Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-01-25


half past three, the audience was dis
missed. ~ Il.
Front, the Chicago Jonrnni -
Ghe@iea,ling Question among all
classes Of people, just now. is not who
struck Billy Patterson?" but "who
drew the Opera House?n IL any one
of the many thousands of disappointed
ticket-holders could receive dollar for
every time this question has been aske I,
he would probably be as well off, pecu-
Es the holder of ticket No.
5s, 600. But the question is more easily
asked than answered. All sorts Of ru-
mors have beenand are still in circula-
ton relative to the lucky man." but
rs yet it does not seem 20 be positively
known who is to have the Opera House,
though it is generally believed to be
Mr.. A.. II. Lee, of Pfairiedu Rocher,
Randolph county, Illinois. the ticket
having been sold at st. Louis. aaH I'd
One man i'm this city met with mar
row escape from sudden atfluence. He
held ticket No. 5S,601, and consequent
ly came within Just one of being the
owner of the Opera House. We under
stand that he Is deeply chagrined over
his hair-breadth escape, andfeels much
poorer now than prior to the drawing!
>. A few days ago Il gentleman went to
the Office Of the Art Association To pur-,
chase ticket. Looking over a lot of
tickets to make a selection, he picked
up number 5S,600-the "iuckyn ticket
examined it, reflected a moment, and
decided not to take that number but
another one instead. Thus did be, also,
narrowly escape notoriety and the OPP
era Honse. IL t...s -
Last evening gen tleman who was
ticket-hoider In the enterprise, on re-,
turning home, was met by his" better
haif" with the inquiry; - Did you
draw anything2n "Yes, - was the re-
ply, II drew picture.1' -. Indeed"
said the animated wife, "what was
it?" why, | took my pencil and pa
per, and drew the picture OF horse!''.
The Pork Packers Club is in luck.
1t drew a prize" A Rocky Coast -
valued at SIS, which is to be divided
among five hundred ticket holders.
We congratulate each member of the
" Club, OH being the possessor of one
five-hundredth part of fifteen dollars
We learn that Stephen IL. Gale, Esq,
held two hundred tickets and drew
nothing. as. .....s. .,... ... III. .... Dr..
hS ISPoitOFidi ciuD "a the ItRteS
office drew THE Knitting Girl"
:" What will they do with it?n H..
Long before the hour at which the
clamorous crowd gathered in and
the office, all ANXIOUS to know
the result of the drawing. From g
O'Clock until the Numbers suffered no
for as soon as they We're
supplied with the paper, others as eager
and anxious as their predecessors. occu-
pied their places. Notwithstanding
$4,000 extra copies were printed, the
supply was insufficient to meet the de-
uand. We give below list Of the
luckiest ones: .....r .r,.a ....s ...-
Ticket S,6O0-Prize No. 1.-The OPP
era House--is reported to have been
drawn by Mr.. A. II. Lee, of Prairie du
Rocher, Randolph county, Ill. In Au-,
gust last this ticket was sold ut st.
Louis to Mr.. Lee, and if he has not re-
sold it, is the fortunate winner of the
largest prize. ...g. ....
Ticket l6l ,ss22-Prize No. o.. The
70 Semitic Valley" valued at 500, OOO)
-
Ticket 116,ls7--Prize No. s.-"An
American Autumn" valued at Sc, OOO)
Ticket 72,365-Prize No. A." WASH
ngton Irvine and his friends" valued
at S5,0O0)-sold in New York.
Ticket 81, i6o-Prize No. s." Woods
in Autumn valued at So 900 -sold to
j. }. Taylor, Springfield, Illinois.
Ticket 81 99b-Prize No. g." Recog-
nition," valued at s. ,o0ol--sold in Bos.
ton. E.- g..
Ticket 81 .942--Prize No. =" Deer on
the Prairie,h valued at $4,O0O)-sold to
ID. Russell, of Boston.
Ticket So. 960-Prize No. S." Alpine
Scenery" valued at SSi0Oo)--sold to e.
L. Dwyer, of this city.
Ticket l6l, 554-Prize No. 9.-Marble
Bust of Abraham Lincoln, valued at
50, 000)-unsold. .
The above were the principal prizes
in the great Opera House drawing, and
the number of the tickets and the prizes
have been certified To by the Drawing
Committee. Prize No. 66-a spledid
portrait of General Grant-was drawn
by ticket 80, 35S-sold in New York.
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