Smyrna times., 1877-03-07
I'm LrG1s1Ar1-nr V1s1rs W1LnINGroN.-

THE LEGISLATURE VISITS WILMINGTON.-
Last Thursday the members of the Legisla-
ture went to Wilmington in answer to an
invitation extended them by the board OF
education. They We're met at the depot 10y |
large number of the members of the |
board, Mayer Whiteley and other city |
officials, and escorted in carriages to the
public schools Of the city, at several OF
which there were interesting exhibitions.
They afterwards partook of lunch at the
Clayton House, and left for Dover at
o'clock in the evening. Whilst visiting the
Boys High School the boys were addressed
by j. Alexander Fulton, of Dover, who was
in the company, and who stated that John
Ii. Adams would present at the close OF the
school year, gold medal, (costing 500 to
the pupil in this department most prot
cient in English Grammar
A Big DIVORCE CASE is now before the
! Legislature at Dover. The correspondent
of the Middletown Transcript thus refers to
| it,
The General Assembly held joint session
on Thursday night, for the purpose of hear.
ing the argument and voting upon the bill
to divorce r. f. Randall from his wife.
The lobby was crowded and the floor Of the
House nearly so, while in the hall great
many We're satisfied with listening to coun-
sells argument. Mr. Randall is brother
of Hon. $. j. Randall Speaker of the U. :.
House Of Representatives. and resides at
present at Wilmington. Geo V. Massey,
Esq, his counsel, stated TO the Assembly
that after his marriage with Mrs r. had
been solemnized, he discovered in her the
impurity of adultery; that his brother and
mother urged an immediate separation,
and that lie avoided the courts Of Phiadel-
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family brought into public notice. Charge
was made that the wife was now
pursuing an unchastc life by living grandly
at the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York,
supported by a sub-trcasury employee.
She was a divorced woman when Randall
married her. $. NJ. Harrington, counsel fol
Mrs. Randall, stated that when ArchbishCT
l Wood married the couple, an arran cement
existed between them wercby the marriage
! should remain a secret, because the pcti
| toner was in fear that his mother woulC
G remove her support from him. At the cX
| piratiOn of three years of these secra
t matrimonial relations, Mr.. Randall deserted
e his legal wife, and went to Europe Il
f company with a woman whose divorce h,
had obtained. When he returned to Phil
=; adclphia he went to see his wife, and upon
Il his knees begged her forgiveness, but in
s few days he again went to Europe with Iii
divorced companion. On his second return
a he gave notice of his intention to apply 70
f a divorce, and Delaware was the onl
c place where he hoped TO escape anythin
# like publicity. The argument was very il
@ teresting, but it plainly showed that tn
e woman was guilty of adultery and the ma
a well, guilty too. At the close of til
o argument a vote was taken on the fna
G reading of the bill, and it passed the ITous
e by close vote Mrs. Randall has been i
e Dover since Thursday, stops at the sam
e hotel Mr.. Randall does, and one ca
e imagine the awkward position lie must |
S placed in when meeting her in the dining
,e room. The Senate will it is expected, pa
,e the bill, and then the matter will
,s | hushed,