Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-21
THE WEED

Condition OF the Local Tobacco Trade.
4 good deal Of difference Of opinion is
expressed among buyers rcgar,lin. the
quantity Of loose tobacco Of tho crop Of
1850 remaining in the hands OF the grow
ers. Some maintain that tho crop has
been practically lifted; that very little re-
mains in the farmers hands except lots
that are held exOrbitantly high or are Of
undesirable quality. Several heavy buy
ers, after having ridden the county extern
sive ly have returned to the city without
making . purchase, and affirm that lots
are So few and far between that it will not
pay to look for them. On the other hand,
q heavy buyer who has finished his pack
ing and who would seem to have NJ good
reason for bearing the market, informed
us day or two ago that he could. il he
wanted it, buy one hundred cases Of loose
tobacco in single days ride and within
easy distance Of Lancaster. He believed
there were from Ia. 900 to Is. 900 case; Of
loose tobacco in the state. onc-third or
one. fourth of which was in Lancaster
county.
4 correspondent writing from the
southern end Of the county sends the fol
lowing.
For every unsold crop in the lower end
there has been dealer this week to see
and examine them, and many have
stepped over the line into Chester county
and Maryland to pick up the few scattered
crops laying there John Seasoning has
bought considerable in Cecil county,
among them that Of Reuben Alexander,
Of Pilot town. who is one Of the largest
growers Of that section and who had "a
acres, for which he received 10. S, 3.
Mr.. Brush. OF Washington. bought two
car loads in the same county. Sener 4
krider bought in Fulton township Hick
Greist's 2 acres at :. 4. 2. and Edward
Tricks 1 acre at IL, 4. :. Edward kauf-
man bought in COlerain John Holiness )
acres ut 9. ). =; Wesley Buntins's 2
acres at g. ). 2; John Whiteside's acre
at :, ). :. Mr.. Fulton. from Willow
Street. bought q. W. Pusey's acre in
same township. at 81, ), 2 :; and in Little
Britain John Hildebrand bought Wright's
crop at 10, 1; ,. L. T. Hensel bought
VIM. Patton's crop ut 9and 5. Iu DrumOre.
Hildebrand bought Henry Graybill's s acre
at 6. 3 and 2 4; Fritz & Martin bought b.
D. Eckman's two acres at Q. 4 and 2 l..
8. and ?. Martin Ankrim's two acres at
i l, duu ,, oCclSC NA1~Aotu VhIC sSNtC ~
10. and :, and E. Ha.nilton's two acres
ut 10, ). ; and ?.
There have been ssvera! buyers in Prov
idence. who have pretty well cleaned it up.
L. T. Hensel bought VIM Bryson's two
acres a. IL: 1 and ). and Z. Vade's a. II.
) and ): Capt. Wilcox bought one crop
from Al. Smith on private terms. In some
sections there is no; \ single crop to be
found.
Plants are growing nicely and look very
green. the warm sun and plenty vi hoeing
is bringing them out Somc farmers are
still setting out plants. but the majority
are done. The acreage is smaller than
last year. Some growers have planted
corn where they intended putting tobacco.
owing to the low prices and the long wait
for buyers. Taken upon the whole it is
better. as more has been planted in the
last two years than could be properly
handled.
\ warm. soaking rain visited Lancaster
county Monday afternoon and evening.
and was followed to-day by bright sun
shine. which will do much good. not only
t. the young tobacco plants, but to other
growing crops.
In and Around Georgetown.
SOinc Sb:SS ct tpuIcSo have Uceu
in the neighborhood within the past two
weeks but it is very hard To ascertain
anything definite regarding prices. al
though it is certain the prices paid are
above what was offered some time ago.
Very little Of last years crop Is left in the
township The principal lots are in the
hands OF large raisers AMI they will. in all
probability. case it themselves. Martin 4
\ 1x,,,-
their purchases being mostly in the lower
end of this county and portions Of Ches
ter county. Their receipts on the 18th
inst. were about 10 cases or over. The
hall over the tobacco house is now dead
hold their casing.
Though transactions i'll loose tobacco
are becoming rather scarce. there is some
thing Of Il '.boom - in c.sSed tobacco. In
q ldition to the 1000 cases of H. II. Bru-
b,ker's packing sold u few days ago, wc
learn that Frey 4 Weidler have sold
about 200 cases Of their packing DiIler
H. Ruttcr. Of Intercourse, have sold 6tV
eases Henry Ebcrly h:,s sold his packing
and several other packers. both in the city
and county. are reported to have disposed
Of Il part Of their plckings. X. III. Bru-
of Salisbury. 2O1 c,ses Of choice leaf. Tho
prices paid for the above lots have not
been made public, but are said to havo
been ut very fair advance Oh first cost.
Jacob Newcomer. Of Manor township, has
sold packing of 80 cases :o Mr.. Atwatcr
at II cents round. Tic demand for de-
sirlble goods continues active.
Isaac Buckwalter. "f West Lampctcr,
has sold his crop to Mr.. Fenstermacher ut
II, Sand 3; Martin Me:zIer, Of RaphO,
has sold to John ). Rohrer ut o and ,
Christian Sepatz, Of Mount Joy, has sold
to Loeb ut 8 and 3; Amos B. Musser, Of
Mount Joy. has sold to Berlincr at 3.
through George Lcntz Of East Donegal
has sold to Loeb at and 2; Il. ii. Beiler
Of LeacOck, has sold To Stirk ut through.
MANNHEIM NEWS.
Items Of General and Of PersOnel lnterest.
NJ. J. Brecht, principal Of the Soldiers
Orphans school, Mt Joy, was in town ON
w. II. Nauman, Of the Millersville Nor
nal school, was home over Saturday.