The Switzerland County Commissioners’ allowancesappeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 15 Sep 1881 – Page 4, Column 4
The following is a list of allowances made by the Board of County Commissioners of Switzerland County, Indiana, at their September term, 1881:
PAUPER ALLOWANCES.
Peter Pelsor, for keeping Ben Pelsor, $10.00
N. N. Martin, for self and family, $20.00
Mrs. A. Wolf, keeping pauper boy, $10.00
Geo. H. Keeney, coffins and burying paupers, $14.00
W. A. Olcott, medical services, $3.00
Mrs. Ben Morris, keeping old Mrs. Morris and Depper child, $16.00
J. M. Froman, rent for Mrs. Kilgore, $9.00
Mat Worstell, keeping paupers at poor house, $457.20
Jonathan C. Ricketts, for Oliver Keith’s family, $12.00
I. F. Banta, for John Turner and family, $27.36
Abraham Israel, delinquent taxes, $3.32
C. G. Adams, Trustee, for Mrs. Kelsey, $15.55
C. G. Adams, Trustee, for Joseph Blodget, $1.90
C. G. Adams, Trustee, for Wm. Lock and family, $14.86
C. G. Adams, Trustee, for J. Courtnay and wife, $8.26
O. H. Rickets, for Mrs. McDonald, $12.00
Jos. Smith, for Geo. Ann Cole’s boy, $6.38
Jno. Neal, coffin box and shroud for Wm. Lock, $10.00
J. J. Belden, breadstuff for Lock and Blodget, $3.55
R. H. Smith, rent of house for Lock, $4.50
T. B. McGregor, goods for Joseph Blodget, $2.00
W. Chittenden, rent of house for J. W. Robbins, $2.00
Oliver A. Cole, keeping Mrs. Wainscott, $7.25
B. W. Simmons, provisions Mrs. McClanahan, $9.25
Ben Cole, sundries for A. Walden and Mary Moody, $17.60
Z. L. Yonge & Co., for Mary Moody, $7.50
Kincaid & Bro., for Mrs. Lewis and Manda Willis, $8.00
W. J. Gibbs, keeping Lydia Gibbs, $10.00
S. R. Tinker, coffin &c., for Mrs. Goodpasture, $8.00
S. R. Tinker, coffin &c., for Mrs. Carrington, $9.00
S. R. Heath, sundries for Mrs. Goodpasture, $12.48
L. H. Smith, funeral expenses Mrs. Goodpasture, $9.00
W. H. Muret, hauling wife and fence posts to poor farm, $3.00
O. D. Cunningham, for Farwood, Skidmore, Perkins, McLelland and Wheeler, $31.10
Joseph Edrington, for Mrs. Wheeler, $3.00
Abner Gates, for Mary Boyd, $4.00
Jno. L. O’Neal, for McLelland and Miller, $10.53
Robinson & Bledsoe, for Miller and Fredenberg, $9.75
Bledsoe & Beymer, for Mrs. Burk, $6.00
A. Benedict, for McLelland, Boyd and Bosaw, $23.18
Joseph Adams, for keeping Manford children, $10.00
U. P. Schenck & Son, sundries for Boggs family, $26.14
A. Benedict, sundries for Mrs. Kilgore, $10.00
S. P. Worstell, tobacco for paupers, $10.00
J. L. Thiebaud, drugs, &c., for poor house, $3.50
F. L. Grisard, wire for poor house fence, $39.16
Wm. Smith, digging grave for Mrs. Whiting, $2.00
Julius Blach & Son, clothing for Peabody, $5.90
Mat Worstell, straw for beds for paupers, $20.00
F. J. Holdcroft, coffins, shrouds, &c., $30.00
Chas. Pavy, making fence for poor farm, $43.75
Julius Muret, poor house fence, $6.00
ADVERTISING AND PRINTING.
Irvin Armstrong, advertisements, $38.60
Indianapolis Journal Co., books and stationery, $12.75
W. J. Baird, advertising, $10.60
W. B. Burford, books and stationery, $100.05
Levy Bros., books and stationery, $75.40
BRIDGES.
B. B. Lee, for bridge at Allensville, $121.50
U. P. Schenck & Son, rope, nails, &c., for Indian Creek bridge, $22.36
W. S. Tower, 3 days at I. C. bridge, $6.00
H. Hatch, for chisel for I. C. bridge, $0.75
King Bridge Co., for taking down I. C. bridge, $58.75
D. R. Drake, on Allensville bridge, $10.00
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.
David Shull, 2 days review of road, $3.00
Jacob Myers, 2 days review of road, $3.00
Thomas F. McCreary, 2 days review of road, $3.00
W. S. Tower, summoning reviewers, $5.15
COURT HOUSE AND JAIL EXPENSE.
U. P. Schenck & Son, sundries for court house and jail, $5.20
W. S. Tower, jail expense, $60.20
W. S. Tower, taking care of Court House 1 qr, $10.00
W. S. Tower, cleaning up and washing jail, $3.00
W. L. Fisk, repairing chairs for Court House, $1.00
A. Benedict, office expense, $7.25
J. L. Thiebaud, Court House expense, $8.85
F. L. Grisard, Court House expense, $0.75
Sol. McCallum, repairing privy at Court House, $2.00
Hiram Corns, ice for Court House, $5.75
D. C. Weaver, iron bed stead for jail, and chain for pump, $8.50
George Kerth, repairing cistern at jail, $3.50
Z. I. Yonge & Co., wall paper for Sheriff’s house and Court House, $14.95
Stribling Walsh & Co., iron pipes for Court House cistern, $6.75
Wm. Courtnay, kindling wood for Court House, $3.25
Golay & Stevens, for Court House and Co. Supt., $8.70
T. J. Gordon, fixing pipes Court House cistern, $2.25
Schroder Lock Co.,, keys for Court House locks, $3.20
George Kerth, cleaning and repairing C. H. cistern, $4.50
COUNTY OFFICERS’ FEES AND SALARIES.
A. Benedict, Treasurer, 3 months salary, $200.00
John Gill, Auditor, salary, filing fees, and office expense, $482.50
James R. Hart, County Supt., salary, &c., $204.53
W. N. Tower, summoning Commissioners special term, $4.75
Wm. Stewart, 6 days Commissioner, $21.00
D. R. Drake, 6 days Commissioner, $21.00
Julius Muret, 6 days Commissioner, $21.00
INSANE EXPENSE.
W. S. Tower, paid J. A. Works, Jr., hauling Craig, $3.00
SCHOOL LAND EXPENSE.
Thomas Cotton, for fire place on W. R. Cotton’s farm, $5.00
CORONER’S INQUEST.
Matthew Stephenson, burying drowned child, $1.75