The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-24
TOBACCO DEPARTM ENT.

RICHMOND, VA, July CHICKERING'S of
tobacco a, auction on 'Change.W ednesdav,
July sd, 1870: Total offerings - packages
OF sun cured and dark tobaccOs: one pack
age sold $50, one nj -, one at $3.50. one at
SIG, one at $li.j0 two at $3.50. one at sl2,
one a; Sll.50, two nj 5000, one nj 5000,
three al $40, one ut S.,5, two az n.2o. one AT
50, two at 1915. three AZ $. one at s, 80. one
al So.'o, one taken in at $G25, one sold at
W'2o, one at So. one at $500, onelwas taken
IN at 800 one sold at s.. one at Si6O, one
$40, one at 81, one at $780, one was taken
In at Sl.Sj, one sold at eighty vents.
Private sales reported TO the secretary
to-day; Wrappers, 30 hogsheads; filters, | -
hogsheals: cutters. hogsheads; smokers.
30 h0gshcads; scrap, hogshcads; sun
cured, l hogshcad; dark tObaccos, 2 hogs
head. Total, POI hogsheads.
Office Of the tobacco inspector reports to-
day; Inspections Bright, l39 hogsheads;
dark, u hOgsheads. Bright,
81 hogshcads; dark. 80 hogsheads.
Farmers, Wilson's, Allegheny, old Do
minion, ScahrOOks, Meals, DaVenpOrts,
NhOckoc's, and PLANTERS and Merchants,
warehouses report to-day; Receipts, II hogs
heads, l3 tlerCcs and boxes; deliveries, 06
hogshcads. 3 tiorcCs and boxes,
Office of the collector Of the United States
Internal Revenue reports collections for
the city of Richmond to-day as follows:
Tax paid cigars and cigarettes, Si69.Nj;
tax paid tobaccos, S5,l9l.i6. Total, 80
81 81.
Registered at the Tobacco Exchange
Wednesday. July -, $3.50: j. \. Blanton,
Amelia: Il. l.. Duke, Durham; /. J.. Nor
ton. GAINESVILLE, Va.
Mr.. jackson Turpin in a letter 10 our Mr..
". r.. Mallory. dated Cincinnati, July 22d,
800 says: Market higher ON medium to
haccOs c0lory red, rs well as common Tugs.
paid for new Tugs to-day two dollars and
"a half (S2.j0), that ! could have bought in
Nav and june for about one (SD dollar tOI
one dollar and a quarter (SL25.'
The following telegram might message)
was received at Richmond this \. NJ:
CINCINNATI O., July 22d, 1870.
10 W. Il. Mallory, Richmond, Va.
Lugs mo- lower. Tendency upward. Of
ferne, light will Doe heavier tomorrow.
(Signeh JACKSON TURrIN.
Ncssrs. Carr a Dickinsons are i'm receipt
Of two letters from Montgomery county,
ky. hurlcy district. which report the crop
bon am extremely uniayorahle condition.
This part Of Kentucky has been more favor
ell with rain. than other tobacco sections of
the state mp 90 this time.
These gentlemen say: Reports from Fay
cite county, ". Va. say the crop IN that
section is i'm tolcrablc plight; that with favor
able seasons from now ON they Will get an
average yield
Mr.. George r. Naddcy says: "Ihe coun-
try is very dry, and the crops are suffering
very much i'm Hanover, Louisa, caroline
and SpotsylNania. The bulk Of the crop IS
very small. All old tobaccOs are in the mar
kot I'm the sections where / buy. ! do not
know of "a single package remaining in the
farmers hands,
Continued bad reports come i'm from the
counties of Louisa. Hanover and Gooch-
land. showing greater and more extended
destruction and devastation, caused 10y the
great hail storm of a few days ago. Many
families are sand tO Poe i'm destitute condi-
ton.
Ample rains reported In the >outhsdc
tobacco belt 90 mature certainly iOur-tiths
of the crop there and place il out of danger
There is about Ouc-nith of the tobacco crop
in This region. which has been but recently
topped. which Willnced some rain, OF course.
n is said that they were curing tobacco
in Brunswick county last week.
4 cable was received at Richmond to-day
announcing the safe arrival at Queenstown
0f our Mc-srS. Lewis II. LghtiOOt and j.
liehtfoot Womcey wife and son.
The Richmond tobacco market was very
active to-day. with large sales Of bright
wrappers. heavy sales of bright filters and
GOOD sales Of bright smokers. The bright
inspections We're large to-day; the rest Of
tha list light. ReinspecUons lignt. Re
.ceiuts were moderate today. with light de-
INorie-. Internal revenue collections heavy
to-day. especially ou plug tobaccos. War
Department weather map OF 23d instant
shows rainfall Of - Of am inch at Louis
willie, Ky, ON Yesterday. {. Mel.