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Switzerland County Real Estate Transfers – May 1896

Switzerland County, Indiana, real estate transfers for May 1896 appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 14 May 1896 – Page 4, Column 3

Land Sales.
Deeds Recorded Since Our Last Report.

  • George Given and wife to Andrew Given and wife
  • Andrew Given and wife to Sallie Given and heirs
  • Ruhaima Merrill to George Waltz
  • Circuit Court to Hester Dunn
  • Circuit Court to Rosa C. Baker and Clyde Baker
  • Circuit Court to Julia Fancher
  • Circuit Court to William Armstrong et al
  • Circuit Court to Frank M. Bondurant
  • Circuit Court to Levina C. Meacham

Vevay Reveille – 21 May 1896 – Page 4, Column 3

Land Sales.
Deeds Recorded Since Our Last Report.

  • Joseph E. Hart, Auditor, to John E. Williams

Vevay Public Schools Promotions – 1896

Vevay Public Schools [Switzerland County, Indiana] promotions for 1896 appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 14 May 1896 – Page 4, Column 4

Promotions
In Vevay Public Schools.

PROMOTED TO SENIOR CLASS.
Anna Brockschlager, Harry Coleman, Josie Drake, Mable Froman, Edmunds Glenn, Edith Golay, Grace Knox, Joseph Krummel, Lizzie Krummel, Marry Lamson, Eva Lanham, Nettie Lanham, Nona Long, Hannah Mead, Madge Pattie, Della Peters, George Pleasants, Mayme Thiebaud, Nancy Williamson, Edna Works, Undine VanPelt.

TO SOPHOMORE CLASS.
Charlie Barnett, Katie Bear, Izella Brindley, Ella Brindley, Carrie Lyons, Lillie Ogle, Carrie Brown, Walter Baird, Jennie Anderson, Florence Coleman, Clarence Cole, Ernest Griffith, Oscar Haskell, Zella Jain, Edna Kincaid, Mamie Retts, Charles Saberton, Ivan Saberton, Harry Shaw, Ada Shaw, Lane Siebenthal, William Spivey, William Stevens, George Turner, Maggie Clendening, Grace Schroder.

TO FRESHMAN CLASS.
Hattie Bowen, Howard Cole, Clyde Drake, Edward Finely, Eva Graham, Clara Gordon, Minne Kendall, Addie Kiesel, Berta Leep, Mattie Long, Falba Lyon, Minerva Otter, Agnes Pattie, Charles Larison, Orville James, Bessie Rochat, Nellie Reser, Maud Reed, Anna Shaw, Mattie Stucy, Ben Thunemann, Jesse Teats, George Scott, Nona Siebenthal, Ada Walton, Elmer Pickett, Lucy Johnson.

TO EIGHTH YEAR.
Mable Anderson, Avis Rochat, Lula Bowen, Nettie Peelman, Bessie Reed, Mary Joyce, Pearl Haskell, Mary Davison, Mary Lanham, Jennie Dupraz, Anna Curry, Laura Holcraft, Essie Rook, Nora Bair, Pearl Brindley, Grace Brindley, Delia Brook, Phoeba Jackson, Mayme Simpson, Nora Sullivan, Willie Coleman, Ed. Brochschlager, Evert Graham, Aime Todd, George Anderson, Charles Jaynes, Earl Brown, John Sullender, Harry Mead.

TO 7TH YEAR.
Ray C. Peters, Charlie Retts, Ethol Scott, Ollie Irwin, John Dittgen, Henry Dittgen, Harry Schewe, Charles Grammer, Clemens Thunemann, Albert Ricketts, Willie Barnett, Craig Baird, Geo. Robinson, Clara Kiesel, Lella Thiebaud, Nellie Stucy, Anna Davidson, Edna Ogle, Maggie Krummel, Ethel Boyd, Ivy Haskell, Mayme Sullender, Daisy Bair, Goldie Oakley, Josie Bowen.

TO 6TH YEAR.
Bettie Long, Willie Griffith, Roy Johnson, Pauline Retts, Nettie Pleasants, Ben Holcraft, Lillie Neal, Orlena Myers, Jesse Peelman, Blaine Cole, Clara Allen, Della Dewesse, Earl Simpson, Clifford Tague, Alice Simpson, Myrtle Fallis, Tait Siebenthal, Flora Kiesel, Fanny Jain, Ines Jaynes, Eva Tower, Katie Sullender, Anna Reed, Maggie Berner, Arthur Jackson, Lulu Scott.

