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Vevay Public Schools Promotions – 1884

Vevay Public Schools [Switzerland County, Indiana] promotions for 1884 appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 29 May 1884 – Page 5, Column 1

The following is a list of pupils promoted in Vevay Public Schools for the school year 1883-84. A number of pupils who failed in but one subject were promoted on condition; by passing an examination in the subject on which they were conditioned, they can be promoted at the beginning of next school year. The names of pupils promoted on condition are omitted from this list:

HIGH SCHOOL.

Graduated—Frank Detraz, Julia Dufour, Uly Griffith, Madge Patton, Nettie Rutherford, Hezzie Stratford, Mary E. Tardy, Minnie Thiebaud, Minnie Rochat.

Promoted to Senior Class—Ernest Danglade, A. W. Freeman, Josie Leap, Emma Miller, Stella Miller, Annie Pleasants, Percy Harwood.

Promoted to Intermediate Class—Carrol Cotton, Lelia Dufour, Clara Dufour, Oliver Given, Ida M. Gerard, Lulie Roberts, Samuel Stucy, Hannie Shaw, Minnie H. Simpson, Edwin G. Waldo, Lulu B. Ward.

Promoted to First Year—Frank Craig, Stella Danner, Mabel Griffith, Ada Hall, Anna Hilderbrand, Bell Hunt, Willie Holland, Julia Knox, Emory Miller, Laura Rochat, Armand Rous, Claud Siebenthal, Frank Stratford, Susie Turner, Jessie Worstell, Bertie Woolen.

PROMOTED TO EIGHTH YEAR.
Lora Anderson, Louisa Sackes, Flora Baker, Anna Boerner, Ida Brown, Nettie Bristow, Georgie Burrows, Cordie Danner, Americus Danner, Nettie Danglade, Gertrude Downey, Hannah Fallis Herschel Holland, Frank Holland, Ida Kerth, Anna Krummel, Lucy Livings, Eva Long, Florence McCallum, Susie McCallum, Katie McHenry, Harry Nash, Ella Schroeder, Corinne Schenck, Callie Thiebaud, Ollie Thiebaud, Eugene Tardy, Charlie Turner, Birda Ward, Susie White.

PROMOTED TO SEVENTH YEAR.
Lucinda Boyd, Emma Brockschlager, James Brown, Lullie Dupraz, Jennie Eaglin, Bertie Freeman, Carroll Greenleaf, Chrissy Holcraft, Lena Knox, Nellie Long, Carrie McCrellis, Sallie Mullen, Eugene McMakin, Willie Manning, Nettie Phillips, Loulie Protsman, Ida Rochat, Fred Schroeder, Clarence Stevens, Eddie Waldenmier.

PROMOTED TO SIXTH YEAR.
Maggie Chateline, Belle Dupraz, Lou Grisard, Florence Graham, Lida Gilbert, Affra Haskell, Rhoda Krummel, Belle Thiebaud, Annie Trafelet, Josie Trafelet, Ella Waldo, Anna Works, Wm. Backes, Wm. Cossairt, Edward Fallis, Paul Grisard, Joseph Greenleaf, Clarence Holdcroft, Jesse Knox, John Knox, John Lindenschmidt, Fred Livings, Henry McMakin, Walton Outcalt, Eugene Peelman, Harry Tardy, Charles Trafelet.

PROMOTED TO FIFTH YEAR.
Addie Bell, Hannah Brown, Flora Cole, Nora Cole, Eva May Craig, Katie Davison, Addie Eblin, Opha Fuget, Ella Hilderbrand, Netta Knox, Frances Lindenschmidt, Sallie Lamunyon, Joda Miller, Isabelle McKay, Joetta Mead, Ada McCallum, Fanny Peelman, Perle Schenck, Lizzie Schewe, Winnie Adkinson, Charlie Brown, Alva Baxter, Philip Burns, Clarence Belden, Percy Buschman, Sidney Dupraz, Willie Fallis, Lucien Harwood, Willie Hilderbrand, Ernest Holland, Benny McHenry, Pemberton Pleasants, Paul Stepleton.

