The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-08
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

M to 300 p m. Registry department, 500
a. m to 500 p. m
a. m. to 700 p. m. Sunday 500 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted)-In
dla streets, at 100 and 915 a. M, - 45 m, 1.30.
ana 20 5.l5 p M; in other sections at 500 a. M,
Office window, 800 to 1000 a. m. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a. M. 400
and 800 p. m. Sunday, 600 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Western, intermediate
offices and connections via Boston & Maine
railroad. eastern division)-Arrive at 1880,
3, and LAO 80, 3. m; close a; m. and 1900
p. M; close $50 and els p. M
Boston, Southern, and Western, and inter
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western division) ARRIVE at
a2;5o and $50 p. M; close 500 a. M, and
2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye
a. m. and LOO p m; close 1870 and 9.15
p. m.
augusta intermediate Offices and connections
via Maine Central railrOad-Arrive at 200 and
800 q. M, 100 and 600 p. M; close at 6.15 a.
M, 1880, Alb and 9.15 p. m.
Fd7Tnington, intermediate offices and connec-
tions, Via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
LOO and 6.15 p. M; close at 745 a. M, and
1890 p. m.
.Rocklond, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln Authoritative LOO
and g p. M; close at 6.15 a. m. and Ii m.
skomhegas, intermediate offices and connec..
tons, via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at
LOO p. M. /; close at 1870 p. m.
Aub,a7s and Lewiston-Arrive 200 and 900
a. m. and LOO and 81 p. m; close $40 and
7.45 a. NJ, 1890, 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
Bangor-Arrive zoo a. m... 100 and p. M;
close at g. 5 a. m, 1880 and 9.15 p. m.
Biddeford and Saco-Arrive at IL. 80 and $50
?. m; close at 500, 500 a. m. and 1900 M,
24b and 5. 10 p m.
Island Pond, IT., intermediate offices and
| connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at 1890 p. M; close at 6.45 a. m. and 100
| p. m.
Gorhana, N. H. intermediate offices and con-
! nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m. and 1890 p. m. close at 6.45 a. m
! LOO and 4.3O p. m.
| Scranton. Ut, intermediate offices and con.
| nectlons, via Mountain Division M. G. r. r.
| Arrive at $50 p m. close at 500 a. m.
| Bartlett, N. IT,, intermediate Offices and con-
nectlons via Mountain Division M @. r. R.
| arrive at 9C0 a. m. and 8.35 p. M. close at
| 500 a. M and Pas p. m.
Datc1 Pond, Prtde's Corner, Wandhaas No.
| Wandhane, Raymond and Sostth Casco-Arrive
| at 1900 H.. close at 1.45 p m.
Rochester, N H., intermediate Offices and con-
| nections, via Portland &Rochester ralroad-Ar.
| rive at 1.45 and 600 p. M; close at $50 and
| 11.45 a. m.
| Cumberland Afills-Arrive at $40 a. M, Las
| 600 and S.35 p m; close at $50 a. m, II .45
| a. M, ana b.oO p m.
Westbrook (saccarappa) ARRIVE at $40 a.
m. and $50 p m.
Cape Elizabeth and K7,ightviLe-Arrive at
| 500 a. NJ and r. IN; close at a. M and LAB
p. m.
Boaoery Beach-Arr;ve at p. M; close Las
p. M
South Portland and WaNard-Arrive at a.
| M, and 2.15 p. M; close at 8 a. m. and 200 p
M
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic Mail Mot
| 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
manuscript copy accompanying Proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets Of the sanie.l All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
I'd class. Periodical publications, namely all
newspapers and other periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
date Of issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known Office of publication.
are formed ofprintd paper sheets. without board.
CLOTH leather or other substantial binding.
| To be of information of q public
character or devoted to literature, the sciences,
| art, or some special industry, 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.
| other matter wholly in print (not included IN
| second-class NATTER, proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
HPrinted natter is defined by statute to be
| 1.-THE reproduction upon paper by any process
except th9t Of handwriting, OF any words,
combination thereof, not having the
character OF anlactual and personal correspon-
| dence."
| A"circular'' is defined by statute to be "a
printed letter, which, according to internal EVIL
| dence, is being sent in Identical terms to sever-
al persons and does not loss its character as
addressee or Of the sender, or the correction Of
mere typographical errors.
| 4th Glass Merchandise. namely all matter
| not embraced in the FIRST second or third
class which is not in its form nature liable to
! destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
| tents of the mail bag, or harm the person of
! any one engaged i'll the postal service, andnot
above the weight provided by law.
Limit of Weight of Mail Matter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shah be re-
books weighing in excess OF that amount and
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or ofdcIal
al Tie any or o
the Smithsonian Institution.
80. SecOnd-claSs matter mailed in packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the four
pound limitation.
81. 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 of
postage on matter of the first class is as
| follows:
L. On letters and other written matter,
except tha5 specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
| otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
| per ounce or fraction thereof.
O. On postel cards one cent each, the price
| for which they are sold.
g. 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
publication, including samples copies, or when
sent from news agency to actual subscribers
thereto, or to other news agents. is one cent per
pound or fraction thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers and
periodical publications of the second-class
when sent by other than tine publisher or news
agent, is one cent for each four ounces or
fractional part thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers excepting
weekles) and on periodicals not exceeding two
ouncos il, Uaiuht ", nan the same arAdeOOStpd in