ALLOWANCES
List Allowances…the Board of Commissions of Clay county Ind. at the Regular…the Session 888
W. B. Schwartz, county attorney……….75 00
“Allowances,” Brazil Miner (Brazil, Indiana), 13 July 1889, p. 8, col. 3; digital image, Newspaper Archive (http://www.newspaperarchive.org : 22 January 2014).
Genealogy Lady 
I think it just indicates that a fee was paid to W. B. for services rendered. The whole column consists of expenses paid by the county.
Any clue about what this means?