The Gullion School [York Township, Switzerland County, Indiana] report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 23 Oct 1879 – Page 5, Column 3
Roll of Honor of Gullion School, No. 1, York township, for the month ending October 10, 1879:
PHILIP BETTENS, Jr., Teacher.
The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 16 Oct 1879 – Page 5, Column 1
List of letters uncalled for at the Post Office at Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, October 14th, 1879:
ALFRED SHAW, P. M.
The following article about a Switzerland County, Indiana soldier reunion appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 9 Oct 1879 – Page 5, Column 1
See also: Switzerland County Military Records
J. B. Lewis, enrolling officer, has handed us the following list of ex-soldiers who were in attendance at the reunion at Aaron last Friday:
The following article Ohio County and Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 9 Oct 1879 – Page 1, Column 5
The Old Folks.
Pioneers of Switzerland and Ohio Counties.
The following named persons were ticketed to the Switzerland and Ohio County Fair of 1879 as “Pioneers.”—We give their native State, age, and years resident in Indiana:
BORN IN SWITZERLAND COUNTY.
BORN IN INDIANA.
STATE OF OHIO.
STATE OF NEW YORK.
DELAWARE.
KENTUCKY.
PENNSYLVANIA.
NEW JERSEY.
VERMONT.
MARYLAND.
MASSACHUSETTS.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
VIRGINIA.
NORTH CAROLINA.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
TENNESSEE.
MAINE.
IRELAND.
SCOTLAND.
GREAT BRITAIN.
GERMANY.
SWITZERLAND, EUROPE.
STATE NOT GIVEN.
In the above list we find the names of 142 persons who have attained the age of 70 years and upwards, all residents of these two counties. We learn that during the past week three of this numer have been born to their last resting place. Their names are John Latham, of Rising Sun; Maria Melick, of East Enterprise; and Martin R. Green, of Patriot.
The Switzerland and Ohio County [Indiana] Fair awards for 1879 appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 25 Sep 1879 – Page 2, Column 3
AWARDS OF PREMIUMS
At Switzerland and Ohio County Fair.
The following named persons received premiums at the late Switzerland and Ohio County Fair. The figures appended to the names indicate the number of premiums taken by such person in that class:
HORSES, HEAVY DRAUGHT.
John W. Morrison, George Gullion, James Gullion, John Dickason, G. W. Heady, Rollin Charlton, Thomas Vest, John Mulford, Ben Davies, E. S. Grant, W. W. Barker, William Walden, W. S. Walton, C. L. Lee, O. P. Cobb.
HORSES, GENERAL PURPOSES.
Riddel & Norris, G. W. Dickason, O. P. Cobb, G. W. Huston, John Dickason, Frank Ferguson, J. M. Horton, Wm. Hasting, H. W. Scranton, W. H. Brett, M. F. Ellis, J. H. McDanell, W. T. Mefford, C. L. Lee, J. E. Carleton, J. D. Davis, W. S. Walton, Oliver McCreary, H. J. Harris.
HORSES, LIGHT HARNESS.
Riddell & Norris, R. T. German, W. S. Walton, Thomas Dickason, M. F. Ellis, J. E. Carleton, Lem. Bledsoe, James Works, Wm. C. Marshall, O. D. Cunningham, B. Birney, Mike Giegoldt, Thomas Croxton, L. P. Bradford, J. H. McDanell.
SADDLE HORSES.
Heman Bradley, Stephen Cofield, L. W. Cobb, J. H. McDanell, Thomas Vest, Ed. McAroy, M. F. Ellis.
SPEED RING.
Trotting—H. Bidwell, J. W. Pugh, S. A. McClellan.
Pacing—S. A. McClellan, Moses Osborn, J. T. Ricketts.
Green Pace—Ed. Chever, Ed. McAroy.
Trotting Mule—T. Blue, John Saddler.
JACKS AND MULES.
R. B. Littlefield, J. M. Horton, Sam McCreary, Thomas McCreary, Henry Myers, John Dunning, Robert Fox, J. W. Tinker, John Beaty, J. P. Goodner.
CATTLE, DURHAM.
J. H. McDanell, O. P. Obb.
ALDERNEY CATTLE.
Lem Bledsoe, J. M. Horton, L. W. Cobb, Wm. Dugan, Harry Stow.
