Evening journal., 1893-01-26
THE M'COMBS SETTLE.
A Plan by Which the Million
are Will Not be Opposed.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS DID IT


about Time For These Corporations
TO Begin Paying Something to the
state"-Pretty School Teachers Admir-
ing the Work of the Legislators.
stan Correspondence Evening journal.
DOVER, Jan. 26.-The McComb divorce
case has been amicably settled to the ap.
parent satisfaction Of all parties con.
cerned, with the exception of the Divorce
Committee Mrs McComb will not con.
test her husbands application for abso-
lutte divorce and the custody of the three
children.
In return for this the Claymont mil.
lionaire will make ample provision for
the wifes maintenance, and. Il is said,
cash consideration Of Sl5 OOO This last
item cannot be verified.
George II. Bates aud General r. r.
Kenn y, counsel for Mr.. McComb, and +.
g. Bradford, counsel for Mrs McComb,
were here yesterday and made arrange
ments for meeting Of the Joint Com
mittee on Divorce.
It was held in the State House parlor
last night. Mr. McComb being present
The plaintiff had it all his own way
Evidence was adduced grounds for
divorce were filed and the matter was
carefully considered by the committee,
but no action was taken.
Reciprocity In Dover.
The members Of the General Assembly
are now wearing their best clothes and
sweetest smiles. Two or three times a
I day the State House is invaded by pretty
school marms who want to see how
J. | Ia Ian rr...ttuH ..ttt frla.4
come they see and they conQuer-fOr
the members, irrespective Of sge regard
them as angels of light sent TO relieve
y the tedium of the session.
The members no longer keep their
feet upon the desks. and the minute a
pretty school marin comes into the cham
Der every thing wears a business like
appearance everybody from the page 10
the oldest member sighs; and the faces
;. have an l-want TO 60 TO Heaven when /.
/. die expression that weuld stir the heart
of William Pitt, Sir Robert Peel, Lord
Beaconsfeld, or Mr.. Gladstone.
l.. Things have gone so far that some Of
the members are spending their spare
moments in the Teachers Institute.
Yale Student Sick.
Edwin r. Paynter, editor Of the
., Georgetown Sussex Democrat. was In
Dover yesterday While here he was
startled TO receive a telegram from hil
sister in law, Mrs Hannah Il. Paynter
se requesting him to meet her on the
S. o'clock train and accompany her to New
IS Haven, Conn, where her son, Rowlan'
Of G. is critically IN.
o. Young Paynter, who is 1S years oil
I'd and a son Of the late John Paynter, is
as student at Yale College The particular
ze Of his sudden illness are not known.
I'd The Wilmington Notary.
le II is likely that the bill providing 70
an additional notary public for the cit
q of Wilmington will 20 through, but IL 1
le not so certain that the stenographer VIII
e, expects to be the beneficiary under
OF will be appointed by the governor. Tn
IA name Of another stenographer is beinl
II mentioned in this connection. IL begin
II to look as II Mr. Guyer will suffer tn
L. fate Of William II. Lee, who workel
" through a justice of the peace bill 70
p himself, but the Office was given to i
- B. Groves.
he A Missing Schooner.
y Representative Dasey is becoming
ie very anxious concerning the whereabout
nd of his four masted schooner, Priscilla
Ill Scribner She is commanded by Capital
Davis, Of Philadelphia, and has CON
m plement Of seven men The schoone
e is valued at SIC. 900 and has in her hol
ch a cargo Of phosphate worth $4,000.
TO On December 27 she sailed froI
he Baltimore, Md, for Savannah. Gl
ct Sine that time she has not been hear
ie from. The trip usually takes froi
an eight TO nine days Mr Dasey hops
81, that the worst that has befal len his era
on is that of being ice bound.
81 She Was From Ohio.
iss Several evenings ago Senator Pyle wl
,e sitting in his home, when Wilmingto
-as lawyer called
a. "G0od evening
~ Good evening"
o, Senator. I have bill which wish
lor put in your hands.
ne "What kind of a bill is it9"
sn. "a divorce bill.
he 'Man or woman
W. "WOman."
he "Does she live in Wilmington
eyes"
, Always lived here.
"a 'No she is from Ohio
er,;, 'How loug has she been here?"
q, "a few days.
sne 'n Just say to her she will not get
~ THAT is what you say2'
lu m "Yes that is what 1 say.
ne' well, that settles IT,
Eyes, think it does.
rus "GoOd night
0rk Good night
One Benefit OF the Canal.
ss, Captain Dasey says that since 4
ed Assawaman canal has been cut sol
re. shelled crabs and ''peelers" have ma
ext their appearance in the waters Of ASS
wamen bay, things unknown before. u
terrapin are still hard.shelled, and d
king crabs are afraid to 60 into the car
fiss on account of shallow water and narrc
,ar. lee.way.
shy Talk Of an Electric Railway Tax.
'in- This afternoon there was rumor
and ing around the State House corridor III
nor. the Joint committee on corporations b
WI informed Peter l.. Cooper, Jr, that
ana charter for the Wilmington and nj