The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-22

CALLED THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY.
The Concert and Distribution will take place I'M
der the immediate supervision of the Trustees
mentioned in the act ofincorporation.
The trustees will be assisted by well-known
and eminent citizens of Kentucky, who have
consented 10 be present at the concert and 10 SUI
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, ut 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 col
lection. All orders accompanied by Drafts, Post
Ofhce Money Orders, or Greenbacks, Will be
promptly attended to and tickets returned by
mail, registered or expressed, as desired
Tickets are like Greenbacks-good only TO the
holder.
Ref5 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 $ISS, 900 to ticket holders from NOV. 2nd to
10Th, 1870, and turned over $4,000 to the 5ecre-
tary due tickets not presented.
1t will be particularly noticed that it is mat
ter of impossibty for any to know what
numbers draw gifts, as it is not known what the
gift of any nun Der drawn from the1iIst wheeiwil
be, until the sealed box, with amount of the gift
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
| 100000 gift in the San Francisco Gift Concert
under the management of g. r.. PETERS, was
the 20oth number drawn, and was awarded and
paid to a gentleman in New Orleans. 72l Gifts
is all that can be drawn in one day.
Hf5 The Numbers and Gifts are drawn by blind
children from to II years of age,
The Drawing will be extensively published
and parties ordering Tickets will have printed
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string information Will please address this office
IL Tickets for 500; as Tickets, 1885; Sc Tick
cts, $500; 113 Tickets, $1,000.
The undersigned, late principal business manage
of the very successful Mercantile Library Gift
Concert at San Francisco, California has been ap
| pointed agent and manager of the Gift Concer
in aid of the Public Library of Kentucky.
! The drawing will take place in public, ant
every thing will be done to satisfy buyers o
tickets that their interests will be as well pro
tected as if they personally superintendent thu
| entire affair.
MANNER OF DRAWING.
There will be two glass wheels. One whee
| will contain 100000 numbers, plainly printed OF
| leather tags. The other wheel will contain Z.
boxes, each containing gift One tag or mum
Der will be drawn from the 100, 900 wheel, and tn
| first box drawn from the second or III box whee
will contain gift, neatly printed and sealed VI
and the gift so drawn from the second wheel wi
| be the gift of the tag first drawn, whether 500
81 900, or 100000 as announced
14,364 Tickets Disposed of in July.
To insure ticket holders, the public are assures
| that if only $4,000 tickets are sold only 2j,00
numbers go in the large wheel, the III Gift
awarded, but diminished pro rata, In case 80
900 tickets only sold, only numbers to 5000
go in the large wheel, and the 72l gifts diminishe
| one-half; and in case only $4,000 tickets are sol
the entire 72l gifts will be paid IN ful-it bein
intended that no unsold tickets shall participate
The Manager has already paid in o the Citizen
| Bank $4,000 towards defraying the expenses, an
does not depend on sales OF tickets TO pay his e,
penses of printing, advertising, &c. The publ
are invited to the utmost scrutiny as to the rcli;
| bility of the entire affair.
Persons DESTROYS of acting as agents for the sal
of tickets in any city in the United States or Car
adas, address
/ sa s CHAS II. PETERS,
Manager, Louisville, NY,
/ OFFICE, 100 Main street, Johnsons Block.
! r. T. DURRETT, President.
| w. N. HAI.DEhlAN, Vice President.
| M. w. CLUSKY, Secretary.
! CITIZENS BANK, Treasurer.
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