The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-17
.FREE L1BRARY N LOUISVILLE, ro be
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PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY

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The Concert and Distribution viii take place un-
der the immediate supervision of the Trustees
mentioned In the act ofincorporation.
= The trustees will be assisted by well-lmown
and eminent citizens of kentucky, who have
consented be present at the concert, and to
perintend The drawing and distribution OF gifts.
< The holders of tickets to which gifts arenward-
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 coli
! lection. All orders accompanied by Drafts, Post
Office Money Orders, or Greenbacks will be
promptly attended to and tickets returned by
mail, registered or expressed, as desired. =
| Tickets like Greenbaclts--good only to the
NE Buyers will note that there are only one
hundred thousand tickets instead of two hundred
thousand, in the San Francisco Gift Concert,
and that there is $50, 000more distributed. sold
that and made tile awards in four months and
paid $4ss oO0to ticket holders from Nov End to
10Th, 1870, and turned over $4,000 to the Secre
| tary due tickets not presented. te q 9Es'
1t will be particularly noticed that it is a mat
| ter of impossibilty for any one TO laiow what
numbers draw gifts, as it is not known what the
giftiof any 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
1 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,
| unQer the management w. fElERso, was
the 20Oth number drawn, and was awarded and
| paid to gentleman in New Orleans. s721 Gifts
| is all that can be drawn in one day. r. . y
Befs The Numbers and Gifts are drawn by blind
children from s to ii years OF age rif
| 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 500; % Tickets, 1855; Sc Tick
/ q cts, $500; 1f3 Tickets, $1,000. Il. !,
The undersigned, late principal business manager
of the very successful Mercantile Library Gift
Concertat San francisco, California, has been ap-
lfpointed agent and manager of the Gift Concert
in aid of the Public Library of Kentucky Nsles
4 :. The drawing will take place in public and
Ileyery thing will be done TO satisfy buyers OF
tickets that their interests will be as well pro-
/ tected If they personally superintendent the
entire affair. Jl bati& gln a9sgoe asiiail
~ "'aM MANNER OF DRAWING .ft e, =, e. 9,
i There will be two glass wheels. One wheel
will contain 100000 numbers, plainly printed or
leather tags. The, other wheel will Contain 72l
boxes, each containing gift. One tag or mum
Der win be drawn from the loo, 900 wheel and tn,
first box drawn from the second or 721 box whee
will containIa gift, neatly printed and sealed'up
tand the gift so drawn from the second wheel vii
be the gift of the tag first drawn, whether 800
1000, or$l00000, as announced. sfg lPrN
Il 1854 Tickets Disposed of in.JuIy.
g To insure ticket holders, the public assured
that ii only 10000 tickets are sold only %, 90,
numbers 20 in the large wheel, the 721 Gift
awarded, but diminished pro rata. In case 90,
900 tickets only are sold, only NUM- ers to 90 0O
go inthe large wheel and the 72l gifts dminishet
one-half and in only $1,000 tickets are sole
Z the entire 7al gifts will be paid IN full--it being
intended that no lnsold tickets shall participate
" The Manager has already paid into the Citizen
Bank 80 600 towards defraying the expenses, ant
II does not depend sales of tickets TO pay his ex
! penses of printing, advertising, &c. The pub
are inyitedto the utmost scrutiny us to the reli;l
bility of the entire affair. snW tlriae 7gsr,sf 7
Persons DESTROYS ofaeting as agents for the sail
of tickets jim any city in the United States OF Can
adas, address FsFads19m hae Il
~ feHAS. r.. PETERS, so1l
+ Manager, Louisville, NY,
A. OFFICE, 100 Main street, Johnson's Block
4 r.. T.iDURRETT, President s ,fsrSfae 81
III w. N. HALDENIAN, Vice President. sg,uf ar
M WaCLUSIkY, Secretary. insi ~ q lsa4fnll n
. C1TIZENs5f BANK, Treasurer hn. ai1t-fl
H. au 17--eodhnnt ~ Aaia uds - % $500 j. l7f