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f^risott||Ximrr. THURSDAY. Oct. 30. 1890. PRISON OFFICIALS. MANAGERS. EDWIN DUNN. President Eyota. JOHN F. NORRISH Hastings. JAS. 8. O’BRIEN Stillwater. F. W. TEMPLE Blue Earth City. M. O. HALL Duluth. RESIDENT OFFICIALS. J. J. RANDALL Warden. S. A. LANGUM Deputy Warden. JOHN 8. GLENNON Ass’t Dept. Warden. FRANK BERRY Clerk. W. U. TURNER Assistant Clerk. H. E. BENNER Steward. B. J. MERRILL ! Physician. C. R. KEYES Hospital Steward. F. M. BORDWELL Storekeeper. J. H. ALBERT Protestant Chaplain. M. K. MURPHY Catholic Chaplain. MRS. H. A. WALKER Matron. GUARDS’ REGISTER. T. W. ALEXANDER Day Cell Room Guard. W. W. HALL Night Cell Room Guard. CHARLES. P. AUSTIN..Night Cell Room Guard. ANDREW MEEHAN. Usher. HANS ERICKSON Gate Guard. ROYAL C. ORFF Guard. BEN. CAYOU Guard. HENRY J. JENKINS Guard. R. G. RHOADES Guard. A. W. ROWE Guard. ALEX. McKAY Wall Guard. GREENLEAF DORR.. Wall Guard. P. J. MURPHY Wall Guard. JOHN S. MAY Wall Guard. HENRY FROST Wall Guard. JAMES SIBBITTS Wall Guard. L. B. GOLDSMITH Night Guard. W. A. MARTIN ......Guard. GODFRIED RIS Night Guard. LESTER BORDWELL Guard. JOHN MEALEY Guard. WM. M. MAY Guarci. ARCHIE PARKER Guard. H. A. TIFFANY Guard. NELS D. CARLSON Guard. FRANK H. HALL • ’’•£ uar ‘!’ J. H. STILKEY HttU Guard. I. H. ALCOTT Guard. JOSEPH FORTIER •••••• -Guard. GILBERT GUNDERSON........ .Night Watchman. H. McINTYRE Guard. LOCAL PICKINGS. —The population is 312. —Jumps for cash—Bank vaults. —Outwards—Escaped convicts. —Marine undertakers—Sharks. —Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brannan, of St. Paul, were visitors Friday. —Send us a dollar and we will send you THE MIRROR for a year. —Messrs. Samuel C. Lee and I rank W. Tufts, of Long Prairie, were in Saturday. —Mrs. A. C. Bently. of Stillwater. and Miss Chloe A. Rhoades, of Minneapolis, were visitors Friday. —Chas. Butts and Hans J. Milsted, of St. Paul, were the first visitors shown through the prison Monday. —Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Schwartz, of LeSuaur, and Mrs. Walter E. Pike, of Duluth, were in the prison last Thursday. —Reporter Nelson, of the Messenger, and Re porter Cowles, of the Daily Call, made our office a short visit last Thursday. —the shaft that transmits power from the main shaft to the blacksmith shop, and was overhead, has been put underground. —Mr. H. T. Johnson, a Chicago newspaper man. was in our office yesterday. He did not say a; word about the World’s Fair. I There are pumps to raise water ancfpumplnJo raise corns ou our feet, but Hie pump of all pumps is the sweet pump—kittjWsjliat we eat. —Judge nominee for governor, addressed- congregation of jiHTYffOTOTff —The new set of boilers were put in place Tues day. When tl*fftfHHei|<J:sfor|fjrvice Engineer Woods will have a battery of eight boilers under his command. —The hospital, the female department, and the «”• oi s glod keatfiW Ind Jftej jtw ya|l yilf boys moved the derrickfor the completion oftne; last section —Miss Pollie Mahony. of Stillwater. Miss Mag-| . eMfeDfcßakfciod&at. Rtful, wgtoO the prison last FridayeHOlSl 1 1 TdTflOil VflaY j TyObilh nejT builtftrrg,! * that had accumulated onMaiy street, haVlßeeni cleared awV^tWlrhtf'more assum "Trryn flwwnt — l aSJffiWWM|-hife a new dog, and dogis of u'nlcno'waqd' capacity for cold victuals. Nevertheless he is a dog, and “dogs is dogs,” in the pentfenTtAuG vwgd r - Dodsworth was on his way home from Salt Lake City whiWiElib sfceni ‘A&fiitUtyiii'/Y ordejyagaln jin a.rily or si. If Iverlthjng wo*i suicessfuTylthe Cdiet will navi accompliArea t Jwomfirftn light plant such as we have here. .KKIM ,aaTAWJJIT6 —Mrs. C. A. Whittier and daughters, Bessie and