—It is estimated that India will produce 286,000,000 bushels of wheat this year.
—It is said that the undertaker's bill for General Grant's funeral will not be less than $20,000.
—The Mormons are preparing to make a settlement in Mexico, near the boundary of Arizona and New Mexico.
—It is said that the corn, cotton, and tobacco crops of the South will greatly excel those of any previous year.
—A number of the minor employes of the State Bank of Russia succeeded in robbing it of 143,000 roubles, something over $100,000.
—The schooner Pohoiki capsized recently off the coast of Hawaii, and the captain, his wife, and child were immediately eaten by sharks.
—The Benedictine monks at Mount Angel, Oregon, have been running an illicit distillery. The revenue collector has seized the outfit.
—The noted Maxwell Brooks has now admitted killing Preller, but claims it was done by accidentally administering too much chloroform.
—Cholera continues its daily slaughter in Spain and the southern part of France. King Alfonso has donated $20,000 to the Granada cholera fund.
—Superintendent Wilkins, of Napa Insane Asylum, Cal., has requested the city of San Francisco to send no more insane there, as the asylum is crowded.
—The transfer of gold coin from the sub-treasury in San Francisco to the sub-treasury of New York has commenced and about $11,000,000 has been shipped.
—In a cyclone on the Red Sea, the German covette Augusta, with her crew of 238 officers and sailors, was recently lost. Her value was estimated at $1,750,000.
—A cloud burst on the line of the Central Pacific in Utah, causing a washout into which a freight train plunged, wrecking the engine and a number of cars of coal.
—The Sultan of Zanzibar claims indemnity from Germany, on the loss of native soldiers who were killed on the East African expedition. The matter has been submitted to Sir John Kirk, the British Consul-General.
—It is reported that all the distilleries in California are about to shut down in consideration of a subsidy to be paid them by the Western Export Association. If the report prove true all sensible people will rejoice.
—The British general, Lord Wolseley, is anxious to push on up the Nile this fall, and wind up the Mahdi's troops, but Lord Salisbury is evidently afraid to make the attempt, lest Russia take advantage of it and capture Herat.
—A terrible storm swept over Hawaii last month, the tidal waves carrying away a number of wharves and doing much damage generally. The damage done to the cane-fields is estimated to be from eighty to one hundred thousand dollars.
—The bark Jorsalferer, which arriv'd in San Francisco Bay, August 18, with a fever-stricken crew, was boarded by quarantine officer McAllister and thoroughly fumigated. Some of the ship's water was examined and found to be alive with animalcule vegetable matter.
—Ten members of a criminal society which has been operating in Rome, Naples, and Spoleto, have been arrested. A search of the house of a member of the society, revealed the fact that correspondence relative to the sale of Italian girls at from £40 to £80 sterling was had from agents in New York.
—The poet and dramatist Will Carlton was buried August 21, at New York. He who has touched the sympathies of the American people by such poems as "Over the Hill to the Poor-house" and "Betsy and I Are Out," was carried to his last resting place without religious service or a friend to mourn his loss.
—At Port Washington, L. I., a fire broke out on board the steamer Colorado, and spreading from it burned to the water's edge the following ships: Minnesota, Susquehanna, Congress, South Carolina, Iowa, Lotta Grant, and Fair Play. All, with the exception of the last two, were formerly doing service in the navy, but had been condemned, and were to be broken up for the iron and lumber they contained.
California State Sabbath-School Association.
By C. H. Jones
THE eighth annual session of the California State Sabbath-school Association, for the election of officers and the transaction of other business, will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, at Stockton, Sept. 17-28, 1885. The interest in this branch of the work is increasing, and it is necessary that broader plans be laid to carry it forward during the coming year. Special instructions will be given to officers and teachers in regard to their work, and matters of general interest and great importance will come before the association for consideration. We hope that just as far as possible, every school in this Conference will be represented.
All the schools are specially requested to send their class record books, together with the secretary's record book, to this meeting, for examination. We wish to become acquainted with the workings of every school in this State, and in no way can this be done as well as by a thorough examination of the record books. We do not wish to examine these books out of idle curiosity, but we want to be able to help you. If no one is coming to the meeting from your locality, you can send the books by mail or express, and we will see that they are returned to you promptly, after the meeting. These books should be sent so as to reach the camp-ground as early as September 17. Address the package to C. H. Jones, Stockton, Cal.
Special lessons have been prepared for those studying books Nos. 1-6, and they will be given out on the camp-ground. Those studying the lessons found in the Instructor will recite the regular lessons for September 19 and 26.
Let all come with a determination to gain all the instruction possible in the Sabbath-school work, that they may be better able to aid their respective churches in building up this important branch of the work in a thorough and systematic manner.
C. H. JONES, Pres.
Appointments.
By Editor
California Camp-Meeting.
