Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-02-18

APPROXIMATION Prizes.
5,4S5 Prizes amounting .S32O,OOU
Whole Tickets $40; Halves SIS; Quarters $3.50.

Whole Tickets $40; Halves SIS; Quarters $3.50.
plan OF THE LOTTERY.
The Numbers from | TO 10000, corresponding
with those Numbers on the Tickets printed on
separate slips OF paper, are encircled with small
tin tubes, and placed in on" 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 TO the rs
Approximation Prizes.
For example: if Ticket No. ll25O draws The
$4,000 Prize. those Tickets numbered ll2dh,
ll24q, lI25l, 1882, will each be entitled to
T4UJ. If Ticket No. $50 draws the S3V,Upo
Prize. those Tickets numbered 54S, SAG. 15l,
552, will each lie entitled TO $500, and so on &C
cording 10 the above scheme. .
The 5000 Prizes OF $50 will be determined
by the last figure OF the Number that draws the
$4,000 prize. For example, if the Number
draw HS lie % 'OsOOO i IA Ni"' ''NH AN' - $780,
all the Tickets where the number ends iii | will
be entitled 10 $50. 1.-THE Number ends with no.
?, 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 hall 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 Tor the
Tickets ordered, on receipt OF which they VIII
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
sent to purchasersimmediately after the drawing.
~ Purchasers will please write their sigma
lures plain, and give their Post Office, County,
and State. ,
IT. Remember that every prize is drawn, and
PAYABLE in full without deduction.
" All prizes of 81 900 and under, paid I'M
mediately after the drawing-other prizes al 1.-THE
usual time o~fthirty days.
All communications strictly confidential.
Address orders for tickets or certificates TO
S. SWAN Il Co, Augusta, Ga.
r9- Persons residing near Montgomery, Ala,
or Atlanta. Ga. can have their orders flIed, and
save time. by addressing S. SWAN u co, al
either of those cities.
B A list of the numbers that are drawn
from the wheel, with the amount OF the prze
that each one is entitled TO, will be published
alter every drawing, in the following papers
Augusta, (Georgia) Constitutionalist' New
! Orleans Delta, Mobile Register, Charleston
Standard Nashville Gazette, Atlanta lntelIigen,
| Ger, New York Weekly Day Book, Savannah
Morning News, Richmond Dispatch, New York
Dispatch, and Paulding (Miss) Clarion.
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