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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-21
LOCAL PICKIN GS.

Population, 1856.
Sample copies of THE PRISON MIRROR sent
free to any address.
There no patients now confined to their
cots in the hospital.
The pupils of the night school continue max.
ing splendid progress.
Several Of the guards have been laid up with
the grip and vaccination.
The weather Monday night was the coolest
thus far of the season. being 80 below
--Three-two men and one woman-received
their discharge papers during the past week.
"A car load Of our tubs went to Chicago Tues.
day. The windy city is getting the best of every
thing.
Sheriff F. W. Donovan and his deputy P. P.
slockman, of Blue Earth City. brought in prs-
oner Tuesday evening.
One arrival this week. He is from Farbault
county and will serve two years and three months
for assault in the second degree.
Statement of population Jan. 20: Working for
Thresher Co.. 174 working for state, lao; sick and
infrm, %. Total population. 1886.
If you know any one who might become a sub.
scriber to this paper please send us their name
30 that we may send them sample copies.
The report of the chapel services is omitted
again this week. The secretary of the state
board of health and his little calf virus are to
blame.
Sheriff Marty has but one man in his bastile
and he will be sent out in few days. Keeping
Jail is not very profitable business in Washing.
ton county.
The handsomest calendar we have received
this year is the one sent to us from the printing
department of the Boys House of Reformation.
Deer Island, Boston Harbor, Mass.
One of the two women. who were sent here
from Minneapolis last week to serve sentences of
nine months. and who was about to become a
mother. was promptly pardoned by the governor
"A. K. Tate, Of Chicago. r. o. Strong of St.
Paul. Chief of Fire Dept. D. F. Mcintosh and
Alderman N. e. Barber, of Brainerd, were in the
prison yesterday with Chief Joy of the city fire de.
partment
Deputy Lemon took one of the boys over to
Minneapolis Thursday morning to serve a wit
ness in civil case. AS he would be wanted for
several days the Deputy left him in care of Sher-
if Swenson.
Gen. Dunn of the board of managers show we'd a
party of friends through the prison last Thursday.
The gentlemen were, ]. H. Russell. C. e. Bondy
and A. F. Rockwell. Of Eyota. and C. L. Weber.
Of Hamlne.
The new Irvine plant will occupy the second
foor Of the tub and pail factory where the paint
ing is now done. This floor is on level with that
Of the present twine plant and all that will be
necessary to connect the two plants will be to cut
doorway through the partition wall.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-21
Carl Pretzel,s Philosophy.

Dots better when you don't did expose your
sore toes to der vorldt
Onions vas goot aneckdote for Teller NIT a
weak voices, it makes dot voice strong
Meier don't shduck NIT sharp joke on der ten
der nerf of hoOmanidy club dot gifts you und him
headache in your stomach.-National Weekly.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-21
Misleading Directions.

Col. Bluegrass: How shall l reach the.
river. sab?
ahead.
Col. Bluegrass: Sab! Does my nose look
like nose, sab. that would lead me to wa
tab, sah?-Puck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-21

What makes life dreary is want of
mOtive.-G gorge Eliot.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-21
Crime Is Decreasing.


The state board of corrections and charities has
taken its Eighth semi.annual prison census. The
total number Of prisoners in the State of Mime.
sofa Dec. 81. 1891, 1862. of whom S3S serv.
ing sentence and 1874 we're awaiting trial. The
number of prisoners awaiting trial is so less than
the number Dec. 81 1890. and is the smallest num-
Der ever reported.
OF the S3S prisoners serving sentences 467 are
state convcts and 81 are petty convicts. serving
sentence in jails and warehouses;. The number
of state cenvicts is less than ear ago and only
rs more than the nu mber at the close of 1885, so
that the increase of state prison convcts in the
past six years has been less than per cent.
The number of petty convcts is so more than it
was lear ago. but most of this increase is found
in the Minneapolis city workhouse, whose inmates
have increased from SO Dec. 81, 1890, to 157 Dec.
81, 1891. he number of inmates in the est. Paul
city workhousc decreased from 1914 Dec 81, 1889,
to 1874 Dec 81, 1890. and has again decreased to lis
Dec. 81, 1891.
The total number of prisoners of all kinds in the
state has increased Is per cent in the past six
years. and has decreased per cent in the past
two years.-Pioneer Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16
LATER.

