The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-12-21


Glass A, Of our prison school has recently
adopted new study, Shaws Elementary Book
Keeping, in which the class seems to manifest a
special interest.
1t appears that La Grippe has finally reached
our locality and commenced business in dead
earnest. as quite a number of our boys are suf-
| fering with it.
Rev. S. S. Grinnell, of River Falls, Wis., in
| company with chaplain Albert. took in the sights
of the prison last Monday. including a pleasant
call at our office.
}. Davidson. of Minneapolis. f. T. Howard.
Red Wing. Mimi. and o. F. Clapp of Chicago.
paid the prison a visit last Tuesday. accompanied
by Warden Wolfer.
| Keeper O'Rouke. of the engine ROOM while
splitting wood. last Sunday missed his aim. and
nearly served one of his toes. Verify the way of
the transgreSsOr is hard.
Our friends in the outside world will do well
to read carefully the wardens notice in reference
| to christmas and new year gifts. to be found in
| another column of this paper.
Rev. S. S. Grinnell of River Falls Wis oc-
| cupied the pulpit in our prison chapel last Sun
day morning. in the absence of chaplain Albert.
He preached very interesting sermon.
Capt. Alexander. cell house keeper, moved
quite number of short time men up on the
sixth gallery. last Friday. in order to make
room on the lower floors for new boarders.
Steward Benner's clerk met with a severe ac-
cdent last rday evening. In making his regll-
lar rounds, taking up books, he slipped and fell
fracturing the mitacarpal bone of his right hand
Another invoice of goods. embracing thread.
coat Innings ink, etc. arrived at the prison store
room last Friday. Keeper Stilkey's stock of fur
niShing goods and other novelties will soon be
complete.
Foreman Mcclellan. of the wagon shop has
added another chapter to his book of experience.
and learned that brass tubes. as they drop red
hot from the machine. cannot be handled with
impunity
Foreman Hansen. of the setting up shop
says his framer'' is improving; and thinks that
ere the threshing season sets in again. he will
have the machine which he is now framing ready
for the field.
DR.. Hall presented Mcheal Mede with a
beautiful canary bird. last week. in the place of
the one that died. .'Old Nike says that it is the
most welcome and beautiful christmas gift that
he has received in fourteen years
In repairing the plumbing in the officers
barber shop, the large marble slab supporting
the wash bowls. was broken in several pieces
but was ingeniously cemented together again.
and is not much the worse for the fall.
Keeper Keys. of the paint shop, was the re-
cipent of a novel present the other day: it con-
sisted of a whistle made from the bone of a
goose's leg. Foreman Plaster was the genius by
whom it was constructed and presented
Foreman Benson says that he thinks the
young gentleman who makes a break for st. Paul
every payday to see his best girl. and comes back
the next evening dead broke would have
her move to saltwater. to save expenses.
j. Benedict, the great German baritone sin
ger of st. Paul. and Karl NeuhOusen. editor of
The Daily NOlkSzeitung of the same city, accom-
by Editor Neumeyer of the ST. CroiX Post, paid
THE MIRROR office pleasant call last eyeeng
The head cook in the prisoners kitchen gave
his pet eat away last week. and it was taken
down town. but returned last Saturday to its old
home: whereupon the cook remarked: by
chimminy. it vOS hardt dimes. sure, ven poor
Ieetle kat can no lif oudsde
The ice cave will be ready for business within
couple of weeks if the rate of the present prog
ress is kept up. professional quarryman is
engineering the job. and he seems to know his
DuSlllSSS, Boys dlt 1lldklIlS SplenulU prog
ress and doing their work well.
In our issue of last week. we stated that it
took five hundred pounds of bread daily to fill
the demand of our bOarderS. This was Incorrect
and should have read five hundred pounds of
-four 1t takes nearly seven hundred pounds of
bread to run this institution one day
Mrs. Lester ROrdwell. wife of keeper BOrd-
WELL of the Irvine shop, died early Saturday
evening at her home. She leaves husband and
five children to mourn her loss. The funeral
took place from the family residence. Tuesday
afternoon. Rev. j. H. Albert, officiating.
The state painter has greatly improved the
looks of the solitary department of late. by Civ
ing all the doors and rOnwOrk therein a fresh
coat of paint of a dark orange color This is
fact: and we would not advise any of the boys
to give the matter any personal investigation
Foreman Bronson of the machine shops
would like to know if there is anything serious
the matter with Mr. Sutton. as the latter has not
been seen of late preambulating around the
yard. aboard of one of his engines. From the
putting. snorting and wheeling which we saw
and heard as we entered the engine shop last
Friday. we would infer that the herd which Mr..
Sutton has now on hand. is not yet broken to
saddle.