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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17
Base Bali spalding Resigns.

CHICAGO, April ia. G.. Spalding, who
for nine years has been president of the
Chicago base ball club, declined a re-
election at the annual meeting yesterday.
His reasons were that he had earned a
rest; that he had been connected with
base ball as player, captain, manager, sec.
rotary and resident for twenty six years,
and had devoted more of his time to base
ball than to his personal business. He
wanted to retire two years ago, but
stayed to see the fight with the Brother
hood through, and now that, in his opin'
ion, it was plain sailing for the League he
felt that he must step out. James A,
Hart was elected to succeed Mr. Spalding.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17
Probate Order.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, / 9

STATE OF MICHIGAN, ss
COUNTY OF SHIAwAssEE, '''
Probate Court for said county
AT a session of the Probate Court for said
county held at the Probate ONCE in the city OF
Corunna on Tuesday, the 9TH day of April, in the
yea OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety lone. Present Matthew Bush, Judge
OF Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Morris Brown,
deceased. Isabella Brown as administrative OF
said estate, comes into court and represents
that she is now prepared TO render her account
as such Administrative.
Thereupon IL Is ordered, that Tuesday, the 5th
day of May next, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon, be assigned for examining and allowing
such account, and that the heirs at law of said
deceased andoall other persons interested in said
estate, are required to appear at a session OF
said court, then to be holden at the Probate
Office in the city of Corunna in said county, and
show cause, II any there be- why the said ac-
count should not be allowed.
And IL is further ordered that said administra
trix give notice to the persons interested in said
estate, of the tendency of said account and the
hearing thereof, by causing copy of this order
TO be published in THE TINES a newspaper
printed and circulating in said County, three
successive weeks previous to said day OF hearing
MATTHEW BUSH,
"a true copy Judge Of Probate.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17
"DOCTOREO" THEIR WHISKY.

An Attempt to Break Up the Line at tn
Ashland, Wis, Land ONCE.
ASHLAND, Wis.,, April l0.--It is claimed
that an attempt was made to drug the
first twenty men in line at the land office
yesterday morning They were given doc.
tored whisky for the purpose of drugging
them and securing their places before the
day of filing. Over 400 men are now in
line. The weather is lcold, and they keep
up by taking whisky. A board fence is
being built along the line, as rush is
expected to break the line few days be-
fore April II, when the Office will be
opened. Some Of the men have been in
line continuously since April 1.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17
The Chicago Drainage Canal.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, April ia joint
session of the senate and house commit
tees on canals and rivers:was held yester
day to listen to remarks by a number OF
gentlemen interested in the proposed
Chicago drainage canal. Representative
Whitehead, of Cook, though the enter.
prise was costing too much money. Sem
ator Bell, of Peoria, argued against The
repeal of the bill authorizing the work.
Senator Allen spoke in favor of repeal,
while Judge Garnsey, of Joliet, and ex-
Congressman Cullen, of Ottawa, favored
letting the bill stand. A. j. Ward, a
civil engineer of Marseilles, also opposed
repeal. The matter was postponed to the
next meeting of the committee.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17
Guardian Sale.

In the matter of the estate of Mary G..
Symes, a minor. Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of a license to me granted by the Probate
Court in and for the County of Saginaw, in
airy A. ID. 1891, will sell at public Auction or
Vendue, to the highest bidder, at the front door
of the Court House in the City of Corunna. in
the county of ShiawasSee, and State aforesaid,
on the 2lst day of May A. D., 1884, at two o clock
in the afternoon OF that day, all the following de-
scribed real estate, to-wit:
Lots and z block 2, N. c. Philips addition to
the village of Bancroft, Shiawassee County,
Michigan.
ALICE SYMES
Guardian
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17
Buckleu's Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts bruis-
es, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and
all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by John
son Il Henderson.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17

sell Harrison; Secretary Rusk. who will
go as for as El Paso. Tex; Postmaster
General Wanamaker; Daniel M. Rams
dell. marshal of the District of Columbia;
Il 4. Tibbett, executive clerk; George w.
Boyd. assistant general passenger agent
of the Pennsy lvania railroad, who will
have charge of the party during the en-
tire trip, Mrs. Boyd, and representatives
of the preau
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17
Death of Lew wallaoe,s Brother.

