ANNUAL STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES Of Sullivan County for the Year 1898. Expenditures of Sullivan County for the year 189$. Assessing and Registering..... 8 IOtW im Firewardens <4 16 Auditing Proth.'s.Reg.Jc Recorder's Act. Ift 00 Grand Jurors 501 28 Agricultural Sociely lW 00 Inquests 05 05 Book; and Stationery 218 fa Insane Asylum* 400 2ft Bounties 164 fto Interact on County Orders 1266 34 Borrowed Money 4120 00 Interest on Couuty Bonds 1570 00 Court'.Crler 63 00 Jury Commissioners aud Clerk 84 14 County Auditors and Clerk 191 52 Janitor 229 13 County Bridges 1496 57 Jail Expenses 278 90 County Cost 2:12 16 Proth'y and Clerk of Courts I*B 30 Commissioners' Clerk :159 00 Penitentiary Bill 145 40 County Commissioners' Salaries 905 *5 Postage and Telegram- 12 08 County Commissioners' Counsel 198 50 Public Building and Grounds 617 90 Commonwealth's Costa 1221 !*3 : Printing and Advertising 379 70 Conveying Prisoners to Penitentiary 180 80 Refunding Account 139 86 Constables' Returns 124 JO Sheel) Claims t*>4 40 Court Reporter 345 23 Sheriff's Costs 97 20 County Institute 159 66 j Traverse and Petit Jurors 1755 26 County Surveyor 46 00 Tipstaves 72 00 Elections 1499 28 Tax on Loans 249 50 ' Freight and Express 20 ot> Fuel and Lights 33" 22 , Total 8 21,877 84 Financial of Sullivan County for the Official Year Ending January 2,1899. LIABILITIES. RESOURCES. Amt. of County Orders at Interest 26509 36 Amt. due County from Collectors for Amt. of County.Orderg outstanding not the year 1898 and previous years 7230 64 at interest 445 97 Amt. to be Refunded by State, viz: % Amt. still due by County on account of of 8791 48 State Personal Tax 593 61 Indebtedness of Ex-Treas. Lorah.... 35 11 Amt. of Balance due County oil Judg't Amount due State for. Tax on County No. 62, Feb. T. 1891, against Jacob Indebtedness for '9B viz: $64,509.36 Lorah. viz: Debt.and Int.to 5ep.23'92 4765 19 at four mills 258 01 Amt.due from ex-Slieriff Tripp,Jury fee 24 00 Amount due State for State Personal Amt. due from Sheriff Swank, Jury fees 12 00 Tax for year 1898 791 18 Amt. due County by C, E. Jackson J. P. . forfeited bail paid to him(in 1893 34 43 28039 99 Amt. due County by Laporte Borough Poor District, acct. ot H. Genoski... Danville Insane Asylum less J! 72 34 25 Amt. due County by Hillsgrove twp. on acct. ofexp. of lunacy of D.R.Davis Michael Zobroski at Danville 207 43 Amt. due County by Fox Twp. Poor District, account of Harvey McKay Warren Asylum 91 25 Amt. due Co.'note of P. Murphy 2547 T. Olmstead 5 00 " " R.S.Kimble 115 00 " •' J. P. Carson 17 96 • Cummings iStone 92 37 H.G. & Wm. May 12 80 " John Dovitt 62 00 J. F.Dibble 10 93 " John Havlly 59 87 Daniel Giggy 88 26 489 66 " " From Wyoming Co. on acct. ot share Judicial Contest costs 11 63 Sonestown property (in litigation) viz: Amount of Contracts 83305 00 Trustees have reed, on eoutraet 2688 91 Due County from P Sceules and 11. G. Huffmaster % of Brown judgment sur charged in utidit of 1898 IS S8 Amt due from P.Seeules Convention Order No. 1439 25 06 Amt due from 11. G. Huffmaster Con vention order 30 00 Amt due from state % of bill for Fire Warden $44 16 T. 22 08 Balance due County, from County Treasurer Thrasher 50 31 Amt due by County Coms.