The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-28
CALLED THE
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 ofincorporation.
The trustees will be assisted by well-known
and eminent citizens of Kentucky, who have
consented TO be present at the concert, and to 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, 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
Office Money Orders, or Greenbacks, viii be
promptly attended to and tickets returned by
mail registered or expressed, as desired.
Tickets are like Greenbacks-good only to the
holder. -
ne 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, 900 more distributed. Isold
that and made the awards in four months and
paid SASS, 900 to ticket holders from Nov 2nd to
10th, 1870, and turned over 1000 to the Secre-
tary due tickets not presented IA
1t will be particularly noticed that 1t is a mat
ter of impOssibility for any one to know what
numbers draw gifts, as 1t is not known what the
giftof 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
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 @. X, PETERS, was
Inc 2Qoth number drawn, and was awarded and
is all that can be drawn in one day.
me- The Numbers and Gifts are drawn by blind
children from to IA years of age.
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
cts, $500; 11s 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.
The drawing Will take place in public, and
everything 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. -tatf
MANNER OF DRAWING.
There will be two glass wheels, One wheel
viii contain 200 numbers, plainly printed on
leather tags. Tho other wheel will contain 72l
boxes, each containing gift. One tag or mum
Der will be drawn from the 100, 900 Wheel and the
first box drawn from the second or 72l box wheel
Will contain gift neatly printed and sealed up
and the gift so drawn from the second wheel will
be the gift of the tag first drawn, whether 800,
VI ,000 or 100000, as announced.
z 14,364 Tickets Disposed of In July. !,
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To insure ticket holders, the public are assured
that if only $4,000 tickets are sold only $4,000
numbers go in the large wheel, the 72l Gifts
awarded, but diminished pro rata. In case 90,
600 tickets only are sold, only numbers to so 900
go in the large Wheel and the 72l gifts diminished
one-half; and in ease only $4,000 tickets sold
the entire 72l gifts will be paid in full-it being
intended that no unsod tickets shall participate.
The Manager has already paid into the Citizens
Bank $50,000 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. rs
Persons DESTROYS of acting us agents for the sale
OF tickets in any city in the United States or Cam
adas, address tsAtt
'Sn4 CHAS. r.. PETERS,
6 Manager, Louisville, Ky,
OFFICE, 100 Main street, Jehnson's Block.
r. T. DURRETT, President
w. N. HALDEMAN, Vice President.
NJ w. CLUSKY, Secretary.
CITIZENS BANK, Treasurer.
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