Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-20
FROM THE BEACH.

DEPARTURE OF THE MosQUIToEs-T THE sEL,.
GIoUs sEatIcEs--AN AccIDENT--ENrE TER
TAINMENT AT THE SURF HOUSE THE NE"
HOTEL PROJECT, &C
From the Gd-ette's .Speci@ Correspondent ]
REHoBorR BEACH, DEL, July Is, 1874,
Since the rain every thing has put on new
suite, the dust has disappeared, the ,musqui-
tee have been driven to visf the inianders py
the easterly wind which has been blowing all
day. 1t has been cool, yet there were more
In The surf at II o'clock, yesterday morning.
than usual. At the sermon, ms morning,
Mr. Stubbs stated that the full opening of the
camp had been deferred on account or varl-
ous reasons, that the hammer was still heard,
that all had not fully Unlisted In the religious
work, but now the work is all completed ana
he hoped that all would more fully consecfate
Lord. The sermon by Rev. Mr.. Mallerry,
Presbyterian, of Chesapeake City, was from
Joshua 20 g appoint out for you cities OF
refuge" &c.. which was beautifully applied
with great effect to both sinners and mem
bers Mr.. Mallerry was here last year, preach
ed returned filled his pulpit on The Sabbath
and came back to see the balance of the
CAMP We are glad to have him with us and
he enjoys Rehoboth so much that he will be
with us each season. The afternoon sermon
by Or: Milby of Laurel, was good and abound.
ed in familiar quotations He is an earnest
preacher. His text For l determined not
to know anything among you, save Jesus
Christ and Him crucificd." Cor. %. DIR.
Milby preached the second best sermon last
year Jacob Todd taking the lead Mr.. Todd
will preach on Sunday afternoon. The even
ing sermon, by w. S. Talbot, of Harrington,
from the text chow shall we escape if we
neglect so great salvation" Heb. %, was
pointed sermon and soon the seekers were
crying for mercy. The meetings are becom-
ing more interesting and are proving great
~ ha
purpose. TO-days sermons were no "rosy
beds of ease," but Bible doctrines leading all
nearer the throne, A great many at the surf
House do not often visit the grounds for re-
ligious benefit we are glad to sec our VII
mington friends at the services.
The arrivals we're larger to day, about 100.
We notice that Rev. DR.. j. L. Cooper, of
Camden John w. Hail. of Frederick, Rev, A,
T. Scott, of Wilmington, Rev. Mr.. Rollins and
Green are among the arrivals. To-day's ar
rivals will be larger. gentlman drove upon
The grounds, yesterday afternoon, and desir-
ing TO feed his horse took the bride off and
slipped halter on him, the horse, seeing the
carriage top behind linn, became frightened
and ran through, making short turn the
carriage struck tree and both horse and car
riage were capsised The carriage was torn
literally to pieces. The horse was fine one
and seemed very much frightened. Mr..
Black, of Camden, traded carriages with him.
1t created quite an excitement and all, both
ladies and gentlemen, ran TO see what had
happened.
AT the Surf House, last evening, through
the kindness of SIR, Hooper, of Baltimore, an
entertainment, consisting of pictures thrown
upon The wall by a magic lantern, was given
more especially for the children. The parlor
of the Hotel was filed with the guests and
parties from the camp ground. Mr.. Hopes
worked the lantern and MIR. Burton explained
each scene, which was done nicely. Rebecca
at the Well, several scenes of Yosemite Valley.
many scenes in Cinderella life, boy IS dream
after eating large supper, the Capitol and
White House, at Washington, the children
finding eggs in the country. Mt. Vernon and
Washingtons resting place, scenes represent
ing the various developments of Darwin 5
man, Mother Hubbard, Christ ''cliDgiDg to
the cross Robbie Hoopers picture, which
| all the children knew the falls of Mnna
Ha-ha or Laughing Water, and many other
scenes, all Of which were very interesting.
| The new Hotel undel proi 'ct will probably
| be beyond the Lake the lots in that section
have not been dealt IN largely, but will ad-
vance in value. The directors regret that
| they have not lois on the corner of Surf and
Rehoboth avenues for it. They should have
had an eye IL these best places and reserved
them for such purposes. The hotels should
| be down the surf nearer the camp ground.
| 1t is cool this morning.
| We expect large influx from the cities, TO
| day, for the Sabbath.
| We must say that every thing Is going or
nicely and the camp will be success
| TEL l.. SCOPE.