(jointlyl by Surcharges, this audit, " ' 166 7.i Liabilities in Excess of Resources 14232 72 828039 92 COUNTY ORDER ACCOUNT. To Amount of Orders Outstanding on By Amt of County Orders redeemed by December 31,1897 24911 22 County Treasurer during 1898 18014 If To Amount of County Orders Issued Amt of Orders outstanding at the end of during 1898 20058 29 the official, year, 1897, to wit: Jan. 1 '99 26955 35 41969 51 $-14969 61 REDEMPTION FUND ACCOUNT. To Amount of Redemption Money in the By Amt. of Redemption Money paid out hands of Co. Treasurer, as shown by by County Treasurer, during 1898 574 0< last audit 91 46 By Balance in hands of County Treas- To Amount Received during 1898 546 69 urer 61 i: 8638 15 $6:18 1: RANSOM THRASHER. ( uI'NTY TREASURER. In account with the several Township and Boroughs for Road Funds for taxes received on Unseated Lands for the year 1898. BOROUGHS AND Amt reed Due Tres. Due Twp. Total Paid out Co. Tre's. Due Due TOWNSHIPS. in 1898. last aud't last aud't Rec'd-'9B byTrcs-'9S Com. Twps. Treasur' Cherry Twp. i 967 76 1 53 U9 ~ ioio 84! 509 40 " 12 73 488 71 Colley I 1347 47 230 86 1116 62 950 83 29 5-1 186 25 Dushore Boroagh.. 10 29 39 10 68 10 6* Davidson Twp 2346 27 478 86 2825 13 2250 11 56 26 518 46 Elkland 153 55 101 77 258 32 163 70 3 84 97 78 Forksvi He Bor Forks Twp 1759 46 1151 06 2910 52 1.820 00 15 50 1045 02 Fox 431 30 270 23 701 53 8(10 00 20 00 118 4; Hillsgrove 491 21 256 27 747 18 (JOO 00 15 00 132 48 Lajioite Boro 34 06 26 ill 32 34 32 Laporte Twp 1835 91 89 11 1746 80 IS SO 12 32 98 483 70 Shrewsbury 914 61 400 98 1315 59 1181 05 '29 60 101 94 Total 10281 88' 319 96 2712 91 12674 83 9198 51 245 45 3049 31 118 V RANSOM THRASHER, COUNTY TREASURER. In account with the Collectors of County Tax for the year 1898. BOROUGHS AND Amt. Amt. Lauds Exon's. Rebate Collec's Due ~ TOWNSHIPS. COLLECTORS. charg'd Paid in. Retur'd Al' wedjAl' wed Com. FROM COL al IK'I Cherry R. Litzelman 2296 47 1068 56 86 86 38 16 1167 89 2296 4; Colley Royal Scouten.. 1147 96 100 00 537 204 1040 65 1147 W Dushore J 11. Farrell 1207 36 11*43 61 "81 20 24 32 99 23 1207 31 Davidson Oscar Lewis 1612 53 1:132 62 71 08 27 651 181 28 1612 6! Elkland C. Snvder 1073 62 582 26 31 30 11 90 418 16 1073 61 Forksvllle Boro. John Pardoe 314 24 250 65 490 II :S0 47 39 314 2-1 Forks Twp 11. Riehlin 1031 01 738 00 30 32 19 52 243 20 1031 (N Fox A. Diekerson 567 85 362 61 11 28 14 57 179 39 567 8f Hillsgrove M. W. Lewis 708 22 658 55 27 17 23 87 *137 , 708 22 Laiorte Boro A. Buschauseil.. 585 US 484 66 22 56 16 64 61 30 585 II LaiiorteTwp Phillip Karge.... 390 91 179 05 !• 73 555 196 58 390 91 Shrewsbury Mathew Taylor.. 1295 76 1001 09 47 43 24 48 222 76 1295 7t Totals 12231 12 7791 66 348 20 214 90 3876 36112231 p. RANSOM THRASHER, COUNTY TREASURER. 11l account with the Collectors of State Tax for the year 1898. BOROUGHS AND Amt. Amt. Collec's Rebate Exon's Due ~ TOWNSHIPS. COLLECTORS. -charg'd )>aid in. Com. Al'wed Al'wed FROM cot ™1 ncc Cherry R. Litzelman 120 12 73 00 226 397 40 89 120 fs Colley Roval Scouten 27 35 27 35' 27 :U Dushore J. H. Farrell 237 16 200 Oil 620 10 87 20 09 237 It Davidson Oscar Lewis 79 34 79 :14 79 3i Elkland Christian Snyder 74 73 19 00 158 266 21 49 74 7: Forksville Jonh Pardoe 58 02 58 02 58 0: Forks Harry Riehlin 54 86 53 86 180 269 *3 49 51 8t Fox A. I). Diekerson 7 60 7 60 7 « Hillsgrove M.W.Lewis 39 54 39 54 39 51 Laporte Boro A. Busehhausen 35 93 35 93 .35 9! LaiiorteTwp Phillip Karge 38 39 :>5 81 110 195 * 47 38 3! Shrewsbury Mathew Taylor 18 44 15 48 48 84 164 18 4- •Due to Collectors. Total 791 48 427 15 13 -12 22 98 327 93 791 41 RANSOMTHRASHER, COUNTY TREASURER. In account with the Colecltors of Dog Tax, for the year 1898. BOROI'UHS AND Ann. Amt. Exoiie- Rebate Collec's Due TOWNSHIPS. COLLECTORS. charg'd Paid in rations. Al'wed Com. FROM COL Bal nee Cherry Township I K. Litzelman 227 00 82 00 446 251 138 00 227 (X Colley " Royal Scouten 81 00 81 00 HI 0C Dushore Borough I. H. Farrell 36 00 .16 00 36 0( Davidson Township... Oscar Lewis 113 00 113 00 113 Ot Elkland " ... Christian Snyder.... 