Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-02-23
TO BE DRAWN EACH sATuRDAY IN FEBRUARY.
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
54s5 Prizes amounting to. ........ $4,000
Whole Tickets $40; Halves IS; Quarters $3.50.

5,4S5 Prizes amounting to...........S32O,OOO
Whole Tickets $40; Halves IS; Quarters $3.50
Plan OF THE LOTTERY.
The Numbers from | TO $4,000, corresponding
with those Numbers on the Tickets printed on
separate Slips of paper, are e%ncircled 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 a 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 Prze beng
placed against the number drawn. This opera
ton is repeated until all the Prizes are drawn out.
APPROXIMATION PRlzEs.-The two preceding
and the two succeeding Numbers 10 those draw
ing the first 7 Plies, will be entitled to the rs
Approximation Prizes.
For example: if Ticket No. 1880 draws the
$4,000 Prize, those Tickets numbered ll2aS,
| ll249, 1881, 1882, will each be entitled TO
S4OO. If Ticket No. $50 draws the $4,000
Prize, those Tickets numbered 54s, 549. 55l,
552, will each be entitled 10 $500, and so on &C
cording 10 the above scheme.
The 5000 Prizes of $40 will be determined
by the last figure of the Number that draws the
D IU,DUO DIlLt. Tol ~ ~ AN 'N''S'
drawing the $4,000 Prize erds with No. |, then
all the Tickets where the number ends in | will
be entitled to $50. 1.-THE Number ends with no.
2, then all the Tickets where the Number ends
in 2 will be entitled to $50, and SO on TO o.
Certificates of Packages will be sold at the
following rates, which is the risk:
Certificates of Packages, 10 vile. tickets, $50 90
Do do do 10 half do 1000
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 for 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 dawn Numbers and Prizes will be
sent TO purchasersimmediately after h edrawlng.
II 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.
IL All prizes of 81 900 and under, paid i'm
mediately after the drawing-other prizes al the
usual time olthirty days.
All communications strictly confidential.
Address orders for tickets or certificates TO
S. SWAN 4 co, Augusta. Ga.
II Persons residing near Montgomery, Ala,
or Atlanta, Ga, can have their orders filled, and
save time, by addressing 5. SWAN x co., al
either of those cities.
L. 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. Consututlonalist' Ne"
Orleans Delta, Mobile Register, Charleston
standard, Nashville Gazette, Atlanta lntelligeu.
Ger, New York Weekly Day Book, Savannah
Morning News, Richmond Dispatch, New York
Dispatch, and PauIding (Miss) Clarion.
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