Reclaiming Indemnity Lands

Washington, Aug. 3O.-Acting Land Commissioner Stocklager has issued the necessary instructions to carry into effect Secretary Lamar's recent order restoring to settlement and entry certain railroad indemnity lands as follows: Southern Pacific railroad, of California, about 4,000,000 acres; the Dallas Military road, of Oregon, about 1,200,000 acres; the Alabama fe Chattanooga railroad, of Alabama, about 2,500 acres covered by unapproved selections; the Yicksburg & Meridian railroad, of Mississippi, about 1,600 acres, also covered by unapproved selections.