The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-10-02

Miss Jennie L. Meehan, of Owatonna, an
Miss Grace Giddngs. of Blooming Prairie. wer,
here this week short visit to Miss Meehan'
| father Andrew Meehan.
Misses Inez GasskilI and Adele Davis, O
saltwater, Miss lone Mrch. of st. Paul. were nc
companied on . tour of the prison Monday by Mr.
Chas P. Mcclure. of Saltwater.
Here is little bit Of good advice from ..Ou
Paper published in the Reformatory at Warner
vile. Mass: boys. when you go home don't wal
for position. hustle around and get job"
Clearance A. DE Mars and Prof. H. L. Andrews
of Saltwater, left their cards on our table one
day last week. We were sorry that we were moi
present to compliment the Prof. on his whiskers
Sample copies of THE MIRROR will be sen,
free of cost to any address. We will take it as
favor if our friends will send us the address OF
such persons as they think would appreciate the
paper.
Guard Joseph Fortier was made happy last
Saturday by the arrival of his wife, and daughters
Mrs. A. F. Fort and Miss Joy. They were accom-.
panied by his son-in.law Mr.. A. Fort All of Min
neapolis.
The northwest corner of the prison Enclosure
resembles brick yard these days. Guard May
has gang of men over there cleaning the morta,
off of the brick taken out of the old shop tina,
was torn down.
1t is pretty tough to not be able to leave
prison after ones sentence has expired but there
is poor fellow in the hospital whose time expired
yesterday that is too sick to leave the prison. He
has served two years.
Chaplain Albert stated in his sermon Sunday
that men become SO addicted to drinking whisky
that they cannot appreciate drink of pure
water. OF course the chaplain did not speak from
personal experience.
Gate Keeper Hans Erickson was called to
New Richmond. Wis. day last week. on &C.
count of the serious illness Of his little 13year
old daughter. He arrived just in time to receive
her last words before death closed her eyes on
the scenes of this life.
There has been lively demand for lamps since
the electric light was cut of. Every old lamp OF
thing of the nature of lamp has been hunted up
and drafted into the service. 1t will be between
two and three weeks before the electric light plant
is in working order again.
Sheriff j. H. Smith and Deputy C. A. Goodrich,
of Detroit. Becker county. brought in two prison
years, less good time. They were accompanied
by Mr.. Arnold Kohnen, of Frazee City. The dep
uty and Mr.. Kohnen each subscribed for GU,
paper.
O-It looks like old times of nights in the
cellroom since the electric light has been shut off
The return to the little Pickering. freely lamps
forcibly reminds of the many inconv enience
we would suffer should we be forced to get alon,
with what our friends of fifty years ago con
| sidered luxurious conveniences
The foundations for the building hav,
been completed; the first floor is nearly laid, an,
the masons are now at work on the brick walls
We never saw the boys working with more energ
than they are in putting up this building. The
| seem to realize that winter is near at hand whel
it will be very uncomfortable out of doors.
One of our boys met with very painful mis-
hap the other day while doing little plumbin
work. He poured ladle of moulten lead into
hole in which there little water, and the1
| there was an explosion. The liquid metal flew il
his face burning him severely, and he narrowl
escaped losing one of his eyes. 1t is too bad, a
Billy is not a professional plumber
One of the inmates has been working for sew
eral weeks constructing self-registering, auto
matte grain measure to be attached to threshn
machines. The device measures the grain in bull
instead of by weight. He has the thing so tina
it works perfectly, but is still laboring to imp row
some Of the parts. 1t is very ingenious yet simpl
in construction, and will, no doubt, be an i'm
provement on anything of the kind now in use.
Deputy Sheriff H. R. Armstrong assisted b,
Frank Morgan and VIM. ]. Bates. brought fv,
prisoners from Duluth Sept. rs. The sentences o
the prisoners range from one to three years. TIL,
party was accompanied by Mr.. w. N. Sheppard
the mayor of Tower. After they had delivered
their charges into the hands of the commander O.
the bath. the gentlemen took in the sights of the
prison. and Deputy Sheriff Armstrong improved