To 5TH YEAR.
Anna Coleman, Laura Clendening, Mable Cotton, Madge Fallis, Carrie Haskell, Laura Jones, Helen Mead, Ella Montooth, Dessie Martin, Dorothy Pleasants, Iona Weales, Anna Webb, Flossy Smiley, Otis Adams, Howard Allen, Reginald Bowen, Philip Golay, Earl Golay, Chester Kiesel, Anthony Lock, Albert Lawrence, Clyde Noriez, Ed. Otter, Frank Spivey, Harvey Schroeder, Fred. Thunemann, Fred. Lanham, Jessie Ricketts.

To 4TH YEAR.
Laura Bowen, Hattie Kendall, Anna Tilley, Estella Means, Mary Jones, Belle Turner, Addie Tower, Clara Works, George Boyd, Ward Boggs, Roland Buschman, Elmer Cossins, Harry Davison, Harry Deweese, Will Johnson, Dave Kelley, Will Lawrence, Jesse Mitchell, Walter Patton, Earnest Pickett, Harvey Pavey, Henry Rosenberger, Charles Rochat, Samuel Stucy, Jeff Simpson, Wilk Hall Works.

To 3RD YEAR.
Mattie Anderson, Emma Berner, Nellie Brown, Anna Chapman, Madge Day, Cecelia Dittgen, Myrtle Elder, Cara Graham, Helen Grammer, Lulu Henry, Myrtle Jaynes, Edith Kiesel, Eloise Knox, Emma Land, Eunice Long, Lilly Scott, Myrtle Hall, Bert Boyd, Robert Burns, Joe Curry, Fred. Miller, John Shaw, John Taylor, George Clendening, Willie Sullender, Opp Sieglitz, Willie Wahl, Walter Monroe.

To 2ND YEAR.
Roy Peelman, Joe Mead, Darwin Fallis, Bertie Weales, Alfred Peelman, George Rayl, Henry Moxley, Harry Spivey, Willie Roberts, Herschel Tower, Tom Danglade, Joshua Coleman, Vernon Fancher, Inslee Grisard, Earl Cousins, Avery Graham, Oscar Hauey, Robert Pavey, Charlie Ricketts, DeWitt Davis, Chester Davis, Maud Elder, Golda Andrews, Linnie Siebert, Caroline Thunemann, Alice Brown, Lina Kelley, Maggie Kelley, Valla Bosaw, Flora Roberts, Leo Johnson, Stella Curry, Mamie Pavey, Sallie Boggs, Josie Boggs, Mable Benedict.

COLORED SCHOOL.

  • To 8th Year.—John L. Jones, Emory F. Simpson, Auretta Outcalt Simpson.
  • To 5th Year.—Bessie G. Neal, Grace Noble Simpson, Claude M. Jones.
  • To 4th Year.—Evelyn May Simpson, Justine Jones, Mary Roberts.
  • To 2nd Year.—Lotta Roberts, Ethel May Jones, Benjamin Neal.

Vevay High School Graduation – 1896

Vevay High School [Switzerland County, Indiana] graduation report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 14 May 1896 – Page 4, Column 3

COMMENCEMENT
VEVAY HIGH SCHOOL.

Last Friday night Commencement of Vevay High School was held at Metropolitan Hall.

The stage was artistically decorated with flowers.

The music was furnished by Genter’s Orchestra, of Madison.

The graduates numbered fourteen.

