Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-03-02

The public schools will close the 10th for
the spring vacation Of one week.
There is talk of having the Bellows Falls
Wheel club mnstrels come here soon after
Easter.
j. M. Hackley and Chas. H. Thompson
were out yesterday afternoon on an expe.
dition in search of views and Incidents for
an illustrated lecture
The Episcopal ladies are at work upon
garments to be sent to the missionaries in
Alaska, and the girls of the society are
making articles for the colored schools in
Virginia.
r. w. Stolte, recently appointed deputy
collector and inspector of customs. has
been assigned to duty at the port of Island
POND. he left Tuesday, to begin work
yesterday.
There was a large attendance at the oys-
ter supper given by the Congregational
ladies in the chapel last evening. After
ward Lucien Howe gave an organ recital
which was greatly enjoyed.
The March term of the Wlndham conn
ty court will convene at Newfane the 13th.
Hon. Jonathan Ross will be the presiding
| judge. There are $50 cases on the docket.
and'4O have been set for trial by jury
The steel wind mill which pumps water
from Rudyard Kipling's artesian we'll was
blown down Friday, and Mr.. Morse of
Boston has been here to put it in place
Mr.. and Mrs. Kipllng left for the Bermu-
das Friday.
Albert J. Pullen is planning for a trip to
siberia The coming summer. He will
probably 60 via Sitka and Unalaska. and
from Siberia will follow the Asiatic coast
| enIIfh H.
special study of the people of Kamchatka
and their customs.
A. j. Pullen will give his lecture on
Alaska at West Brattleboro next Thursday
evening He will fill engagements later at
Dummerston, Saxtons River, Bellows Falls,
Charlestown, N. H., Burlington, and at
Springfield, Mass, under the auspices of
the Methodist society.
A. ?. Childs of Bennington was not only
elected president of the Denison (Texas)
Land and Investment company, but also Of
the Denison Building and Land company.
and OF the street railway company of that
city. Mr.. Childs is director in all these
concerns and also in the Denison Cotton
Manufacturing company.
Over so Joined the sleighing party to
Putney yesterday afternoon and evening,
which was under direction of the Baptist
Endeavor society, and the affair was alto
gether very pleasant one. An excellent
supper was served by the ladies of the
Putney Baptist church. A party from
Bellows Falls also took supper at the
church. A very hospitable reception was
given the visitors by the Putney church.
The Swedish gymnastic club, at present
consisting OF Is members, had an enter
tainment last Saturday evening for the
benefit of the club. A program OF. 10
numbers, containing music for clarionet.
violin and organ, besides songs, recitation
and speeches, was rendered. Refresh
ments of coffee and cake were served.
The schoolroom was prettIly trimmed with
garlands of colored paper, hemlock, notices
and flags. About 20 persons attended the
party. The club is obliged to the Estey-
vile amateurs for the use of their stage.
Steele Mackaye, the actor, dramatist and
manager, died on board train at Timpas
Colo, Sunday, while en- route to San
Diego, Calf, where it was hoped he would
be able to build up his health. Mr..
Mackaye was 81 years old, and the son of
a Scotchman who practiced law at Buffalo
after re iring from the army. Young
Mackaye went to the front with the Union
troops at the age of 10, and after the war
became an actor. He spent number of
years abroad, but in 1880 became manager
OF the Madison Square theatre in New
York. II was at this theatre that 0Hazel
Kirke," probably the best known of the
many plays that Mackaye wrote, had
continuous run of 10 months, while its
lOOOth performance was celebrated at the
Park theatre in Boston. The cause of the
actors break down was the failure of his
"Spectatorium," an immense unfinished
building, which many visitors will re-
member as standing just outside the
! Worlds Fair grounds at Chicago. Over
100000 had been spent on the immense
structure when the company became finan-
cially embarrassed and the building was
demolished and sold for old iron. Mr..
Mackaye is we'll remembered by Brattle-
boro people, having spent one summer
with his family at the Bliss tarm. 1t was
while here that Mr.. Mackaye wrote Hazel
Kirke. When the play was first presented
in New York it was condemned by all the
critics, but the people set the stamp of APP
proval upon it. 1t was record breaker
for continuous performance, and Melted
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