THE annual camp-meeting of Seventh-day Adventists of California will be held in Good Water Grove, at the city of Stockton, Cal., September 17-28, 1885. A street-car line runs from the heart of the city to the grove, and special accommodations will be granted to the meeting. Favorable arrangements have also been made for the transportation of baggage to and from the camp-ground. Fares on railroads and steam-boats will be announced in good season. Let timely preparation be made for a large attendance.
California Conference.
THE fourteenth annual session of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the State camp-meeting, in Stockton, Sept. 17-28, 1885.
Delegates should be elected in good season according to the following ratio: Every church is entitled to one delegate without regard to the number of members, and one additional delegate to every ten members. Ministers holding credentials are delegates at large, without election. Companies unorganized are represented by the delegates at large; if such companies have any matters to bring before the Conference, they should place them in the hands of the ministers. Churches are requested to elect as delegates good, reliable persons, who love the cause, and, as far as possible, those who will remain to the close of the meeting.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
The Illinois Camp-Meeting Again.
By Robert M. Kilgore
I WOULD say another word to the readers of the SIGNS who contemplate coming to the Illinois camp-meeting at Aurora, Sept. 9. We are assured that Elder I. D. Van Horn will attend this meeting, and his experience in holding children's meetings and in instructing the youth in the things of God, will add to the interest of this important meeting; and you are invited to bring your children with you, that they may also enjoy this season of precious instruction.
By the time of this meeting the nights will be growing cooler, and perhaps light frosts may come. We would therefore suggest that it will be necessary to bring with you extra wraps to wear nights and mornings to prevent taking cold, also overshoes to protect the feet. Bring a bed-tick and plenty of bedding. Straw will be furnished on the ground. Warm meals will be furnished at reasonable rates. By writing, before the meeting, to Wm. Armstrong, 136 Lake Street, Chicago, tents can be rented, and will be pitched ready for those who ordered them. And those who are not able to rent tents, we invite to come to the meeting and tent room will be furnished you free.
A workers' meeting will continue five days prior to the camp-meeting proper; at this our workers are urged to be present. All are invited to the camp-meeting and are requested to stay till its close.
R. M. KILGORE.
California Tract and Missionary Society.
By William Ings
THE fifteenth annual session of the California T. and M. Society will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, in Stockton, September 17-28, 1885.
Much important business will require attention at this meeting, and every society in the State should be well represented. Scattered brethren where there are no societies should attend this meeting. The wants of all parts of the field will be considered.
WM. INGS, Vice-Pres.
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"Tin-Pan Supper!"
By Editor
A FRIEND in Yolo County, Cal., sends us the following item, clipped from some paper; name not given:—
"Judicion acknowledges an invitation to a musical festival and tin-pan supper to be given in the Advent Church, Fairfield, the 14th. A varied and attractive programme has been prepared."
We suppose that it refers to Fairfield, Solano County, Cal. In all cases where correspondents want items noticed, they should give the name of the paper from which they are taken. The sender says:—
"I read in the SIGNS OF THE TIMES so much against these suppers that it does people so much good to talk about it. I want to investigate these so-called tin-pan suppers that are said to take place in the Advent Church."
1. The SIGNS will always speak against these suppers, and our churches will always be sure to keep aloof from them.
2. The Seventh-day Adventists have no church in Fairfield, so the above notice has no reference to our people.
3. Adventists of all classes are generally opposed to such festivals, and we have never known them to hold them.
4. Inasmuch as we know of no church which calls itself "the Advent Church," we are left to conjecture whether this is an Episcopal Church, called "the Church of the Advent," which is a quite common name with them, or a "First-day Adventist Church." Our acquaintance in Fairfield is too limited to enable us to determine this. But we know it does not refer to the Seventh-day Adventists.
Southern Indiana and Illinois Camp-Meeting
By Editor
A CAMP-MEETING for Southern Indiana and Illinois will be held at Marshall, Ill., Oct. 8-13, 1885.
Brother White Reaches England
By Editor
A TELEGRAM received August 21, from South Lancaster, announces that Brother White and party were in Great Grimsby, England, and that they had a pleasant passage. All were well.
Favorable Prospects for the School
By Editor
Professor Brownsberger paid us a short visit last Friday. He gives a favorable report of the school. There were seventy students at the opening, and this number will soon be largely increased. The prospects for the school were never before so good, and all are of good courage. Next week we shall present something from the Professor, in regard to special instruction after camp-meeting.
Electing Conference Delegates
By Editor
ALL the churches in the California Conference should at once attend to electing delegates to the session to be held in Stockton. Each church is entitled to one delegate by virtue of its organization, and one delegate for every ten members. Thus if a church has ten members or more, it is entitled to two delegates; if it has twenty or more, it may have three, and so on. Remember that if you neglect to elect delegates, the Conference will not secure you a representation by appointing somebody after the session opens.
Preparing for the Stockton Camp-Meeting
By Editor
CAMPERS at the Stockton meeting will please remember that our camp-meeting commences the evening of Thursday, September 17. After that time the noise of axe or hammer will be considered "a disturbance." Arrangements are such that there will be no necessity of work on the 18th, or thereafter.