INDIANAPOLIS, April 10.-William Wal
lace, postmaster Of this city, died Thurs.
day morning, aged GA years. He belonged
to one of Indiana's great families. being q
son of the late Governor David Wallace.
He was at one time a law partner Of
President Harrison.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17
Death of Gen. spinola.

WASHINGTON CRY. April 4-Repre.
sentative Spinola, of New York, who had
been ill for some weeks but whose re-
markable vitality was expected yesterday
to pull him through. died this morning
O0
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17
III and CT eaply.
D ses0uu6N ID Graduates plac.

ed in railway service. Best school of Telegraphy
on earth. 100 young men wantednow. Send for
circulars. VALENTINES SCHOOL,
GAINESVILLE, Wis
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17

The President or on His Journey.

WASHINGTON CITY, April 14-President
Harrison left this city on his southern
and western trip last night at 1910. Other
members of the party who will live for
the next thirty days in the sumptuously
fitted Pullman cars that comprise the
presidential train are Mrs. Harrison, Mrs.
Dimmick, Mrs Mckee, Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17
Denth of BI,hop GiImour.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. April 4.-Blshop
Gilmour, of Cleveland, died here last
evening after weeks illness.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17

Pains in the back are frequently caused
by sudden wrenching of the spine. A few
applications of Salvation Oil will give per-
manent relief.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17

"a true copy,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19

RefOrmatOry, 500 men have been received
in two years, 100 of whom had been pa
rolled up to Jan. 1, 1891; 9 had been sent
back; 90 were doing well and are out on
temporary probation. Only four had run
away out of the state, but all were recov-
reform all the men, but if 80 per cent are
made producers instead of destructive
force in society, it is remarkable. Fifty
per cent would be satisfactory and the
truest economy The Elmira plan is un-
doubleday the coming system that is to take
the place of the old fashioned prison and
solve the much mOOted prison reform QueS
ton. This new plan is looked upon by
is because they have not had an opportunity
to study its methods and because they can
not appreciate the benefits to the comma
nifty of having its criminals transformed
into honest producers. The penal laws of
the states are being amended from year to
year so that they more nearly conform with
the idea upon which the Elmira and kim
dred institutions are conducted. 1t will not
be many years before the old penitentiary
plan and the new reformatory plan will be
merged into one for the management of
all penal institutions. The law of
this state seeks to combine the two
to certain extent by providing for the
transfer of men from the state prison to the
refOrmatOry. We hope to see the day when
they will both be conducted upon the same
plan and every man be put to the test so as
to prove that second or even a third timer
is often as susceptible to refOrmatOry in:
fluenceS as the first timer.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19
20 THE PUBLIC.

THE PRISON MIRROR is a weekly paper pub
lished in the Minnesota state prison. All matter
published In its columns is contributed by the
inmates, except that properly credited. Its sup
port must come from the outside every inmate
is given a paper without cost. 1t is published in
the interest of the prison library and after paying
for the printing outfit contributed $3.50 to the
library fund the first year. Its objects to en-
courage individual intellectual effort, provide a
healthy journal for the inmates of this and other
prisons, and. above all, to acquaint the outside
world with the needs of the prison by rejecting
its inner life and thus aid the of moral ad-
vancement and prison reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19
A Startling Experiment.
A curious incident, which points {

