Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-09-03
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.
No. 1885.
New Orleans Men Win Parts of the Capital
Prize of $4,000.

New Orleans Men Win Parts of the Capital
Prize of $4,000.
Eugene Gaudins, warehouseman for
Messrs. B. 0norato & Co. for some time, IS
q good and trusty worker He was COM
paiatively happy at his home, No. Isl st;
Peter street, and in his walks ne passed
q place in which the tickets OF the Louis
lana State Lottery Company are displayed.
He had purchased tickets before in part
nership with his fellow-workers. During
August he saw displayed one which partlc'
ularlv struck his fsncy-No. l5,365--
whether it was the peculiar arrangement OF
the SIS or the magical placing of the 5, even
Gaudins is at loss to explain. But that
particular ticket haunted him; peeped out
enticingly from the window, begging
plainly to be bought. The day was close
at hand, and still it hung IN
the window. Its comrades were drop
ping of, and when the last day, the 18th,
arrived, il was almost to be pitled Tor Its
loneliness. Gaudins each day glanced has
tilv TO see If his little friend was still IN
place. started several times to walk boldly
in and buy on his sole account; but the old
trammels of the partnership arrangement
held him until the last moment. Ten
o'clock on the morning of the 18th he held
afely in his sole possession one-titth OF the
coveted ticket. The revolutions OF the
wheel at the Academy of Music brought out
No. 1856 as drawing the capital prize.
The fact was published and came soon to
the ears of Gaudins, who yesterday was
poor, but to-day, by the investment OF dol
lar, ranks among the "bondholders.
He called at the office OF the Louisiana
State Lottery with Mr. B. Onorato, and
was promptly paid in full. A reporter
wanted to know what he proposed TO do,
and he answered that he would buy a nice
home for his family, and that
seeing them placed beyond the
reach of want and in comfort would
be as much happiness as he desired. The
balance of his money he would try to invest
proftably, and would himself continue to
play his modest part unspoied by prosper
ity He signed his name neatly to the re
ceipt for the money, and went out OF the
Office of the Lottery as happy and cOntented
a man as the Crescent City now contains -
New Orleans Picayune, August 18th.
Hearing that another fortunate holder of
a part OF the lucky number of 10, 365, draw
ing So, 900 in the August scheme Of The
Louisiana State Lottery, was on hand to
collect his money a reporter interviewed
him. Mr.. Louis Seymour, the fortunate
gentleman, was found in the Office of the
Lottery with two friends. He had pre- sent
ed his one-fifth ticket and was awaiting the
making out of the check for the amount it
called for While approaching fully his
fortune he was perfectly coo! and pleasant.
He told the reporter that he was a native
of Memphis Tenn, and served in the Con-
federate army ir the battle OF Shiloh under
Generals Albert SIDNEY Johnson and
Beauregard His health, impaired by army
service, had grown much worse of late years
and he came here to benefit himself AS
his means were limited, he went to work on
the buildings Of the great Worlds Fair to
be held in New Orleans next winter. lie
stuck to it steadily for nearly FIVE months,
although it almost counterbalanced the good
done him by the genial climate
He was a firm believer in luck and never
tailed to purchase ticket in The Louisiana
State Lottery. His experiment in parchas-
ing No. 1885 has confirmed him in his
belief. He was pleased with the country
and the people; was delighted with every
thing and hoped to enjoy his good fortune.
He had not formed any distinct plans for
the future, but would remain at ease for
some time recuperating, not forgetting al
ways to try his luck in the lottery that had
proved such bonanza to him.-Nsw o.
leans picayune, August l6.