The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-07
TOBACCO DEPARTM ENT.

RICHMOND. August G.-Sales at auc
ton on Change Tuesday, August o.
1859. Total offerings. - hogsheads:
Messrs. Vaughan q Sarvay offered
hogsheads. Highest price, g 50.
Messrs. Carter d Ryland offered
hogsheads. Highest price. $40.
Mcssrs. II. j. Wilson. Son * Co.. of
fCred % hogsheads lsun-curcdt One
hogshead sold at Sl3 90: two at SIP 5O'
one at Sli:tN at $40 80, one as 80; one
al $S.S7t. one at - -: one at 80; one at
$3.50: one at 81; seye' teen brought un-
der 81.
Sllas Shelburne offered : hossheads
One hogshead sold at $3.50. one taken
in at Sl3.25: one sold at SO: one taken
i'm at SO. four taken in under SO.
Mr.. Il. IL. Dibrell offered 3 hogsheads.
one hogshead sold at - 80: one taken
i'm at 50. 30: one taken in at 1928.
Mes-rs. Arungtous x Scott offered .
hogsheads One hogshoad taken IN az
SO: one at Sll0.
Messrs. l. NJ. Griffin d Co.. offered .
hog. heads. One hogshoad taken in at
$3.50: one az &c.
Private sales reported to-day to secre-
lary: Wrappers. ] hid. filters. 10
hhds. scraps. 10 hhds.; shipping list, 3
hhds.. dark tobacco. 3 hhds. Total
sales reported. 36 hhds.
Farmers Wilson, Shockoe. Blauch-
ards. Davenport 5, Centre, Allegheny
and Old Dominion warehouses report
deliveries to day of l69 hhds. and 4
tierccs.
Office of tobacco inspector reports for
Monday. August 9TH. 1850: Inspections
bright. 30 hhds.. dark. 80 hhds. Rein
spoctons bright, 81 hhds dark. ! hhds.
The breaks were very heavy to-day.
Office of the collector of United
States internal revenue reports collec
lions for tue city of Richmond. Va.
today as follows: List, = 40; Cigars
etc, q. 231.3j. tobacco tax paid, Sid
"a, special tax, o5f64 Total collec-
tions, - 741.63.
Registered at Tobacco Exchange.
j. Ii. Hite, LOUISA county: K. X. Mob
lin. South Boston: +. Watkins, North
Carolina: 4. X. Ellerson, Hanover w.
G.. Huntington. Farmyille: James T..
Swain. William Ii. Swain, Willie Noel
and w. l.. BlantOn. Caroline.
Mr.. Charles Bruce, of Halifax. writes
to his correspondents here as follows !:
Il to-day return you by way Of
Mossingford sixteen bundles of sacks,
as we have had the most destructive
flood ever known in this sciion. |
saved from my low grounds not one
single shock of wheat. and will be
coinpelled TO retain for home use the
wheat made on upland. | lost my lit
tie tobacco out (about $4,000 hills by
the freshet, and the destruction TO corn
has been complete on all land exposed
to overflow.
Mr.. G.. II. Elliot. Of Nortonsville
Albemarle county. writes: Il notice
that my crop of tobacco growing to
day, when the sun came out. all with
cred. and suppose it will come to moth
ing, though | had a good prospect for a
crop
Mr.. Gray. of Powhatan, says: "Our
crop of.tobaccoa feH weeks age. was most
promising. Yesterday. where 1t stood
something like waist high, it has
wiltered and tapped to the ground,
and the leaves OF the few stalks stand
ing are not wider than my head. / re-
gard the crop as failure.
Mr.. William G. Archer says. Il was
NJ Powhatan Court and made diligent
inquiry Of the best informed farmers
present. and they all agreed, taking
everything into consideration. it is i'm
possibls to make over half a crop with
favorable season from now out. ,"
Reports from tine West in regard to
crop in that section, while conflicting,
do not deny that the excessive rains
have done serious damage in many
localities, particularly IN Southern Ken
lucky. as well as in part Of the hurley
district, such as Mason, Brackeu and
Montgomery counties, and great deal
of tobacco is IN grass, and they cannot
do anything with 1t. The exceedingl y
favorable weather for handling has