Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-11-20
THE WEED.
General Tobacco News.

The Tobacco barn or w. .. Nlcnaru,
in Montgomery county, was burned
Sunday night with $1,000 pounds of
tobacco The barn was insured for
$500 and the tobacco for 81 $50.
New Holland (Pa.) has been en-
riched by the establishment of a new
Cigar factory, Dillworth Bros, pro-
prietors, and Mr.. Curtis Richmond,
manager. Thirty hands have been
employed (one-half apprentices) and
more are wanted.
The tobacco sales at Harrisons
sale-room have been unusually lively
for the time of year, and the prices
received were considered good.
Since Saturday last sixty-five loads
have been disposed of, the prices
ranging from $3.50 up to $725 per
hundred.-Owensboro Inquirer.
In Greensboro last Monday, the
Messenger reports, w. IL. Q. john
son sold load of new crop tobacco
at 81, 81 and 49, Also that j. I. Il Il.
Walden of Surghotown precinct, have
new kind of tobacco which averages
5 lbs, to the stick, They call it Poor
Mans Friend, grown from seed pro-
cured in Henderson county.
The suit of Coleman Boyd against
j. S. Phelps IL Co., of the Planters
Tobacco Warehouse in this city, has
been satisfactorily settled and dis
missed. Mr.. Boyd sued for settle
ment of accounts claiming $S4, 600 as
due him but accepts $4,000 of stock
in the Planters Warehouse Co., in
full settlement of his claim.-Home
Journal.
The shipments of Tobacco from
New York City to European counties
during the month of October were
very large, aggregating considerable
more than 10000 hogsheads. From
Baltimore and other Southern mark
cts the shipments were also large. 1t
is encouraging to growers to see such
large shipments abroad, as it prevents
any glut at home markets.-West To-
bacco Journal.
Somewhere in the neighborhood of
three hundred thousand pounds have
been already sold in the market, con-
sisting chiefly of loads. Prices rule
at 81 10 $3.50 less than last year. Very
few crops have been offered, the high
est sold bringing 800, 600 and ZOO.
Whether or not sharp competition
will put up prices will be known
shortly when all the buyers are in
the market, which is not the case as
yet-Henderson Journal.
The foreign trade take particular
interest in the crops of the Hender-
son and Owensboro QKy.) districts,
especially the English Trade, as much
of their Strips and SPINNING stock
come from those districts, and they
are anxious to know of the extent
and character of each years crop. 1t
is confidently asserted that the crop
in these districts will not be over rs
per cent, of an average as to quantity,
and that as to quality there is even a
more material decline, Fine Leaf
being very scarce.-West Tobacco
Journal.
The exports of Cigars Leaf Tobacco
and Cigarettes from Havana for the
year up to October 22d, aggregated
as follows; Ill, $50 Cigars, 1851
300 pounds of Tobacco and 1867 ,30S
packages of Cigarettes. OF these
totals there were exported to the
United States 81, $4,000 Cigars, ii, :
l26,700 pounds of Leaf Tobacco, and
45O,543 packages of Cigarettes. AS
compared with last years exports to
the United States, Cigars show an
increase of 22,203,000, Tobacco l ,40l,
400 pounds of Leaf, and Cigarettes a
decrease of $4,000 packages.
THE LOUISVILLE MARKET.
Sales for the week have been very
large, consisting mostly of good TO
find grades of redried Burleys, which
have sold high, with an animated
demand from all sources-running a
large list of price above Is cents, and
up TO 221S cents-fairly and fully re-
covering the depression in this class
of tobacco, caused by the very exces-
sive offerings in September; the CON-
mon and medium grades of this class
of tobacco remain firm, at about the
same range of prices as have been
obtained for the past two or three
weeks; as also old Tugs and common
leaf. Green River leaf is firmly held
at previous prices with but a very
limited quantity on the market. New
has been offering more literally will
no change in prices. We quote az
follows for good weights, in mer
charitable order and condition. GU
of order packages and light weights
Z to cents below the quotations.
Farmers Home journal.