Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-06-12
Inst;so0es OF Poor Persons BeiAG
S0xucnly Made Rich and Mis-
fortunes Of Winning
Ticket Holders. .-


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Lord Annaiy, was q l.oor ManNman, who
had GGItted 10 iJuLiin to serve behind
the counter OF a booksellers shop. In
the hope OF adding to his scanty earn
iLSs lie bought u number CT lottery
tickets for sue, but found himself un-
able 20 dispose of them. At the last mo-
nIent he decided to send the unsold
tickets to l;elfast, in the hope of find
ing better market there; but when
the coach had been q day on its journey
he received letter informing him
that the despised tickets had won val
liable prizes.
Although the news came in the dead
OF night, Luke White got up immediate
ly, saddled horse, and raced madly in
chase of the coach. lie rode through
the night and the whole of the follow
ing day, and overlook the coach within
a few miles of Belfast. lie rescued the
bundle of tickets, and, returning home.
exchanged them for prizes of the value
of 100000. .. ...-.;
Fortune was less kind to Charles
Rottcr, tobacconist of Chicago, who
purchased a lot of tickets last year.
Notter thought SO lightly of his pros
pect of winning anything that he gave
his ticket, in spirit of fun, to friend,
Joseph Dost, as birthday present.
On the very day On which he parted
with the ticket, it's number was an
nounccd as having won a Prize of $751;
600. Rotter felt the blow of his mis-
fortune so kcenly that lie died from
heart disease. from which he had suf-
fcrcd for some time, on the following
day.
An amusing story is told Of wicked
trick which fortune played, short
time ago, OF, n lady, Ihe4ady ,efa+4-hcr
husband, who were travelling. called
ut the shop Of country draper to make
IL few Purchases. ihSy were about to
leave the shop, when an attractive bon
net arrested the lady's attention, and
she induced her husband to buy it for
her.
When it came to payment, however,
the husband found to his dis!nay that he
had not sufficient money 10 Pay for
it. In this dilemma he offered the
draper an eighth-share ticket in Ger
man lottery which he had in his nurse,
and finally induced him to accept it
in part payment. A few days later
the lady learned, to her disgust, that
the lottery ticket had won an eighth
of $4,000; and that her darling bon
net" had thus cost her the record price
OF over $4,000.
1t was happy inspiration that
tempted young lieutenant on tho ltal-
ian bnttleshiD LeDc~to to turn his at
tention to the Spanish Christmas lot
terry couple of years ago. The ship
was cruising off the coast of Spain,
and it occurred to the lieutenant 10
induce oil on board, from captain to
cabin boy, to join in purchasing lot
terry ticket. The ticket was bought,
and, to the delight of all, was fortu-
nate enough to win the first Prize of
100000, which was divided among the
lucky owners on Christmas day.
a very curious Tiece of good fortune
fell last year to the lot of poor widow
who kept a small shop in the suburbs
| Of Eerlin. One evening as she was
serving customer working man
ster"ed into the shor and bcrrcd per-
mission to light his pipe. brewing a
piece of paper from his pocket, lie
twisted 1t up, lit 1t at the gas jet, and,
after lighting his ripe, threw down thc
spill and walked out with word Of
thanks.
When SWEEPING the floor the next
morning tho widow took up the charred
paper out Of idle curiosity, and, unfold
ing it, saw that it was lottery tick, :.
only Traction Of which had been Eurt.t
she folded it W, rut it away in Ec'
pocket, and had almost forgotten it.
when the result CT II larCc lottery draw
'rg caught her c''c in the To""r. She
then remembered the cruir r!gd ticket