The Signs of the Times by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 16, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 16.

The Signs of the Times.

By Editor

OAKLAND, CAL., FIFTH-DAY, APRIL 16, 1885.

REMEMBER that our annual meeting will commence the 24th inst. Again we request that blankets and comfortables be brought as far as convenient. They will be needed. We hope for a full and profitable meeting.

CALIFORNIA has been visited with splendid rains, which have done untold good. On Wednesday evening, April 8, a beautiful thunder storm passed over Oakland, and other points on the coast. The lightning was vivid, the thunder heavy, and the rain came down in torrents—all in good Eastern style. The days following were unusually warm. Good crops now seem assured in this State—only for the north winds, of which California ranchers always stand in dread.