The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1888-12-07
A SENSATIONAL DIVORCE.
IN TEXAS,
Followed by q Romantic Mar.
riage in Tennessee.

DIR. W. II. Robinson. who for.
merly resided near Paducah. but
removed to Texas in 1870, was re-.
Gently divorced from his wife al
Waco. Texas.
The married life of DIR. r., we
learn from iini, had ueeu, not uu:A
most uncongenial, but absolutely
loyeless on the part Of Mrs. Il.
from the first.
lie claims that his life has been
/ almost blighted 10y the outspoken
want of wifely affection on the
4 part of his wife, aud the utter lack
of tenderness aud care even when
he was the victim of serious i'll.
ness, she having more than once
left him for days at a time when
PROSTATE from illness, and that
too, without any care.
Five years ago she deliberately
i deserted him, but he provided a.
good home for her at Stephenville,
Texas. Bat she soon became so
involved In debt. for which he
was held responsible, that he was
forced TO sell her place to pay her
out. He then took her aud the
children and lived under the same
roof with them in order TO care
for the children until they were
grown up out OF the years OF child.
iSh dependence.
I The Doctor. as those who have
known them intimately, will ties.
tify, has always treated her very
/ kindly, aud provided well for her. F.
Nearly two years since, DIR. X. .
was Injured in railway disaster
in Texas, which FRUSTRATED him for
months, from the effects OF winch .
/ he will never entirely recover. I
/ The aifectionate care of a loving
wife. SO necessary under such Il
trial being denied him then, tor
bearance ceased 10 he virtue,
and he asked TO be freed from her.
Last year he went to the State
of Illinois, and there obtained
divorce from his wife. but TO the
end that her own family might he
thoroughly satisfied on the sub
ject, he urged that the courts of
Texas should also grant her de.
cree. The Doctor says lie not
only refused to defend the suit
against hun i'm Texas, but never
even saw the petition filed 10y her
against him, feeling that ii would
be n blessing to be freed from her
under any circumstances. lie
roi1at1rig set apart certain sums
for her, as an agreed judgment,
for her support. Il
Dr. r. has enjoyed an enyiable d
reputation as "A physician and sur
geOn of skill and success. lie
was also for years Il successful
and reputable minister in the N. e
h. Church, but "a few years since, .
10y investigation of the original =
Scriptures, was forced to abandon
the dogma of fnture endless pun. :,
ishment Of the wicked, left the VI. d
L. Church, aud is now a reputable u
minister of the Universal Church a
of the L. =.
The Doctor is a typical Ken.
tucky gentleman Of the old school.
that type amongst whom galiantry 4,
to g0od cOmea has always been at "a
premium. His wife aud her PEG.
pie being unculIivated, his atteu- Q
tiOns to ladies were generally mis-. y
understood and misrepreSented o
by them, cOndemuing him most 7
unjuStly. u
Since the desertiOn of his wife q
i've years ago, DR.. II. has been \
conducting friendly correspond. VI
ence with lady. a former acquain. p
lance of his at Paducah, Ky. one c.
Of the purest aud best women of -
Kentucky. belonging 10 one OF r.
the very best families in the State. i.
To that lady, Mrs. louie Gillen, in
'ee Miss Louie Gardner, of Padu-. o.
;ah, daughter of WIN. Gardner, y,
he Doctor was married last Mon in
lay evening, al the residence of &c
Ter kinsman, Mr.. Henry KiiiiOn, th
II Obioh county. Tenn, aud they 70
ire now on their way to their "
nome in Texas. in
The Doctor says that he feels a,
hat life is Just now beginning for p
lim. With "a good, true, pure &C
wife, who is devoted 10 him, and "
o whom he is determined 10 de. a,
vote the best energies of his Ii
mind and heart to the end of life.
DIR. Robinson has been quite e.
prominent in Texas politics. Four ~
years ago he was one of the Flee i
.ors for Cleveland and Hendricks,
md last year he was one of the lie
eaders in the great Prohibition So
movement of Texas, having made ~
more speeches in favor of the .,
Constitutional Amendment than
my other leader in the field. m
FOR the satisfaction of any of 7
lis old friends in Western I,
Kentucky, or the family of his 81
most estimable bride, the Doctor in
axes great pleasure in referring II
hem to Hon. l.. g. Alexander. ex. sa
District Judge, Waco. Texas; Hon. q
J. w. II. Lanhan, Congressman, a,
Neatherford, Texas; or Mrs. Sal. il
10 Jordan. wife of q. w. Jordan, "a
# Weathcrford. Texas. related TO pc
he Smiths, of Hickman, Ky. ~