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

Der CnaC unless we return your manuscript to
you in person. still have it on file in our office
ready for publication as soon as opportunity
offers.
Sheriff C. n Stewart, of Rochester. was a
caller at our office, Monday last. and dropped
big greenback dollar into THE MIRRORS treas
ury, in continuation of his subscription. The
genial sheriff never fails of speaking kindly
word for our little sheet when visiting our office
or whenever opportunity offers.
The pardon. promised by GOV. Nelson. as a
| christmas gift to some mostly deserving prisoner
! is now in the hands of Warden Wolfer and will
| be presented to George Bean. tomorrow morn
ing, the 22nd inst. The happy recipient will
| thus be permitted to spend christmas with his
friends and loved ones at home.
An unwelcOme visitor paid his respects to our
! Sanctum SanctOrum, last week. "Od grip
we Immediately notified Dr. Hall of his presence
and he forthwith armed us with gOodly supply
of "quinne bombs" and other ingredients of des-
truction." and we proceeded, without delay. to
wage "bitter'' war upon our enemy.
1t has been stated to us. by unquestionabe
authority. that foreman Bronson has q man sta
toned at the basement of the elevator in machine
| shop No. with lariet. in anticipation of cap
turing dangerous animal of the lizard spe-
cieS. which, it is alleged. has been seen prOwling
around that vicinity At our last report the
! beast still at large.
| Mr.. Sullivan. of the setting-up shop. while at
his home Saturday morning, descendeda stairway
in what he asserts is not his customary and ,isll-
| al manner having come down head first. 1t was
| limited to us that the genial foreman had taken
an overdose of grip medicine" but with our
usual charity of judgment, extend to him the
| benefit of reasonable doubt
| If the persons who are sending The MIRROR
to their friends will please write full address in
the upper right hand corner instead of scrawl-
ing it clear across the entire upper margin, they
will save much trouble to those whose business
| 1t is to prepare the papers for mailing. Nothing
| but address is allowed; any other writing, mark
| ing or understanding of words or sentences, will
| condemn your paper to the waste basket. as they
| are all critically examined.
One of the boys in machine shop No. /. has
the credit of doing neat piece of lathe work.
such as is seldom equalled upon an iron Lathe it
consisted in the running of Il continuous chip or
shaving one sixteenth of an inch thick, and one
| fourth of an inch wide. into cOed spring of
nearly an inch and half in diameter and four
feet in length. Foreman Bronson says that it is
! the neatest chip he ever saw turned. and it dem
OnstrateS clever mechanical skill.
Has the setting up shop been transformed
into a secondhand Store:" was the question put
| to us as we were making our usual rounds last
Saturday We were amazed at the birth of such
an idea and Immediately proceeded to investi-
gate its origin, We soon aScertained however,
that Mr.. sullivan, of that department, had been
noticed OF late. gathering up lanterns, states and
other bric-a-brac, usually kept in stock in
store of that character, hence the natural by
pothesis.
One of our contributors. writing under the
nom de plume of "Buckskin Billy says: The
motto Of THE PRISON MIRROR is all right. and
should be kept in mind at all tilnes.'' We can
hardly endorse the latter sentiment OF our
teemed 'buckskn" friend. While our motto is
very true one if acted upon in its proper sense;
yet if we simply keep it in mind and use it for
purposes of prOcrastinatOn. it would be far bet
ter if we permitted it to be forgotten. lest it
might diSprOve itself
The private bath and toilet room recently
being prepared us an annex to the commission
ers room. has been completed and presents an
appearance of neatness and beauty: the work be-
ing done in accordance with the most recent and
scientific sanitary views. The fixtures are of
the combination order. nickle plated and of the
latest pattern. In performing this work the
state plumber, painter, pattern maker and car
penter all manifested. not only good taste. but
skill. in their respective trades.
A prominent Saltwater citizen recently
brought to our prison paint shop. a little. old
fashioned hand-sled, which he boosted had been
in his family for twenty-eight years; he desired
to have it fixed up and painted in fine style as he
wished to present it to his little as Il christ
mas gift. This we call objectionable parental
deception: and it reminds us of the Kansas man
who gave his little boy five cents to go without
his dinner. and then made the little fellow give
him back the five cents for his supper.
Received, IA. Dec. IL, one from ST. Louis Co..
grand larceny End degree. refOrmatOry plan.
Dec. ID. from StearnS Co., grand larceny. 1ts
years Dec. IT, one from Polk Co.. grand larceny
End degree 2H years; two from Wright Co..
grand larceny 2nd degree, years and years
months respectively. Dec. IS. three from Kan
diyohi Co.. grand larceny md degree, year
each. Dec. 10. two from Wadena Co.. grand lar
ceny 1st degree. years each; one from Blue
Earth Co., grand larceny 2nd degree, 2la years; |
three from Olmstead Co.. burglary 3rd degree, |
81. 2Ia and years respectively.