The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-07

-...., ,,,..r MEETING or TIE TOBACCO AS
-,lr,ra(: ELECTION or OFFICERS; CAP
-,,, rit.YlI'S OPINION; RAILROAD Dis
DrNiqI1NS-INTERNAL REVENUE PROM
,,,rr,.rrPED TuBACCC-FOUND DEAD
g,rfp Vo7 CONTRIBUTE AND ASKED 70 M
SIGN.
-..-,..,,,.a.., " tj.o Richmond Dispatch.l
OCTOBER 3, 1891.
Contain g. ". Fcrrell was elected prcSi-
l.,t.i Pie Tobacco Association at the an
NAL meeting: Captain Il. l.. Brown, vice
-rss3eut: pr. G. L. Dousherty and Nh,
& g.. Ro,,er. supervisors Of sales.
rsr,qir Fcrrcifs annusl report Is SpOnen
ra.s wise and businesS-!ikc paper. lie
A.pt. r,oi II wc have a late and otherwise
,y,rabla f,ll. and the planters are not in a
Irrrv IN emf. the crops o. Virginia and
North Carolina may be equal in pounds 10
ooa b,lf oy three iOurth- Of an average
,rap-.1v 90 Der cent; hut brights will be
hard 10 lind. The prices which have been
given during the last six weeks VIII be
maintained during the coming season, bul
gentle caution j. given tn parties disposed
towild speculation; i0r though there are
oply 10000 hogsheads on hand in the
United states, Europe has supply lor
two years. and the prices Of the manuiac-
iurel Article have not kept pace with the
price, Of the leaf. As 70 the three millions
n ponl, by which the sales OF the year
u,i closed ten short OF the sales OF the pre-
ceding wear. that quantity has not been
leld lack-the old stock has been cN-
hau,ied-and the deficiency is said to be
due 70 the sh0rtncss OF the crop OF last
yeir. There will be an active and healthy
irsde during the season. Prices VIII
soon be established, and everything will
,ettle down on a firm baslS.'
A principal item OF the business trans
stted nj the meeting was the appointment
Of o committee TO ask the authorities OF
NE several railroads for Il revision OF the
rate, on tobacco coming to and going from
hi, market. Captain Daniel Coleman IN
tr5duced the resolution for the appointment
q tlec0mmitlee. and supported his motion
ty remarks upon the Determinations IRON
which This market has suffered. The COM
mifee (Cntain Coleman having asked 10
De excused from serving: +. {. NenaDie,
+ II. Holland. J. G.. Penn, W. w. Nor-
sham, Il. G.. LeIndOn.
Theinternal revenue from manufactured
tobacco for september was SiS2, so. I'm
amount greater than the receipts from TINS
source for August by about S2O,DO, ana
greater than those for september OF last
scar by about So 600.
Mr. James Withcrs, who was engaged as
merchant at Fall-Creek depot, disappear
"a on Monday. His body was afterwards
found in a gully in a field near by dead,
tut with no marks which indicated that he
Ad been waylaid and killed. He had been
drinking t. excess, and it is supposed that
be died in tit Of drunkenness.
Mr.. Thomas +. Jefiress, who has been for
along time employed as clerk in the inter
nl revenue office, has been requested to re-
s.m. and he will do so n soon rs he can DE
lsiqycd OF the stamps committed to his
charge. Captain Fernald being now from
home. \ few days ago, when paper
.0r subscription for the campaign
fund wa. handed around in the
Office, Nj. Jcfi'reSS declined suDscrlolhT;
A DAY or two afterwards when the pay-roii
ga, made out slip WAS attached whlch
requested gentlemen 10 come up TO the
office and settle off their subscriptions:
Mr.. JcaIc,, went 10 Captain Fernalu anu
told him hc was not in sympathy Win MS
political movements and could not con-
tribute for the support OF them ana Oherea
10 resign If he didn't suit Captain fern'iu'
"Oh, that, all right" said the captain
and the next day Mr.. Jeiiress received a
note By mail asking for his resignation.
ALPHA.