Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-18
RIVER.
ErEs WILL FRO
VIDE FOR CHANGE or CHANNEL.
CENSUS SUPERVISOR LASSITER.
Tie Was Named on the Rccommcn-
dalton of Mr.. Epcs-PcrsonnI, Pos
tai, and Matrimonial Notes M the
Federal Capital.

Special! Representative Epes has gone
home. having secured while here
some departmental attention to his
district. General Wilson. chief OF en-
gineerS, however. informed Mr. Epes to-
day that his department cannot take any
action looking to change in tile chan
mel Of the Appomattox river at Peters
burg without legislation by Congress.
Mr. Epes will incorporate in a bin the
suggestion made by General Wilson, 50
as 10 give him authority to make the de-
sired changes. In the mean time Gene
raj Wilson may send an officer to make a
survey Of the proposed work and have
report ready for Congress when needed
SUPERVISOR LASSITER.
Hon. Frank Il. Lassitcr OK Petersburg,
former United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of Virginia. who wos
selected as census supervisor Of the
Fourth District, was named on the recon-
mendation of Representative Epes. The
place was put at his disposal. and while
other names were presented Mr.. Lassl-
ter was chosen as one cminently quail
fed and entitled to any official position
his party in the district could give him.
Mr. Epes has also secured extra pay
for Lieutenant j. y. Carr and Captain
Montgomery Jackson, both of whom
/ served in the Spanish war in Cuba. Their
accounts have been awaiting adjustment
for several months.
personal NOTES.
Paymaster ". w. Gait is ordered to the
IN ord D.,
yard July list
Mr.. Frank Sherry. formerly of Rich
mond, but for the past eighteen years do
ing business in New York. is here to-day
on the sad mission OF attending his mo-
TIERS funeral, which will take place to.
morrow. The venerable lady died Of old
age. having reached her SD year. Her re-
mains VIII be inferred in the Congress
sional Cemetery at +. NJ. tomorrow.
Mr.. sherry looks remarkably hale and
hearty is prosperous. and inquired about
his numerous friends in Richmond. At
the metropolitan he met several old &C
quaintances.
Among the well-knoWn R.chmonders
who have recently passed through the city
are Messrs. Lee Powell and Ed Saun-
ders. They were both on their way 70
Richmond. Mr.. Powell had been 70
ShepherdStoWn, ". va. attending tie
funeral Of his father. who passed. away
| well advanced in the sos Mr.. Saunders
was returning from New York, where he
/ had been on a business trip.
J. r. Penn, Martinsvlle. Va; +. H.
jackson. Front Royal. Va; II. c. Tur-
ner and wife. e. J. Turner, and J. X.
Turner, Lynchburg Va; :. j. Slaughter,
/ DanVille Va, and Julius Edel, Richmond,
are at the METROPOLITAN.
Tp1isa Zoe fc commissioned fourth h.
I class postmaster at Dalton, y. c.: Pha-
roah G. Perkins at Saulston, y. c., and
Ida l.. Akers at Carthage. Va,
MATRIMONIAL
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Manning Borst, of
Highland. Culpepor county, Va, have
issued cards 20 the marriage Of their
daughter Miss Mary Isabella Borst, to
MI Stanley Strange Beckham. Tuesday.
June 21th. Miss Borst is the eldest grand
daughter of the late Peter Bouck
Borst, of Luray, Va, noted lawyer and
the proprietor and first president of the
Shenandoah Valley railroad. She Is a
granddaughter Of The late Peter /.
Bolst. OF New York. who was well known
IN Washington as a prominent member
Of the ThiTty-nrst Congress, when his
cousin, Martin Van Buren,. was Secretary
Of state, and his friend, Andrew Jackson.
was President Miss Borst's wedding is
especially interesting TO a large and in
fuential circle Of connections North and
South as hers is the first marriage in
her generation Of the Virginia branch Of
an old Colonial New York family. Mr..
Beckham belongs 10 the well-known Viz
GINA family Of that name. lie distin-
guished himself as nOn-commissiOned
officer Of the District Of Columbia Nolun-
teers, and received a medal for bravery
in the Cuban campaign. He has just re-
covered from typhoid-fever contracted at
Santiago. He is the son Of a gallant Con-
fcderate veteran, Nh James Beckham,
OF CulpepeT. Va.
Cards are also out for the marriage of
Miss Blanche Willard 10 Major Thomas
y. Blackford. late commander Of Chelten-
ham Military Academy, a Ogontz, at the
residence Of the bride 230 A street. south
east. Wednesday, June 2Sth. at 7:30 =. VI.
The groom is a member Of prominent
Virginia family. and the bride is a sister
in-law Of Colonel 3. X. Jamison, Of Phila-
dclphia.
INSPECTION OF PROJECTILES.
BY direction Of the Acting Secretary Of
War Northumberland William A
Marye. Ordnance Department. United
States army. will make one visit each
month. during the months Of July and
August. 1899. from Fort Monroe Arsenal
Fort Monroe. We. TO tEs works Of the
Petersburg Iron-Works Company, Pc
tershurg. Va. on official business per-
tanning TO the inspection Of projccties in
course of manufacture at that place for
the Ordnance Department and on com
plctiOn of this duty will return 10 his
proper station, after each visit.