The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-03-30
LOCAL. PICKINGS.

Did you observe Lent?
Received. 2, and discharged /.
How do you like your new mattress?
Our Warden spent Tuesday in St. Paul.
A paradox to the City of lRefuge-The State
Prison.
The mattresses delivered by the contractors
numbered $50.
Rheumatism ON tap at the main gate. Guard
Flannery, agent. c. 0. d.
Are you still indebted to THE MIRROR for
your last years subscription?
The choir is practising hard for Easter Sun
day. We are all looking forward to rare music
al treat
Il am a stranger within these gates,'' said
the fellow from New Orleans who came up the
other day.
DR.. A. Stanley DOlan of Fergus Falls and
Representative Cole of Otter Tail county were
visitors on Monday.
Sheriff Henry Reynolds of Waseca county
and IT, S. Marshall j. B. Donnelly of Eastern
Louisiana were callers this week.
Statement of population March 20: Working
for Thresher Co., 155: working for state 1872: sick
and intirm Z. Total population. 1874.
End seats as much at premium in our
dining rooms as they are in a theatre, especially
to man weighing about two hundred pounds.
Mrs. Forester, we are pleased to say is
much better. Guard Forester returned to his
post last Saturday after an absence of few
days.
Sec. H. H. Hart paid the prison visit on
Friday. The secretary is always on the Jump.
and it is rarely that see him nowadays in
THE MIRROR-oftice.
Foreman Mcclellan propheses that he will
enjoy a sleigh ride Easter Sunday. If such
should prove the case he better start weather
bureau on his own hook
Charlie 1.-The bucket man . departed last Sat
urday to scenes more cOngenial to his Swedish
mind and the position is now held down by one
of the descendants of 'Yakey.''
Spring cleaning has Legun. The Office be-
tween the gates is receiving fresh coats of paint.
and Guard johnson thinks that there is no
place SO heavenly as his present position.
The guards would confer a favor on poor SUI
fering humanity by raising the windows on Sun
day mornings while the prisoners are at break
fast. The cOnvictS will appreciate it. we assure
you.
The prisoners received during the week were
one from Louisiana, sentenced to three years for
violating the postal laws; and one from Waseca
county for bigamy, sentenced to two years and
six months.
We understand that mechanical engineer F.
+. Hemstreet is assisting inventor Richards in
his work on the engine which is to revolu-
hOnize-well, that's secret as yet which we are
not authorized to divulge.
THE MIRRORS treasury was enriched by
the subscriptions of Messrs j. B. Rainville of
Minneapolis, and j. A. Heglen of this city, who
will for the next six months peruse the columns
of THE MIRROR with gusto
The Pittman house. hotel in this city. was
partially destroyed by fire Tuesday Engineer
Jones had his furniture stored in the garnet,
and now he is looking around to see if any of it
was saved as he was in st. Paul during the fire.
The cOming-event-cast-th shadows before
boards are to be seen sprOuting from the faces
OF many OF the boys The coming month will see
about fifteen of the boys shooting like sky-rOck-
cts through the main door of the prison in quest
Of liberty's pure ozone.
Score one in favor of your almanac-the 2srd
,ods "a squally day. But my, what slushy
day! We editor had to borrow pair of gOndolas
from the stOrekeeper in order that THE MIRROR
could be delivered in time to its numerous SUBJ
scribers in the prison yard
-Supt. HanlOns reports show that the output
OF twlne is averaging 1000 pounds per day. Next
month the management will probably make ar
rangements for the purchase of the customary
amount OF hemp necessary to manufacture the
new stock of Irvine for next years sales.