The Switzerland County Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 20 Dec 1883 – Page 4, Column 5
A List of Allowances
Made by the Board of County Commissioners, at their regular December Term, 1883:
FOR PAUPERS.
Mrs. Julia Woolf, keeping Parker boy, $11.50
Mrs. Mary Kilgore, for herself, $12.50
Dicey Estes, keeping pauper children, $15.00
Golay & Stevens, school books for poor children, $7.04
Z. I. Yonge & Co., for Mrs. Bowman, Holdcroft, Jennings and Moody, $24.60
Hall & Lewis, for Mrs. LeClerc, $10.00
Told Bros., for coal for Mrs. Cole, Davels, Schencks, Boggs family and Mrs. Holdcroft, $15.40
F. J. Holdcroft, coffin for C. Peelman, $6.00
Ben. Cole, sundries for Mrs. Moody, $7.55
Shull & Brown, for Mrs. Jennings, $2.00
James C. Kincaid, for Miss Bettie Lewis, $2.61
James C. Kincaid, for Amanda Willis, $6.14
Matthew Brown & Son, sundries for Mrs. Cole, $5.00
U. P. Schenck & Son, sundries for Boggs family, $28.87
O. S. Waldo, sundries for Mrs. Bowen, $3.00
F. L. Grisard, sundries for Mrs. Jennings, $12.72
F. L. Grisard, sundries for Mrs. Holdcroft, $4.48
F. L. Grisard, sundries for Mrs. Snyder, $5.00
Thomas H. Downey, sundries for C. Peelman, $5.00
Wm. Smith, for digging grave for C. Peelman, $2.00
George W. Golay, taking children to poor house, $2.00
Shaw & Detraz, for Susan Day, $2.00
Dr. George W. Hewitt, 6 months pauper physician, $37.50
Isaac Gray, sundries for Lowe, $5.00
John L. Thiebaud, school books, poor, Vevay, $13.70
James A. Works, rent for Boggs family, $10.00
S. R. Tinker, coffin for Mrs. Geo. Gilbert, $6.00
F. B. Cunningham, for Nicholas Wycoff, $14.70
F. B. Cunningham, for Sutherland, $2.00
F. B. Cunningham, for Mrs. Manuel, $11.50
F. B. Cunningham, for Wm. Lee’s family, $0.50
Hiram Ford, for J. R. Blodget, $9.89
Hiram Ford, for Mrs. Courtney, $2.00
Hiram Ford, for Mrs. Manuel, $7.60
James T. Marsh, for J. R. Blodget, $2.90
Miss O. H. Rickets, for Mrs. McDaniel, $8.00
C. G. Adams, for Mrs. Courtney, $6.00
C. G. Adams, for Mrs. Manuel, $11.08
A. V. Morrison, for W. Lee’s family, $2.00
Robt. Scott, for hauling Susan Manuel to poor house, $1.00
R. G. Simpson, 6 months, poor physician, $17.00
Ira Banta, for Chas. Osborn, $3.00
Frank Higgins, for keeping Fleming Jones, $10.00
F. & A. J. Siebenthal, for Chas. Osborn, $3.00
F. & A. J. Siebenthal, for Mrs. Ostrander, $2.68
O. S. Waldo, for Mrs. Ostrander, $9.75
O. S. Waldo, for Chas. Osborn, $5.00
Told Bros., for Chas. Osborn, $2.00
C. V. Thiebaud, for Chas. Osborn, $3.00
Peter Pelser, for keeping Ben Pelser, $10.00
James H. Gibbs, for Tibbetts family, $27.94
James H. Gibbs, for Richards boys, $2.20
S. R. Heath, for Cynthia Ricketts, $3.00
S. R. Heath, for Elias Brown, $15.90
S. R. Heath, for Bills children, $4.75
Simpson & Brown, for Andrew Boyd, $10.52
David B. Lee, for Richards boys, $3.00
David B. Lee, for Cynthia Ricketts, $3.85
Lydia Robbins, for keeping Clara Sloan, $10.00
S. R. Tinker, for coffin for Missouri Johnson, $6.00
John D. Phillips, for house rent for J. W. Miller, $4.50
O. D. Cunningham, for Mahala Wheeler, $10.00
O. D. Cunningham, for Mary McClelland, $10.00