122 00 49 00 2 (if. 152 68 82 122 Ot Forksville Borough John Pardoe 16 00 16 00 16 0C Forks Township Henry Riehlin 113 00 65 77 270 238 42 15 113 (X Fox " A. D. Dickenson 73 00 73 00 73 (X Hillsgrove Twp M. W. Lewis 47 00 47 «u 47 OC Latioite Borough A. Busehhausen 17 00 17 00 17 0( La|*>rte Township Phillip Karge 35 00 855 46 27 26 72 :S5 Of Shrewsbury Twp Mathew Taylor 50 00 16 15 88 50 32 47 50 0C Total 930 00 221 47 11 16 721 690 16 980 0( RANSOM THRASHER, COUNTY TREASURER. Statements showing amounts of State, County and Dog Taxes due from the various Collectors for the year 1898 and for previous years. BOROUGHS AND Ij rnmnmin Year. County. State. Dog. Totals. TOWNSHIPS. COLLECTORS. . : Davidson Twp w. M. Robbins LBO2 8 55 i 1 8 55 Colley " P. A. Walsh 1893 30 29 19 07 49 36 Shrewsbury Mathew Taylor 1894 21 37 21 37 trolley Twp J. P, Allen 1895 46 75 til 75 Dushore Borough... C. 8. Reitmeyer •• 53 7" I 53 2 43 57 73 Forks " Henry Riehlin " 2 67 7 50 10 17 Colley J.P.Allen 1896 41 41 21 96 19 33 82 70 Davidson James Moran •' 152 10 2 00 26 40 180 50 Dushore Boro Frank Buck " 271 61 7 78 16 20 295 59 Elkland Wheeler Plotts. 1895 *lO 00 4 50 * 5 50 Elkland " 1896 * 9 66 » 9 61 Shurewsbry ' Mathew Taylor " 71 57 1 48 31 25 104 30 Cherry Twp R. Litzelman 1897 *l3 11 2 38 5 49 *35 24 Colley J. P. Allen " 53 06 45 03 43 00 141 09 Dushore Boro John H. Farrell " 17 18 I I 75 II 00 42 93 Davidson" James Moran " 743 48 110 68 194 00 1048 16 Elkland Alvin Rightmire. " 45 08 71 18 85 68 201 54 Forks Henry Riehlin " * 5 fit'. * 6 66 Forksville I John Pardoe " * 36 49 :16 19 00 68 00 Hillsgrove M.W.Lewis " 12 0:: 29 00 4103 Laporte Twp I P, Karge '• *l2 76 *l4 45 640 »20 81 Shrewsbury Twp...| Mathew Taylor " 14 27 * 1 13 13 14 Cherry Twp. R Litzelman 1898 | 1157 89 40 89 138... 1:136 78 Colley '• Royal Scouten " 1010 65 27 35 81 ... 1148 90 Dushore Boro J H Farrell •' 99 23 20 09 36 ... 165 32 Davidson 1 Oscar Lewis '• . 181 28 79 34 113... 373 62 Elkland Twb Christian Snyder... » 148 16 21 49 68 82 1 638 47 Forksville Boro John Pardoe " 47 39 58 02 16 ... 121 41 Forks Henry Ritclilin " 243'20 * 3 49 42 16 281 86 Fox ! A. I). Diekerson " 179 39 7 60 73... '259 99 Hillsgrove Twp iiM W Lewis " *1 37 39 54 47... 85 17 Laporte Boro |A. Busehhausen '• 61 30 35 93 17 ... 114 23 Laporte, Twp I Philip Karge " 196.58 * 47 25 72 221 83 Shrewsbury llMathew Taylor 222 76 167 j 32 47 256 90 * Due Collector Total ' " ' 5298 28 '■ 674 48 I 1257 93 7230 64 i RANSOM THRASHER, COUNTY TREAUUKBt. In aoeount with various Collectors of pevious y«ut for tax amaiinM paid up and settled Cherry F. Mitteudorf 1894 157 40 157 4u 157 40 Colley G. Bauuiauu. y 90 y co y no Shrewtbury Mathew Taylor.... 21 :;7 '.'l 37 '.'l :>7 Cherry F. Mittendorf 1395 522 97 25 *0 497 08 522 97 Colley J. P. Allen 40 75 '0 "j 10 75 Dushore C. S. Rightinire 57 73 57 78 57 78 Forks Henry Richliu JO 17 10 17 10 17 Colley J.P.Allen 18W li'.l 73 75 00 103 Hi 70 101 73 Davidson James Uorun 180 50 180 50 ISO 50 Dushore Frank Buck 295 59 295 60 295 59 Hillsgrove Charles Haus 10 fil 10 01 lo 01 Shrewsbury Mathew Taylor 10) so 10) 30 10l 30 Cherry R- LiUeltnan 18*7 935 7 7 815 00 fly 75 51 59 8) 07 *:« 24 935 77 Colley I.P.Allen 5(12 40 315 00 100 37 Ml Oil 502 40 Dushore J. H, Farrell 421 03 381 10 42 93 424 03 Davidson I. Win. Moraii 1148 10 100 00 1018 10 1118 10 Klkland Alvtll Rlglitniire 550 3« :i57 84 201 51 559 :!8 Forks Henry Kiehliu 98 01 78 01 742 18 14 *5 50 98 01 Fox A. D. Dickenson.. 18y7 321 44 200 78 !1 26 13 40 324 44 Forksville Boro (John Pardoe 221 00 153 00 OS 00 -21 00 Hillsgrove |M. W. Lewis 2)9 07 '2OB 01 11 03 210 07 Laporte Twp Phillip Karge 10.) 