The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-07-10

he attended the Donnybrook fair in the old coun.
try has he had so great time as on last Friday.
-Ex-Guard Pat Flannery paid us visit on the
Fourth and there was a great all.around hand
shaking. Reney says that he is a fine new jack
knife better off by Pats visit.
Mr.. Frank Card. who was guard in this
prison at one time. paid us visit Monday in
company with Mr.. s. Wolf, of saltwater. Frank
now resides in West Superior.
Peter Begg was in the prison Monday with his
son, William Begg. recently arrived from Toronto
Canada, to take position teacher in the Still
water high school.
DIR. E. W. Ruth, of St. Paul. special agent of
the Travellers Insurance company. was in the
prison one day last week, and before leaving
came in and subscribed for our paper
ALI the spare seats in the chapel were occu-
pied by visitors last Sunday. 1t was the largest
number of visitors that has ever been in the
chapel except on extraordinary occasions.
Mr.. JIM. orion and wife. of Winona and Misses
Grace and Ruth Fogle were shown through the
prison Monday by Superintendent Dixon. They
did not forget to come up and see our new job
printing outfit
Miss MARRIED., Misses Ella Tucker, Emily
Strayer, Aradana Millett, and Messrs C. M. an
H. s. Youmans, composed a party of WinOna
people shown through the prison Saturday by
Warden Randall.
Steward Benner and his staff did noble work
on the Fourth. Everything was gotten up in
apple-pie order. But we dare say they would not
like to have the Fourth come any oftener than it
does. The cooks had no fun on that day.
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for the reformatory guests" The forenoon will
be given them for sport in the enclosure and after
an extra spread for dinner they will have the
afternoon for rest.-St. Cloud Journal-Press.
Every time we go up to the new wall we are
surprised at the rapidity with which the wall is
going up They are talking of attaching steam
power to the derrick. and if they do so. by the
coming of cold weather the wall will be COM
pleted.
Engineer Woods is-shall it be said? addicted
to fishing and every evening just after supper he
may be seen comforting with the butcher about
bait. The cat is his favorite fish just at present
He is especially long catfish stories at this
season of the year.
Miss Riett H. Hass. Mrs. Ike Sternberg, and
Miss Hattie Sternberg, of st. Paul, Miss Rose
Stern. of Charleston, w. Va; Miss Eugene M.
Stern of New York. and Miss Rosetta Buchanan,
of Minneapolis. were shown through the prison
yesterday by Mr.. Sig. Wolff, of saltwater.
THE MIRROR Office boys were literally re-
membered by the boys who won prizes the Fourth.
The editor hasn't had such big smoke since
he has occupied the more or less unfortu-
nate position. We wish you like success. boys, in
all honorable undertakings in the future.
The new bake oven is nearly ready for use.
The chimney was finished yesterday. 1t will not
be used, however, for some time the surround
ings are not yet in condition to be used by e
bakers. The oven is of the A. ]. Fish and compa.
ny's make, and Mr.. Fish was here for two weeks
experimenting the work Of putting 1t in.
WIN. Sykes late engineer of this prison, and
we'll and favorably known by many of the officers
and inmates, came over from Wildwood with his
family to spend the Fourth in saltwater. He was
in the prison during the afternoon helping us to
celebrate. The next day he was in with Mrs
Sykes and the children and did not fail to bring
them up to THE MIRROR Office. Bill is still rum
ming an engine hauling iron ore from the mines.
and he says it is a splendid situation.
While up at the wall the other day looking
for items the derrick boys invited us to try our
hand at turning the crank. They had just started
a large stone for the top of the wall. We took
hold thinking it would afford opportunity to
write up something humorous about our expert
ence with a crank: and it did seem funny at first,
but before that stone reached the top of the wall
it seemed to be one of the heaviest and most seri
Gus subjects we had ever tackled.
Our street commissioner was agreeably sur
prised the other morning when he entered his Of
fee and found upon his desk one of the largest
sized tubs with about three inches of sweet milk
covering its bottom. This was the milkman's
unique manner of setting 'em up'' to the COM
missioner. Some pessmst has started the rumor
hiatt this act no Inns cir