O. D. Cunningham, for Sophia Skidmore, $5.00
O. D. Cunningham, for Mrs. Perkins, $8.00
O. D. Cunningham, for Mrs. Burk, $10.00
O. D. Cunningham, for Mrs. Shull, $5.00
O. D. Cunningham, for Polly Boyd, $10.00
A. Benedict, for Nancy J. Bosaw, $15.75
Schrumpf & Told, for John W. Miller, $17.88
Schrumpf & Told, for C. Fredenberg, $10.11
John L. O’Neal, for Mahala Wheeler, $5.00
John L. O’Neal, for John W. Miller, $6.92
John L. O’Neal, for Mary McLelland, $5.00
G. W. Hewitt, for poor Physician, $15.00
William Gockle, for Mrs. Jones, $8.00
E. M. Cheever, for poor Physician, $30.00
Dr. Edward Tevis, small pox cases, $30.00
Wm. M. Patton, coffin for P. Hefferman, $5.00
Geo. W. Hathorn, building and repairing poor house, $315.89
James Curry, Jr., cistern on poor farm, $90.00
James Curry, keeping paupers at poor house, $597.31
James Curry, repairs and material, $103.37
C. Goldenburg & Son, furnace, pipes, &c., $196.70
Shuff & Waldo, lumber, $11.44
F. L. Grisard, fence wire, locks, &c., $49.34
U. P. Schenck & Son, sundries for repairs, $9.91
James A. Works, Jr., hauling Grand Jury, $3.60
Wm. Brindley, superintending and hauling, $12.00
John Gill, plans, specifications, and contracts, $5.00
COUNTY OFFICERS’ FEES.
John Gill, 2 months salary, filing, &c., $291.13
P. C. Holland, 1 month salary, filing, &c., $145.87
Jas. R. Hart, salary as Co. Superintendent, $247.20
Wm. C. Robinson, salary, &c., as Treasurer, $260.00
Wm. S. Tower, seven days Com. Court, $14.00
Luther C. Buck, seven days as Commissioner, $24.50
Wm. Brindley, seven days as Commissioner, $24.50
Robert Scott, seven days as Commissioner, $24.50
COURT HOUSE EXPENSE.
U. H. McHenry, fee, $1.92
C. O. Thiebaud, $2.05
Goldenburg & Son, repairing of stoves, $2.25
H. Weals, painting Court House, $322.00
John W. Boyd, repairing roof, $3.00
Wm. S. Tower, care Court House, $10.00
U. P. Schenck & Son, $1.91
J. E. Morton, making black board, $7.00
John Gill, office expense, $3.40
John L. Thiebaud, coal oil, &c., $5.55
Hiram Corns, ice, $0.55
John Melcher, coal, $50.00
P. C. Holland, office expense, $1.65
JURY EXPENSE.
Wm. S. Tower, summoning juries, $49.00
HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE EXPENSE.
Wade’s Run Bridge, $331.75
Luther C. Buck, 5 days superintending above bridge, $10.00
Wm. Scott, viewing road 2 days, $3.00
Erastus Ford, viewing road 2 days, $3.00
Henry Dibble, viewing road 2 days, $3.00
S. H. Morison, viewing road 2 days, $3.00
Wm. Faulkner, lumber for Indian Creek bridge, $7.82
Sarah Land, damage to property, $13.50
Wm. S. Tower, summoning viewers, $8.90
John Gill, planning, &c., for Wade’s Run, $5.00
CRIMINAL.
Clement’s gratings and locks, $136.00
Z. I. Yonge & Co., blankets, $12.00
R. S. Northcott, work on jail, $16.50
Isaac Turner, freights on locks, &c., $1.15
Goldenburg & Son, repairing on jail stoves, $4.35
Thomas J. Gordon, work on jail, $78.50
Wm. S. Tower, boarding, receiving and discharging prisoners, $110.45
BOOKS, STATIONERY AND PRINTING.
Vevay Democrat, $13.00
Levy, Baker & Co., $33.75
W. J. Baird, $15.20
W. B. Buford, $9.50
Indianapolis Journal Company, $34.40