Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-01-26
TO RE DRAWN EACH SATURDAY IL JANUARY.
APPROXIMATION Prizes.
400 Prizes amounting to S32O,OOC
Whole Tickets $40; Halves 81; Quarters 81. 50
PLAN OF THE LOTTERY

hole tickets fID; haIEts H1: quarters tp<.JO
PLAN OF THE LOTTERY.
The Numbers from TO 10000 corresponding
with those Numbers on the Tickets printed on
separate slips OF paper, are enclrcied with small
tin tubes, antplaced in one wheel.
The first 462 Prizes similarly printed and en-
circIed, 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 ~egis.
tered by the Commissioners the Prize being
rIaced 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 10 those draw
ing the first P~lzes, will be entitled TO the IS
Approximation Prizes
For example. if Ticket No. 1880 draws the
100000 Prize. those Tickets numbered ll2Ia,
ll24q, lI25l, 1882, will each be entitled TO
Yl1O. If Ticket No. $50 davis the $4,000
Prize. those Tickets numbered 5iS. Sag. 53l,
552. will each be entitled to $500, aud so on ac-
cording 10 the above scheme.
The 1900 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 erds with No. |, then
all the Tickets where the number ends IN will
be entitled TO $50. Ifthe Number ends with NO.
, then all the Tickets where the Number ends
in 2 will be entitled to S2O and so on TO o.
Certificates of Packages will be sold al the
following rates, which is the risk
Certificates OF Packages, 10 vile. tickets, $50 %
Do do do 10 halt do 40 90
Do do do 10 quarter do 1000
Do do do 10 eighth do 1000
~ ORDERING TICKETS OR CERTIFICATES
Enclose the money to our address for the
Tickets ordered, OF 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 Immediately after the drawing
rV- Purchasers will please write their sigma
tures plain, and give their Post Office, County,
and State.
IL Remember that every prize is drawn, and
payabIe in ful without deduction.
I9 All prizes of 81 900 and under. paid i'm
rnediatey after the drawing-other prizes al the
usual time ofthirty days.
All communications strictly confidential.
Address orders for tickets or certificates to
S SWAN x CO, Augusta, Ga.
II Persons residing near Montgomery, Ala,
or Atlanta Ga. can have their orders hlleu ana
save time by addressing ). SWAN x CO., at
either OF those cities.
Tg= 4 list of the numbers that are drawn
from the wheel with the amount OF the pre-
that each one is entitled TO. will be published
after every drawing, in the following papers
Augusta, (Georgia) Constitutlonallst, New
Orleans Delta, Mobile Register, Charleston
Standard Nashville Gazette, Atlanta lnteILgen
Ger, New York Weekly Day Book. Savannah
Morning News, Richmond Dispatch New York
Dispatch and Paudlng (Mlss) Clarion.
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