Middletown transcript., 1877-03-03
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Legislative DoIngs-An Interesting DIE
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Legislative DOings-An Interesting Dl'
voree Case-Levy Court Resolution, Etc
Special Correspondence Of the Transcript
DOVER, March I'd, 1877.
In the House there were seventy-fve new
bills received last Monday, and at present
one hundred and fifty are ready to be acted
upon before the Legislature adjourns. The
advocates Of temperance succeeded in getting
bill Introduced regulating the sale OI
LIQUORS. Mr.. Cochran has bill, which has
been read a second time in the House, to
authorize the appointment Of an assistant
Free School Superintendent, while the oppo-
sition are favoring bill to reduce the pre-
sent superintendents salary. At present The
\ prospect is that the old law on the subject
will 90 unaltered and Mr.. C's new bill will
pass the Assembly. One day Of the week
| "wednesday was passed by the Legislature
in a trip to Wilmington, for the purpose Of
viewing the public schools and their manage
ment. On Wednesday evening an admirably
pleasant company of members partook of a
supper at the Capitol Hotel, over which Judge
Houston presided. Probably the busiest days
of Legislative work have been this week, but
il is apparent that in the next two, consider
able activity will be needed if all the bills are
to be acted upon.
INTERESTING DIVORCE BILL.
The General Assembly held joint session
on Thursday night, for the purpose of hear
ing argument and voting upon the bill to
divorce R. E. Randall from his wife. The
lobby vas crowded and the floor of the House
nearly SO, while in the hall great many
were satisfied with listening to counselsi
argument. Mr. Randall is brother Of Hon.
s. J. Randall, and resides at present in Will
mington. George v Massey, Esq, his coun-
sci, stated to the Assembly that after his mar
riage with Mrs. R. had been solemnized, he
discovered in her the impurity of adultery (;
that his brother and mother urged an imme-
diate separation, and that be avoided the
courts of Philadelphia, because he did not
care to have his family brought into public
notice. Charge was made that the respondent
was now pursuing an unchaste life by living
grandly at the st. Nicholas Hotel, New York,
supported by q sub-treasury employe. She
was divorced weman when Randall married
her. s. NJ Harrington, counsel for Mrs.
Randall, stated that when Archbishop Wood
married the couple, an arrangement existed
between them whereby the marriage should
remain secret, because the petitioner was in
fear that his mother would remove her sup
port from him. At the expiration Of three
years of these secret matrimonial relations;
Mr. Randall deserted his legal wife, and went
to Europe in company with woman whose
divorce be had obtained. When he returned
to Philadelphia he went to see his wife, and
and upon his knees begged her forgiveness,
but in few days he again went to Europe
with his divorced companion. On bis second
return he gave notice of bis intention to apply
for a divorce, but Delaware was the only
place where he hoped to escape anything like
publicity The argument was very interest
ing, but it plainly showed that the woman
was guilty of adultery and the maxwell,
guilty too. At the close of the argument a
vote was taken on the final reading of the
bill, and it passed the House by a close vote.
Mrs. Randall has been in Dover since Thurs
day, stops at the same hotel Mr.. Randall does,
and ons can imagine the awkward position
be must be placed in when meeting her in the
dining-room. 1t is a whole chapter, and one
that would take considerable space, but as
Mr.. Randall does not wish to gain notoriety,
it is best to close. The Senate will, it is ex-
pected, pass the bill, and then the matter will
be hushed.
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