A curious incident, which points an in
teresting moral. is related in Mr.. F. L..
Pope's lecture on Electric Railways"
read before the Electric club last week.
Mr.. Pope tells how, when visiting an cleo
trO plating factory at Antonio. he saw a
workman place metal pail on the two
wires leading from the dynamo supplying
current for plating. The pail instantly dis
appeared. being not merely melted but con-
verified into metallic vapor. which ilumi-
mated the whole workshop with a flash of
startling radancy. The impression which
such an incident would have produced on
an ordinary observer would be that the cur
rent was very dangerous one. and that it
would mean instant death to touch the
wires. AS matter of fact, the two could
be grasped one in each hand without ex-
periencing the slightest unpleasant sensa-
ton. the heating effect which was so start
ingly demonstrated being produced by the
great volume of current flowing. There is
no instance on record of any dangerous
shock having been received from an cleo
trical railway. which carries current of
considerable volume. but of comparatively
low difference of potential. -Electrical
Review.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19

1T is generally calculated that convict
will do about two thirds of the work of a
free man," said Secretary Hart, of the
board of corrections and charities, 'but ex-
Warden Reed, OF the state prison, said that
the men under him did as much as free
men would have done at the same kind of
work. Wardens of other prisons have
claimed the same thing. and 1 think their
claims are substantiated by the work done
at Saltwater when the men were given
steady employment. The men who fall
below the average there are generally those
who would do so under any other circum-
stances. They are those who are unskilled
and not fitted for the work at which they
may be employed. To be worked to ad-
vantage, however, the men should be en-
plOyed every day in the year" st. Paul
Dispatch
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19
THE ELNIIRA SYSTEM.

Major McClaughry, Superintendent of
the Huntingdon (Pa.) Reformatory, ad-
dressed the Illinois senators at Springfield
one day last week. Illinois is thinking of
starting refOrmatory on the Elmira plan
and the major was invited to address the
lawmakers upon the subject. In speaking
of the good results of the system he said
there was nothing thief fought harder
than the school work. Many of them pre-.
fer the hard work and discipline of an old
fashioned prison, but yield to better in
fuences after while. In the Huntingdon
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19

Mr.. A. II. S. Perkins has sold his paper,
The LaFe Breeze. and is to leave the state
near neighbOr who has been such good,
OutspOken friend to THE MIRROR. Even
in his last issue he says good word for
our paper and expresses wish for it's fut-
ure success. Mr.. Perkins succeeded in i'm
parting to his paper much of his own cheer
full spirit which made it, like himself an
agreeable acquaintance. THE MIRROR
wishes him abundant success in his new
field of labor. Mr. A. E. Ball, the new
proprietor of the Lake Breeze, will con-
tinue its publication at White Bear.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19
The Figure Nine.

For one hundred and ten years to come, no
man. woman or child will write the current date
without using the figure 9; for nineteen years dur
ing that period two 9s must be written-in 1899,
1909, 1919, 1929 1889. 1919, 1882 1869 1879, 1885,
1890. 1891, 1892 1898, 1894. 1885, 1885, 1897. 1898
and for one year-1999-three 9's will have to be
set down. OF the people now living it is safe to
say that one will ever write the date of his or
her own time without using 9. Besides mind
ing their p's and as the next three generations
must give particular heed to their 9's. Nine has
never been regarded as particularly lucky num-
Der. but beyond question the years in which it
will hold so conspicuous place will bring benefits
of undreamed of value to the world.-New York
Tribune.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19
BE TT.