FIRE swept through the Italian quar-
ter in Chicago on the 18th and made
fourteen families homeless. The loss is
not over $4,000, although Ave buildings
were destroyed, There was panic
among the seventy people who were
driven out by the flames and several
were overcome by smoke, but no fatali-
ties occurred.
A MUNICIPAL election was held at
Cohocs. n. Y, on the 18th and before
the polls closed a mob of armed men
took possession of the ballot-boXes in
the Fourth ward and carried them
away. A number of citizens were badly
beaten with clubs in the hands of the
rioters.
SABE DEvINE, living at Campbells-
burg, KY, committed suicide by blow
ing out his brains with a revolver in the
baggage car of train on the Big Four
road, near North Vernon, Ind, on the
18th. Devine was recovering from a
protracted spree and had left the pas
senger coach and entered the baggage
car. He was ordered to return to the
coach, and afrer few words with the
| baggageman, drew revolver and sui
cided.
A SEVERE shock of earthquake was
felt on the 18th throughout the Adiron-
daclss and all of northern New York.
1t was felt at Warrensburgh, Glcn's
Falls, Johnstown, Gloversville, Little
Falls, Utica and Oneida.
GAMBLE WEIR, late superintendent of
police of Pittsburgh, was slowly poi
soned to death. The body was dug up
from it's grave in Greenwood cemetery
few days ago and the stomach sub
mitted to n chemical analysis by Prof.
Hugo Blancl, who found enough ar
senic in the stomach to kill several men.
RETURNS from municipal elections
| held in New Jersey on the 18th indicate
that the entire republican ticket was
successful at Jersey City,while at Tren-
! ton the democrats elected the mayor and
n ma ajority of the board of freeholders'
Railway went republican.
| AN interesting debate, occupying most OF the
| day took place III the senate on the 18th upor
| Mr. PGlmer's resolution for election OF Unltet
| States senators by the people, before II was re
| ferred TO the committee on privileges ana clcc
tions. Personalities were brought into the dis
cussion and the political antccedents OF the III
nois senator were freely debated. The senati
subsequently took up and passed several bill
on the calendar. E. The house passed an urgen
deficiency bill appropriatins sl,0i3,Cs0 for va
rions deficiencies In the govcrnmt Mt service, In
cluding Si50,00O TO detrny the expenses OF col
iecing customs and 100000 for the census office
Mr. Cooper democrat, OF Indiana, made a per
sonal explanation occupying over one hour re
futing an attack upon him by the commissions
of pensions. The naval appropriation bill wa
considered for two hours In committee OF tn
whole and the house adjourned
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16
Furnishing IN. ohnpnhsr..

One can get chamber set for as low
4 sum rs twenty dollars; but the
prices run up rapidly until tho hum
dreds are reached. Handsome, well-made
sets, with little or no ornamentation
(the quality Of the wood and the finish
giving them n simple elegance not found
in more snowy pieces) cost from forty
to seventy-fve dollars. The set In
cludes bedstead, dressing-case, wash
stand, towel-racls, small table, two
common chairs and a rocker. The moro
expensive sets have the English wash
stand. No marble Is used with the
finest chamber furniture. The springs,
mattresses, etc, must be purchased
separately, as rule. Have good ones.
Have shades and plain muslin curtains
for the windows. Stain the floors il
possible. If you prefer not to do that,
use straw mating, with one rug beside
the bed and another in front Of the
washstand. In buying the toilet set
select one that has plain, fine shape
and simple decoration.-Ladies' Home
Journal. at
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16
The News Condensed
important intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL.

