The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-18
TELEGRAPHIC
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
KAUFMAN.
Drawing Of The Texas Mutual
Benefit Association.
Address Of Judge Clark on Pre-
senllng the Telegraph Line
10 the Citizens OF
Kaufman.
Successful Distribution The FIJI
tire Affair u Success
List OF Lucky Tickets that brew
500 and Over.
Successful Distribution The Eli
tire Affair u Success.
List of Lucky Tickets that Drew
500 ana Over.
spcc,al dispatch to The Dallas iIorald.l

Special dispatch TO The Dallas ileraldl
KAuFMAN, June 1.-THE drawing OF the
Texas Mutual Benefit association com
menced at noon yesterday. An Immense
eoncourse of people were present. Judge
Green Clark, DR.. william Is. Dashiell ana
DIR. W. p. Pyle were appointed committee
on tags. Alter satisfactory report COM
mittee ON drawing, consisting of Judge
Clark, DIR. W. b. Dashiell, DR.. W. ID. Pyle
and Walter STILL of Kaufman; DIR. Orr OF
Lawrence; W. 4. Caldwell, of Red Oak NJ
&. Harris, - Houston and j. l.. Spencer OF
Dallas, and T. j. Logan, OF Marshall, Were
appointed.
ON the announcement that all things were
in readiness, Judge Clark stepped to inc
front, and delivered the following address;
FELLow-CITIZENs OF KAUFMAE-l have
been solicited on behalf of the Texas Mutual
Benefit association, in their name, TO present
to you the telegraph line extending rom the
town OF Kaufman TO the Pacific railway,
furnishing you communication with the
outer world, and In doing 70, feel confident
that II is unnecessary TO make any remarks
about the benefits, utility ana import
ance of this muniiicent GIT, IL may
not be improper TO state that ioW years
uago, and almost within the remembrance OF
7sVIaA of us now living, Dr. benjamin FRANK
LA, the great American statesman and phi
Qosophsr, one of the greatest men VINO lived,
perhaps In his day, while minister OF
The American colonies to France, made dis
coyeries in electricity before unknown TO
the scientific world, Aftera sys EN- OF ex-
perments he changed the course OF me elec-
trlc currents and left TO hls immortal sue
cessor--professor Molse--the task OF discoV-
erlng the most eflicacious. conductor, Gold,
silver, copper, zinc and other mi erals were
experimental with untll at last success
IA of,
the wires in tine town of Kaufman can be
made to vibrate in every town and village
in the United States. A message from kauf-
man to New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
Cincinnati, st. Louis, to Europe or through
out the civilz d world. The actions OF The
Emperor of Germany, the Autoerat Oh rus
sin, or the Sultan of Turkey could De made
known to the citizens OF KAUFMAN us quick
us to the heads of governments. regard The
Introduction OF the telegraph as among lDe
most beneficial Improvements OF hioueln
times. | would be extremely gratlIleu 10 sce
the farmers of kaufman take IN interest Ill
the success OF the telegraph, as by II they
may gain and transmit Important INFORM o,
ton, by u slight cost, and may INFORM theii-
selves whether cotton IN galveston "
worth ten or fifteen cents u pound,
or more as the case may be. Iney
may come to the town of Kaufman ana ilnu
the price of beef or any OF their productions
in Dallas, in st. Louis or i'll New YORK ANY
Important event TRANSPORTING in Washington,
in the United States or III Europe, can DC IN
stantly made known TO our citizens. II
places us in direct connection win the out
side world, and puts the town OF kaufman,
with It's few hundred Inhabitants, on an
equality with the metropolitan cities OF tne
country. | desire 10 say, briefly, that the
officers of the Texas Mutual Beneht associa-
ton came to our town strangers and UNI
known, They made their plan OF operations
known TO our citizens and promised TO
donate the proceeds over ana ABOVE Tue ex-
penses of the enterprise toward lne ilnprove-
ment of the town OF hau ihah anu 'hc
county of KAUFMAN. "a,
views OF our people, but without ostentaIion
or consultation, but ut Their own eApense
they established q telegraph line, when
places Kaufman in direct COMMUNICATE
with the civilized world. IN addition 10 MS
magnificent gut, the association nave puI
chased large tract OF land in our county,
paid for IL and have on record warrantee
deed for the same. Most of those present are
familiar with the location of the land, Just
east of town, which they have ialu out lnto
town lots and propose 10 give any person u
lot who will erect ON IL certain improve
ments to further the Interests OF the assOcla-
ton. They have established brancn onlces
In New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
and Knoxville, Tennessee, from each of
which they will send out full descriptions oil
kaufman county ana show to the gaze OF an
astonished world the wonderful and mag
nifcent resources of this garden-spot OF
America. If | had time would like TO d.
late upon the ad santages and benefits we
have, and which will accrue to us rom me
organization of this association. am called
an enthusiast OH the subject OF Texas, ana
perhaps am. 1 have been through all the
states of this Union-central, western, north
ern and northwestern--and have read tne
history OF France, Austria and Russia, yet
exclaim, as did the immortal old hero,
Houston, give me Texas, the garden spot OF
the world, and soon TO be the greatest state
of the Union.
The association, at their own expense, pro,
pose to make known to the outside world
the great agricultural and mineral resources
OF Texas, which has more iron than Missouri,
more coal than Pennsylvania, more lead
than Illinois, more salt than virginia or
Michigan, and more live stock than all the
western states combined. The Texas Mutual
Benefit association propose TO make all these
things known, and build up our town, county