Notes Editorial

Secretary Hunt is making a tour of inspection of the northern navy yards. The new dean of Westminster Abbey, Kev. George Granville Bradlcy, delivered liis inaugural sermón last Sunday. Hon. Juliii8 C. Burrows, of Kalamazoo, has gone to Washington to look after hls claims to the Speakership of the House. Bushrod Beach, who has been ill for a long time, died on the 7th inst., in Pittsfield, Mass. He was for eighteen years disbursing offlcer of the Treasury Depnrtment. The total number of whales caught by Iba whaling tleet of the season up to October lst, Is 134. Thlrteen"barks have reported ranging from 3 to 17 whales each, and averaging ten each. Four hundred pounds of gunpowder exploded in the Quincy mine, Lake Superior, on the night of the 7th inst., killing two iniiurs and one boy. The explosión did niuch damage to the mine. Mrs. Garfieldhas accepted the large fund raised for her, and in exprcssing thanks to Hon. Cyrus W. Field for the same, she says that she hopes to use the gift in a way to honor her husband's memory and to satisfy those by whom it was bestowed. The President has ordered that the pension agency at St Louis, Mo., should be removed to Topeka, Kansas, on the lst of runniry Ktlnnlpl 1ams, Mnnhattan, Kansas, has been appolnted pension agent at St Louis, in the place of Rufus Champion, whose term has expired. It is reported that the internal revenue bureau does not favor the proposed reduction of the whisky tax f rom 90 to 50 per cent., but that Commissioner Raum will report adverse to it. Whisky is certainly onc of the articles that can stand a heavy tax and there is no necessity of reducing such tax. Gen. Williams, of Pittsburg, who has been laboring in the burnt district forsome time past, carne to Detroit last week. In a statement of the situation of aft'airs at Minden, after giving the number of sick and injured that had been cared for, he recominonds the establishment of a hospital at that point. This would indeed be a great asslstance to the nurses and a blessing to the sick. From whalers that have latcly renched San Francisco, word sreceived that Wrangel land has been proved to be an island. Parties from the Arcttc relief steamerRodgHI hm pUMd entirely around t in boats. The season is reported as very open and Captain Owen of the whaler Belvidere said that he would not be surprised to hear of the Jeannette coming home by the way of Greenland. The new British minister to Washington, Mr. Lionel Sackville West, has arrived at Pliiladelphia where he was tendered a reception on board a steamer which lay in alraost the same spot as the ship, on board f which Lord De la Ware, an ancestor of Mr. West, died. The former was the second govenior and the first captain-general of Virginia. From him the State of Delaware received its name. His honored descendant is a bachelor as were several of the former ministers from England. Further witnesses in the case of Gulteau ¦n Rtv. I. K. Tarbox, secretary of the American Educational Society, Rev. Howard ('. Diinliam, secretary of the American Peace Society, Rev. John L. Withrow, pastor of Park street church, John W. eau, brother of the prisoner, Norwood Daraon, David Erskine, in whose house the assassin boarded, and Frank Union- all of Boston. These witnesses are to report on the l-lth. In the meantiine Scoville is eolltcting evidence for the defense as fast as possible. He has receutly appcaled to the court for power to claim certain papers now in possession of District Attorney Corkhill to be used in the prosecution. General Slierman has submitted his animal report to the Secretary of War. In thia he recommends an increase in the standing army by repealing the law limitiiijr the enlistinent force or the inny to 25,000 mei). He also asserts that the military academy at West Point fulfills its uses and can safely be intrusted to train boys to Ixiconie soldiere, A gtatement of the actual inimberof enlisted men in the regular army October 15th is as Jfbllows : Cavalry C.882, artillcry 2,400, nfantry 10,530 total bátante ÍS), Fio; mm-ronib:it:ints (engiiioer butlallon, orünauce department, recruiting ervioo, (Igual corps, Btc ) :í,7-1. Total enfbcceof the arm v 23,596. It ha been generally reported that Mr. Vanderbilt has decided to put a f ast train on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern mail in order to compete with the f.ist trainof the Penniylvania road.-. The west bound train was to leave New Vork dailv. at 8 a. m., and arrive in Chicago the followIng murningat 9:40o'clock. Tlii plun has been abandoned. The running time of the present fast train has been quickencd, aml the west bound train will make the saine time as the I'ennsylvania limited expresa. Mr Vanbcrbllt is reported to tliink that it would pay him better to shorten up the time one hour trom New York to C'hioiign, and make the lare f 1 1:25 against $22:00 via the I'ennsylvania route. He will probably in the end be obliged to run a fast train for he holdsthe contract forcarryln{t the mail, and Postmaster General James Iia8 perfected arranirements, for eairying the mail between New York and San Francisco, one day and a h'ilf quickei than heretofore. Tlie Michigan Central people, luiwever, do not propose to be left out in the cold. If Mr. VanbartOtroni a fast train over either rond he certainly ouht to run one over both. The )UeUfUOBtnÜ is jiiüt as well titted for rannlng ¦ fast train as the Michigan Southern.