The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-04-28
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
LOCAL PICKINGS.

Two men were discharged during the past
week.
The Office of the Irvine factory has been moved
to the upper floor.
The Deputy Warden has been suffering the
past week with the quinsy.
Deputy Sheriff Hanson. of st. Louis county.
brought in prisoner to serve year for bur-
glary in the second degree.
Mr. L. c. Parkhurst with the American Elk.
press Co., ST Paul. visitor last week with
Reporter Nelson, of the Messenger.
Statement of population April q: Working
for Thresher Co.. 172; working for state, 1885, sick
and infirm. 8. Total population, $685.
There was a convention of members Of the
Epworth League in the city last week. and a
large number of the visitors inspected the prison.
Mr.. Geo. C. Sykes. of the State University
visited the prison Monday with a party of fellow
students They came to acquaint themselves with
the methods Of prison management.
The superintendent of the tub and pail fac.
tory. Mr.. Covell. has hardly been able to be on
duty for the past week. still. by the aid of good
stout stick, he manages to get about
Mr. Henry Hohen, of the State University,
ana MT. h. IL. Smltus VI buCtes MOnC, were guests
of the Warden's family several days of the past
week. Mr.. Smith is Mrs. Garvin's brother.
MIR. Alexander aud family started for Port.
land, Or. Monday. As parting token of their
esteem. his fellow officers presented Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander with handsome silver water pitcher.
ALL the shops of the Thresher company are
running at full capacity. In the engine shop they
turning out two new engines day and repair
ing four a week. making sixteen that 60 out of
the shop every week.
Two of the tub and pail factory boys inter.
viewed the insidous little buzsaw during the past
week. consequently one is nursing two fingers and
the other is trying the experiment of re-uniting a
severed digit to the stump.
Deputy Lemons fine st. Bernard dog died last
week. 1t only few months ago that he paid
course, he went to where all good doggies go-not
to the everlasting 'bow- vows"
Mr.. Ben Cayou assumed the duties of cell.
house keeper on the departure of Mr.. Alexander.
Mr.. Cayou, once upon tme-long, long ago,
filled this same position for more than year.
That was about seventeen eighteen years ago.
when the prison was young. OF course things
have changed good DEAL At that time the sec.
of the cellroom. There were l6O cells and abe ut
IS prisoners.
There a smile that stretched clear around
one of the tables in the guards dining room the
other day. The waiter did not speak very dis
timely when asking one of the diners if he would
be served with little of the "Welsh rare.b bit"
rabbit" said the diner, "Well, yes. 1 am very
fond of rabbit; but isn't it little out of season.
When the waiter placed the dish before him he
looked. blushed, and exclaimed, II thought you
said rabbit"
The Captain of the Night Watch now makes
his inspection tours on bicycle. The distance
he covers is from one end of the Reformatory halls
to the other end. and back again, which is a
stretch of nearly mile. He is enabled to visit
any part of the prison at a moments notice. In
order to obviate the work of climbing the Guard
Room Floor stairs with the bicycle the doors of
the dining room held ajar all nght-The
Summary, Emira Reformatory.