THE senate passed the Indian appropriation
bill on the 9th. Senator Wolcott (Col) spoke in
favor OF the free coinage of silver. ... In tho
house the debate on the free wool bill came TO
an end but no vote was taken.
A BILL was introduced In tho senate on the
9TH to naturalize Cinnamon now residents OF
this country. The district OF Columbia appro-
priation bill was discussed. -. In the house the
free wool bill was passed by vote OF l92 to 90
Favorable reports were made on public building
bills appropriating for Ann Arbor, Mich, s60,-
900, and for Clinton Ia, $50 900; also on the bill
for an estimate cost of construction OF ship
canal from the great lakes TO navigable waters
of the Hudson river OF sufficient capacity to
transport the tonnage OF the lakes to the sea-
BILLS were passed In the senate on the sth
appropriuting $4,000 for entertaining the TWEEN
ty-sixth national encampment OF the G. A. r.,
and to establish supports of entry Mt Ashland
and Superior, Wis. Adjourned to the llth...
In the house n bill was introduced to authorize
the holding of an international monetary con-
gress in Chicago, to commence August s, 1898
The bill to admit cotton bagging free OF duty
was discussed
THE senate was not in session on the qth....
In the house the bill putting cotton bagging and
ties on the free list was passed by vote Of lG6
to 40. A bill was introduced to permit railroads
transferable tickets. number of eulogies
were delivered upon the late NJ H. Ford, of
Michigan.
On the 11th the bill to place cotton ties on the
free list was laid before the senate and referred
to the finance committee. A bill was introduced
to remove the limitations to the payment OF ar
rears OF pensions James X. Young, for ten
years executive clerk of the senate, was de.
posed from office on the charge OF revealing Sc
crets.. ... In the house o bill to transfer the
Southern Ute Indians in southwestern Colorado
to southeastern Utah was favorably reported
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16
FOREIGN.

AT Anglers, France, anarchists partly
destroyed police station and injured
policeman by means of n dynamite
bomb.
CATTLE were said to be starving to
death by hundreds along the Mexican
National railroad.
The British ship Erato capsized and
sank at Hamburg and fifteen persons
were drowned.
FIVE bandits were shot at San Pedro,
Mex.
TRADE statistics show that the total
exports from Germany to the United
States have largely decreased during the
past year.
ADvIcEs from Samoa indicate that
war between King Malietoa and Chief
Mataafa is imminent.
AT Ell Porvenir, Cuba, 1s,61s,o00
pounds of sugar cane were destroyed
by fire.
GALL, ANDERSON & Co., lumber mer-
chants OF Toronto, Ont, failed for $780,
900.
THE steamer Hausa was sunk by col
liding with the steamer Fallsenburg
near Bremen and seven of the crew
were drowned.
DIR. PoNINsKY, high Polish ecclesi-
astic, was assassinated by anarchists
near Koscieleg, Prussia. The assassins
were pursued and two were killed The
other two rather than be captured COM
mitted suicide.
THE exodus of French Canadians from
Quebec is ten times greater this year
than it ever was before. Whole conces-
sions are depopulated and one meets as
many as forty deserted farms in one
parish.
ANOTHER Canadian paper has come
out for annexation with the United
States and declares that the abolition
of the existing confederation is neces-
sary.
LOUIS ANAsTAY, who murdered
| Baroness Dellard, was guillotined in
Paris.
In the annual boat race on the
| Thames between the Oxford and Cam
bridge crews Oxford won by two and a
half lengths.
THE Austrian government has decided
to adopt severe measures to check the
emigration of young men to America.
| LIEUT. HErHERINGToN, of the United
States navy, who killed Banker Robin
son at Yokohoma, Japan, has been ac-
quilted.
The famine in Russia has caused a
loss to the imperial treasury of SOC, O,OOo,-
600 roubles.
NEWFOUNDLAND has granted licenses
to United States fishing vessels, but re-
fused them to Canadians.
THE wife of Customs Inspector Vein
herdt, of Bremerhaven, Germany,
drowned herself and her five children.
She was thought to have been insane.
TEN villages in Hungary were burned
and five persons We're killed and thou
sands were homeless.
A BOAT containing six army engineers
was capsized at Gravesend, near Lon
don, and three of the occupants were
drowned. The others swan ashore.
UNEMPLOYED workingmen in London
propose to begin demonstrations asking
work or bread.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

