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Show treat Failure at St. John. St. John, N. B., 19. The liabilities of E. D. Jewett &. Co., arc nearly six millions of dollars. One bank holds the firm's paper to the extent of $200,000; another $220,01)0, a third, $220,000, and a fourth $00,000. The failure is ascribed to losses of lumber aud the general depression of trade and engagements connected with the Western extension railway bonds. Tne effect on the general trado of St. John is depressing, but the banks will sustain their lo.-ses without curtailment. cur-tailment. Tho failure is the heaviest ever known in this p irt of tho coua-l'y. |