Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-04-10
A POOR ITALIANS WINDFkLI.
He Draws the Capital Prize la the
Louisiana Lottery


San Francisco Is acquiring quite II
reputation as fortunate locality IN
which to buy lottery tickets, the capi-
tai pliAc, or portions Ui it, III The Lou
islana State Lottery appearing t. have
come oiloner to this city than any
where else. Heretofore there has been
no difficulty in discovering the lucky
winners, they, as Il rule, not being slow
IN making their good fortunes known.
But the holder Oi the winning ticket.
2S,Go0. in the February drawing. seems
to be an unusually reticcnt sort oi per
son, and although it has been known
Tor several weeks that the prize WAS
won III this city the identity of the
lucky man was not disclosed. The
only fact definitely known WAS that he
Is an Italian. Within day or two the
money has been paid through one Of
the banks OF tins city and II has leaked
out that y. Natuune Is the person who
has suddenly come into possession OF
this fortune. lie is one Of the propric-
tors of the Hotel d'Italia. on the corner
OF Pacific and Sansome Streets lie
foremerly kept II nursery on the Ocean
House road, which he sold out little
over two Years ago, and i'll partnership
with his brother purchased the hotel,
although they We're both ignorant and
inexperienced in the details Of the
business. These facts were obtained
from person closely related TO the
fortunate hotel-keeper On being
questioned further III regards to Mr.
Eatuone's financial condition that
gentleman replied:
ale Was supposed to he doing fairly
well, but it is well known that n day or
two prior to the drawing his furniture
was attached for debt"
"Was he i'll the habit Of investing in
lottery tickets?'
"Oh, no; believe the only ticket h,
purchased besides this one was IN th,
san Francisco lottery Of 1870"
GLOW did ne come to buy this onc9'
"Wcll he. was almost forced into it.
| HOW tllat
AN Italian, who deals in these tick
cts, had offered To- sell HIM portion ("
one few weeks ago, but he declined
saying he wanted Il whole one. tn,
dealer managed to get one for him, bu
when he returned tu the hotel NatuOn,
refused ii, as he had better and mur,
pressing need Of his money. The mar
was anxious to sell and SAID he woul,
let him have it for So, the regula
price being S6.25 Natuone was tempt
ed to try his luck. and is said To have
scraped his last dime out ui the drawc
to buy, kicking at his Stiffness Tia
meanwhile. He charged the money e
his own account, saying that he di,
not propose that his brother should los
anything on account OF his foolishness
! 1t is stated that when he told his vii
OF it she uphraided him and remarkc'
that it would have been wiser to hav
bought himself pair Of shoes, whicl
he was in need Of
what Kind uf a man is ho?"
"He's little, black eyed, curly-hcat
ed fellow, about 35 years of age, an
bears very good character. lie take
his good fortune very quietly. He ha
. put his money quietly away, with"u
having made any change yet i'll hi
style of living. He made his brothr
present Of $4,000, and is going {
celebrate his good fortune 10y kecpin
open house all day next Sunday, dis
pensing free liquor and food to all hi
callers-San Francisco (Cal) Chronicl'
) March 3.