Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-05-29
SECOND EDlTIONl
GRACEFUL COMPLIMENT i.
Tenibls Coal Gil Accident.
A SEASONARLE TREAT.
a Handsome Present.

Il sCtiHi5E Tc HEh- aAFAIETIE
MARks
! Desiring to present 10 R4v Lafayette Marks
pastor OF Hanover Presby ytciian ChuIGh, some
| appreciation OF the sermon preached by hun On
Sunday Aprl 10Th, the fifty fifth anniversary Of
| Odd Fellowship ia this countty,a committee from
the Oder III tins city purchased from L. f. hu.
| doph handsome silver watef set OF five placas
consisting Of an loe pitcher, two gobets, water
bowl and salver, all OF the most beautiful pattern
aud Workmanship, and costing about 500 Last
| evening the committee, accompanied by Mr.. B. S
Clark aud some ladies' pad surprise visit to the
| ReveIend gentleman, No. .02 West street. and
made the presentation. The pitcher bore upon lis
side the inscription "Ras. L. Marks and wife,
presented as token Of respect nv the [ O. O =
Of W mngtou, Dal, 1s14" Ths presentation
speech Wa, make ty Mr.. Joseph Pyle, T. G. VI
previous to which Mr., MARKS had 10 kuowled-a
OF intination OF the otIect Of the cali.
Mr.. Pgl said he had been commi = iJHel by
the members ct the O.der cf OLA Fellows to
present a token ot their esteem, friendship and
affection ior han. 1t WAS not the gut at a lew
Personal itienls nor lhe Wctlthy potion OF the
orieT, but pi tho whole brotherhood IA the city.
DaiiaF the time Mr.. Marks had been in this eitt
the community had been benefited by hi4 exam
pie a. a minister ut the Gospel Tie probably tn-
tertnned some prejudice against secret societies.
bat OLA Fellows knew that no such prejudice
should east, hs tner order u Is certainly u hand o.
mad t. rohgion lis then presented the water
se. rNpres sg the hope that the lie ui Mr.. MARKS
might be long and prosperous.
la response - the committee, Mr.. NJ nki sad
the receipt ot the .cIlL was great surprise to hm
1t Was wholly unex pect1d he hld received from
, n friend a mcr,' animation thai some persons
desired to sre him at IN house, but he ,iid not
know VIII" they were. 1t Was with i'elmgs ui
pleasure that lac accepted the tribute from m
order which had Ions. bren di,tIn. 5uished Tor its
deed I'll beuoVoltHta Hni ehnity. lie had no
prejudice against such secret so,ctle,. There
was ttme when such lrrlutIiee ,iil exist, hut he
had seen too much of thea good works ib lurVr
cnlei tam .ach trclm,.
As an outenIor he could only look at tho
Workings Ut tho o id Follows with admira .
tion. 1t WAS II pleasant duty FOR him n lew
weeks ago to speals ~ the members on the
4 occasion of their fifty tilth ami iVersary, Ile
did not expect to have that honor. Iie had,
! however, made n law remarks which ho
hoped would have good effect on the mem
bers present on the orcPSion. il Afforded
hun great pleasure to recelya tha testlmu.
nial and tho occasion would oyer have n
. | greeu spot IN his memory. lie would con.
y eey to hl@ wills. who had heon sick In beI
= some hiteen months, their assurance" thai
u his lahorS had NOT been unaIrreriatrd. Iie
Y WAS exceedingly pratoiul Tor their ronem-
/, | bTanec, hut VA. unable Ia IiuI Wntd4 t. tx
y press his thank iuines' ior Al.
AitG Tho pf"~uniatinH ceremonies were
oScr tho InnnbotN al tha c'nImltt4e were
s3vorally introduced To Mr.. MARKS, an.l
after IA law inomau, ; rUnV,l satllu the COM
pany di>Peloei
In y IFRRlGLE kEl;asENC p4I. A. -lpkSr ~
>. hst SlturdN night Ms Mtg4le collins, " IL. A.
Mr. John N Collin, substantial tntnrf nfl ia,
Dover road; - i.i'es IRON smyrna Is ,hao K
= inGIy burned hy tie explosion ol a keto@rny ~
u lamp. Shn was iast III The net ot getting To hod
n about o'elucki and WAS turning the hight down
? VIXEN thr lamp l'lodcd with terrible iorce In,
e oil -aturhtcd htr n4ht dress hnl person and III II
q nstept slte W.ts ablasc, Mr. {. uhte wiappe,
her III the bed eethnt and suppressed the II tme
- bnt NOT unul hct neek, aims tud Butttous ot Lt
body were shaeklugiN huiucd. Mn. a.. II WI
feared ON - 'dat, eald hnt -nfSRe, but her col,
p diton now quite hopttg'. shc r. the dlu- htt1
r ot el Sharltl Ilarsadne, ei p51sr IL sN,d,
u has the case IN charEr