The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-05
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

General Delivery. Sundays excepted 7.3o
a. M to 700 p. M Sunday 800 TO lo.oo a. IN.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted)-In
business section of the city between High and In
dia streets, at 100 and 915 a. m IL. 45 IN, 1.3O,
and 3. Is p. m.; in other sections at 500 a. m,
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 Western. intermediate
offices and connections via Boston q Maine
railroad, eastern divison).Arrlve at lI;3Vd,
s. and 1so g. M close s a M s anG l1S5
p. m. close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Vesterm, and inter,
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western diyision)-Arrlve at
1890 and $50 p. M; close 500 a. M, and
2.45 p. m.
| Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye
a. m. and LOOP M; close 1890 and $40
p m.
| augusta. intermediate Offices and connections,
| via Maine Central railroad-ArrlVe at ZOO ana
900 a. M, LOO and 600 p. m.; close at 6.lo a.
m, 1890. Ais and 9.15 p m.
| Termination, intermediate offices and connec-
| tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
| LOO and 6.I5 p. III; close at 7.45 a. M, and
| 12.30p. m.
| Rockland, inter g offices and connections
via Knox and I.iHsanY' railroad Arrive LOO
and p. M. close at G.l5 a. m and IL M
| JSkorhegoa, intermediate Offices and. connec.
| tions, via Maine Central Authoritative at
LOO p. M. close at 1870 p. m.
| auburn and Leariston-Arrive 200 and 900
a. m. and 90 and 6.15 p. m; close 6.45 ana
| 7.45 a. M, 1890, 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
| Bangor-Arrive 200 a. M. LOO and p. M;
close at 6.15 a. M, 23o and 9.15 p m.
Biddetord and Saco-Arrive at IL. 80 and $50
p. M; close at 500, 500 a. m. and 1900 M,
2.45 and 5.15 p m.
connections via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
| rive at IL. 80 p. M; close at $40 a. m. and LOO
| p. m.
| Gorhana, ". FL, intermediate Offices and con-
nectons, via Grand Trunk railrOad-Arrive at
| $40 a. m. and 12.30 p. M; close at g.. 4b a M.
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
| SaUanton IT.. intermediate offlces and con-
| nections, via Mountain Division M. c. r. r.
Arrive at $50 p. M. !; close at 500 a. m.
| Bartlett, N. H.. intermediate Offices and con-
| nections via Mountain Division M. c. R. R.
| Arrive at SEQ a. m. and $50 p. M; close at
800 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
| Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, Wt'adhane, No
| Windhan1, Raymond and South CGSco-Arf1ve
| at 10. 90 M; close at LAB p. m.
/ Rochester N. H., intermediate Offices and con-
nectons, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar..
| rive at Lao and 600 p. M; close at $50 and
| 11.45 a. m.
Cumberland Maus-Arrive at $40 a. M, Las
600 and 8.35 p. m. close at $50 a. M, 11.45
| a. M, and $50 p. m.
Westbrook (Saccarappa) -Arrive at $40 a.
m. 1.45 and 600 p M. close $50 and 11.46 a.
| m. and $50 p. m.
| Cape Elizabeth and Kaightville-Arriye at
| 500 a. m. and 6 p. M. close at a. m. and Las
p. m.
BoaOery Beac1-Arriye al 6 p m; close Lao
| p. m
South Portland and Wallard-Arrive at 8 a.
| M, and 2.15 p. M. close at a. m. and 200 p.
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CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic Mail Mot
1 foa. 10 oai1 6of 10
| 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 sanle) 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
| frequently as four times year, which bear
| date of issue, and are numbered consecutlveiy,
| are issued from known office OF publlcatlon
are formed ofpntd paper Wsnoq bDGne
| To be of information OF a PUBIC
character, or devoted to literature the sciences,
| art. or some special industry and must nave q
| legitimate list of subscribers, and must not
| be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
Sd Glass Books, circulars. periodicals and
other matter wholly in print (not included ~
| second-class matrer) proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ing the same.
printed NATTER is defined by statute to be
athe 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 Tine
character OF aniactual and personal correspon
| dence." u
A"circuIar' 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 lose its character rs
such by writing therein the date nsme o. the
addresSee or of the sender, or the corfeetlon OF
mere typographical errors. :,
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first, second OF thro
class which is not in its form or nature liable to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con.
tents Of the mail bag or harm the person Of
any one engageddt IN ne post az a aho
Limit of Weight of Mail Matter.--No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
books weighing in excess of that amount and
| except books and documents puDnsned O.,
circulated by order of Congress, or ofnclal
m napaptms ssn Of Tie Government or from
| the Smithsonian Institution. ,
| 80 Second-class matter mailed III PACKAGE
at the pound rate IS not Supjece W 'lie iouf
p: 81. The above limit of weight does not an
ply to matter IN foreign HALLS Iesuidteu ny
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Mdtter.-The rate OF
postage on matter of the first class is as
| follows:
1. On letters and other written matter,
except that specially authorized to pass az
thrd-class rates and on Sc led matter or mattcr
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof.
2. On postel cards one cent each, the price
for 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 Matter. 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 sen. by other than the publisher or news
agent, is one cent for each four ounces or
fractional part thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers excepting
weekies) and on periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weight,wnenlthe same aredeposited In