The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

GEO. BIXBY, Clerk
B. ]. MERRILL, Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, Matron
J. H. ALBERT, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN, Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
F. A. WHITTIER St. Paul.
CHURCH NOTICE.
Services in the Prison Chapel at 900 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Catholic services every alternate Sunday.
Rev. j: H. ALBERT and Rev. FIR. CORCoRAN
chaplainS.
TO INMATES.
For the information of new arrivals and all
others desiring to send THE MIRROR to friends
we wish to say that the privilege will be granted
by complying with the following rules: Write
out your own name, register and cell number
and send to this Offite with name and address
of person to whom paper is to be sent. All
papers must be kept clean and folded in the
same manner as it is when you receive it and
placed in your door every Friday night. All in
mates are requested to comply with this order
whether sending out copy or not.
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Logical.
Warden Wolfer is expected home
from the East next Monday.
The March meeting of the Board of
Managers will be held here next
Wednesday.
Capt. Taylor is in attendance at the
state encampment of the G. A. r. be-
ing held in Minneapolis this week.
F. B. Knapp, A. Snyder and Chas. F.
Knapp, all from Big Lake, were bust
ness callers at the institution on Sat-
urday.
DR.. Hedbeck, our resident assistant
physician has been confined to his
room the greater part of the past week.
He has been suffering from an attack
of grip.
An arithmetical problem for the
statistician: If four months is an av-
erage punishment for stealing $55S,OOO,
how much premium should man re-
ceive for stealing five dollars?
Quite number of the boys are al
ready signing for the next holiday and
chance to exercise the tongue. 1t is
a long way off yet-May 30. But
Easter Sunday comes on April 10, at
which time there will be an OppOrtun-
ity to demOlish a few eggs for break
fast.
John f. Jackson, formerly secretary
of associated charities of St. Paul. has
been elected to the office Of secretary
of the state board of charities and cor
rectiOns. His term of office begins
March l at which date Mr.. Hart, the
former secretary, enters upon his new
duties in Chicago.
Hereafter there will be no excuse for
those desiring to exercise their larynx
not singing during chapel services.
Five hundred new hymnals have been
ordered and will probably be here in
time for next Sundays service. Most
of these will be to take the place of the
worn hymn books now used by the
congregation.
The county commissioners of Ram
sey county met in this city on Tues
day in joint session with the commits
sioners of this county to discuss mutual
arrangements for improvements to be
made on roads common to both cOun-
ties. All of the gentlemen visited this
institution as the guests of the officials
during their stay in the city.
The prisoners received last week
from Red Lake county are the first in
the history of this institution received
from that county. This item will do
as an interesting appendix to the fact
that Red Lake Indian reservation was
only opened to settlement three years
ago and the white man has not had
time to feel thoroughly acquainted in
that section of the country until re-
Gently.
Knute Halvorsen, a prisoner from
Dodge Centre serving a ten-year SEN
tence died from pneumonia last Friday.
AS his nearest relatives who live right
in the state refused to take the body
for burial when notified, service was
held in the prison chapel Sunday and
the remains were disposed of at state
expense. Death has cast it's impene-
trable shrOud over his existence and