Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-12-13
NEWS NUGGETS.
Various items or News Gathered from Oar
Exchanged and other soureea.

Exchanged and other Sources.
StsckmAn: Postmaster King has re-
ceived notification from the postofice de-
partment that after January 1st next, that
department will use two as" in the nama
Of our postofiee, making it Wilcox. q"
This is really the correct spelling. as this
town was named after General o. B. Will
coz Of the Rrmyi but heretofore the postof-
fee department has employed but one "a, ="
likewise tha Stockman. As we have no
desire to be odd we suppose we will have
to double up on our rs"
Florence Enterprise: Mr. J. B. Remy
is acquiring quite reputption Tor his skill
in wine making He forwarded a, dozen
bottles Of the present years vintage to
San Francisce connociseurs who pro-
nOunce it a very superior article. needing
only age to make it perfect. The Gila
valley will eventually became famous for
its wines and raisins among its many ar.
ticles Of export IN the future.
Optic fnc calf belonging to Ralph
Oldham has been sick for two months past
and despite the most skillful treatment Of
the best cdlfoogisis in the city. it continu-
ed to pine away. Yesterday it died and
an autopsy made by Drs. Ralph Oldham
and Thomas Hogsett revealed the aston
ishinR fact that tlit. calf died Of an over
dose Of bed ticking. About two months
ago an old bed tick was throRn in the
back yard where the calf was grazing and
the misguided animal at once fastened up
on it and dcvoured 6ve yards Of it without
taking the trouble to masticate il through
ly Since then il has been constant
struggle between the calf and the bed tick
and latter got the best of it.
An interesting feature Of the annual re-
port Of Secretary Noble is the information
which it furnishes in relation to the new
territory Of Oklahoma. The growth Of
population since the date Of its settlement
has been truly surprising. The total num-
Der of people is now estimated ut 10000,
of whom 10000 are distributed among
twenty eight towns.
j. B. hkens, Assessor Of Apache coun-
ty. has been suspended from office by the
Supervisors tor failing to turn into the
county treasury $3.50 which he collected
for taxes. Likens bondsmen will have to
make good the amount.
Col Max Frost has purchased the
Spradling interest in the New Mexican
printing CompAnV.
Times must be good at Nogales. The
Herald asserts that one gambling game in
that city has cleared $1,000 during the
past month.
Prospector: During the three months
ending December lst Sl5O,0O0 worth of
goods passed through the Nogaes custem
house into Mexico. This represents the
value OF the merchandise before it left the
country in Europe from which it was ex-
ported. 1t consisted of boots, shoes. cloth
ing, dress goods. etc, which should be
supplied them from the United States.
El Paso Herald: A company has been
formed Of capitalists, principally from the
east with 81 900, 900, to start lottery and
gaming house in Juarez. They have leas-
ed the new two story brick building of
Ochoa now in course of erection on the
main street, corner Of the Mexican Central
track The house will be finished 10y the
Goth Of December, if not sooner This
company held meeting in Juarez on Sat
urday and organized and will commence
business as soor as possible.