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THE RECORD OF PROSPERITY, As Told in the Headlines of City Dailies. The following short paragraphs, clipped from the headlines of large city dailies, tell in a nutshell the inroad "prosperity" is making upon the commercial world: The Commercial Bank of Eau Claire, Wis., closes doors. Two more suspend.-The Bank of Canton and the Citizen's Bank of Loneboro, Minn. In receiver's hands.--The Columbia Drill Co., of Liberty, Ind., forced to the wall. Jewelers assign.-J. S. Johnson & Co. of New York fail, with $210,000 liabilities. Bank quits.-First National Bank of Bridgeport, Ala., concludes to liquidate. McMaster & Co., Toronto, Ont., assign.-Liabilities, $213,000; assets, $345,000. Knoxville failure.-C.J. Gording, druggist, assigns; liabilities, $7,309.71. Sheriff takes charge of the Walter White Lead Company at Cincinnati. New York assignment.-The Stewart Ceramic Co. quits business. Syracuse, N. Y.-Thomas W. Dueston & Son make an assignment. The Merchant's State Bank, of Herrington, Kan., has gone out of business. Receiver asked for Harris & Boque, at Clarksville.-About $100,000 worth of property involved. Big Milwaukee assignment.-Gov. Upham files a bond of $200,000 against E. A. Shores and E. A. Shores, Jr. J. W. Hawkins & Co., tobacco merchants of Nashville, make an assignment.-Total liabilities, $1,490. Out of existence.-Chicago Dime Saving Bank decided to quit on account of hard times.