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Switzerland County Real Estate Transfers – Sep 1885

Switzerland County, Indiana real estate transfers for September 1885 appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 3 Sep 1885 – Page 4, Column 1

Land Sales.
Deeds recorded since our last report:

[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • Sophia and Alva Leap to U. P. Schenck’s heirs
  • Eliza E. and D. W. Konkle to Joseph B. Ramseyer
  • Stephen Dibble to Elwood Houze
  • John W. Turner and wife to George E. Turner
  • Lucinda and S. D. Baldwin to Joseph L. Shull and wife
  • J. D. Davis and wife to Augusta McAlister
  • Hannah K. Crouch to Jacob Crouch

Vevay Reveille – 17 Sep 1885 – Page 4, Column 3

Land Sales.
Deeds recorded since our last report:

[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • James A. Hickman and wife to U. P. Schenck’s heirs
  • Green L. Seaver and wife to Charles G. Adams
  • Cornelius Hizer et al to Allen Douglas
  • Cornelius Hizer and wife to Eliza Barker
  • Henry Wallick and wife to U. P. Schenck’s heirs
  • Martha Leap to Trustee Craig township
  • James P. Marsh and wife to Wm. P. Eades
  • Allice Lanham to Maggie B. Tandy
  • Wm. Cunningham and wife to Florence Monique
  • Isaac Richards and wife to Elizabeth Goodner
  • Samuel Adams and wife to John Thumneman
  • Arnaught L. Warwick and wife to S. H. Scranton
  • Charles J. Ryan to P. C. and A. A. Holland

Vevay Reveille – 24 Sep 1885 – Page 4, Column 1

Land Sales.
Deeds recorded since our last report:

[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • Wm. M. Green and others to Elizabeth Campbell
    James Cole to James Curry
    Thomas F. McCreary and wife to Charles Garlinghouse
    John Weathers and wife to Perry Smith
    Georgianna and Darius Stevens to Charles Peters

Switzerland County Jury – Sep 1885

Switzerland County, Indiana Circuit Court jury list appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 10 Sep 1885 – Page 4, Column 1

Messrs. Alfred Shaw and Robert A. Knox, Jury Commissioners, have drawn the names of the following gentlemen to serve as Jurors during next term of Court, which will begin next Monday:

GRAND JURY.—Philip Romeril, John A. Lock, Chas. W. Bruner, Eastman Ford, Millard F. Temple, James B. Ramseyer.

PETIT JURY.—Asa Newton, Charles Allen, David Lee, Morgan Carver, David Blodget, Charles L. Lee, Henry Rittenbrink, Wm. H. H. Gleason, Oscar Williamson, Nelson Carnine, Andrew Given, William Hully.

Vevay Teachers’ Institute – Sep 1885

Vevay [Switzerland County, Indiana] Teachers’ Institute for 1885 appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 3 Sep 1885 – Page 1, Column 4

Enrollment at Institute.

The names of the following persons were enrolled at the recent session of the Teachers’ Institute:

Cincinnati—W. H. Venable.

Indianapolis—J. M. Olcott, W. A. Bell.

Pleasant—Mary Rodgers, J. B. Lewis, H. E. Carnine.

Moorefield—Edgar Culbertson, Mrs. Jennie C. VanPelt, Carroll Cotton, L. E. Smith, Ella V. Sharp, Emma Stewart, Anna Stewart, J. W. Crandell, S. M. Rutherford, Eugene Mercer, Carrie Culbertson, Bella Culbertson, Hannah B. Crandell, Della Culbertson, Emogene E. Shadday, W. S. Danner.

Bennington—M. Emory Smith, M. O. Orem, Lizzie A. Horton, Della Orem.

Vineyard—Helen Gordon, N. Miller.

Brooksburg—Ella Miller.

Patriot—M. H. Jones, C. P. Gurley, H. A. Burman, Alma Lucas, Anna Legg, Minnie Searcy.

Allensville—Hattie M. Gary, Anna Eders, May Jayne, Mary E. Myers, Alice Ford, Fannie Harris, Laura Livings.

Mt. Sterling—W. M. Walden, I. W. Richards, E. L. Danner, C. E. Walden, Letta L. Dyer, Lillian Craig, India Hizer.

Florence—J. H. Daubenheyer, Geo. W. Parker, Emma Goddard, J. F. Cousins, O. M. Given.

