The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-01-24

Chsess, and csi1s Of 60 Ahea
ufs Coolbaneh then said he vas Ilso de-
IuRed = announce in behalf Of the committed
tAat il would be impossible for them to an
nounce 70 the audience the names OF the sue
ieessfdf arawsg1s ate3hsy cesaeaaewsgeeses
10 announce the numbers:
Cries of 'iShake up the tickets, = 'atir
them up,n etc., were now heard all over the
th0asg, 1nd n a1gpUase thereto IL xhSDaI
M. Mass t6ea proposed 70 the audience
to appoint committe to look into the wheels,
&c. The only response was, $50 on with the
drawing" "Go ahead,
| Mr.. Mum then announced that John &C.
Dore, ESQ.,, President Of the Board OF Trade,
would draw the tickets out of the big wheel,
and Sidney Palsifer, Esq, would. draw out
the prizes. These gentlemen advanced TO
the work, stripped OF their costsy and rolled
up their sleeves, amid much cheering and
some calls from the audience.
ARBIrRAMExr..
The excitement 1T this point was intense.
| Calls to turn the wheel thoroughly, to turn
the other way, to begin, to proceed slowly,
to sit down &C., were numerous and almost
deafenine. At last however, order was re-
stored, and Mr.. Mum opened the lid In the
large wheel st 1885, while Mr.. Dors pulled
out the first ticket-No. ID, l65-and band.
ed it to Mr.. Rouse, of st. Louis, who read il
Of TO the audience the prize-No. 267-vas
then read Of. by him: and recorded by the Sec
retaries.
The audience listened very attentively to
the calling of Of the numbers, though the
announcement in every case elected some
jocular remark. When the painting "Chick-
ems was called of, somebody said it was
".fowl play" and the mention of 'Strawber-
RES was greeted with an almost universal
request for cream. u
No exception was taken to the proceedings
of the committee, except in one instance.
| When about forty numbers had been drawn,
| gentleman rose from the orchestra chairs
and requested that Mr.. Mum should stand
GU. of the way. Mr.. Mum was engaged in
handing the prize tickets as drawn from the
man at the wheel to the reader The speaker
requested that the ticket be taken directly
from Mr.. Pulsifer by the reader.
| Mr.. Mum replied that he was aiding in
the business, and had no interest in the
ldrawing any way The oblector attempted
again to speak, but was Kissed down and the
drawing proceeded,
The interest eliminated at twenty minutes
before two o clock, when announcement,
was made-"No, $500; No. /; Opers
House.
! The excitement was no. so great ~ might
| have been expected IN fact, the news wal
received rather tamely.
| There we're q few calls for the number
and ii was read again; then several calls o.
l..Who is it, to which the committee
responded, I'VE do not know" All wa,
again quiet, the drawing not having been sus
pended half minute. 1t may be taken fol
| ,tal that tba ia sha IA ufa
or il there, was the owner Of so many ticket
that he or she did not recoiect the fact o
possession on the instant.
About one third of the audience left withir
the next FIVE minutes.
Before proceeding with the drawing, Mr.
Mum said:
"The committee would like, at this point
to know of the audience, if in their opinion
this drawing has, so far, been done honestl!
and fairly" eyes, yes" and go on J
The drawing was proceeded with.
| After the grand prize was disposed Of th,
excitement manifestly lessened, and as th.
afternoon wore along many began TO return
Ito sense Of phys seal wants and to SLOWLY
move ont dinnerward. Others came in, how
ever, and the house was nearly filled TO th'
Hast moment Finally few moments afte
three the gentleman who drew from tn
small wheel failed TO find another ticket, anC
it was thought the work was done, till an ex
animation showed two numbers still wanting
A part of the wheel WAS taken of, amid som.
lgood humored observations ofthe crowd. ans
the remaining tickets found wedged in at tn,
side. A moment sufficed to draw these out
and 1t three and quarter o clock, just thre'
hours and twenty minutes after the 6rst tickle
was drawn, the last number was called of.
Mr.. Mum th n announced that the draw
ling was complete, and said: THE commi,
tee believe that this matter has been con
Quoted with perfect fairness. They thini
that Mr.. Crosby has not drawn the house, an,
lthey trust that il has gone TO some poor maj
who will make good use of il. They do no
know who have drawn any Of the prizes, a
the books are sealed up and kept subject Il
the order Of the committee. We thank tn
audience for their orderly attention, AM
trust that the drawing has been satisfactory
The great audience then slowly and quieil,
dispersed, each one finding comfort in hi
failure to draw the great prize in the reaec
ton that the owners of two hundred and min
thousand nise hundred and ninety tick
cts were similarly disappointed Such Is hu
man nature. Every one, however, SCENE
perfectly satisfied with the manner in whc
the drawing had been conducted, and th
| hoFcs VI uo ou1f PtSphoiyt WNtN 81 tfCfaft'
that the revelation will be serious.
After this, it only remained to find VIII
drew the or nd prize. This begat many lu
dicrous incidents, and with the Tribune re
port OF some of these we close these extracts
Soon AFTER the termination Of the drawing
numberless stories we're put in circulation j
regard to the identity and residence Of tn
holder Of the lucky number. Germa
physician, reported to live on La Sale street
between Washington and Madison, was cred
, tied for an hour or two with the possession
, ticket numbered $500; then . rimor wa
started that the grand prize had fallen 10 tn
lot Of young woman who boards with Mis-
Severance, on Wells street; the next sma
r knot Of excited individuals whom one of gu
reporters encountered were discussing Sau
Buckmaster' good fortune in very emphati
style--one of the party saying, with profsn
, prefix. ats just Sam luck I've known hi
5 for twenty years, and can testify that he q
ways 'corrals' everything he goes for
the Wardeu's star was in the ascendent for
! short time, but soon to sink out OF sight whe
the report was started in ''Bily's' caravan
sera that the new owner Of the Opera Hous
: WAS one Of Sans unwilling boarders, VII
had year and a half longer to serv'
. Again, il was a sewing girl, living on We
/. Madison street, near Peoria, who had VIC
a the monster building; and quite goo
4 many earnest wishes were expressed that 81
would have sense enough 70 collect her rem
: regularly, and invest the proceeds TO good az
!, vantage. A telegraph operator in the ofiie
) of the Superintendent of the Illinois Centr
b was SAID 70 have drawn the entire institution
n and the story was told and believed on diffe
ent street corners 10 regard to George
& Gage, of the fremont. Rather cruel jok
r SO far as the tapping of lager beer kegs, is a
n legged to have been perpetrated upon one
/ our good German citizens, Mr.. Meyer--fami
v iarly called Book who dispenses fui,
it on Randolph street, two doors west of II
"Sharp Corner" Seven kegs are said
y have been drained before the owner of Il
/. contents discovered the SELL At abo
o Eve o clock the rnmor was current in has
!. ments and in saloons on a level with Il
4 streets, that the splendid prize had beco1
d the property OF Hart l.. Stewart, and son
IS who had canvassed the probabilities Of su,
1t . result, were kind enough to express mai
., wishes that the title deed, when passed in
r, the reverend gentleman possession, wou
contain a guarantee that the property shou
ID never be troubled With phymosis or any di
e. ease Of similar character.
Iy Ahout the last stnrv that had n sensatior