Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-04-22
VICINITY ITEMS.
Cleaned from Towns in Our Territory,
of Interest to All Readers.
Thought to Be Incendiary.

thought to Be incendiary.
On Sunday evening, April Il, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Green, who lived on Pearl BEAMS
farm in Troy, were awakened by cattle
near their window and found the barn on
fire, which was burned to the ground to-
gether with the harnesses, farming tools,
pigs, two calves and Y hens. Tne fire was
supposed to be of incendiary origin as the
COWS and horses were all out of the barn
when the Greens were awakened and
sleigh and buggy drawn out. The barn
was insured for four hundred dollars.
MIR. and Mrs. Green have moved back to
Troy into the house with j. d. Bean.
Attempted Suicide at Derby.
Quite a little excitement was caused in
Derby Monday night by the attempted
suicide of Jasper Johnson, young man
residing in Salem Derby. He went into
Wilder's drug store and purchased some
laudanum, for toothache he said, but he
later went to the hoteland drank it. Some
young men finding out what be had done
hurried him to DIR. Comings' office and by
prompt action his life was saved. He was
taken to the jail at Newport where be
spent the night, and hen tried was fined
| We dollars and costs for his rash act.
| disappointment in love affair is said to
be the motive for the deed.
Conference Appointments.
| Below we give the appointments made
| by Bishop Berry at the closing session OF
the annual M. E. difference at st. Johns
bury, this morning, covering this i'm
mediate vicinity:
Albany Geo. c. Mcdonald
Barton w. B. Dukeshire
Barton Landing w. K. Davenport
Coventry Supplied by E. e. Wells
Craitsbury w. E. Allen
Derby j. e. Sweet.
II. e. Howard
Glover A. w. Hewitt
Greensboro To be supplied
Holland and Morgan
Supplied by J. e. Sweet
Irasburg E. e. Wells
Lowell To be supplied
Newport K. j. Christie
Newport Ctr. Supplied by o. E. Aiken
Troy and Westfield To be supplied
West Burke g. Fl. Wright
Pastors well known in this vicinity have
appointments as follows: w. e. johnson
goes to Waterbury; l.. N. Moody tC
Proctersville; M. s. Eddy to Groton; w
e. Douglas to Richford; and S. G. Lewis
retdrns to Hardwick.
Orleans County Court.
Court reconvened on Tuesday. The cas-
Of George, Leslie and James Banister wa
taken up. These men are under arrest TO
larceny OF cattle at North Troy on Jun
q, 1906. Leslie Banister forfeited his bal
and has left for parts unknown, so that b
is eliminated from the case at present
/ George Banister, who was recently brough
back from Cincinnati by States Attorne
Cook and placed in jail here, has turne
, States evidence, so that James is the onl
J one of the respondents to figure in th
trial. 1t was the intention of the State
4 use George as a witness after his plea
:. guilty, aud owing to the fact that he hs
J, ones been convicted OF subornation OF pei
jury it was necessary to obtain pardo
y for this offense from the governor befol
= his testimony could be available. Th
: pardon was procured and George place
Is upon the stand. In his testimony be in
plicates both Leslie and James. Jam,
o Banister claims that he came into posses
h sion of the cattle Iegitimately and bases b
d defense on an alibi, witnesses being prC
II duced to prove that he was elsewhere
the time the cattle we're stolen, but pu
q chased them of George and Leslie. TT
!, alleged stolen cattle were the property
e Geo. Marsh and Isaiah Harvey of Mort
i Troy and are claimed to have been stole
from the pasture OF E A. Hardy. Wi
= nesses for the State testified to havir
seen the cattle near this place and tn
20 they were driven by two or three me
l. q A. Cook and w. w. Reirden for tt
- State, j. w. Redmond, o. 5. Aunis and
: s. Rogers for the respondents. LATER
The jury in the case of James Banist
IN returned a verdict of not guilty.
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