The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-06-15
LOCAL. PlCKINGS.

Population. 341.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles C. Austin of Mime
apolis were visitors to the prison last Friday.
Monday was payday at the prison. and the
guards are now carrying plethorc pocket-books
Guard Forester went to Minneapolis last
Saturday, and reports that his wife is regainng
health rapidly
Mr.. Jacob Confer and Miss Jessie Confer
were shown through the prison last Tuesday by
Steward Benner
DIR. d. c. barron and wife, of MOOrhead
were shown the interesting sights of the prison
by Usher Kenyon last week.
"A visit to the hospital shows that everything
in that department is kept scrupulOusly clean
and in perfect sanitary condition.
Statement of population June il: Working
fol Thresher Co., 1854; working for state, 172 sick
and infrm. 5. Total population, S41.
The inmate sending THE MIRROR to Max
Hoffman, 1876 West 3rd street st. Paul. should
change the,address to GIL Wabasha street.
The thermometer marked SO at the solitary
last Tuesday, and the boys who have "been
there say that is the chiest place on earth.
i d
moaned our exchange editor last Tuesday as he
mopped his dome of thought with the Office
towel
Capt. w. H. H. Taylor, assistant state libra
rian. and party of ladies were shown the inter-
esting sights of the prison last week by Deputy
Warden Lemon.
Warden Wolfer returned from Chicago yes
terday morning where he had been attending
the Worlds Auxiliary Congress. The next Prison
Reform association will convene at st. Paul.
The work of relayng the paving blocks on
State street. and sodding the east side of the
street has been completed, and an excellent i'm
prOvement has been made at but small cost to
the state.
Big, genial. gOOd-natured h, who erSt-
while presided over the huge caldrons of the in
mates Kitchen was last week promoted to Chef
de cuisine and will now reign supreme in the Of
fcers' kitchen.
Last Friday, Ernest BefanZ, q citizen en-
ployee of the Thresher company was accidental
ly burned by pot of molten iron. His side and
limbs are said to be in frightful condition. and
he suffers intensely.
Mr. W. j. Sibbison of Dell Rapids, member
of the board of corrections and charities of South
Dakota. visited the various departments of our
institution last Saturday, and favored THE MIR
RoR office with call.
-Supt. Wilson of the Thresher company re-
turned home on Sunday. Mr.. Wilson visited his
old home in Maryland, also Washington, d. c.,
and the Worlds Fair, and reports that he had a
very enjoyable time during his vacation.
We intended to say something about the
temporary heated term are now having, but
as the readers of THE MIRROR are all sensible
people. they have probably discovered ere this
that spring is lingering in the lap of redhOt sum-
mer.
Those who have sent in contributions which
have not yet appeared in the columns of THE
MIRROR must not Jump at the conclusion that
they have been consigned to the waste basket
They will appear in regular order as space per
mits. -.. ....--
Among the number of large-hearted, pure.
minded, brass-buttOned gentlemen, whose duty
and pleasure it is to see that our hOSptable board
is generously patrOniZed, and our supply of fur.
nished rooms do not lack of occupants, we noticed
this week Sheriffs Sam j. Davis of lie Sueur Co.
P. }. Hammered and Deputy Jno. Schafer OF
Stearns, and Arney Gunderson of Polk Co.
The saltwater Gazette has this to say of OuI
prison physician: 1.-The old saying of If at first
you don't succeed, try, try, again., was aptly il
Illustrated in the case of DR.. Merrill. He INDUCED
in several fishing trips but with lack of success
that was disheartening. Nothing daunted, how
ever, bright and early yester-that is to say
very recently, he started out for one more effort
This time he went in the direction of Marine an(
returned last evening with about twenty-five bass
Just what price bass are bringing at Marine de
ponent sayeth not