Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-07
TO BE- DRAWN EACH SATURDAY IN MAY.
APPROXIMATION PRIzEs
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5.4S5 Prizes amounting to-. f32O,OoV
Whole Tickets $40: Halves IS; Quarters ~ so.
PLAN or THE LOTTERY.
The Numbers from 10 $4,000, corresponding
with those Numbers on the Tickets printed on
separate slips OF paper, are eBclrcled with small
tin tubes, and placed IN one wheel.
The first 457 Prizes similarly printed and en-
circled, are placed in another wheel.
The wheels are then revolved, and a number
is drawn from the wheel OF Numbers, and al the
same time Prize is drawn from the other
wheel The Number and Prize drawn out are
opened and exhibited to the audience and regis
tered by the Commissioners, the PrIZe being
placed against the number drawn. This opera
ton is repeated until all the Prizes are drawn out.
APPROXIMATION PRIzEs.-The two preceding
and the two succeeding Numbers 10 those draw
ing the first 7 Prizes, will be entitled 10 the IS
Approximation Prizes.
For example: if Ticket No. 1880 draws the
$4,000 Prize, those Tickets numbered ll24S,
1929, ll25l, 1882, will each be entitled 10
$500. II Ticket No. $50 draws the $4,000
Prize, those Tickets numbered 54S, SAG, 55l,
552 will each be entitled TO $500, and so Oh ac-
cording to the above scheme.
The 5000 Prizes OF $40 will be determined
by the last figure OF the Number that draws the
10000 prize. For example, il the Number
drawing the $4,000 Prize ends with No. /, then
all the Tickets where the number ends in will
be entitled TO $40 1.-THE Number ends with 40.
2. then all the Tickets where the Number ends
i'll will be entitled to S2O, and so oil TO o.
Certificates OF Packages will be sold at the
following rates, which is the risk:
Certificates OF Packages, ~ vile. tickets, $50 90
Do do do 10 half do 40 90
Do do do 10 quarter do 1000
Do DO do 10 eighth do 1000
IN ORDERING TICKETS OR CERTIFICATES
Enclose the money TO our address Tor the
Tickets ordered, on receipt OF which they will
be forwarded by first mail
Purchasers can have Tickets ending in any
figure they may designate
The list OF drawn Numbers and Prizes will be
sentto purchasers Immediately after the drawing.
Ey Purchasers will please write their sigma
lures plain, and give their Post Office, County
and State.
II Remember thatevery prize is drawn, and
payable in full without deduction.
II All prizes OF ) 900 and under paid i'm
mediately after the drawing--other prizes at the
usual time oithlrty days.
All communications strictly confidential.
Address orders for tickets or certificates TO
S. SWAN Il CO., Augusta, Ga.
u Persons residing near Montgomery, Ala,
or Atlanta Ga can have their orders filled, and
save time, by addressing S. SWAN x CO., al
either of those cities.
Eg A list OF the numbers that are drawn
from the wheel, with the amount OF the prize
that each one is entitled 10. will be published
after every drawing in the following papers
Augusta, Georgia. Constituencies, New
Orleans Delta, Mobile Register Charleston
Standard, Nashville Gazette Atlanta lntelligen
Ger, New York Weekly Day Book, Savannah
Morning News Richmond Dispatch, New York
Dispatch, and Paulding (Miss) Clarion, and
Little Rock (Ark) True Democrat.
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