Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 13 Dec 1888 – Page 4, Column 5

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ COURT.
List of Allowances made by the Court of County Commissioners of Switzerland County, Indiana, at their Regular Term, Dec., 1888:

PAUPER EXPENSE.

Comes Charles C. McVey, Trustee of Jefferson Township, and overseer of the poor of the said Township and reports the following assistance ordered by him for the poor of his Township last quarter:

• F. L. Grisard, goods for Simeon Leach, $15.00
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mrs. Mary Jennings, $14.00
• F. L. Grisard, goods for G. I. Taylor, $8.25
• F. L. Grisard, goods for A. Hewitt, $8.21
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mrs. Bosaw, $6.20
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Samuel Butler, $3.25
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mrs. Dan’l Wilcox, $1.05
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mrs. George Saberton, $1.00
• F. L. Grisard, house rent for Wm. Daily, $9.00
• Robert Smiley, keeping Joseph Peelman, $15.00
• Shaw & Detraz, goods for John Sullivan, $6.00
• Shaw & Detraz, goods for Rhoda Steele, $6.00
• Geo. N. Reeves, goods for Hawes Redd, $5.00
• Geo. N. Reeves, goods for Sarah Miller & daughter, $14.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Nancy Schenck, $6.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Joseph Bullock, $8.50
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Elizabeth Simpson, 6.00
• B. H. North, goods for Polly McClelland & daughter, $10.00
• Benedict Bros., goods for Polly McClelland and daughter, $6.00
• A. J. Schenck, goods for Boggs family, $8.50
• A. J. Schenck, goods for Mrs. Nancy Schenck, $5.50
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Noah Martin, $4.00
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Rhoda Steele, $2.00
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mr. Butler, $4.20
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mrs. Bosaw, $3.30
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mrs. Jennings, $2.65
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Simeon Leach, $4.00
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished Mrs. Saberton & Bair, $4.00
• F. M. Turner, house rent for Polly McClelland, $6.00
• Dr. Johnston, house rent for Elizabeth Simpson, $1.50
• Wm. Smith, digging grave for Harriet Sullivan, $2.00

Additional Allowances in Jefferson Township.

• Mrs. A. Russell, house rent for Rhoda Steele, $6.00
• A. G. Craig, house rent for Mrs. Leach, $3.00
• A. G. Craig, house rent for Margaret Holdcroft, $2.00
• Fred Saberton, rent for Nancy Schenck, $3.75
• J. L. Thiebaud, school books for poor children, $10.00
• P. T. Hartford, shoes for Mrs. John Bair & child, $3.50
• Dicey Estes, for keeping 2 McGee children, $12.00
• Mary Gottamiller, for keeping John Gottamiller, $10.00
• Julia Wolf, for keeping Bennie Barker, $11.25
• Noah Martin, allowed for himself, $10.00
• James Curry, keeping Barnes boy, $10.00
• Eleanor Courtney, keeping Pelsor child, $8.00
• Harry Schmied, house rent for Boggs family, $6.00
• John W. Smiley, coffin for Mrs. Holdcraft, $5.00
• Mrs. Lucy Detraz, house rent for Mrs. John Orem, $8.00

Comes J. D. Froman, Township Trustee and overseer of the poor of York Township, and presents the following bill of allowances made by him for the poor of York Township last quarter:

• W. C. Robinson, goods for Mahala Wheeler, $8.00
• W. C. Robinson, goods for Margaret See, $3.00
• Geo. N. Reeves, goods for Melvina Courtney, $25.00
• Geo. N. Reeves, goods for Nancy Bosaw, $1.65
• J. M. W. Langsdale, goods for Margaret See, $2.50
• J. M. W. Langsdale, goods for Nancy Clements, $2.50
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Sarah Burk, $4.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Harriet Burk, $4.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Robert Kilgore, $7.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Nancy Clements, $1.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Bettie Chase, $4.75
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Margaret Coy, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Nellie Skidmore, $8.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Calvin Fredenburg, $6.00
• W. C. & S. L. Benedict, goods for Mahala Wheeler, $4.00
• Indiana Fulton, keeping Sallie Nipper, $5.00
• J. I. O’Neal, flour for Calvin Fredenburg, $2.00

