The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-24
w1Ss1Na 4 CAPITAL PRIZE.

WINNING A CAPITAL PRIZE.
Great Rejoicing In Columbus lndi-
ana-The Lucky Holders OF TICKET
s4BO In the Louisville Lottery
standing Guard over h Precious
Ticket.
columbus (lnd.) letter.
On the Sd day of November, 1877, three gen
flemen stood around the stove 10 the queens
ware and grocery store of W. D. Summers, IN
the town OF Columbus, Ind. The great Louis
| Vile Library drawing was the topic OF con-
velsation. The names Of Il ne 2 pers0as " SoH q
Webb and VIM. D. Summers. The chances
NJ winning q prize in the lottery scheme were
discnssed in all their bearings Tor over'an
hour. when one of the parties proposed ma
fen men unite and make up q purse OF one
hundred dollars, and send for eleven tickets.
The proposition was accepted, ana tne. q9es.
whele. half or quarter tickets. Two OF The
narty were in favor Of whole tickets and the
Remaining member wanted q proportion OF
each. Burgess, however, swOre that he would
have nothing to do with half or quarter TIC
kets, and fnsllyzcarried bis point ma there
should heSzonly eleven tickets, and tney all
whole ones.
SENDING FOR THE TlUkETb'
The next morning, W. b. Webb, 9 lamber
contractor of Columbus, advanced $l0o and
sent IL to Thomas e. Bramlette, In Louisville,
| ia q registered letter, instructing MIN 70 lor-
| ward In return eleven whole tickets IN Louis
| hand by the return mail, aud were deposited
| for safe keeping In the safe OF VIM: D.. STORY,
la druggist OF that CITY,. Before the tickets
were deposited, however, Burgess picked up
ticket 6I5O, and said that he twas sure that tcR-
ct would draw a big prize" HeWas laughed a.
BY the persons present, bnt he still eontenoed
tiemsn who had ordered the tickets then went
to work 10 All up the club. They had consld-
erable trouble. A hundred citizens were I'M
p%ortunedcto goin, but they replied Inat IL was
s.too Thin: money was TOO tight, and they
wonld as SOON throw $40 note In the fire IS
TO invest 1t In 8 lottery Alter Two weeks
oanvassIpg In the city the club was nnaliy
gentlemen: T. @. Burgess, VIM. D. Summers,
~. n. Webb, Albert Jones, Gideon Shnltz, O.
@. Crawford, Charles McCalls, ]. Frank Pan
cake, Lloyd Morledge, and Henry A. Roth
rock.
A little incident here occurred that let an
other man In as q part shRrer In the CLUB.
when Mr.. Webb called upon Mr.. Pancake 10
get his ten dollars, Mr.. G. A. Terrell was
Standing BY, and Pancake remarked: "Ter-
s ssa,s DOM n t you t, ssgs =, e sG Se III Slt saI i'd 'e %Y @y
here's a Ave dollar note that I won of OF q
Democrat on the election. and I'll put 1t In
with you." throwing down the five dollars az
he spoke, In the meantime the citizens OF
Columbus were investing considerably IN the
drawing, aud when the day had arrived Tor
the drawing 10 Jake piece, excitement a',s nv was ,s, az
graph once was crowded early in the morn
mo. and everybody was on the gut utue to
hear from Louisville. At about twelve O'Clock
on the day Of the drawing 8. e.. Bondurant,
assistant superintendent Of The j., n. and l.,
Railroad, received 2 telegram rom Loulsvlne,
stating that No. s46o had drawn the capital
prize.
held that number. He made no secret OF the
dispatch, and gave 1t to.the public. The news
sDread through the town like wilddre. The
Widest excitement prevailed; small boys
turned somersaults In the streets; the mem
bers OF the club were almost insane WITH
not believe 1t. It was too good TO be true,
thought they.
In the meantime dispatches were received
from Louisville confirming beyondlthe posi-.
bility of q doubt that 6460 was the&nnmber OF
the ticket that had drawn $4,000. The most
incredulous were satisfied; all but the mem
bers OF the club, who were stll afraid 10 De.
lleve in their good fortune. They thought It
might be a mistake after all. Theyadvanced
a thousand reasonst to that ehect.sMr. Bondu-
rant knew there could be no mistake, aud to
| proye his confidence In the news, offered one
Of The members five thousand dollars for his
share 10 the club. 1t was Crawford. and be
would have taken 1t had 1t. not been for
friends, he holding that ia bird I'm the hand
was worth two 10 the bush.n The evening
rom Louisville. His word settled 1t. Ticket
No. 64b0 had drawn the capital prize for $751;
600. A gentleman who was an eyewitness
describes the scene when the truth was fully
and definitely known as one of the most ex-
citing he has ever experienced. Nothing,
cir, ever equalled 1t in this town since the SUI.
render Ct General Lee to Grant," no re-
marked.
THE TOWN. WAS ON FIRE,
the people crasy and Wild with excitement.
The stores and business places OF the members
of the lucky club were throngsd VIII the e1.
cited populace. The holders OF the ticket
were Rugged, kissed, and congratulated BY
their friends. They In turn were rs much ex-
cited as the people. Several OF them are de-
scrloed as being nearly mad With Joy. They
could not.sItt down, stand up, or do. anything
but run around from. one place 10 anoLner,
asking If there was any further news. They,
were still afraid that they would hear some
thing that would blast their hopes. The house
in which the lucky ticket was locked up was
guarded all night BY two Of the holders. Hun.
dreds OF people tried to get a sight of the
ticket, but Mr.. Story would not show 10 TO any
one, not evea to the members Of the club
themselves. He told them that 1t was $3.50,
and that was all he would do for them: Some
of the members wanted to look at 1t again,
but Mr.. Story was firm and refused to exhibit
1t. The parties who had been solicited to join
the club and had refused were
MAD AS HoRNETs
Oae mai swore that he intended to sell his
farm and invest all the proceeds In; the next
drawing, and he is going to do It.. In TACT,
your correspondent met neither man, woman
nor child In Columbus yesterday, but pro-
posed TO invest In The next drawing. We
vantnre the assertion that $40, 900 worth OF