The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-28
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Correspondence OF the Herald.
SHERMAN, TEX, June q, 1SS2.-Your cor
respondent has it from good authority thai
the resignation Of Hon. Joseph Bledsoe, as
district Judge, will take place in very
short time, and that II. o. Head, Of thu
firm Of Hare d Head will undoubtedly be
appointed to fill his plaae. The Judge will
doubt. 10 enter other fields that will not so
seriously interfere with his declining
health The resignation, learn, will take
place about the 1st of September, or imme-
diately after his election to the position Of
president of the City bank of Sherman
The HERALD has published this
before as a rumor, bnt u
now comes too straight to be longer doubted
The bar Of Sherman will miss Honest
Old joe" as he Is generally called, with
much regret from the bench OF this dis
trict Even those who differ with him are
compelled to admit his honesty, his intlex-
ible independence Of character, and his
sound legal learning: ;,
audience of about dozen in the court.
house, Sunday evening, on the emphatic
subject, Hell and the Devil" His dilapi-
dated garments his tattered shoes, and his
wild, restless eyes, point him out as an
escaped lunatic or an unfortunate hall
starved tramp in search of back-door sand
witches. He carried about with him the
bottom of pasteboard shirt box, on
which was transcribed in a bold
handwriting some dozen or more red
hot texts, but his slim audience
on "Hel and the Devil" has probably dis
couraged him from further pursuit OF his
very orthodox series.
A young lad named JOHNNY Hutchcraft,
not long in his teens, has been arrested here
for burglary and put in jail. The evidence
is pretty strong that the boy deliberately
unlocked the door of u neighbours house
while the lady thereof was absent, with u
key that unlocked the front door of his own
family residence, entered the premises and
extracted $40 in money thereirom. He
came up town and purchased a suit OF
clothes and exhibited Just the amount OF
money missing. 1t is said the lady can
identify ten dollar-blll of the money
taken. What pity that we have,no house OF
correction to send such boys to, that they
might be reformed instead of hardened by
being brought in daily contact with the
most hardened criminals, and no mind cul-
ture administered. The dread of the peni-
Tertiary door does not stop the thief from
executing his plans. He does not seem to
think of this. until an officer unexpectedly
places hand on his shoulder. And if any
one will look at the striped gangs working
in brickyards, on plantations and railroads,
in this state, from early morn till dewy
eve, and tell us where reformation
comes in we will show him white
ripe blackberry. Nine times out
of ten, when the boys term Of service
is ended he is more confirmed criminal
than when his head was first shaved.
The rumor that variety theatre and bar
was to be opened in the old Continental
hotel near the Union depot turns out to be
canard. II was merely trick Of the own
er Of the property to sell 1t to man who
is running the only saloon in that immedi-
ate vicinity. The ruse worked well. The
owner sold the old frame at good figure
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs. p. w.
DOlan died yesterday evening after long
and severe illness. and was buried to-day
The mother is the only daughter ofCapt.
q. W. Batsell of this city, and Is herself ly-
ing in q very precarious condition with a
last wasting pulmonary complaint.
The heavy grain trade continues unabat.
ed. Over four thousand bushels of wheat
were marketed here Saturday. and nearly
seven thousand bushels yesterday. making
over eleven thousand bushels in two days.
Receipts to date nearly 1900 bushels Of
new crop. Present price from 30 to 05c. for
good article. Late oats Is somewhat dam
aged by rust, but the crop is immense.
Yours, "JINks."