The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-29
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
,sr Lpprr1ONAI LOCAL ITEMS sEH INSIDE rAeEs,l

the ''Boys in Blns,n on the lst aud I'd inst, still
oontinue; ana If 1t turn out as anticipated, 1t
will be one of the grandcst events In. the history
of Philadelphia's loyalty.
AT o'clock this afternoon the surviving prt-
soners ofAnderonville, OF Libby, Belle Isle, sails
bury, and the other prison pens OF the Soutn
are requested to meet at the headquarters OF tne
National Union Club for the purpose OF forming
a battalion to participate in the grand "boys IN
Blue" demonstration. :.
Smith is chairman, has been appointed to ask
our citizens to provide carriages for the one
legged soldiers in the great October parade.
Philadelphia should see that these brave vete-
rams, who did so much marching during the
war, should ride in honor now.
General Owen, commander chief of the
Boys in Blue, has Issued an order, in which the
following order of march will be observed the
I ne being formed as follOws:-
First Division tPniladelpha Boys In Buel will form
on Broad street. right resting on GrArd avenue fac
Second Division tPennsylvania delegations1 viii
form on East Poplar street. right resting on brohu
Thiro Division New York delegaticns) will form
on West Poplar street. right resting on Broad, facing
Fourth Division (New Jersey deiegations) will
form on East Parrish street. right resting on Broad
Filth Division delegations from Eastern ststes)
viii form ON West Parrish street, right resting on
skin Division delaware, Maryland. and Virginia
resting on Broad facing south.
Seventh and Eighth Divisions Western, Southern.
s.reei, right resting on Broad, facing n lrth.
viii ior1 on West Coates street. right resting on
The line viii move at lOgs A. M precisely, over the
following roule-Dowa Broad TO Spring Garden,
Arch out Hch 10 TWENTY first, down Twen " Ist TO
Walnut. down Manu- %np to Broad S Up sTpad S Hhss-
mp Walnut TO Fourth Gown Fourth to Pine, np Pine
Broad, 81 which point the delegations will dismiss,
moving southwark. ,-,,,-, -,- -,
formed %s s M on Broad Street right resting on
s sSdsn se he pens mentioned the follow
ing organizations have volunteered 10 partcipate-
Ssn9Olifsn &.9S Gram, lnSiIS5S.s. and 66iiss Clubs
Berry Ca%paign Club,
Csmpsign Cub Of 1860 and 1868.
wili move s!s e :; ~ L,Is pFsSlse over
sSe following IN oPn S 20 to Fesera do%n
e F Eth race to ea e Pe p1s 70
and there dismiss
General c. H. 7. Coils has issued Order No. 2,
as iollows:- ,.
depoIs by members OF this COMMITTEES, And furnished
cers incS IN Charge Of delegations viii report once to
ths Commes, PSrior Son.inenla, Sa,s, HSts,
for such OF their men as are not otherwise provided
The ceremonies have been srrI nEed as follows
October l. P. M-The Delegations will be for.
mally received by the Mayor oil the city In lndepen-
HP. M4NThe Delegations will assemble in Indepen.
by REPRESENTATIVE Soldiers and Sailors. E''VE
1o9 p. M:-serenade q. Union League House:
localities hereafter TO be designated and precisely At
lAA. N. will move over r. ute TO be published in
" M his hour Mas; Meeting glll Be held
under the auspices Of the & League and viii be sd
emnen S son9
dier and Sailor Delegations. Campaign Cubs, and al
n y be
the f3s
street Setween spruce and Market streets, between
CITY PoLIr1cs.-The following mass meet
ings are announced for the evenings men
FIRST Congressional District.-A mass meeting
of the Republican citizens Of the First Con.
gressional District will be held on Wednesday
evening, at ;, Fifth m and Washington streets.
well, of Maryland; General John Coch-
,,-a"e. of New York; Colonel John W. Forney,
Mann, Villa William q. q Ruddiman, Esq, Benjamin
L. Berry, Moses A. DrCrrsie, General Joshua 7.
Owen, Colonel James Giyin, anu "tners' AT the
German stand Frederick Ditman, Esq, John
Rockey, George Sigman.
Frsl Ward.-A mass meeting and bannH-
raising by the Republicans of the First e
will take place this evening, at the wa[a
Hoyamensing avenue and Green corner OF
Mneteem WGrd.IherF oil, ea hs ssrs9t arent and
Putnam Streets. III meeting at Front and
speakers wi" tomorrow evening. Emineut
&c" a, address the meeting.
n" ueral Owen has been apponted Com
-ander-in.Chief Of the Grand Parade OF soldiers
and Sailors.
The Invncibles go to Quakertown this even.
ing The members are requested to assemble at
headquarters at $50 P. NJ, sharp time. IlcHets
for the round trip Qncluding fare via Ohlon
Passenger Railway from and to Chesnut streetl
75 cents, For sale at headquarters alter +. Al.
to-day. Citizens. not members OF the cluo, are
invited to participate. Arrangements nave peen
made for their accommodation. NJ,
The first ten companies OF the Boys In biuc
forming the first regiment, met az headquart.er:
on Saturday evening, for the purpose OF electine
detrimental officers, which resulted as loWs:-
Colonel Charles s. Harrington; Lieutenant
Colonel, William ID. Rank; Major, ii. SmeX
Adjutant r. J. Miller.
Last evening an O'Nelll ana lynuaie cam'
paigu club was formed in the First division
First ward. Forty members were then enrolled
and this number will be considerably aug
mented at the next meeting Tomorrow night.
Ten full companies of the Boys in Blue wer
reported last evening at the headquarters OF th
Nineteenth ward. An election OF officers wa
held, and resulted in the choice OF isaac +
Shaner, Colonel; William j. Miller, Lieutenant
Colonel; Robert Gillespie, Major; anl Georg
9. Jenkins, Adjutant. "
The Republican meeting at Bridesburg yes
terday was a great success. The speakers wer
E.q., Hon. Mr.. Van Wick, OF New York, an
Senator Connell, of Pennsylvania. All th
speakers were listened TO with great enthusiasm
The Frankford Club came in at about D oclocs
DESTRUCTIVE CoNFLAGRATIoN.-This mornin
at "a o'clock fire broke out in the extensiV
coal oil refinery OF W. l.. Elkins, situated O
Monument road IPennsYlyania Railroad), abou
four miles from the Market Street Bridge. Th
structure and its contents are total loss. Th
entire establishment covered two acres
ground. The building itself, brick one, wf
valued at SAC, 900, aud was only partially insured
Mr. Elkins had in store about 250O barrels