Beryl, of St. Paul, Miss Emily W. Butman, of Lowell, Mass.; Mrs. T. L. Walker were shown through the prison Monday by the matron. —Hon. O. C. Peterson, of Des Moines, lowa, who of late has been laboring to instill republican principles into the people of Stillwater vicinity, was in the prison Friday with Deputy Langum. —"Commercial” alley is all torn up. The old paving blocks are being taken up and burned in the furnaces near at hand. We did not learn what kind of paving would take the place of the old. —N. A. Nelson succeeds P. E. Bennett as Still water reporter for the St. Paul Globe. Plim will hereafter devote his labors to the Gazette ex clusively. Nelson will do good work for the Globe. —Misses A. Weidlich and Katherine Landers, of White Bear Lake, Miss Wilma Porter and Mrs. Nellie Porter, of Decorah, lowa, were in the prison Sunday evening with the matron, Mrs. Walker. —Six prisoners were received from Ramsey county within the past week for terms varying from eighteen months to five years: two from Atkin county, two and five years; one from Todd county for two years. —Frank, the boss of the steam kitchen,has been in the hospital for several days, and the butcher has been doing his work, so if you have found prunes in your soup or detected garlic in the hash you will know how to account for it. —Judge J. F. Norrish.of the Board of Managers, was one of the speakers who addressed a large audience at the People’s church in St. Paul Sun day on "Prison Reform.” His remarks were principally upon the prison labor question. —One of the boys inflicted a serious cut upon himself just below the knee with a draw-knife the other day, and he is now laid up in the hos pital The cut nearly severed one of the tendons of his leg, and, came near making himself a crip ple for life. —The bricklayers will about complete their work on the new building to-day, and the floors will be finished by the end of the week. The Company has begun already to move their ma chinery into the lower story which will be used as a hard-wood shop. —Guard Mclntyre is without the comforts and protection of a doghouse these days, and he now has to tramp around with gun on shoulder among the teams and workmen on the Second street dump. The old doghouse was removed to the other side of the street Tuesday. —The Company’s shops are lonesome places these days. Guard Rowe was heard to say the other day that it was very tiresome work to stand around the shop watching four or five men that needed no watching. Idleness becomes monoto nousness sometimes even to a prison guard. —Jimmy, our soap maker, has been troubled for about a year with an obstinate sore on one of his arms that no salve would heal so the other day he submitted his arm to the surgeon's knife. The doctor removed a large quantity of diseased, flesh and closed the wound with stitches. Jitor jstood the operation without the use of anae|tljfet|cs. —Warden J. J. Randall made a business trip to Chicago last week. ftifjf. In the evemnghe where he met ana was lntroaucecTto that some what pertinacious gentleman, Speaker Reed. The WardeulrfttilSitiSd «fU&&fMtl Ifeed’s speech and started for home at eleven o’clock that night. —TjUMub'ap&HailtfaaiKßy.iKgiMlfltitpflader full headway again, and the tubs and pails are being on t _by. d oz en a. o fd oz an s_e v cp;y-r i Coveil is talking of putting in another lathe for doing jobbing work. A gentleman engaged in the handling of tubs and pails visited the factory a few days«igo. aad heiuapneur.ced the opods man- J —Foreman Emerson and his bookeeper are la- ♦KhC Bi/P ffafdfk ipake in a<S> YXICIIt sitsjGfceiftfaSLl&l say it is a horse hair turned serpent—others say, in their minds. They at it—the imaginary —and say,‘‘Ugh! see it riggle—ugh! ugh! ugh! The Troys in a very mila form. —Mr. Otto B. Iji(}l}o|fll£ff jagpgit of the Pabsti Brewing Co., Milwaukee, visited our benighted community one day last week. Mr. Schoeffler was: here last April, and on that occasion sub scrib<*p<*rTlMC anfcßOß/prSJjXpAssidßiimselfi as so CrtlpLaAsAcb-irt th list £e some of his Milwaukee friends to have it also. Two new names on oiH-dAbscription book and two big dollars in our treasury attest to the sincerity gbxy&& —Mr. Frank Berry.for fifteen years, has been one of the chief, if not the chief singer at all timef,AUA'£(iliimiMivjh(dhelvll#is SAlirs for the best interests of the choir, and the church’s music have been iaUfifafigable. Cold or heat, rain or snow never kept him from performings duty, m t&J tiie' pleasantest iff 1 mfjDh no warning he announces his resignation, to the wa. like a clap of thundefridviSch clear sky. All were taken by sudden surprise. We are sorry that he ■&*?. expect any one wilMfodicind to take his place. We wish to assure him that the great work which he has Hone so weu; and w< .o 3 tfc kliioJl believe these are the sentiments of all the parish, —Ascension Church Life. —Dear friends, we come to you in all humble ness of spirit smiting our face many times upon the earth at thy feet, begging thee in the name of our sore necessities to fork over that dollar you owe on last year’s subscription. You can’t hum bug yourself into the notion that you have forgot ten that little bill we sent you over a month ago. We do not wish to resort to desperate means of bringing you to time, but we are thinking seri ously of placing your effigies, clothed in stripes, into our vacant cells with your name in large let ters over the door. Just think how embarrassing it would be to your poor effigy to have an old friend come along with the usher, look up and dis cover your name, and—" What! can it be! Why, hello. Doctor, what in the world have you been doing to bring you to this?” Then that friend, whose good opinion you value as your honor, will go out, and will say to every one of your friends’ he meets: "Say, whom do you suppose 1 found in a cell when I went through the prison at Still water the other day?” And when they have been informed of how you are sulking in your cell, they will rush off and tell all their friends about it.and all will agree that there is nothing strange about the affair except that they had not heard the news before. . Rev. S. L. B. Speare, of Pilgrim Congregational Church, Minneapolis, conducted the services. Mrs. Annie L. Pomeroy, of Minneapolis, was present and sang several solos. Rev. Speare was for a number of years chaplain of the state prison at Charlestown, Mass., therefore felt some what at home before his audience. He preached a very strong sermon that commanded the steady attention of his hearers. He took for his text Revelation iii. 2: "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are reaay to die. ’’The following brief synopsis ef the sermon does not give an adequate idea of the whole: “As I was coming to Stillwater yesterday 1 looked out of the car window at the scenes along the way. At one place I saw a farm with its dwell ing, barn and other buildings which belong to some man, but it would be a great mistake to call that farm and those buildings the man himself. They are no part of the man—they are only his perishable property. Dr. Moody, the evangelist, lost all his property in the great Chicago lire, and a few days later he was met by a friend who be gan offering him sympathy on account of his mis fortune. Moody replied by assuring his friend that his loss was of little consequence so long as he himself had been