The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-12-28
LoCEl PICKINGS.

Population 4Sl.
Discharged, four: regular two. pardoned
two.
Assistant clerk. Miss Minnie Jones. spent
Sunday IN Minneapolis
Won't somebody please tell Rev. Father
O'Bren where THE MIRROR Office is.
Keeper McFall. after a two weeks tussle with
the grip. returned to duty again Sunday last.
Judging a man by the clothes he wears
julius is the only ''striper' in the paint shop.
Keeper Bloom. of the foundry went to Ma
rine his old home. Monday. to spend christmas
Keeper Austin of the Irvine shop spent
christmas afternoon with his family at st. Paul
"A large invoice of tobacco. brOOmS. and soap
was received at the prison store room last Friday
Keeper McFall had charge of the foundry
gang Tuesday. during the absence of keeper
Bloom.
Rev. Father OBrien held mass. christmas
morning from 7:3O to $50 O'Clock. in our prison
chapel.
The state plumber is making necessary re-
pairs in the bath and toilet rooms at the warden's
residence.
Friday morlng found usher Kenyon at his
the sick list.
Keeper Cayou held forth in the boiler shop
Saturday afternoon during the absence of keep
er Westergreen.
Editor Nelson of the Washington County
Journal was seen preambulatng around among
the boys christmas day.
The ice cave is now finished and ready for
business: it will hold between seventy-f five and
one hundred tons of ice
Mr. Otto j. Olsen of Benson. Mimi. in COM
pany with keeper johnson. made our office
pleasant call Tuesday morning.
The familiar face of night guard WndOlph
has not been seen in the cell house for the past
few nights. He is on the sick list.
Can it be said that the paint shop boys are
trusted more implicitly than the rest of us. be-
they have "keye>" with them every day?
Warden Wofer. Clerk O'Brien. Chaplain
Albert and Rev. Father O'Brien were a few of
the familiar figures seen among the boys christ
mas.
Foreman Frank Reed, of the bolt shop is
back in his old place again after an absence of
several weeks on a trip through Missouri and
Iowa.
Grip and bad colds are prevalent within our
midst just at present; from sixty to seventy-fve
attend sick call each morning with these ALA
mentS
Our choir nstructress will soon have to APP
ply for another alto singer as we note the one
WHO'S filling that position is pretty we'll feathered
ont. and will soon fly.
Mr. S. E. Bennett and Miss May Mel
chSedech. of Minneapolis in company with
Asst. Deputy Glennon, paid THE MIRROR office
a visit. Saturday last.
Mrs. Lemon. Mrs Gish and Mrs. Armstrong;
assisted by the prison choir. entertained us
christmas day with select music and beautiful
singing, which was most highly appreciated.
The large lead horse of the slab team took it
into his head to have lark last Friday. and Sic
coded in making pretty lively trip around the
yard, until headed off No damage was done.
A beautiful set of solid oak furniture, for
nerly used in the Minnesota State Building, at
the Worlds Fair, was placed in the Governors
ROOM adjacent to the wartlen's office, last Satur-
day.
Keeper WeStergreen. of the boiler shop, was,
Saturday afternoon. summoned to the bedside OF
his sick mother Mrs. Westergreen is suffering
with cancer of the breast, and her death is eX-
pected daily.
Foreman Hansen. of the setting up shop.
doomed up Tuesday morning, with his left eye
dressed in morning; he tried to convince us that
horse had kicked him, and had it not occurred
around about christmas time when black eyes
and kindred luxuries are prevalent, he might
have succeeded in pulling the wool over our
modest eyes.