Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-09-27
GENERAL NEWS.
Information About Dead Letters.

Information About Dead Letters.
ter are sent annually to the dead letter
Office by reason of incorrect, illegible
or deficient address, insufficient: post
age, insecure lnclosing, whereby mat
ter mailed becomes separated from
the envelope or wrapper, or the failure
to be called for or delivered to the per-
son addressed. This is daily aver
age of oyer twenty thousand pieces.
OF these the greater portion either
are not called for at the postof1ice to
which they are directed, or, in case of
free delivery offices, the addresses can
not be found. notwithstanding every
means is resOrted to on the part of the
postal officials to effect delivery.
Matter sent to the dead letter office,
which cannot be delivered to the per-
| son addressed is required to be open
ed in its treatment for the purpose of
returning to the sender, and if the name
and address of the sender be not
shown or cannot be ascertained from
the contents, and it contains no val
liable inclosure, it must be destroyed
Letters opened and found to contain
any lHClOSuI0 VI oUNlouS VALUE are
entered upon proper records, and, Of
such, those which do not disclose suf-
ficient information to enable them to
be returned, are filed, subject to re-
clamation upon proper application and
Identification.
Letters which contain no Enclosure
of obvious value are not recorded.
Packages and parcels are not record
ed, and where these do not disclose
the name and address of the owner
are filed; if not called for or claimed
within two years they are disposed of
at public auction and the proceeds
covered into the United States Treas
ury.
A large proportion of the packages
and parcels sent to the dead letter Of
flee fail to be restored to the owners
because of the absence on the wrap
pers or Enclosures of anything to in
dictate the ownership thereof.
Information as to the character and
nature of the matter thus received at
the dead letter office, and the CON
ditions and influences which occasion
its failure to reach the persons to
whom the senders designed it tC go
may be of interest, and the mere state
ment of it carry with it suggestions
which may serve the public in its
exercise of postal privileges.
Excursions to Historic BattIefieIds.
A series of special excursions to the
battlefelds of Cedar Creek, middle
town. Winchester and Harper's
Ferry, under the auspices of the
n 4 "a hn pn,,,hlia
announced for September l6 and
October l6, 1890. affording q rare
opportunity to visit the historic
ground where the contending hosts
struggled for victory. Tickets for
these excursions will be sold from all
ticket stations on the Baltimore and
Ohio R. r. east of the Ohio river at
one fare for the round trip on
Sept. 10 and l6, and Oct. ID and Is,
valid for return journey ten days, in
Guiding day of sale.
For the accommodation of those de-
string to visit the battlefields, the
Baltimore and Ohio R. r. Co. will
place on sale excursion tickets at one
fare for round trip to those points at
Harper's Ferry and Weyerton, to be
sold Sept Is to "a, inclusive, good to re-
turn until Sept. % inclusive. Oct. 16 to
"a inclusive good to return until Oct.
25th inclusive. For rates and time of
trains call on or address Agents B. &
o. r. r.
BreVitieS
1t is urged in Pompey Smash "that
every democrat who can speak 100
words consecutively should take the
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