PROMOTED TO FOURTH YEAR.
Milton Boerner, Hedden Baird, Willie Bledsoe, Winnie Brown, Josie Brockschlager, Dora Brown, Marie Costa, Lillie Cole, Annette Danglade, Anna Fish, Leota Floyd, Grace Findley, Josie Findley, Willie Gilbert, Ray Golay, Emma Grisard, Nellie Gentry, Grace Harwood, Dora Hollcroft, Gilmore Kerth, Dora Kincaid, Emma Lamunyon, Bryant McMakin, Daisy McCallum, Mittie McCallum, Luella Moxley, Ida Martin, Effie Marble, George Nichol, Clarence Plew, Florence Pleasants, Anna Patton, Luella Rayl, Vadah Rayl, Minnie Robertson, Clarence Shaw, Grace Snyder, Lottie Simpson, Ettie Simpson, Mattie Stratford, Maude Siebenthal, Andy Tower, Lenore Tardy, Carroll Walton, Bennie Waldenmeier, Lillian Works, Zada Yonge.

PROMOTED TO THIRD YEAR.
Harry Adkinson, Amie Brown, John Boyd, Clarence Banta, Willie Cole, Connell Cole, Drusie Cole, Josie Costa, Jennie Cayton, Dail Danner, Lulie Day, Eddie Fallis, Tommie Fursell, George Golay, Willie Graham, Juniatta Graham, Grace Griffith, Myrna Griffith, Joseph Hollcroft, Lena Heady, Anna Hollar, John Johston, George Johnston, Charlie Jones, Bernard Jones, Nellie Jones, Lulie Joyce, Chas. Kincaid, John Lamunyon, Ida Long, Jennie Mullen, Eva Mullen, Garnet Oakley, Tenie Protsman, Bessie Peelman, Emma Reinecke, Frank Schewe, Laura Simmons, Etta Simmons, Mamie Snyder, Minnie Sampson, Irene Simpson, Johnnie Towers, Downey VanPelt, Clifford Weales, John White, Fannie Wallon.

PROMOTED TO SECOND YEAR.
Eddie Anderson, Guy Belden, Minnie Brochschlager, Ruth Boyd, Rufert Cole, Metta Cole, Gertrude Curry, Frank Dupraz, Loring Dufour, Bettie Daily, Bertha Fish, John Golay, Robert Hinderbrand, Freddie Haskell, Barrett Leap, Inez Long, Rosa Lorch, Flora Rochat, Minnie Searcy, Sallie Shaw, Freddie Tardy, Pearl Turner, Edith Worstell.

COLORED SCHOOL.

  • Promoted to First Year High School—Elizabeth Simpson.
  • Promoted to Sixth Grade—Francis Peddy, Nannie Hamilton.
  • Promoted to Fifth Grade—Carrie Tolliver, Henry Simpson, June Simpson, Sallie Roberts.
  • Promoted to Fourth Grade—Adah Simpson, Cora Williams, Howard Simpson, Pearlie Bell, Lulie Neal.
  • Promoted to Third Grade—Frank Neal, Flora Strafford.
  • Promoted to Second Grade—Anderson Evans, Annie Robinson, Albert Lewis, Hattie Washington, Jimmie Smith, Mary Simpson.
  • Promoted to First Grade, A Class—Amos Estel, Florin Peddy, Johney Willis.

Switzerland County Memorial Day – 1884

Memorial Day festivities in Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 29 May 1884 – Page 4, Column 1
See also: Switzerland County Military Records

MEMORIAL DAY,
Friday, May 30th, 1884.
Vevay, Ind.

The following are the Committees appointed by Maj. Patton Post to make arrangements for memorial ceremonies tomorrow, Friday:

  • Vocal music—G. J. Thiebbaud, J. C. Long, and James Boyd.
  • Instrumental music—David Jayne, John I. O’Neal, and J. S. Girard.
  • Flags—L. F. Works, Oliver Cole, and John W. Kincaid.
  • Flowers—F. J. Hollcroft, Jas. Kincaid, B. W. VanOsdol.
  • Speaker’s Stand—Joseph Belch, F. J. Moxley, and M. P. Baird.
  • Programme—W. J. Baird, Wm. Freeman, L. F. Works.
  • Ice and Water—Jas. R. Cole, Peter Joyce, and Paul Clark
  • Finances—Jas. C. Long, Jas. Boyd and Jas. Girard.
  • Arms—F. J. Moxley, Isaac Froman and Jas. R. Cole.

The following are the names of soldiers buried in Vevay Cemetery, whose graves will be decorated with flowers tomorrow, Friday. Should you know of any deceased soldier whose name is omitted in this list, please report the name in writing to Col. W. D. Ward, L. F. Works, or any member of the G. A. R. in Vevay, not later than 8 o’clock Friday morning:

SOLDIERS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
John Critchfield, Charles Neal, Peter Dumont.

