Coleman, $2.70
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mrs. Jennings, $7.74
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mrs. Saberton, $1.20
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mrs. Bosaw, $1.00
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mrs. Ed Taylor, $1.00
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Samuel Butler, $4.10
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Simeon Leach, $3.60
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Noah Martin, $4.40
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mark Smith, $3.00
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished James Beck, $1.00
• C. O. Thiebaud, school books for poor children, $1.65
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Mrs. Nancy Schenck, $6.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Mrs. Simpson, $6.00
• Wm. Smith, box and digging grave for child of Ret Tandy, $2.00
• Shaw & Detraz, goods furnished Mark Smith, $6.00
• Mary Gottamiller, keeping John Gottamiller, $10.00
• Noah N. Martin, for Noah N. Martin, $10.00
• W. C. & S. L. Benedict, goods for Mrs. McClelland, $18.95
• Elmer Reeves, taking to poor house Mrs. McClelland and daughter, $3.00
• George N. Reeves, goods for Hawes Redd, $3.50
• George N. Reeves, goods for Sarah Miller, $11.00
• George N. Reeves, goods for Lavina Courtney, $21.00
• J. L. Thiebaud, school books for poor children, $1.60
• Loring & Clendening, goods for Eads children, $9.50
• Joseph Thamann, for lodging for 7 tramps, $1.75
• Scott & Brown, goods for Henry Wells, $2.00
• W. S. Kincaid, meat for Mark Smith, $1.80
• C. O. Thiebaud, medicine for Samuel Butler, $1.00
• James Curry, for keeping Barnes boy, $30.00
• Chas. McVey, for overseeing poor for Jefferson Township, $30.00

Reported by Trustee and Overseer of Poor of York Township.

• W. C. Robinson, goods for Margaret See, $3.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Harriet Burk, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Nellie Skidmore, $10.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Nancy Clements, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Sarah Burk, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Calvin Fredenburg, $7.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Hettie Chaise, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Wm. Ralston, $1.10
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Margaret Coy, $5.00
• J. M. W. Langsdale, goods for Margaret See, $3.00
• J. M. W. Langsdale, goods for Nancy Clements, $3.00
• Fernando Boyd, keeping Robert Kilgore, $14.00
• Joseph D. Froman, for services as overseer of the poor, $16.00

Reported by Trustee and Overseer of Poor of Posey Township.

• S. Howe & Co., goods for Mrs. John Gurley, $5.00
• James Tull, goods for Andrew J. Boyd, $5.00
• Harris & Galbreath, goods for Mrs. H. Gillis, $10.00
• N. H. North, goods for Christian Icenogle, $5.00
• E. E. North, goods for Mrs. H. Peters, $5.00
• E. E. North, goods for Mrs. Frank Emerson, $5.00
• E. E. North, goods for Mrs. Miller, $2.00
• E. E. North, goods for John Bailey, $4.00
• E. E. North, goods for Fred Young, $2.00
• Wm. Gockell, goods for Sarah Jones, $5.00
• Wm. Gockell, goods for Miss Nettie Hess, $4.15
• Wm. Gockell, goods for John Banks, $2.50
• J. W. Love & Co., goods for Mrs. Paschal Lamkins, $3.00
• J. W. Love & Co., goods for Mrs. Frank Emerson, $2.00
• J. W. Love & Co., goods for John Banks, $5.00
• J. W. Love & Co., goods for Mr. Miller, $3.00
• L. H. Emerson, for Mrs. Mary Fisk, $0.25
• R. A. Steel, coffin for Betsey Gillis, old account, $5.00
• Lemuel H. Emerson, overseer of poor of Posey Township for last year, $22.00

Reported by Trustee and Overseer of Poor of Cotton Township.

• S. R. Heath, goods for Mary Merrill, $18.00
• S. R. Heath, goods for Indiana Johnson, $3.00
• James H. Gibbs, goods for David Tibbetts, $10.75
• James H. Gibbs, goods for Elias Brown and wife, $19.40
• James H. Gibbs, goods for Harry Humphrey, $8.00
• L. H. Dennis, house rent for Mary Merrill, $3.00
• A. J. Sedam, goods for T. J. Heath, $13.00
• Henry Kuhlman, good for John Andrews, $2.50
• John Moore, taking to poor house Elizabeth Montooth Brown, $3.00
• D. P. Oak, keeping Henry C. Graves, $10.00
• Mary Richmond, keeping Hugh Pelsor, $8.00
• Hugh Pickett, keeping 2 Pelsor children, $20.00
• Thomas Lawton, keeping Ben Pelsor, $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
• Chas. C. Morrison, for overseeing the poor of his Township last year, $11.00

