The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-19

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 wel-known
aud eminent citizens of Kentucky, who have
consented TO be present at the concert, and to SIT
peI1ntend the drawing and distribution of gifts
The holders OF tickets to which gifts are award
cd 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 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 GreenbacHs-good only to the
holder.
ReH 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 S50,000 more distributed. Isod
that and made the awards in four months and
paid $4sS,o0O to ticket holders from Nov. End to
10th, 1870, and turned over $4,000 to the Sccre-
tary due tickets not presented
IL Will be particularly noticed that il Is Il mat
ter of impossibility for any one to know what
numbers draw gifts, us it is not known what the
gift.ofany 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
100000 gift in the San Francisco Gift Concert,
under the management of q. II. PETERS, was
the Tooth number drawn, and was awarded and
paid TO a gentleman in New Orleans. 72l Gifts
is all that can be drawn in one day.
BE The Numbers and Gifts 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.
II Tickets for 800; as Tickets, $255; 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 ap-
pointed agent and manager of the Gift Concert
in aid of the Public Library of Kentucky.
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 II they personally superintendent the
entire affair.
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 72l
boxes, each containing q gift. One tag mum
Der will be drawn from the loo, 900 Wheel and thu
first box drawn from the second or 721 box whee
will contain gift, neatly printed and sealed up
and the gift so drawn from the second wheel will
DO the gift of the tag first drawn, whether 800
$1,000, or 100000, as announced
@ 14,364 Tickets Disposed of in July.
To insure ticket holders, the public are assured
that ii only 25,0o0 tickets are sold only $4,000
numbers go in the large wheel, tho 72l Gifts
awarded, brlt diminished pro rata. In case 80,
900 tickets only are sold, only numbers to 90, 00t
go in the large Wheel and the 72 gifts diminished
onehalf; and in case only $4,000 tickets are solo
the entire 72l gifts will be paid IN ful-it being
intended that no lmsold tickets shall participate
| The Manager has already paid into the Citizens
Bank $50, 900 towards defraying the expenses, ant
does not depend 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 agents for the salt
of tickets in any city in the United States or Can
adas, address
CHAS. X. PETERS,
Manager, Louisville, Ky,
OFFICE, 100 Main street, Johnsons Block.
| r. It. DURRETT, President.
| w. N. HAI4DEMAN, Vice President.
| M. w. CLUSKY, Secretary
| CITIZENS BANK, Treasurer.
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