The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-10

Sheriff j. E. Black and Deputy Sheriff M. Con-
nell, of Rock county, brought us two prisoners
last week who will serve six and eight months
respectively for the crime of grand larceny in the
second degree.
Someone has SAID that no man has right to
live under our institutions who is not doing
something for the service of the state. We feel
that our right to live is firmly established. We
are putting in sixteen hours day in the service
of the state.
DR.. r. j. Sewall, of Minneapolis, classmate
and an old friend of our DR.. Newman, was the
guest of the latter one day last week. DIR.
Sewall expressed himself as being well pleased
with what he saw of the workings of the chief
penal institution of the state.
Two of the three 'coons which escaped last
week have been recaptured and are now kept in
close confinement in dry-gOOds box. Farmer"
Rose caught the two coons and he says he would
have caught all of them if some blooming idiot
had not medded with his traps.
There were ninety-ive prisoners discharged
from the Joliet, ILL.,. Penitentiary during the
month of September. There is no immediate
danger however, of the prison becoming
depopulated, as the population on Sept 10th
was 1850 males, and fifty-twO females.
Keeper Orlando McFall returned to duty on
the 7th Mr.. McFall spent his ten days vaca-
ton visiting with his SOn-in-law in Michigan
City, Ind, and he reports having had an
ENJOYABLE time. He visited the prison at
Michigan City and had a good opportunity to
study the methods in vogue in that institution
There is mourning in the laundry over one that
departed this life on the 9Th. Poor little
Tommy's death was sudden. In the morning
of the day on which he died he was apparently
in good health, but before noon he was cold in
death. Tommy was only little kitten, but his
playful ways had made him a favOrite with all
and his death is sincerely regretted.
Deputy Warden Lemon received letter
Yesterday from his wife at Syracuse, N. Y.
containing the sad intelligence that the doctors
in attendance on her mother, Mrs. G. M. Sey
mour, have pronounced the case hopeless
They say she may rally some, but as she is suf
fering from a complication of Brights disease
and heart trouble they cannot hope to effect ;
| permanent cure.
We are willing at all times to vouch for thu
honesty of the hospital porter. He found
little article last week which he insisted be
longed to the writer and not to discourage HI
laudable efforts to be honest we allowed our
selves to be persuaded that it was ours though
we had never before seen it. We accepted j
the more readily because it is something yer
nice; thanks, Mr.. Porter.
The following members of the state board Q
Charities and Corrections visited the prison il
their official capacity on the sth: c. Amundsor
St. Peter: w. w. Folwell, Minneapolis E.
Durment, st. Paul; C. P. Maginnis, Duluth, an
Secretary H. H. Hart of st. Paul. After pal
taking of lunch, they inspected all department
of the prison. under the guidance of Warde
Wolfer and the Board of Managers.
Gen. Norrish of the Prison Board of Manager
who has been absent for some time as deli
gate to the international prison congress hel
at Paris, visited our office on the Sth. Genera
Norrsh's foreign trip convinced him that tn
American system of prison management is tn
best in the world, and he expects that on
methods of prison management will at no lat
date be adopted in foreign countries.
For the information of the new arrivals VIII
come here from week to week. we wish to say,
, YOU want to send THE MIRROR to relatives {
friends, you will be allowed the privilege b
complying with the following rule: Send to tn
office your name, register and cell numbers, ais
full address of the person to whom you desire
have THE MIRROR sent Do not write addreS
, cell number or any other matter on your paper
, keep them perfectly clean and place them in you
cell door every Friday evening. Those who q
not send THE MIRROR away will confer fave
by sending them to this office.
We have received during the past week. tt
Minnesota State Bulletin of Charities and Co
rectons. with the supplement thereof. co
tanning the proceedings of the Third Min
state Conference of Charities and Correction
I Also the Sixth Biennial Report of the Sta
\ Board of Charities and Corrections to Il
Legislature of Minnesota. The Bulletin
published quarterly by the State Board and is Il
= direct means of communicating with the
e associates in this line of work, and furnish
information of interest not only of this stat
: but also gives what is being done througho
o the United States. The supplement contain
d many able and brilliant addresses, delivered
the conference by state officials clergyme
doctors, Judges and members OF the w. c. T.
|. The addresses show how wide spread is Il
interest in the problems of these subjects. II
y Sixth Biennial Report to the Legislature, stat
in detail the conditions of the county and sta
n institutions, makes recommendation to t.
l. legislature, and is replete with valuable stat
: tics.
The monthly meeting of the Board of Ma
d ayers was held on Tuesday, Manager O'Bri
e being absent After finishing the usual bu
II ness, the following paroles were granted: M.
Hill, committed from Hennepin county, to ser
!, eight years and five months for robbery in t
- first degree; Chas. Gallagher, from Rams
. county to serve a refOrmatOrY sentence,