The following was the program:

  • Music.
  • Invocation.—Rev. G. W. Anderson.
  • Mucis.
  • Salutatory, “An Ideal Woman,”—Louisa Nora Kincaid.
  • “Cuba Libra.”—Walter A. Trafalet.
  • “Going, Going, Gone.”—Florence Norma Fisk.
  • Music.
  • “The World’s Battlefield.”—Gertrude Eugenia Curry.
  • “One Hundred Years of Civilization.”—Augustus Clyde Weales.
  • “Electric Lights.”—Edna Josephine Griffith.
  • Music.
  • “Music the Language of Heaven.”—Florence Kendall.
  • “Waterloo and Gettysburg.”—Chester Philip Drake
  • “The Path to Success.”—Mary Elizabeth Rozenberger.
  • Music.
  • “The Coming Woman.”—Leora Felostin Kendall.
  • “What Career?”—Clarence Frederick Brown.
  • “Life’s Golden Chain.”—Anna Margurite Jain.
  • Music.
  • “Be Your Own Diploma.”—Mary Elizabeth Bowen.
  • Valedictory—“The Eve of the Nineteenth Century.”—Charles Emory Thiebaud.
  • Benediction—Rev. L. A. Retts.
  • Music.

The large hall was crowded, many standing.

The graduates acquitted themselves creditably, and there is every reason to believe will make talented, good and useful women and men.

Switzerland County Circuit Court – Apr 1896

Switzerland County, Indiana, Circuit Court reports appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 2 Apr 1896 – Page 4, Column 5

Circuit Court.

Francis M. Long vs. Andrew C. Downey and Andrew P. Downey; complaint on note and in attachment. Dismissed.

The Vevay Deposit Bank, of Vevay, Indiana, vs. Andrew C. Downey and Andrew P. Downey; to foreclose mortgage. Dismissed.

State ex rel Ella Monroe vs. Anthony Adams; bastardy. Continued.

Leah A. Haynes vs. Flora Nowlin; damages. Continued.

Mary C. Hastings, Sallie Muret and Franklin P. Muret vs. George P. Muret, Claude Muret and Alta Muret; partition. Continued for the collection of purchase money.

R. Haskins & Co. vs. Walter D. Cotton; on note. Dismissed.

Isaac Heyn and Samuel Heyn vs. Nora Satchwell; appeal. Dismissed.

Frank W. Cole vs. Jacob Zinkhorn; to foreclose mortgage. Defendant defaults. Sale ordered.

The Union Furniture Co. vs. Chas. V. Thiebaud, Trustee, et al; appeal. Opinion from Supreme Court. Reversed.

State vs. Joseph E. Edrington; provoke. Plea of not guilty. Trial by Court. Acquittal.

State vs. Peter Leap; carrying concealed weapons. Continued.

State vs. Peter Leap; assault and battery with intent. Continued.

John A. Weaver vs. The Moorefield Academy, of Moorefield, Switzerland County, Indiana, et al. Continued.

Levina C. Meacham vs. Elisha S. Griffith, Mary E. Griffith, et al; partition. Report of Commissioners approved.

Wm. Cohn vs. Julius Kahn; complaint on contract. Dismissed.

 

PROBATE.

In the matter of the Guardianship of Willie Fallis; Nat. M. Fallis, Guardian; final report. Approved.

In the matter of the heirs of Julius Detraz, deceased; Eliza Detraz Guardian; partial report. Approved.

In the matter of the heirs of James Huston, deceased; George W. Huston, Guardian; final report. Approved.

In the matter of the estate of Green Bondurant, deceased; Frank M. Bondurant, Admr.; final report. Approved.

In the matter of the estate of Ann Armstrong, deceased; Wm. H. Mellick, Admr.; final report. Approved.

All the Official acts performed by Clerk during vacation were approved by the Court.

In the matter of the estate of Mary White, deceased; Francis M. Griffith, Admr.; final report. Continued.

In the matter of the estate of Hannah Carver, deceased; Wm. H. Carver, Admr.; final settlement. Continued.

In the matter of the Estate of Jeremiah McCreary, deceased; Jackson Land, Admr.; final report. Continued.

In the matter of the estate of Rebecca Campbell, deceased; Geo. S. Pleasants, Admr. Continued.

In the matter of the Guardianship of Frankie Stucy, et al; Barbarla Stucy, Guardian. Continued.

In the matter of the estate of Jacob C. Baker, deceased; Rosa Baker, Admrx.; final report. Approved.

In the matter of the Trust Estate of Sylvia D. Delvecehia; Chas. C. Shaw, Trustee; partial report. Approved.

Guardianship of Frank Hastings, minor heir of John B. Hastings, deceased; Mary C. Hastings, Guardian; petition to sell real estate. Sale ordered.

