The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-02
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1879.
Rare Inducements and All for one Dollar


NOx York Catholic Review. Z 4
A rare chance Is offered to those who
wish to gain valuable property and per.
form a great act Of charity.
The object Of the drawing which Is to
come Oft April l4th, 1870, at 0lathe, Kan.
sas, Is TO raise funds TO help 10 erect
church Of this place. Among other things
10 he drawn for, Is q lot THE donation ola
Protestant iTiend), situated In the city Of
Olathe, which Is very desirable and val.
table," as Mayor s. r. BurCh and other
prominent gentlemen who know II will
lingly testify. A ticket that entities the
Ing" will be sent to those WHO contribute
one dollar, l$Ll. For tho spiritual and
temporal welfare OF those who buy atlcket,
induce others to buy, or contribute hop.
erer htile TO the erection Of this much needed
church Twenty-Five Masses will DO offered.
t8rThe winning number will be pub
lished In the issue Of this paper next after
the drawing, RemittanCes can be sent TO
the Pastor, Rev. Michael Casey, 0lathe,
Kansas, or to either Of the Building Com.
nittee, 7. Cosgrove, Frank Mcfarland or
Joseph McNulty.
Is II any wonder that the Protestant
world believe the stories that were told OF
Tetzel, the great seller Of paper indulgen.
Cies in the Fifteenth century, who is re-
ported as assuring those who were impor.
tuned to contribute means for the con.
struction OF st. Peters at Rome, that "as
soon as the money reIounded in the chest
the sins would be forgiven, and the souls
Of the departed received into heaven"
Such stories hardly sound more incon-
gruous, in matter OF religion, than the
above advertisement clipped from the Re.
rietv, in which people are importuned to
take chance in lottery, and promised,
san inducement, not only the possibility
otdrawing a lot in the town of Olathe,
Kansas, but, in addition, twenty-five
masses at the sacredaltar. The laDguageis
this: "for thespiritual and temporal welfare
otthose who buy a ticket, induce other to
buy, or contribute however little to the
erection Of this much needed church,
twenty-five masses will be offered"
Now we know not what the law Of Kan.
sas may be in regard to such lotteries, but
here in West Virginia it Is as follows:
"Ifany person set up or promote, or be
concerned in managing or drawing lot
terry or rattle, for money or other thing Of
value, or knowingly permit such lottery
in any house under his control, or know
ingly permit money or other property to
be rallied for in such house or to be won
therein, by throwing or using dice, or by
any other game Of chance, or knowingly per.
nit the sale In such house OF any chance
or ticket in, or share OF ticket in lot.
terry or any writing, certificate, bill, TO-
ken or other device, purporting or in.
tending to guarantee or assure to any
person, or entitle him to prize or share
OF, or interestin, prize to be drawn in 8
lottery, "or shall for himself or another
person." buy, sell or transfer, or have in
his possession for the purpose OF sale, OF
with intent to exchange, negotiate, Of
transfer, or shall aid in selling, exchang
ing, negotiating, or transferring chance
or ticket in, or chance Of ticket, in s
lottery or any such writing, certificate
bill, token or device, he shall be confined
in jail not more than one year, and fined
not exceeding $500"
1t seems strange that the morality O
the law should thus rise higher than the
morality Of religion. Lotteries are sup
pressed as immoral and demoralizing il
nearly every State in the Union. Even
in Louisiana, where they have existed Sc
long they have just been suppressed
And yet here We see, contrary to THU
general law and general public sentiment
ofthc country, lottery advertised in the
name Of religion, and masses for the soul
ofthe dead offered for money as an induce
ment to take chance in the turn ftht
wheel.