Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-03-09
MAGNIFICENT SCHEME!
TO yE DRAWN EACH SATURDAY IN MARCH.
APPROXIMATIONS PRIZES.

5.4sJ Prizes amounting TO. .SS2O,ooO
Whole Tickets $40; Halves 81; Quarters $3.50.
PLAN OF THE LOTTERY.
The Numbers from to $1,000, corresponding
with those Numbers on the Tickets printed on
separate slips Of paper are encirrled with small
tin tubes, aud placed in one wheel.
The first l57 Prizes, similarly printed and en-
circled, are placed in another wheel.
The wheels ale then reyolved, 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 TO the audience and regis
tered BY the Commissioners. the Prize beng
placed against the number drawn. This opera
ton is repeated until all the Prizes are draw IN out
APPROXIMATION PRIzEs.-The two preceding
and the two succeeding Numbers 10 those draw
ing the first P~izes, will be entitled to the 2S
Approximation Prizes.
For example: if Ticket No. 1880 draws the
$4,000 Prize those Tickets numbered ll24S,
1929, 1921, 1882, will each be entitled TO
S1UO If Ticket No $50 draws the S3O,OOO
Prize. those Tickets numbered 5ls, SAP SOL,
552. will each be entitled 10 $500, and SO on &C
cordng 10 tue above scheme.
The 5000 Prizes OF $40 will be determined
bv 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 10 $50. 1.-THE Number ends with 40.
, then all the Tickets where the Number ends
in 9 will be entitled to 1920 and so on TO D.
Certificates of Packages will be sold at the
following rates. which is the risk;
Certificates OF Packages, 10 vile. tickets, $50 W
Do DO do 10 halt do 1000
Do do do 10 quarter do 2OOo
Do do do 10 eighth do 1000
IN ORDERING TICKETS OR CERTIFICATES
Enclose the money 10 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 avn Numbers and Prizes will be
sent 10 purchasers Immediately after the drawing.
Il Purchasers will please write their sigma
lures plain, and give their Post Office County,
and State.
IL Remember atevery prize is drawn, and
payabe in full without deduction.
10" All prizes of 81 900 and under, paid i'm
medjately after the drawing-other prizes at the
usual time ofthirty days
All communications strictly confidential.
e Address orders for tickets or certificates to
S. SWAN & CO., Augusta, Ga
LIZ Persons residing near Montgomery, Ala,
or Atlanta, Ga, can have their orders tlled, ana
save time. by addressing S. SWAN 4 CO., al
either of those cities.
Ep A 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) Constitutionallst' ne"
Orleans Delta, Mobile Register, Charleston
Standard, Nashville Gazette, Atlanta ntelhgen'
Ger, New York Weekly Day Book, Savannah
Morning News, Richmond Dispatch, New York
Dispatch, and paulding (Miss) Clarion.
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