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Show A colony started under the auspices of the 57th Illinois infantry is recruiting recruit-ing at Chicago to form a settlement in the Gila valley of New Mexico. The valley is said to be remarkably-fertile, remarkably-fertile, well wooded and watered. An article in a Chicago paper advises would-be Bfcttlers to hurry up, before the best lands are all taken, as a large community of Mormons have some idea of going to that country. A large number of Chicago Irishmen are aUo preparing to emigrate to Nebraska, |