The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-28
The Academy of Music Crowded
from Morning till Night with
Ladies and Gentlemen.
The Committee of Well-KnOwn Citizens
and the Officers Of the H. w. Allen
MOnupental Association Super.
intend the Drawing.
No. $50 Wins the 800, O00-NO. 16, 700
Wins the $5O,OO0-NO. 2249
Wins the $4,000.

Of the Louisiana State Lottery, which had been
so extensively advertised over the whole
country, came eff yesterday, at the Academy
largest audience that has crowded that justly
popular theater The drawing was decided
novelty, and. therefore, aside from the great
interest taken in it by those who held tickets,
possessed an attraction which was sure 10
draw.
Havana, on the Island of Cuba, Louisville,
San Francisco, Milledgeville, Ca, and other
cities in this country have had their great
drawings, which the people of New Orleans
have been interested In to the extent of thou
sands of dollars, but which they, or, at least,
few of them, had an opportunity of witness
ing.
The drawing was announced to commence
at $50 o'clock, and long before the appointed
hour the theater las filed, and, when $3.50
o'clock came around, it Was packed from pit
to dome.
The dress circle had been reserved for
ladies, and every seat was taken almost as
soon as the doors were opened. Indeed. the
large number and evident responsibility of
the ladies present was matter OF comment
They seemed, too, to be not only the most
enthusiastic spectators, but the most patient,
most of them retaining their seats until the
very last ticket was drawn from the wheel and
the audience was politely dismissed by the
worthy President of the II. W. Allen Monu-
mental Association. Col. Jno. NJ. Sandidge.
Tie appearance of the theater, filled from
parquette to the gallery of the gods, of the
stage upon which were seated the venerable
and dignifed gentlemen who had been selected
to oficiate as committee to superintend the
drawing, the two large glass wheels, one filed
with prizes, and the other with numbers,
from which bindfolded youths drew the little
brass cylinders containing the favors of for
tune, all made up spectacle full OF life and
interest.
What added to the general interest in this
matter was the fact that the company had
thrown around the drawing such guarantees
and safeguards, as to make it absolutely GER
tain that it was perfectly fair and square.
Nothing that even the most cautious and
captious could suggest was left undone by
the company to remove the drawing from
even the shadow of doubt, and the audience
gave frequent manifestations of its apprecia-
ton of the arrangements and fits confidence.
When the $50, 600 prize was drawn there was
the most tumultuous applause, the ladies
clapping their hands and the gentlemen
cheering but strangely enough, when the
S1OO, 600 was drawn hush fell upon the au-
dience which was only broken by the calling
of the next number. The spectators were
apparently too much absorbed in looking at
their tickets to applaud.
Col John n Sandidge and Mr.. Adam Gift
fen oficiated at the wheel containing the
prizes, and Col. R. NJ Montgomery and l. W..
Hodgson took turns in crying out the num-
bers as they were handed out of the other
wheel Altogether the drawing was eminently
satisfactory to the holders of tickets and the
audience, and was in striking contrast to the
Louisville and other recent failures. The
half of the $4,000 was drawn in this city,
as were also very large number OF other
prizes.
AT THE APPOINTED TINE
J. M. Sandidge, Esq, stepped to the front
of the stage and read the following certificates:
CERTIFICATE OF TICKET COMMITTEE.
ACADEMY OF Music.
New Orleans, Monday, Dec. n, 1915.
To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that we, the undersigned,
whose names are hereunto annexed, have
rolled and placed the numbers from
Il to 100000 one to twenty thousand in
the wheel we now deliver duly locked and
sealed. We declare that every number from
one to twenty thousand q to 70, 000) inclusive,
is contained therein by our actual count and
careful verifcation.
We further declare that since being counted
and placed therein said wheel has remained
in our custody, securely locked and sealed,
and that we now deliver it intact for the dlaw-
ing.
We finally declare that in all the work at
tendant upon such preparation, that no stock
| holder, officer, manager or representative OF
the Louisiana State Lottery Company has
participated in any way directly or indirectly.
JOHN VI. SANDIDGE,
! President H. W. Allen Monumental
| -, Association.
! W. |. HoDGsoN,
! SEAL Recording Secretary.
! (--) HORACE CARPENTER,
Corresponding Secretary.
CERTIFICATE OF PRIZE COMMITTEE.
ACADEMY OF Music,
New Orleans, December n, 1875.
To all whom it may concern:
We, the undersigned and whose names are
hereunto annexed, have personally examined,
rolled and placed in the wheel, we now
deliver forsthe drawing twelve hundred and
eighty Q280) separate prizes, ranging in
amount from one hundred to one hundred
thousand dollars $500 to 100000,
We declare that these twelve hundred and
eighty 12S0) prizes are in strict accordance
with the published scheme of the Golden
! Drawing, each and every prize being duly
represented in its full amoun.