Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-11-10
THE WEED.
General Tobacco News.

According to Mr.. Soule Smith,
Commissioner for Kentucky to the
New Orleans Exposition, the Drum
mond Tobacco Company, of st. Louis,
will have an exhibit at the New Or
81 leans Exposition, illustrating the va
rious processes undergone from the
Leaf to the manufactured article
- ready for market, and which exhibit
Twill cost $4,000. sV I 4
i'Nss Attic fourth Annual Fair held at
Lucas Warehouse, Bowling Green,
KY, Oh the 18th ult., two premiums
on Tobacco were won by Mr.. j. G.
Edmunds, of Bath County. Best ten
pounds of Stemming Leaf, $50 in
gold. Best ten pounds of Long Afri-
can Leaf, SIS in gold. Besides this
Mr.. Edmunds obtained certificate
for the largest and finest single hand
of Leaf Tobacco.
The Henderson IN. c. Gold Leaf
Of 22nd says: ave have seen very
pretty sample of this years crop To-
bacco raised by Mr.. j w. Fuller, in
Franklin County. 1t was faultless as
to color, of good body and excellent
flavor, and shows what Franklin can
do. Tobacco culture is new thing
in that section, and the experience of
those who tried il this year has been
So satisfactory that many others will
~ do SO next season. The lotspoken of
was sold at Cooper's, for $685. per
hundred" 1-,,1
II takes some men long time to
learn that tobacco is injurious. Now
there is Mr.. Peter Gerow, of Chelsea,
Wis, lie is lib years old, and has
used tobacco ever since he was a
youth without finding out that il hurt
him until few days ago, when his
vision became so impaired that lie
had to take to spectacles. It's feared
that the habit has become so fixed on
him now that he will never be able
to reform.-Chicago News.
A year or so ago merchant vessel
was sent to Havana to bring back to
the United States some shipwrecked
sailors. While there they obtained a
lot Of cheap cigars, which they cord
cd up in a great pile ON the deck.
Over this pile, which looked very
much like cord of wood, they threw
"a lot Of old sail-cloth, and when the
customs officers asked them If they
had any dutiable goods on board
they pointed to this pile and said il
contained cigars. The customs Of
tlcers thought they were being guyed
and did not look at them.
For this season of the year sales ii
the Lynchburg market during the
week ending October oath, were lib
eral, amounting to 223,300 pounds
swelling the total for the month tC
579,50O pounds, as against 559,60(
pounds the corresponding period o.
the proceeding year.
The: Pickett sold four hhds. o
Iowa Lugs and Trash at So 60, Is
A % and 4 10. Good tor our far of
northwest friends. Send more. TIL,
Falls City, sold flour hhds.I new I'll.
dark soft order Common Leaf ant
Leaf and Lugs at 81 10, 6, 40, A so ant
4 so; and four hhds. new Henri
County Burnley at $6 40, 45, 2 a
4 So. The Todd Warehouse solt
two hhds. new Hart County Lugs
crop f. A. Thomas, at$6 80 and 3 95
and five hhds. at private sale.--Far
niers' Home Journal, October 3lst.
Mr.. II. C. LOuden, of Georgetown
o., who obtained high averages til,
week before last on several lots of To
baccO, on Thursday offered 10 hhds
lpore, which brought an average o
s$l6 n per hundred, the liighes
price being $40 so. On the same day
Stevens, Fitch &c Co., Manchester O.
offered 10 hhds. which brought al
average of $l5 OF, the highest price
being $l9 so. About onethird of thu
offerings the past week were from
the Brown County district, and EN-
braced the larger portion Of the GooC
Leaf offered. 1T|t#
EXPORT OF TOBACCO DURING Angus
AND SEPTEMBER.
For the past two or three month
receipts ofTobacco (mainly 1884 crop
have been very large in the principa
European markets. In Liverpool
London and Bremen alone about IL,
900 hogsheads were received durin,
September, and with the exception O
Bremen the deliveries in no way APP
preached the receipt in volume, con
sequently large addition was mad
TO stocks, aggregating nearly 500
hOgsheads, in one month in the thre
markets named. Usually in tin
months of August and Scptembe
the first shipments of the crol
of the preceding year are mad,
TO foreign markets, but this yea
they are more liberal than usu
al. Something unusual in othe
years also was the export of Burley
but this year quite quantity of THU
type has been shipped abroad, and j
is anticipated that in the near futur
foreign manufactures will eYinc
quite a partially for it. Its "drink
ing" qualities should win for it tn
favor or English manufacturers
West Tobacco journal.
BRADsTREETs REPORT.
Below is the result of special Gro
investigation by Bradstreets issuec
Oct. IL.
According to the last report of th
Stateauditor the crop oflS84 amount
cd TO 226, 1902 pounds. OF the IL
counties in Kentucky 81 were cred
ted with producing 100000 pound
each or over IN 1884. Bradstreet
has obtained from all of these coul
ties reports as to the general cond
ton of the plant. In addition to thes
reports have been obtained frol
counties producing not quite 1000
600 pounds, so that the total numbe
Of counties reporting is IA. or III
"a counties reporting, 80 countie
representing In 1884, 9S, 65,8l2pound