Center Square—Emma McCulloch, E. R. Clevenger, R. B. Smelley, Fanny Hageman, Eva E. Hall, Anna D. Hall, Edith Dodd, C. L. Dodd, C. R. Protsman, Anna Protsman.

Lamb—Stella McKay, Mary Steward, A. S. Orem.

Joy—John C. Lanham, H. B. Voris, J. H. Voris, Josie C. Horton, O. L. Voris.

Sugar Branch—Ollie I. Oxley, Tenne E. Likely, Mary A. Smith, Nettie Newton.

Aaron—Rosa Carnine, Jennie Carnine, L. L. Adkinson, Lorin E. Carnine.

Vevay—Lucy Cole, Hannie Waldenmire, Julia Tardy, A. Hildebrand, E. E. Griffith, Sada W. Hall, L. R. Melcher, Lizzie Diermiller, Josie Cole, Alice Smith, Frankie Anderson, B. F. Thiebaud, Carry Nash, Nannie Bell, Mollie Detraz, Mary Dement, Ollie Northcott, Abbie Coleman, Lawrence Welch, W. C. Dow, Nettie T. Northcott, Clara Stepleton, Mary A. Rous, Grace Stepleton, Sallie F. Burrows, Mary Tardy, Anna Jain, L. W. Smith, Josie Leap, Mattie McKay, M. C. Walden.

Bascom—R. W. Fish, Mollie Tyler, Mollie Littlefield.

Rising Sun—F. A. Wethers, C. M. Marble, Edith Lindsay.

Greenburg—F. M. Walters

Marble Corner—A. C. Willoughby.

Mt. Vernon—P. P. Stutz.

Newton, Illinois—Belle Hageman.

Madison—Kate C. Kochran.

Thorntown—James R. Hart.

Cross Plains—Jos. W. Whitham.

Switzerland County Real Estate Transfers – Aug 1885

Switzerland County, Indiana real estate transfers for August 1885 appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 13 Aug 1885 – Page 4, Column 1

Land Sales.
Deeds recorded since our last report:

[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • David N. Hayden to John S. Heady
  • Wm. C. Robinson and wife to Dorwin Marshall
  • Frank A. Osborn and wife to Matilda Lientz
  • Wm. Langhorst and wife to Henry Buscher and wife
  • Mary E. and John Hatton to Cyrenius W. Brown
  • James C. Kincaid and wife to Matthew Brown

Vevay Reveille – 20 Aug 1885 – Page 4, Column 2

Land Sales.
Deeds recorded since our last report:

[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • Samuel Spencer and wife to Louis O. Schroeder
  • Hosier J. Harris and wife to Israel Warner
  • Francis R. Dunning to National Bank of Rising Sun
  • National Bank of Rising Sun to Francis R. Dunning
  • Same to same
  • Sarah J. and Edward Wintizer to Munson Graham

Vevay Reveille – 27 Aug 1885 – Page 4, Column 1

Land Sales.
Deeds recorded since our last report:

[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • Sheriff Simpson to Hannah Carver
  • Eleanor Thiebaud to Phoenix and Indiana Lodges
  • John O. Martin and wife to Morton Etherington
  • Morton Etherington and wife to Frank A. Osborn
  • Woodford C. DeHart to R. M. and L. F. Lyon

Vevay List of Letters – 17 Aug 1885

The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 20 Aug 1885 – Page 4, Column 2

Letters uncalled for at the Post Office, Vevay, Ind., August 17, 1885:

LADIES’ LIST—Mrs. Lennie Andrew, Misses Mary Bebe, Josie A. Epperson, Emma Lewis, Carrie Manford, Mollie Sutton, Lucy Sanders, Harriet Shultz.

GENTS’ LIST—Flora Baxter, John Dillon, F. J. Herron, Harry Harthanol, Joseph Martin, John H. Tomas (colored).

Persons calling for above will please call for advertised letters.

ALFRED SHAW, P. M.

Switzerland County Commissioners’ Allowances – Aug 1885

Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 6 Aug 1885 – Page 4, Column 4

Allowances.

List of allowances made by the Switzerland County Commissioners at their August Term, 1885:

Bridge and Highway Expense.