THE Wisconsin labor party will hold
their sta5e convention in Milwaukee
May "a.
THE prohibitionists in the First dis.
trict of Iowa have nominated 8. b.
Glasgow for congress.
Mrs. MARY A. WIKEL, of Atlanta,
ILL.,, celebrated her Tooth anniversary.
J. X. PORTER, senior counsel for the
people in the trial of Guiteau, Garfelds
assassin, died at Waterford, N. Y.
BRIG. GEN. THOMAS w. SWEENEY,
United States army, retired, died at AS.
toria, Ore, aged 73 years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The republicans OF Oregon held their
state convention at Portland. The
platform opposes the immigration of
Chinese laborers to the United States;
congratulates the country upon the
prosperity that has marked the admin
istration of President Harrison; de-
nounces free trade and favors reciproc-
ity. Congressman Bingey Hermann
was nominated to succeed himself in
the First congressional district.
WILLARD SALISBURY, chancellor of
the state of Delaware since 1874 and
United States senator from 1859 to 1871,
died at his residence at Dover, of apo
plexy.
The Nebraska supreme court handed
down decision denying the application
of John NJ. Thayer for reopening OF
the gubernatorial contest.
Gov. FLOWER has signed the bill al
lowing women to vote for school COM
missioncrs in New York.
THE prohibitionists have nominated
L. Il. Yoder for congress from the
Twenty-second district of Pennsyl-
vania, and j. j. Porter from the Twen.
ty-third.
ARKANSAS republicans in state con.
vention at Little Rock instructed dele.
gates to the national convention at Min.
neapolis to vote for Harrison.
THE democrats of the Eighteenth Hi.
nois district have renominated w. S.
Forman for congressman.
LATER returns from the Rhode Island
election give the following results
Brown (rep.), for governor, polled 81
466 votes; Wardwell (dem), %, ,A29
Gilbert, (pro.), 1,ls0; Burton Speo.), 1856
scattering, 10. These figures show q
purality of 2,046 for Brown and ma
jority of l9G The legislature is re-
publican in both branches.
THE Massachusetts democrats In
state convention at Boston elected dele
gates to the national gathering favor
able to Cleveland. The resolutions
adopted favor tariff for revenue, ap
prove the free wool bill now before con
gross and oppose the free coinage o
silver.
The republicans of the Second distric
of Tennessee have ronominated John G
Houk for congress.
| Miss ALICE DUEANr FIELD, daughte
of Cyrus w. Field, OF New York, wa
adjudged insan..
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY &s Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Cheney for the last Il years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West IL TrGax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o., Walding, Kinnan q Marvin,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

THE launch of the Raleigh at Norfolle,
few days ago adds another fine war
ship to those we have already afioat.
she is the first unarmored modern steel
war vessel ever put into the water at
the government yards, and is likely
enough to be the first completed. The
Maine preceded her at the Brooklyn
yard, but is an armored vessel, the
completion OF which is likely to be de-
layed beyond that of the Raleigh. The
latter and the Cincinnati were begun by
Secretary Tracy's orders in the navy
yards, because the bids of the con-
tractors were not within the Limit fixed
by congr'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

A MAN named M. E. johnson, in New
York, with money enough to make his
home at the Murray Hill hotel, now
represents the business affairs of an
electric inventor who claims to have
perfected a device for annihilating fog.
Successful experiments are said to have
been made at Sandy Hook and in Bos-
ton harbor. The force used is in the
form of electric discharges, which seem
to clear the atmosphere of dampness,
much as alum in muddy water will
clear it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

THE highest velocity ever given to a
cannon ball is estimated at 1926 feet per
second, being equal to mile in 80 sec
onds. The velocity of the earth at the
equator, due to its rotation on it's axis,
Is 1000 miles per hour, or mile in 3.6
seconds. Therefore, if canSon ball
were fired due west and could maintain
It's initial velocity, it would beat the
sun in his apparent journey around the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

THE king and queen of Greece have
been married twenty-five years, and
continue to live for each other in good,
old-fashioned affection. The queen,
says a writer in Figaro (Paris), al
though she has brought up family OF
seven children, has preserved all the
grace of early youth. Her charming
smile softens her Slavonic beauty, which
she inherits from her father. the grand
Duke Constantine, who was one of the
handsomest men at the Russian court.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

