Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-12-12

Robertson County Pulls Under the string
to Jhe tune of over N31, q IN NIue-
teen MonLns.
Mt Ol4yet (ky.) %lriOune, Nv 1911: II
any GouuG tIie,ea IA lhIe stCtlun ~ 10 the
Aenuiuu lam. Is uf the Louis Ma SAT- Lot
t,rS IN InabIug lis monthly anu etu4l-aunual
III s.lUulun 81 ltiz e., tuat CoUbJN As "a pcEeo
sa urday nlgLt. a letter received Lrom a en-
cIuuall merchant, III which the following
=, hlscrpt was added: II see your Town bas
uAalu ora ga capiiai prila Ia Louisiana Lot
i,ry,h was sLtlic / IL ~ ct our ",iy On The
hilis' III a Dlaze OF cXc.t mcnt. An Jude
ecrIbaDle buuL FOR tcAcl-hUld, To cIAuGd.
PuckeI-ooCks, day books, deck, saies, tiuuks,
Va i,,e, saChclr, even sn.nE Nds rtIiIagcu
aud tickets brought form. For u time
sIspeuse prevailed, ana then the discu very
was made that Cn!y one list had been
/, ccived at tie postCillce aGdr,sstd
TO :. ii. Beitys. MIR. Bettys I'D j. Nj. Mellow
eli IOInDu a partnership sOtne ti0Ie $40 in the
purchase I tickets, Agreeing 10 divide pronss,
If IA y accrued. Mounting a hprse bright and
cary sunday morning, Mcdowell vent ont
turre miles In the country 10 see btttys, and
returning ~ town, bettys' ticket and The
uumD,r ON the list GAG 149) cortcspOnded Go
ing ho lac in the western suburbs of Uliyet,
they were soon calleI on by the iTibuue nan,
who visited 10 learn the particulars. Exam
iuiug The ticket and list, We aSrured the par
ties that they were each e, 500 rlcht than they
- - hFAo ~ Nhth iADb III II
Louis lam STATE Lottery.
Tue D ,rties went to Maysvnle MoGd " morn.
ing, and deposited their LlcNet Tor collection
With Pearce, Wailingford d Co., Of the State
National Bank, the leading bankers Of North
eru Kentucky and Southern ohio, and Ia a few
days " i'll r, ceive a check for their money.
Mr.. b ttys Informed us that he had been
holdiug q ticket regularly fl The uisisna
State Lottery for four or five ye,rs, with the
exception Of q few monthly drawings,
and he would have invested ia them II he
had had the money TO spare. ~ missed
last S-lteinber drawing with much reiUc-
lance" ssid he, but | had very urgent need
OF the dollar. always recognized that the
chance OF drawing the capital psize was very
mesgre, but felt my chances were as good AS
anybody else's. My faith Is rewarded after
long VI ara OF depriyatiOns by rec, living a sur
ficieDc, of money which, II judiciously invest
ed will keep rue In comfortable circumstances
the remainder OF my iays." He bas been q
teach / Ia the pubic schools OF K lbertson
81, c. the or gan z itipn OF the cndnty, ct sal
airy ranging from go to $40 per month. Many
are the congraiu latlons he Is receiving on hs
str, ak a. good fortune.
Since Montgomery drew $15 coo In April,
1884, and even siuce Bettys and ID
uTew a similar amount la this months draw
Ing, WE hove received numerous letters from.
persons III ses"ra' states and territories in
curing II the drawings were genuine. In
every inst nee se have taken psins 10 ans wer
these gu, stiona IN he affirmative, and we
again repeat through the columns OF the
Tribune that these pfizts were &c.
tusliy drawn by the parties men
toned. Montgomery purchased = farm
near Mt. ONvet for the use OF bis brothers,
paying 5000 therefor. and bought himself a
farm within one mile If NJ. Sterling, for which
he paid 90, 90 Minor pr IS, amounting in
the aggregate 10 81 90 or over, have been also
drawn here, the largest Of these prizes being
drawn by M. d.. Ellis and Nimrod Cumber, the
former drawing $50 and the latter &7O. The
Louisiana State Lottery IL a square institution,
regardless OF any doubts which may exist TO
the contrary.