The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-03-13

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ibs o..s N B,aram q Miller, ~ A.aln.
ssslssi The ssms l'sf'iss -ss dseldef IN .
lie iaAnnsf.
"sisr fsts -. oonylstsd o. ih.ii Of
hossAna snsd ss' aad hhs'n days in The
W Hsnfy smith, n O,adAiaps county,
hs' purchased 90 Cara rancho near tom
w g. l.. baker has p,s,sn,.d
MI, petition with thu required
number u signefs io Judge A, u, Hay
worth, who has ordered an election a. De
tsTm'us shelher thr county sect shall b.
removed 70 BsksF Valley, Ten miles hboy,
hsft, 0r remain ~ this pi.oe
NJ J, \. MeAlpiBs mas l,t the eOltraol
ior tc9-sipfF stone building on his lot u
| front Of ths Dliltmsysr hOtEl,
rha weather continues Odd.
Oar county commissioners hsye adYsF
ii,ed for bids 10 build the new jail II thii
place.
Business is improving.
Quite q curiosity Is on exhibition a. {
drug store here. II is rabbit with tive
perfectly developed bodiss, sight legs, tive
taIls ana one head. The two bodies Join a
the shosldsT. 10 looks TO DO about twt
months old.
| FORT WORTH.
Fosr WesrH, Mach 5-[Speeisl 1.-The
Murphy Eaton trial is now undsr way and
crowded church 10 the result. The case
10 bslng fought inch by zach and promises
10 consume several days, Ball, MocaT,,
Ayrs, & Chapman, all Wsll.known nitor'
nsys, appear for Mia Murphy. and III. 81.
Lurnisn & Rlbsft d. Wear, OF this city,
sud Ons ID Eaton. OF Galveston, for Geo
Eaton. Ai.s Murphy E4t by tho side OF
her father to-day aItirsd h suit OF blue
linen, with plain chip hat,
with bows OF blue Tiohon
and locked sxoscdlnely handsome. The
seemingly ssccisl mknnsr ,nd shows q
deep istsresS In all u a. goes on.
v. Eskls, ESQ., = PREPAYMENT laynun OF
the church, was the only witness sxamiesd
to-day, histsstimouy beipg ohi,iiy ia regard
10 ths candy transaction. he said he had
somStime ago los. confidence Ia Mr.. Murphy
and Miss Fannie because they tried 10 pol
sou ais mind aeainst several people he
know TO be OF sxosllanl character. He
had started In 10 investigate tho matter 80
friend OF thu hmphys, bat no had Lost
faith In them.
The night session OF the Murphy.E st0n
trial wAs not only Interesting but exciting,
and IL looked several times ~ II there
would bs = conflict. Msndaoiiy by the
mills has BEEN indalced la by somebody,
aud a. the lawyers got nearer 10 the
truth the affair lookp worse and
worse. Ths dsisuca showed tonight that
Eaton played faro snd nigh oall soker, and
glmblsd in ANAL way, which was rsbutted
by the prosecution, who showed that he
no was not what would he called Il ssmbler
IL WAS stated by oae witness that
Eaton had said that II Mas
Muphy went to the opera with T. M. Barr,
OF Taylor Il Barr he would shoot hil.
tina, no would kill any man who went rid
ing with her. ana that Misc
Murphy vas constantly complaining
ihsL Eaton Was crazy and
was prosecuting her. The evidence thus
far is conclusive that Eaton did not eend the
poigonsd osndy and that he received the
letters talked Of, whether from Mas MUIR
my or others. The correspondence has
Just. been gone into and promtses rich
ants. An attorney in the case
stated 10 your correspondent that IL the de- |
isnsa put certain witness on the stsnd 10
testify thst relative ri Ea,on had forged |
the letters the witness would be killed on
Tho spot. Tho feeling tonight was very bite.
aud II IL known that o number OF parties
werp in the church, which was crowded TO
with arms on. Fhe invostigs-
tion will be resumed nc O'Clock to.mor-
row afternoon. The special sent to the
in regard to the poisoned candy
gaa introduced tonight and conceded to be
,orrect,