The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11
LOCAL. PICKINGS.

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Last consecutive number, 346O.
Down goes the population, only s25 to-day
Prison Agent Chambers was here yesterday
Now is the time to renew your subscription.
Seventy men are employed in the Irvine fac
tory.
What do you think of me in my new first
grade suit?
Mature gave us grand electrical display
Sunday night.
No arrivals this week, but two of our boys
went their ways rejoicing.
A number of good articles have been re-
ceived but too late for this issue.
The pole-axe is the proper instrument with
which to put demagOgic politicians out of the
way.
The cupola of THE MIRROR tower has been
given a coat of paint. 1t was way up work, in
fact high art.
Show this paper to your neighbOr, and if he
does not subscribe on the instant call in the fool
killer at once.
THE MIRROR is indebted to Engineer Jones
and his skilled machinist for an excellent set of
iron side sticks.
Miss Lizzie Foley. of Milwaukee, is spending
few days with her sister, our assistant clerk
Miss Nellie Foley.
The Board of Managers held their monthly
meeting last Friday. No business of unusual
nature was transacted.
Statement of population Aug. 10: Working
for Thresher Co., 49, working for state, 1863; sick
and infirm9 Total population, 1916.
The Warden left Tuesday for the northwest
ern part of the state to look up business in the
interest of the binding Irvine industry.
MIR. M. Strong and Mrs. L. E. Strong, of
Hannibal. Mo-, were shown the prison Monday
by Supt. Wilson of the Thresher company.
Our chapel services it seems are becoming
quite popular with outsiders An unusually
large number were present again last Sunday.
The binding Irvine trade has been good this
week. 65OOOO pounds of Irvine have been dis
posed of thus far, leaving on hand about 100000
pounds.
twenty-five men are now in the night crew
of the Irvine factory. The necessity of doing
night work will not last longer than this week,
it is thought
Guard Bloom has taken Mr. Sibbitts' place in
the ushers office, and Mr.. Sbbtts is.drinking in
the beautiful scenery of the st. Croix Valley
from the wall.
We don't want to hear any more grumbling
about Zine print If your eyes are too weak
to read this you'd better throw them away
and get glass eyes.
"A pillaging pillager pillaged poor pilgrim
of his pile, but bouncing peeler pounced upon
the pillaging pilgarlic, pummeled him and put
him in the pory.
-Wanted-the right person to take the Still
water agency of THE PRISON MIRROR. There
is money in it, but only responsible resident of
the city can have it.
There are 46 life men in the prison and three
in the insane asylum. There are seven convicts
in the insane asylum, the one longest there hay
ing been sent in June 1887.
The largest number of prisoners in this pris-
on at any one time was on June o. 1889, when
the count was 455. The lowest number since
that time was 29S on Sept. 10, 1891.
Says the Still,cater Gazette: "Chief Shortall,
Warden WOlfer, County Attorney Sullivan, AL
derman Eichten and Prison Inspector Temple
visited the workhouse at st. Paul Saturday."
e. G. Holland, of Holland & Co.'S circus, was
in the prison Monday with Reporter Nelson of
the Messenger. THE MIRROR was favored with
complimentary to the show, which exhibited
Tuesday and Wednesday, but alas! alas!
The Hoatsekeeper of Minneapolis thinks well
of our paper. 1t says: THE PRISON MIRROR,
conducted by the convicts at Saltwater, is fit to
be welcomed by any family, and might be used
to great advantage in a Sunday school, 1t is a
valuable contribution to the literature of sOci-
OlOgy, and much more helpful than many of the
books" Thank you, friend.