The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-18
LOCAL. PICKINGS.

LOCAL. PICKINGs.
The Company has completed its extra run of
machines.
Tuesday was payday with the guardians of
the prison.
Deputy Lemon took an insane patient to the
asylum Monday
Douglass Vanderhoff of the Company's Of
flee has gone East to spend his two weeks vaca-
ton.
No arrivals or discharges the past week.
One man was transferred to the st. Peter insane
hospital.
Rev. j. M. Bull, pastor of the Methodist
church of Saltwater, conducted chapel services
last Sunday
County Attorney Sullivan, of Saltwater, and
a party of st. Paul friends visited the prison
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Phelps and Miss Wood
ward, of Davenport, Iowa, were interested visit
ors in the prison Monday.
One of the stone masons says that, from
sighting along the wall so much, Foreman Carl
gren is becoming wall-eyed.
The woman prisoner who was returned to
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order of the court, has been liberated
Statement of population Aug. H. Working
for Thresher Co., 146; working for state, 1858; sick
and infirm, 10. Total population, 1924.
Main street was AL torn up for several
days of the past week while the new steam pipe
was being laid between the boiler room and the
dollhouse.
The prison was kind of cOunter-attractOn
to the circus which was in the city Monday, con-
sequently Usher Blooms locomotive powers
were worked to their full capacity.
MIR. w. C. Garfield, of saltwater and Miss
Kate M. Garfield, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, were
visitors one day last week. They made arrange
ments for having THE MIRROR reach them
weekly
Dave Carmichael dropped in this week and
bought one of our elegant subscription receipts
for $500. We have a lot more that we would be
delighted to dispose of to the good people of
Saltwater.
Another old landmark has been gathered
to it's fathers" The old hOSe-cart house which
had seen service for 10! these many years, has
been torn down and carted away and cast into
the fiery furnace.
If the bug that sticks to dogs is dog-tick
and the bug that sticks to sheep is sheep-tick
and bug that sticks to wood is wOOd-tick
why is bug that sticks to a bed not bed-tick?
We should be consistent.
DIR. E. w. Ruth, special agent of the Tray
elers' Insurance company and daughter, of
st. Paul, visited the prison Tuesday; and the
doctor improved the opportunity to repledge his
friendship to our paper by renewing his lease on
a COW of it for another wear
While the circus was in town thief was dis
covered picking lady's pocket. One of Still
waters leading lawyers gave the offender long
and hard chase, but failed to catch him. Law
business must be pretty dull in the city when the
lawyers have to get out and hustle in that way
for clients
The binding Irvine trade is practically over for
this season. The state has disposed of its entire
stock of prison made Irvine, and those who have
used it have praised it in the highest terms. 1t
is not thought that the state will have any diff
Guilty next season in dispOsing of all it can manu-
facture, which will be about 100000 pounds.
Charles johnson of the Minnesota Type
Foundry, accompanied by Editor Seward, viewed
the sights of the prison last Friday. Mr.. John
son was in the city putting up a new Babcock
power press in the Messenger office. We would
MT be bit surprised if we were to see Daily
Messenger" one of these bright northwestern
mornings
The library is indebted to Mother Jerome of
st. Marys Academy Independence Mo-, for a
new volume entitled, "IdOls.' 1t is most suit
able book for prison library, no man can read
it without being filled with higher respect for
moral integrity. 1t is French novel and in
tensely interesting without being "Frenchy''
1t describes crimes and criminals without max
ing crime attractive.