Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-03-03

natural spring III luo Ioiaou toAes ~
vents It from ever coming ont OF the
tube save when pulled out by General
Early. To "roll" them from noon until
midn,aht would not dlsarranRe the
tickets in the tubes, even to hairs
breadth. By tho time the 100, 600 tickets
vero all In and General Early had
closed the small door of tho wheel, II
lacked about half an hour OF IL O'Clock,
the hour for the drawing 10 begin.
There were nearly 1000 persons then In |
| the house, the parquet being we'll filled.
, In the font row OF the dress circle l
noticed threa we'll dressed ladies sitting |
| together. The day before, l saw the
| same trio In this lottery oompany'e
| office, where the haudsomest OF them |
| counted out Slb0 and bought that
| amount OF twentieth tickets.
The wheel containing the prizes, stu |
ated opposite the big one. WAS next pre- |
pared by Generals Early and Beaure'
gard Jointly, ss In the other case. They
| ell tho tunos with rollea papers bearing
the amounts OF the prize, the papers
and thu tubes belnR slmilar in blze TO
those In the ticket wheel. This process
Ia performed before tho day OF the
| drawing, and they alEo arc emptied
| into the small wnesl from sealed can.
vas bag. The prizs wheel Is miniature
model OF the big one, Rln,s and nil; bat
the tubes containing prizus bear about
tho proportion TO tho3e holding the
itch cts as four quarts do to Ave or six
bushels. The door of the litsle wheel
bsibg secured, Il was stated to lie IL
O'Clock, aud there we're fully
1900 PERSONS IN THE HOUSE.
General hurry tuoK seat on tho left
front OF the stage, close by the ticker
wheel, General bsauregard seated
himself alongside tho wheel OF pr,z - "
the right front OF the sage. -Four
email boys from New Orleans orphan
asy lum filed toia at the rsat OF the
stage, ard az everything WAS On
noudoed 10 be ready two OF these lads
came forward and were bliudio,ded.
One stood between Gsneial Early and
his wheel, the other between General
Bosuregayd and the 1856 pr,2ss.
Tho two weels having been thorough
ly "rolled," the doors ars opened. One
by reaches in, takes . single tube and
: hands 1t TO General Early; the other
picks cut przs from his wheel and
gives 1t 10 General Bssuregerd. The
numle OF tho ticket 10 read by General
Early, and the amount won 10 an'
, | nounced by General Beaure9ard. An
4 h1SAstAhb bthuAAhk oiohO Wy GI-Ss~ -
> Early takes tie ticket from him and
ho, too, states Its nun Der; another gen
emal near General Bsauregard takes
. the piize from him and repeAts the
smoutt won, Each Of these assistants
:, theu hAnda his piece OF paper 70 a
o young man citing between the n ut the
. centre front OF the stage, facing the
rear. Before him 10 q large box OF
: Compartments, one for each denomina
= ton OF PRISE 10 TO won. He takes
, from the two assistants the ticket and
/. :, the pIiza corresponding 10 1t, rolls both
!. together closely, and places ths roll III
= its proper compartment. BY t1it
method tho particular Irlz3 won by
my ticket can DO sHcertalned lAtsr L
IN absolute certainty; and In CASE there
might be an error in the recording Of
y rum oers ard p. !zes, done By an ex
l perleucei clerk In the rear Of tlt
vile 10, this folding together of the ~
. pieces OF paper is sure to show II. Nor
II the next day the list as made out b.
/ the clerk Is
!. VERIFIED BY GENERAL EARLY
8 from this com pArtment box. g., every
number winning prize goes on th'
4 list q sent out to patrons.
l. Wien twenty tubss bad been draw
( from each wheel, tho order to troll
& WAS given by the checker ut the tad Il
Both wheels were then violently turnet
forward ald backward, most thorough
ia II mixing up the tubes In each. Ae all
a the doors are opened, and the sam
"a prlcass - repeated for the next twent,
Ia pIIzss and mum hers. Then comes IN
d other roll" When the next to tn
n last number OF the third twenty
1 ~ rhani-ar lla
al "koll, and ck alGe boys
"a Wnile the wheels are being rolled 10
n the third time, two other boys step for
a ward IN place of the fret two, aud tw
"a other gentlemen relieva the two asti
"A tants to Generals EMly and BsAure
Ia gard. 20 it goss, trolling" the wheel
"a o very twenty numbers, and chang!n
10 boys and assistants every iikty mum
20 bsrs, until the $50 astual prizes In til
"A wheel are liGposed Of In other words
OF the 836 Tickets craWn, each wins
ID pTiza
=, Oos thing was noticeable nt thi
4. drawing. Not person st al connect
!, cd with the lottery company Was p-es
IA eat, either on the stage or in tho house
4 Toe drawings are uuder this sole cha;g
20 aad supervision OF Generals BesuresaT
\. and Ea;ly, the Authorized commlssior
"a cnmstances, nor In any sanso, does III
IA oonpauy have the slightest oonnectio
a with the drawing or aay Of the detail
d OF lis preoaration. Their business
"a that OF ceiling tickets to their patron
"a and they oontine themselves strictly
"a that. They
i, DO NOT CARE A PICAYUEE
a. which mum bsvs are successful.
tuuu in Vwh
a. wers for $500 each, 200 we're for $3O
e. sash, and 100 were for 500 each-in q
70 800 The remaining 36 pri1ss were on
u. OF $500 eco, one Of $lO0 &c., one Of $50
IN COO, one OF SIS 600, Two OF $4,000 oaci
tt five OF 81, goo Zach, aud 20 Of 81 900 eaci
10 Naturally $500. $500 aud $500 prize
81 were often announced. In fAot, the
or came SO steadily as TO DO somewht
81 monotonous, inasmuoh as every body !
IN the hou,e was In an excited frame
mind awaiting the announcement
the three higher prizes, whioh hao
TO exAaperatipg way Of remaining III
IN touched. For Instance, tho first $40 OF
m appeared In the hrst hundred, tho nel
cd IL the second bundr5i. just befGi
nv 800 had been drawn, the S25 COO pri7
r, was won by No. 81, O33. Tnis made Ia
q. cr'wd OF Fp c:ators vskeiul. 800
IA after $50 numbers bsi been read, Ger
ct eral EARLY read "8 $780," and Generi
al Behuregard replied:
IA Zone hundred tn 1uBnndf'
n: 1t seemed as II eyeEy psrson In IL
a. auoiercs ely hsd deeply, for the uoun
) that reached the ttlge was strnnRl
"a suageatiye OF bitterness OF soul. Surel