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A GLANCE BACKWARD. Review of the Many Important Happenings of 1892. Heavy Business Failures, Startling Casualties and Horrible Crimes-Industrial, Political and Sporting Events, Disastrous Fires of the Year, Etc. BUSINESS FAILURES. THE MORE DISASTROUS ONES NOTED-BANKS GENERALLY. Jan. 11-First national bank. of Muncie, Pa. Jan. 23-First national bank of Downs, Kan; $100,000. Jan. 25-Bank of Jefferson at Shepherdstown, W. Va. Jan. 29-Fall River county bank at Oelricks, S. D.: $30,000 Butler county bank at Chicora, Pa.: $60,000. Feb. 2-Commercial loan and savings bank as Kearney, Neb.: $150,000. Feb. 3-National bank of Silver City, and Feb. 4-Marcy, Geer & McCann's bank at Raton, N. M.; $800,000 First national bank of Deming, N. M. Feb. 6-Western Farm Mortgage Company at Denver: $1,000,000. Feb. 8- Merchants' bank of Moorehead, Minn.; $175,000. Feb. 26-Newmarket (N. H.) savings bank suspended; $191,000. Mar. 1-Lima (O.) national bank. Mar. 21-Painesville (O.) Savings and Loan As. sociation bank. Mar. 24-American national bank of Birming. ham, Ala. Apr. 15-Interstate national bank of New York. Apr. 27-Commercial) bank of St. Paul, Minn.; $1,000,000. May 25-People's bank of Sea Isle City, N.J. June 4-Platte Valley bank at Central City, Neb. June 25-First national bank at Erie, Kan, Nesha county; losses, $30,000. Sep. 2-Nebraska State bank, at Crete. Sep. 23-Richmond (Me.) savings bank. Sep. 24-People's bank at Hope, Ark Oct. 17-Two Nebraska state banks, one at Ainsworth, the other at Springview. Oct. 27-Hot Springs (Ark.) Valley bank (private); $80,000. Nov. 5-Continental bank at Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 30-Stone City bank, of Joliet, 111., and Joliet Enterprise Co. (barb wire manufacturers): $1,000,000. Dec. 6-Wholesale mercantile firm of Wilozinski & Nelson at Greenville, Miss.; $100,000. Dec. 13-Black Hilis national bank at Rapid City, S. D. Dec. 13-Lipman & Co., jute merchants at Dundee, Scotland, failed for $1,250,000. Dec. 15-National bank of Newton, Kan. Dec. grocery in Brooklyn, N. Y.; $400,000.