Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-12-01

and no doubt the lungs are interfered with,
too. In fact, there is hardly any possible
evil effect 1t does not produce.
According to decree just rendered by
the British courts of law, payment cannot
legally be enforced for an order given to q
brakeman on Sunday. In the case before
the court, the order was for frock coat
and waistcost, and the claimant tailor,
who, while officiating as church warden,
had received an order from one of the
parishionsrs for the garments on leaving
church. It Is the Sunday trading act of
King George II. which bars the creditors
way.
An English authority, in speaking of
heavy guns, says that the ton gun, 1st
inch bore, will fire ninety-fve ordinary
rounds, after which the gun is UNFIT for
further service. The elton, 13i inch bore
will fire 1913 rounds, and the 45.ton gun,
10 inches bore, will fire $50 rounds before
becoming useless. The cost of the British
110-ton gun is ss2, 500; that Of the Elton
gun is $54, 500, and that of the As ton gun
$31, 800.
People who are not angels will yet be
able to fly. The other day at meeting OF
the Association of Austrian Engineers and
Architects Professor wellner of the Brunr
Technical Academy showed q flying ma
chine which commended itself to the meet
ing. Several prominent engineers s1-
pressed the opinion that It would solve the
problem of serial navigation. Five thou
sand forms was voted to build trial ma
chine big enough to carry two persons.
The old fashioned whaling ships have
been practically ousted from the whaling
industry In the Arctic ocean by the new
steam whalers. They have been trying to
hold out against very great odds, but the
disastrous experience of the past two years
has convinced most of the old skipers that
their day is past, and the greater number
of the old whalers will not At out this sea.
son. While more whales were taken in
the Arctic last season than ever before, the
catch of four steamers being 2l7, yet eight
cen sailing vessels failed to take q single
whale, and nearly all were losers by the
seasons trip. Fifteen sail whalers win tie
up at Oakland this winter, which will
throw about five hundred men out of en-
ployment and cause many thousands of
dollars to be unspsnt.
The final liquidation of Overend, Cur
ney & Co which has just taken place,
gives history of one of the most famous
failures. The company was formed In
1865, with capital of 5000, 900, in ESQ
shares, for the purpose of carrying on the
business of "money dealers and bill con-
tractors" Fifteen pounds per share were
paid in. The company became one of the
most prominent business features of Lon
don. After year only came the panic,
that of 1866, when the Bank Charter act
had to be suspended, Mr.. Gladstone NOV
ing the suspension. That slleviated the
trouble, but it did not stop it. Great
amounts were drawn from the firm In the
spring, and on May 10 the company sus-
pended. with a total liability of nearly
G19, ,000, 900, of which Sc, 600, 900 were Sc
cured to creditors. The assets of the
company amounted in all to f1 900, 600.
With great difficulty, and after several
large lawsuits, the claims against the COM
pspy were reduced from ELS, ,000, 900 TO
f5, 600, 900, and with the aid of q bankers
loan the debt was discharged. Realization
then proceeded, and after the last dis
bursement in 1891 the shareholders had re-
ceived little more than IS per share. At
their meeting of this month the chairman
reported all assets to have been realised,
and with vote of thanks to the llquidat-
ors, the story of Overend, Quincy & Co.
came to definite end.