The Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 13 Sep 1877 – Page 2, Column 4
ALLOWANCES
Made by the Board of County Commissioners for Switzerland County, Indiana, at their September Session, 1877:
Peter Pelser, for keeping Ben Pelser, $10.00
A. E. Hall, for work on Poor House, $139.00
Heady & Lewis, for lumber for Poor House, $3.72
George H. Keeney, for Coffin for [illegible], $5.00
Harvey Wade, for grave, $2.00
Wm. M. Patton for Coffin and hauling body to graveyard of Peter Hilderbeck, $7.00
Matt. Worstell, for keeping paupers at Poor House, $483.00
John Sullivan, for keeping Rhoda Pickett, $11.00
Younger Pickett, for rent house for Kilgore family, $13.65
Noah Martin, for self and family, $20.00
John B. Danbenheyer, for sundries to poor, York Township, $33.72
C. W. Johnson, for sundries to poor, Pleasant Township, $9.33
Wm. Smith, for grave, Elizabeth Russell, $3.00
C. W. Johnson, for sundries to poor, Pleasant Township, $2.00
S. B. Hyde, for sundries to poor, Cotton Twp, $10.00
Jas. K. Pleasants, for lumber for Poor House, $28.67
Jamse Lemons, for wood for Noah Martin, $1.50
U. P. Schenck & Son, for sundries on B. N. Davies’ orders, $10.00
J. W. Dodd, for plastering Poor House, $82.00
Ben Cole, for sundries on B. N. Davies’ order, $5.07
F. L. Moxley, for sash for Poor House, $6.00
Matt Worstell for hauling for Poor House, $16.00
F. M. Griffith, assignee of Krutz, sundries by Trustee’s order, $3.00
O. S. Waldo, for sundries for Poor Farm, $3.75
Irvin Armstrong for public printing, $24.30
Wm. J. Baird for public printing, $12.23
Indianapolis Sentinel Co. for Docket J. P. for G. W. Mendell, $9.00
Indianapolis Sentinel Co., for Books and Stationery, $81.00
W. B. Burford, Books and Stationery, $188.20
J. W. Shirey, for box, &c., burying drowned man, $5.00
Wilson Legg, for grave for drowned man, $2.00
William Smith, for grave for drowned man, $3.00
John Gill, for salary as Auditor and Managing School Funds, $176.88
F. M. Griffith, for salary as Treasurer, $250.18
J. H. Netherland, for Clerk’s fees, County vs. Amos Downey, $3.10
Lewis Weitzell, Sheriff, fees, County vs. Amos Downey, $2.10
John Armstrong, Sheriff, fees, County vs. Amos Downey, $3.60
W. B. Davis, fees, County vs. Amos Downey, $3.10
J. H. Netherland, docket fees, County vs. Amos Downey, $2.00
Wm. Stewart, 5 days as Commissioner, $20.00
Philander Morrison, 5 days as Commissioner, $20.00
Jacob Banta, 5 days as Commissioner, $20.00
J. C. Long, 4 days as Sheriff, $8.00
John Gill, for office expense, $1.50
F. M. Griffith, for office expense, $1.50
Anderson & Newbold, for Court House expense, $4.60
J. C. Long, taking care, Court House, $10.00
F. J. Hollcroft, for 1 table and repair, Court House, $19.00
Norisez, Bro. & Fisk, for 12 Juror chairs, $32.00
J. H. Netherland, for office expense, $3.00
F. M. Griffith, for County Bonds redeemed, $13,000.00
F. M. Griffith, for Interest paid on County bonds, $385.98
F. M. Griffith for Interest paid on County orders, $20.48
R. F. Grisard, interest paid on money, $16.79
F. M. Griffith, to correct error in Township funds on Treasurer’s Ledger in 1862, $2.17
Carter & Johnson, for quarter’s salary as County Attorneys, $23.00
John H. Danbenheyer, for taking enumeration of voters, $33.00
Benj. N. Davies, for taking enumeration of voters, $33.00
Isaac W. Richards, for County School Superintendent’s salary, &c., $77.45
Stephen H. Jones, for Fox Scalps, $8.00
E. C. Ford, for Fox Scalps, $1.50
John T. Huston, for erroneous tax refunded, $6.11
O. H. Miller, Auditor, for change of venue costs to Ohio county, $82.00
Wm. Smith, for grave for Hilderbecker, $3.00
Union Fur. Co., for Mastress for jail, $3.50
Ormsby & Green, for Blankets for jail, $6.30
James C. Long, for boarding criminals, $122.60
James C. Long, for summoning Jurors, $33.00
James C. Long, for summoning road viewers, $6.30
James H. Merit, for 2 days road viewer, $3.00
Stephen H. Scranton, for 2 days road viewer, $3.00
James T. Bodkin, 1 day road viewer, $1.50