The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-15
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT

RICHMOND. VA, July 4.--0fi,rings o
tobaccos at auction ON change Monday
July II, 1890 were exceedingly light.
Private sales reported to the secretary 10
day: Wrappers, 81 hogshcads; filters. y
hogsheads: cutters, 1 hogshead; smokers
hogshead; burleys, hogsheads dark 10
baccos, ~ hogsheads. Total l6g hogsheads
Office Of the tobacco inspector reports to
day: Inspections Bright, PSI hogshcads
dark, . hogsheaUs. Reinspcctions-- Bright
20 hogsheads: dark, hogsheads; western
hogsheads.
Farmers, Wilson's, Virginia, Allegheny
Old Dominion. Crcnshaw's. Meals. Dayen
ports, Planters and Merchants, Shell
burne's, ScabfoOk's and Shockoe ware
houses report to-day: Receipts, i3S nogs
heads. tierces and boxes; deliveries, u.
hogsheads. 4 ticrces and boxes.
Office Of the collector Of the United State,
Internal Revenue reports collections ioi
the city Of Richmond today as follows
Tax paid cigars and cigarettes. 81. 252 Is.
tax paid tObaccos, S5,S622l. Total, S7.ll4.39
Registered at the Tobacco Exchange 10
day: Jos. J. Percevall, Petersburg.
Our Messrs. Il. LighifoOt ,WOrmeley, wife
and son, and Louis H. Lightfoot. sail on
Wednesday next from the port Of New York
on the magnificent lnman line steamship
City Of New York, for Liverpool.
Messrs. Walker, Sengstok Il Co., in their
circular Of July -, lS90, say: "The growing
crop is in critical condition. About two
weeks ago there were OCal rains in NAM
Der Of sections Of the hurley district with
out helping the crops a. much as might
have been expected. In some sections there
have been no rains since the crop was
planted, and there farmers have about
abandoned hopes for making a crop, as
plants are diving out rapidly.
"On the new lands where rains have &C.
CURED tobacco looks fairly WELL though
small for the season, whilst most fields look
very poor and uneven. During the busy
time of the wheat and hay harvests, many
farmers neglected the cultivation Of the To-
bacco fields, and allowed them 10 oyergrow
with weeds. Where cultivation has been
attempted since, much of the tobacco was
Killed 10y the scOrching sun and hot winds
From the Blue-Grass region there Is also
much damage by worms reported. Al
present the hurley crop threatens to be a
failure. the same rs the oats and potato
crops in this section, unless rains should
come soon. Tue absence of hard frosty
weather last winter and the continuous
heavy rains in the spring seem 20 have left
the ground in condition very unfayOrablC
| for any crop
\ letter from Lewisburg. \. c., dated
extremely warm until yesterday and is still
very dry, and the crop is beginning TO suffer
considerably"
4 letter TO our Mr.. W. r.. Mallory from
our MIR. jackson Turpin. dated Cincinnati
| July II. 1880, says: "The old part of th,
| Globe Warehouse was totally DESTROYED D.!
| fire last night.
IL don't know what grade Of burleys the
Globe people had in their old house, but il
| is thought that they had abOut 1900 hogs
\ heads in all. and rather think that q large
proportion Of them were common t0baccos'
The Richmond tobacco market was very
active and strong to-day, with heavy sales
Of bright wrappers and dark tobaccos. auC
/ good sales of bright filters. Bright inspec
! tions heavy to-day. and the balance Of the
| list light ReinspectlOn2 light. Receipts
large: deliveries heavy (being aboHt double
the receipts. lmernal revenue collections
on plug tobaccos were very heavy to-day
| C. Mel.