The New York herald., 1879-11-27

rha rranarations made for feasting the inmates of
| the public charities have already been announced
in the HERALD, but even this morning many or the
nrvate institutions not ready for the calls likely
! 10 be made upon them. In nearly all or them con-
\ House of Industry q dinner will be given to the
children, and. If possible the usual dinner TO the
outside poor. The trustees have issued their
! annual appeal for assistance for the institution
I which is almost entirely supported by Voun
tary contributions, and which is now $4,000 in DEBT
The Thanksgiving exercises mt the Five Points MIS-
sion No. 81 Park street. Will begin at hafpast one
p NJ. in the chapel. ana the annual dinner TO the
children Will be given at three p. Nj. The usuai
ThanRsgiving exercises will be held at the st. Vim
cents Home for Boys at Nos. 53 and 90 warren
street Between three and four hundred boys will
dine at the home at twelve o'clock, the dinner pein
supplied by the members of ST. Joseph mon. ~.
Vincents Home will also entertain number oil out
side poor The ladies of the Union Keller Associa
ton for the care of disabled soldiers will distribute
to the $50 families under their care supplies for
dinner at their homes Dinners VIII also DC gwen
by the Wilson Industrial school, No l2o ST. Marks
place; the st. Barnabas Home, No. S04 Mulberry
street, Society and Home for the Friendiess IN East
Tbirtieth street and the Newsboys' Lodging House.
The Good shepherd nuns will Thankfully receive anv
donations rendered to the inmates OF their insttu
ton at Nnetieth street, East River. The House OF
the Holy Family No. 1856 Second avenue, has nearly
one hundred inmates, who will gladly accept any
contributions toward their Thanksgiving dinner.
The managers of the New York Infant Asylum will
give dinner to the inmates, and make an appeal to
the charitable for aid. worthy case for private
charity is that of b. j. Van der Mort wife and six
children, No. 800 seventh avenue third flight, back
SPORTING EVENTS.
vicinity of New York. The Westchester hare and
hounds will start from Woodawn. The New York
Archery Club will give an exhibition at Mount
Morris square 124th street and Fifth avenue. The
Yale and Princeton teams will playa game OF foot
ball at St. Georges Cricket Grounds. There will be
racing at the Brooklyn Driving Park. Parkville and
the Gentlemen's Driving Park, Fleetwood
BROOKLYN.
The Brooklyn public schools will be closed to-day
account of Thanksgiving, and Will not be opened
until Monday. The day will be observed by the
closing of courts and county offices generally. AT
the Kings County Penitentiary Warden Shevlin and
the Bay State Shoe Manufacturing Company
will give n THANKSGIVING dinner OF turkey
and musical entertainment to the prisoners.
Sheriff Riley will provide bountifuily for the
inmates of Raymond Street Jail. The Board or
Supervisors have provided ample cheer Tor the
county dependents in the Almshouse. Lunatic
Asylum and hospi al at Flatbush. thanksgiving
feasts have also been provided for the ST. Vincents
Home for Boys, Poplar street; the Home for Aged
People under the of the Little Sisters of the Poor
the Home for Aged and INDECENT Females. of the
CAurch Charity Foundation, and the Howard Col
ored Orphan Asylum. Matinees will be given TO-
day at all the Brooklyn Theatres and there
will be special services held at Rev.
Dr. Talmase's Tabernacle Westminster aI Pres. Pres.
place; First Presbyterian Church. on Henry street;
Holy Trinity Church, Washington street. which is
shortly to be torn down to make way for the bridge
approach; St. Ann s-on-the- Heights First Place
Methodist Episcopal Church, York Street Methodist
Episcopal Church, Fleet Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, Warren Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, Clermont
avenue; Park Avenue Primitive Methodist Church.
Baptist Church. First Reformed Church, Joralemon
street; Church OF the Saviour (Unitarian) Pierre
pont street; Bedford avenue Reformed Church and
at several Of the Catholic churches
literary and musical entertainment will be held
this evening at Seton Hall College, South Orange,
n j. Essays will be delivered by John Edward
Dunn, OF Newark, N. j.; Basil Spauidipg do Gar
mendia, of Baltimore. and John J. Tighe. of Harri
on, N j.