The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-12
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

Cashiers Office, Sundays excepted), 7.3o a..
m. to 700 p m.; Money order department, a.
m. to 800 p. m. Registry department. 900
a. m. to 900 p. m.
! a. m. to 100 p. m. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries. Sundays excepted I'm
business section OF the city between High and In
dia streets, at 90 and 9.15 a. M, II 45 m, 1.30
and 81 p. M; in other sections at 500 a. m
1So p M. Sunday delivery at Post
from str street boxes at - 100 a. M, 400
and 500 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 divisiom--Arrive at 1890
8, and 11.3o 2. M; close a; m. and 1900
M, 5.15 and 9.15 p. m. Sunday, arrive 1.25
p. m. /; close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western division)-Arrive at
1890 and $50 p. m.; close 500 a. M. and
2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
2 a. m. and 100 p. M: close 1890 and 915
p. m.
Aatausto. intermediate Offices and connections
via Maine Central Authoritative at 200 and
800 a. m LOO and 500 p. M; close at 81 a.
m.. 1890, 4.15 and 9,15 p. m.
Termination, intermediate offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
100 and 6.15 p. NJ; close at 7.45 a. M. and
1880 p. m.
Roch,Jaaad, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln%H Authoritative LOO
and p. NJ; close at 6.15 a. m. and IL m.
Skoarhegaa,, intermediate Offices and connec--
tons, via Maine Central Authoritative at
LOO p. NJ. /; close at 1890 p. m.
auburn and LeaUistor-Arrive 200 and 900
a. m. and LOO and GLIB p. m; close 6.45 and
7.45 a. H., 1890, 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
Bongor-Arrive 200 a. M, LOO and p. M;
close at 6.15 a. M. 1880 and 9.1b p. m.
Biddeford and Saco-Arrive at 12.3O and $50
p. m. close at 600, 800 a. nj. and 1900 M.
2.45 and BIB p. m.
Island Pond, IT.. intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at II. 80 p. M; close at 6.45 a. m. and 100
D. m.
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. M and 80 p. M; close at 6.45 a. M,
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
Scranton, IT., intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division NJ G. R. R.
Arrive at S.35 p. M. close at 500 a. M
Bartlett, NJ H., intermediate offices and con-
nectionS via Mountain Division M. q. Il. r.
Arrive at eco a. m. and $50 p. M; close at
500 a. M and 2.45 p m.
Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, Wia,dhoao, No.
Wdndhdn,, RAYMOND and South Cdsco-Arrlve
at ~. 90 m. /; close at LAB p. N.
Rochester NJ H., intermediate offices and con-
pections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at 1.45 and 600 p. M. close at $50 and
1145 a. m.
Cumberland Aius-Arrive at $40 a. M, LAB
600 and S.35 p M; close at $50 a. M, 11.45
a. M, and $50 p M
Westbrook (Succardppa)-Arrive at $40 a.
M l As and 600 p. NJ. close $50 and 11.45 a.
M and $50 p m.
Cane Elizabeth and K1aigbtUilLe-Arrive at
500 a. NJ and p M; close at a. IN. and Las
p. H.
BoaUery Beach-Arrive at p m.; close 1.45
South Portland and Wiltard-Arrive at 8 a.
M. and 215 p. M; close at a. m. and 200 p.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic Mail Mat
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:
LIST class. Written matter. namely, letters.
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed or unSealed except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets 9 or
corrected proof sheets of the same.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against Inspection
is also of the first class.
I'd class. Periodical publications, namely. all
newspapers and other periodical publications
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 of publication,
cloth, leather or other substantial binding
To lie of information of 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.
Sd Class. Books, circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print mot included in
second-class NATTER, proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ing the same.
Printed natter is defined by statute to be
"the 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 anlactual and personal correspon
dence.''
Aclreular" is defined by statute to be "a
dence. is being sent in identical terms to sever
does not Lose se its ct th as
addressee OF Of the sender, OF the correction of
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all mattsr
MT amhraoad i'm the first second or third