  • Wm. H. Scott, 2 days superintending repairs on lower Grant’s Creek bridge, $4.00
  • Henry S. Pate, laying floor lower Grant’s Creek Bridge, $20.00
  • W. H. Whitlock, lumber for lower Grant’s Creek Bridge, $126.65
  • H. Weales & Son, Painting for lower Grant’s Creek Bridge, $58.00

County Officers’ Fees.

  • Robert Scott, 2 days as Commissioner, $7.00
  • Wm. Brindley, 2 days as Commissioner, $7.00
  • Wm. H. Scott, 2 days as Commissioner, $7.00

Switzerland County Commissioners – Aug 1885

Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ proceedings appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 6 Aug 1885 – Page 4, Column 2

At a meeting of the County Commissioners last Tuesday contracts were made for building a bridge on Grant’s Creek. Henry S. Pate, of Patriot, Ind., being the lowest bidder was awarded the contract for the stone work at $3.40 per cubic yard and 30 cents per cubic yard for the earth fill. The Canton Bridge Co., of Canton, Ohio, being lowest bidder was awarded the contract for the iron bridge, at $19.90 per lineal foot. The bridge is to be completely ready for travel by October 1, 1885. This is an improvement much needed by the people in Posey township, and the Commissioners did right in ordering it.

Switzerland County Real Estate Transfers – Jul 1885

Switzerland County, Indiana real estate transfers for July 1885 appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 2 Jul 1885 – Page 4, Column 4

Land Sales.
Deeds recorded since our last report:

  • John Archer and wife to John V. Archer
  • Sheriff Simpson to Walter S. Scott
  • Benhart Schoffner et al to David N. Haydon
  • William Gilbert et al to Thomas McCreary

Vevay Reveille – 16 Jul 1885 – Page 4, Column 3

Land Sales.
Deeds recorded since our last report:

[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • Malissa Buchanan to Wm. J. Reed
  • Robert E. Clark et al to Sarah E. Boright
  • J. M. Clark and wife to Sarah E. Boright
  • J. M. Clark and wife to Sarah E. Boright
  • G. W. Seaver and wife to Chas. Adams
  • Flora B. and John W. Bunger
  • Circuit Court to Paris F. Snyder et al
  • Eleanor Thiebaud to Charles J. Ryan
  • Clara J. Worstell to Charles G. Adams
  • Union Furniture Co. to McLane Chair, Crib and Furniture Co.
  • Phebe A. and Charles H. Padgett to Eliza J. Seaver

Vevay Reveille – 23 Jul 1885 – Page 4, Column 3

Land Sales.
Deed recorded since our last report:

[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • David Lee and wife to Trustees M. E. Church, Fairview
  • David Lee and wife to Trustees M. E. Church, Fairview
  • John W. Morrison and wife to Trustees M. E. Church, Fairview
  • James H. Cook to Diana R. Hoffman
  • David Culbertson and wife to James Cole
  • Pauline E. Green to Alvira Abbott

Vevay Reveille – 30 Jul 1885 – Page 4, Column 1

Land Sales.
Deeds recorded since our last report:

[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • Circuit Court to Margaret Funk et al
  • Jacob Kerth to Mary A. Kerth

Switzerland County Boarders – Jul 1885

Switzerland County, Indiana crime report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 23 Jul 1885 – Page 4, Column 1

County Boarders.

Sheriff Simpson has a boom at the County Hotel, having six guests, all of whom will probably spend the summer with him. The following arrivals are recorded on the register:

Robert Graham, Mt. Sterling; charged with malicious cutting.

James Herrel and Joseph Decker, Ripley County, Ind., charged with stealing cattle.

Wm. H. Spencer, Vevay; charged with larceny.

Charles James, Florence; charged with assault and battery with intent to kill.

Henry Yates (colored), Vevay; intoxicated in a public place.

Switzerland County Commissioners’ Allowances – Jul 1885

Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 2 Jul 1885 – Page 4, Column 4

Commissioners’ Allowances

List of Allowances made by the Board of County Commissioners of Switzerland County at their special session on June 17th, 1885:

County Officers’ Fees.

  • Robert Scott, 1 day as County Commissioner, $3.50
  • Wm. Brindley, 1 day as County Commissioner, $3.50
  • Wm. H. Scott, 1 day as County Commissioner, $3.50
  • Jas. F. Simpson, as Sheriff for County Commissioners, $2.00