The Switzerland County Commissioners’ proceedings appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 20 Mar 1884 – Page 4, Column 7

LIST OF ALLOWANCES
Made by the Board of County Commissioners of Switzerland County, Indiana, at their March term, 1884:

 

FOR PAUPERS AND POOR OF THE COUNTY.

James Curry, keeping paupers at poor farm, $739.64

Union Furniture Co., ironing table, $3.50

Julia Wolf, for keeping Wm. Parker, $11.25

M. L. Brown, for 30 days as overseer of poor, $60.00

Shaw & Detraz, for Helen Boswell, $1.50

Shaw & Detraz, for Mrs. Wm. Furnish, $1.50

Dicey Estes, for keeping McGee children, $20.00

Dicey Estes, for bal. on last quarter, $5.00

Mrs. Kilgore, for 1 quarter, $12.50

James A. Works, 1 quarter rent for Boggs, $7.50

Shull & Brown, for Susan Day, $11.50

Shull & Brown, for Mrs. Hiram Jennings, $3.00

Shull & Brown, for Mrs. Furnish, $2.00

Shull & Brown, for Mrs. Cole, $1.00

N. N. Martin, for himself and family, $10.00

D. N. Hayden, M. D., for pauper practice, $25.00

James K. Pleasants & Son, for Haws Redd, $11.60

James K. Pleasants & Son, for Sabe Boswell, $2.00

A. Benedict, for Polly McClelland, $12.47

John I. O’Neal, for Polly McClelland, $5.00

Z. I. Yonge & Co., for sundry persons, $11.50

F. L. Grisard, for Mrs. Jennings, $13.86

F. L. Grisard, for Mrs. Snyder, $10.40

F. L. Grisard, for Mrs. Susan Day, $2.23

Matt. Brown & Son, for Mrs. Cole, $10.00

U. P. Schenck & Son, for Boggs family, $33.90

Margaret Nichols, for keeping Willis children, $15.00

O. S. Waldo, for Mrs. Bowman, $3.03

O. S. Waldo, for A. J. Elder, $3.05

James. C. Kincaid, for Bettie Lewis, $3.10

James C. Kincaid, for Virgil Simpson, $3.27

James C. Kincaid, for Nancy Schenck, $0.70

James C. Kincaid, for Sallie Floyd, $0.40

Wm. M. Patton, 3 coffins for poor house, $9.00

S. & J. H. Told, coal for Mrs. Holdcroft, $12.00

S. & J. H. Told, coal for Virgil Simpson, $3.00

S. & J. H. Told, coal for Lovey Lewis, $8.90

S. & J. H. Told, coal for Mrs. Davice, $5.68

S. & J. H. Told, coal for Susan Day, $1.30

S. & J. H. Told, coal for Mrs. Jennings, $1.30

S. & J. H. Told, coal for Mrs. Cole, $1.00

S. & J. H. Told, coal for Nancy Schenck, $1.30

S. & J. H. Told, coal for Boggs family, $3.00

C. V. Thiebaud, coal for Virgil Simpson, $7.00

Benjamin Cole, coal for Hawe Redd, $3.50

Haskell & Bro., hauling Mrs. Jackson to poor house, $2.00

Wm. Smith, burying Willis boy, $2.00

O. D. Cunningham, for Calvin Fredenberg, $6.00

O. D. Cunningham, for Mrs. Burk, $12.00

O. D. Cunningham, for Mrs. Perkins, $8.00

O. D. Cunningham, for Mrs. Wells, for keeping Nipper, $9.25

O. D. Cunningham, for Mrs. Wheeler, $12.67

O. D. Cunningham, for Jas. M. James, $3.00

O. D. Cunningham, for Mrs. Boyd, $10.00

W. C. Armstrong, 23 days as overseer of poor, $45.00

John D. Phillips, for house rent for J. W. Miller, $4.00

Natt. Scudder, for wood for Mrs. Bark, $4.00

Wm. Stevens, for keeping Nipper child, $5.75

A. Benedict, for Nancy Basso, $5.35

Schrumpf & Told, for John W. Miller, $10.00

Schrumpf & Told, for Bob. Kilgore, $8.02

Jno. I. O’Neal, for J. W. Miller, $7.00

Jno. I. O’Neal, for C. Fredenberg, $4.00

Jno. I. O’Neal, for Mrs. Wheeler, $5.70

James W. Love, 10 days as overseer of poor, $20.00

Wm. Gockle, Jr., for Sarah Jones, $8.00

Wm. Gockle, Jr., for Robt. Cotton, $5.00

Wm. Gockle, Jr., for Martha Gurly, $5.00

Wm. Gockle, Jr., for James Miles, $12.00

Wm. Gockle, Jr., for E. F. Blackburn, $8.00

Wm. Gockle, Jr., for Warren Jenkins, $5.00

S. Howe & Co., for Robt. Cotton, $4.00

S. Howe & Co., for Rebecca Day, $3.00

E. E. & W. F. North, for E. F. Blackburn, $2.00

