The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-09-03

The saltwater Daily Gazette announces that
its collector will start on his rounds Tuesday.
How guileless Half Of the delinquents will be
under their houses on that day.
Miss Nellie Bolton, of st. Paul, and Miss Flo
Yates. of saltwater. accompanied by Mr. L. P.
Arthur, Of st. Paul. were shown through the
prison Monday by the Deputy Warden.
1t does not pay to kick unless you have the
other qualities Of a mule. A man kicked pack
age of dynamite the other day:just to be kicking,
but he did mt have the staying qualities to sustain
the reaction.
There has been a circus in town the past
few days and the prison has caught most of the
company as sght-seers. Conspicuous among the
visitors were the long. haired man and the short
legged manikin.
Fred Miller. the Deputy Warden holds letter
for you from your mother. and you can have 1t by
making yourself known. She knows you are here.
but she does not know under what name. She is
anxious to hear from you, and you should not deny
her that poor privilege.
Rev. Father NJ. E. Murphy, who has just been
succeeded as parish priest of St. Mchaels church
by Rev. Charles CorcOran acted as Catholic chap
lain Of this prison for nearly twenty years. Many
will long remember him for his many kind words.
We have not learned where he will locate after
his travels are ended.
The laundry crew spent all their spare mo.
ments for the past week trying to take the clothes
wringer apart and have at last succeeded. They
were aided with many suggestions from wise
heads but after every other scheme found
worthless they went at it with determination and
cold chisels and triumphed.
"A fine lot of new books were received in the
library last week to duplicate those that were con-
demned. 1t will not be great while now before
we will begin the printing Of the new catalogue,
and when it is done, the fellow who says that he
has read everything in the library worth reading
will have to take in his horns.
A new lot of song books have been bought for
the choir so that each member may have a whole
book to himself. member of the choir
heard to say that if the state would just buy
good voices they could now make some fine music.
But he was evidentially thinking of himself alone
or the fellow that reached couple of notes higher
than he could, for judges say the choir does good
singing.
The master of the rat traps was not a little sur
prised the other morning to find in one of his
most enticing wire traps a visitor that had not
been invited. 1t was a nice, smooth young mink.
The boys have attached collar and chain to his
neck and will tame him for pet. He is already
showing a disposition to be sociable. This is the
second mink that has been captured in the same
locality.
Deputy Lemon received a letter last week
from one of the boys who went out in July He
farm at $50 per month. His employer had occasion
to visit saltwater few weeks ago and accidently
learned that his new foreman was an ex.convict.
He went right straight home. called the young
man in and after telling him what he had discov.
cred told him to go-right along with his work
just the same as he would had he never seen
prison. He was lucky in finding an employer with
a mind broader than razor edge. good many
men would say in such case Il am very sorry.
but guess will try and get along without fore.
man.
On Tuesday the new solitary informally
opened. The Deputy Warden moved his Office
from the dollhouse tower to the Office room on
the lower floor of the solitary. The building has
been put in firstclass order and. while it will
never be desirable abiding place, it is neat and
clean and has all modern conveniences. The
steam heating arrangements have been put in
working order so that the old trouble of dampness
will be avoided. A bath room has been fitted up
in of the alcoves at the west end of the cells.
The building was used for a few months about
three years ago, but was closed up because of its
inconvenient location. 1t is great improvement
over the old place in the cellroom used for pun
ishments. Guard Amos Rowe will be the day
custodian of the new quarters and Guard John
Windolph will have the night watch.
Rev. Charles Corcoran. who since his ordina.
ton two years ago has been an assistant priest at
the cathedral parish in St. Paul. yesterday ap.
pointed pastor of St. Michaels parish in this city,
and in the afternoon came over to enter upon his
duties Father Corcoran was born in st. Paul,
and after graduating from the high school spent
six years at the university of Lauvain. Situated
nine miles from Brussels, Belgium. After complet.
ing his collegiate and theological course at this
noted university he returned to St. Paul for ordi.
nation, and was assigned to duty as assistant
priest in the cathedral parish, where he became
very popular with all the parishioners and the
local clergy. He is said to be forcible eloquent
speaker and clear and original thinker and st.
Michaels parish is to be congratulated upon Sc.
curing SO excellent successor to Father Murphy,
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