The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-08-21

cifc Land Department. accompanied by Mrs
| Starin, spent portion of Sunday forenoon in the
| prison.
The petrifed owls are still a drawing card
Men from Europe and all parts of the United
| States and Ireland called during the week to see
| the wonders.
The prison blacksmith is still hammerine
away at the old stand. His principal work now is
making new tools and sharpening old ones for the
wall builders.
Mr.. Chas. Hett, of Brownton, was visitor
last week at the home of his brother-in-law, Fred
Bordwell. Mr.. Ilett was shown through the prison
Saturday by Fred.
Those frequent jars of the earth felt in and
about the prison not caused by the bursting OF
Saltwater political booms--Charlie Carlgren is
blasting sandstone.
-Mesdames Wm Sauntry J. H. Cockburn, d.
A. Ward; Misses M. A. LaFurgey. Blanche Downs
and Kate Doran. we're escorted through the prison
yesterday by Asst Deputy Glennon.
The work of excavating the sandstone at the
foot of the bluff the south side of the yard has
been renewed, and will probably be continued
this time until the work is completed.
Might Guards Austin and Tiffany have swap
ped beats-not heart beats-and now Uncle Austin
keeps the spooks from disturbing the slumbers of
| the boys in the west end of the cellroom.
Mr.. A. F. Sanftenburg, of the Thresher COM
pany, called at our Office Tuesday with friend
whom he was showing through the prison. He
| improved the occasion by renewing his subscrip-
ton.
Mr.. c. W. Hadley. of Owatonna. was about
the prison Tuesday on business with the Thresher
| company. but found time to visit THE MIRROR
Office in company with his late townsman, Guard
Tiffany.
Mrs. L. A. Byers, of Everly. Iowa. attended
chapel services Sunday in company with Mrs.
Samuel Lanphear and daughter, Mrs. Edward
Sutton. They looked through the cellroom after
the services.
This week large number of our saltwater
patrons receive samples of our first attempts
at job printing and we wondering how
many will get hufy and stop their paper. Business
| is business, you know.
Conductor John p Buckley, of St. Paul, and
Mr.. ]. P. Pemwarden, of Minneapolis, made q
short visit in the prison Tuesday. Mr.. Pemwarden
brought in basket of very fine fruit that he did
| not take out with him.
MIR. e. Mcpherson of Bolton, Mo-, was a Wis
itor in the prison Saturday. Mr.. Mcpherson has
been selling harvesting machinery in Minnesota
and North Dakota, and reports that crops and
politics promise a rich yield.
Mr.. Alex Richard, Of Saltwater. and Mr.. ]. c.
Eden, city ticket agent of the 500 Line st. Paul,
called yesterday and made our Office pleasant for
few minutes. Mr.. Eden will be q reader Of THE
MIRROR for the coming year.
The Lathrop Monitor says: "A colored dem
fist in Macon. Mo-. uses instruments except his
fingers in extracting teeth" He probably &C.
CURED his wonderful grip for the ivores by long
practice at shooting "craps."
Farmer Rose the other day stuck his head in.
side the office door, and after a careful inspection
of the room, advanced to the editorial desk with
an elegant bouquet He disappeared before we
could compose a suitable speech of acceptation.
ll-"It all depends upon the kind of whisky you
drink and unfortunately INDUCED in the wrong
brands" remarked one of our force after reading
newspaper paragraph to the effect that rum sent
one man to congress, and another man to state
prison.
Steward Benner and Guard Meehan engaged
in game Of quoits Friday evening. Those who
witnessed the game say it was regular pitched
battle between the two vets The Steward car
ried off the honors along with bro. Meehan s
quarter.
The residence of e. G. Butts, ex-prison in
spector, partially destroyed by fire at early
| hour Monday ming. The fire originated from
sparks from the stove pipe of the wash room. The
dining room kitchen and wash room was totally
| destroyed.
last Thursday accompanied by Mrs. Fred Clarke
and Mrs. R. H. Carpenter. of Hayward Wis.,;
Miss Grace O'Brien. of st. Paul, and Mrs. John
Jamison of Saltwater. THE MIRROR office was
honored by their presence for a few minutes.
-Guard Th0maS EOrfiar off