Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-12
the WHEEL or FORTUNE,
ScEvEs AND lNCfDExrs or THE KENTUCKY
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SCENES AND lNCrDrrrs or TIE KENTUCKY
PU1LIc LIBRARY DRAwne.
The Courjer-J journal Of Monday thus de-
scrioes an event that has been agitating Louis
Vile FOR several MONTHS
Inc DRAWING progressed In comparative
quiet until the thirty-second number was
Drawn from the wheel. It was 845o. and
Colonel Alfriend cried In his stentorian voice.
mr.. Stratton slowly unrolled the prize. The
prizes had been ranging from e75 to $50, and
interest had Stacked, Is the people were not
expecting anything important ut that moment,
,Wnen Wnen the figures suddenly glared before them
crier announced with the sudden and sonorous
roll OF unexpected thunder
oventy-hve thousand dOllars!'
The audience Was ast0unded. The people
half rose from their seats and strained their
eysa :, rsss s Bsv g sy Sy Ss sSuS S,ss s.1i ne
stood out In unmistakable prominence, and
there was no doubling the story they told:
The capital prize was out Of the wheel, and
not One in the now vast assembly had drawn
the winning number. ltwas grand success
for somebody.
There were many ladies In the audience,
who manifested great interest In the drawing,
and to their presence, and the good sense and
orderly disposition Of the crowd, IS well a. 70
the police, may be attributed the absence OF
ulSUIUcI VI any KIM.
A spectator in a tall white hat sat in the
midst 0f the audience throughout the first
half OF the drawing, reading paper, as II
he were more interested IN its contents than In
what WAS going on before him, and scarcely
taking his eyes Of the paper except when 1 the .
in the crowd.
An excited little girl held a ticket in her
hand and consulted the number on it every
time the crier called q number from the wheel,
as If she expected the print to change to the
number called. She could hardly contain
herself when at length her ticket drew q
prize.
Two newsboys, who had clubbed together
and bought aquarter ticket. sat near the stage
with pencil and paper and industriously took
called, until late in the Afternoon. when the
hearts of the little ragamufins Wer, made
glad by their number drawing 50. 1t was
amusing to watch the air Of impol an 'e with
which they noted down the nun be- after
that, flourishing their bit Of pencil u. dQ lttug
DR.. J. NJ. Keller received an order few
days before the drawing from friend In
North Alabama, tOget him ticket number 6A50,
but the ticket was sold, and, on notifying his
friend of the fact, Dr. Keller received instruc-
Oei oOe 70 as aqs% IN esp
At one time the numbers drawn jumped
from 800 to 65 $685. and then down to g. show
ing that they were well mixed. The number
was the lowest drawn, and won $75.
It was said that very clever gentlemen, an
attache Of the COurier. Journal c0unting-rOOm,
had drawn the big prize, and he had more
friends IN half an hour after the rulnOr was
started than he ever had in all his life before.
There have been all sorts of rumors in cir
culation concerning the holder OF the $75, ,OOO
ticket and its possession has been assigned to
many people in as many localities. The ques.
ton had got to be quite as interesting and ap-
parently quite as unanswerable as the famous
Observation-Disclosures struck Billy Patterson
The following despatch, received last night
settles all dispute about the matter
COLUMBUS, Ind, Dec. 8.-To tie Editor Of
the C0ur7er.J .Journdl.-The lucky ticket sA
thousand four hundred and fifty is held by 9
club of ten persons of this city. am not thu
f. q. BONDURANT.
Mr. Bondurant is prominent officer of tlt
JeffersOnville. Madison, and indianapolis
Railroad ut Columbus: and his positive asser-
ton settles the yexed question The coveted
prize - therefore divided up among ten per
sons, giving to each $500, which is quite .
snug little sum, and certainly handsome re
turn for the Investment
A gentlemen frem Indianapolis was in the
city yesterday with two hundred tickets, ou
of which he got something over $4,000, ont
ticket alone drawing $4,000.
The Exposition Club, which held long lis
of tickets, drew $3.50.
There were but few srccessful numbers hele
here, and these were divided up among mem
bers OF clubs to such a degree that the share o
each was very small. We have heard OF sew
erAl clubs the members of which are entitlet
to seventy five cents each, net cash, as the re
suit Of their venture.