The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-30
THE GILLIAN REFUGEES.
Items of Interest from Our Exchanges of
Yesterday.

Items of Interest from Our Exchanges OF
Yesterday.
Girls who have been described as in state
of instruction at Dement'S lunch rooms III
Psrk row on account of the morning prayer
meeting. were all on hand as usual yesterday
responding 10 orders OF Three on anu
Ham an" as if nothing had happened DE-
trict Assembly 40 endeayored 70 take mana
in the dispute and held short conference
with Mr.. Swain. Mr.. Dement'S partner.
Mr.. Swain says that the male waters ere
irving to GUST the girls and make room Tor
more men and that he wont have 1T. One OF
the girls said I'VE don't kick at the prayer
meetings. They don't do us any harm II they
NAV not do us much good. and 1T gets the
girls together so that the roll can be called
The men walters want TO hayeeVerythlhs aug
get us turned into the street. but they can
do il. We don't have TO pray II we don
want to-"
JERSEYS RIP VAN wINBLE.
case Of unusually protracted sleep is puz-
Ring physicians at HackettstOwn, n. j.
Michael Farnan, who was employed as Il
Watchman in the Factoryville tunnel OF tho
Delaware, Laekawanna and Western railroad.
went to his house from his tour Of duty Octo-
Der 20, 1887, went TO his bedroom and went to
sleep. Since that time he has had but two or
three brief intervals of consciousness.
IL was at FIRST thought that Farnan's condi-
ton was due to water on the brain ana phy-
sicians treated him for that disease. Their
efforts. however. had no effect After they
had abandoned the case in the April follow
ing his falling into slumber, which had IN all
that time seemed perfectly peaceful, farnan
awoke one morning and recognized members
of the family. He appeared perfectly rational
but did not have any realization OF the TIME
that had interviewed since his last waking.
He fell asleep again at night and renamed
unconscious for six weeks. For more than
three yearshe has now been sleeping soundiy.
During this time many changes nave taken
place in his family. A son and a daughter
have died. bu. the sleeper knows nothing
Of 1t.
All sorts Of expedients have been tried IN
the meantime to arouse Farnan from ms
stupor, but without any effect. Bllsters have
been placed on the back of his neck and
head but he did not even notice them. What
can be the cause and the remedy tor the con-
ditien is the puzzle.
TO AID NEGRO COLLEGE
The Rev. W. W. Beckett, financial agent Of
the Allen University of Columbia, s. O.. /.
now visiting New York city IN the interest Of
his work. The special effort for which he L
now laboring Is TO raise funds TO complete al
addition building at Allen University g b'
known as the Girls Industrial building
Beckett is one of the leading men of the Afri
can race in the South. and Is deeply inter
ested in their industrial and intellectual de
velopmsnt. His work is approved by th'
Governor of South Carolina and many OF tn
8tate officials While in this city he may b'
addressed at No. 27s Sullivan street. II car
of the Rev DIR. Thomas Gould.
LUMBER HANDLERS NAY STRIKE.
II was rumored yesterday that there was u
be another lockout In the lumber trade, ou
"A was denied at the headquarters of the Lum
Der Dealers Association. The runors proba
bly, grew out of the fact that some delinquen
II Al A - Iar Fatgf, nv
employed by Rapp & Johnson at one hundred
and twenty fifth street and Harlem River
The union recently requested MIR. Rapp Il
sac that the men paid up or were discharged
He promised. SO 1t is said. 70 place the matte
before the association but since then tn
union has heard nothing from him
In consequence Of this there may be strike
ordered to-day on buildings where tho FRI
supplies material
COAT MAKERS on STRIKE.
RI. Thompson & Co. tailors. at Twenty
xsventh street and Broadway and their EN-
ployes have qusrreiled. Twenty-si1 Goa
msksrs left work yesterday aud visited til
Sun ONCE to ask that their grievances b
made public. The firm has new foreman
they said and the new foreman is reduein
the prices paid. The former prices for maxim
coat according TO the style were e., a. an
o. Under the new scale. they say. the price
are ea60. tf.75 and $l.50. a statement whic
seems necessarily to involve misunderstood
Ing.
Meyer Wolf. the new foreman. says ii doe
involve . Misunderstanding Under tn
present system" he said yesterday, the me
will make more money than they did befor'
only they don't seem TO understand IT, Il
the old system man made al entire carmen
IL was found that the work could not /
turned out quickly enough by this means, !
Is IL COW done in sections The result is tht
more work viii DO turned out There 10 not