The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-09-15
LOCAL PICKINGS.


The Deputy is on the sick list.
The song of the second termer-My name is
Willie Mud.
COL Clark Chambers is lying ill at his home
in OwatOnna.
-Four men discharged during the week.
Population, 80.
played Tommy Lowry.
Don't worry. boys. that though slowly we
are getting there surely with the new dining
room.
Guard Cover, too has been .'swinging
around the crcle.'' For few days he was in
charge of the cell house.
The Irvine factory is in full blast again. The
receipt of hemp at present amounts to about
twenty thousand pounds per day.
Statement of population Sept. A. Working
for Thresher Co., 1856; working for state, 1866; sick
and intirm, s. Total population, 80.
Miss Matte Austin, Miss Mamie McCune
and Mr.. Geo. Hamlin were escorted last week
through our village by Guard Austin.
Some of our mustached boys under Guard
McFa are attending to some repairs needed on
one of the cOmpany's outside buildings.
Steward Benner had day off last week.
visiting the state fair and seeing Jay-Eye-See
pace mile in 200 on the Hamline track.
Guard Flannery has returned from his vaca-
ton. He says that the Twin Cities are good
enough places for him to spend his dollars.
Our genial friend Mr.. Linblad took much in
terest in showing Mr. and Mrs. A. Schuberg of
Montevideo Mimi, the sights of the prison.
Chief Engineer Jones was visited last Friday
by Mr.. F. j. REM of st. Paul. who was no doubt
pleased to see that we did not allow the grass to
grow under our feet.
Uncle Sam sent us two boarders last Satur-
day from Minneapolis, in care of Deputy Mar
shall Shehan. One a recent discharged man.
has two years to serve the other one year.
Last Friday completed eighteen years of
solid service in this institution said Captain
Cayou. We extended both our hands to receive
shower of souvenirs of the occasion and-??! |!
Guard Crandall received a telegram last
Wednesday summOning him to the death bed of
his only sister, the wife of Senator Crandall of
OwatOnna. He returned to his post on Monday.
Manager Temple gave THE MIRROR a hearty
"good morning last Saturday. He was accom-
panied by Messrs p. H. O'Harra, H. F. Sanford
IL.
sizes of the prison.
Guard COlligan says he feels sck-sick-sick
We made bold to remark that perhaps he was
suffering with cholera nfantum. NO" he said
Il feel like the last rose of summer, and that
am not the Colligan of old.'
Mrs NORWOOD a member of the ST. Paul
VIC. T. u, and a delegate to the convention held
at saltwater this week, visitor to office.
She is eighty years of age, and is as vigorous as
the youngest member of the union.
Last week Asst Deputy Glennon ushered
Mr.. j. A. Deragish, and friend, through the
prison. Mr.. Deragish is the well known member
of the MINI, Mercantile Co. of saltwater. and has
always proved himself sincere friend of THE
MIRROR.
Our choir has received the new anthem books
ordered. Now boys, resist the temptation of
playing leap-frOg with your double bars, and pay
particular attention to your appOggiaturas and
accaccaturas, and once in a while you may give
us Arrest.
The smiling faces of Miss Jennie Jones of
Minneapolis and of our faithful friend Mr.. Mel
son. who accompanied her, were seen in our
sanctum. The smiles and hearty shake of the
hand were bona tide sun rays which have been
bottled up for use on state occasions.
Our reporter gathered the following very
interesting conversation held in the guards din
ing room the morning following the Sullivan
COrbett fight: say, John L. Sul-twenty-One-
in the sOup-rOpes- -ring-New Orl-slug-
lost twenty dOl-did yOu-Jim-cOtfee-nOt in it
pass butter-fOrty thou-too bad-Jack McAul
-s'mOre cakeS-tOld you sO-JOnah! And the
rest could not be heard for the booming of the
cellrOOm gOng.)