Estate of Frank Fancher, deceased, set off to widow as being under $500 in value.

Estate of John M. Dunn, deceased, set off to widow as being under $500 in value.

In the matter of the heir of Henry Lock, deceased; Philip I. Lock, Guardian; partial report. Approved.

In the matter of the Guardianship of Allen E. Wiley, deceased; Michael Long, Guardian; final report. Approval withheld pending the payment of cost.

In the matter of the estate of Catharine A. Truitt, deceased. Wm. H. Madison appointed Admr.

In the matter of the estate of Grover H. Hastings, deceased. Eugene Stoops appointed Admr.

In the matter of the estate of Peter Nichol, deceased; Wm. S. Kincaid, Executor; petition to sell as an insolvent. Sale ordered.

In the matter of the estate of Wm. Norris, deceased; George W. Norris, Admr.; final report. Approved.

In the matter of the Guardianship of the minor heirs of John B. Hastings, deceased; Mary C. Hastings, Guardian; final report as to Grover H. Hastings; partial report as to Frank Hastings. Approved.

Loring & Clendening vs. Israel P. Loring, Admr. of the estate of David K. Armstrong, deceased; claim on account $119.84. Allowed.

Loring & Clendening vs. Israel P. Loring, Admr. of the estate of David K. Armstrong, deceased; claim on account $27.50. Allowed.

Israel P. Loring vs. Israel P. Loring, Admr. of the estate of David K. Armstrong, deceased; claim on account $509.90. Allowed.

Miranda Norris, Admrx. of the estate of Hugh L. Norris, deceased, vs. George W. Norris, Admr. of the estate of Wm. Norris, deceased, to remove Admr. Dismissed.

Geo. S. Pleasants, Exr. of the last will of Julia H. McCormick, deceased, vs. Eugene Tardy, Alice Tardy, et al; petition to sell. Continued.

Guardianship of Frankie L. Stucy, et al; Barbaria Stucy, Guardian; to sell real estate. Continued.

Wm. S. Kincaid, Admr. of the estate of Sarah A. Long, deceased, vs. James Long, Zack Long, Jane Gurley, et al; to sell real estate. Continued.

Thos. Carver, Admr. of the estate of Charlotte Schmeid, deceased, vs. Nancy Platt, et al; petition to sell real estate. Continued.

In the matter of the heirs of David Blodget, deceased; Robert Sharp, Guardian; partial report. Approved.

In the matter of the estate of Horace Vannatter, deceased. Henry A. Downey appointed Admr.

State ex rel Lucilla M. Griffith vs. Joshua D. Griffith; for appointment of Guardian. Defendant adjudged a person of unsound mind, and Lucilla M. Griffith appointed Guardian.

In the matter of the Guardianship of Hannah J. Paugh, an insane person; Wm. Raiston, Guardian; partial report. Approved.

In the matter of the estate of James Reed, deceased; Wm. I. Reed, Admr.; report. Continued.

In the matter of the estate of Henry Boyd, deceased; Nathias Funk, Admr.; Continued.

Robert Sharp, Guardian, vs. Chas. Blodget, et al; petition to sell real estate. Dismissed.

Vevay Reveille – 9 Apr 1896 – Page 4, Column 5

Circuit Court.

Maggie Cousins vs. Joseph A. Cousins; on note and on attachment. Judgment for defendant.

John T. Boulton et al vs. Alexander Lemon; partition of real estate. Sale ordered.

The Merchants National Bank of Indianapolis vs. Oliver S. Clendening, Joseph E. Hart and Benjamin L. Blair; on note. Continued.

Cordelia Peak vs. Supply Walker; insanity. Dismissed.

Angie Walker vs. Cordelia Peak; slander. Judgment for plaintiff for $120.

State vs. John Hayes; assault with intent to murder. Plea of not guilty; trial by Jury. Found guilty and fined $50.

State vs. Chas. Smith; assault and battery with intent to murder; Plea of not guilty; trial by Court. Found guilty and fined $10 and 30 days in county jail.

 

PROBATE.

In the matter of the estate of David K. Armstrong, deceased; Israel P. Loring, Admr.; report of sale of real estate. Approved.

In the matter of the heirs of James H. Richards, deceased. Calvin R. Green, Guardian; partial report. Approved.

