Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-03-24
MAGNIFICENT SCHEME!
TO BE DRAWN EACH SATURDAY IN MARCH.
54S5 Prizes amounting to. .S32O,(
Whole Tickets $40; Halves 50; Quarters 81.
PLAN OF THE LOTTERY.

5.4S5 Prizes amounting to. .S32O,OOO
Whole Tickets $40; Halves So; 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 enclrcIed 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 a number
is drawn from the wheel of Members, and at the
same time Prize is drawn from the other
wheel. The Number and Prize drawn out arc
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 Prizes will be entitled TO the rs
Approximation Prizes.
For example: if Ticket No. 1880 draws the
$4,000 Prize, those Tickets numbered l2lS,
ll249, 1l25l, 1882, will each be entitled TO
$500. If Ticket No. $50 draws the $4,000
Prize, those Tickets numbered J4S, 549, 5jl,
552, will each be entitled to 5000, and so on ac-
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
drawing the $4,000 Prize ends with No. |, then
all the Tickets where the number ends in will
be entitled TO $40. Ifthe Number ends with No
2, then all the Tickets where the Number ends
in will be entitled to S20 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 OC
Do do do 10 half do 40 0C
Do do do 10 quarter do 20 0C
Do do do 10 eighth do 10 0C
IN ORDERING TICKETS OR CERTIFICATES
Enclose the money TO 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 drawn Numbers and Prizes will be
sentto purchasers after the drawing
II Purchasers will please write their sigma,
lures plain, and give their Post Office, County,
and State.
u Remember thatevery prize is drawn, and
PAYABLE in full without deduction.
II All prizes of 81 900 and under, paid i'm.
mediateIy after the drawing-other prizes al the
usual time ofthirty days.
All communications strictly confidential.
Address orders for tickets or certificates to
S. SWAN & CO., Augusta, Ga.
70 Persons residing near Montgomery, Ala,
or Atlanta, Ga, can have their orders filled, and
save time, by addressing S. SWAN 4 CO., at
either of those cities.
B 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) Constitutonaist New
Orleans Delta, Mobile Register, Charleston
Standard, Nashville Gazette, Atlanta 1ntelligen-
Ger, New York Weekly Day Book, Savannah
Morning News, Richmond Dispatch, New York
Dispatch, and Paulding (Miss.) Clarion.
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