The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-17

IN last week Letter BOX Ihe Post was
asked by ~ Name" II short time be.
fore the elyil war young man was con.
,,ctsG and sentenced e SOLITARY confae.
merit - darn cell az Huntsville. The
lost replied that /; had no record OF any
such Incident The desired information Is
given 10 communication TO abe Pest from
J'hn A. Boggsss Of Anderson. Texas, who
says: ~ history Of the case can be found
IN volume ~ page 195. Texas reports.
The defendant, It was alleged. killed Rob
egt NclntyrI H. 1873 He was convicted
ana sent 50 The HBuis,nie penitenGary,
y here hp was eon6aed in solitary cell.
The cch was painted black aud be was
allowed 20 sec 10 one bu, his keeper.
Afterward lie was pardoned Oh. OF the eel
mud allowed 10 work. urder tie Davis al
ADMINISTRATION lac Mss given fuil pordou
Jje lived a. Anderson Tor some time and
is now n resident OF Northwest Texas, so
far as ] know. 1t was claimed that he
did not kin Mcintyre rhe two men were
raylig attention 10 the same young lady
a1d the evidence WIS very strong against
the defendant. General J. O. Mcdonald,
who vas then district attorney Tor Harris
and Grimes counties, aud WHO prosecute |
the case, remembers II Well.'
4. =. NJ. %. A physicians card reads
Or. j J. smith, physician and surgeon"
4 contends that this = correct. u claims
mat mat the De is REDUNDANT, unnecessary
A. We incline to the opinion that has
the better side OF the argument The pre-
ix aliudel to would seem to be wholly
supernuOus.
&. 6. SO. Please tell Us II there Is
any law Ia this State on the right oil WAY
on the public roads; II two wagons me 4
the right sidt Of II entitled 10 III
a. We know Of 40 statute covering the
matter, which is governed entirely, SO flf
a. we know, by the law OF custom The
Wagon which turns to the right instead Of
TO the left would be entitled. to the road
according TO the law OF custom. II both
wagons are on the same side It Is obvious
that both are on either the right or the left
side.
! J. 30 consul FROM spain had a
| cnild born To him in the city OF New Or
/ leans While representing MS country as
! consul lie dled and the child aud It's
/ mother made this country their nome. IL
/ the child, after becoming u yenrs old, a
| citizen Of spain or the United states!
| "A citizen OF Spain unless he declares
his Intention Of becoming a citizen OF the
United States in conformity with the laws
Of citizenship.
G. w. So Is there any succession
way of fighting the boil weeyili II so what
is M
without going into details, which
would require altogether too much space,
II may be stated that the use Of poison
according to the plans of state Eutomolo-
gist Mnlly, has proven quite successful this
season, az has also, in some sections. the
plan OF the merchants Of paying cash for
weeylls picked and brought TO them. Dur
| ing the past few weeks The Post has de.
voted columns of space to this subject.
| and is stll doing So We would suggest
that you keep up with the matter through
! either the daily Of semi weekly editions.
Prof Mally may be addressed at College
| station
A subscrlher-w We would suggest that
you communicate with the secretary OF
state at Austin for information regarding
the fraternal organizations you mention.
~
l.. w.-o who was the author OF the
There is no death! The stars 20 down
To rise upon some falrer shore"
A.-Accordns to the Boston Transcript
there is more or less controversy over the
authorship of this poem but one point
can he considered as fully settled. viz
That II was not written by Bulwer rhC
lines are said TO have been written by J.
l.. McCreery. Many years ago they went
the rounds Of the papers credited to "E
| Bulner," who Is supposed to have appro
| prlated them After they had been print
I'd in many Of the papers OF the day ovvl
his name some cnterprisinc editor changed
the credit TO "E Ruwer." ana on the
superstition that they were the production
Of the famous English novelist they again
went on their newspaper travels, and have
been printed in several books as by Sin
Edward Bulwer Lytton.
-
J. C. lronton. o, VIII you kindly tell
subscriber something about perpetual mo,
Ten. ls Il ? poSsibilltyf. Is there such a
offered for III II so, by whom and now
| mucRs
A.-As perpetual motion could only ex
| list In the absence OF friction and In
vacuum, there Is no reward for Il. as IL
IL not considered mechanical possibility.
Fine watches present the nearest approach.
the friction being reduced to mini,
mum. But even these require springs to
overcome the resistance Of material.
~
A. p, Do. win You kindly tell me
| whore and what the Solent is where the
accident 70 the Shamrock II occurred re
cently2
A,-rhe solent is that part OF the Al.
iantie ocean between the mainland Of
England and the Isle OF Wight. eighteen
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