spared. "I have spoken thus because 1 wanted to call your attention to the fact that there are many.iin this world who think that when one’s property is lost all is lost. That is the way man looks at -it; he values others according to—their-wealth -4a money and goods. - God does not judge a man’s worth in that way. Ido not wish to be understood as thinking that riche ® and be the grandest men 1 haveever known were wealthy. There was the late Gen. Fisk, he had railroad stocjjs, bondin. lands, jjaj— Xpry weidtjubl He Has i gtrod’mihi, Alt' 4uj’ igaA/hij wU4nti4 ttatid jbefiAeffioh fthM <tfld iilil look at those bonds and stocks? No; God will look at lnm just as He will look at every man. So we may conclude tineas we cannot take our earthly potfsesisfons id rfeAve-ff witlf inYthb*t tlielrfniy filing worth striving to preserve is our manhood—our There bad time of it. All manner of misfortune befell him and his friends advised him to dispair, but he did not. When all earthiy-poasessions were gone he had something left—his integrity—and we are told that his losses were more than made up to i-aww: 1 ;: have a stock in trade from which we can draw to |iHr j^ e God Himself, and by the proper use of our will we can conquer salvation in spite of all the evil pow ers in the S in this world or man has not the control of his will. There are other things we possess besides affection and will, but ; they are only the ¥©rvfiiifs of those two properties. ; But it comes to our mind that our powers may have been enfeebled by misuse, but we may draw! Christ when on earth had but to say the word and; the dead rose up. „ He can spijijk that will Wffen a man is down the devil tells him that all is lost, that there are no more opportunities for him, but that is a lie. It is never too'tate. We can do the best that we can with what we have left and rest as tbast Gp4 .j«t»H, f np4;cwidqwni ; M 'loir fl&t doing better than we knew how. This\uK/is PR\? em# jrifen as the contents of the book, can be rubbed out >AP(ha change the manner of our life.” lon ‘li Der misrool of a fellers passion vas der furtile 'soOneeloflMlf Ber'Jtfdbbles ‘%*nLb<MilaH< Hnd don’t you fergot it. nett vfiaotineihßhHcklnk mJh itienbhi dutftsaaie bersonal oxberiences mit suffering makes der SrflVWlt sihfloDiyfl-hearts Der prejooces of public •pinion nefer gate S ans pooty mucfJ lAUfe tfaflfeW cRW it mit contradictions.—^The National Weekly. Sunday Services. DEFECTIVE PAGE Tinslc In the State Penitentiary. Wherever man is, there too is Orpheus with his lyre awaiting only an invitation to make the air vibrate with sweet melodies. Prison walls may shut out the light of heaven, exclude the cherrups and trills of song birds, the tuneful soughs of Eolian forests, and the rhythmic murmur of rip pling brooks, but they cannot debar the spirit of Orpheus—he dwells in the soul, even the soul of the convicted criminal. And it is a wise regulation that in nearly every prison the inmates are provided with some kind of musical entertainment once a week at least. Many of the penal institu tions of this country have well trained choirs, and in some of them may be found orchestra bands. In our own state prison at Stillwater they have a very good choir consisting at present of a double male quartette. This is the only musical organi zation in the prison. The choir has been established for a number of years, but it is only within the past two years, or since Prof. R. G. Rhoades took an interest in it. that it has been brought to any degree of excellence. Prof. Rhoades is a popular teacher of vocal music in the city of Still water. Since he assumed the duties of a guard in the prison he has given much of his own spare time of