The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-29
THE OLD DENOMINATION ALL RIGHT.
ISnrinPlield Union
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

| the rs United States Senators, 80 have
been educated in the colleges of the country !;
and of the 1888 representatives and territorial
delegates 107 have received a classical educa
tion.
Roscoe Conkling's plucky wading through
the New York blizzard commends him to
the jamestown Dak.) Alert, which thinks
that no better candidate could be asked by
the Republicans of the Northwest, who
seem to have forgotten certain other occa-
SION, when Roscoe was showed completely
under.
There is striking individual force about
frederick III, the Emperor of Germany
| Already there are signs of this. That there
| Is a change is known throughout Germany
| He has done one handsome thing in making
| his old Chief of staff a Field Marshal.
| During the Austrian war, Blumenthal wrote a
letter to his wife, saying my Dear-Re-
| riember, wnen you see in the papers-'The
| Crown Prince'-that means me-" The letter
was captured and published, and the Crown
| Prince forgave the old soldier for his vanity
| in telling the truth. For some reason Blue
| Inenthal-a man Of military capacity equal
| ID Moltke, and believed by many to be his
superior in the feld-was never made Field
| Marshal until Frederick came to the throne;
| aid then his promotion was matter of
urgency and special favor.
Miss Jennie l.. Leonard was married to
W. Clifford Robinson at her fathers home
ia Hebron, Conn, during the great March
storm. The groom was at his home in Co.
Dmbia, IL miles distant, when the storm of
the previous Monday blocked the highways.
ne set out, walking on the top of stone walls
az the side of the road and struggling through
the drifts, and finally arrived at the house of
| Mr.. Leonard after 0hours' laborious work
| It,was to be the wedding of the season, and
| e9farmer lads and maidens received invita-
lions. Mr. Leonard, who Is a wealthy far
nler, insisted upon sending OK teams for the
nvited guests. In that way the guests were
all collected, and the ceremony was per-
formed. On the. day after the wedding the
roads were still unbroken. But Mr.. and
Mrs. Robinson decided to go to Columbia.
Four big oxen were yOked up and fastened
to a sled, and the couple set forth on their
wedding journey. The trip was rough, but
the couple reached their destination after
hard struggle. The. sled was made by the
geat grandfather Of the bride and had per-
f&med like service years ago,
Twenty years ago, John Il. Hoffman was
one of the most rising" Democratic poll
tieians of New York and the country. He
came Of fine old Dutch stock, he had good
looks and good bank account. he had dis
tihguished himself at the bar and on the
bench, had been grand sachem of Tammany.
had been mayor of New York city, had been
elected Governor of the State over the head
of so strong Republican candidate as John
A. Griswold, and stood very good chance of
carrying off his party's nCminaLlon fer the
Presidency. Life smiled very brightly on
him; be seemed to have the ball at his feet.
Then the Tweed earthquake came along.
The fact was disclosed that Mr.. Hoffman had
been counted In" as Governor by the fat
boss, and to that extent had been the bene-
fclary OF thief He was not the man to
take such disgrace lightly. He withdrew
from politics, and he has spent much of his
time since then in foreign lands. Saturday
morning he died at Wiesbaden in Germany,
at the age of sixty years, leaving fortune
estimated at 100000 and memory with a
sermon in it for all young politicians of hon
est antecedents and honorable ambitions
who may hereafter find a benevolent boss of
the Tweed stamp on their road.