Chas. C. Shaw, Trustee of Sylvia D. Delvechia; additional bond. Approved.

In the matter of the Guardianship of Aurelia Filbre, an insane person; Wm. C. Robins Guardian; partial report and resignation. Approved.

In the matter of the Guardianship of John D. Dufour, an insane person; Francis R. Dufour, Guardian. Continued for final settlement until next term of Court.

Thomas R. Wiley, Exr. of the last will of Wm. T. Wiley, deceased; vs. Lucinda M. Webber, et al; petition to sell real estate. Continued.

Guardianship of Margaret Clark. Wm. Tait appointed Guardian.

Judge Downey adjourned Court and went home, Rising Sun, last Thursday. He appointed C. S. Tandy Special Judge to reassemble Court Tuesday to try the case of Prudence McCreary vs. Laughery Turnpike Co., brought here on change of venue. The case is now being tried. Tuesday the cases of State vs. John Hayes and Charles Smith, were also tried before Judge Tandy—Smith by Court and Hayes by Jury.

Switzerland County Real Estate Transfers – Apr 1896

Switzerland County, Indiana, real estate transfers for April 1896 appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 9 Apr 1896 – Page 4, Column 4

Land Sales.
Deeds Recorded Since Our Last Report.

  • Charles Saberton and wife to Mary J. Ebliin
  • Charlotte Jackson and husband to Andrew T. Cook
  • Andrew T. Cook and wife to Francis A. Jackson
  • Mary A. Taylor and husband to Frank McKay
  • John Dickason and wife to William W. Marsh
  • Margaret Chapman et al to Lewis Chapman
  • Emiline Redd and husband to Pheabe J. Larrison
  • Pheabe Larrison to Emaline Redd
  • Israel P. Loring, Administrator, to Albert G. Craig
  • Israel P. Loring, Administrator, to Charles Keisel
  • Ollie Roberts and husband to Freeman Russell
  • Stephen J. Searcy to Mose P. and Grace Searcy

APRIL.

  • Smith Turner and wife to John W. Barnes
  • John W. Barnes to Smith Turner
  • Elmer E. Brown to George W. Sharp
  • Elmer C. Brown to Lavander Sharp
  • Israel P. Loring, Administrator, to Francis M. Griffith
  • Jeremiah Downey and wife to Sarah H. Dennis
  • Jeremiah Downey and wife to Sarah H. Dennis
  • Joseph F. Cousins to Eliza E. Burton
  • Sarah H. Dennis and husband to Jeremiah Downey
  • Rufus Dibble to William S. Lostutter
  • Charles Markland and wife to Mary A. Greenleaf
  • Israel P. Loring, Administrator, to Oliver S. Clendening

Vevay Reveille – 23 Apr 1896 – Page 4, Column 4

Land Sales.
Deeds Recorded Since Our Last Repot.

  • Bessie E. Rayl and husband to Gustaf H. Schrumpf
  • Henry Harper and wife to Perry K. Cotton
  • Henry Harper and wife to Perry K. Cotton
  • George Johnson and wife to William Stephenson
  • Mary C. Hastings, Guardian, to Andrew B. Price
  • Julius A. Hastings et al to Andrew B. Price
  • George J. Waltz to Griffith Waltz
  • Thomas J. Gibbs and wife to Chas. Vinup
  • Joel Davis and wife to Edgar Dibble
  • Frank P. Dupraz and wife to Wilber L. Fisk
  • Joseph Parker and wife to George W. Parker and wife
  • William Carver et al to William Stratchman and wife
  • D. N. Haydon and wife to Jeffrey Miles
  • Dudley Leep and wife to Joseph Adams
  • John Dickason and wife to George F. Simpson
  • Eliza McKay to Nicholas V. Ash
  • Lucy Gribben and husband to Forrest Griffith and wife
  • Joseph E. Hart, Auditor, to John F. Plew

Vevay Reveille – 30 Apr 1896 – Page 4, Column 6

Land Sales.
Deeds Recorded Since Our Last Report.