The following is portion Of a letter re
have often thought since my incarceration
that 1.-The way Of the transgressor is hard, and am
now fully convinced that it is. am going to leave
here soon. and seeing much good advice in the
columns of THE PRISON MIRROR 1 thought l
would ask for an answer to this question, How
am going to succeed in my effort to be honest.
Christian man?' Since coming here l have become
more or less acquainted with number of my
prisoners, and we have talked over what we
would do when we had regained our liberty. After
hearing my theory, one man in particular (this is
his second term) told me that d id not know what
1 was talking about, that he had been through
the mill and knew how hard it was to succeed in
being an honest Christian man after "trip over
the road" He told us how he had been hunted
from pillar to post, the finger of pointed at
him, because he was an ex-convct; that he would
sooner get work and settle down than he would
be discharged When he would ask the reason,
the answer would be. "ex-convict." He could not
board in any respectable house, for any length Of
time before he would be requested to vacate his
room, when he would ask the reason he would be
told that the other boarders complained of his
being ex-convict. Now, this appears pretty
hard if true. "Alas for the vanity of Christian
charity'-t is going to be hard fight to win.
hope that myself and many others may be ben
Gifted by the advice you may give.
If there is one thing we can do better
than any other it is to give advice. Your
question, ''How am going to succeed in
my efforts to be an honest. Christian man?'
can be answered in two little words, be it.
You know how to be an honest man as we'll
as Washington or Lincoln did. You have
been brought up in a Christian country and
know what it takes to constitute a good
Christian Just as well as the Pope of Rome
or Talmage or Moody does. If you feel
that you need instruction in this matter,
consult your chaplain. But we believe it is
a matter that you can only settle between
yourself and your God. So we will drop
this question of honesty and Christianity,
and consider the problem of how you are
to get along in the world that you are SO
soon to re-enter. You fear that it is going
to be hard fight to win. Did you ever
hear of anyone accomplishing great woBk
without having to surmOunt obstacles that
had seemed insurmountable to others? The
life of all men from the humblest to the
most exalted has been a battle from the
cradle to the grave. No navigator has yet
been able to steer his craft to Utopia
island. so we have no way of escape from
this life of troubles. Whenever we hear
an able. bodied man whining about his not
being able to make an honest living for him
self. we always recall sight we once be-
held in a Southern city. 1t looked like a
bundle of animated rags dragging.itself to-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19

We see that ''Publco" in a letter to the
Northwestern Labor Union advises estab
fishing beet sugar factory in the st. Cloud
Reformatory as an industry that will not
compete with free labor. Now that is what
may be called a sweet idea.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19
His Precedent.

''What's the charge against this MANI"
asked the Judge.
He passed bad bill off on car con-
ductOr." replied the Prosecutor.
''Please. your Honor" said the prisoner.
Il didn't know it was any harm. l used
to be Republican Member of Congress;
and we wasn't any of us arrested for pass
ing bad bills, then."-Puck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19

nearer we saw box on top of it. When it
the rags said, "Shine, Sah?" 1t was hui
man being. a man that spoke up out of
those rags. He was a negro, legleSs, and
his arms were not mole than foot long, so
he had to crawl about on his belly. But he
was man every inch of him. When we
intimated willingness to have our shoes
"shined'' he unloaded his box, reared him
self upon end and went to work. and as he
worked he hunmed tune for himself.
When ne had completed the job he took his
pay, loaded his tools upon his back and con-
tinued OH his way to his place of business,
a little niche in the side of a building. Now.
if that defOrmed negro boOtb1ack could bat
tie successfully for an honest living. when
he might have lived on charity if he would
does it not seem that it ought to be an easy
matter for you, an able bodied man, to
make your way in the world honestly? If
you cannot. you must acknowledge yourself
the mental, moral and physical inferior of
that crippled negro bootblack. How are
you to succeed? You should not ask such
question. If you do not succeed. it will
be because you do not try. That story your
friend told you about his having been
hunted from pillar to post" because he
was an eX- convict is the DID, old excuse of
made determined effort to live down his
disgrace. There are thousands of ex-cOn-
victs in this country who are respected for
their uprightness. They are welcome
any other respectable place. We are per-
sOnally acquainted with good many eX-
cOnvcts who left prison with no other rec
ommendatiOn to the outside world than
their desire to work for living. The out
side world accepted that as recommends
ton. and those men are prOspering Then
we know of other eX- cOnvicts who had
friends to take them under protection and
give them start, who are again cOnvicts-
because they proved to be unfit for liberty.
A fellow came back to this prison a short
time ago with the excuse that the detectives
bounded him into committing crime again.
His fellow prisoners knew that he was a
whining hypOcrite, but he was able to Gre
ate sympathy enough so that good people
secured his pardon. 1t was only few days
until he was rounded up with lot more
thieves and Migrants and landed in the
workhouse 1t is rarely the case that an
ex-convict is prosecuted if he conducts him.
self prudently. 1t is true that an ex con-
vict meets with humiliatiOns and that
he has to overcome many disadvantages,
but the more of a man he is the fewer they
will be. Did you ever know manly man
Be man.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19
NEWS FOF. A WEEK.
FEBRUARY II.

