Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 24 Sep 1885 – Page 4, Column 4

Allowances.

List of allowances made by the Board of County Commissioners, of Switzerland County, Indiana, at their September Term, 1885:

Jefferson Township Pauper Allowances.

• Mrs. Julia Wolf, keeping Wm. Barker, $11.25
• Noah H. Martin, $10.00
• Dicey Estes, for keeping McGee children, $12.00
• Mrs. Mary Kilgore, $12.50
• C. V. Thiebaud, for Susan Day, $1.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, for Mrs. Corkhill, $1.00
• O. S. Waldo, for Nancy Schenck, $4.00
• O. S. Waldo, for Mary Travers, $2.00
• U. P. Schenck & Son, for Boggs family, $21.82
• Keisel & Demann, for Mrs. Simpson, $3.50
• Keisel & Demann, for Mrs. Leach, $16.00
• F. L. Grizard, for Mrs. Jennings, $14.68
• F. L. Grizard, for Mrs. G. J. Taylor, $12.49
• Mary Gotamuller, for John Gotamuller, $10.00
• Dr. A. J. Griffith, for attendance on Leintz, $2.00
• Mrs. Lucy M. Detraz for rent for Mrs. Orem, $6.00
• Harry Schmeid for rent for Boggs, $18.00
• F. J. Holcroft, coffins for Thos. and Rosa King, $10.00
• R. A. Knox, for money paid for removing paupers, $6.50
• John L. Thiebaud, for school books for poor children, $2.45
• Dr. H. [?] Greenleaf, for attendance on McGee child, $1.50
• Wm. Smith (sexton), digging 3 graves for paupers, $6.00
• Dr. Amos J. Griffith, balance on pauper practice, $2.25
• S. & J. H. Told, for coal for Susan Day, $1.20
• S. & J. H. Told, for coal for Mrs. McCorkhill, $1.80

Posey Township Pauper Allowances.

• Julius Juda, keeping and removing to poor house 4 Whitson children, $10.00
• Ben K. Yarnall, for digging grave for Sonodon, $2.00
• Geo. H. Keeney, coffin and grave J. H. Gillons, $8.00
• J. W. Love & Co., coffin for Henry Deim, 3.00
• S. Howe & Co., for Riley Morgan, $5.00
• S. Howe & Co., for J. H. Gillon, $10.00
• S. Howe & Co., for Rebecca Day, $5.00
• Wm. Gockel, Jr., for Sarha Jones, $5.00
• Wm. Gockel, Jr., for Andrew Boyd, $5.00
• W. H. North, for Thomas Hollowell, $10.00
• W. H. North, for Chris Icenogle, $5.00

Cotton Township Pauper Allowances.

• Thomas Lawson, for keeping Ben Pelsor, $12.00
• S. R. Heath, for Mrs. Mary Pelsor, $10.85
• S. R. Heath, for Mary Wells, $6.67
• S. R. Heath, for Elias Brown, $12.74
• James H. Gibbs, for David Tibbats, $21.00
• Jamse H. Gibbs, for Mary M[illegible], $3.00
• U. H. Stow, for keeping Amanda English, $10.00
• C. O. Porter, for Hannah Acre, $8.77
• W. K. Walden, coffin, robe and hauling A. Merrill, $8.00

Pleasant Township Pauper Allowances.

• A. V. Morrison, for Lucinda Manford, $4.90
• A. V. Morrison, for Nancy Harmon, $3.26
• John Smith, for Wm. Sutherland, $2.50
• John Smith, for Mrs. Manuel, $7.50
• Padget & Seavers, for John Courtney, $4.00
• Padget & Seavers, for Mrs. Leintz, $4.00
• Padget & Seavers, for Wm. Sutherland, $2.00
• Padget & Seavers, for Jane Sharp, $2.50
• Padget & Seavers, for Martha Manuel, $1.00
• Hiram Ford, for Wm. Sutherland, $1.55
• Hiram Ford, for Martha Manuel, $1.00
• Hiram Ford, for Mrs. Leclerc, $5.00
• Hiram Ford, for J. V. Smith, $5.00
• Orinda Ricketts, for Nancy McDonald, $5.00
• C. O. Adams, for Jane Sharp, $2.50
• C. O. Adams, for John Courtney, $2.00
• C. O. Adams, for Mrs. Leintz, $2.00
• C. O. Adams, for Wm. Sutherland, $2.00
• George Dalgleish, for keeping Lucinda Manford, $5.00
• Josiah Orem, for Mrs. Manuel, $1.50
• G. W. Neal, for Wooster Smith, $0.50
• Daniel Goodner, for keeping Rachel Buchanan, $60.00

Craig Township Pauper Allowances.

