Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-19
TO Re DRAWN EACH SATURDAY IN APRIL.
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
5,4S5 Prizes amounting to-. .S32O,OI
Whole Tickets $50; Halyes SIS: Quarters u 81

J4S5 Prizes amounting TO-. .'p poZO,VOu
Whole Tickets $40; Harves S5; Quarters PZ.5O.
PLAN OF THE LOTTERY.
The Numbers from to $4,000, corresponding
with those Numbers on the Tickets printed on
separate slips OF paper, are enclrcled 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 number
is drawn from the wheel OF Numbers, and at the
same time Prize is drawn from the other
wheel The Number and Prize drawn out are
opened and exhibited 10 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 draw out.
APPROXIMATION PRIzEs.-The two preceding
and the two succeeding Numbers to those draw
ing the first Prizes will be entitled to the rs
Approximation Prizes.
For example: if Ticket No 1880 draws the
S7O.UOO Prize, those Tickets numbered ll24S,
ll24Q, ll25I, lI252, will each be entitled TO
$500. Ii Ticket No. $50 draws the $4,000
Prize. those Tickets numbered 54S, SAG 55l,
552, will each be entitled TO $500, and 50 on ac-
cording TO 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, il the Number
drawing the $4,000 Prize erds with No. |, then
all the Tickets where the number ends in will
be entitled TO 500 Ifthe Number ends with no.
2. then all the Tickets where the Number ends
in will be entitled to $50, 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 90
Do do do 10 halt do 40 90
10 "A 10
Do do do 10 eighth do 1000
IN ORDERING TICKETS OR CERTIFICATES
Enclose the money 10 our address for the
Tickets ordered, on receip, 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
sent to purchasers Immediately after the drawing
II Purchasers will please write their sigma
lures plain, and give their Post Office, County,
and State.
u Remember that every prize is drawn, and
payable in tul without deduction.
~ All prizes of 81 900 and under, paid i'm
mediateiy after the drawing-other prizes at the
usual time otthirty 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 have their orders filled, and
save time, by addressing 5. SWAN CO., at
either OF those cities.
Il list OF the numbers that 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. Constitutionalst, 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 Paudng (Miss) Clarion.
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