The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-05
SPECIAL NOTICES.
SPECIAL NOIICESs
X TENTH
POPULAR DRAWING
COMMONWEALTH DISTRIBUTION CO.,
THURSDAY. JULY 81, 1879.
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS.
UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION.
UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION


THE He fGqTe5 SGngs ArEdft
2S AHR BIZ 81
p;omgy at 10 osocE YESTERDAY %ornsg quite
tenth drawing Of the Commonwealth distribution Com
shown their attention the call Of tho
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thing that possible satisfy the crowd. and the
the The regular advertised programme
sa to ns There n X mot the s
arght to express his doubt and have the mater nves
era IN lotteries and make their honesty aud integrity m
the Harris before ah ng ha ns
purchased tickets thoroughly convinced that
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this and ali to 5. Perfectly
After these prelimnarie the Two gentlemen named took
slipped the rubber bands from them and threw hom into
conadsnce Of tho audience could not be shaken
an hour had elapsed and all the tickets were IN tho
satisfied that the hundred thousand tickets were all IN
The prizes then placed in the small wheel, and tho
doors Seng Locked the two were enarnHd up until aney
that they mere ready for ana tho drawing So
the time ticket from one box and prize from the
other the number and prize were called out and regis;
did the and half hour 500 the larg
way time the suspense of the audience it
ior the capital prizes grew @
vas called out and its pr,ze was tho
thiru OF the large After
the small numbers with occasional 81 900 prize
until eight OF the ten prizes of that amount had bsen taken
from the wheel
This occupied the time until 40 r. NJ, whom three
fcurths OF prizes and neither of the two
largest had made The audience began to
become haggard and men and ciutching their
tickets, watching with protrudng and listening with
strained fell from the lips of the
At 10 o'clock the number 81 61S read
and the prize of $4,000 opened the me
ing shout burst forth that quickly lushod how
ever. IN the excitement as the drawing proceeded:
deathlike stiffness pervauel the whole house,
and hour the interest seemed almost painful AS
steady clockwork the business went until 3:i5
O'Clock when the capital prize of $4,000 drawn and
the number belonging to it 90 491 The interest i'm
medatey collapsed and tho anxious audience began to
leave. The drawing then rapidly close and at
past four General Harris announced that it
and the question to the house whether it
had fair and honest not and received in reply
clamor of ayes but not dissenting vote.
The day and the work quite oppressive.
and General Harris and Major Gray deserve great credit
for the and public that they conducted their
drawing and they viii have succeeded in establishing the
confidence OF the public in the company.
The of the crowd would have been study worthy
of the highest each ticket holder wishing himself into
half belief that the coveted prize would be his.
When of the first $500 prizes called out an
anxious faced sitting III his shirt sleeves near the
stage brought his back Of tho seat in
yelled "keno!" at the top of his voice.
The following is list of the drawn numbers with tho
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 81, 1879
This certify that the Undersigned kept the record
of the drawn numbers of tho tenth drawing of the Com
mouwealth Distribution Company which took place in tho
city Louisville Ky, Macaueys Theatre, July 81,
1879, and the following list is correct
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