The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-07-05

The prison Chautauqua will render special
program at their meeting in the prison chapel
next Sunday afternoon, in honor of the FoVrth |
of July.
Cole Younger has been appointed as an assist
ant, to fill a vacancy in the prison hospital.
Cole can fill the bill all right, and he well merits
his new position.
Chaplain J. H. Albert occupied the pulpit in
the prison chapel, last Sunday morning, preach
ing to us very interesting Fourth of July sermon
on "true patriotisim.''
"Uncle John" began is holding the centre of
the west wall down for few days. owing to
scarcity of wall guards, one or two of whom are
absent on a brief vacation.
Supt Hanlon is kept pretty busy these hot
days preparing and shipping twine, which is
being moved daily in carload lots, at the rate OF
from four to six cars per day.
Mrs. w. C. Forester returned to her home in
ST. Paul. Saturday, after having spent few
days in the city with her husband, Keeper w. G.
Forester, of the Irvine shops.
Solitaire Keeper Gallagher has been engaged
the past few days in picking out and hauling in
pileing to be utilized in preparing the foun-
dation for the new wall of the foundry
A large number of visitors were present at
the services in the prison chapel yesterday,
few of whom assembled with us in the prison
yard, to view the program there.
Deputy Warden Lemon superintended the
loading of two carloads of Irvine on the Steamer
Do being
consigned to Adolph Creiger, at Lake City.
Mr.. John PEBBLES, of the Wolf Valve Motion
Gear Co.. of Minneapolis. spent several days at
the prison during the past week, putting the
above named celebrated valves on engines for
the Thresher Co.
DR.. BOleyn is progressing rapidly with the eN-
animation of inmates averaging about ten per
each individual examination, which is conducted
under microscOpical observation.
C. M. Morris and daughter. of Plano. Illinois,
with Mrs. r. H. Dixon and Miss Pearl Dixon, of
this city, in company with Supt. G. E. Wilson,
paid the prison visit Thursday afternoon last
making THE MIRROR pleasant CALL
Keeper John Cover with a crew of thirty or
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end of the foundry. where he will drive at least
seventy piles into the ground to form a solid
base for the new wall of the foundry building.
Keeper John S. May is confined to his home
by severe illness. Last Friday MIR. May was
taken with severe hemorrhage of the lungs
and for time it was thought his recovery was
doubtful, at the present, however, he is some
what cOnvalescent.
Warden WOfer returned home Sunday morn
ing from weeks trip through the northwestern
part of the state in the interest of the prison
binder Irvine. The Warden reports having sold
thirteen carloads of Irvine with prospective
orders for even a greater amount
The deputy's oleander tree near the solitaire.
is now in full blossom, and is one of the most
beautiful Towering plants that we have ever
seen. The deputy values this choice gem OF the
1Owery kingdom almost as highly as he does his
monster mastif dog; and that means away up. .
After Il severe illness. which confined him to
| his home for the past two weeks Asst. Deputy
| Warden Glennon again assumed his regular
| duties Monday morning. The visible loss OF
| fifteen or twenty pounds of flesh Despeaks the
effect of Mr.. GlennOn's brief confinement to the
| sick room.
The railroad strike has begun to have its effect
in this city. Thirteen car loads of Irvine are
standing on the tracks here awaiting shipment tc
various points in the state. Warden Wofer says
that the situation is by no means a pleasant one
Farmers are anxious to have their Irvine, anC
there is no way to get it to them.
The eccentric rod of the motor engine wa.
broken Friday night, causing the electric light:
| to be shut Off for a couple of nights. Owing
| however, to the inceSsant labOrs of Engineer
Jones and his crew of efficient mechanics, wh(
worked until late Saturday night, the necessar!
repairs were completed and the electric ligh
plant was again in running order Sunday night
j. Bartels, of ST. Paul, representing the Stand
ard Oil Co., and A. King of this city, in compan.
with DR.. BOleyn, took in the sights of this insti
tuition Thursday afternoon, making THE MIR
ROR office a pleasant call. Mr.. Bartels had hi
name enrolled upon our subscription books ant
will henceforth be a regular reader of the mos
reliable paper published in Washington county
The following are the grade changes for thu
past week:
First. Second Third
Friday 800. ITO. %
SATURDAY oo1 ....... 10 ....l ~
Sunday. .3O7 .....175...........19
Monday 307 .176. ........1 10
Tuesday. .3OS. ......175...1S
Wednesday,. .313. ....... ..169. ..........2 q
We are in possession of a couple of "high
Illuminated" poems from the pen o Ed. Kelly
an inmate of the "pen'' at Jefferson City, Mo
We are striving to obtain proper and correspond
ing cuts SO as to publish these "poetical gems
as near as possible, in their original form
These brilliant verses are proof positive tina
1.-The poet is born. not made" and were, it i
presumed originally dedicated to Deputy War