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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA. The llev. T. K. Noble of Plymouth clmrcli, California in ft recent sermon Sitys: Tbo bold of Christianity on tbo beiuUofthe people of California ia ! not strong. As a clues they aro not God-fearing. Few of them seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; right-eousness; and tho 3,000 dram shops in this city, the numerous houses of prostitution and the scenes daily enacted in the police courts show how few of the people walk in the ways ot purity und righteousness. As many as eight thousand poraons were iu attendance at Woodward's gardens, San Francisco, last Sunday at one time Bloudin was the cbiel attraction, attrac-tion, but there were other lealures in the programme; for instance, tho Yaqui Indian troupe, in their native dance. The Call says: A cloeo criticism of Mr. Booth's Hamlet could pick many daws. For instance, in the closet sceoo, after ho refuses the queen's blessing willi a very pretty action, there should be no kissing and embracing. em-bracing. Such a reconciliation makes the tag: "I must bo cruol only to be kind" uncalled for and unnecessary. un-necessary. Santa Monica objects to Sunday excursion trains being run from Los Angeles, and thinks it against tho wellare of the former town for tho citizens to got a breath of fresh air on Sunday. For some lime pus', the thoroughbred thorough-bred cattle in dillert'tit portions of the stale have been seriously affected by an unknown diseaso, by which n number of valuablo animals have been Inst. Thp nvmnlnmi nrp pnlirplv new, and cattle owners have been puzzled to account for it, and unable to find a remedy. A fight occurrud in a Chinese gambling gam-bling bouse nn Washington street, Stockton on Sunday in which two Chinamen were instantly killed and one mortally wounded. Two others wero seriously wounded and are not expected to live. NEVADA. An extraordinary story hiw just readied Virginia from a randier living liv-ing in the vicinity of Walker luke. It appears, says the Chronicle, that about two weeks ago a teamster wus engnged in cooking his breakfast, when ho eaves he saw a monstrous snako attempting to cuter the tent where he was engaged in preparing his meal. He dropped the frying pan and instantly fled. He went to Belleville, Belle-ville, about twelve miles distant, and procured assistance. They all relumed re-lumed to the tent, but cou'd discover nothing but a trail on the ground, resembling the track of a three-foot log, which led into a marsh called Till'fi marib. The whole neighborhood neighbor-hood is greatly excited now, and there aro luU of horsemen scouring the country in search ol the great serpent. |