The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-16
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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To HARRISBURG AND BACK-How THE
GREY RESERVES AND NATIONAL GUARDS WENT TO
TEE INAUGURATIoN-How They FARED WHILE
THERE-How THEY CAME BACK-How THEY
LOST THEIR PoCKET-BooKs AND hAN OFF THE
TRACK-How They ALL CAME HOME SAFE AND
TIRED AND HUNGRY. III Is Pheasant
to 90 to Harrisburg, and sometimes 1t is not
pleasant We imagine that the two military
bodies which left our city on Monday evening,
TO participate in the lnauguraton ceremonies
Yesterday found the latter to be the case with
them. A special train, starting Just on the
heels of the eleven p M. through train OF Mon
day night, promised them speedy arrival at
the Cauital of the State; but the journey occu-
pied about six hours, or two hours more than
the schedule time.
Arriving at Harrisburg, the boys" were
marched to their quarters at the dlHerenC
hotels not to sleep, but to wash and eat. 10
eat IN Harrisburg yesterday, was more than
an ordinary undertaking. The town was tull
OF people; and one who went IN search OF a
meal would imagine that, like himself, all the
rest of the multitude wanted something to eat.
At dinner time this hungry feature OF the crowd
was even more manifest than at breakfast. Two
companies of the Reserves stood full hour IN
the halls OF the Joqes House, Waiung ior
room. The proprietor probably feared some
such manevre for his guests were conducted
on their way to dinner through a sort OF small
ante-room, which could have been easily de-
tended. thus giving additional advantage to
the system of double doors. Mean ~nlle, tne
hungry veterans were striving TO keep ther
spirits up by singing and whistlng, and cheer-
ing for Governor GearY; and now ana tnen a
melancholy voice was heard putting the In
duiry-''Is dinner almost readyW
However the Reserves and the Guards con-
trived to get something 10 eat and TO nave a
good time generally, tramplng through the
snow, and shouting for the new-made Governor
with a lusty vigor that recalled the days Of
their life IN camp, And at length about .
O'Clock in the afternoon, they started on theI
homeWard journey IN special train, Whlch one
of them sWears was mile and half long, and
which certainly contained near score OF cars
BY some strange coincidence the same specla
train was destined to convey hundred ortWC
Of the suuare-headed and hard-hsted fraternity
on their way home from the mill between Collyel
and McGlade. McGlade himself, the dlscom
ited bruiser, was candidate Tor seat; ou
lust as he was about entering the car, the Har
risburg police made descent, and bore
him off captive, Many of these bruiser
possessed the additional quality OF being light
fingered. They first experimented upon tn
Docket OF the gentlemanly conductor, renewing
MIN of purse containing sou.
Successful in this first venture, number o
Them made raid upon the "Ooys" in uniform
some halfdoZen OF these latter were successful
manipulated before a square-head was caugh
in fdqrGnte deLlctu. The unfortunate rough wa
very roughly handled as the result. His fac
was pummelled into as much of jelly as wa
the face of McGlade when he received his las
attentions at the hands of COllyer. 1t is ais
nrohahle thar he had few black and blue spot
on the shoulders and under the ribs. AnC
6nalIy he was about 10 make an inyoluntar
aXit from the train while in full motion, whe
fhe IMPOVERISHED conductor interfered in h
hebaH persuadng the indignant soldiers /
release him on the condition that he shoul
return to the company OF ms lelloW-cheVaher
Which he did in speedy fashion.
But the veterans escaped from the thieves or
to fall INTO worse peril. The load OF inlqull
in the bruisers' car was rather more tnan a
honest train could carry without an acclden
SO short distance east OF Parkespurg, at apo
half-past O'clock, the axle of the car IN Whlt
the National Guards were riding snapped al
down came the whole concern. Ihree ca
were thrown from the track, the end OF one W
torn out, and the platforms OF the others we
smashed after the usual manner. But lort
nnately, no one was hurt. /,
II was one O'Clock this morning before y
mishap was sufficiently repaired 10 permlt y
train to proceed. But on arriving at DoWnln
town the forward car was again thrown irom U
track and another Vexatious delay ensue
so that II was not until eight o'clock that IA
reached their destination, thus making I
pOdeTete time Of one hundred and ten miles