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Failures and Forgeries. Ephraim S. Wells of Jersey City, a manufacturer of proprietary medicines and owner of "Rough on Rats," has failed. Liabilities $80,000. The total stealings of Wm. R. Foster, Jr., of the New York Produce Exchange, amount to $176,000. Each member will lose about $1,200. Foster is believed to be in Canada, and it is claimed that he cannot be in his right mind. His income was $10,000 a year and at his father's death he will inherit $1,000,000. F.A. Cauchsis & Co., coffee and tea importers on Fulton street, New York, have failed. Liabilities about $40,000. The Codway Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee assigned with liabilities of $180,000, assets unknown. The failure is directly due to the destruction of the company's extensive plant by fire. There has been an extensive wheat deal in Chicago, foreing prices up far above the Liverpool market. As a result, Williams, Black & Co. of New York have failed. With two exceptions, the most prominent and most influential firm on the New York Cotton Exchange has for years been the house of Williams, Black & Co. They have been credited with the control of millions of dollars. C. Marsh & Co., stock-brokers, of New York, have suspended. They claim they are not indebted on the stock exchange, but the liabilities are believed to be $150,000. At Chicago, on the application of cashier Talman of the Traders Bank, Hiram McChesney was appointed receiver, in bonds of $500,000. The failure is attributed to the illness of its president who since died. The hanking house of Shanklin & Anstin, the oldest bank in North Missouri, has closed its doors. The cause was the failure of the Traders' Bank in Chicago. The Union Savings Bank at Fall River has failed with losses of $240,000. Joseph M. Paul of Hume, Alleghany county, director of the First National Bank of Angelica, has been indicted for devoting the funds of the bank to his