The Portland daily press., 1894-12-31
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
Cashiers Office, Sundays excepted, 7,3o
m. to 700 p M. Money order department, 8
m. to 500 p. m. Registry department. 800
a. m. to 500 p. m.
General Delivery, Sundays excepted 7.3o
a. m to TOO p m. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted)1,,In
business section of the city between High and IN
dia streets, at 100 and 9.15 a. M, 1.uo m, l.3o
and 5.15 p. m; in other sections at 500 a. m,
1.3o p. m. Collection from Atlantic 10
Office window, 900 to 1000 a. m. COLLECTORS
from street boxes at HOO a. M, 400
and 500 p. m. Sunday. 600 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
Boston, Southern and WeSterm, intermediate
OFFICES and connections via Boston Maine
railroad, eastern diviSion)-ArriVe at 1880
s, and II 80 2. M; close 8 a. M and 12. oe
m, 5.l5 p, and q 915 ?, m; Sunday, arrive 1'26
p m. close $50 and OLD p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
| mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad western division)-Arrive at
LOO, $50 and $50 p. M; close 500 a. M,
and 245 p. NJ
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrlve
2 a. m. and 100 p M; close 1920 and 9l5
p. m.
| A1taalsto. intermediate Offices and connections
via Maine Central Authoritative at 200 and
900 a. M, 100 and 600 p. M; close at 6.15 a.
| m 1920. Alb and 9.15 p. M
| Fdrnaiagto1e, intermediate offices and connec-
| tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
LOO ana 6.15 p. M; close at LAO a. m. and
| 122Op. m.
Roeklo,ad, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive LOO
and p. M; close at clio a. m. and II. 10 p. m
Skothegaa, intermediate offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at
100 p. m. close at 1920 p. m.
AUBURN and Lewiston--Arrive 200 and 800
a. m. and LOO and clio p. m.: close 7.45 a.
| m, 1920 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
A rriua m I n
close at 615 a. m, 1920 and 9.15 p m.
Biodetord and Soco-Arrive at 90, $50 ans
8 80 D. M; close at 800, 500 a. m. and 1869
M. 2.45 and 5.15 p. m.
Island Pond, IT., intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at 80 p. M; close at 6.35 a. m. and LOO
p. NJ
| Gorhan,. NJ H., intermediate offices and con-
nections via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
| $40 a. m. and 1870 p. M; close at 635 a. M,
| LOO and 4.30 p. M
Sauosstora IT., intermediate Offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. c. f. b.
Arrive at 8.35 p. m. close at 500 a. m.
| Bartlett, N H., intermediate offices and con
nections via Mountain Division NJ. c. R. R.
| Arrive at eco a. m. and $3.50 p. M; close az
| 500 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, W T No No
| Windhdn1, Raymond and South CGSco-ArrlVa
| at 2. 90 m. close at 1. 45 p. NJ.
Rochester, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
| nectons, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
| rive at 1.45 and 600 p m; close at . 80 and
| 11.45 a. m.
Cumberland Mius-Arrive at $40 a. m, l.45
| 600 and S.35 p. M; close at $50 a. NJ. 1l.45
a. NJ, and $50 p. m.
Westbrook (Saccarappa) Arrive at $40 a.
m. LAB and 00p p. m close $50 and ll.45 g.
| m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and KnightviUe- Arrive at
| s.O0a a. m. and p. NJ; close at 6 a. m. and Las
| p. m.
Boacery Beoch-Arrive at p. NJ; close Lao
South Portland and WalLard-Arrive at 8 a.
| M and 215 %. M; close at a. m. and 200 p
| m.
| CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification OF Domestic Mail Nat
ter.-Domestic mail matter,-that is
mail matter sent in the mails from some
post office within the United States to
| some other post Office within the same.
| is divided into four classes, as follows:
1st CLASS. Written matter. namely, letters,
| postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly IN
| writing whether sealed or unsealed (excepI
| corrected proof sheets of the same.9 All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
| is also of the first class.
| Cd class. Periodical publications, namely all
! newspapers and other perlod1cal puohcaQons
| which are issued at stated intervals and as
| frequently as four times year, which bear a
| date of issue, and are numbered consecutlvely,
| are issued from a known office capitalization,
are formed ofprllltd paper sheets, Witnout D9aro.
| To be of information Of public
character or devoted to literature, the sciences,
art, or some special indt stry, and must have
| legitimate list of subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
Sd Class Books, circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print mot included in
second-class matter), proofsheets, corrected
ng the same.
"Printea NATTER is defined by statute to be
'tthe reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that of handwriting, OF any words,
letters, characters, figures or images, or OF any
combination thereof, not having the
character of anactual and personal correspon
A"clrcular" is defined by statute to be-
printed letter, which, according to Internal eyl
dence, is being sent in identical terms to sever
| al persons" and does not lose its character as
| such by writing therein the date, name OF the
addressed or OF the sender, or the correction OF
| mere typographical errors
'D 4tb Class Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first. second or third
cIasswhich is not in its form or nature llaDle to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con,
| tents of the mail bag, or harm the person OF
| any one engaged in the postal service, andnoE
| above the weight provided by law.
| Limit of Weiqht of MdiI Mdtter.-No package
weighing more than tour pounds shall be re-
| beiyed for conveyance by mail except single
| cooks weighing IN excess OF that amount. ana
| except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or official
matter eliminating from any of the
Departments OF the Government or from
| the Smithsonian Institution.
so Second-class matter mailed In packages
| at The pound rate is not subject to the four
ri The above limit of weight does not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated BY
postals conventions
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter.-The rate
| hostage on matter of the first class is as
| follows:
On letters and other written matter,
except tha5 specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on aled matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
mar ounce or fraction thereof.
On postel cards one cent each, the price
fol which they are sold.
3. On "drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and one cent for each ounce or
fraction thereof at Offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established.
on Second Class Natter. The rate OF
postage on second-class matter when sent by
the publisher thereof, and from the office OF