The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-02
WESTERN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
LOCAL PICKINGS.

Secretary Hart,was a caller Tuesday.
How do you like your new 'bunnet?"
June bugs will be little late this season.
Sheriff Army Grundysen brought in fish this
week.
State Prison Agent Chambers was visitor
last Thursday.
-Mayor.eect Wright of St. Paul looked through
the prison Friday with the Warden.
The carpenters have done good Job of re.
pairing on the kitchen. mess room and hall floors
The veal pot.pie and the cake of Memorial
Day dinner generally commended as being
way up
Memorial Day was observed Monday by the
largest turn out ever seen in saltwater on such
an occasion.
Statement of population June 2: Working
for Thresher Co.. ISL; working for state. l67; sick
and inirm. T. Total population. 33l.
Mr.. Heber Chase. former guard was shak.
ing hands with old friends about the prison Tues.
day. He is fat. and as frisky ever.
We learn through a note from Warden Berry
of the Oregon state prison at Salem that Mr.. T.
w. Alexander recently paid visit to that insti.
tuition.
Capt. Cayou is much elated over the fact that
the spring whitewashing is through with. The
appearance of the cellroom speaks the praises of
the broad. brush artists.
I'm last weeks local regarding the beginning
of WORK section Of retaining WALL we
said that it was the south side of the yard.
We should have said on the north side.
DIR. Merrill got home Monday from the con.
vention of Railway Surgeons at Old Point Com.
fort, Va. He returned by the way of Washington
and reports that Uncle Sam and Jerry are getting
along first rate with their governing business
Two prisoners received and one discharged
during the past week. OF the two received one
was from Ramsey county for forgery in the second
degrees years. The other came from Polk
county to serve years and months for robbery
in the second degree.
One hundred and forty.seven of the 3Sl men in
the prison this morning are classed first grade
prisoners. This means that their conduct has
been perfect during the past six months, but it
does not mean that all the other ls4 men have vic.
lated the lrules-93 of them have come in since
the first OF last December.
One of the boys engaged in Strengthening up
things around the tub and pail factory. prepare.
tory to closing it up, nearly lost his arm in the
elevator. He was up ladder oiling the
tracks. The ladder slipped against the cable
to which he caught to himself from falling.
his hand was drawn into the pulley. Two fingers
were crushed and all of them were badly LAGER.
ated.
Perhaps the most remarkable game of base
ball ever played in saltwater that which took
place Monday between the citizen employees of
the engine shO and hose If no hoil Oh
far as the score has been counted the game stands
as follows: Enginemakers As; Bolermakers 81.
1t was all owing to the superb pitching of the
Boilermakers that the overwhelming defeat was
forced upon their opponents. When the new
wonder, Mr.. John stowell, got into the pitchers
box it was then that the Engnemakers suffered.
Not with all the tricks known to the profession
could they evade his balls, and the strikers were
kept running the bases until they fell to the
ground utterly exhausted. He forced them to make
23 runs in inning and This dsoou- 70 GOD tboro