St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-17

bit tagged out after the somewhat long SEES
sion and wearisome discussions on votes of
censure, the franchise, and theEgyptian puz-
New York Tribune.
Naturally the Irish members, like ducks
to water, have betaken themselves to their
native heath. and, by the way, what lovely
small shrub the Irish heath or heather is,
and how royalty and profusey the great
masses of its purple blossom cover the wild
waste places, as far as the eye can reach, of
the mountains and hillsides, making the
whole look in the sunlight as if clothed with
rich carpeting of many-tinted, variegated
purple.
The chief himself, Mr.. Parnell has taken
run up to Avondale, his place in Wiclow,
for few days. shooting, and is looking fairly
well. Mr.. John Redmond and his Australian
wife, fine looking blonde, are staying at
Bray, next to Kingston, the most fashionable
watering place in Ireland. met them both
on Sackville street. the other day, looking
the personification of connubial felicity,
which may be partially attributed to the re,
cent introduction into their family circle of
a baby daughter. Here land if l mistake
not it is the same in England), when man
tnarries, it is considered generally the cor
rect thing, even if he have no other special
qualification at the time, for his employer to
give him an increase in salary, thereby set
ting premium, so to speak, ON matrimony
However, this is usually counterhalanced
in some parts by the landlord raising the
rent at every increase in the family, making
1t poor rule that won't work both WAYS:
but, all things taken into account the land
lords lot at present, like that of the police
man, is not happy one. Mr.. T. Harring-
ton, the member for Meath and worthy sec
Eetary of the league here, is about taking
weeks holiday, now that so many of the
other members are at present stavinp in
[ Dublin. He it was who has been chiefly in
strumental in bringing out some of the
startling revelations in the case of the Door
old man Miles Joyce, who was done to death
by the government. The redoubtable NOM
Der for Monaghan, Mr.. ''Timn Healv, and
his estimable wife. the daughter of the able
editor of the Dublin Nation, are living yerv
quietly in Dublin at present, and are happy
in the possession of lovely little daughter.
Mr.. Healy is steadily pursuing his study for
the bar, and will shortly take his degree as
member of that profession. His brother
Morris, now residing in Cork, and two
years his junior, also pursuing his studies in
the same direction, is, if possiblp, a
more brilliant, clever and intellectual
young fellow, bidding fair even to out rival
''Little Tim,'' as he is sometimes familiarly
called. One OF the most genial, whole
souled men to be met with, thorough Irish
man, with an inimitable, unfaIing fund of
wit, humor and anecdOte, is Mr. T. d. Sulli-
van, of the Nation. He is, too, a fine speaker
and it is hardly necessary for me to add
vigorous, interchangeable writer, being. more
over, the head of ''long family" number
ing eighteen all told. Yet they talk of de-
pOpulating Ireland! Among other promi-
nent members of the parliament party one
meets with occasionally In the vicinity of the
league rooms and the Imperial hotel, NAV be
seen the somewhat ungainly figure and sharp
eagle-like face of Mr.. ''Joe' Biggar, lately
dubbed by Mr.. Davitt the Partisan masher''
who, whatever else his propensities, is for
midable foe to the government, and is now
doing some vigorous work through the coun-
try. Another celebrity, and it would almost
seem that all that was necessary to make the
list complete was the presence of the ''grand
old man." staying for the season in most
picturesque house in kidney, called kidney
castle, Is Mr.. Russell, Q. c., who has figured
so conspicuously in the famous O'Donnell
trial.