SOLDIERS OF 1812.
Andrew R. Porter, John Roberts, Thomas Leazenby, John Huston, William Humphrey, John McHoan, John Kyle, Jerry Plew, Henry Umbar, Edward Potter, Joseph Malin, Ebenezer Seymour, Peer Dumont, Griswold, A. Mendanhall, E. Golay.

SOLDIERS OF MEXICAN WAR.
Capt. Wm. Armstrong, Miles Mendenhall, John Marjtion, J. M. Davison, Joseph Ingold, John Mendle, Joseph Allen.

SOLDIERS OF THE LATE WAR.
Sol. McCallum, Capt. William Mead, Aaron Wintier, Martin Wintizer, Jackson Jennings, John E. Kincade, I. W. Bristow, Abraham Plew, E. P. Baird, Maj. Wm. Patton, John Lamunyon, F. W. Baxter, H. A. Barlow, Calvin C. Wilcocks, Burden Wilcocks, George P. Anderson, Benjamin C. Miller, Oliver A. Day, Charles Rochat, Lieut. G. H. Rodgers, Lieut. P. J. Hatch, Joseph W. Eblin, John LeClerc, Capt. John S. Roberts, John J. Holcroft, J. S. Robb, S. C. I. Vanduzen, Wm. Price, Jimmie M. Wright, George B. Burns, Brown Downey, James Davies, Edie Pleasants, Matthew Worstell, Capt. George Stivers, Capt. T. M. Danglade, Phil Boswell, Willis Roberts.

[See newspaper for program details.]

Vevay List of Letters – 12 May 1884

The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 15 May 1884 – Page 4, Column 2

List of letters remaining uncalled for in Post Office, at Vevay, Switzerland County, Ind., May 12, 1884:

A—A. J. Anderson

B—Abe Boggs

C—M. E. Courtney

H—H. A. Hunter

L—Jack Lambertson

M—Henry Morrison, Mrs. Hannah McDonald, Miss Arbella Mitchell

N—A. F. Newkirk

P—Tom Picket, Miss Rosetta Peters, Leroy Pierce, Miss Minnie Picket

R—Mrs. Lucy Riley, Christopher Railes, Miss Winnea Robson

S—Albert Scudder, George Smith

 

ALFRED SHAW, P. M.

Switzerland County Circuit Court – May 1884

The Switzerland County, Indiana Circuit Court report appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 8 May 1884 – Page 4, Column 3

LAW REPORT.

Switzerland Circuit Court.
J. Y. Allison, Judge; E. G. Hay, Prosecuting Attorney.

STATE CASES.

State vs. Rodie Coy; drawing concealed weapons; plea of guilty—fine $5.00.

State vs. John Q. Cochran, Ed. Mellen, Wm. O’Brien; gambling—nolle as to Ed. Mellen and Wm. O’Brien; non pros; plea of guilty by John Q. Cochran—fine $5.00.

State vs. Thomas Gilbert; assault and battery; plea of guilty—fined $1.00.

State vs. Geo. Griffin; selling liquors without license, two cases; nolle in one case and plea of not guilty in other; trial by Court—finding not guilty.

State vs. Wm. Spencer; assault and battery; trial by jury—verdict not guilty.

State vs. Rodie Coy; drawing concealed weapons—nolle.

State vs. Eddie Robinson; keeping gambling house; trial by Court—finding not guilty.

 

DIVORCE CASES.

Louisa M. Peak vs. Thomas J. Peak—dismissed.

 

CIVIL DOCKET.

James Anderson vs. Solomon McCallum; on account—dismissed.

State ex rel Annie Lambertson vs. Elijah Waltz et als; on guardian’s bond—dismissed.

Silas Q. Howe vs. Benjamin W. Waters et als; foreclosure—judgment and decree $345.60.

James K. Pleasants vs. Thomas F. Adams; attachment—dismissed.

Ancil Hamilton vs. Van S. Brandon; slander—dismissed.

Chris. Waltz et al vs. Geo. Waltz et als; partition—decree. L. F. Works appointed Commissioner.

Vevay Reveille – 22 May 1884 – Page 4, Column 3

LAW REPORT.

Switzerland Circuit Court.
J. Y. Allison, Judge; E. G. Hay, Prosecuting Attorney.

CIVIL CASES.

Edwin M. Howard vs. Melvina Bevin; partition—report of sale approved.

James W. Lewis vs. George Heady et als; partition—report of sale approved.

