The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY

| PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY.
The Concert and Distribution will take place I'M
der the immediate supervision of the Trustees
| mentioned in the act ofincorporaton.
| The trustees will be assisted by well-lknown
and eminent citizens of kentucky, who have
consented to be present at the concert, and to
perintend the drawing and distribution OF gifts.
The holders of tickets to which gifts are award
ed will be paid ON presentation of them or their
fraction at the office in Louisville, the second
day after drawing and every business day for six
months thereafter, and may be sent direct or
through any Bank or, Express company for coll
| lection; All orders accompanied by Drafts, Post
| Office Money Orders, or Greenbacls will be
| promptly attended to and tickets returned by
| mail registered or expressed, as desired.
| Tickets are like GreenbaclSs--good only to the
| holder.
| M Buyers will note that there are only one
| hundred thousand tickets instead of two hundred
| thousand, as in the San Francisco Gift Concert,
and that there is $50, 000more distributed. Isold
| that and made the awards in four months and
paid Sass, 900 to ticket holders from Nov. 2nd to
| 18th, 1870, and turned over $4,000 to the Secre
| tary due tickets not presented.
| 1t will be particularly noticed that it is q mat
/ ter of impossibiity for any one to know what
numbers draw gifts, as it is not known what the
giftiofany number drawn from the first wheel will
be, until the sealed box, with amount of the gift
| plainly printed, is taken from the other wheel
and opened in full view of the audience, therefore
| the larger gifts may not come out until towards
| the last, or in the middle of the drawing. The
| u,
under the management of c. r. PETERS, was
| the Booth number drawn, and was awarded and
paid to a gentleman in New Orleans. III Gifts
| is all that can be drawn in one day.
| Nc The Numbers and Gifts are drawn by blind
| children from to IA years of age.
The Drawing will be extensively published,
and parties ordering Tickets will have printed
lists sent them. Parties forming Clubs and de-
string information will please address this office.
| IL Tickets for 500; 2S Tickets, 1885; Sc Tick
| cts, $500; 113 Tickets, $1,000.
| The undersigned, late principal business manager
| of the very successful Mercantile Library Gift
Concert at San Francisco, California has been APP
| pointed agent and manager of the Gift Concert
| in aid of the Public Library of Kentucky.
4 The drawing will take place in public, and
| every thing will be done to satisfy buyers OF
tickets that their interests will be as well pro-
tected as if they personally superintendent the
| entire affair s+
MANNER OF DRAWING.
| There will be two glass wheels One wheel
will contain 100000 numbers, plainly printed on
| leather tags. The other wheel will contain 72I
boxes, each containing gift. One tag or num-
Der will be drawn from the 1O0 900 wheel, and the
| first box drawn from the second or 721 box wheel
and the gift SO drawn from the second wheel wifi
be the gift of the tag first drawn, whether 800,
81 600, or 100000, as announced.
| 1861 Tickets Disposed of insJuly.
| To insure ticket holders, the public are assured
4 that ii only $4,000 tickets are sold only $4,000
i numbers go in the large wheel, the 72l Gifts
awarded, but diminished pro rata. In case Co.,
600 tickets only are sold, only numbers to $1,000
go in the large Wheel and the 72l gifts diminished
one-half; and in case only $4,000 tickets are sold
the entire 72l gifts will be paid in full--it being
intended that no unsold tickets shall participate
| The Manager has already paid into the Citizens
Bank $4,000 towards defraying the expenses, and
does not depend on sales of tickets to pay his ex-
penses of printing advertising, &c. The public
are invited to the utmost scrutiny to the relia-
| bility of the entire affair,
Persons DESTROYS of acting rs agents for the sale
of tickets in amy city in the United States Can
adas, address
| CHAS. Il. PETERS,
| Manager, Louisville, ny,
| OFFICE 100 Main street. Johnsons Block
r. II. DURRETT, President.
! w. N. IIAIDEMAN, Vice President.
| M. w CLUSKY, Secretary.
! CITIZENS BANK, Treasurer.
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