The daily gazette., 1882-10-30
A GOLDEN MINnrALI
Two Citizens OF south Washington
Win $4,000 In The Louisiana state
Lottery.
Warrington Star, October %.

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Win $4,000 In The Lou,s,nna 80.
Lottery. 9''''
Washington Star october@.1
The golden favors of fortune wbioh aow
Ihrough the medium Of the Louisiana State
Lottery nave not passed Washington hy.aud
at the last monthly drawing two cltizens al
south Washington found Themselves nos.
SCISSORS OF a fifth each of the grand prize
Sf5,0OO. Good news sometimes noes
as last as bad, ana before the re.
slpiehts were aware OF their good
Iuck they were congratulated by Their
neighbors and friends. One was Mr.. Gwynn
Harris, an Inspector Of the Health Office,
ana the other, Mr.. w. l.. Lewis who is with,
the Cooperative Ice Company. Tbcy earn
held a fifth Of the whole ticket, which paid
$4,000, or $4,000 for both. A Sqj. rc.
porter called on Mr.. Lewis to ascertain how
a man looked and talked who had inst
realized $4,000 from "a 81 investment. UIc
was found at his residence, having inst re.
turned from the wharf, where he ha been
engaged In his usual work. He Is man
about 30 years OF age, and is sober, indus.
trious citizen.
Mr.. Lewis" said the reporter, "the pub.
nc woald like to know how you feel after
this golden shower"
"Well, was the reply, 81 thought at first
to know about it. People who are cutirs
strangers have come up on The street and
congratulated me"
"Haye you paid the penalty of riches and
loans z" -'s'''
mo. ! haven't been troubled in that
way yet"
"How did you feel when you found Won
had the lucky number. Did you faint
away r. asked the reporter.
dld not feel any more concerned than
II hau picked up ten cent piece. The fact
Is, that did not know until the afternoon
OF tiiat day, when friend called my at
tentl0n to the drawing. | hadn't even
looked at the drawings in the morning
paper. But felt pretty good when | rot
me money from the express Office"
"liow did the money come 4" iuterposed
the reporter.
In twenty dollar gold pieces. There
were Sl0,OOO In one bag and 81, 900 In the
other. The bags must have weighed eighty
pounds, and II was quite load to carry to
the bank"
What are you going to do with your
81 am going to lay it away. I know how
TO keep It," was the response, and MIR.
Lewis reputation sustains the assertion
10 10 SiuhilJ htllSlUlc over his Wlnu-
fall, and goes on with his work as If nothing
unusual had happened.
Neither of these gentlemen owned the en-
tire fith of the winning ticket. Mr.. Harris
has partner with whom he has to divide
his fifth of ticket. Mr.. Lewis was in n
combination with nine others, which pur
chased each month 10 onc-ffth tickets. 1t
happened, however, this month that only
two bought and paid for their tickets, and
the remaining eight tickets were assumed by
Mr.. Lewis and two of his friends, the former,
however, advancing the money. As each
member of the combination was entitled to
one-Icnth OF whatever prize was drawn,
81 800 was paid to each Of the holders of two
of the tickets, and the remaining Sl2 GOO
was divided equally between Mr.. Lewis and
his two friends, making 81, 900 for each.
As neither of the two had paid for their
tickets, and as there was only verbal un-
deretanding about the matter, Mr.. Lewis
not legally bound to DIVIDE the Sl2, ,000 but,
as he told The Star reporter, 81 could not
have slept easy If / Thought had anything
belonging TO another"
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