Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-01-30
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MAGNIFICENT SCHEME!
TO Re DRAWN EACH SATURDAY IN Fl
APPROXIMATION PRIzES.
rizes Of 500 ap'g to $4,000 are 81, 800
: 4S5 Prizes amounting TO. .S32O,Ol

5.4S5 Prizes amounting gto........... S32O,OuO
Whole Tickets $40 Halves -. Quarters $3.50.
PLAN or THE LOTTERY
The Numbers from 10 $1,000, corresponding
with those Numbers on the Tickets printed on
separate slips OF paper, are encIrrIed with small
tin tubes and placed in one wheel
The first l57 Prizes, similarly printed and en-
circed, are placed in another wheel.
The wheels are then revolved, and nuraber
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, ard 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 TO those draw
ing the first Prizes, will be entitled to the IS
Approximation Prizes
For example: if Ticket No. 1880 draws the
$4,000 Prize. those Tickets numbered i2iS,
Il24g, ll25l, 1882, will each be entitled 10
SlOO If Ticket No. $50 draws the 10000
Prize, those Tickets numbered 54S, SAG. 55l,
J52. will each be entitled to $500 and so OIL ac-
cordng TO the above scheme.
The 5000 Prizes OF $50 will be determined
by the last figure OF the Number that draws the
10000 prize. For example, If the Number
drawing the $4,000 Prize eEds with No. |, then
all the Tickets where the number ends III | will
be entitled to 500 1.-THE Number ends with no.
2 then all the Tickets where the Number ends
in 2 will be entitled to S2O, and SO on TO 0.
Certificates of Packages will be sold at the
following rates, which is the risk:
Certificates OF Packages, 10 vile. tickets, $50 %
Do do do 10 halt do 40 %
Do do do 10 quarter do 1000
Do do do 10 eighth do 1000
IN ORDERING TICKETS OR CERTIFICATES
Enclose the money 10 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
semitic purchasers Immediately after the drawing
Eg1 Purchasers will please write their sigma
lures plain, and give their Post Office, County,
and State.
IL Remember that every prize is drawn, and
PAYABLE in full without deduction.
tV All prizes OF i 900 and under, paid i'm
rnediately after the drawing-otner prizes al the
usual time ofthrty days.
All communications strictly confidential.
Address orders for tickets or certificates to
S. SWAN Il CO., Augusta Ga.
~ Persons residing near Montgomery, Ala,
or Atlanta Ga can nave their orders filled, and
save time, by addressing 5. SWAN Il CO., al
either of those cities.
~ A list of the numbers that are drawn
from the wheel, with the amount OF the prize
that each one is entitled To- will be published
after every drawing in the following papers
Augusta, Georgia. ConstitutIonalist, 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 PauIdmg (Miss) Clarion.
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