Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-20
MAGNIFICENT SCHEME!
TO RE DRAWN EACH SATURDAY IN MAY.
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
5.4S5 Prizes amounting 10. .S32OOO0
Whole Tickets $40; Halves So Quarters $3.50

5.4S5 Prizes amounting 10. .b32O,UOu
Whole Tickets $40; Halves s.; 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 eHclrcled 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 reyolved, and 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 draw out
APPROXIMATION PRIzEs-The two preceding
and the two succeeding Numbers 10 those draw
ing the first Prizes, will be entitled to the 2S
Approximation Prizes.
For example: if Ticket No 1880 draws the
$4,000 Prize, those Tickets numbered II l24S,
ll24a, ll25l, 1882 will each be entitled to
S4OO. If Ticket No. $50 draws the $4,000
Prize, those Tickets numbered 54S, 5ls. 55l,
552. will each be entitled 10 $500, and so on &C
cordlng 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, II the Number
drawing the $4,000 Prize erds with No. /, then
all the Tickets where the number ends IN | Will
be entitled to $40 1.-THE Number ends with No.
2 then all the Tickets where the Number ends
in will be entitled to $40, and so on to y.
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 400
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 for the
Tickets ordered, or receipt OF which they will
be forwarded by first mail.
Purchasers can have Tickets ending in any
figure they may designate.
The lisi OF drawn Numbers and Prizes will be
sent TO purchasers Immediately after the drawing
IL Purchasers will please write their sigma
lures plain, and give their Post Office, County,
and State.
IL Remember thatevery prize is drawn, and
payable in full without deduction.
B All prizes OF s 900 and under, paid i'm
mediately after the drawing-other prizes at the
usual time ofthirty days.
All communications strictly confidential.
Address orders for tickets or certificates 10
S. SWAN Il CO, Augusta, Ga.
~ Persons residing near Montgomery, Ala,
or Atlanta Ga can have their orders filled, and
save time, by addressing S. SWAN Il CO., al
either of those cities.
II A list OF the numbers that are drawn
from the wheel, with the amount of the prze
that each one is entitled 10, will be published
after every drawing, in the following papers
Augusta, (Georga) Constitutionalist, New
Orleans Delta, Mobile Register, Charleston
Standard, Nashville Gazette, Atlanta ln,elllgen'
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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