The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-09-16
eu 70 the estabIIshIng OF O
FREE LIBRARY IN LOUISVILLE,
ITO BE CALLED THE
Public Library Of Kentucky.

The Concert and distribution will take pl,sce
| under the immediate supervision Of the Trustees
naIned in the act of incorporation.
The Trustees will Leassste,s- by well known
and eminent ctizens Of Kentucky, who have
sented to be present mt the concert and supern-
tend the drawing ard distribution of gifts.
The holders of tickets to which gifts award
ed will be paid on presentation of them their
fraction, at the Office in Louis viie the second
day after drawing and every business day for six
| months thereafter, and may be sent direct
through any Bank or Express Company Tor col
lertIoa. All orders accompanied by Drafts, Post
Office Money Orders, Greenbacks, will be
promptly attended to and tickets returned by
mail. registered or expressed. desired.
Tickets are like greenbacks-good only to tho
| holder.
Buyers will not see there only One Hundred
Thousand Tickets. instead Of Two Hundred
Thonsa'.d, as in the San Francisco Gift Concert,
sold that and made the awards in fur months
and paid $43S 600 to ticket holder. frous
Novelnhcr I'd TO 10Th. 1870, and turned
1000 to the Secretary due tickets not pre-
scnted.
1t win be particularly noticed that it is a mat
ter OF impossibility fer any to know what
uumbers draw gifts as it is not known what the
gift of any number drawn from the first wheel
will be. until the scaled box, with 9unt of the
gilt plainly printed. is taken from the other wheel
and opened in full view of the audience, therefore
the larger gifts may not come out till towards the
last in the middle of the drawing. The S100,
400 gift in the San Francisco Gift Concert. under
the management of c. X. Peters, the 200th
number drawn. AMI was awarded anil paid to
gentleman i New ORLEANS.
~ TIE numbers aud Gifts are drawn by
blind children from 10 years fagc.
The drawing i'll he extens ely published, and
parties ordering tickets will have printed lists
sent tn IN. Parties forming Clubs anil desiring
information, will please address this oiicc.
IL Tickets foz $lcO; 28 Tickets. $255,
SO Tickets, $500; 113 Tickets,
$1,000.
The undersigned, late principal business mana
ger of the very successful Mercantile Library
ut Er.,. Cali has,
been appointed agent and manager of the Gift
Concert in aid of the Public Library OF Kentucky.
The drawing will take place in public. and
everything will lie done 10 satisfy buyers of tick
cts that their interests will be rs we'll protected
as ii they personally superintendent tue entire
affair.
Manner cf Drawing.
There will be two glass wheels. One wheel
will contain 100 900 numbers, plainly printed
leather tags. The other wheel will contain 721
boxes. each containing gift. One tag or num-
ber will be drawn from the 100 900 wheel and the
first box drawn from the second 72l box
wheel will contain gift, neatly printed and seal
ed up, and the gift SO drawn from the second
wheel will bc the gift of the tag first drawn,
whether si00. 81 900 or s10U,0J0, ammo need.
1864 Ti,kcts Disposed of in July.
To insure ticket holders, the public assured
tha; if only 25,0o0 tickets sold, only $4,000
numbers go in the large wheel, the 72I gifts
awarded, but diminished pro rata. In 5e.-
0GO iiesets only spd on y number to 30 900
go in the large wheel, and the 721 gifts diminish
cd half, and III case only $4,000 tickets are
sold, the entire 72f gifts will be paid in full--it
being intended no unscla tickets shall partici-
pate
The Manager has already paid into the Citizens
Bank $32, $50 towards defraying the expenses and
does depend sales of tickets pay the ex-
pcnses Of Printing. Advertising. etc. The public
are invited to the utmost scrutiny to the reia-
b,liiy of the ire affair.
Persons desrous Of acting agents for tho
sale of tickets in any city in the United
States or Canadas, address
Chas r. Peters, Manager, louisville, EY.
OFFICE 100 MAN Street, Johnson's Block.
X. T. DURRETT. Presidents w. n HALDE-
MAN Vice President; NJ w. CLUSKY, Secrc-
tary; CITIZENS BANK. Treasurer
Money received from sale of tickets in Caifor-
mia. Or gon and Nevada, will be deposited with
Wells. Fargo Co., Virginia City. to await the.
drawing. .T
M. A French,
General Agent, Virginia City, Nevada.
Who will supply tick cts and furnish inform .tion