The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-24
THE POSTS LETTER BOX

facts and curious information Questions |
81 personal interest only viii not he |
answered Ne business or personal . aa, |
value etc. 81 old coins and stamps VIII |
not be answered All correspondence |
should be addressed 70 The Letter Bog, !
number Of questions received answers can |
not he given mmcdlaielyl
w n. Bailey. sr..-I read with much IN
forest a communication In recent issue
Of The Post touching on tho matter OF |
General Sam Hnnstcn's first wife "A gives
hat ! have always believed IS Tho true /
version Of the sad connubial trouble. bur
what Is quito imnortant IL states that |
General Houston brought suit for anl OBJ
tanned n divorce Now. In what CONT WIS
that SUIT hlcd? And What grounds for 4
divorce did General Houston allie Did
his then wife Gle any answer? II so, what
was its purporty II not. WAS service made
unon her nv actual service Of process or
by publications
A. In answer 20 these queries Mrs
Emma Eugene r shndler the author OF
the communication referred to writes The
Post MS follows II learn from further re-
searches that slight error crept into my
former communications. Mrs Houston. SO
far as I have obtained information sued
for divorce for ncompatlblity Of temper.
81 Tennessee. General Houston brought
run ~ Nah AhEHSAAhfs , FAtrs , nv PUP
Is very volumlnous, but unfortunately has
gotten misplaced. Ono old gentleman vino
helped 10 write II Is suH living Their, and
SAYS tho fact of Mrs Honston's having
obtained divorce Is mentioned in the sui.
It was ne essary for both 10 obtain A.
yoices or for the divorce to he obtained in
both countries, as Texas was ten a re
uublic. lncompatlbllity OF temper is The
f,qg eof 1,atL
gentleman who once had the instrument In
h,s possession has promised to LOOK It IN,
~ " I can throw any further hght on
the subject viii take pleasure in doing so.
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S. F 30. What is the average life Of
a wooden ship7
A. That Is not an easy preston TO an
swer. Ono way of arriving az n solution
Is to take a number Of ships. say 100. and
after following them from start to finish.
make an average Of the existence Of the
whole number Including those that have
come 10 untimely euds through losses at
sea from various causes The other Is to
make a selection Of those actually worn out
! through continuous stlvice The number
that end their days IN this form is com
! paratvey small. Sea and IRE. rock and
shoal. cut short the life Of the majority OF
vessels launched Those that are allowed
10 live out their days are generally used up
al forty years. There are several still on
( the sea thar have passed this limit. The
Old bark Richard III Is now doing duty as
I barge. She arrived on the Pacific coast
/ from the Treadwel mine on Douglas island.
| Alaska, with 1910 tons concentrates. esti-
mated to be worth Sl34 900 After dis
charging she will be loaded with coal for
d. Juneau. Captain Mccarthy says what Is
4 left Of the vessel is just as good as ever.
though she has been in service since 1859,
having been built at Portsmouth n. H.
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h. W-Q. Please publish a ns- Of the
state executive officers. ~ why do tho
/ NJ grOes celebrate the 10th Of June hen
ne emancipation proclamation was issied
In Jangarvt
A. joseph D sayers, governor; 4. y.
Browning, lieutenant governor. lhl ..
Tpa. stCe'ary of state; J ". aobbils,
treasurer, l.. NJ Love comptrourr ar.
thlg Lefcvre superintendent OF nu,lic IN.
stgpetten. Jefferson Johnson. comm ssioue.
% agriculture, Insurance. statistlcs AZ d
history; Charles Boran. land commissioner,
Charles *. Bell. attorney general; Thomas
Scurry, adiutant general; Joe Lee Jameson
revenue agent; w. +. Rluut. health officer
~ Little attention was paid to the enamel
patton proclamation until the arrival of the
commissioner sent out by the Federal gov
eminent. The proclamation of the com
mission or for Texas and Lou,saua was
not made dnti June 10, 1863. hcuce The
otsery ance of trait dav IN the two >ia.c,
ramed, The proclamation was issued at
Galveston and the provisions of the Lin
coin proclamation not having been com
p,ed with priar To thls a. lie sla, Is
Of Texas were not set ':ee uaui tntu
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A Supscriber-.Q. Please name the judges
| or the court OF criminal appeals Of The
FIVE courts Of civil appeals. specifying the
districts, and the Judges Of the supreme
court OF Texas.
A. Court OF criminal appeals: Hon w
L. Davidson, chief Justice; NJ NJ Brooks
and Hon John w. Henderson, associate
justices
Court of civil appeals First supreme dis
irict; Hon c, Garrett, chief justice: Hon
W. II, gin and Hon. IL. Clay, associate
Judges. Second supreme district: Hon
7. II. Conner, chief Justice; Hon. sam
Hunter and Hon. l. W. stephens associate
judges Third supreme district; Hon. II
} c. Fisher, chief justice; Hon. W. NJ Key
and W T.. Collard associate judges. Fourth
supreme district; Hon, John James, CHIEF
inst CO: Hon W, L. Ely and Hon II. II
NeiL associate Judges Fifth supreme dis
trict: Hon. n W. Finley, chief justice
Hon. John Brookhout and Hon. Ansor
Roiney associate Judges
supreme court: Hon, Reuben r. Gaines
chief Justice; Hon. Thomas j. Rrown anc
Hon. f, A, Williams. associate Judges.
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II, II Smith Of Temple. Texas. sends IN,
/ following to the Letter Rox department
In the Issue of the semi weekly Of Ia,
nth Instant some one asked N any par
Of Minnesota extended north Of the parable
of ~ degrees north latitude There is q
small peninsula which puts ont into In,
! / Lake Of the Woods north Of parallel 81
degrees north and tho reason why n Is s.
Is that n part ~ Minnesota Is territory
OF the original thirteen colonies and mi
remaipdcr Is Of tho Louisiana purchase
. When congress agreed 10 tho parallel Of g
degrees north II left A small part Of IN,
origlral territory north of the north bound
I airy e the Louisiana purchase. 7 Hike tht
: question: and answer column Of The Post
Z Mr. Smith misstatcs the case entirely. IN
' the question referred to The Posts CORE
spoudent did not ask III o small peninsula
EXTENDED north OF the 4ath degree. but
WHY II did Just as he might have asked
why the southern boundary Of Texas touch
ed the Gulf OF Mexico
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