“HOUSE OF REFUGE.

His Honor Mayor Brown and the other members of the Board of Managers have given kindly counsel to the inmates in their frequent visits to the institution, and to their influence, both in words and acts, is attributable, in a great degree, the good state of feeling among the inmates.

The inmates have been addresses on various occasions by…Mr. Joseph E. Ware, …”

Reference Data:

Mayor's Message, by St. Louis (Mo.), 1875, page 127