The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-14
FREE LIBRARY IN LOUISVILLE, TO BE
CALLED THE


PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY.
The Concert and Distribution will take place UNI
der the immediate supervision of the Trustees
mentioned in the act ofincorporation.
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 award
ed will be paid on presentation of them or their
fraction, ut 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 Greenbaeks, will be
promptly attended to and tickets returned by
mail registered or expressed as desired.
Tickets are like Greenbacks only to the
holder.
BE 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 $4,000 more distributed. Isold
that and made the awards in four months and
paid $4SS,O0 to ticket holders from Nov End to
10Th, 1870, and turned over ST., 900 to the Secre-
tary due tickets not presented.
IL will be particularly noticed that it is mat
ter OF impossibility for any one to know what
numbers draw gifts, as it is not known what the
giftofany mber 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, OF in the middle of the drawing. The
100000 gift in the San Francisco Gift Concert,
under the management of G. Il. PETERS, was
the 200th number drawn, and was awarded and
paid to gentleman in New Orleans. I'll Gifts
is all that can be drawn in one day
RS The Numbers and Gifts are 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 500; as Tickets, S255; SO 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 well pro-
tected as IL they personally superintendent the
entire affair.
tk ~ 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 gift. One tag or num-
Der will be drawn from the 100000 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,
II 900, or 100000, as announced
14,364 Tickets Disposed Of in July.
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 50,-
600 tickets only sold, only numbers to $4,000
go in the large Wheel and the 72l gifts diminished
one-half; and in only $4,000 tickets are sold
the entire 72l gifts will be paid in full-it being
intended that unsold tickets shall participate.
The Manager has already paid into the Citizens
Bank So, 900 towards defrayng the expenses, and
does not depend on sales of tickets to pay his ex-
penses of printing, advertising, sc. The public
invited to the utmost scrutiny as to the relia-
bility of the entire affair.
Persons DESTROYS of acting as agents for the sale
of tickets in any city in the United States Can
adas, address $3.50 gf s-sre lsT
CIIAS. X. PETERS,,
Manager, Louisville, Ky,
OFFICE, leo Main street, Johnsons Block.
II. Il. DURRETT, President.
w. N. HALDEMAN, Vice President.
M. W. CLUSKY, Secretary.
CITIZENS BANK, Treasurer.
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