  • Hiram Lostutter to Marion Lostutter
  • Hiram Lostutter et al to Marion Lostutter
  • Rachel Johnson and husband to George W. Ash
  • Montgomery Patton and wife to George Gaudin
  • Julia A. Brown to Robert E. Tilton and wife

Patriot High School Graduation – 1896

Patriot High School [Switzerland County, Indiana] graduation report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 2 Apr 1896 – Page 5, Column 2

PATRIOT HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.

The sixth annual Commencement of the Patriot High School was held at the M. E. Church last Friday evening. The large, handsome building, which has an accommodation for about 400, was completely packed, many being unable to get seats or even standing room. The pulpit was tastefully decorated with flowers and ribbons.

The class, composed of ten members, four girls and six boys, is the largest in the history of the School, and, in point of ability, will rank with any preceding class. The orations showed careful preparation, originality, and an ability to discuss literary themes.

Following is the names of the graduates and their subjects:

  • Bessie Fletcher—Heroes.
  • Avery Huston—Invention, the Child of Necessity.
  • Mary Dibble—The Power of the Pope.
  • Hubert Broodwell—England’s Aggrandizements.
  • Bertha Harris—Are we a Race of Idolaters?
  • Nola Humphrey—Woman’s Place in Literature.
  • Fred Schroder—The Rise and Fall of a Great Nation.
  • Daisy Dibble—“Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before.”
  • Pop Green—The Magazine as an Educator.
  • George Moredock—“Put None but Americans on Guard.

The graduates acquitted themselves nobly, and merited the profuse congratulations that were showered upon them.

Rev. J. W. Johnson, of the M. E. Church, offered the Invocation, and Rev. J. D. Shultz, of the Presbyterian Church, the Benediction.

Music was furnished by home talent, excepting H. D. Conrad, of Florence, violinist.

The Instructors for the past year were: O. M. Given, Principal; M. K. Huston, Grammar Department; Miss Laura Lamson, Intermediate; and Miss Bessie Philips, Primary.

The School Board is composed of Henry Schroder, President; Edwin E. North, Secretary; Selar Mead, Treasurer.

Sunday morning Rev. Jahnson delivered an interesting and instructive Sermon to the Class. Subject, “Measure Yourself by God’s Yardstick.”

The Alumni held its annual meeting and Banquet at the school building Monday evening.

Switzerland County Real Estate Transfers – Mar 1896

Switzerland County, Indiana, real estate transfers for March 1896 appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 5 Mar 1896 – Page 4, Column 3

Land Sales.
Deeds Recorded Since Our Last Report.

  • George Dibble and Lydia Dibble to William Lostutter
  • Electra E. Serviel and husband to George Dibble
  • Thomas McCreary and wife to William McCreary and wife
  • William McCreary and wife to Thomas F. McCreary
  • Jane Hastie and John Hastie to B. F. Bennett
  • Armittee Clendening and husband to William Sauvain and wife
  • John Marsh and wife to George N. Reeves

Vevay Reveille – 19 Mar 1896 – Page 4, Column 1

Land Sales.
Deeds Recorded Since Our Last Report.

  • Jane Dugan et al to Mary C. Hastings
  • Amelia McGuire and husband to George W. Butler and wife
  • Perry K. Cotton to Clarence B. Cotton
  • Jackson Claghorn and wife to Robert A. Stevens
  • George W. Lock and wife to Mathew Brown
  • Charles O. Waldo to Otis S. Waldo

Vevay Reveille – 26 Mar 1896 – Page 4, Column 4

Land Sales.
Deeds Recorded Since Our Last Report.

  1. Hannah C. Scott and husband to Wilson L. Crandall
  2. Tunis N. Carnine and wife to Henry E. Carnine
  3. Julius Schrumpf and wife to William Told and Gustaf H. Schrumpf
  4. Francis M. Stewart to Bertha E. Stewart
  5. Eastview Cemetery Co. to Elizabeth E. Brown
  6. A. C. Downey and wife to D. N. Haydon and wife
  7. D. N. Haydon and wife to Andrew C. Downey
  8. Harvey Walker and wife to Peter R. Lostutter and wife
  9. Parmelia Peters et al to William Culbertson

Switzerland County Commissioners – Mar 1896

Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ proceedings appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 12 Mar 1896 – Page 4, Column 2

COUNTY BUSINESS.