California will have $500, 600 exhibit at
the Worlds Fair.
Discovery of plot to blow up the Shut
feldt dstillery in Chicago.
Judge Wilson Lewis was shot to death
by his son at Pneville, Ky.
About 200 members of the legislature
Visit the state refOrmatOry at st. Cloud.
Elijah Pond, father of ex-Gov. Thad.
Z. Pond. died on his farm near Chippewa
Falls. Wis.
Twenty fourth annual convention of Min
nesOta Editors and Publishers association
in st. Paul.
Sioux Indian conference concluded at
Washington. Serious charges against the
Seventh cavalry.
FEBRUARY 10.
LincOln's birthday.
Hans Hanson was frozen to death while
drunk near Red Wing.
The boiler in the Quebec Worsted COM
pany's factory at Hare Point exploded and
many persons were killed or injured
Miss Catherine M. Drexel daughter of
the late millionaire banker of Philadelphia.
takes her final vows and will devote her
life and fortune to elevating the cOlOred and
Indian races
FEBRUARY 10.
Messrs. Dillon and OBrien placed in
COlOnmeI Jail.
Mrs. William Hayes Laird of Winona,
committed suicide.
Admiral David D. Porter died suddenly
at his residence in Washington.
George w. Moore. for many years prom
lnent in Minnesota politics, died at St.
Paul.
FEBRUARY IA.
Gen. w. L. Sherman died at so %. m,
The last spike was driven which connects
two important railroad systems and untes
the state of Washington and British Co.
| lumbia.
A mass meeting of business men, quarry
owners and employees was held in St. Cloud
to discuss the existing trouble over the Re.
fOrmatOry granite works.
The New York general post office build
ing caught fire from defective electric
light apparatus. A newsbOy was fatally
burned and several hundred sacks of mail
were destroyed.
FEBRUARY Is.
New Westminster, B. c. has a $500. 600
fire by which fireman loses his life. The
fire started in the jewelry establishment of
F. Stirsky.
Patrick Delaney. the small pOx patient
who created panic by running through
the streets of Prairie du Chen, Wis, and
was shot by the marshal, died.
FEBRUARY 16.
A dull day.
Judge De Witt G. Cody dies in St. Paul.
Rev. James II. Kyle is elected United
States Senator OF South Dakota to succeed
Senator Moody.
FEBRUARY II.
An insane man kills conductor and
travelling man on the train at Bald Knob,
| Arkansas.
TIE annual encampment of the Mime
sofa department of the G. A. R. opens at
the Newmarket theater in st. Paul.
Pittsburg and Allegheny City are suffer-
| inh from heavy flood, caused by high wa
ter in the Monongahela and Allegheny riv-
| erS.
| Ex-Warden Reed was called before the
senate prison investigating committee to-
give his views and knowledge on prison
management.
Admiral David d. Porters body is laid to
rest in Arlington cemetery. Washington.
| The burial was performed with all the hon
ors and ceremony due to his rank.
Impeachment proceedings were begun in
congress against Alexander BOOreman,
judge of the United States district court for
the western district of Louisiana. for high
crimes and miSdemeanOrs
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19

Death has claimed another one of our
cOuntry's heroes. Grant, Sheridan,
Porter, and now Sherman. all bravest
of the brave. have passed over the daik
river within comparatively short time.
All our great warriors. those whose fame
is world wide, are now gone.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19

The latest census returns to the depart
ment of agriculture show that we have
so, 625. 106 hogs in the United States. This
estimate does not include the two legged
hogs.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19

Gen. H. II. Sbley. one of .Minnesota's
oldest and most hOnored citizens. lies at the
point of death. There is NO hope of his
recovery.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19

Franklin was journeyman printer and son Of
q tallow.chandler and soap.maker.-Selected.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-19

Christopher Columbus was the son of a weaver
and also q weaver himself