The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-02
A MILLI0N AND A HALF
CIGARS SHIPPED FROM WHEELING,
The Larr,,. Bu.lu.,s E,.r Dons H.rsis ons Day.
oas Mas s.nd, or orsr p,lf q Miles.
suokIsS Tob,eso shares Tie Been.
Cheap knokiss issusuratsd.

The business done in Wheeling yesterday
by the manufacturers Of cigars wa not oply
unprecedented, It was almost incredible.
Somewhat OF a boom was anticipated, but
none OF the dealers expected to be able to
start as many packages for their destination
az they did. The scene OF the Office Of Gen.
I Il. Duyall, U. s Collector OF Internal
Revenue, was q lively M all day. The
clerks were on duty at s o'clock yesterday
morning. and business opened up briskly at
that hour and continued almost undated
till a late hour in the day. Applications for
cigar and tobacco stamps, special tax stamps
and other papers poured in all day. In spite
OF the rush, the business moved along
smoothly, and all callers were waited upon
promptly. I,
Il was impossible to keep any account OF
the sales In collected form, but the receipts
reached somewhere In the sixty thousands.
In view OF the large sums on hand, and the
numerous robberies and sale burRlartes OF
late, a special Waterman wa detailed at the
Custom House last night. OF the sum taken
In, between $4,000 and $4,000 was In pay
mentor cigar and tobacco stamps, the sales
u tuo WV AahNS eSb eSS1
SOM BIG SHIPMENTS.
Atthe various cigar factories the employees
were all kept busy, packing and shipping
cigars, which were loaded as fast as they
could be stamped and boxed: Most OF The
manufacturer had prepared tneir slhaavin
for the rebate after tue close Oh business Ine
night before, n 80 were ready 70 10 70 "otk
filling orders at once.
AT A. Poilack,s factory, on Watef stteet'
the LARGEST cigar factory IN the slaIe or yici'
NIFTY, Vo,VoV cigars were shippeu yesnetaAyi
tins NUMBER neing al on nAnas. M. Foi. M
pes on nus DOCKS oruefs iof nearly haii . mn'
lion more. ooo
N. N. Marh& Son shipped 100, 600 tips and
stogiesi Henry Seamon nearly ~ many "a.
Loos q bro. over lUU wv John scnneiueF q
Co, Main street, South side. l2o,Uov; Eoehng
g Peoier. o. ChaphnesheeIce hsef "heeithe'
ABOUT I4I,oOe r....
W!hi!e theseana MI. wheeler, OF TINS E'gntn
Ward, are the largest msnuiActuleis tne
smaller shippers IN the aggregate wonlas wei!
inc t0tal bumper snlPpea sHnsaueiaois o ovet
a million ana hall, possibly nearer z,VVo''
10y.
lnsmtklng topaeeo nearly ~ la.Re = nusi'
ness ~ proportion was zone. bloen broS'
shipped about 2oVVVV pounes, hno Mt. fol'
lack wopla pave snippea Us iatss VI = iaisei
amount put Tor Tue iaaoiiity OF the COLLECTOR
o inrnish the necessary stamps
A%rEMpoRARY ROOM.
OF course this enormous business does not
indicate Il ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In the demand
for Wheeling cigars aud stogies. As one
large manufacturer said yesterday, 1t was
really doing about two months business ina
few days. AS heretofore explained, all re-
tailers and jobbers allowed their 5 ocks TO
run down as low as they could without i'm
pairing their business, on aocouut OF the
trouble OF claiming the rebate aud the length
Of time which may reasonably be expected
to elap.e before the rebate can be secured.
Orders have been accommodating for a month
past, the cigars not 10 be deliyerd till May1.
Several manufacturers bad enough cigars