The Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 14 Dec 1876 – Page 4, Column 3
List of Allowances
Made by the Board of County Commissioners of Switzeralnd County, at its December Term, 1876:
F. J. Hollcroft, 3 coffins, &c., $17.00
O. S. Waldo, bed tick for Poor House, $12.78
C. W. Johnson, amount for Mrs. Spears, $14.00
W. H. Wallick, school books for pauper children, $7.52
Hen Pelser, quarterly allowance, $10.00
John W. Shadday, medical service, $12.00
Thomas J. Griffith, medical service, $2.00
Wm. Smith, digging two graves, $6.00
Noah Martin and family, quarterly allowance, $20.00
Wesley McHenry, sundries for Mrs. Picket, $6.00
Charles Moody, quarterly allowance, $10.00
E. M. Cheever, Pauper Physician, $17.50
J. M. Fisk, Pauper Physician $19.04
Matt. Worstell, boarding, &c., at Poor House, $411.60
Theo. Bonnell, sundries for paupers, $5.00
Wm. Patton, coffin and Funeral expenses of Mrs. Breeden, $15.00
John Chatelin, coal to Noah Martin, $7.00
O. S. Waldo, lime and cement for Poor House, $19.10
H. Stucy, foundation for smoke house for Poor House, $69.75
R. F. Grisard & Bro., sundries for Poor House, $32.31
Union Furniture Co., sundries for Poor House, $1.30
D. C. Hatch, carpenter work for Poor House, $68.60
Thos. Slater, work on cisterns for Poor House, $22.23
Matt. Worstell, boarding workmen for Poor House, $23.50
Willard Bosaw, repairs on Loglick bridge, $4.60
Joseph Lazenby, Fox Scalps, $2.00
O P. Wallick, erroneous tax, $2.00
U. P. Schenck & Son, lime for privies, $1.10
F. J. Hollcroft, ballot box for Pleasant Township, $3.60
John N. Searcy, interest on borrowed money, $21.64
Bradly Gilbert & Co., books and stationery, $12.00
Newell H. Morrison, Road Viewer, $3.00
Thomas F. Adams, Road Viewer, $3.00
William Brown, Road Viewer, $3.00
C. W. Johnson, interest on borrowed money, $31.20
James Cowan, interest on borrowed money, $23.78
C. J. Robenstein, salary as County Superintendent from June to October, $73.50
C. J. Robenstein, for back pay, $107.00
W. J. Baird, public printing, $38.25
Bristow & Lock, coal to jail, $4.31
Geo. McAdams stoves, pipe, and repairs for Court House and Jail, $59.75
John Buchanan, Road Viewer, $3.00
John McHenry, Road Viewer, $3.00
Julius Blach, pants for prisoner, $2.00
John Gill, quarterly salary, $476.85
John Gill, bill office expenses, $3.35
Wm. Dalgleish, Road Reviewer, $9.00
John Archer, Road Reviewer, $6.75
C. J. Ryan, Road Reviewer, $6.75
W. B. Burford, Books and stationery, $233.15
F. M. Griffith, quarterly salary, $250.00
F. M. Griffith, office expense, $5.35
F. M. Griffith, am’t paid interest county orders, $29.53
F. M. Griffith, paid repairing grate, $1.25
F. M. Griffith, interest on county bonds, $515.76
Jas. Anderson, C. H. expense, coal oil, &c., $2.30
M. H. Roberts, two cords wood for kindling, $8.00
Newton Short, sawing, splitting and storing same, $3.00
John W. Moxley, glazing Court House window, $0.75
G. J. Dalmazzo, taking care McBride, $15.00
Wm. Stewart, 5 days as Commissioner, $20.00
John Rochat, hauling water, jail, $1.00
Jos. Peelman, cutting stove pipe holes, &c., C. R., $1.25
David Scott, 6 days as Commissioner, $24.00
Philander Morrison, 6 days as Commissioner, $24.00
J. C. Long, 6 days as Sheriff, $12.00
Adkinson & Ward, Attorney’s fee, $20.00