15 127 8s 35 89 10 13 050 *2O m 105 15 Laporte'Boro A. Buschhausen 00 42 23 37 13 70 23 85 00 42 Shrewsbury Mathew Taylor :iXO 07 80S 60 15 75 17 52 13 14 380 07 Total I 6780 oy' 3432 07 183 27 280 SB 41 28 _2BIH_3O j»780 00 t Due Collector. Due Wheeler H. Plotts, Collector, from 18' JO, 315.14. x On the abovesoßo.37 total amount due by trunk Mittendorf, 8183.28 was paiil b> his bondsman. RANDOM THRASHER, COUNTY TREASURER. In Account with the several Townships and Boroughs for School and Building Funds, for lanes received for Unseated Lands, for the year 1808. BOKOL'OHS AND Amt reeil Due Twp Due Tres Total I'd out by Co Treas Due Due TOWNSHIPS in 1808 last aud't last aud t Rec'd- 'OB Tres ln'9B Com. Twp. Treasur'r cheny 750 00 :» 22 780 01 300 00 7 ."A' 182 41 Colley 1013 37 147 y3 1101 30 *52 50 21 31 287 40 Dushore Boro 28 18 42 23 00 ■ 23 00 Davidson 001 20 637 80 1029 00 1450 Oo 30 25 142 81 Elkland 102 58 05 72 108 30 75 00 1 Sx 01 42 Forksville Forks 349 49 248 70 598 25 598 25 Fox 312 45 219 94 532 39 300 00 7 5U 224 89 Hillsgrove '290 53 100 59 403 12 250 00 0 25 140 87 Laporte Boro 72 70 60 73 32 70 00 1 75 1 57 Laporte Twp 709 05 179 11 888 10 000 00 15 00 273 16 Shrewsbury I 508 93 497 12 1001 OS 800 00 20 00 181 05 |j 5125 23 2148 23 7268 10 4097 50 117 41 2453 52 RANSOM THRASHER, COUNTY TREASURER. In account with the several townships and boroughs for taxes received from unseated lands for Poor Funds during the year 1898. BOROUGHS AND Amount DueTwp.iDue Tre<. Tot'lreed Paid by Treas. Due Due ToWJtsHtPS rec'd '9B last audit!last audt. in 1898. Co. Treas. Com Twps. Treas. Cherry".... '... " 840 10 17 38 357 54 100 00 250 255 01 Colley 0 20 00 0 26 i 0 20. Dushore 2 58 2 58 2 58 Davidson 782 01 11 10 771 51 870 00 '22 04 120 58 Elkland 18 fly 17 85 36 54 50 00 I 25 14 71 Forksville Boro. . Forks 171 97 171 97 171 97 Fox 208 22 157 85 1'25 57 121 25 3 08 301 29 Hillsgrove 245 32 178 23 418 55 '2OO 00 5 00 213 55 Laporte Boro 17 25 17 25 17 25 Laporte Twp .">B3 80 98 03 081 83 100 00 2 50 570 83 Shrewsbury 305 38 220 08 520 00 198 «0 4 09 358 37 Total 3415 06 084 58 11 10 8115 00 1004 58 40 41 1905 01 135 24 RANSOM THRASHER, COUNTY TREASURER. In account with the County of Sullivan for the year 1808, /officially ending Jan. 2. 1599. Amount received from Collectors for '97 By amount of County Orders redeemed and for previous years, during 1898 8132 07 by County Treasurer during 1898 18014 18 Amount received from Collectors of '9B By Treasurer's commission thereon 450 35 State tax, 427 15; County tax, 7791 00; By amt interest on County Order No. Dog tax. 221 47 8140 2w 427, redeemed 06 33 Amount of County tax received from By Treas Commission on alove at 1 00 Unseated Lands during 1898 0567 10 Ily amount ['aid State Treasurer, the Amtof money borrowed by Co Corns. State Personal tax for the year 1898 885 01 during 1898 of various parties 4120 00 Treasurer's commission thereon at 'J'. Amount received from County's propor- per cent 22 12 tion of license money, for the year '9B 087 87 By aint. paid State Treasurer theamt. 01 Amount received from State, tieing the tax on loans for 1897 219 55 Refund of % of 1897 tax 008 76 1 Commission allowed by State.) Amt of alien taxes received from Trex- Co. Treasurer's commission on $574 re ler & Terrell, irefunded 127 08 demption money paid during'9B at 2' .. 14 35 Ami from A. J. Bradley for rent ' 97 36 00 By amt. of interest paid 011 Uitids, vi •: 11. T. Down* " " 2) 00 00... on Ist series 4 per oent 1820 Amt received from townshil*. on 2d series ;> " 250 1570 ... Fox twp. support of McKay 12125 Treasurer's commission thereon at 2'. 