Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-29
THANKSGIVING DAY.
How il will be Celebrated In This
City.


To-day will be fittingly celebrated in q
number OF churches, and in every hous.
hold the customary Thanksgiving dinner
will be eaten. Yesterday the house
holders busted themselves in preparing
for their annual feast, and the various
markets were crowded with people in
search OF the best turkeys that could be
obtained. The prisoners at the county
Jail have been looking forward for long
time to their Thanksgiving dinner, and
to-day Sheriff Kays intends to give them
feast. He has provided turkey, roast
meats, cake and pastry of various kinds,
and after the dinner the usual celebr--
ton will take place.
A grand dinner has been provided for
the inmates of the county hospital, and
the sick will fare as we'll as most OF
| those who are well and hearty.
The orphans in the various asylums and
homes have not been overlooked in the
preparations for celebrating the day. and
| they will fare as well as any. The eyes of
| the little ones will glisten when they
enter the dining-rooms to-day. None OF
the benevolent institutions will omit the
thanksgiving dinner, and the afternoon
promises to be very pleasant to every
| one.
The ladies of the Church OF the Epi-
phany have been preparing for a grand
I dinner to be given this afternoon at No.
| 600 Downey avenue. They have pre-
pared prepast which has seldom been
excelled in the city.
The ladies of the Park Congregational
Church have also prepared a dinner
which will be served at the corner OF
Temple and Metcalf street this afternoon
and every visitor will be welcomed.
At the churches this morning services
will be generally held A union service
is announced to be held this morning al
at the Third Presbyterian Church. All
the churches of the Morris Vineyard dis.
trict will join in the service.
At Opera Hall Rev. Thomas W. Has
kins, of Christ Church, will deliver a
Thanksgiving sermon at II o'clock this
morning.
At the Church of the Ascension the
services will be held at 1 O'Clock this
afternoon. Services will be held in the
other churches at the Usual morning
hour.
Among the novelties for THANKSGIVING
evening will be an amateur Art Social,
given by the ladies OF the First Congre.
2ational Church, at the residence of H
Mills, 217 south Olive street. Prof. Lit
tie will speak, and fine display of anna.
teur art and refreshments will be features
OF the evening.
NOTES.
Wells Fargo & Co. IS Express Office will
be opened to-day from l l to u O'Clock.
A Thanksgiving dinner of unusual ex-
cellence will be given at the Mayo Res
taurant.
Tonight grand ball will be given at
Hanson's Hall, Azusa, under the auspices
of the Social and Literary Union.
The sixth annual ball of Orange Grove
Lodge No. 81, Locomotive Firemen. took
place last night at Armory Hall. 1t was
a most successful affair.
At Pros pect Park this afternoon game
of ball will be played between the First
street and Spring street mines. There
will be 100-yard dash against time by
a sprinter and foot races by members OF
the clubs.
Postmaster Preuss announces that the
General Delivery and Carriers wind ow
of the Postoffice will be open from 10 to l !
A. NJ. only. Money Order, Registry and
Stamp Divisions closed all day. No car
rier deliveries. but mail will be de-
livered at the Carriers Window from 10
to II A. NJ.