evenings to training the choir. But in attempting to keep up a first class choir lie labors under many dis advantages. Not many of the prisoners can read music, and of those who can. not all have good voices. But this trouble could be overcome in a short time only for the fact that about the time he gets a man in good training his sentence expires. There are occasionally some very tine voices among the inmates, and at times the choir reaches a high state of excellence. The chapel is furnished with a good organ, which is presided over by Mrs. Belle Arm strong. a teacher of music in the city. Outsiders are occasionally invited in to entertain the inmates with musical and dramatic performances, and such visits are highly appreciated. There is no place in the world 'tvhfe'fh music is more appreciated than iii'S ’prl&hti'i and the writer is of the has a strong humanizing influence over ( th 4 rough class of men foh'ndtin'iMistinv-aiidihe lieves that every prikou ofuny. considerable population should have a»g«otl..bands corns posediofiiprisuneiSii iThat it*would l ■ not -be difficult to-iliudTeuough uuvsical ft'efus?’ Ao uKike wpAfbaiid/wyevjdeiit,by the nuejUeß otjnsUTunent-s.ittw.t pijg.ht.be found stowed mmy in,the. tom tiayp instrument p£,q;yt! kpujLqr; T Induct there }s of juusjcimis as as musicaldnstj’.ujhißnffi in the prison as ,pns Would readily apprehend were: he. to drop h'l’to tlje ceil room/ofa Sunday e'veldirg tobdrt iii 6 are jMhiitte'dtiy thiVe a little, 1 Thfe latent to thte brche'i tVa”’ik a Dutch haiid'oVgari vVHIir Whidh ft m'ellowS'the hAM ,; frigs* of his life Ibrig ptrlsobcelli But- uhlhsk ftestoon VbffrieS of grindings put'•’’foil ; Httb sietJantii' wwf' die ’ttchulthp sGekusst aos BlettelsudindjttKrDle -Wachto «ui Rhein, ete,, the pilsoiiersiln bis immediate neigh* horhood threaten an.earlycstaiiqitMilie -for -tbe Wisconsin woods.-x-ThcreL.aie fiddles .-.and fi4dl«i of ajl,styles,ftoui;.Urn . cigar :bo&ito the factory made article,; aiulmthere are baditsrß, :> n jew slia.r ps. ■, \i imrfh origans', fluie£ concertinas and hfeerildlkiis’. 1 Even on f ■ like wrtmtrtfiWtili'MiMfthe 1 3ltfweVer;’ thefe*!/ a : 'gbiWDdeal bf reHtfstfiitnpiirt upon;the owneivdf triflSSdtfl - wdaM he.au oppressive adiUMie compared to what ■tltenielLrooui would be at. times. *r.:v liJK.E ilniliiH" fttiow (.&-> -t-TlieDi’pbeu&oa V}7| V V! ill *1 ■ —K f —.ji-’iiauiA .so doleW «sT j,,;‘’Wby J di : diyoU'XHn‘,away riftomi' homely r,wkti, j‘«dHta ,Wltitcpuib of the laggedyouug R’amp. t , bis n. »d o- «lU«* e9toiti« cflfleulkv bn* . .fo; m^iQM . ,* v weH, you lopk as ihQiijj.fr ypu/d hM It.” Is Whitconilfs 1 Wno Is'eagef to ‘ have Ills, ojv# Way Is Wwvtlnftair^' - ’ J Willi, and' maijy i£ ls afi' ,s extrrirriely‘ liard way. The tytdnriy b¥ fiortie Vs’df the nindeSV sortie lfrids/ebthbared With Whaflrt has ‘to trrf dergo in endeitvorihgfo naVe I h'M oWh lll Wky. Many times he fallSllTlo evR copipapy, ami •fri fmltWtdßt l tl{elf , my , Mirf > nl{tkmg‘’it iiimself um Jttiri way to a WtWWfPW *•{•’ ion mb , Ask file wretched old trajnp .whQnr .ypu 'firid‘kftthyg’div’tite li p ! Ark‘briri'ch, how'he be his dovwnwaird eareeG and' tf he be cari ,,dj4.be wiU AeR-yibsudt iwns.byj.tryiug;to;bsete ,jsf Oflu ;WRTi rexa3^1 f 4 i jjS s ’■ 1) ot not •l« bns ’JlVrtßtterßfil 4 ' dSif&uW* &^! ,v jtjMrsj:o’R<yJrket!’l Wish wnd’ give 7 flPiordlifir,|Q«l swwhuumdadiuo;:Ydu!r;.ftiv- O -gather !i( kfeilil>?'f’Mnk'a , ‘lftti^' , aAd jiWate® lwduitdt} do tdwias tnueh , 'go6d'asfinV- AhlngiiJ Ja I9bioo ei ’i9J«v/ sil l .oitoniJA lo MxR .WbUW-yek) glVdlt trPhftn before nr aftihwr h*4ihiate»,"Y6uri‘RiveheWdl)? !o¥*Fflck.svodß esob li 9io'ied moJJod eril bui luoriJ 1b Jlooi oT .evitqooab yvr/ bin