39 25 Hillsgrove " Davis 94 75 Balance due County 50 31 Laporte B. " Genoski 172 ... :w8 ... . Amt reed, from State Department reports 35... 25095 78 County Com. in Twp. orders 40 50 M 1' Gallagher's landsmen for taxes 242 85 " Redemption of Comrs. lands 180 08 " from Justice Simmons, Hues 10 ... " Sheriff Swank, jury fees etc 50 . '• from surcharges on County Corns. errors in orders for '97 12 75 Amt. received from S. S. Rogers }4 of amount surcharged jointly for '97 9 49 " G Litzelman ana J H Farrell sur charged in audit of '96 28 85 25095 78 RANSOM THRASHER. COUNTY TREASURER. In account with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the year 1898. By amount returned to State as uncol- To Amount of Retailer's License for the leetable 17 00 vear 1898 8535 50 By costs of advertising 55 20 To amount overpaid Stat..' Treasurer 190 By State Treasurer's Receipt 439 28 By Treasurer's commission 25 92 537 40 537 40 WHOLESALE LIQUOR LICENSE. To Amt. of Wholesale Liquor License 1400 00 By State Treasurer's Receipts 8380 00 By Treasurer's Commission 20 00 RETAIL LIQUOR LICENSE. To State's proportion of Retail Liquor lly Stale Treasurer's Receipts 112:175 License 1175 ... By County Treasurer's commission 5175 To amount overjaid State Treasurer 50 1175 50 1175 50 BREWERS AND DI S TILLER'S LICENSE. To Amount of Brewers and Distiller's By State Treasurer's Receipts $332 50 License 8350 00 By Treasurer's Commission 17 50 *l5O 00 $350 00 BILLIARD LICENSE. To Amt. assessed for the year 1898 8120 00 By Slate Treasurers receipts 114 00 By Treasurer's commission 6 00 Jl2O 00 $l2O 00 The County Commissisoers In account with the County of Sullivan, for the year 1896: S. S. ROGERS; To County Orders drawn during 1898 220 00 By 53 days service as per bill, aud't ® 350 185 50 To balance due S. S. Rogers 16 05 By expense account as presented 20'25 By lialance due from '9/ 30 30 236 05 230 (6 11. G.' HUFFMASTER: To County Orders drawn in 1898 319 50 By 83 days service as per bill i$ 3 50 290 50 To balance due H. G. Huffmaster 52 80 By expense account as presented 32 30 By balance due from '97 49 50 372 30 372 30 PHILIP SECULES: To County Order* drawn during 1898 366 35 By 88 days services as Com. at (ft 350... 30800 By expense account as presented 13 35 306 35 By lialance from '97 41 93 By amount overdrawn during '9B 3 07 366 35 RANSOM THRASHER, COUNTY TREASURER. In account with the various townships for Road, School and Poor Funds, at the end of the official year, 1898, to wit: January 2 1899. ROAD FUNDS. SCHOOL FUNDS. POOR FUNDS. ROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS. Due Due Due Due Due Due Treasurer, township Treasurer, township Treasurer, township Cherry Township 488 71 482 41 255 01 Colley do 136 25 287 49 0 26 Dushore Borough 10 68 23 00 2 58 Davidson Township 518 40 142 81 120 5!, Elkland do "7 78 91 42 14 71 Forksville Boruogh Forks Township 10)5 02 .>9B 25 171 97 Fox do ÜBI 7 224 89 301 29 Hillsgrove Township 132 48 146 87 218 55 Laporte Borough 34 32 1 5 17 21 Laporte Townsnlp 483 70 273 I<> 579 33 Shrewsbury do j 101 w 181 05 118 17 3049 84 2458 52 135 24 1905 04 Road Fund due Twp 3049 34 School " " 2453 52 Poor " " 1905 04 17408 50 Lets due Treas. Road sllß 47 Poor 135 24 258 71 Net Amt Due Townships by Treasurer 7154 79 j RANSOM THRASHER. COUNTY TREASURER. , In account with th« County, and the several Boroughs and Townships, for their and eachof their proportion of License Money, under the Act of Juue9, 1891, for the year isys. Tote! l'roport'n Propor- Treas Paid to Due to ' 1 Boiiot DHI AMI Amt. of to tion to B. Comm. Paid to Boroughs Boros TOWNSHIPS. L. money County land Twp.; at 2 1-2 '!he a,T ,md' Balance 1 received l-.