The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-11-20

room, DuC as they MADE gOOd JOD OF 1T ana
charged nothing for their labor we will not COM
plain.
County Treasurer BloOmer was summoned by
telegram Sunday to Butte, Montana. where his
son, Charlie Bloomer, dangerously ill with
pneumonia and he started out there at once.
Mrs. Bloomer received later dispatch yesterday
announcing their son was getting better.
Geo. S. Stroup, P. j. Franzwa, j. A. Pendy,
Capt VIM. Hanft and T. Calvin. all of the st. Paul
Police Department. and Sheriff C. P. Holcombe,
were in the prison yesterday. afternoon. The
officers were in saltwater to appear witnesses
before the grand jury now in session.
The allbuilders completed their seasons
work last Saturday. Considering the small num-
Der of men employed on the wall this Fore
man Carlgren might be excused for Boosting lit
tie Of the large amount of work accomplished.
The cap stones will not be laid until next summer
by which time the wall will have settled.
About three O'Clock last Friday morning the
solemn gu etude Of the cellroom was shattered
into SIN the Gems by twenty more broadsides
from tile battery of steam.pipes and radiators.
The finally terminated in the bursting of
one OF the rad iators and the all but drowning of
young man in the cell opposite the crack in the
radiator.
Editor T. z. Cowles and Mr.. Lloyd. of the
Pioneer Press, were visitors here last Friday.
They made a thorough inspection of the prison
under the guidance of Warden Randall They
took considerable interest in the library. and the
library will, a result of their interest be
riched by full set of the Americanized EncyClo-
pedia Britannica VIII ich they will donate.
They have struck good scheme for filling in
hob; oil Aohn han, h,,;lk
the top of the Second street grade down to the
back of the wall Three teams haul the dirt from the
bluff near by and dump it at the chute and then a
gang of shovels it in, and down it slides.
Another gang of men at the bottom loads the dirt
into barrews and wheel it to where it is needed.
Guard Martin says that Foreman Sutton
missed his calling by becoming mechanical en-
gneer, for he would have made eminently sue
| cessful confidence man. gambler. pump pedler.
lawyer real estate agent 1t is but right to state
here that Mr.. Martins Judgment may have been
warped little by the results of the late election,
for they do say that Mr.. Sutton did warp it to him
little.
There was a little one-horse strike of citizen
molders in the prison foundry Monday, which. we
understand occasioned by the said citizen
molders unsuccessfully Directing to convict mold
ers working in the same shop. 1t is coming to a
pretty pass when citizens want to drive convicts
out of the prison shops Men should not seek en-
ployment in prison if they do not like to work
alongside of the prisoners. The strikers thought
better of the matter and came back to work next
morning, and the shoveling and tamping of the
sand goes merrily on just as if nothing had hap.
pened.
We saw it stated In one Of the city papers last
been discharged from this institution had returned
to saltwater and been run inn by the police a
dangerous character. We wondered who it could
be. When his name was given in the next issue
of the paper we tumbled right out of our chair
and nearly died Of commissions. The idea of
Bomaster that mountain of beef and awkward
ness, being called slick sneak thief! Why, the
poor fellow could not sneak through the jungles
of Darkest Africa without shaking all the
nuts off the trees for a mile either side of his
track.
One of the boys handed in a communication
too late for this week concerning the completion
of the new wall. and the part Guard Jenkins took
in the work. We extract the following from the
article: Guard Jenkins seems satisfied to rest on
his laurels having mastered the art of squirting
straight. Yes, he actually knows which eye to
shut 1t very hard for him at first; but then
he is to be excused for he is of the old "vets"
who are so Used to shutting both eyes when they
squint that it requires good deal of practice be-
fore they are able to bring their organs of sight
under control. Mr.. Jenkins has accomplished the
feat this season."
-supt. Covell came very near losing his life
Tuesday morning in the tub and pail factory. He
was:helpirg the boys to adjust rip saw when by
mi nil X oak timber mo
in contact with the top of the which hurled it
with great force against the stomach Of Mr..
| CoveIl. The boys took him in their arms and
carried him to the hospital where Dr. Merrill, who
had Just arrived, made sn examination and ad.
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