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

• T. B. Ryan, wood furnished Wm. R. Sutherland, $10.50
• Benjamin Smoot, wood furnished M. D. Lient, $10.00
• Jennie Pearce, 3 mos house rent for Wm. Sutherland, $3.00
• J. P. Marsh, goods for John Courtney, $8.00
• Susie Cole, keeping Nora Turner, $6.00
• James H. Gibbs, provisions for Mrs. M. D. Lientz, $9.00
• Miss O. H. Ricketts, provisions for Mrs. McDaniel, $10.00
• John S. Steele, provisions for Mrs. Jane Nelson, $10.30
• John S. Steele, provisions for Wm. Sutherland, $10.91
• G. S. Hulley, beef for Wm. Sutherland, $1.15
• D. C. Valentine, keeping Ed LeClerc, $6.00
• Francis W. Cole allowed for overseeing Township poor last year, $36.00

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

• Dr. John H. Shadday, poor Dr. for Asylum and Craig Township, $21.00
• Henry M. Brindley, 200 lbs pork for Nancy Brindley, $10.00
• J. Sappington, Ticket Ag’t, 4 tickets for Leap Family to Howard county, Ind., $14.35
• Thomas Haskell, house rent for Simeon Tague, $6.00
• Mary J. Higgins, keeping Sarah Leap and 2 children, $9.00
• James Cooper, keeping Jane Cooper, $10.00
• Otis S. Waldo, goods for 2 orphan children kept by Alex Tilley, $5.00
• Hall & Fallis, provisions for Ostrander family, $10.40
• Nicholas Webber, keeping Sarah Adams, $10.00
• George Madary, allowed for overseeing Township poor last year, $10.00

County Asylum and Poor Farm Expense.

• Enoch S. Adams, Superintendent of Asylum & Poor Farm, allowed for caring for Inmates of Poor House, $591.50
• Enoch S. Adams, allowed for straw for bedding, $13.00
• A. J. Schenck, supplies for poor house, $1.26
• Z. I. Yonge, bed ticking for poor house, $1.80
• John Smiley, conveyance for Commissioners to Poor Farm, $1.50

BOOKS, STATIONERY & PRINTING.

• Wm. B. Burford, books, blanks, &c., $168.75
• W. J. Baird, printing delinquent list, advertising, &c., $123.25
• P. T. Hartford, advertising for Co. Sheriff, &c., $16.25
• Walter A. Knox, publishing notice to delinquent taxpayers, $2.25
• Paul Clark, Atlas of Switzerland County, $5.00

COURT HOUSE EXPENSE.

• Scott & Brown, coal oil, matches, &c., $1.18
• Oscar Williamson, care Court House and yard, $17.35
• Charles Goldenburg, stoves and fixtures for Court House, $48.50
• Wm. H. Lamson, repairs on Court House, $3.50
• A. J. Schenck, supplies for Sheriff’s office, $5.72
• David Davis, repairs on Court House pump, $0.25

COUNTY OFFICERS’ FEES & SALARIES.

• Charles G. Adams, County Treasurer, $200.00
• D. N. Haydon, County Auditor, $451.63
• M. C. Walden, County Sup’t, $308.00
• David Armstrong, 6 days as Commissioner, $21.00
• Orson A. Potter, 6 days as Commissioner, $21.00
• Wm. H. Scott, 6 days as Commissioner, $17.50
• Oscar Williamson, 5 days as Sheriff Commissioners’ Court, $10.00
• George S. Pleasants, County Attorney, $15.00
• A. G. Craig, County Health officer, $100.00

CRIMINAL EXPENSE.

• Oscar Williamson, boarding, receiving and discharging prisoners, $160.45
• F. L. Grisard, supplies for Sheriff and jail, &c., $6.79
• P. C. Holland, 100 bushels coal for jail, $10.00
• Union Furniture Co., 1 mattress for jail, $11.00
• Z. I. Yonge, blankets for jail, $8.50
• J. W. Boyd, pipe for jail, &c., $5.75
• Wm. H. Lamson, repairs on Sheriff’s house, $1.25
• A. J. Schenck, supplies for jail and jail house, $5.53
• C. O. Thiebaud, supplies for Sheriff and Jail, $2.15
• Jas Rayl, work on Sheriff’s house and Jail cistern, $4.50
• Frank Rosenberger, brick for Sheriff’s house, $0.50
• Dearborn Miller, sand for Sheriff’s house, $0.50
• Silas S. Told, for 100 bushels coal for jail, $10.00
• Elder & Bowen, work on jail, &c., $5.20

JURY EXPENSE.

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

SPECIFIC ALLOWANCE.

• C. G. Adams, office expense, postage, etc., $2.15
• D. N. Haydon, office expense, postage, etc., $2.78
• D. B. Lee, fees in Evaline Walker damage suit, $2.65
• Geo. B. Hall, fees in Evaline Walker damage suit, $5.00
• James F. Simpson, fees in Evaline Walker damage suit, $4.45
• Peter R. Lostutter, Attorney’s fees in Evaline Walker damage suit, $10.00
• W. L. Fisk, cushion for Recorder’s office, $3.00
• Vevay City for culvert, County’s appropriation, $75.00
• John Henry, for binding Reveille, $3.50
• John Smiley, taking Commissioners to visit poor farm, $1.50