>sharesi«-s»hares{pei cent. County. Twps. Twps SS 'SS| SIS "E 98 S'S .J8 88 SMSAST'™ 'is "SS! as it «B 2E - Forksville Boro I.V) 00 ::6 00 120 00 :: 75 »25 f?7 00 150 w Hillsgrove Iwp lflo 00 30 00 120 00 375 29 25 17 00 * s'oo 150 00 laporte Boro 450 00. 9000 :ioo 00 1127. 87 75 ;w 00 I'S 08 Laporte Twp 75 00 15 00 00 00 188 1402 58 50 75 0U "SWCSTSSST- • W(K 120 " J 375 ••• U7 iK) 1» from 1897. 362Q Qp 705 )J0 p,, 1;! w7 w m w llemi/es Expenditures of Sullivan County for the year '9B. • PUBLIC BUILDING AND GROUNDS. | l'aid bill of I'titer Forve A Bro. repairs l ou heater 16r> Ellery Swank. lulx>rou sttiue 4 37 T. K. Kennedy, board of heater meii!!!!! 525 Zaeli < ole, drilling aii'i casing ItH feet well, and repair to pump 208 7^ John Hiiemun, furnishing and placing stone window sills 8135 S.C. Busier, tinner, work 1,11 roof 14 75 M.I O'Brien, tinner t Jauie-i Cunningham, glass, hardware > io H. T. Downs, two lumps for courthouse 13 80 nix lamp tops for same. 2 91 11. T. I towns and Kobt Stormont, sort ill" and re-arranging records in vault 15 ... Painting and work on county building' 37 MO A K Tripp, Asg, necessaries for Janitor (i 00 T J Heeler, brooms, lamp chimneys and necessaries for use of janitor 9 64 1 Moutgonwry Ward <v Co.. I'. S. flag for j courthouse 15 58 , W C Mb-oii, hauling water and other I team work 10 65 ; Jcthro Battiu, work painting fence and tending mason 16 50 ! Manure tor lawn 1 00 617 DO Assessing and Registering. Cherry Township 272 84 Colley do 187 65 Dushore Borough 70 72 Davidson Township 110 79 I Elkland do 91 68 Korksville Borough 16 81 Forks Township 65 85 Fox do 67 14 Hillsgrove 52 30 Laporte Borough 15 ... Laporte Township r,l jr» Shrewsbury do 65 16 1067 86 ELECTION KXPENsrs. Bernice Township 36 90 General 30 60 67 50 Cherry " 30 51 " 30 35 60 89 Colley " 31 14 " 31 40 62 51 Davidson •' 36 26 " 00 65 86 Dushere 8.. " 35 54 " 30 40 65 94 Elkland 29 50 30 00 59 50 Korksville li " 32 30 " 29 00 61 30 Korks " 33 16 " 29 80 ft! 26 Fox " 37 45 :t3 50 70 95 Hillsgrove.... 33 58 '• 30 80 64 38 Jamison cty " 26 91 •• 25 40 52 34 La)x>rte 8... " 28 10 " 22 00 50 10 Laporte Twp " 35 90 " 27 20 63 10 Lo|>e/. " 34 54 28 40 62 94 Mt Vernon 29 06 30 40 59 46 Kicketts... •• 30 3* " 26 00 56 38 Ringdale " 25 31 24 40 49 7i Shrewsbury " 3602 " 28 20 tV4 22 1100 40 Paid Mt. Holly Co., election sup plies forTwp. and Gen. elections 19 80 C. L. Wing, printing twp elec.ballots etc. 70 50 Geo. Strebv, publishing Election Proc.. 10 00 c. L. Wing. '• " " 10 00 Geo. Streby, printing Gen'l Elect ballot" 11 ."<0 Barth Kester, election booths and bal lot boxes for Rickets and Ringdale... 21 58 H. T. Downs and Robt. Stormont Assts. to compute general election returns 37 ... Krank Farrell, return judge toCongres sional Conference at Sun bury 49 ... J C Steck, return judge to Senatorial Conference at Danville 21 ... Proth'y Lawrence, tiling and recording election returns 58 50 Grand Jurors. February Term 125 48 May Term 159 01 Septsmber Term 144 96 | December Term 121 80 551 28 Traverse Jurors- Kebruary Term and Sessions Ist week 167 72 •1 2d week 367 60 Ma> 368 26 SeptemlM'r " is week 235 92 2d week 271 12 December " 286 24 1696 86 Board of Trial Jurors: At December Term '97 18 65 At Kebruary Term 6 50 May " 3 25 1755 26 COUNTY BRIDGES. Paid Horseheads Bridge Co, tinal pay ment on contract for Loiiez bridge 500 ... John Hileman labor on abutments for Lopez bridge 183 05 Jennings Bros, planks and spike* labor and team work for Lopez and Shady