J. W. Love & Co., for Wm. McDowell, $5.25

George W. Keeney, for 2 coffins, $10.00

David B. Lee, as overseer of poor, $19.00

S. R. Heath, for Elias Brown, $7.82

S. R. Heath, for Orfa Edwards, $2.90

Jas. H. Gibbs, for Orfa Edwards, $1.00

Jas. H. Gibbs, for John Tibbatts, $13.95

Lyman Manser, for Orfa Edwards, $25.00

B. J. Robbins, for Sloan, $13.00

Peter Pelser, for Ben Pelser, $10.00

F. B. Cunningham, 19 days overseer of poor, $28.00

Hiram Ford, for J. R. Blodget, $17.70

Hiram Ford, for Alex McKenzie, $7.85

Hiram Ford, for John Courtney, $14.42

Hiram Ford, for Martha Manuel, $3.25

Hiram Ford, for Mrs. LeClerc, $2.00

F. B. Cunningham, wood for Blodget & Manuel, $8.25

C. G. Adams, for Mrs. Manuel, $2.00

C. G. Adams, for John Courtney, $2.00

James Culbertson, for coffin for LeClerc child, $4.00

J. J. Belden heirs, for sundries poor, last year, $15.25

A. V. Morrison, for Mrs. Lee, $0.76

A. V. Morrison, for Mrs. Manuel, $6.25

John Jester, 9 days as overseer of poor, $18.00

Frank Higgins, keeping Fleming Jones, $10.00

U. P. Schenck & Son, for Osborn, $5.00

W. R. Williams & Son, for Osborn, $2.00

C. V. Thiebaud, for S. Ledford, $4.00

O. S. Waldo, for Ostranders, $9.00

O. S. Waldo, for S. Ledford, $3.00

O. S. Waldo, for S. Leach, $3.00

James K. Pleasants & Son, for Roach, $5.50

F. J. & A. J. Siebenthal, for Ostranders, $1.50

F. J. Siebenthal, for Ostranders, $2.33

F. J. Siebenthal, for S. Ledford, $1.50

F. J. Siebenthal, for S. Leach, $1.00

Golay & Stevens, for S. Ledford, $0.50

Wm. Brindley, for Nancy Brindley, $3.00

F. J. Holdcroft, for coffin for Osborn, $5.00

J. D. Griffith, Jr., for Wm. Rosch, $2.40

S. & J. H. Told, coal for Osborn, $2.00

U. P. Schenck & Son, chambers for poor house, $1.80

 

W. C. Robinson, 3 months salary, $200.00

J. R. Hart, last quarter, $275.25

A. G. Craig, 1 year as health officer & expense, $101.99

P. C. Holland, quarter salary, $511.59

L. C. Buck, 6 days as Commissioner, $21.00

Robt. Scott, 7 days as Commissioner, $24.50

Wm. Brindley, 7 days as Commissioner and 2 at bridge, $28.50

W. S. Tower, 7 days as Sheriff, $14.00

 

Hortford & Dalmazzo, printing, $68.68

W. J. Baird, printing, $46.20

W. B. Burford, books and stationery, $103.38

Levy, Baker & Co., books and stationery, $61.75

Cincinnati Legal Blank Co., books and stationery, $4.69

A. H. Poundsford & Co., $1.75

 

U. P. Schenck & Son, coal oil, shovel, &c., $4.03

W. C. Robinson, office expense, $3.49

W. S. Tower, taking care Court House & brooms, $12.50

S. & J. H. Told, 500 bushels coal, $50.00

C. Goldenburg & Son, pipes, repairs & 1 stove, $17.30

Union Furniture Co., table for Auditor’s office, $7.00

R. T. F. Abbett, office expense, $4.80

P. C. Holland, office expense, $3.75

F. L. Grisard, 1 lock for Supt’s office, $1.25

 

W. S. Tower, receiving, boarding and discharging prisoners, $110.70

R. S. Northcott, blacksmithing for jail, $1.15

 

Lemuel Webb, removing and keeping drift off bridge, $2.00

Thos. J. Gordon, securing old I. C. bridge, $25.09

Thos. J. Gordon, taking off roof, I. C. bridge, $26.70

George Reeves and others, putting floor back in Markland bridge, $12.30

Wm. Dalgleish, notaries for Manville road, $1.00

 

W. S. Tower, summoning juries, $29.59

W. S. Tower, posting notice sale land, $2.19

R. T. F. Abbett, jury certificates, &c., $32.50

 

M. L. Brown, as Township Trustee, $218.00

W. C. Armstrong, as Township Trustee, $238.00

J. W. Love, as Township Trustee, $216.00

D. B. Lee, as Township Trustee, $122.50

C. B. Cunningham, as Township Trustee, $145.50

John Jester, as Township Trustee, $162.00