The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-03-31
LOCAL PICKINGS.

LOCAL PICKINGS.
"A watch guard-the prison Waterman.
The crookeder the road the straighter it leads
to the penitentiary.
Secretary H. h. Hart was about the prison
Saturday with Professor Silver. OF White Bear.
The member of our community who had been
away as a witness since the 18th, returned home
Saturday night.
We thank supt J. c. Hite of the Boys Indus
trial school of Ohio for a copy of his thirtysixth
annual report.
The prison barber is getting in his spring
''crop." There is not much left in the stubble
fields for the cleaners.
Mr.. Albert B. Oritt, of White Bear. and Mr..
T. j. Church, representing the st. Paul Dispatch,
were visitors this week.
The party sending paper to John Reed. Bur-
trum. MIMI, should discontinue, we have been
notified that he is not there.
Statement of population March 30: Working
for Thresher Co.. 174 working for state. 157; sick
and infrm, IL. Total population. 342.
Every one is always glad to see Guard Gold
smith perambulating the galleries of nights. be.
cause it is a sign that the solitary is empty.
The dining rooms. the officers barber shop
and the turkeys Office have been in the hands of
the calcimners and painters during the past week.
Eek. Deputy Warden ]. A. westby paid the
prison visit last Friday. Mr.. Westby will short.
ly leave saltwater with his family to reside in
Minneapolis.
They started up the new breaker machine in
the Irvine factory Tuesday. and it was found to be
in perfect working order. 1t operates much faster
than the old breaker.
Wild geese have been flying northward over
the prison during the past few days. which we
suppose indicates that old Boreas has retreated
to his arctic domains.
Bishop Gilbert will conduct services in our
chapel at 3:3Op. m. Easter Sunday. Those who
have heard the Bishop before are glad to be at.
forded the opportunity Of hearing him again.
ALI the machinery of the new binding Irvine
plant is now in place and has had test run.
After few readjustments of the old and uew ma.
chinery the whole plant will be set in operation.
Sheriff W. A. De Frate of Douglas county,
Sheriff A. F. Anderson of Goodhue county, and
Deputy Sheriff RUDE Clewett of Ramsey county,
brought men to the prison during the past week.
company for the value OF 104 canes which were
lost the road while he enjoying a brief
spell of freedom. And still he is not much of a
"dood."
Another one of our old boys has come home
to eat. He arrived little too late Monday even
ing for warm supper, but a pan of good old.
fashioned hash greeted his appetite at an early
hour Tuesday morning.
Capt F. l. Gleason of the saltwater fire de.
partment visited the prison yesterday with the fol-
lowing fremen of the Minneapolis fire department:
VIM. e. Mcfarland, T. Coleman, c. Miethk. M. F.
Treller and S. Nelson, all Of Station 4.
There has been good deal of experimenting
and testing of a oil engine going on about the
prison during the past week. and those who have
been in the neighborhood of the operations say
that the machine excels a North American skunk
in full blast.
One of the boys, who had been specializing on
the possibilities of gaining freedom through the
parole law, said that the Warden had informed
him that he could not be paroled before he had
served the "millenium." He means. of course
the minimum penalty of his crime.
The most striking of Puck's cartoons this week
shows the Democratic Voter debating his choice
between two standards. On the one borne aloft
by Hill is emblazoned the motto: mo Policy. but
Politics and spoils." Cleveland's standard bears
the words: tariff Reform and Sound Money"
The cartoon is entitled: Under Which Flags'
The board of managers will meet next Tues
day. when undoubtedly the matter of establishing
grading system and formulating rules and regu.
lations made necessary by the governors recent
action will receive attention 1t will necessarily