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Show GO TO MEXICO. , S TEN THOUSAND MORMONS TO BE SENT TO THAT COUNTRY To Occupy a Tract or 8,01)0,000 Acre Secured Se-cured hy John W. Young- Honu to be Oftered to Kvery Family That Will Mettle on It. PiTTSBfiiu, Dec, 22. A special from Lima, Ohio, says: H. (!. Faurot, a well-known banker of this city, and who is also president of the Columbus, Lima & Northwestern railway ami largely interested in railway enterprises enterpri-ses in Mexico, returned home from Xew York this afternoon and announces announ-ces the consummation of a deal with John W. Young, the eldest son of the late Hrigham Young, whereby Mr. Young comes in posessiou of three million acres nf bind which wns irr.-iiit. eyl Faurot by the Mexican government three years ago. The negotiations have been in progress some time and were linaliy closed in Xew York on Saturday. The land is located in the northern part of Mexico. About three years ago Faurot obtained ob-tained a valuable grant from the Mexican Mexi-can government which included these lands, the stipulation being.-the construction con-struction of a railway extVnding from Deming, N. M., . rtjV,ehilabomps Hayou, on the Pacific olast. The Mexican Mex-ican governm ent, in Jmnection with this grant, offers $200 t; every family and $"i0 to every man wfio locates permanently per-manently on this Iai1 Noting Has 10,000 people w ho w ill ceie, ie on these lands, and it is linden" ouVthat they: are all Mormons who now J esido in Utah. , 'vi |