Edgar Dibble, George W. Sanders and Thomas Montayne, County Commissioners, met Monday, March 2, and adjourned last Monday, 9th.

John C. Hudson was granted a license to retail liquors in Patriot.

Dorwin Marshal applied for license to retail liquor in Florence. Two hundred and twenty-three voters of York Township filed their remonstrance against granting said license. George S. Pleasants appeared as attorney for Marshal and L. E. Smith for remonstrators. It was conceded that 223 was a majority of the voters of York Township. Under a provision of the Nicholson law this prevented the granting of a license to Marshal, but Marshal, through his attorney, presented a paper containing the names of twenty-two voters who had previously signed the remonstrance, asking that their names be stricken from the remonstrance. The legal question before the Commissioners was, had these men the right to withdraw their names from the remonstrance after it was filed and before the Board for action? The Commissioners finally decided they had the right to withdraw their names. This left the names of remonstrators below a majority of the voters, and resulted in Board granting license to Marshal.

A contract was made with the “Indiana Childrens Home Society” by which it was agreed the County would pay $50 to the Society for each dependent child taken from this county and placed in proper home. The Society guarantees that no child placed in its charge shall become a charge upon the county before it is eighteen. Either party may terminate the contract on six months notice.

William H. Scott and others petitioned for a free gravel road in York Township. 1st, the extension of the present Log Lick Creek gravel road from its present Northern terminus to the McCreary Hill. 2d, the Florence and Patriot road, extending from Florence along highway to Posey Township line. 3d, the road leading from Florence to Quercus Grove, over the Turtle Creek and Delhi route. Martin G. Keeney, civil engineer, Perry K. Cotton and William H. Henry, were appointed viewers.

Thomas J. Lakeman and forty-three other voters of Cotton Township, presented a petition that Isaac H. Littlefield be appointed a Justice of the Peace and William W. Marsh a Constable, to fill vacancies in these offices in Cotton Township. They were both appointed.

William Waltz was allowed $50 damage as the result of building Plum Creek Gravel road requiring him to build an embankment to reach his land.

Jasper N. Brindley, Superintendent of County Poor Asylum, reported twenty-five inmates and was allowed $231.20 for keeping them last quarter.

James V. Anderson and others petitioned for a road in Craig Township. It passes over lands of James Banta, Harry Shaw, John R. Shaw and William T. Detraz. William O. Marble, Clarence Drake and George Gaudin, were appointed viewers. To report at next regular term.

R. Bruce Huston and other petitioned for location of highway in Posey Township. Commencing in the center of the old road leading from Florence to Patriot, through lands of Charles Adams, Clara North, Abbie North, Cornelius Noel, Harvey W. Scranton, Luther Buck, Thomas F. Newbold and others. W. C. Stewart and others filed a remonstrance. Jas. M. Scott, Perry K. Cotton and William H. Henry were appointed viewers. To report at next regular term.

Clara T. Fisk filed a claim of $50 for damages as result of Road Supervisor of District No. 6, Posey Township, removing fence and using land for a public highway. Martin Barker, Alvin Driver and James Stewart appointed viewers to assess damages. To report next regular term.

Last Thursday the Board of Commissioners, by virtue of their office being the Board of Turnpike Directors of Free Gravel Roads, spent the day inspecting said roads.

Delpha Orem was appointed to use County Scholarship in Purdue University.

The Orphans Friends Society of Vevay was granted $158.25 for maintenance of seven children, 91 days.

Milo Ogle and others appeared and voluntarily asked to dismiss their petition for relocation of highway. Granted.

Switzerland County Circuit Court – Jan 1896

Switzerland County, Indiana, Circuit Court report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 23 Jan 1895 – Page 4, Column 5

LAW REPORT.
Switzerland Circuit Court.
Judge A. C. Downey.

Carroll S. Tandy was appointed special Judge in case of Prudence McCreary vs. Laughery Turnpike Co. et al, and case continued.

State vs. John Doe, alias George Brown; arson. Grand Jury did not find indictment and he was discharged.

The Grand Jury returned nine indictments.

Stephen D. Redden vs. Ferdinand Broadwell et al; to quiet title to real estate. Submitted to Court. Judgement for defendant. In reference to Cross complaint Almira Broadwell in regard to lot 144 B. H.’s add Patriot, title quitted.

