The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-05-30
Iirht Reading and General News.
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1918. and died May !, 1872, IN ms my
6fth wear. AT the are Of - Mr.. Robin
son visited Europe, and spent several
wears exploring France, Germany ltaly'
Spain, the Holy Land, traNersins inc
Nile. bathing III the Dead sea, ana
perambulating the streets of Jerusalem
He graduated with distinction at Ter
man college in Berlin after his travels
and returned 10 his native land m 1901.
Shrewd and yenturesOme, he went mt
Wall street and began specializing III
stocks. Success marked all his efforts,
and after a few months he became the
head Of the house OF Robinson. Cox q
Co. tick brokers. i'm Wall street, where
he had many financial transactions with
Drew, Vanderbilt, Jay Cooke, Henry
Blews. james Fisk, Jr., and Jay Gould.
lie amassed a fortune, and about two
wears ago he retired from business a mill
lionnaire, his property estimated 40 a
million and half, principally IN stocks
and bonds.
Last November he purchased an Gle
cant country seat nj Brewsters station,
i'm his native county, ON the New \ ork,
Harlem and Albany railroad, and fur
nished it gorgeously- a large room in
the house was fitted up rs a museum,
where were arranged an endless number
of curiositics gathered during his travels
in foreign countries. Mr.. Robinson,
with liveried servants and a team Of
spanking bays-the envy of the surround
Ing farmers-could be seen almost every
day dashing over the country roads
seated in a neat little phaeton. a man
of generous impulses and of n ~Ociablc
disposition, he made many friends, and
no enemies until after his death
On the first day of last January Mr..
Robinson gave a wooden wedding rocep-
ton in his house to the Rev Mr. and Mr..
Fletcher, the Baptist minister of the
village. Among the guest, was Mr..
james ID. Little, editor Of the Putnam
County Courier, of Carmel, and his
daughter Florien, girl Of sixteen, not
out OF short dresses For the first time
the millionaire fell in love. lie was n
favorite of the sex, but matrmony was
the last thing ia the world he had ever
Child as she was, be-
proposed 10 her on the spot and was as
promptly rejected The young miss
rather treated his proposition a. good /
insOn did was % get ON q terrible spree. /
which lasted nearly two weeks. during
which time he talked of nothing but
Florien, declaring that he would marry /.
her il it was the last act OF hi. liie-and /.
he kept his world.
On the 10th of the same month Alr.
Robinson gave another reception this /
time 10 his cousins, j. r. and 4. T. F
Smith. Miss Littleattend0d. attircd for
The first time i'm the robes of "A marriablo
girl. Mr.. Robinson. infatuated, pressed
bis suit again, and was again rejected -
Then he appealed 10 her father and inn
Dlored him 10 use his influence with his
laughter in his behalf What passed al
hat and at subsequent interviews be-
ween Ale-srs. Robinson and Little ON
hat subject i, not known. But from
hese interviews 10 seems Mr.. Little
earned that Mr.. Robinson had previ-
usly made a viii, and IL is common re-
'ort that Mr.. Little promised the sutton
hat his daughter should marry him pro- ,
ided he would destroy that will and +
gree not TO make another unless il ID
hould settle the bulk of his property on /
he bride elect Mr. Robinson agreed to j
he proposition, and said that he would !,
estroy IT, But Mr.. Little would NOT 3.
Ike promise. lie must see the will
Mr. Robinson always carried his will
an inside coat pocket. But 10 guard
gainst accidents or theft, he kept du- -
icate in Robinson, Chase d Co : safe. N
Broad street, New York. Mr.. En-
me Robinson, of that firm. Is cousin ot
the dead man. His sister Mary IS Oh
-r. Eugene Robinson wife. The will
tiled $4,000 a piece on three cousin. 50
sBufalo, so, 600 more 10 the Acadc- l.,
y Of Natural Sciences in Buffalo. of af
hich Mr.. Robinson was a member. and
c rest Of his property hc bequcathcd 10 -ol
5 sister Mary. This is the will which trl
r. Little wanted destroyed
According 10 promise, Mr. Robinson ,o
peared at Mr. Little's house about ~
)nth ago having with him the original tb.
u and the duplicate. lie called the no
tile family IN the parlOr, and i'm their
essence he threw the duplicate into the to
e. The old man smiled all over hi.
e, and promised Mr.. Robinson that OF
: daughter should become Mrs Robin
4 whenever he said the word. The a.
dding-day was fixed for the lst of
ny, and Mr.. Robinson resumed his ON
zee. ssh
On the'2Sth Of April, while driving fu. 49,,
usly on the Danbury road about
lie from Brewster. Mr.. Robinson ~
ned ms horse too hard 10 one side. Fa
lch cramped and upset the wagon.
'ew him out and broke his left t6iph
sc TO the femoral joint DR.. Harris a
the fractured limb, but the patient
itlnued to grow worse, and on Tuo.- ear
Y, the Both Of April, he sent for Nj tw,
tie, requesting that she should nurse for
a but her father refused 10 allow her ha,
10 50 unless Mr.. Robinson would con. cry
{ 10 have the marriage ceremony Der. pro
med at once, IL being Mr.. Robinson rim
IRE that the marriage, which was Al ces
'e been sOlemnized on the next rIav mc
uld be postponed until after be recov. tha
L. Mr.. Little seemed determined - lea.
ally, Mr.. Robinson consented. and me-
ceremony was performed M Is o'clock and
~, by the girls grandfather, Elder lect
bert Beebe, Of Middlet0wn. cro
about | o'clock that night Mr.. Robin wb,
became insensible, and died nj six but
ock, the next evening, Just twenty. Pla
r hours after his marriage.
after his marriage. Mr.
,inson called his friend Mr.. o. H. j
Ter editor Of the Standard. a. Brew. disc
, and told him that he had not de- evel
yed his viii, a. Mr.. Little lad sun com
3D. and that he had placed II in his give
etary drawer, and requested Mr.. Mil pro,
IN the event Of his death. 10 place 4
instrument in his sisters possession. ing
3. Robinson, his sister, was tele- ing
'hed, her brothers condition on tho weeI
rnoon Of his death, and she arrived amo
c one hour after he hreafhed his Ia, dali,