Notes Editorial

On the first day of March, 184S, the first telegram was sent over the wires. The first line conócele! New Vork and Detroit. A novel way lor revenge is that whicb is adopted by a Ncwcastle, Pa., man, wlio waots to get oven with liis wife by starving liim.-e!f. l'ctinsylvania furuibhes a doctor who eould not write hia own name when be wout to register. He probably bought his diploma. Tlie legislatura passed a good law last winter and tbat was tbat the commii-sioner of cach township is authorized to build a watering trough for borses in each road lii.-trict and to repair and keep it aupplied witli water alter it is bmlt. The managers of tbe present state fair seera to. be affraid of printer' ink, and about tbe only thing tbat tbe people know about it yet, is tbat Philo Parsons bas tritd to get (Jen. (jrant to come. The fair will be beid in Jackson tbe coming September 20. We are indebted to tbe president lor a tloublü -'otmi1i mt.-utary tinko. (icneral ürant bas been invited to attend the state fair at Jackson, to be held next month. In reply be says: "I have a great desirc to.visit tbe state of Michigan and the city of Detroit, a place where I spent a few vcry picasant years, and it so happened tbat I have scarceiy had an opportunity siuce leaving there in 1851 to revisit it." The war on railroad rates slill continúes, and everytbing is in great confusión which is very gratifying to shippersand ruinous to üoklors of railroad stocks, we know of no sucU ïineert&in property as railroad ii ments to all except a very few, and onr advice to all who do not wish sooner or later to loose all the property tbey have, to let stocks alone and attend to their legitímate bllMII' Col. Dcland, of Saginaw, was a soMier during tbe late war, and believing he ia en¦uu-i w - ,¦: . . tud fji ;i, has a perfect right to). Quite a nuuiber of editors have attackod his war record, we have no reason to particularly admire Mr. Dtland for many reasons, but tbero are not newspaper men enougb in tbe stato to make us belicve tbat he is or was a coward dnring the war. The course óf Uwper'l Weckly against BbSCM OonkKnf in his late fight was an honorable one as Mr. Curtís for years had been the bitter encniy of the senior senator, bul now tliut lus encmy is defeated and hnmiliated it is cowardly and indecent for tho Weekly to come out in such cartoons as the one on the first page of last week. It disgusta niany who have been partisans of neither side. As an illuEtration of journalistic enterprise we can refer to tha wonderful demand from the newspapers for news from Wu-liington immediately after the attempted ination of Garfield. All day the wires UI itlU WCSIC1I1 UIJ1VMI auu n II wmm - were bu.-y tioking off the burning word and at night at least 400,000 words of press dispatches had been sent. This wouk make over lG.OOOan hour. Orville, the youngest brother of U. 1 ir uit, is dcad. He was born 1S33 and af ter being in the leather business at Galen he went to Chicago to engage in the whole sale but-irs. By the fire of 1871 he los mueh of li is property and it deranged hi mind, so that ever öince, though harmless he lias by lus freaks caused considerable loss to his brother and fatber-in-law Wlien hú brotttaf was president he had to suffer from his enamies because of Orville' eccentricity and strange actions. L-ut week the oiBce of the American ex press company , here as elsewhere was draped in mourning for the death of Wni ir. Fargo, who died in Buffalo Wednesday morning. Mr. Fargo was one of the original founders of the company, and for tho last thirteen ycars its president. He was born near Syracuse, N. Y., in 1817. In his youth he was the mail carrier of his native village, and subscquently became a messenger between Syracuse and Albany for Ponieroy & Wells express. That was 40 yearslago. In 1830 the American express company was organized, and in 1868, through the death of his seniors, Mr Fargo became president. From 1852 hewas also associated in Wells, Fargo & Co.'s California and Kuropean expresa company. The ïeported sales of [rwtngtl -tanipsfoi July for the live principal offices in the United states .show a large increase over the -ponding ïnonth of last year. At the Xcw York office, in July, 1880, there was sold $258,341.77 wortli ; for July, 1881, $480,514.48. At Chicago, the second [b umount, tlierc u as sold in July, 1880, $105,868.04 worth; in July 1881, $llB,314.:i. At I'hiladelphia for the correspondin period there was sold $95,500.16, and $100,78619 worth. At Boston $82,520.00; and 999,060.40. At Si. l.oui.. the titth in tinlist, $1,943.80; and $50,880.50. The total of the live places tor .luly, 1880, was $51:i,037.77, and for July, 1881, $004,209.52- an increase of 12 per cent nearly, or 970,096.75. The increase of tbe New York office was 103,388.08, or a little over 20 per cent, and at Chicago $22,019.45, or nearly 21 petcent. The Seventh Day Adventista at Battle Créele have met with a great loss in the death of Kldcr James White their (bunder and president of their sect. He was born in Paltuyra, Maine, August 4, 1821. He has led a very active life and has built up tbe association of Adventista until it is a power in Battle Creek. He bas made proselvting trips all over this country and several times to Europe. Mainly through his efforta a large printing establishment bas been in operation printicg tracts and papers. Thcy would print these in nine different languagen. II hcalth has not been good of' late years yet the amount of work done by hini in thü time would add U the surprise of liis suddeu deatli. It will be a great to the Adventista. N'ext Saturday his funeral will be held at the Tabernacle in Battle Crcek. Tlie peopb in the United States 'who thinlc tlut our navy staould be larger, have always been in a small minority, but the majority thiuk; that with only 7,2'K) uien, 1 ,98 offieers is too wuch. Tbis having an officer for every three and five-sixths inen is a systeui that must oiakc ineffioiency and red tape. It is ttated by good authority that of these sailors about one fifih have never sailed the brine. When all our sbips are in service we can accomniodate three thousand men and officers. The rest must be left on shore to carouse. It oertainly seeins as though we should have enough of' a floet in vrorking coudition to Leep all our sailors busy and there hlioul 1 be enough sailors to each officer to keep him busy. In that way our little navy would be uiore efficiënt and sooner ready for service in case of'necd and it (hen would not bu a icproach to our natiüti. Many ofour readers are greatly intcn ltd in the gsme of baae ball thts ycar. This inercased jilcasure iu the gome is probaLly due to the fact that we have a league club so near (o us. The Detroit club, although it has no Michigan men in it, excites the warm admiration of all the citizens of Detroit and the residents of eastern Michigan. It ie (he youngest club in the league, yet by steady and brilliant playing it has worked its way from near the foot of' the list aluiost to the head, iu fact now only one club stands abovo it. Many citizens of Ann Arbor have attended the Detroit games and for those interested in the standing of the clubs we appeud the record up to yeiterday: Clubs. Games won. 1"ht o -:" "i Detroit -a 26 Boflklo - -M iJwtin X - W Cleveland -.. Provldeucc 25 o" Xroy _ 34 31 Worceter 2 31 Seldom have the clubs played so evenly and seldom have there been so many changes in relative positionas for example; the Worcester club stood at the head the early part of the season but their scalp now decórales the Uil; the Detroits as we renjarked made a jump upwards; the Bostons not over two weeks ago were at the foot but by late excellent playing now have passed Cleveland and stand forth. The game as now played is a perfectly honorable one and it is encouraged by the attendance of the best of people. The only bad feature of it is that it is apt to develop a ruauia for betting. But this private ganib llng oí' ttnirsc eau nut bc ncïoninl by the managers of the game.