Engage your tents early, if you rent. Or send them early if you have them. Send as early as September 8, sure.
American Sentinel.
By Editor
THE notice of the Sentinel in the "Business Department" of last week's SIGNS was an inadvertence. A proposition of the matter announced was being discussed, but no decision was made to that effect. The first number of the Sentinel will soon be issued; we are hastening it to get it out for some Eastern camp-meetings. Full particulars will accompany it.
The first number will be important; the articles are carefully written, and this number will outline the policy of the publication.
Stationery for T. and M. Societies.
By Editor
THE Pacific Press has been getting up some fine stationery for correspondence, in the shape of envelopes, letter-heads, different sizes of each, with good material, at reasonable rates. The specimens on our table are printed for the "California Branch" of the "International," but can be suited to any other Branch if desired. As everything else from the "Press," the designs are executed with good taste.
Rural Health Retreat.
By Editor
THE news from our Health Retreat at St. Helena is very cheering. Dr. Gibbs is working with a determination to make it successful, and indications are that he will not be disappointed. More room will be greatly needed another season; and there is none to spare even now, either in main building or cottages. Some severe cases of disease have been and are being treated, and to the entire satisfaction of all. The August number of Good Health says:
"We receive encouraging accounts of the prosperity of the Rural Health Retreat at St. Helena, Cal., under its present management. Those persons who are looking out for a safe retreat from the rigors of a Northern winter, during the coming cold season, would do well to correspond with this delightfully-located institution."
The Retreat will be open during the coming winter, and we expect that it will be well patronized by those who need a retreat from the severity of the Northern winters. The climate in the winter is all that anybody could ask; "neither cold nor hot." Such a temperature is not to be recommended in Christian life, but for a Health Retreat, none can be better. The scenery and surroundings are always beautiful; nature has always a charming dress at Crystal Springs.
Camp-Meeting Fares.
By Editor
THE fare from Healdsburg, and all points on the S. F. & N. P. Railroad, will be the same as last year. To San Francisco and return as follows:—
From San Francisco to Stockton there are two routes: the C. P. R. R., and steamer direct. The competition by water is very sharp, and fare is down on "competition days" (every other day) to twenty-five cents. It is higher the alternate days, but we can probably get it at that rate every day by the use of certificates. It will be well for those who come on the S. F. & N. P. to give us, at an early day, the number who expect to come from their several places.
This is the only road on which passengers for Stockton will come to Oakland or San Francisco. We have yet no information concerning other lines to Stockton. Will probably give any other information desired next week. Questions may be addressed to the Pacific Press.
Save Your Old Papers.
By Editor
The tract distributer racks, and our Oakland, San Francisco, and Honolulu missions, are using a large number of papers. We find it difficult to keep them supplied with the desired variety of periodicals. Please save up all your SIGNS, Reviews, and Youth's Instructors—it makes no difference how old they are, so that they are clean and whole—bring them with you to the camp-meeting at Stockton, Cal., in September, and deliver them to Miss Anna L. Ingels, the State T. and M. Secretary. The papers are much needed in the Lord's work; they will be faithfully used where they will do the most good.
Choose Faithful Conference Delegates
By Editor
WE would repeat our suggestion that the churches in the California Conference elect their delegates early; elect good representative persons; elect those who will attend all the meetings, and who will not neglect the business meetings for some diversion. Some have done this in the past, much to the detriment of the meetings, and to the discredit of themselves and the churches which sent them. And we respectfully request that the clerks will send us a list of their delegates as soon as they are elected. If you wish a reason for this request, we will give it at the meeting.
Wreck of the Haddingtonshire
ONE of the worst disasters known on this coast occurred last week a few miles north of San Francisco. On the 4th of July the British ship Haddingtonshire left the Columbia River for Glasgow, with a cargo of flour and canned salmon. In the tropics a severe storm was encountered, in which four men were lost, the vessel badly damaged, and the ship's chronometer lost. The only hope was in reaching San Francisco for repairs, and this was attempted, the vessel being navigated by dead reckoning. In the dense fog which hid the coast, they sailed past the Golden Gate, and on the morning of the 20th went ashore on the rocks above Point Reyes. The vessel soon went to pieces, and but little of the cargo was washed ashore. Of the twenty men on board, eighteen were drowned, or thrown on the rocks and killed. A man and a boy were washed ashore alive. The ship was new, and valued at $60,000, and the cargo was worth over $100,000.
BIBLE SANCTIFICATION:
A CONTRAST OF
TRUE AND FALSE THEORIES.
By MRS. E. G. WHITE.
This is a pamphlet of only 84 pages, but its value is not to be judged by its size. It is just what its title indicates: a faithful presentation of Bible truth on this important subject, and an exposure of the false theories prevailing in regard to it. Every believer in Bible truth should read it. Buy it, read it, and lend it to your neighbor. Price, 10 cents.
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International Tract and Missionary Society.
By Editor
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