Comes Lemuel H. Emerson, Township Trustee and overseer of the poor, and reports the following allowances for the poor of his Township last quarter:

• N. H. North, goods for Christian Icenogle, $10.00
• N. H. North, goods for John Craig, $2.00
• E. E. North, goods for John Gurley, $4.00
• E. E. North, goods for Mrs. Frank Emerson, $5.00
• E. E. North, goods for Jacob Hodge, $5.00
• James Tull, goods for Andrew J. Boyd, $5.00
• Wm. Gockel, goods for Rebecca Day, $5.00
• Wm. Gockel, goods for Mrs. Peters, $5.00
• Wm. Gockel, goods for Sarah Jones, $5.00
• J. W. Love, goods for Rebecca Day, $5.00
• J. W. Love, goods for Paschal Lamkins, $5.00
• J. W. Love, goods for James Gray, $5.00
• J. W. Love, goods and shoes, family Mrs. Lou Rice, $4.25
• Harris & Galbreath, supplies for Mrs. H. Gillis, $10.00
• S. Howe & Co., goods for John Banks, $5.00
• L. H. Emerson, goods for Mauel Byram, $3.00
• R. A. Steele, box and burial case for Rebecca Day, $5.00

Charles C. Morrison, Trustee and overseer of the poor, reports the following assistance to the poor of Cotton Township last quarter:

• A. J. Sedam, goods for Thos. J. Heath & family, $12.00
• A. J. Sedam, goods for Robert Sedam, $2.00
• L. H. Dennis, house rent for Mary Merrill, $3.00
• James H. Gibbs, goods for David Tibbetts, $10.00
• James. H. Gibbs, goods for Elias Brown & wife, $19.50
• S. R. Heath, goods for Mary Merrill, $20.50
• S. R. Heath, goods for Indiana Johnson, $5.95
• H. M. Faudre, keeping Orville Bosaw & Mary Johnson, $21.25
• Mary Richmond, keeping Hugh Pelser, $8.00
• C. O. Potter, provision for John Andrews, $7.89

Additional Allowances in Cotton Township.

• Hugh Pickett, keeping 2 Pelser children, $20.00
• Thomas Lawton, keeping Ben Pelser, $12.00
• U. H. Stow, keeping Amanda English, $10.00
• John H. Robbins, keeping Eli Farwood, $10.00
• O. W. Potter, keeping Edith Miles from poor house, $10.62
• Wm. Carnine, keeping 3 pauper children, $31.87

Francis W. Cole, Trustee and overseer of the poor of Pleasant Township, reports assistance to the poor of his Township as follows during last quarter:

• William Rolston, goods for Dyken Aldrich, $3.00
• Scott Culberton, goods for Elijah Davis, $4.00
• James P. Marsh, goods for John E. Courtney, $8.00
• James P. Marsh, goods for Wm. R. Sutherland & wife, $6.23
• J. S. Steele, provisions for Jane Nelson, $10.00
• J. S. Steele, provisions for Wm. R. Sutherland & wife, $9.61
• Miss O. H. Ricketts, provisions for Mary McDanel, $10.00
• A. Gates & Son, provisions for M. D. Lientz, $9.00
• Z. I. Yonge, goods for M. R. Cole for keeping Nora Turner, $4.50
• Jacob Zinkhorn, 3 cords wood for Wm. R. Sutherland, $5.75

Additional for Pleasant Township.

• D. C. Valentine, keeping Ed LeClerc, $6.00
• James Mellen, house rent for Mrs. Lientz, $1.50

George D. Medary, Trustee and overseer of the poor of Craig Township, reports the following assistance ordered by him for the poor of his Township last quarter:

• Robert A. Stevens, school books and clothing for Rachel Roberts and 3 children, $14.63
• Otis S. Waldo, school books and goods for Alex Tilley and 2 orphan children, $6.00
• Otis S. Waldo, school books and clothing for Mrs. N. R. Waltz and 2 children, $6.12
• Hall & Fallis, goods for Ostrander family, $11.20
• Stephen Grimes, taking to poor house Alice Grimes, $2.00

Additional Allowance in Craig Township.

