Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-12-08
I. S. LAND COURT.
Resume of the Business Done at the
Recent Session-The Usual Ex-
cellent Showing.

The U. S. court of private land claims
which closed three weeks session here
yesterday made excellent progress, as
usual, toward the momentous end of
adjusting and settling land titles in New
Mexico. Thirteen grants were tried and
submitted, and in ten of these decisions
we're rendered, the remaining three being
yet before the court, two, Nos. so and So,
for additional testimony, and No. 46, the
Gervacio Nolan grant, claim for 100000
acres in Mora county, having been taken
under Amusement until next term. The
following grants were confirmed by the
court.
No. s6--Juan de Gabaldon grant, II,
619.56 acres, six miles north of Santa Fe,
L. B. Catron claimant.
No. PLAZA Colorado Colony grant,
$4,000 acres in Rio Arriba county, j. NJ.
G. Chavez, ct al, claimants.
No. 140.-Juan Jose Lobato grant,
100000 acres in Rio Arriba county, j. 1.
Martinez, ct al, claimants.
Nos. 81 and 106.--Elena Gallegos grant
and Los Ranches tract, 10000 acres in
Bernalillo county, d. Gurule, T. c. Gu
tierrez, ct al, claimants.
No. So Cervilleta grant, 224, 77O.13
acres in Socorro county, Felipe Peralta
and Tomas Cordova, claimants.
Total confirmed, 425, 10000 acres.
The court rejected three grants as fol-
lows: No. 32.-Santa Teresa de Jesus
grant; for 5000 acres in Bernalillo
county, Clinton N. Cotton, claimant.
No. 66.-Bosque Grande grant, one
square league, about 1900 acres) in
Bernalillo county, Clinton N. Cotton
claimant.
No. 37.--Antonio Chavez grant, $780,
1881 acres, in Socorro county, Martin
B. Hayes, claimant.
Total area which failed of confirmation
145, 1877 acres.
The court opens ten days session at
Tucson, A. T., on Monday next, when the
Los Nogales de Elias grant will be called
for trial. Hon. T. L. Parker, of St. Louis,
will assist the U. S. attorney in prosecu-
ting this case. The San Rafael del Vale
grant will also be tried at Tucson. Both
claims hinge upon the right of the state
of Sonora to make grant.
The court opens its spring term at
Santa Fe on the second Monday in April.
There Is in some quarters an expectation
that the celebrated Peralta grant, claim
ing l2,5OO,000 acres in Arizona and south
western New Mexico. will come up for
hearing at the next term here, but this
is scarcely probable. Indeed, if it comes
up within the coming year, it will be in
luck for Mr.. S. Mallet-Prevost, of New
York, who has been appointed to assist
IN Its prosecution has yet to look into the
case and study its intricacies. He will
arrive here about January l and enter
upon his duties.
Justices Fuller and Stone left for
Tucson last night. They took occasion
before their departure to compliment the
New MEXICAN in the highest terms. Said
Judge Fuller: Gwen way back in my
home in North Carolina, look for the
New MEXICAN with more desire than for
any other paper for which l subscribe.
Frequently send copies containing those
magnificent county 'write-ups' to my
neighbors and they always express the
greatest surprise at the facts stated and
admiration for paper that has such
enterprise. l should not wonder but if
some of them would settle out here. I
find the same state of facts in Washing
ton. Senators and representatives are
always glad to get hold of copy of the
New MEXICAN. 1t is a revelation to them