GRADED CATTLE.
C. L. Lee, James Cole, J. W. Pate, J. M. Horton, L. Bledsoe, Abram Tinker, O. P. Cobb.
MILCH COWS.
J. Morrison, Lem Bledsoe.
HOGS, LARGE BREEDS.
Wm. Cooper, J. F. Houze, J. W. Morrison, James Cole.
HOGS, SMALL BREEDS.
T. J. Turpin, John Dunning.
SWEEPSTAKES ON HOGS.
William Cooper, J. F. Houze.
SHEEP, FINE WOOL.
Alvin Works.
SHEEP, MIDDLE WOOL.
Alvin Works, Jacob S. Cole, Charles Ayers, J. C. Kirkpatrick, Geo. Gullion.
SHEEP, LONG WOOL.
George Gullion, Charles Ayres.
SWEEPSTAKES ON SHEEP.
George Gullion.
PLOWS, HARROWS, CULTIVATORS, DRILLS, ETC.
Wm. Clore, E. B. Nace, Josiah Lee, H. S. Espey, J. W. Morrison, U. H. Stow, Sam McCreary, Alfred Driver, Joseph Glenn, S. D. Rice, J. N. Green, L. E. Turner.
MILLS, MACHINES, WOODENWARE, ETC.
H. S. Espey, Josiah Lee, E. B. Nace, Fisk & Woollen, C. W. Bruner, Dan Turner, Levi Danner, T. J. Heath, U. H. Stow, R. W. Chapman, N. H. Morrison, Wm. Clore, M. G. Keeney, C. L. Lee, Thiebaud & Beagle, William J. Keeney, A. D. Walker, Dan Heath, M. H. Anderson, William Heath.
WAGONS AND CARRIAGES.
James T. Simpson, Earnest Smith, David Hayden.
VEGETABLES.
T. J. Heath, S. Stow, U. H. Stow, James Wallick, William Cooper, R. B. Bascom, Howard Stow, J. W. Riley, T. J. Turpin, James Cole, Amie Nelson, Sewell Webb, Sanford Mendell, John Dunning, John Cutter, John Altolph, Wesley Harris, Frank Holman, R. M. Holman, B. W. Buffington, Lydia Oxley, William Cunningham, Charles Ayres, F. P. Dupraz.
GRAINS AND SEEDS.
Samuel McCreary, James Cole, Howard Stow, C. L. Lee, W. H. Anderson, Robert Fox, J. D. Davis, James Aldred, Henry Walden, Wesley Harris, D. C. Lampkin, William Cooper, James Wallick, John David, William Cunningham.
FIELD CROPS.
James Wallick, John W. Wiley, C. L. Lee. Others yet to be judged.
POULTRY.
C. L. Lee, James Aldred, Benjamin Davies, Andrew Martin, T. J. Turpin, B. F. Grandy, O. H. P. Sedam, U. H. Stow, Jacob S. Cole, Wesley Harris, Julia E. Clevenger.
NEEDLEWORK &C.
Mrs. Lucy Detraz, Julia Williams, Emma Madison, Miss Josie Kyle, Miss Jane Brown, Mrs. John Dunning, Nancy Lostutter, Frances Shaddy, Mary Chapman, Mrs. James Cole, Mrs. J. F. Houze, Mrs. A. G. Jackson, Hattie Lockwood, Mrs. Thomas Ethrington, Jennie Ethrington, Carrie Wooley, Sarah A. Pate, Mrs. J. D. Simpson, Ollie L. Morrison, Mary David, Mrs. Inda Stapp, Lida J. Hall, Mrs. J. G. Thiebaud, Jennie Rogers, Mrs. C. M. Shull, T. C. Jack, Mrs. P. D. Stagg, Mrs. C. Dille, Mrs. Samuel Harlan, Mrs. E. J. Chrisler, Mattie E. McClellan.
DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE.
Rosanna Bailey, Emma J. Brown, Matilda Lee, Nancy Lostutter, Fanny Pocock, Miss Belle Sheets, Mary Chapman, Mrs. A. G. Jackson, Lucinda Nelson, Mary Mendell, Mrs. Philip Ethrington, Mrs. Fannie McFadden, Maria Bovard, Mrs. J. H. Smith, Jane Shull, Mary A. Carnine, Mrs. P. D. Stagg, Mrs. Samuel Harlin, Vila Drake, Mrs. Frank Kersey.
