Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-09-23
Free Library in Louisville, to be called the
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY.

The Concert and distribution will take place
under the immediate supervision of the Trustees
named in the act Of incorporation.
The Trustees will be assisted by well known
and eminent citizens of Kentucky who have
consented to be present at the concert and to
supcrintend the drawing and distribution of gifts
The holders 'of tickets to which gifts are
awarded 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 throuh any Bank or Express Company
for collection. All orders accompanied by Drafts
Post Office Money Orders, or Greenbacks will be
attended to and tickets returned by mail regis
tered or expressed rs desired.
Tickets are like acknowledgement only to the
holder.
Baycrs will notice there are only One Hundred
Thousand Tickets, instead of Two Hundred Thon.
sand, in the San Francisco Gilt Concert. and
that there is $4,000 more distributed. | sold
that and made the awards in four months and
paid $4S8, ,0GO to ticket holders from November
I'd to 18th, 1870, and turnded over $l2 900 to
the Secretary due tickets not presented.
1t will be particularly noticed that it is a mat
ter OF imposSibility for any to know what
numbers draw gifts ms it is not known what
TIE gilt of any number drawn from the first
wheel will ne, until the seuled box, with the
amount of the gift plainly printed. is taken from
the other wheel and opened in fall view of the
audience, therefor the larger gifts may not come
out Till towards The last, or in the middle of The
drawing. The SlO0, 900 gift in the San Francis
co Gift Concert, under the management of G. r.
Peters, was the 200th number drawn, and was
awarded and paid to n gentleman in New Or
leans.
Eezy" 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
lists sent them. Parties forming Clubs nd de-
string information, viii please address the Of
flee.
IL TICKETS FOR 500, as TICKETS,
S255j SO TICKETS, $50O;I13
TICKETS, $1,000.
The undersigned, late principal business man.
ager of the very successful Mercantile Library
Gift Concert at San Francisco, California, has
been appointed agent and manager of the Gift
Concert in aid of the Public Library of Ken
lucky.
The drawing will take place in public, and
everything will be done to satisfy buyers of tick
cts that their interests will be as well protected
as if they personally snperinended the entire
affair,
MANNER OF DRAWING.
There will be two glass wheels One wheel
on leather tags. The other wheel will contain
72l boxes each containing gift. One tag or
number 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, ana the gift so drawn from the Sec
ond wheel will be the gift of the tag first drawn,
whether 500, 81 900 or 500, coo, as announced
14,364 Tickets Disposed of In July.
To insure tcket-holders, the public are as
sured that if only 20, 900 tickets are sold, only
20, 600 numbers go in the large wheel, the III
gifts awarded, but diminished pro rata. In case
80 900 tickets only are sold, only numbers to
80, 600 go in the large wheel, and the 72l glits
diminished one-half, and in case only $4,000
tickets are sold, the entire 72l gifts will be paid
in full-it being intended no unsold tickets
shall participate.
The Manager has already paid into the Ciu-
zens' Bank $32, 900 towards defraying the ex-
penses and does not depend on the sale OF ilcA-
cts to pay his expenses of Printing, Advertise
ments, etc. The public are invited to the
utmost scrutiny as to the reliability of the en-
tire affair.
| Persons desirous of acting rs agents for tue
sale of our tickets in any city in the Uniteu
States or Canadas, address
CHAS. II. PETERS, Manager,
Louisville, Kentucky
OFFICE 100 Main Street Johnson's Block
R. T. DURRETT, President; W. N. HALDL-
MAN, Vice President NJ w. CLUSKY, Secre'"'
ry; CITIZENS BANK, Treasurer.
Money received from the sale of tickets in Cal, ,
ifornia, Oregon and Nevada. will be deposl'eu
with Wells Fargo Co., Virginia City, to Awa''
TIE drawing.
M. a. FRENCH, Agent,
General Agent, virginia CITY, Nevada
Who will supply tickets and furnish iIiofR
tion. S'-i"''