Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-06-28

made at 6. p. NJ.
CHANGE IN THE sUMMnH SCHEDULE.
Owing to the earlier arrival and departure
OF the mail trains during tho summer season
street letter boxes are made Is minutes
earlier than the time scheduled here. Tho
change takes place about June 18th and lasts
until about October LIST.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE or MAyLs.
Portland, South end Western mails arrive at
3. m, $40 It 7.l5 p M; close ct e.H b 10 ..
and 1880 p. IN.
Portland and intermediate offioss-Arriye at
a. IN. and $40 II 7.l5pm
Le'ciston, AUBURN and intermediate Offices
Arrive ut "a. M and 8 40 & Tl6 p. m. close nj
600 10 II. IN. ant 1880 p. M.
Bruns,rick, Bath, Rockland. Squirrel bland,
Ocean Point Booth6aV, etc-Arrive At $40 &
i. Bdngor Belfast Eastern and New Brun.wscs-
Arrive at lol a. M and Ii p. M; CLOSE At $50
Sko,cAegan, TaserpiHe, and connected routes
Arrive Mt 1910 O. III. and 1880 p. m close ct
$50 p. m. and L. so a. IN.
Mail will be forwarded by the train leaving
for the West at ?. m. Separate pouches
will be made npfor Portland and the stations
and Boston, and for connecting trains on
Boston and New York routes. The malls
for Boston by this train win not be
delivered any sooner than By the night Pull.
man, they arriving at too LATE an hour for de-.
livery; but mails for New York. the South
and Yves: viii be forwarded several hours.
Second closed pouches are sent South and
West on the Flying Yankee" when it Is SEIZED.
u!ed. Closed mail is received from IInllowell,
Gardiner, Bowdoinham, Richmond and Port
land, at n, m; Bangor and Waterville, p.
m. II Ia dispatched TO Gardiner and Halo
well ut p. M; Bangor and Waterville, al
a. m; closed pouches are locked ten minutes
before the railroad leaving time. mail
from Skowhegan is received at T.15 p. m.
sTAGE NAILS.
SsGrsrtort and intermediate oflces-Ar.
rives Monday, Wednesday and Friday as
q. m. closes p. m.
Belfast and intermediate ofdces-Arr;ver
daily Sundays excepted) at @. M: closes
Hd'doboro and Intermediate Offices. in
Guiding windsor-Arrives daily, (sundeys
excepted) at A. m. closes at p. m.
RoCtidnd and intermediate offices; (Sun-
days excepted)-Arrives at p. M; closes
LitcAfeld and intermediate ofr,ces-Arrives
daily Sundays eXcepted) at $50 a. M; closes
W3nthrop and intern Mediate ofrlces-Arrives
daily Sundays excepted) at 8 p. m; closes
Manchester, NJ Vernon. North vs.ano, and
intermediate offlces-Arrives daily Sundays
exceptod) at Il a. m; closes at p. m.
Reigrade oakland, somerset r. r.. and con
Meeting routes; arrives daily Sundays e1
cepted) at Y m; closes at p. m.
Feehs' Ni3s and Vest Windsor--Arrives
daily Sundays excepted) at . so q. m;
closes at 4 y. IN.
COMPLAINTS.
The postmaster is responsible for the en-
tire government and dispatch OF the mails ut
this office. Inquiry End complaints should
be made direct to the postmaster or assis-
tant postmaster. Complaints in writing
should be addressed to the postmaster.
In cases of delay or misdelive"y the enve!
ope should be produced showing the post
marks. This Is very important and essential.
Every case Of incivility or disrespeot OF.
the postal service should be Immediately
reported by letter to the postmaster, marked
personal"
When a letter Is wrongly left at house or
wrongly placed in q box in post Office, the
fact should be noted In ink on the back of
the envelope thus: "Wrongly LEFT at
Dec. tn" and the letter should be Immediately
deposited in the post Office or in letter box,
and the person to whom 1t Is addressed,
when he receives it, should send the envel.
Dpe at once to tie postmaster, that an in
vestigation may be made as TO lthe cause OF
Loss of mali matter should be reported At
pnce t. the Office. and, for the purpose Of
saving q proper record of the circumstances,
! blank for the purpose can be Obtained at
the Office.
All mail matter at large post ONCE, is
necessarily handled in great haste. ard
should therefore in all cases be so PLAINLY
ADDRESSED as to leave No Room FOR DOUBT
AND No EXCUSE For ERROR on the part
of the postal employees. Names of
States should be ,critten In JfiH Tor their alb
breviations very distinctly written) in order
to prevent errors which arrive from the SINH
IAr1tv OF 0DpTeNlHI1Ons. Never 6enu letters
containing money or valuab1es by mail with
out registering them, and never send bank
notes or gold or silver money at allif yor can
procure check. draft, or money order.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Approximately. the rate on a letter 10 two
cents for every ounce and fraction thereof in
the United States, Canada, and Mexico. and
fve cents for every half ounce to European
countries. A single newspaper Is trans
mitted il the domestic mail at the rate of
four ounces Cor one cent. Books are scut at
the rate of two ounces for one cent. and mer.
chandise one cent per ounce. For any spe.
cifc information regarding the classification
OF mail matter or postage inquire either at
the stamp window or OF the postmaster.
THE CONVENIENCE OF LETTER BOXES
Patrons in cities where letter carriers are
employed, are advised to provide letter
boxes at place of business or private Iesi.
dences. thereby saving much delay In the de.
livery OF mail matter.
Request all your correspondence to address
your mail matter TO the proper street And
number.