LINEN, COTTON AND WOOLEN GOODS BY MACHINERY.
S. Adams, Mrs. A. G. Jackson, Julia E. Clevenger.
FLOWERS AND FINE ARTS.
S. M. Dumont, F. P. Dupraz, Hattie Lockwood, O. W. Lewis, India Shaddy, J. A. VanOsdol, Maybel Fox, Mrs. J. D. Simpson, Mrs. J. W. Morrison, P. D. Stagg, Allen Jackson.
TABLE COMFORTS.
Mrs. Minerva Stow, James Brown, Mrs. Amie Rous, Jennie Bascom, Nancy Lostutter, H. S. Espey and Son, Esther Douglas, Mrs. Belle Sheets, Etta Works, Mrs. A. G. Jackson, Mrs. T. J. Heath, Lizzie C. Sikely, Helen Humphrey, Mike McGuire, B. S. Morrison, M. G. Keeney, Mary A. Carnine, Mrs. J. G. Thiebaud, Mrs. Lemuel Bledsoe, Jane K. Madison, Mrs. S. Stow, Jennie Roberts, Ella P. North.
FRUITS.
Alfred Driver, John Stewart, B. W. Buffington, William Cunningham, Sewell Webb, John Cutter, R. M. Holman, Frank Holman, S. Stow, U. H. Stow, W. Hodapp, Samuel McCreary, H. J. Cole, George McCulloch.
FLOUR AND MEAL.
J. W. Talbott, Johnathan David.
WINES, CIDER, VINEGAR.
Wendell Hodapp, T. C. Jack, John Stewart, Mrs. Amie Rous, Mrs. B. L. Simmons, Mrs. Percy Rous, Louisa Stewart, Etta Works, E. W. Heath, Shelometh Stow, Dora Bascom.
MISCELLANEOUS—ALMOST EVERYTHING.
S. Stow, Mrs. Belle Sheets, Ben F. Keeney, Hattie Lockwood, J. H. Banta, Mollie E. Webb, Robert Morris, Mrs. P. Ethrington, Mrs. T. Ethrington, Mrs. Amie Rous, Carrie Wooley, John Webb, J. D. Simpson, John Altolph, Eva Bonnell, Elizabeth Newton, Eliza S. Campbell, M. G. Keeney, Julia E. Clevenger, E. B. Nace, Maggie Rabb, Jennie Roberts, Jennie Rogers, Laura Keeney, Mrs. P. D. Stagg, John David, Mrs. J. D. Works, J. E. Williams, Miss Jane Brown, Patriot Cornet Band.
The Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 11 Sep 1879 – Page 4, Column 4
Allowances made by the Board of Commissioners of Switzerland County, Indiana, at adjourned term, June 23, 1879; a call session, July 15, 1879; and adjourned term, August 9, 1879; and at the regular term, September, 1879:
PAUPER.
Thomas McGuire, for Betty Joyce (June Term), $10.00
Thomas J. Griffith, examining John Banta (June Term), $2.00
Geo. H. Keeney, coffin and burying Nancy A. Douglass, $7.00
Jonathan C. Ricketts, sundries for Mix, $11.00
W. W. Gilbert, sundries for Devar, $2.20
Wm. Brindley, sundries for poor of Craig Twp, $120.60
C. G. Adams, sundries for poor of Pleasant Twp, $34.55
Matthew Worstell, keeping paupers at Poor House, $479.35
David & Benedict, sundries for poor, York Twp, $33.50
John L. O’Neal, sundries for poor, York Twp, $4.70
Amos Farwood, taking care Mrs. Farwood, $7.00
Bledsoe & Beymer, sundries for poor, York Twp, $32.00
J. D. Cunningham, sundries for poor, York Twp, $73.90
John H. Daubenheyer, sundries for poor, York Twp, $6.50
George W. Bryson, sundries for poor, York Twp, $28.15
Johathan Froman, rent for Deppe, $10.50
N. N. Martin, for self and family, $20.00
Brown & Anderson, sundries for H. Osborn, $14.50
C. O. Thiebaud, Truss for A. Smith, poor house, $6.00
U. P. Schenck for A. Boggs and Joseph Redd, $27.50
W. M. Patton, 2 coffins for poor persons, $7.00
N. H. North, sundries for Icenogle, $5.00
O. S. Waldo, sundries for poor farm, $26.93
O. S. Waldo, provisions for Mrs. Thompson, $2.00
Peter Pelser, keeping Ben Pelser, $10.00
Hiram Osborn, to remove to Texas, self and family, $75.00
F. J. Hollcroft, coffin for William Lee, $5.00
Jonathan Froman, rent for Mrs. Kilgore, $9.00
H. M. Fallis, sundries for Sturgeon & Orem, $10.00
Webb & Clark, sundries for Mary Moody and family, $7.50
Ben Cole, sundries for Mary Moody and family, $7.50
Samuel Butler, keeping Elizabeth Gibson, $10.00
Ben Simmons, sundries for Emily Sturgeon, $2.50
David & Benedict, sundries for Mrs. Kilgore, $8.50
David & Benedict, sundries for Cary Hampton, $14.10
David & Benedict, sundries for Mrs. Sloan, $2.00
David & Benedict, passage for three tramps, $2.25
S. R. Heath, sundries for Courtor & Edwards, $15.00
COUNTY OFFICERS FEES AND SALARIES.
