Switzerland County Commissioners’ Allowances – Sep 1881

The Switzerland County Commissioners’ allowancesappeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 15 Sep 1881 – Page 4, Column 4

The following is a list of allowances made by the Board of County Commissioners of Switzerland County, Indiana, at their September term, 1881:

 

PAUPER ALLOWANCES.

Peter Pelsor, for keeping Ben Pelsor, $10.00

N. N. Martin, for self and family, $20.00

Mrs. A. Wolf, keeping pauper boy, $10.00

Geo. H. Keeney, coffins and burying paupers, $14.00

W. A. Olcott, medical services, $3.00

Mrs. Ben Morris, keeping old Mrs. Morris and Depper child, $16.00

J. M. Froman, rent for Mrs. Kilgore, $9.00

Mat Worstell, keeping paupers at poor house, $457.20

Jonathan C. Ricketts, for Oliver Keith’s family, $12.00

I. F. Banta, for John Turner and family, $27.36

Abraham Israel, delinquent taxes, $3.32

C. G. Adams, Trustee, for Mrs. Kelsey, $15.55

C. G. Adams, Trustee, for Joseph Blodget, $1.90

C. G. Adams, Trustee, for Wm. Lock and family, $14.86

C. G. Adams, Trustee, for J. Courtnay and wife, $8.26

O. H. Rickets, for Mrs. McDonald, $12.00

Jos. Smith, for Geo. Ann Cole’s boy, $6.38

Jno. Neal, coffin box and shroud for Wm. Lock, $10.00

J. J. Belden, breadstuff for Lock and Blodget, $3.55

R. H. Smith, rent of house for Lock, $4.50

T. B. McGregor, goods for Joseph Blodget, $2.00

W. Chittenden, rent of house for J. W. Robbins, $2.00

Oliver A. Cole, keeping Mrs. Wainscott, $7.25

B. W. Simmons, provisions Mrs. McClanahan, $9.25

Ben Cole, sundries for A. Walden and Mary Moody, $17.60

Z. L. Yonge & Co., for Mary Moody, $7.50

Kincaid & Bro., for Mrs. Lewis and Manda Willis, $8.00

W. J. Gibbs, keeping Lydia Gibbs, $10.00

S. R. Tinker, coffin &c., for Mrs. Goodpasture, $8.00

S. R. Tinker, coffin &c., for Mrs. Carrington, $9.00

S. R. Heath, sundries for Mrs. Goodpasture, $12.48

L. H. Smith, funeral expenses Mrs. Goodpasture, $9.00

W. H. Muret, hauling wife and fence posts to poor farm, $3.00

O. D. Cunningham, for Farwood, Skidmore, Perkins, McLelland and Wheeler, $31.10

Joseph Edrington, for Mrs. Wheeler, $3.00

Abner Gates, for Mary Boyd, $4.00

Jno. L. O’Neal, for McLelland and Miller, $10.53

Robinson & Bledsoe, for Miller and Fredenberg, $9.75

Bledsoe & Beymer, for Mrs. Burk, $6.00

A. Benedict, for McLelland, Boyd and Bosaw, $23.18

Joseph Adams, for keeping Manford children, $10.00

U. P. Schenck & Son, sundries for Boggs family, $26.14

A. Benedict, sundries for Mrs. Kilgore, $10.00

S. P. Worstell, tobacco for paupers, $10.00

J. L. Thiebaud, drugs, &c., for poor house, $3.50

F. L. Grisard, wire for poor house fence, $39.16

Wm. Smith, digging grave for Mrs. Whiting, $2.00

Julius Blach & Son, clothing for Peabody, $5.90

Mat Worstell, straw for beds for paupers, $20.00

F. J. Holdcroft, coffins, shrouds, &c., $30.00

Chas. Pavy, making fence for poor farm, $43.75

Julius Muret, poor house fence, $6.00

 

ADVERTISING AND PRINTING.

Irvin Armstrong, advertisements, $38.60

Indianapolis Journal Co., books and stationery, $12.75

W. J. Baird, advertising, $10.60

W. B. Burford, books and stationery, $100.05

Levy Bros., books and stationery, $75.40

 

BRIDGES.

B. B. Lee, for bridge at Allensville, $121.50

U. P. Schenck & Son, rope, nails, &c., for Indian Creek bridge, $22.36

W. S. Tower, 3 days at I. C. bridge, $6.00

H. Hatch, for chisel for I. C. bridge, $0.75

King Bridge Co., for taking down I. C. bridge, $58.75

D. R. Drake, on Allensville bridge, $10.00

 

PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.

David Shull, 2 days review of road, $3.00

Jacob Myers, 2 days review of road, $3.00

Thomas F. McCreary, 2 days review of road, $3.00

W. S. Tower, summoning reviewers, $5.15

 

COURT HOUSE AND JAIL EXPENSE.

U. P. Schenck & Son, sundries for court house and jail, $5.20

W. S. Tower, jail expense, $60.20

W. S. Tower, taking care of Court House 1 qr, $10.00

W. S. Tower, cleaning up and washing jail, $3.00

W. L. Fisk, repairing chairs for Court House, $1.00

A. Benedict, office expense, $7.25

J. L. Thiebaud, Court House expense, $8.85

F. L. Grisard, Court House expense, $0.75

Sol. McCallum, repairing privy at Court House, $2.00

Hiram Corns, ice for Court House, $5.75

D. C. Weaver, iron bed stead for jail, and chain for pump, $8.50

George Kerth, repairing cistern at jail, $3.50

Z. I. Yonge & Co., wall paper for Sheriff’s house and Court House, $14.95

Stribling Walsh & Co., iron pipes for Court House cistern, $6.75

Wm. Courtnay, kindling wood for Court House, $3.25

Golay & Stevens, for Court House and Co. Supt., $8.70

T. J. Gordon, fixing pipes Court House cistern, $2.25

Schroder Lock Co.,, keys for Court House locks, $3.20

George Kerth, cleaning and repairing C. H. cistern, $4.50

 

COUNTY OFFICERS’ FEES AND SALARIES.

A. Benedict, Treasurer, 3 months salary, $200.00

John Gill, Auditor, salary, filing fees, and office expense, $482.50

James R. Hart, County Supt., salary, &c., $204.53

W. N. Tower, summoning Commissioners special term, $4.75

Wm. Stewart, 6 days Commissioner, $21.00

D. R. Drake, 6 days Commissioner, $21.00

Julius Muret, 6 days Commissioner, $21.00

 

INSANE EXPENSE.

W. S. Tower, paid J. A. Works, Jr., hauling Craig, $3.00

 

SCHOOL LAND EXPENSE.

Thomas Cotton, for fire place on W. R. Cotton’s farm, $5.00

 

CORONER’S INQUEST.

Matthew Stephenson, burying drowned child, $1.75