The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

Jones, and w. G. Byron. members of the grand
jury; E. S. Woodworth. Frank Plummer. Mag
nus Turnblad. w. O'Brien, Jno. Heyman. H. j.
johnson. w. A. Wright and George D. Holt.
The annual report of superintendent Fitzger-
aid of the st. Paul wOrkhOuse shows that $5,567
was earned and paid into the city treasury. He
points out the difficulties of working prisoners
to good advantage on account of the large num-
Der of short sentences. Out of total of 1852
prisoners SOC were in for only 10 days. and SO for
Is days. The cost of provisions per capita per
day was only $40 cents. OF the 1852 prisoners
received during the year. 1.169 were males and
SO females. There were SOC prisoners sentenced
for 10 days and 3l9 for 80 days. OF the Offenses
for which commitments were made. drunken
ness leads with $50: vagrancy, 2S5; disOrderly
conduct 2ss; larceny. ia. OF the 252 prisoners.
1872 were born in Minnesota, ia in Ireland. 96 in
Germany. 113 in Sweden, and III in New York.
Only 81 claimed to be temperate; all the rest ad-
mitted themselves to be Incorporate. OF all
prisoners received. the net gain in weight was
1854 pounds during their respective stays.
The good people of this earth are the ones that
must expect to have their motives mScOnstrued.
Last week Prof. O. b. Bass requested us to an
nOunce that Master Paul Cook would sing solo
in our chapel the following Sunday. The an
nOuncement was gladly made, for we know that
nothing gives the "boys" more pleasure than
good music and singing. Unfortunately. par
ticularly so for us. Master Paul was unable TO
| come. and in consequence several of our COM
rades during our round of the galleries Sunday
evening. abused us and unheSitatingly said that
it was their belief that we wilfully inserted lie
into the columns of THE MIRROR for the ex'
press purpose of getting them to attend chapel
services! Prof. Bass called again at our office
Tuesday and requested us to make an eXplana
| ton to the inmates and to annOunce-well, per
| haps Master Paul will sing in our chapel next
Sunday. but future events can never be fOretOld
with absolute certainty so all we will say is. thai
those who miss hearing the solo will regret it.
At the recent visit of the Editorial Association
of Kansas to the Lansing penitentiary they were
given circulars containing the following informa
ton concerning the prison.
The enclosure contains ten acres. The three
cellhOuSeS contain 1882 cells The oldest con
Wet is 70, and the youngest 10 years of age
There are &c old soldiers serving sentence here
One hundred and ten convicts have died while
serving sentence since November 1887. Tit
number of convicts having served sentence, to
gether with those now confined. is 1853. Wyan
dotte county has the largest number of cOnvcts
So. Several counties have no convicts here
The amount of food required weekly to feed thu
cOnvcts is as follows: 10000 pounds bread
5000 pounds meat; $50 pounds Coffee 80 pound
tea; 65 pounds cheese; $50 pounds dried apples
$50 pounds rice; $50 pounds hominy; go gallon
syrup; 100 bushels of potatoes barrels saue1
kraut. 1t requires 1O,Oooyards of cloth and 90
pairs of shoes annually. The library contain
800 volumes. There are "a old soldiers EN-
ployed as officers at this institution. This is tn
only penal institution in the United States wher
coal is mined. The coal mine is 700 feet beneat
the surface. 1t requires 500 small cars to handl
the product of the mine, which is about 200
bushels. daily, when working full force. TIL
coal vein is % inches thick,