The Portland daily press., 1894-08-23
PORTLAND POST.OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
cashte,ss Office, (sandays excepted), 7.so
m. to 700 p. M; Money order department., 8 a
m. TO 800 p. m. Registry department. 900
a. M to 600 p. m.
General Dettvery, Sundays excepted) 7.3o
a. NJ TO 100 p m. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted)-In
business section of tho city between High and In
dla streets, at 100 and 9.15 a. M, 40 M 80,
ana OLE p. M; in other sections at 500 a. m,
Office window, 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a.. M, 400
and 500 p. m. Sunday, 800 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Western intermediate
Offices and connections via Boston & Maine
2, ana Lag 2. n; close a; NJ and 1890
p. M. /; close $50 and 915 b. M
Boston, Southern and Yeste,7,, and inter
mediate ofilces and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad western divsion) Arrive at
1890 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 1880 and 9.15
p. m.
augusta. intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
9.oo a. m, LOO and 500 p. NJ; close at 6.15 a.
m. 1890. 4.15 and OLE D. m.
Harrington, intermediate Offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central Itailroad-Arriye at
LOO and clio p. M; close at 7.45 a. M, and
1880 p. m.
RocJcland, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive LOO
and p. M; close at 6.15 a. M and IL m.
sskosIega,,, intermediate offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central Authoritative at
100 p. M; close at 1890 p m.
auburn and Leaeiston-Arrive 200 and 900
a. m. and 100 and 6.15 p. M; close 6.45 and
7.45 a. M, 1890, Alb and 9.15 p. m.
Bangor-Arrive 200 a. m... LOO and p M;
close at g. 5 a. NJ. 1870 and 9.1b p. m.
BiddefoYd aud saco-Arrive at $50 and s 80
p. M; close at GOO, SEQ a. M and 100 M,
2.45 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 a. m. and Loo
p. NJ
Gorhan,, n. n, intermediate offices and con-
nectlonS, via Grand Trunk railr0ad-ArTlye az
$40 a. m. and 1870 p M; close at $40 a. M,
LOO and 4.30 D. m.
STANTON, IT., intermediate offices and con-
necilons, via Mountain Division M. G. h. r.
Arrive at 9.35 p. M; close at 500 a. m.
Bartlett, M IT., intermediate offices and con.
nections via Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
Arrive at 9.C0 a. m. and 8.35 p. M; close at
800 a. m. and 2.45 p. M
DUCK Pond, Pride's Corner Wia,dhana, No.
Wfndhaa1, Raymond and South CoscO-Arrive
at 1900 m. close at Lao p. N.
Rochester, N. H. intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Portland chichester railroad-Ar-
rive at As and 500 p M. close at $50 and
11.45 a. IN.
Cansberla,,d MsUs-Arrive at $40 a. M, 1.45
600 and S.35 p. M; close at $50 a. M, 11.45
a. M, and $50 p. m.
IYestbrook (Saccdrappd) Arrive at $40 a.
m. l. As and 600 p. m. /; close $50 and l1.45ia
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and Ka,ightvi1le-Arr at
500 m. and r. M; close at a. m. and Lao
p. m.
Boacery Beach-Arr.ve at G p m. close LAD
p. m.
South Portland and WaltaYd--Arrive at 8 a.
M, and 2.15 p. M; close at a. m. and zoo p.
m.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification Of Domestic Mail hat
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:
I1st CLASS. Written matter. namely, letters,
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed or unseaed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the sanie.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
is also of the first class.
newspapers and other periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year, when bear a
are issued from known office of publication
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without board.
sloth Leather or other binding nh1
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 Glass. Books circulars. periodicals and
other matter wholly in print (not included in
second class matter), proofsheets, corrected
proof sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same.
printed natter is defined by statute to be
1.-THE reproduction upon paper, by any process
letters, characters, figures or images. or of any
combination thereof, NOT having the
character Of anlactual and personal correspon
dence.'
A"circular" is defined by statute to be /"
printed letter, which, according to internal evi
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
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first. second or third
ciasswhich is not in it's form or nature liable to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
tents Of the mail bag, or harm the person Of
above the weight provided by law.
Limit of Weight of Mail Matter.--No package
weighing more than four POUNDS shall be re
cooks weighing In excess of that amount. and
except books and documents published or
circulated by order Of Congress, or Official
matter emanating from any of the
Departments OF the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
80. Second-class matter mailed in packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the four
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 Mdtter.-The rate
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
l. On letters and other written matter
except that specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on sealed matter OF matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof
On postel cards one cent each, the price
fol which they are sold.
8. 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
ipolu1fpU camnlac pOnins t1ha