Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-29

| bullets over the fleeing fellows
head. The horse was shortly after
wards found safely fastened on
Fort street.
The races at Agricultural Park
on Thanksgiving Day attracted q
large crowd and proved to be
among the most interesting sport
ing events of the season. The first
race, running, mile and repeat, was
won by E. J. Baldwin's Blossom in
two straight heats; Butcher Boy
second, Wild Idle third, Kip
springer fourth. Time, 1:474, 1850.
The next race, match trot, was
won by Cactus over George, also in
two straight heats. Time, 3:02,
1855. Considerable coin changed
hands on the result of each race.
We yesterday looked into the
new store of our young friend Mr..
Joe Woodworth, at No. IA Main
street. 1t is fitted up in the most
elegant and convenient style and
is supplied with as fine an assort-
ment of family groceries, including
all the luxuries, as can be found
this side of San Francisco. Mr..
Woodworth is the pink of courtesy
and is surrounded by q corps of as
sistants who are also au fait in the
amenities which should govern
their intercourse with the public.
ALI goods bought at this house will
be delivered free of charge to any
part of the city.
The funeral ceremonies of the
late Colonel E. J. G. Kewen, at st.
Athanasius Church, on Thanks
giving Day, were attended by
large concourse of the most prom
inent citizens of Los Angeles, all
of whom were deeply impressed by
the solemnity of the occasion and
many manifesting unmistakable
signs of grief at the.loss of one who
had for SO long time filled prom.
inent place in the social and po.
litical circles of this State. At the
conclusion of the services the cor
tege proceeded to the City Ceme-
terry, where the remains were in
tered in the family lot. Peace to
his ashes.
We regret TO announce the death
ofC. M. Benbrook, which occurred
at his residence at Downey on
Thursday evening, it is supposed of
heart disease. Deceased was one
of the oldest American residents of
Los Angeles county, having come
here, we are informed, as early as
the year 1850 and resided here al
most continually since, highly re.
speoted by all who knew him. He
was Mexican War Veteran and a
member of Los Angeles Lodge No.
35, 1. o. o. F., from whose hall In
this city he was buried yesterday
afternoon. Deceased leaves widow
and two children, who have the
sincere sympathy of a large circle
of friends.
Ben Lceth and Connolly had
bully time on Thanksgiving Day.
Whether they had Turkey for din
ner or not is not exactly known,
but they had their share of the
spirits that cheer and inebriate-
and so they were very much
inebreated indeed. So much
80 that to show what duti-
full, thanksgiving citizens they
were they started to smash
each others faces until you could
not tell which from which and
which from t'other. They were
politely lugged in by officer
O'Hara and one paid a deposit of
five dollars which he forfeited
yesterday morning but the other
preferred five days when the Mayor
gave him lecture on temperance.
Oh! yes, they had a bully time.
The ladies of the Christian
Church's hot turkey dinner and
entertainment came off on Thanks
giving Day, and, as expected,
proved exceedingly creditable to
them. Hundreds of our citizens
and their fair wives aud daughters,
and maybe their sisters and their
cousins and their aunts, fensted on
the good things provided by the
ladies' of the Christian Church, and
all appeared we'll satisfied. The
evening entertainment was also a
success. We cannot refrain from
mentioning Miss George and Mrs.
Marley, who were especially APP
preciated. Want of space alone
precludes us from mentioning the
names of the other talented con.
| tributors to this entertainment.
A Chinese vegetable peddler who
lived on Lugo's place and was in
the habit of taking his vegetables
every day to the San Gabriel Mis-
sion for sale, was missed about ten
days ago. Neither was it known
what had become of his wagon and
horses. On Wednesday last shep.
herd named Machado, who was
walking along the Arroyo, between
the Mission and Lugo's ranch, de.
tected fearful smell in the neigh
borhood of the Ten-Mile House,
proceeding from the bank of the
San Gabriel river, and saw several
carrion birds lowering over Gre
vase in the embankment. On lean
ing over he discovered, to his hor-
ror, the body of Chinaman who
had been dead, seemingly, several
days. He hastened to call the at
tention of the proper authorities to
the fact, and parties were sent out
to report particulars. 1t was found