The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-30
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.

RICHMOND, VA, July Offerings Of
tobacco at auction on Change Tuesday.
July 10Th, 1890. Total offerings sixteen
packages ofsun-cured and dark tobaccos.
One package sold at Sl3.2i. one at Sl3. one
at Sll, one at 5000, one al $3.50. one nj
$40, one at 1913. enc at $50 two at s..
one at $40, one AT 81. one at $3.50. one
package taken in at $3.50. one at $3.50. one
AT $40.
Private sales reported TO the secretary
to-day: Wrappers, 20 hOgshoads; filters. Il
hogsheads; scrap, - hogshcads ;,sun-cured.
hogshead; dark tObaccOs, - hogsheads.
Total, - h0gsheads
, Office Of the tobacco inspector reports to-
day: Inspections Bright, l9l hogsheads
dark, 81 hogsheads Western. 10 hogsheads.
Rcinspcctions- Bright, II hogsheads: dark.
/ hogshcad; Western. q hogshcads
Farmers. Wilson's. Allegheny, Old Do
minion, Crenshaw's. Meals. Davenports's.
Shelburno's. Planters and Merchants. sea-
/ brooks. ShOckoe and Myers warehouses re-
port today; Receipts, 49, hogshcads. II
tierccs and boxes; deliveries, 90 hogshcads,
2l tierces and boxes.
| Registered az the Tobacco Exchange TO-
/ day: l.. W. Harris. Henderson, y. c.; 4.
/ {. Flippo. Caroline. Va.
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. Si.O2S.G0.
/ tax paid tobacc0s. Sl.S0,.iS. Total,
$29it.OS.
uitcd STATES War Department weather
map dated Tuesday, july 30 1890, reports
no rainfall at Louisville. Ky, or AT Cincin-
natl. o.. for tho past twenty -four hours.
Mir. T.. ". Harris. of Henderson. y. c.,
| Will hc iu Richmond ior several days, and is
making his headquarters with Mcssr-. l.. J..
/ Norris a Co. In speaking Of the growing
t1hacco crops in his section, Mr.. Harris
saws. "Ihc crops are looking very well.
/ Our impression is We are going to have a
/ dark. heavy crop. 10 is not possible to sup
pose that we viii have "a very bright crop
with AN Of this rain. and we have had more
rain than Won have had here. A great deal
OF our tobacco was ready for cat
ting last week. have brother
living about three miles from Henderson.
and bee told me- ne had determined TO COM
moucc cutting Monday. hut the rain set m
and ho VIII not Doe able to do That. " Is
greatly feared that the rains VIII start the
tobacco fo takinga second growth. which
not only viii render curing diiicull. nul
lWill very materially Affect the quality OF
the crop. Lc. hy washing ihe sum oil, and
making IL poor and thin.
our Mr. Rufus >arNay was on Change t~
, day for the first time since his recent indis
position.
our MIR. John Win-o arrived 40 homo
safe last night, after having bad. os Dc
STYLES 10. "a very pleasant ard a very
damp trip
q The followin- telegram was received Obi.
p &. NJ:
"CLAEKsNHIE. Tenn July -. l~lN.
l $50 Richmond TINES. Richmond. a..
Drought continues. Speculative feeling u
, crouses. particularly for Western strips.
"(SisncO NJ Ii. CLARK a BRO
The Richmond tobacco market was ~tron-
and active to-day. with good sales of briah
wrappers. bright filters. scrap and dark To-
bacc0s. INSPECTIONS of bright tobacco-
were heavy to-day; balance of the li-llight
Eciuspectious very light throughout tine en-
tire list. Receipts were large and deliver
. les moderate to-day. Internal revenue col
. loction- were heht today. 1. Mel.