Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-01-24
THE TICK NJ is ROLLED

n
taus showing n quarter of al inch of
the roll OF paper At each end. The tube
IL OF tbs diameter OF lead pencil. The
natural spring In the rolled ticket pre-
vents IL from EVER coming out Of the
tubs saws when pm lied ont by General
Eatly. To "roli' them from noon until
midnight would not diaarranRe the
tickets In the tubes, even to . hairs
breadth. By tho time the 100. 600 tick
cts vera all In and General Early had
CLOSED the small door OF the wheel. it
lacked about half an hour Of IL O'Clock I,
the hour for the drawing 60 begin.
There were nearly 100 persons then In
the house, the psrQuet being we'll Allied
In the front row OF the dress circle /
noticed three wsll-dreRsed ladies sitting
together. The day before, saw the
same. trio In the lottery oomphpybI
Off 70, wheIe the abandonment OF them
counted out $3.50 and bought that
amount OF twentieth tickets.
The wheel containing the prIzss, sit
mated opposite tho big one, was next
prepared by Generals Early and Bean
regard Jointly, as In the other case
They filed the tubes with rolled papers
bearing tbs amounts of the prlz,s, TIE
papers and the tubes being similar In
slzs to those In the ticket wheel. This
process IL performed before the day of
the drawing. aud they also are empiied
into the small vheel from q scaled can
vas bag The prize wheel Ia q NINA.
ture model Of she big one. glass and all;
but the tubes contnining prlzss bear
about this proportion to those holding
the tickets rs four quarts do to Ave or
SIX bushels. Tho door OF the little
wheel being secured, 1t Was stated to DO
IL O'CLOCK. aud there were fully
600 PERSONS IN THE HOUSE
General HArly took . seat on tho left
front OF the stage, close by the tickat
wheel. General BssuregAi d seated him
self alongside the wheel of prizes at the
right front OF the stage. -Four TN all
boys from New Orleans orphan asy =
lum illed sofa n. the rear OF the stage,
and "a every thing WAS announced to be
ready two Of these lads came forward
and were blindfolded. One stood bs
tween General Early AMI bis wheel, the
| other between General Beaures ard and
the 1886 prixss.
Tho two wheels having been thor,
ou2hly "rollei," the dooIs are opened.
Que boy reaches In, takes q single tube
and hands 1t to q sDesal Early; the other
picks out n pri1l from his wheel and
gives 1t 10 General BeAureEard. The
number OF the ticket Is read by General
Early, and the amount won Is an
nounoed by General BsAuregRrd. An
assistant standing close by General
Early takes the ticket from him and he,
too, states Its numbor; another gentle.
man near General BaluFeSard takes
the pr'zj from Hun and repeats tire
| Auount won. Each of these asslssanta
then hands his piece Of paper to . young
nan sitting between them At the centre
front OF the stage, fading the rear. Be
fore him ts largo box OF cOmpnrt.
ments. ono for eaob denomination Of
| pt'Ees to he won. He takes from the
I two assistants the tisket aud the prize
corresponding to 1t. rclls both together
| closely, aud plAoss the roll In It's proper
compartment. By tails method the par
ticular prize won by any ticket can BIS
asosrtAined later to On absolute cor.
tainty, and In case there might DO an
error In the recording OF nUmbsrs aud
| prizes, done by an eKpsri, noed clerk In
the rear of the wheels, this folding to
| getheE OF the two pieces OF paper is sure
90 show it FOR, the next day the list al
made out by tho clerk Is
VERIFIED by GBNRRAL EARLY
from this compartment box. 30, every
number winning . prizs goes on the lisl
as sent tut 10 patrons.
When twenty tubes had been drawn
from each wheel, the order 10 ''roll'
Was given By the checker ct the table
Both wheels were then violently
turned forward aud back ward, most
thoroughly mixing mp the tubes In
each. Again the doors are opensd, and
the Same process Is repeated for the
next Nv Snty prizss and numbers Thea
comes another 'roll." When the mex
tn.the lAst number Of the third twenty
Is called, the checker calls ou:;
"ROll, and change boys"
While the WHEEL arc being rolled FOL
the third time, two other boys ser
forward In place OF this nrst two, auc
two other gentlemen relieve the two
assistants 10 Generals Early and Beau
reearl. 30 1t goes, trolling thu
wheels every twenty numbers, ant
changing boys and assistants every
sixty numbers, until the 1886 aotuA
prizes In the wheel are disposed OF. Ii
other words, of the 1856 tickets drawn
each wins q priE5.
Ono thing is noticeable at this draw
Ing. Not poTson At all c,nnecte.
with the lottery company Was pressn
either on the stage or Ia the house. Tn
drawings are under the sole charge ant
supervision OF Generals BeAUT egard aut
EArly, tile RuthoIis ID con 0issioners
At no time, nor under auy olrou m stan
i So0g AVS ~ AAhJ o-hoo1 obGo pau,
have the slightest connection with tn
drawing or any OF tie details of Il
preparation. Their business is that @
selling tickets to their patrons, au,
they conhne them selves strictly - thai
They
70 NOT CARE A rICAYUNE
which mum ber5 are successful.
OF the B36 prizes IN tins wheel, 90
were for $500 each, 300 we're for Csc
each. and 100 wsrs for $500 eAch--in a II
500 The remaining So prizes were oee
Of 5000. COO, ono Of goo. 600. ons OF $50
600, one OF $50, 600, two OF SIC, coo eAoh
five of IS Coz each, aud rs OF 81 90
each. Naturally S2CO $500 sBd G5O
prizss were often announced. In fact
they came 70 steadily M to no menotu
nous, inASmuoh IS everybody In tn
house WE in an excited frame OF uiu,
awaiting the announcement Of tn
three higher prlIes, which had an ex
aspsretin z way OF rem aiming uu touched
For instance, the first $4,000 appeare,
In the Frat hundred, the next in tn
second hundred just before Geo ha,
been drawn. the $25, GOO priza was woI
by No. 81 ,02a. This made tho crowd O
spectators WAheful. Soon after 3S
numbers hsd been road, General Ear,
read "8, $50. aad General BsAEregart
replied:
'Dno hundred thousandi'
| 1t seemed N II every pdrs1 r in tn,
audience silhed deeply, for the sount
that reached the stage Was strongly