The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-29
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

Cashiers Office, Sundays excepted, 7.30
to M9asH 3oo
a. m. to 500 p. M
General Delivery, Sundays excepted 7.3o
a. m. to 100 p. m. Sunday 900 to 1000 q. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted)--.fn
da streets, at 90 and 915 a. M, II. As m, 1.3O
and 5.15 p. NJ; in other sections at 500 &. H.,
1.So p: m. Sunday delivery at Post
om W sreet Box Boxes 80 i a. Loo me- oo
and 500 p. m. Sunday, 600 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Western, intermediate
offices and connections via Boston s. Maine
8, and l1.3o 2. M; close a; m. and 1900
M. 5.15 and 9.15 p. M; Sunday, arrive 1,25
p. M; close $50 and s.16 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and intel.
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
a. m. and LOOP. m; close 1870 and 9.15
p. m.
augusta, intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central railro ad-Arrive at zoo and
800 a. M, LOO and 600 p. M; close at 615 a.
M. 1880. 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
Harrington, intermediate offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
100 ana 6.15 p. m; close at LAO a. m. and
12.3Op. m
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive LOO
and p. NJ; close at 6.15 a. M and IL m
Skorhegam, intermediate offices and connec.
tions, via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at
LOO p. M; close at 80 p. m.
auburn and Leaciston-Arrive 200 and 600
a. m. and LOO and 6.15 p. M. close 645 and
7.45 a. H., 1890. 4.15 and 915 p. m.
.Bangor-Arrive 200 a. m.,. 100 and 6 p. M;
close at 81 5 a. M, 1880 and 9.15 p m.
Biddeford and Sdco-Arrive at 80 and $50
p. M; close at 600, 500 a. M. and 1900 NJ,
2.46 and 5.15 p. m.
Island Pond, IT.. intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at IL. 80 p. m.; close at 6.45 q. m. and 100
p. m.
Gorhan, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
nections. via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m. and 1890 p NJ close at 6.45 a. M.
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
Swasaton, IT.. intermediate offices and con-
nections, viaLMountain Division M. G. r. R.
Arrive at 8.35 p. M. close at 500 a. m.
Bartlett, N. H. intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
Arrive at eco a. m. and $50 p m; close at
8 90 a. M. and 2.45 pr
Dick Pond, Pride's Corner, Wa,,dhonn No.
Wdldhdne, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arriya
at ~ 90 m. close at LAB p. II.
Rochester, N. En-, intermediate offices and con-
nectons, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at 40 and 800 p M; close at $50 and
11.4b a. m.
Cumberland Mius-Arrive at $40 a. M, Las
Il t.4U
a. H., and $50 p. m.
jFestbrook (Saccdroppa) -Arriye at $40 a.
m. 145 and 6 .00p M; close $50 and 11.45a.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and E,aightv5ue-Arrive at
500 a. m. and r. M. close at 6 a. m. and Las
p. m
Boacery Beac1--Arr!ye at p M; close Las
South Portland and Wallard-Arriye at 8a.
M. and 2.15 p. M; close at 8 "a. m. and 200 p.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification OF Domestic Nail 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:
1st 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 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 al,
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 consecutively,
are issued from known office of publication,
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without board.
cIath, leather or other substantial binding,
To be of information of a public
character, or devoted to literature. the sciences,
art, or some special drstry, and must have a
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 matterfwholly in print (not included in
second-class' matter), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
Dg the same.
printed natter is defined by statute to be
"the reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that Of hasn n OF any words
combination thereof, not having the
character of anlactual and personal correspon
Atcircular'' is defined by statute to be
printed letter, which, according to internal eyi
dence, is being sent i'll identical terms to sever
al persons" and does not lose its character as
such by writing therein the date, name of the
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
ciasswhich is not i'll its form or nature ilaole 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, andnot
above the weight provided by law.
Limit of ITeigltt Of Hal iiGtteT-No package
weighing more than ioHr pWlnds shall be re
beVed for conveyance by nail. except single
cooks weighing III excess OF that amount. ana
except books and documents published or
circulated by order OF Congress, or official
matter emanating from any OF the
Departments OF the Goyernment or nom
the Smithsonian institution.
80 Second-class matter mailed in packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the four
pound limitation.
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated By
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Class Matter.-The rate
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
/. On letters ana other written matter,
except that specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on ealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof.
On postel cards one cent each, the price
E.rx n tloIa aAld