Nook bridges 72 74 755 79 Paid Owego Bridge Co, contract in full for bridge over Loyal Sock a t Shady Nook 590 ... Otto Bahr, team work ou same 28 85 Viewers on Shady Nook bridge 13 20 632 05 Repairs to County Bridges: Paid Rogers Bros, plankj, labor and spikes for Hoagland Branch bridge 10 06 same for Millview bridge 15 00 same for Lincoln Kails bridge 36 98 Rush Rogers, hauling plank for Mill view bridge 3 ... L S Bedford, plank and labor for Big Bottom bridge 380 C E Hazen. labor and plank for Sones town bridge 7 77 W B Snyder, plank and labor on the World's Ena bridge 7 ... Philip Secules and others, laljor plank ing Ringdale bridge 9 50 Bennett & Peal, plank for Muncy Valley bridge 14 62 Wm Laird, labor on Geo Rea bridge 100 108 73 Total expenditures ou County Bridges 1496 57 Commonwealth costs paid by the County, during the year '9B, ending January 1, 99. Chasand Williard Thorp, house breaking... 42 15 Philip 4 Shedrick Pctertnan, arson 240 23 John Dovit, murder 188 80 Mary Remsnyder, assault and battery 63 89 Benj T Mulnix, stealing 7 90 Moxes Bell, larceny 4 62 James P Corsan, defrauding house kee|>er 25 85 John, Doe, larceny 31 39 John A Smith, deserting family 52 96 A C Haverly, assault and battery 16 74 " malicious mischief 32 66 Krederick Thompson, cruelty toanimals 7 50 Geo Remsnyder, carrying concl'd weapon 19 01 John Doe, larceny 31 98 John I'rbenchia, larceny 901 Kate Kinnerman, adultry 164 99 Max Rosenbloom, larceny 1112 Walter Northrop, violation of tish law 19 60 Joel F Dibble, fake pretence 6 93 G F Pierce, larceny 49 89 John Havily, larceny 42 42 Mike Davis, assault with intent to kill 39 44 Chas Crawford, assault and battery 18 10 Chas Beoman, arson 46 05 Dennis Palmatier, house breaking 12 01 " " making threats 7 35 William May •• 1176 Horace G May, assault and battery 8 ,55 1221 93 State Penitentiary and State Asylums bills paid Eastern Penitentiary bill for the year '97 145 40 Danville Insane Asylum 309 00 Warren " 9125 545 65 JAIL EXPENSES. Paid bill for board and washing for piis oners, commitments and necessaries for use in jail 272 90 For shoes and shoe repairs for prisoners 2 75 Dr. Voorhcos, jail physician 3 25 278 90 SHEEP CLAIMS. I Paid W.C. Taylor.' 1 "* 1 '! | Juuit> Gallagher... >\ 4 .j. | Geo. Woodhead I 3 7 John Scht'r Sr 1 ~ 3"' K J.XI. Breitmeyer... 2 _ 3 N C Weaver 1! 3"" 17 Mrs.Mary McGuire ! 5 3 15 1 i 3 ... 23 Z g 2 ? - - Edward Hottenstinc 1;; ,jj Wm I) Haverly 1 U S m p Higiey..... 1 4 s::: i2::: b Out huus j •_» •{ j.j Samuel Bonder 2 5 3 j e A M Warburton I 1 a in"" Addie E Battin 4 j i.» *" A 1J Dickerson j j •.» J A Bennett 1 « J T Forbes 1 ... ?>" J' James Gallagher. . ] •< *" i/» T8 Mcclintock 2 •• s^, Hugh McKay l " i -, ,>0 J J Webster. . 1 2 3 " 2; Seth P Shoemaker... i 1 '3" ts.', Peter Fitzgerald 1 3"' 3 rj Chas. Haas 2 - 3 " 5 Mrs Mary Meyers... 1 3 7 Mrs Daniel Seanlln s 2 3 " 3.1 °" Royal Sargent 1 _ 3"' s"' L J Norton 2 ■! 7 V , H m Kpler 2-3 7 5o J J Teevan 2 - 3 14 Francis Waples 0 7 3 14 Guy Baker 1 3 " - Thos. G. McKay 1 - John Corcoran 1; »; 3 gk '" Thos. Scanlin ]3 8 4 " 90 Win. C. Taylor 11 3 ' 5 122 90 534 75 PaW Lawrence Lowrey, Const, tor notifying owners to kill dogs 675 129 60 Total cost to County 664 40 Number of sheep killed, 87; damaged. (3. Expenditures lor printing and advertising;" also tHKjksand stationery, during the year 98, News Item, C. L. Wing, Publisher Publishing trial list and court proc blanks for Prothy's office 22 10 Blanks for Prothy's office 10 3ft Annual statement court Proc. and trial list 71 Printing court calendar and bill" of imrticuinrs jj m Blanks and stationery for Proth'y 13 35 ~ . '' „ Treas. and Com. 17 45 Pub. Court Proc. trial list and Cal. 14 50 14 25 blames forireasurer and Corns... 