Clara Stockdale vs. Eliza McKay et al; partition of real estate. Joseph H. Netherland and John H. Reed, Commissioners, presented their report of partition, which was approved.

Mary Fisk vs. Arthur Taylor and Jane Martha Taylor; to foreclose mortgage. Judgment for now due $215.50; $224 due Sept. 24, 1896; $236 due Sept. 24, 1897, and foreclosure. The Court ordered that no order of sale be issued until thirty days after Jan. 9th; and if amount now due be paid then, no order be issued until next note due.

Hulley Griswold vs. Clara E. Griswold; divorce. Trial by Court. Divorce granted plaintiff and he given custody of their child McKinley Griswold.

Susan A. Cole vs. Milton R. Cole; divorce. Not granted.

John T. Boulton et al vs. Alexander Lemons et al; partition of real estate. Court found it not susceptible of division and appointed George S. Pleasants Commissioner to sell.

Bridget Morrisey vs. John L. Thiebaud et al; on note and to foreclose mortgage. Judgment for $1830, and foreclosure.

F. M. Griffith, Receiver of Vevay Woollen Mills Co., insolvent. Total receipts $810.05. Liabilities, $21,629.42. There were paid these creditors 3 1-5 percent. Final report approved, and matter closed.

Lovina C. Meacham vs. Elisha S. Griffith, Mary E. Griffith, et al, partition. Martin G. Kennzy, David N. Haydon, and Benjamin N. Davis, appointed Commissioners to partition land.

Joseph Patterson vs. Gustaff Schrumpf and Wm. L. Told; complaint on account. Judgment favor of defendants.

Viola Shafer committed to Indiana Reform School for Girls, until 18, or legally discharged by the Board of Managers.

John J. McCreary vs. Daniel and Jesse Sprague; trespass. Finding for defendants.

Several cases were continued and several dismissed.

 

BEFORE W. R. JOHNSTON, SPECIAL JUDGE.

John W. Neal vs. Millard F. Wainscott; damages. Verdict of Jury for defendant.

Switzerland County Real Estate Transfers – Feb 1896

Switzerland County, Indiana, real estate transfers for February 1896 appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 13 Feb 1896 – Page 1, Column 1

Land Sales.
Deeds Recorded Since Our Last Report.

  • G[?]ael White to John H. Mehehoff
  • Mary A. Ridgeway to Jennie Martin
  • Jennie Martin and husband to Mary A. Ridgeway

FEBRUARY.

  • John Sheperd to Roda J. Sheperd
  • W. S. Kincaid, Executor, to Susan M[?]ings
  • A[?]nie Vandover, Administratrix, to Harvey Buchanan
  • Laura J. Gleason to Harry E. Pavy and wife
  • Joseph Voris and wife to Cornelius A. Voris
  • John Stoops and wife to Aaron Henry
  • Zella C. Dufour and Abner P. Dufour to Robert T. Graham
  • Lewis H. Dennis and wife to Charles Althol
  • John Montayne to James Cole
  • Charlotte Campbell and husband to John Althoff
  • Charlotte Campbell and husband to Clementine Campbell
  • Clementine Campbell and husband to Charlotte Campbell and husband
  • Gustaf H. Schrumpf and wife to Mollie Carver
  • Mollie Carver and Ted Carver to Thomas Carver

Vevay Reveille – 20 Feb 1896 – Page 4, Column 4

Land Sales.
Deeds Recorded Since Our Last Report.

  • Joseph E. Hart, Auditor, to Mary E. Mix and Sarah A. Mix
  • Martin M. Fish to William H. Scott
  • Archidale Edrington to George W. Ricketts
  • James Cole to John Montayne
  • Griffith S. Bryam and wife to Fred Slack and wife
  • Circuit Court to Emma Means
  • Circuit Court to Kate Gaurmer
  • George N. Reeves and wife to John Marsh

Vevay Reveille – 27 Feb 1896 – Page 4, Column 4

Land Sales.
Deeds Recorded Since Our Last Report.

  • Emma B. Muret and husband to Montgomery Patton
  • Thomas Higham to Charles H. Lee
  • Charles H. Lee and Mary E. Lee to Henderson Works