Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-11
THE TOBACCO MARKET.


TRADE - SEED LEAF AND HAVANA.
Saturday Morning ut Ton O'clock-
Notes the t;rOwtOG Crop.
T. S. Tobacco Journal.
The leaf market presented forlcrn ap-
pesrance during the week, most of the
members of the trade having been sub
ranaed rs witnesses in a pending law
suit.
The few transactions effected consisted
of 800 cases of 80 Pennsylvania, at 8 to II
cents 80 cases 1892 Wisconsin Havana
seed, and 800 cases Ohio, at 81 to cents.
Pennsylvania of the 80 crop is eagerly in
spected where holders evince a desire 10
take from to IA cents for it.
Manufacturers in genera! continue to
complain about lack Of orders claiming a
timidity on the part Of buyers TO lay in
stock, owing to a possible carly reduction
or abolition of the tax.
SUMATHA-Vcry quiet. Sales reached
about 80 bales. There is hardly any stock
iu manufacturers hands, everybody wait
ing 70. lower prices and fuller selections,
which are expected to be obtained after
January. Prices unchanged.
HAVANA Market moderately activc.
Sales 600 bales. Prices unchanged.
Cans Report.
Sales Of seed leaf tobacco reported by
!, $. Cans Son & Co., tobacco brokers,
No. 1:,l Water street, New York, for the
week ending December II, 1882:
$50 cascs 1880 Pcnns. .lvania, sGl3 {;
800 cases 1881 Wisconsin. Havana, pt. ::
$50 cases 1881 Ohio, 3lG7; 100 cases
1881 New England, 19G@.s. Total. 1000.
The Local Market.
quiet during the past week. In lSoO leaf
there have been a few transactions, aggre.
eating not more than 200 cases. In 1881
leaf no sales aro reported and Of tho new
1882 crop only d few sales have been
effected. There are several buyers here
from a distance-some of them all the way
from CalifOrnia-and they are willing to
inycs, in the 1882 crop wherever they can
scc ANY money in it. But comparatively
little of it is stripped, and the weatbe:
has been quite untavorable for stripping,
so that those who are prepared to buy,
find the crop uIprcpared for examination.
Eery little business Will be done anti' after
the HOLIDAYS, and even then trade Will
drag slowly unless Congress acts promptly
or gives some intimatirn as to What It's
action i'll be in reference 10 the repeal ~
reduction Of the tobacco tax. lis of vital
Importance to dealers and cigar inlnufac
turers to know whether the tax is to re-
main at Sc or he reduced to s3, or 10 te
altogether taken OIL.
A prominent tobacco dealer on being Id
terviewed, spoke as follows on the condI-
ton and prospects OF trade 4: The &C
tual sales of the last week we presume no
one can tell. what we do know Is that
something over 800 eases of 50 were sold.
l,g,
tcrious in this ccuuty that no ieller cah
find it out. There are rumorS ot heaVy
sales of that crop, one Of them 200 east.
lot. As t. the truth of it, We c;linoJ say,
but do know that offers have been made
on several lots, and though business in New
York has been unusually quiet, Penn, 81
has had the call, over 1000 cases having
boen sold in that market during the last
two weeks, when sales of all other leaf
have been only 900 eases in the same time,
shown. cancius!vely that manufacturers
Will take it if they can .,et 1t at far Prlcr
in preference to other grOwths.
In tho haEds of lnanufLc!uI u.a stoc!.S
arc low of this there can be 10 dou6t. .
IL they value making cigars t:'ey must
- have tobacco and it is only Il question OF
time with them. The cigar trade in New
York is dull here it is not; all our man
fac.urcrs are busy and many OF them say
they have plenty of orders ahead, aud the
reason for it may probably be that OCT
manu- :acturcrs are satisfied with Ia.
prciit whilst their New York b:cthrca .:i'
not.
"Iu new tobacco ;hs lsuginls ha, beeN
slow during tho week, owing ucstly to th'
very unfavOrabls weather, and We hca'
buyers say farmers arc asking too much
R,t II /,
isno great harry. as from present indica
tions it will bc some time Before any Of ii
is delivered. Growers are feeling Bin.
over it they have nothing 10 do, iaHins
made arran: ements to be at their Tobacco,
and none OF it is yet down b,: they cai
fill their houses anyhow
Slight TIRE
On Saturday afternoon about quarte
before five, while Mrs. Mulholland, VIII
resides in the old " Indian Queen at til
southeast corner of East King and Churcl
streets, owned 10y A. S. Bard, was hang
ing some articles Of clothing above tn
stove to dry, one Of them caught fire aud
for few moments it looked rs th"ugl
there ris;it he lively blaze. Mrs. MuI
holland tainted lii terror, and was GnaCi
to givc an alarm. but some of tho firemel
in engine house No. 3, adjoining the en
dangered building. saw smoke issu!n,
therefrom aud promptly put out the flame
before they had gained much beadwAy
Some clothing, the carpet and a rockin
chair were burned. The tire alarm wa
not struck.
\ Man ladly Frozen.
On Friday. Samue! Tshudy, butcht
Of Conestoga township. was out de'iverin,
meat to his customers. 1t was very col
and lie had his arms, legs, feet and fac
badly frozen. When hc arrived at hi
i:ome he was taken from his wagon an
soon faiutcd. lie is now lying in crit
cal condition. DIR. Ginger is attendiu
him.
40 lse Dedicated.
The newly finished U. i. church ;
i:efton station on the Quarryville rail
road, will bc dedicated next Sunday at
a. IN, on which occasion Rev. }.
Smoker, tho pastor. will ba assisted h
Rev. r. Light. 7. T. President De Lon:
of Lebanon valley cn|iesc, and Rev.
Baltzell, OF Memcria! church., Harrisburg
Other eminent pastors will be present.
Death Of ;erj jamin GochenaUer.
Benjamin Gochcnauer, an old resideI
Of Prov itiencc township, died at his hon
OH Tuesday last, aged - years. and ";
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