Philander Morrison, one day, June 23, $3.50
Jacob Banta, one day, June 23, $3.50
William Stewart, one day, June 23, $3.50
John P. White, one day, June 23, $2.00
John P. White, one day and serving summons, July 14, $7.15
Philander Morrison, one day, July 14, $3.50
Jacob Banta, one day, July 14, $3.50
Wm. Stewart, one day, July 14, $3.50
Philander Morrison, one day, August 9, $3.50
Jacob Banta, one day, August 9, $3.50
Wm. Stewart, one day, August 9, $3.50
John P. White, one day, August 9, $2.00
Scott Carter, 1 ¾ years as County Attorney, $175.00
Eli T. Ogle, salary as Treasurer, $100.00
John Gill, salary filing, etc., as Auditor, 1 qr., $459.75
M. A. Robensome, Administratrix’s salary and percent on delinquent tax, $432.38
F. M. Griffith, percentage on delinquent tax, $237.87
Robert S. Northcott, salary, etc., as County Superintendent, $68.25
Philander Morrison, four days, September Term, $14.00
Jacob Banta, four days, September Term, $14.00
Wm. Stewart, four days, September Term, $14.00
John P. White, four days, September Term, $8.00
BOOKS, STATIONERY AND PUBLIC PRINTING.
Irvin Armstrong, June 23 (bridges, etc.), $14.70
Indianapolis Sentinel Company, books, etc., $26.25
W. B. Burford, books, $35.65
W. B. Burford, books, $35.50
Levy Brothers, books, $18.00
Wm. Braden, books, $43.75
W. J. Baird, advertising allowances, $4.90
BRIDGES AND HIGHWAYS.
M. G. Keeney, engineering Sand Run and Elk Creek, $22.00
Thomas J. Gordon, Sand Run bridge abutments, $100.00, $163.00, $420.55
Samuel Butler, repairs on Plumb Creek Bridge, $5.00
M. G. Keeney, engineering at Sand Run Bridge, $20.00
Americus Benedict, railing at Log Lick Bridge, $16.08
Americus Bendeict, fill at Log Lick Bridge, $49.32
Hosier J. Harris, lumber for bridge at Bodkins, $6.00
TAXES REFUNDED.
Clarrisa Boyd, $25.08
Mrs. Daniel Cole, $28.96
Esther Markland, $15.07
Lavina Griffith, $35.10
Mary Detraz, $21.00
COURT HOUSE EXPENSES.
C. O. Thiebaud, chlorine lime for privy, $2.00
F. L. Grisard & Son, sundries, $6.55
John Gill, office expense, $4.10
C. O. Salyers, repairing stove, $1.75
F. A. Carter, office expense, $2.10
Alfred Stow, painting, $72.50
Z. L. Yonge & Co., matting, $27.00
John P. White, 1 quarter taking care of Court House, etc., $13.50
JAIL AND CRIMINAL EXPENSE.
John W. Shirey, bringing criminal to Court, $5.75
Z. L. Yonge & Co., blankets for jail, $2.53
John P. White, committing, boarding and discharging prisoners, $30.00
SPECIFIC ALLOWANCES.
