The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-05-18
PAY OF pEpurY MARsHALs.

dietary Committee voted 10 recommend
the passage, with few verbal amend
mendments, Mr.. Bayard's bill to regulate
the pay and appointment Of Deputy
Marshals for service In reference to Fed
eral elections.
The following is full text OF the bill:
Be Il enacted &c:
That from and after the passage Of this
act the pay OF all Deputy Marshals for ser
vices In reference to any election shall be
five dollars for each day Of actual service
and no more.
Section 2. That all Deputy Marshals to
serve in reference to any election, shall be
appointed by the Circuit Court Of the U,
s. for the district in which such :Marshals
are to perform their duties in each year at
the term Of the court next preceding any
election OF representatives in Congress,
but II from any cause there should
be no session OF the Circuit Courts
in States or districts where such marshals
are 10 be appointed then and in that case,
the judges OF District Courts are hereby
respectively authorized to cause their
courts TO be opened for the purpose OF ap.
pointing such deputy marshsls, who shall
be appointed by said District Courts, and
officers so appointed shall be in equal
numbers, from different political parties,
and shall be well.known citizens OF good
moral character and actual residents oil
voting precincts, in which their duties are
TO be performed, and shall not be candi.
dates for any office at such election. All
La. a.&a aE tau-a tnn ataNax ,t.tfk u
this act, are hereby repealed.
BLAINE TO GO TO CHICAGO IN PERSON.
There is report in circulation that Mr..
Blaine is considering the propriety, or
rather expediency, Of going to Chicago to
manage his own case. Some OF his friends
think his presence would be OF great con-
sequence in a magnetic sense. He is re-
ported as saying OF his case in 1875, that
he failed solely through bad management,
and that II he had been conducting the
case Of man who come as near the nom
ination as he (Blaine) did, and failed to Sc.
cure 1t for him, that he would Immediately
abandon politics as field OF effort in
which he was not skilled.
OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.
The House SUBJ Committee has reported
iayorably to the full Committee bill au.
thorizing the Postmaster General to con.
tract with American lines OF steamers for
the ocean mail service.
TURF SPORTS.
The running races commenced yester.
day. There was a large attendance, and
the track was hard and fast.
Opening race, three.quarters Of a mile
+dash-Janet Murray l, Edelweiss 2, Belle
8. virginius, Mystery, Glendalla, scatel.
Ia, Nellie D, Flora A, Vigilant, Glend-
garife, Lexington, and Belle Of Jersey
also ran. Time l:l6t.
National handicap, one and an eighth
mile-Gabriel l. Checkmate 2, virginius
8. Cape Clear, Vagrant, Ben Hill, New
York Weekly, Buster, Oriole, and Name
Field started. Tme-1:5 :56.
Hurdle race, one aud three-fourth mile
dash-Disturban |, Pomeroy 2, Tom
Kinsella 8. Judith and Raleigh distanced.
Time S:27.
THAT ORDER OF TIE COLOMBIAN GOVERN
MINT
The Secretary Of the Navy Is inclined
to the opinion that the Adams left the
territorial waters Of Colombia previous to
the issuance OF the alleged order-directins
the vessels TO suspend operations. He
also reiterated the statement heretofore
published, that 80 far as he was aware oi
there had been no surveying done by the
commanders of the yessels,
BOARD OF SUPERVISING INSPECTORS.
The special session Of the Board of su
peryising Inspectors Of steam vessels ad
journed sine die to-day. Rule Is wa
modified SO as to require passenger steam
ers navigating the ocean, western lakes
bays and sounds Of the United States Il
be equipped with life boats in proportion
10 tonnage.
Its provided, however, that no steamel
shall be required to have more life.boatl
than Is sufficient to carry passengers sh'
Is allowed by her certificate inspector
together with her officers and crew.