The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-09-17

All the members of the C. L. s. G. who posi-
bly, can should be in attendance at Sundays meet.
ing to lend their voices in the consideration Of
the new constitution and bylaws.
The big gate through which passes the traffic
of the prison has this week received its centennial
coat of paint, and now looms up and shines in the
sunlight like sambo who has had . corner on q
good SIN oke. house.
The Grand Lodge. Knights of Honor, met in
the city Tuesday, and large number of the del.
egates have been in to see the prison. The Ten.
nessee delegation visited the prison in a body
they were q fine looking lot of men.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable weather and
the prevalence of diphtheria in saltwater the
health of the prison has never been better than
at the present time. There serious cases
of sickness and only few sufferers from chronic
diseases.
Miss Marjorie Roselne Lambert, step.daugh.
ter of MIR. A. F. Sanften5erg of saltwater. was
married Tuesday to MIR. Robert J. Russell, of
Omaha. In the afternoon DR.. and Mrs. ]. H.
Dunn. of Minneapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. F. w.
Faber, wedding guests, were shown through the
prison by Mr.. Sanftenberg.
The managers of the Cottonwood county fair
sent to the Warden for specimens of binding Irvine
and the raw material to display there. An ex-
hibit prepared and sent showing the
material from the time it is received in the
raw state through all the processes of man.
ufacture to finished Irvine.
Tom. the whole. souled Scotchman who has
been our hospital nurse the past year. took his
departure for pastures new this morning. He will
be followed by the kindest wishes of all those who
have come under his brotherly care. By his going
THE MIRROR loses one of its ablest contributors.
The article on the "Grading System" in this issue
is from his pen.
All the executive departments of the prison
are now connected by an electric signal system.
The points connected are the warden's and dep.
uty wardens residences. the warden's Office, the
turkeys Office, the cellroom and the deputy
wardens Office in the solitary. This will be of
great convenience, and will save good deal of
shoe leather in year.
Mice have been gathering the seeds of the
mossrose bed near the engine room door fast
as they ripen. The engineers do not like this as
they wish to preserve the seed, they have set a
trap for the little thieves. but the seeds seem to
please the taste of the mice better than anything
that has yet been tried to allure them into the
trap. Three foolish youngsters are all thus far
caught
"A young blood tried to gain recognition in the
city last week by claiming that he was a graduate
Of this institution. but his claims we're doubted by
the police, and to settle the matter they brought
him to the prison to establish his identity. After
looking him over carefully the prison officials pro-
nounced him an impostor, and he then ele.
waited on the toe of the law and landed beyond the
city's battlements.
The following table shows the population OF
the prison on each nth of September from 1884 to
1891 The sudden drop in 1890 was occasioned by
the transfer of IS men to the st. Cloud reforma.
torv