Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-12-22
THE WEED.
General Tobacco News.

General 1opacoo NEWS
PRICES FOR THE DARK TOBACCO CROP
OF MISSOURI.
We learn from very reliable
source that the Tobacco market has
opened up.in the southeastern part
of the county. The Tobacco nIer-
chants of Glasgow started buyers
through the forks of Charlton the
first of this week, andwe understand
they are paying from 81 80 to So 90
for old style. The merchants at this
place have not commenced buying
ing yet, and we learn they were very
much surprised at the prices paid by
the Glasgow merchants, as they eX-
pected to get this years crop at
much lower figure. There is no doubt
but what old style Tobacco will bring
good price this year.-Brunswicker.
BRIGHT TOBACCO IN THE VIRGINIA CROP.
Regarding the heavy receipts in
the Virginia markets and the proper
ton of Bright in ii, the Richmond
State says: sowing to continued
and frequent seasons, receipts of To-
bacco have been very heavy Oh all the
interior markets and thus far the
crop has shown even less color than
bullish holders of Brights predicted
in August and September. A well
posted Tobacconist informs us that
receipts 50 far indicate that there
will not be one-tenth the quantity of
Bright Wrappers and Cutters in the
1885 crop that there was in the 1884
crop, and even the brightest of this
crop (of 1885 has mahogany cast
that will constantly redden as the To-
bacco gets old.
"Some Tobacconists say, however,
the per cent. of color from present in
dications will be about one-fourth."
PRICES FOR MANUFACTURED TOBACCO
IN AUSTRALIA.
There has been quiet market since
our last advice. 40 cases T. B. Ten
nents Fair Maid, 5's, + pounds, Is
cases Bellevue, also SIS, were offered
publicly on the 9th ult., but the for
mer line failed TO elicit better offer
than S. a d, and both were with
drawn. On The 10Th, 279 packages OF
Tennent's and Cameron's Tobaccos,
including Fair Maid, Ellerslie, Belle
of the East, Iolanthe (aromatic,) At
las (dO.) Oneida rolls, IIillsboro' (Ci-
garette,) Old North State, Tarheel
Long Cut, Look Out were submitted
at auction, but nothing was done, the
best offers being-Fair Maid, AS, liz
d; Iolanthe, l7's, p. p, 3 d; Fancy
Bright rolls, l S 81 d.-Melbourne
journal of Commerce, November 4th.
A Richmond, (Va.) dispatch of the
llth says; "After some spirited dis
cussion, the Senate passed the joint
resolution adopted by the House of
Delegates yesterday instructing Vir-
ginia'srepresentatives in both branch
es of Congress to use their best efforts
to secure the repeal of the tax on To-
bacco and liquors. Messrs. Heaton,
Meredith and Berry, spoke in oppo-
sition TO the resolution. Mr.. Kainer,
of Augusta, thought it was aquestion
which should not be acted upon these
articles would afford two more i'm
portant subjects for State taxation"
NOT LIKELY To AGREE.
For some time New York Cigar
Manufacturers and representatives O
the Cigar Makers Union have beer
attempting to come to a conclusion
regarding uniformity in prices TO
manufacturing Cigars, but it seem
they are as far off as ever from set
Element, because the manufacturer
recognize the tenement house manu-
factory in their proposition, and til
Cigar makers want to totally ignor
them.-West Tobacco Journal.
Mr.. j. b. Logan, of Jessamir
county, on fifteen acres of land raise
1880 pounds of tobacco, which |
sold at the barn for $1,000.
G.. G. Hamilton, Montgomery coui
ty, last week, closed out his 1884 Gre
of tobacco, consisting of 120,0t
pounds, at an average of u ITO cen
per pound.
Mr.. w. w. Goddard and tenant
Messrs. Sexton, Simpson and Mu
ply, of Mercer county, sold their CT
tire crop of tobacco, consisting {
26 acres, TO Messrs. Tabler & COCA
for So cents for all grades. This tC
bacco took 5 premiums at the Hal
rodsburg Tobacco Fair and 2 &
Georgetown. 1t was splendid GRO
and made fine yield per acre.
CINCINNATI QUOTATIONS.
Scraps and Inferior Dark Trash s. . 5Oa
Common Medium Dark Lugs'.... 3 500 4
Medium and Good Medium Colony
Lugs ........... .......,.. 6 50(g I
Common Medium Stripping Leaf. 5OCg
Medium and Good Medium Leaf. 9 J0ygll
Good to Fine Leaf .... ............ ~ 0OCdls
Cincinnati journal.
TOBACCO FAIR AT KIRKsvILLE.
KIRKsvILLE, KY, Dec. 15.-At til
tobacco fair at this place, given by
B. Walker & Bros, premiums in cas-
to the amount of $40 were given, viz
For the best bright leaf-premiur
given by j. Il. Walker ~ Bros, $40
ii samples were shown. Mordeca
Curtis was declared best and Georg
Warren second best, both ofMadisOl
B For the best red leaf, $l0-prem
jun given by Sawyer, Wallace Il Co
Louisville; IA samples were shown
Pollard McKenny, of Garrard, first
Hendricks " King, of Madison, sec
ond.
For the best Tugs, premium $l(
given by Pickett House, Louisville
Five samples were shown, Tevis I
Goens, of Madison, first; Thoma
Ross, Of Madison, second.
The judges were Bridges, Wilson
and Schneider, of Louisville and
Willard Mitchell, of Nicholasville
This was the first show held at thil
place. The Messrs. Walkers propose
now making it annual, with more
premiums. This is quite a tobacco
raising community, and from the