John N. Searcy et als vs. James W. Love, Trustee; for credit on judgment—judgment for $340.03.

Walter S. Scott vs. Polly Shadday et als; foreclosure; trial by court—judgment and decree $998.58.

John N. Searcy et als vs. James W. Love, Trustee; for credit on judgment—judgment for $269.66.

Mary A. Thompson vs. Cora Turner; partition—report of sale approved.

Rebecca Venable vs. Benjamin McIntyre et als; slander—judgment for defendants.

Paris S. Snyder et al vs. Noble Rayl et al; partition—decree.

U. P. Schenck vs. Alonzo Lapoole et als; ejectment; trial by jury; verdict for plaintiff–$1.00 damages.

U. P. Schenck vs. F. R. Plew et al; foreclosure—dismissed.

Mary C. Hastings vs. John B. Hastings; insanity; trial by jury; verdict of insanity. James L. Dodd appointed guardian.

Kansas Hollcroft vs. John W. Kincaid; on note—dismissed.

George W. Fallis, guardian, vs. Margaret Holler et al; foreclosure—judgment and decree $69.35.

U. P. Schenck vs. Scott Billings et al; for possession of real estate; trial by jury—verdict for defendant.

 

STATE CASES.

State vs. Henry Fallis; drunkenness; plea of guilty—fine $1.00.

State vs. Oliver McMakin, Thomas Bair, Jesse Pearce; robbery; trial by jury; verdict guilty—two years in State prison, fined $10.00 and disfranchised for two years.

State vs. Addie Marsh; assault and battery; plea of guilty—fined $1.00.

State vs. Addie Marsh; provoke—nolled.

State vs. Chas. Effner; petit larceny; plea of guilty—fine one cent, imprisoned in county jail for one hour an disfranchised for sixty days.

 

DIVORCE DOCKET.

Mary E. Atwood vs. Clarence Atwood; divorce granted, and plaintiff given custody of child.

Switzerland County Commissioners’ Allowances – Adjourned Mar 1884

The Switzerland County Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 24 Apr 1884 – Page 4, Column 5

ALLOWANCES
Made by the Board of County Commissioners of Switzerland County, at their adjourned March Term, 1884:

 

John Jester, 1 day as overseer of poor, $2.00

Frank Higgins, for keeping Fleming Jones, $4.15

F. J. Siebenthal, for Mrs. Ostrander, $1.52

F. J. Siebenthal, for Sam Leadford’s family, $1.50

O. S. Waldo, for Mrs. Ostrander, $2.88

O. S. Waldo, for Sam Leadford’s family, $3.50

Geo. W. Roberts, for hauling wood for Leadford family, $5.00

James Weed, for 13 days chopping wood for Leadford family, $13.00

Morrison L. Brown, 2 days as overseer of poor, $4.00

Wm. C. Armstrong, 2 days as overseer of poor, $4.00

U. P. Schenck & Son, sundries for Boggs family, $16.39

C. V. Thiebaud, sundries for Mrs. E. Orem, $5.00

C. V. Thiebaud, sundries for Virg Simpson, $2.00

C. V. Thiebaud, sundries for Susan Day, $2.00

C. V. Thiebaud, sundries for Ida Furnish, $3.00

Z. I. Yonge & Co., sundries for Mrs. Holdcroft, $3.35

Z. I. Yonge & Co., per Dr. D. N. Hayden, $1.00

S. R. Heath, for sundries for Rebecca Dixon, $5.00

S. R. Heath, sundries for Elias Brown, $8.19

C. C. Morrison, for keeping Clara Sloan, $5.00

James H. Gibbs, for sundries for Clara Sloan, $2.65

James H. Gibbs, for sundries for John Tibbatts, $7.55

D. B. Lee, for taking Kinder child to poor house, $3.45

Joshua M. Griffith, Jr., for keeping Roach, $6.00

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

D. N. Hayden, M. D., medical services to 16th April, 1884, $12.00

James C. Kincaid, for Bettie Lewis, $4.20

 

L. C. Buck, 3 days as Commissioner, $10.50

Robt. Scott, 4 days as Commissioner, $14.00

Wm. Brindley, 4 days as Commissioner, $14.00

Wm. S. Tower, 3 days as Sheriff, $6.00

R. T. F. Abbett, 37 jurors’ certificates, $18.50

 