• Larkin Turner, keeping Wm. Turner, $10.00
• Nicholas Webber, keeping Sarah Adams, $10.00

Poor Asylum

• Enoch S. Adams, overseer and keeper of Asylum and Poor Farm, allowed for services and care of 41 inmates, $565.70
• Enoch S. Adams, fruit trees and vines for Poor Farm, $16.10
• A. J. Schenck, hardware and supplies for Poor Farm, $10.74
• C. Goldenburg & Son, repairs on furnace County Asylum, &c., $37.85
• Union Furniture Co., 1 doz. Chairs for County Asylum, $6.50

Poor Doctors.

• Dr. P. S. Sage, for Jefferson Township, $22.50
• Dr. J. H. Shadday, Craig Township, $21.00
• E. M. Cheever, Posey Township, $37.50
• John W. & C. L. VanOsdol, Cotton Township, $21.00
• John Woodside, Markland precinct, York Township, $12.50
• J. M. W. Langsdale, Florence precinct, York Township, $12.50
• Scott Culbertson, Moorefield precinct, Pleasant Township, $15.00

BOOKS, STATIONERY & PRINTING.

• Wm. J. Baird, advertising and printing, $21.40
• P. T. Hartford, printing blanks, &c., $4.50
• Wm. B. Burford, election supplies & stationery, $31.87

COUNTY OFFICERS’ SALARIES & FEES.

• Geo. S. Pleasants, County Attorney, $15.00
• C. G. Adams, Treasurer’s Salary, $200.00
• D. N. Haydon, Auditor’s salary and fees, $453.76
• M. C. Walden, Co. Superintendent, $296.00
• D. B. Lee, fees, &c., $27.65
• Jas. F. Simpson, fees, &c., $27.65
• David Armstrong, 4 days Co. Commissioner, $14.00
• Wm. H. Scott, 4 days Co. Commissioner, $14.00
• Orson A. Potter, 4 days Co. Commissioner, $14.00
• Oscar Williamson, 4 days Sheriff Com. Court, $8.00

COURT HOUSE EXPENSE.

• C. G. Adams, postage, expressage & door lock, $3.05
• Hiram Corns, ice for Court House, $5.50
• Scott & Brown, coal oil, &c., $5.00
• Wm. M. Patton, putting glass in windows, $0.75
• F. L. Grisard, glass and putty, $0.90
• D. B. Lee, Clerk, postage stamps, carriage, &c., $3.55
• C. Goldenburg, supplies for Clerk’s office, $3.85
• E. P. Downey, lamp chimneys and shades, $0.65
• D. N. Haydon, postage, expressage, &c., $2.70
• Wm. H. Lamson, putting threshold under door, $0.40
• Jas. F. Simpson, care Court House & yard, &c., $19.75

HIGHWAYS & BRIDGES.

• Henry Myers, putting up fence on Hooten Fill, $169.50
• Aribert N. Buck, damages by change of highway, $30.00

JURY EXPENSE.

• Jas. F. Simpson, summoning jurors, $30.00

CRIMINAL & JAIL EXPENSE.

• Jas. F. Simpson, boarding prisoners, lamp and broom for jail, $74.85
• Wm. H. Lamson, work in jail privy vault, $20.00
• A. J. Schenck, grate and repairs in jail, $1.50

SPECIFIC ALLOWANCES.

• Geo. S. Pleasants, briefing case of Abbott vs. Co. Commissioners, now pending in Supreme Court, and express charges, $10.50
• In the case of Evaline Walker vs. County Commissioners, witness fees, $17.60

REFUNDED TAXES.

• James H. Hitchens, tax remitted to amount of $20.00