45 60 229 20 Gazette, Geo. Streby, Publisher. Publishing Annual Statement 65 00 Court proclamation and trial list 6 00 '• fi 00 6 00 and stationery 10 00 9S 00 Review, Fred Newell, Publisher Publishing Court Proc, for four sessions of 98, election proclamation and Sub. 57 50 Gazette and Bulletin, transcript docket and redemption book 19 Wm. G, Johnson & Co., common picas seal and blanks 32 90 Mount Holly Co., divorce docket enve lopes und letterheads J9 (15 J.\V. Raeder, tax duplicate and registry books ° 3930 Military roll and assessment book 23 25 Order book, tax duplicate etc 2« ... 88 56 Wm. Mann Co., deed book 17 50 Sun Printing Co., appearance docket and two order books 32 ... Wm. F. Murphy's Sous, dental register t 75 r, and J. W. Johnson<<l Co., supplement to P. A S. Digest for Prothy's office 4 ... 598 25 COUNTY COSTS. Paid lively bill for County Com. in '96 2 50 Herman Bahr two days services look ing over timber lauds 6 00 H. 1. Downs, 5 days services, re-arrang ing records in l'rothonotary's office.. 15 00 Hansom Thrasher for 65 Treas. Deeds and Exonerations 181 63 Taxes on County property at Sonestown 10 5o Witness cost in case of Brewer vs Sulli van County 16 53 Paid for serving 72 jury notfces Dec. T. '97 21 60 90 " Feb. T. '9B 28 80 00 " May T. 18 00 96 '• Sept. T. 28 80 FUEL AND LIGHTS. Paid Lehigh Valley Coal Co. 78 3-20 tons coal at 1.25 07 70 Freight 011 same 164 15 James McFarlanc 3 4-10 tons coal at 5.00 15 10 W. C. Mason, hauling 68 1160-100 tons of coal at 40c and one day hauling water 30 43 A, E. Tripp, Assignee, 4 bbls oil, lamp globes, matches etc 21 78 E, L. Place, 2 bbls of oil 8 06 337 22 Borrowed Money Statement. _ Amount borrowed prior to 1898 viz: Philip Karge S 865 49 Henry Karge 115 00 Sarah Speaker 486 00 W. C. Mason 000 00 Ethlin Mason 800 00 K. M. Stormont estate 2366 50 Russel Karns 3500 50 Ernestina Seumun 4000 00 James Quinn 500 00 John H. Farrell 250 0O Dushorc Bank 2000 00 Robt. Storm nt 500 oi> Ida L. Stormont 1000 00 Anna Collins 900 On Frances Breiger :150 00 N. N. Betts 1.500 00 W. L. Stormont 1000 00 Elizabeth C. Sick 900 00 Hannah C. Yonkln 200 00 Perceval Kinsley 100 00 E. E. Wrede UOO U0 John M. Karge 200 00 S. S. Rogers 56 37 22389 36 Amount of money borrowed during 1898 Bernard Kline 1000 00 W. C. Ma«on 1000 00 Elizalwth C. Sick 420 00 Michael Flynn 800 00 John W. Flynn ; 800 00 I'erelval Kinsley 50 60 John Hartzig 50 00 26509 36 Statement showing disposition of Sonestown property bought by Trustees for the County, at the Sheriff's sale of the real estate of Jacob Lorah Ex-Treasurer. Contracts were made by the Trustees of this Broperty to vaiious persons: and the amount of le several payments received by the Trustees to apply on said contracts, were up to January 1, '99 as follows : Amt. of Cont. Payment. Contract with Clara 9tarr 550 00 605 15 J. C. Bogart... 275 00 313 19 Ida L. Lb rah 210 00 224 09 Kyron Camdbell 125 00 131 30 •' James C. Starr 300 ... 176 40 Jesse F. Eddy 400 ... 260 08 Lizzie E. Laird 395 ... 253 93 <;eorge Hazeu 350 ... 213 00 Wm. E. Miller 350 ... 367 00 Benj. F. Hess SSO ... 116 47 Amt. from A. T. Armstrong for timber 28 00 3305 00 2688 81 Jan. 2, 1899, amt, in hands of Trustees 2688 81 Statement showing the Bonded Indebted ness on January 1, 1899. To amount of Bonds outstanding bear ing interest at 4 per cent per annum... 33000 00 To amount of Bonds outstanding bear ing interest at sper cent, per annum... 5000 00 38000 00 Continued on Pac* Tour.
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