Robt. Scott, for moving bridge floor, $1.50

Robt. Scott, for 1 day at sale of bridge, $2.00

M. G. Keeney, 1 day at bridge letting, $4.00

Wm. Brindley, 1 day at sale of Bridge, $2.00

Jas. Murdock, Jr., burning iron & repair stamp, $5.10

Alfred Driver, taxes refunded, $1.68

 

The following allowances were made to Trustees, to be taken out of Township Funds:

Morrison L. Brown, $45.00

Wm. C. Armstrong, $45.00

David B. Lee, $32.00

F. B. Cunningham, $44.00

John Jester, $36.00

Switzerland County Juries – Apr 1884

The Switzerland County, Indiana Circuit Court report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 24 Apr 1884 – Page 4, Column 1

Switzerland Circuit Court
Will commence a regular term next Monday, April 28.

Alfred Shaw and Robert A. Knox, Jury Commissioners, have drawn the names of the following gentlemen to serve as jurymen:

GRAND JURY.
Lawrence Smith, Dennis G. Manning, Geo. W. Manford, John W. Riley, E. F. Bellamy, Morgan Carver.

PETIT JURY.
Wm. Whitten, Israel Leintz, George Moredock, Rodolph Poske, Amie Rous, Joshua Coleman, William C. Scott, Josiah Curry, Alex Kirkpatrick, John Armstrong, Jackson Sheets, John Archer.

Switzerland County Real Estate Transfers – Apr 1884

Switzerland County, Indiana real estate transfers appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 17 Apr 1884 – Page 4, Column 3

Land Sales.

Transfers of Real Estate since our last report:
[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • Nathan Walden and wife to Henry Walden
  • Augustus Hatton and wife to Robert D. Hatton
  • Belinda and James Myers to Sarah E. March
  • Jacob R. Harris and wife to Robert A. Harris
  • David Lostutter and wife to Lyman Mix
  • Margaret and Silas Hagerman to Scott Billings
  • P. C. and W. G. Holland and wives to Manuel Farwood
  • Mary E. and John Hatton to Wm. Hutchinson
  • Harvey Jack and wife to Sarah M. Woods
  • John Hatton and wife to Augustus Hatton
  • Matthew Rayl and others to Elizabeth Bosaw
  • Robert A. Knox and wife to George P. Knox
  • Barney Klenburg and others to Charles V. Thiebaud
  • Lewis Burchfield and wife to Jacob Kerth
  • Jacob Kerth to Lewis Berchfield
  • Sylvester Lanham and wife to Ira Baxter
  • Samuel Henry and wife to Thomas A. and Simpson Spencer
  • James P. Orem and wife to Alma Orem

Vevay Reveille – 15 May 1884 – Page 4, Column 3

Land Sales.

Deeds Recorded during April:
[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • Winfield S. Danner to Edward Worrell
  • Samuel E. Pleasants, Administrator, to Amie Morerod
  • Jennie and Wm. Sanders to James K. Pleasants
  • Sibl R. Fish to John Boyd
  • John Boyd to Oliver Keith
  • David Lee, Administrator, to Jacob B. Harris
  • John N. Searcy and wife to Peter D. McNutt
  • Peter D. McNutt to Mary E. Searcy
  • Elenor Thiebaud to Nat M. Fallis
  • John Hufford and wife to Sarah Bradley
  • Sarah and Heman Bradley to John F. Hufford
  • Josiah Lee and wife to John Lee
  • Jacob Krummel and wife to Lucy Lettrell
  • Susan N. and F. W. Cole to Wm. W. Gardner
  • Josie D. and F. M. Griffith to John C. Scott
  • Joseph H. Netherland and others to Wm. H. Netherland and others
  • Wm. H. Netherland and others to Joseph H. Netherland and others
  • Thomas Gibbons and James M. Oak
  • Isaac M. Smith and wife to Loren Carnine
  • Charles Markland and wife to Trustee York Township
  • James M. Oak to Thomas Gibbons
  • Joseph Hully and others to Jefferson C. Smith
  • Louisa M. and Thomas J. Peak to Masaliness Miller
  • Robert A. Harris to Robert W. Galbreath and wife
  • Mary Carver to Samuel Scott
  • Wm. H. Netherland to Thurston Netherland
  • Albert W. Wright and wife to Thurston Netherland
  • Mathew Brown and wife to George Clendenning
  • James H. Campbell and wife to Jacob R. Harris
  • Anna Peters and others to Mary Scudder
  • Uriah Wade to Eliza F. Wade
  • Delliah O. Moore to Elizabeth J. Rogers
  • Thomas Coy and wife to Harvey Rayl and wife
  • James A. Works and wife to Richard Robinson
  • U. P. Schenck and wife to Elizabeth A. Pate
  • Elizabeth M. Jaynes to Sarah Louisa Hess
  • Sarah Louisa Hess to Jennie Martin
  • John Porter and wife to Edward Dowler
  • P. C. Holland, Auditor, to Silas Q. Howe
  • Simon P. Pelser to Benjamin L. Pelser
  • Benjamin L. Pelser to George Voris
  • Peter Pelser to George Voris
  • Mary Jane Scudder and others to Anna Peters
  • William Brindley and wife to Enoch S. Adams
  • Margaret Armstrong to Joseph F. McKay
  • Simon Beymer and wife to Ferdinand Luck
  • Miles Cook and wife to Charles Postel
  • John March and others to Oscar Williamson
  • Rebecca Hastie to George A. Reeves
  • Circuit Court to Allie Rochat
  • James H. Gibbs and wife to Thomas J. Gibbs

