The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-04
PRICE-FIVE CENTS.
THE GREAT LOUISVILLE LOTTERY.

OF course there was great excitement
and a regular jam. Some faint idea may be
cleaned from the following, which we take
from the Louisville Ledger Of the 3lst:
Even before the doors were opened the
crowd began to fill the front hall. Besides
the managers and some Of our leading citi-
Zens, were prominent u number OK country
men, who were evidently not so confident in
their luck as not to consider it worth watch
ing. Some of them were old men and wore
venerable boards, together with long tailed
jean coats and nnblacked boots. Some Of
them were Young, and visible to the Observ-
ant were the plainest signs of supreme
anxiety.
One fellow we noticed, who seemed about
twenty, with radiant face and beaming ex-
preston, white cooked hat, blue neck-tie,
dirty SHIRT, gray trousers, with black stripes
down the leg, thrust into his beets. He
looked as though he might be in love, with
marriage and happy home depending on
the result of his luck-a slim chance perhaps,
perhaps not. We, in our magnanmity,
wished him all that could possibly be ex-
pected. Many others were:noticeable, but
were most of them of u sameness
TIE capital prize still clung to the wheel
with pertinacity that was almost madtlening
perfect jam, the hall being packed to it's ut
most capacity. A large number Of ladies
were present, and the order was excellent,
but impatience was visible on almost every
cOuntenance, and it was not until but one
hundred and seventeen tickets remained in
the wheel that No. SIS, 1O4 was drawn. Then
a scene of excitement rarely eqMaled en-
sued Cheers arose from all parts Of the
house, and cries of "Numberw Number ~
were heard from all sides. The number
was again called, and nobody claiming it,
the system upon which the approximations
were to be determined, after which the
drawing proceeded.
Peter Sattler, q labOring man, who lives
in New Albany, succeeded in taking in $685.
and announced his happiness by simply
answering when the ticket was called:
"That's me-"
Mr.. Camentz, who lives in this city, held
a fractional part of ticket wnisL drew
$3.50.
The club gotten up by George osle drew
The Kentucky Club, on ticket No. II, 075,
drew $500.
Denhart's Nickle Club succeeded in COB
bling up $3.50 on fractional part Of
ticket.
We understand that two gentlemen in
Ohio held two-ffths of the ticket which
drew $13,1 25.
An old, gray haired gentleman from
Litchtield, named Edwin Thomas, whe had
been a quiet spectator all day, was dis
| covered to be the fortunate owner of
ticket which drew $500. He seemed en-
| tirely satisfied with his luck, and did not
shed any large amount of tears because it
was not the capital prize.
| party of gentlemen in New Haven, KY,
are generally supposed to have drawn the
$75, 900, as the ticket calling for that amount
was sold to them some time since at tho
Public Library Office.
| Officer Will. Hatch is one among the
lucky, and will find himself $4,000 better of
by his venture. Who wouldn't lie police
man!
We hear it rumOred, but of course cannot
vonch for it, that a gentleman from Tennes-
see drew the capital prize.
Again, as we go to press, the rnmOr il
aflOat on the streets that it was drawn by
an Italian girl living in the city.
When but one gift was left in the wheel,
Colonel Durrett came forward and explained
the manner in which the record of the
drawing was kept. He then proceeded to
announce the scheme for the fifth and last
drawing, on the :'lst of July, 1874. 1t wonld
consist of 100000 tickets at fifty dollars
each, and the gifts would be $2,500, 900, di-
vided into 10000 cash gifts, the highest
being $25O,0O0 and from that down to fifty
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