• Wm. Andrew, for keeping M. C. Wintyser, $9.00
• F. J. Siebenthal, for breadstuff for A. Tilley, $7.68
• F. J. Siebenthal, for breadstuff for Ostranders, $5.47
• Keisel & Demann, for A. Tilley, keeping orphans, $8.00
• Keisel & Deman, for Ostranders, $4.75
• Lyman E. Webb, for keeping Louisa Ostrander, $8.00

York Township Pauper Allowances.

• Thomas Land, for Mrs. Wheeler, $6.00
• Thomas Land, for Mrs. Burr, $5.00
• Thomas Land, for Jeptha Skidmore, $5.00
• B. H. North, for Mrs. McLelland, $8.00
• John I. O’Neal, for Mrs. Wheeler, $4.00
• John I. O’Neal, for Mrs. McLelland, $2.00
• John I. O’Neal, for Calvin Fredenburg, $3.00
• Indiana Williamson, for keeping Sarah Nipper, $10.00
• Schrumph & Told, for Calvin Fredenberg, $5.63
• Elizabeth Edrington, keeping Drucilla Anderson, $25.00

Poor House.

• James Curry, keeping paupers, &c., at poor house, $846.31
• U. P. Schenck & Son, for oil cloth for poor house, $3.50
• [illegible] M. Patton, for coffin for poor house, $5.00
• S. J. Hollcroft, for coffin for poor house, $5.00
• Haskell & Bro., for hauling negro to poor house, $2.00

Prison Expense.

• U. P. Schenck & Son, sunders for jail, $2.50
• J. K. Pleasants & Son, clothing for prisoners, $1.50
• Union Furniture Co., 4 cotton, mattresses for jail, $11.00
• Jas. F. Simpson, receiving, boarding and discharging prisoners, $258.70
• A. G. Craig and W. S. Tower, clothing for prisoner last year, $3.00

County Officers Fees and Salaries.

• P. C. Holland, salary, &c., $495.46
• James B. McCrellis, salary as advisory att’y, $25.00
• M. C. Walden, salary as Co. Supt., $224.00
• Robt. Scott, salary as County Commissioner, $21.00
• Wm. Brindley, salary as County Commissioner, $21.00
• Wm. H. Scott, salary as County Commissioner, $21.00
• James F. Simpson, as Sheriff, $12.00

Court House Expense.

• P. C. Holland, for office expenses, $4.84
• Hollcroft & Moxley, shelving vault Clerk’s office, $55.00
• Robt. T. Abbett, paid for 4 window awnings, $29.00
• John L. Thiebaud, plaster and matches, $0.45
• Keisel & Demann, weighing coal for Court House, $1.85
• Peter E. Told, coal for Court House, $95.00
• Scott & Brown, coal oil for court house, $3.13
• M. C. Walden, office expense, $4.00
• James F. Simpson, care court house and repairs, $10.70

Bridge Expense.

• Dorwin Marshall, taking out Beatty’s Ford bridge, $43.00
• M. G. Keeney, taking out Powell Ford bridge, $85.00
• Charles Markland, 7 years storage on iron bridge, $35.00
• W. H. Scott, superintending Beatty and Powell’s Ford bridges, $2.00
• Lemuel Bledsoe, superintending painting seven bridges, $10.00

Taxes Refunded.

• James W. Lemons, taxes refunded, $6.14
• S. H. Morrison, taxes refunded, $20.70

Books, Stationery and Printing.

• P. C. Hartford, advertising and printing, $43.65
• W. I. Baird, advertising and printing, $12.30
• Wilstach, Baldwin & Co., books and stationery, $25.00
• W. B. Burford, books and stationery, $93.00
• Baker & Thornton, books and stationery, $28.00
• Johnson & Watson, books and stationery, $7.80
• Indianapolis Sentinel Co., books and stationery, $18.85
• Walter A. Knox, advertising, printing, &c., $13.20

Miscellaneous.

• James F. Simpson, for summoning jurors, $29.00
• David H. Boyle, [illegible] appraisers, $0.75
• G. W. McKay, surveying, $5.00
• Geo. R. McKay, chain carrier, $2.25
• Wm. J. Waltz, chain carrier, $2.25
• W. S. Tower, fees in school fund suits, $37.00