Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-05
SHERMAN.
Judge BledsOe Mentioned in COnnec.
ton With the Vacant Supreme
Judgeship.
Probable Eject of the Cold on Cotton
\ Small Blaze-Personal
Mention.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
SHERMAN, Ten, Oct /. At
O'Clock this afternoon lirealarm sounded
that proved to come from small house
in the yard of JULIUS Zimmerman's res
idencc, used only as slGeping-room fol
his boys. Before the engine got to work
the building, with its contents, was con-
sumo d and the flames communicated to
the residence OF f.. NJ. Thrasher, about
fifteen feet north. The household goods
had been removed. This house was
stripped by the fire and water from the
engine. Thrasher's loss is about S4O0
with no insurance. Charlie Stow and
other friends promptly applied TO the by
ISLANDERS for aid and nice sum was
raised to aid him to rebuild. lie is a
Woodworking, worthy man and deserved
all the help offered. Zimmerman had
$500 insurance on the house and 500 on
the furniture in the sun Mutual of New
| Orleans which about covers his loss.
The chilly norther that swept down
over our sunny land yesterday was the
first reminder we have had that winter,
with all its variations OF wind and water,
and snow and ice, sandwiched with sun
shine and storm, is approaching, and
MANY a NblhAOlll SlONt WIS DROUGHT
out from its retirement and put on duty
for the season. Towards midnight the
clouds cleared away, and this morning a
bright frost was found in favorable 10.
calities, especially in the low grounds
The general Impression is that il will
I benefit the cotton crop by checking
the growth of the plant and thereby
fastening the maturity of the bolls nj
rnufN fpptnn1
county seems to be at least two weeks be-
mind the county fifty miles east, and
equally tardy when compared with collin
ana Denton counties to the south of us.
Letters from prominent citizens all
over the state have come to Judge Joseph
BledSoe and his immediate friends, urg.
lng his appointment to the vacancy on
the supreme court bench of Texas in place
Oh Judge West. ON account OF physical
disability caused by fall, Judge Bledsoe
was forced to resign the district Judge
snip several years ago, but he was imme-
ulately elected president OF the City Bank
OF sherman, where his fine business quail
tues ana thorough acquaintance with the
people nave been of inestimable benefit
10 the Institution. 1t would be hard 10
llnd any public position sufficiently inyit-
''i~ y tiN'HNN Alil W lNSl-n tut AINNt III
now holds, but If Judge Blcdsoe could be
put on the bench again, no one who
knows him would doubt that he would
bring TO the discharge oil his duties as
thorough and comprehensive n
knowledge Of the law as any man In all
Texas. AT the same time he has the
happiest faculty OF condcnsng the law in
any given ease into trite and mconic
sentences that few men can rival.
lie is perhaps more familiar
with the decisions al our
earlier courts than any man OF to-day,
and II Judge Bledsoe viii say yes, the
voice OF all the fathers Of the legal pro-
iession IN the state viii 20 up TO Cos,
Ireland in his behalf.
The bar in this section viii be solid for
him, but II is doubtful II any olilce, how
ever exalted, would Induce him TO sacrl-
ice the comforts Of home and the society
OF devoted family 70 take upon himself
the great responsibility and hard work Of
the supreme bench.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Gunter were made
happy this morning by the advent OF an