“Scioto county contributed two more to the Athens Asylum this week whose reason dethroned left them objects of State care, Elizabeth Lightner and George Hay, who were taken to Athens last Wednesday morning. Insanity seems to be on the increase within the past two years.
Expenses of Infirmary for the Months of November and December, 1876.
| November | December | |
| Outside relief | $236.69 | $171.73 |
| Groceries | $242.42 | $25.87 |
| Salaries | $73.25 | $164.54 |
| Dry goods | $89.68 | $0.00 |
| Children’s Home | $149.00 | $255.00 |
| Coal | $52.75 | $0.00 |
| Meat | $25.47 | $2.80 |
| Infirmary work | $27.15 | $62.92 |
| Farm work | $32.34 | $8.74 |
| Transportation | $4.00 | $3.00 |
| Sundries | $8.75 | $0.00 |
| $941.50 | $694.60 |
“Number of inmates, 74.
The expenses for November and December, 1875 were as follows:
November $555.29
December $2326.66
Outside relief:
November 1875 $268.50
December 1875 $227.17″1Unsettled minds. (1877, January 13). Portsmouth Times, p. 3.{/efn_note]