C. J. Robenstein, June 23 costs, $7.50
John P. White, costs, foreclosure and sale of school land, $135.50
The Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ proceedings appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 11 Sep 1879 – Page 4, Column 2
County Business.
The County Commissioners met last week in regular session. Present: Jacob Banta, Philander Morrison and Wm. Stewart.
Jacob H. Bruner, Joseph W. Burns, John W. Shirey, Joshua M. Scranton were granted licenses to retail liquors.
James P. Orem, Recorder elect filed his bond for $2,000, with P. C. Holland, James Cowan, Wm. Brindley, Wm. Culbertson, J. C. Bersot, Robert Scott, T. J. McKay, Joshua G. Coleman, Van S. Brandon, John Culbertson, Jacob J. Rickter, Ed. H. Weaver, as sureties.
Eli T. Ogle, retiring Treasurer, settled with his successor, Americus Benedict. Mr. Benedict filed a copy of the receipt which he gave Mr. Ogle, for $13,964.39.
It was decided that a bill be presented to David Armstrong, Guardian of John Corns, for keeping said Corns in County poor house four years—at $58.00-$232.00.
James V. Anderson and others petitioned for an appropriation to grade a road in Craig Township. $240.00 was appropriated to aid in grading said road, and making culverts.
Robert T. F. Abbott, Clerk elect, filed his bond for $10,000, with Silas Q. Howe, Silas Howe, and Charles Dibble, as sureties.
The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 7 Aug 1879 – Page 5, Column 1
List of letters uncalled for at the Post Office in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, August 6, 1879:
ALFRED SHAW, P. M.
Switzerland County, Indiana real estate transfers appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 17 Jul 1879 – Page 5, Column 1
Transfers of Real Estate
In Switzerland County since our last report:
[See newspaper and deed books for details.]
Charles Dish to Wm. J. Detraz
William Brown to John W. McHenry
John W. McHenry to Matilda Brown
Winfield S. Ferguson to Jas. F. Leatherberry
Clara Bakes and others to Flora B. Morrison
John P. White, Sheriff, to Wesley McHenry
Samuel Fisk to Kate Shirey
John W. Shirey to Samuel Fisk
Wesley McHenry to Younger Pickett
Joseph Rogers to Noah Corter
Mary H. Pyles to Joseph Rogers
John P. White, Sheriff, to Margaret Brown
Louisana F. Lyon to Woodford C. DeHart
James C. Long, Commissioner, to Joseph La Boyteaux
Lewis N. Carnine to Harvey C. Carnine
Josiah Herbert to Melvina Herbert
John P. White, Sheriff, to Matthew Brown
Gustaf H. Schrumpf to Wm. Havamann
Samuel Wade, Administrator, to Jabez Vandorin
John F. Doan, Administrator, to Isaac F. McKay
Wm. S. Towers to U. P. Schenck
Samuel B. Davis to Rosina Hickman
William and Sarah Scott to Francis Land
John Platt to Nancy Platt
Morgan Carver to John Platt
Eleanor Thiebaud to Robert Stearman
Mary, Jane and George Land to Elipah Land
Charlotte Wiley and husband to Edward C. Heady
Hiram Ogle to Milo Ogle
Mary Sprague to Noel W. Morrison
Circuit Court to R. F. Goddard and others
Minnie Noe and others to Minnie Baatz
Hattie M. Newbold to Samuel Stucy
A. R. Wells to Alfred Driver
Circuit Court to Rosiana McFadden and others
M. D. Fuget to Wm. Waltz
Trustees of Vevay to Benjamin Detraz
William Mitchell to Charles W. Mitchell
Gabriel D. Peelman to Jane E. Peelman
Franklin Dufour to Julius Dufour
W. S. McNut and others to K. A. Trusdell
D. C. Gardner to D. F. Gardner
J. F. Doan to Elizabeth C. Mallet
Circuit Court to Mary J. Works and others
Charles Norisez to W. L. Fisk and L. J. Woollen
Charles Norisez to Wm. Norisez
Samuel Porter to Timothy C. Porter
J. Q. Cochran to James Driver
Massay Worden to Abram Peters
The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 10 Jul 1879 – Page 5, Column 1
List of letters uncalled for at the Post Office at Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, July 9, 1879:
ALFRED SHAW, P. M.