For the first time in the history of
United States the republican national
convention at Minneapolis will contain
full blooded Indian, and that Indian
will be delegate from Oklahoma. He is
white Turkey" chief of the Shawnees,
and is ineal descendent of that old
war chief Tecnmseh.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

FEMININE drummers are said to sell
more goods in one day than the average
masculine tourist in week. Whole
sale houses, furniture, tea and dry goods
establishments are selecting bright,
energetic members from the ranks of
the sisterhood to represent them, and,
as a rule, with unqualified success
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

THE South West Land & Investment Jour
nal, n carefully edited and thoroughly re.
liable monthly Journal, published in the in
terests of the South west and especially of
Texas, will be mailed for six months free of
charge upon appli alton to E B. Parker, No.
509 Chestnut st, ST. Louis, Mo. The paper
contains much valuable information to those
contemplating visiting or settling In the
Southwest. Write and obtuin o COPY.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

THE electrical process of execution
may suspend consciousness at once, but
after the application OF the most power
full current the heart continues to beat
for several minutes. In the latest exc
cution at Albany the heart-beats We're
felt until the current had been turned
on three times. A new chair was pro-
vided for this occasion, and new meth
cd again EMPLOYED
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

GOLD is weighed by troy weight,
while feathers are weighed by avoirdu-
pois; and as the 10 ounces in a pound
troy contains but 5,77o grains, while
the avoirdupois pound contains 1000,
grains the pound of feathers is 1,24o
grains heavier than the pound of gold.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

THERE are so few buffalo left in Amer
lea as to make it interesting to learn
that Queen Victoria has sent one from
her farm at Frogmore to the grounds of
the Geological society in London. This
buffalo is the survivor of pair sent by
the Marquis of Lorne from Canada as a
present to her majesty few years ago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

Mr.. GLADSTONE is the owner of the
largest lead pencil in the world. 1t is
the gift of a pencil maker at KeswiclS,
and is thirty-nine inches in length. In
place of the customary rubber cap it has
gold cap. Its distinguished owner
uses it for walking-stick.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

THE women of the upper Congo are
welded by large neclSring of a finger
ring. Many of these rings weigh thirty
or forty pounds. They are burdensome,
and often tire a woman so that she is
seen supporting the ring with her
hands. Yet these neclyol1es are re-
garded as a great ornament, and the
heavier they are the higher a woman
ranks socially.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

Close to the ear could hardly startle per-
aon of sensitive nerves more than the
slamming of door, the outcry of child,
the rattle of n heavy vehicle over q cobble
stone pavement, the wailing of an asthmatic
hand organ. Quiet and strengthen super.
sensitive nerves with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. and you can brave any hubbub
with tranquility. Indigestion, fecund
cause of nervousness. is banished by the
Bitters. So are malarious, bilious and
kidney complaints, debility and rheuma-
tism.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

EXPERIMENTS have shown that per-
son speaking in the open air can be
heard about equally as well at dis
tance of one hundred feet in front,
seventy-five at each side, and thirty be-
~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

THERE are many people now living
who will have only one birthda! to
celebrate for nearly twelve years to
come. This strange circumstance is
due to the fact that they were born on
February 80, and to the further fact
that the year 1900 will not be leap
year
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16
When Nature

Needs assistance 1t may be beg. TO render It
promptly, but one should remember to use
even the most perfect remedies only when
needed. The best and most simple and
gentle remedy Is tho Syrup of Figs, manu-
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

OF the women medical students at
present studying Mt Paris, eighteen are
French, one American, six English, 1903
Russians, three Roumanians two Turks
and one Greek.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

MIR. AND Mrs. PETER BURKE, of
Princeton Junction, N. j., have declined
an offer of $4,000 and expenses to ex-
hibit their year-old triplets at Chicago
during the Worlds fair.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

IT doesn't follow that man is a chirop-
odist because he cuts the corn from tine foot
of hill-Binghamto Leader.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

THE water is so low in Salton lake
that the salt company has begun taking
out salt
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

MEN will worship the ground girl walks
on if she has good corner lots.-N. o.
Picayune
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16

~ WISH George could be cured of his In
fatuation for Emma" Let him marry
her. Epoch