Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-09
TOBACCO.
The Delivery Failing Ofr-S"ms Reported

The Delivery Failing O1-soms Reported
The delivery of tobacco at the city ware
houses has not been half SO large the past
week as for a few weeks preceding,
though several packers have received large
invoices.
The work of packing goes on as vigor-
Ously as at any former time. and there
are still in the field number of buyers.
\ good many growers who have waited
in vain for the buyers to call ON them arc
now bringing samples to the packing
houses and trying to dispose of their crops
in this way.
The following sales are reported:
Skiles and Fry bought from Mr. Max
we'll, of Fulton township. ~ acres of very
fine leaf at %, s and 3. The crop averaged
over 1900 pounds to the acre, and is very
free from flea bite or other defect.
Chester County Tobacco.
James E. Webb, of Parkerville, Penns-
bury township, has sold his tobacco crop
to Philadelphia firm at Is, 5 and cents.
Mr.. Parker cultivated about an acre last
season, but intends the coming season to
plant about two and half acres. Fuse
bus Bernard, of Pennsburg township, sold
his tobacco also to the same firm at II, 8
and cents. Mr.. Bernard intends plant
ing about three acres the coming season.
The Village Record also says Nearly
all the farmers Of the lower portion of the
county are going to raise tobacco this
year. Caleb Windle, of Kennel, has Gu
cages tho services of Amos F. Sullen-
berger, OF Strasburs, Lancaster county,
for one year, to attend to a large crop
which le proposes to raise, on the shares.
Mr.. SullenberSer is au experienced tobacco
grower and has moved his family to Fair
vile. He thinks the soil in Chester county
is we'll adapted to tobacco culture.
Tobacco Sales in Earl.
New DOlland Clarion.
J. Mengle, of Reading, bought from l.
Nj. Brubaker y acres at IL cents round.
The following lots were all bought by
David Lcdcrman, Of Lancaster Daniel
Hoover l., acres ut 8, ), s and Is
cents Geo Bair 3 acres at 8 and "A
cents Martin Hoover acre at 3, and
171 cents. aud another II acres
at 3, 5 and 1j5 cents Christian Snyder 1
acre at 8, and u cents Jacob Myers Z
acre ut ), 5 and II cents Isaac Cook
acre at 8, ) and 1G cents W. Wenger and
w. Smith 1 acre at j, ), 10 and 1G cents
/
Amos DilIer / acre at 4, 5 and 16 cents
Jacob Bowers acre at 3. and 12 cents
Eli Bealer 2 acres at 3, 5 and Is cents
Daniel Elworth 2 acres at and Is cents.
Bids for Iron clad Cells.
In answer to proposals asked for, the
following bids for lining with chilled iron
plate, five cells in the county prison were
, rooaivol nf tho ore
Office yesterday
Mr.. A. G. Welchans bid $1,000 join
Best, 81, 500 for one plan, and 81, 400 70,
another plan..; Joseph Huber, S1,13O.
The contract has not yet been awarded
Welchans' Complaint.
Mr.. A. G Welchans makes statement
which seems to call for some further and
more plausible explanation from tho clerk
of the commissioners than has yet been
given. According to Mr.. Welchans, when
he and Best offered their bids they were
told Huber had in Il bid, too. They
demanded that it be produced Mr..
Will, clerk of the board of commission
crs, said Huber's bid was in the drawer.
and would bc produced in time. Then
clerk to open. My bid was opened first
OIlC StulUuuG luCHUlOuCu DClht, S1,UOVs
amount Will put upon a piece of paper,
and then opening drawer began
fumbling with what appeared to be
three scaled envelopes. Then lie
shut the drawer and opened Best's bid
which was for sl,5O0. The clerk then
asked me to carry this bid over to the CON-
missioners. He took the bid over himself
and then went to his drawer again, and
brought forth Hubcr's bid. As saw two
other bids-or what thought bids-in
the drawer, complained of bad treatment
on the part of Wills, and making state
ment of what l saw to the
commissioners three bids by Huber
were produced. Wills said that Hu-
Der had put in one bid on Wednesday
and another on Thursday, Oh account of
his former bid being too high, and finally
one on Friday, on account Of last one
being too low. The third bid was, as
Huber alleged, to average matters. HUI
ber':: first bid was for $1,377j, second,
1,475, and last for 81, 100 Mr.. Mont
gOmcry, who was indignant about the
whole matter, demanded Of Will if the bid
he produced was Huber's correct pro-
pOsa!. On being assured it was, the bid
was opened, and behold, it was for 81, 100.
Hubcr's other bids on being opened show
ed amounts as we have stated abovc'
Mr. Wills Explanation.
Mr.. Will denies that there was anything
unfair in the reception Of the bids. He
states that Mr.. Huber after putting in his
bid, called afterwards and put in another
bid and that yesterday he called again ::
said he had figured closer, and as he
wanted the job. put in another bid. 1t
was this last bid that Mr.. Will::Opened,
and it was !, mere " inadvcrtence'' that
tho other bids had not been returned to
Mr.. Huber. Mr.. Will says that if there
had been any cOnnivance with Huber, or
any unfairncss intended, it would have
been stupid in him to have opened the
lowest bid Of Mr.. Huber, when either of
the others was lower than those Of the
other bidders.
Sudden Illness.
The many friends of Mr.. Frank p. Grif-
fits general freight solicitor of the p r.