Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-05
TRADE IN THE WEED.
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oiorion" arowing w-sthcr Hnd IN. L..,
| uto"iog uio' o'iousiy--rhc New Yuth. rhil-
| ndoipnia snd Loosi markets.
There is very little being done lust now
| by dealers III tobacco either in Lancaster
or elsewhere. Tho packers aud jobbcrs
are taking their vacation ut tho seaside
rosorts, the mountain retreats aud the
medicinal springs. Tho sales of old Leaf
in this city have been light during the
rast week, there being not moro than 100
or 700 cases reported. We hear of no
transactions III the 80 crop.
The weather for the past week has boon
everything that tho farmer could desire
the soil being mellowod and moistcncd 10y
gontlo showers tho atmosphere humid,
| and the temperature mild. AS u cunso-
quenoo the plants have grown Immensely,
and even the puny little ones Of which We
spoke last week as bcing " no bigger than
q mans hand" are now spreading out
and covering the whole field. aud stretch
ing their pointed leaves upward,
towards the sun that has given them such
| vigorous life. From all parts OF this
aud adjoining counties the reports are To
the same eitect-that never before was
| NHVlo ~ IluVu Improvement SHOWN III
tobacco in single week as has been shown
during tho past week. The prospect IL
that the crop will be an unusually heavy
ore, and free from blemish Of any kind, Il
luckily 1t escapes damage 10y hail.
On Monday afternoon and evening Lam
| caster and vicinity was visited by an un.
| usually heavy storm of thunder, lightning
| aud rain. accompanied in the Cily by "a
little hail, but not enough To do much
harm. We have not heard whether the
hail was more severe in the country or not.
The rain fall was very heavy and probably
washed the hillsides and low lands, and
there was brisk wind blowing which beat
| down the plants in some places.
! Since the above report was written, wo
have reports that the tobacco was good
deal cut by q strip of hail that passed over
Earl and LeacOck townships, aud perhaps
further To the east; aud also by another
hail cloud that passed over Concstoga,
| PeQuea aud Providence townships. 1t may
be that the injury done in tho out lying
townships has been greater than has yet
| been reported.
| Tho W We,J In fart Township.
Our Bart correspondent writes The
tobacco crop, which for some time appeared
to be making failure, is now growing at
an almost unprecedented rate and look ing
| fine. Benz. Fritz has lot OF Havana seed
that can hardly be beaten in the county.
| Arthur Steward has two acres, about ono
| half Havana, the rest GlesSner which is
in an excellent condition, and will soon b.
tit to cut. No hail 50 far has been in
the neighbOrhoOd, and il II stays away FOR
4 couple of weeks a large quantity oi
Havana seed will be housed.
New York Market
The Tobacco Journal says Tho situa
ton has not changed. Philadelphia sent
quite a contingent Of jobbers to the mark
They bought odds aud ends, mostly of old
tobaccos as bargains. Some took sma
lots of So Connecticut seconds aud con
siderable Havana. Outside Of this very
little was done in tho market. Tho tota
sales of the week will reach about 6OC
cases. Sumatra and Java were sold 10 the
extent of about 800 bales at prices ranging
from 81 to sl.1j. Havana was exceed
ingly active sales 700 bales at - cents
92., SlUj aud sl.27.
Cans Weekly Report.
Following are the sales of seed loal
tobacco reported for the lSTELLrGESCET
by J >. Cans son S Co., tobacco brokers
No. Isl Water street. New York, for III,
week ending AUGUST 1, 1884
200 cases 1852 Pennsylvania, at 9,alJc
80 cases 1881 Pennsylvania, at 1ldl2c
$50 cases lsS2 Ohio, at lOilGl2c; 2OC
cases scudries, at 7(dljc. Total, |, 100 cases
sales Of seed Leaf 10 New YORK In July
| From tho Fob Acco Leaf.