Switzerland County Commissioners’ Allowances – Mar 1884

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

Switzerland County Real Estate Transfers – Mar 1884

Switzerland County, Indiana real estate transfers appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 6 Mar 1884 – Page 4, Column 2

Land Sales.

Transfers of Real Estate since our last report:
[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • Benj. E. Addis and wife to Wm. M. Green
  • Alma and James Orem and James P. Orem
  • Bledsoe & Beymer et ux to Schrumpf & Told

Vevay Reveille – 13 Mar 1884 – Page 4, Column 3

Transfers of Real Estate since our last report:
[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • David Shull and wife to Jerry M. Dow
  • J. M. W. Langsdale to Chas. Postel
  • Catharine and Joseph A. Kincaid to Samuel Schlevelbein
  • Lorin W. Mallett and wife to Dorwick Gordon
  • Thomas F. Adams and wife to Ulysses P. Schenck
  • John L. Thiebaud to Elisha Brown
  • P. C. Holland, Auditor, to U. P. Schenck
  • Samuel Wiseman and wife to Harrison Roberts and wife

Switzerland County Circuit Court – Mar 1884

The Switzerland County, Indiana Circuit Court report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 6 Mar 1884 – Page 2, Column 2

Law Report.

Switzerland Circuit Court.
J. Y. Allison, Judge; E. G. Hay, Prosecuting Attorney.

STATE CASES.

State vs. Wm. P. Davies; bunko steering—dismissed.

State vs. Absolom Adams; forcible entry and detainer—dismissed.

State vs. Thomas Dyer; appeal—quashed.

State vs. Benjamen Siebenthal; assault and battery; plea of guilty—fine $1.00.

State vs. Kansas Holcroft; selling liquor to minor; plea of guilty—fined $20.00

State vs. Kansas Holcroft; same charge—nolled.

State vs. Thomas Weaver; burglary; plea of guilty—fined $1.00, imprisonment in State’s prison for five years and disfranchised for five years.

 

CIVIL CASES.

Lucinda Richardson vs. Margaret Wilson et al; partition—dismissed.

Eliza B. Adams et al vs. Lewis F. Works et al; partition—dismissed.

Martha E. Richter vs. Joseph E. Hart; on note—dismissed.

John McGregor vs. Estate of John Rogers; claim—dismissed.

The Lane & Bodly Co. vs. William McCreary; on note—dismissed.

State ex rel P. C. Holland, Auditor, vs. James A. Works et al; foreclosure, school fund mortgage—judgment and decree $242.22.

John Howard et als vs. John Holler et als; foreclosure—judgment and decree $397.00.

Rachel Scudder vs. Abner Scudder et als—report of Commissioners confirmed.

James A. Works et als vs. Lafayette Peelman et als; injunction—injunction made perpetual.

 

PROBATE DOCKET.

B. L. Wiley, Administrator, vs. William Lampton et als; petition to sell real estate—sale ordered.

William H. Anderson, Administrator, vs. Lucinda Baldwin et als; petition to sell real estate—sale approved.

Samuel E. Pleasants, Administrator, vs. Unknown Heirs of John F. Tardy; petition to sell real estate—sale approved.

Guardianship of Henry Henghold, Clemans Deman, guardian—final report approved.

Guardianship of Phoeba Demaree, Sylvester Morrison, guardian—partial report approved.

Guardian of William and Perry Andrew, John Andrew, guardian—partial report approved.