The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-05
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.

No sales of loose tobaccos yesterday
/ There was prospect last night Tor al
average sale this Tuesday morning:
Offerings OF tobacco on Change FEB
/ ruary 4th, 1889 Mr. Silas Shelburn
offered ten packages Of old North Caro-
Ina brighis 10 close an account, price
ranging from $e 10 TO $3.50 ON
package sold az $3.50, one at $lGij, tw'
AT $1,000, one at Slj25, one at Sl22j
four packages taken In under $40.
Messrs. Darlington & Co sold one
package at Sis.
Mcssrs. /. NJ. Grimm & Co. offered two
packages, but took one in at 81 and the
Other at 1928
Messrs. Carr & Dickensons offered min,
packages West Virginia bright. prlce.
ranging from 81 - to S25. one packaee
sold at S25, one At $9e50. one package
taken in al 500 one AT $lG2j. one al
$3.50, one az Slj three packages taken
i'm under so.
The principal bidders AT auction sales
today were Allen s. Ginter. +. C. VII
iams & Co. ]. G. Trance. " T Han.
cock. Thomas q AbOrn
Registered al the Tobacco EXCHANGE
William g. Pace Danyille. Va. Fred
Schwenck, b. B Vaughan, Petersburg
W G.. Huntington, Farmyinc, W. A.
Adams, oxford, \. c.
seabrook s, Centre, Sbockoe. Old Do
minioD, Blanchards. Devcnport's and
Shclburne's Warehouses report ship
meuts to-day Of - hogsheads
The tobacco inspectors Office reports
hogsheads opened to-day as follows In
spections, A. rcin-pections, 1870
Mr. VIM NJ Bridges, tobacco inspec-
tor, desires me TO state that the appar-
emily large receipts and deliveries of
tObaccOs in January is accounted for by
the transfer OF .55l hhds from the Plan
tiers and Merchants Warehouses, Nos.
and ,, go other city warehouses. The
0chlW receipts were ! ,2i0 hhds and 600
tees and boxes, and the 0ctH0ldeliyeries
were 3.209 hhds and $40 tees and boxes.
The octVai decrease of stocks in January
was $3.50 hhds, tees and boxes
Messrs. r.. l.. Norris & Co. report sales
OF smokers and wrappers to-day
4 large tobacco commission house re-
ports sales of old wrappers and scrap
tobacco to-day.
\ prominent tobacco commission house
reports sale of fair line of wrappers
to-day at very good prices.
A large tobacco commission house re-
ports sale to-day of sixteen hogshead-
hllcrs.
A prominent tobacco commission mcr.
chant. who has Just returned from our
sister city of Lynchburg Va, says "the
new crop ms seen on the Lynchhurg
market was the meanest be ever saw.
The offerings for the past week were
very heavy, and thcprices forthe quality
were very good so the buyers think.
There is The smallest proportion of good
10 fine tObaccos, considering ihe quantity
offered, ever known TIP 10 this time
last year there had been upwards of half
g million pounds Of fine Australian and
Italian tObaccos purchased, while this
year there has not been onct(HM of that
quantity purchased, and from what |
could gather the proportion will not be
greatly increased from his time forth,
Judging from the offerings made
a prominent tobacco commission house
reports The sale to-day of a few hogs
heads of Tugs
Messrs. Vaughan Is Saryay requests
me 10 say that i'm addition 10 their regu-
lar loose tobacco sale to-day, they viii
sell a nice lot of bright t0baccOs for, and
on account of their friends, the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad Company
% which they desire to call special atten-
ton G. Mel