The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-14
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE NOURS.

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and 81 p. M; in other sections at 500 a. M,
Lao ce 3 IN 81 Sunday 40 delivery at Post
1 from street boxes at HOO a. M, 400
| and 500 p. M Sunday. 500 p. m. only
( ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
/ ,Boston, Southern and Western. intermediate
! olnces and connections via Boston & Maine
railroad, eastern diyision) at 1890.
| 0, and l. 80 p. M; close s a. m. and 1900
M. 5.l5 and 9.15 p. NJ; Sunday, arrive 1.25
/ p. M close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Uestern, and inter
mediate Offices and connections via Boston and
! Maine railroad (WeStern division) at
1880 and $50 p. H.; close 500 a. m, and
2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Raroad-Arrve
2 a. m. and LOO p NJ; close 1890 and 9.15
p m.
44,t7asta intermediate Offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arriye at 200 and
900 a. m, 100 and 600 p M; close at 6.15 a.
M, 1880, 4.15 and 915 .. m.
Farni1gto1a, intermediate offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central RailrOad-Arrive at
LOO and 6.15 p. m.; close at 7.45 a. M. and
1890 p. m.
Roch{ond, intermediate Offices and connections
via Knox and LincolnNs railroad-Arrive LOO
and p M; close at 616 a. M and II m
.skorhegan, intermediate offices and conneS.,
tons, via Maine Central railroad-Arrlve es
LOO p. M; close at 1880 p. m.
Aubu17e and Lewisto1a-Arrive 200 and 800
a. M and 90 and 6.15 p. M; close 6.45 and
7.45 a. H. 1880 415 and 9.15 p. m.
.Bangor-Arrive 200 a. m... 100 and p. M.
close at Gil a. M, 1890 and 9.lt p m.
Biddeford and Sdco-Arrive at IL. 80 and 8 80
2. m. close at 500, 500 "a M. and 1900 M,
2.45 and 5.15 p m.
Island Pond, ". intermediate offices and
connections via Grand Trunk RailWay-Ar-
rive at II. 80 p. M close at 6. 40 a. M. and LOO
p. m.
Gorhans, n. H., intermediate offices and osa@
nections, via Grand Trunk Authoritative -
$40 a. M and 1890 p. H.. close at 6.45 a. M,
LOO and 430 p. m.
Scranton, IT., intermediate Offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division NJ G. II. R.
Arrive at $50 p M; close atS0o a. m.
Borflett n. e., intermediate offices and con-
nectlons via Mountain Division NJ. G. r. R.
Arrive at 9.C0 a. m. and S.35 p. M; close at
500 a. M. and 2,45 p. M
Duc5; Pond, Fride's Corner Wi,dhann No.
Wti.dham, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arrive
at l ZOO m. close at As p. m.
Rochester, n. H., intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at 40 and 500 p M; close at $50 and
11.46 a. m
Cumberland MiHs-Arrive at $40 a. m, Las
800 and S.35 p NJ; close at $50 a. M, 1l.45
a. M, and $50 p m.
IVestbrook .(Sacearappo)--Arri at $40 a.
m. 1.45 and 600 p. NJ; close $50 and LA o.
m. and $50 p m.
Cape Elizabeth aud KnigIatvilte-Arrive at
500 a. m. and 6 r. M; close at a. IN. and Lao
p. m.
Boteery Beach-Arr;ve az p. M; close Las
South Portland and Wiltard--Arrive at a.
M, and 2.15 p. M; close at a. m. and 200 p
m.
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:
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 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 consecutiyely,
are issued from a known office OF publication,
are formed OF printd paper sheets without 3r
To be of information OF public
character, or devoted to literature, the Sciences
art. or some special industry and must have
be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for free circulation OF circulation at nominal
| rates.
Sd Glass. Books, circulars, periodicals and
| other matter wholly in print tnot included In
| second-class matter), proof-sheets, corrected
| proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
| ing the same.
"Prntea 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 naylag inc
| dence."
printed letter, which, according to internal evil
dence is being sent in identical terms to sewers
| al persons" and does not lose its character as
such by writing therein the date, name 81 the
addreSSee or OF the sender, or the corfectlon OF
mere typographical errors.
| 4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
| not embraced in the first second or third
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 engaged in the postal service, andnot
| above the weight provided by law.
| limit of Weight of Mail Mdtter.-No package
| weighing more than four pounds shall De r.
beived for conveyance by mall. except t singl s
| except books and documents published or
circulated by order OF Congress, or 9mf tsa
matter at Tie from
the Smithsonian Institution,
so. Second-clas matter mailed in packages
fG 81. The above limit of weight does not ap.
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
p0''''0 - RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter.-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 at
third-cass rates and on sealed 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.
8. On .drop. letters" two cents per ounce cor, 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 ana
periodical publications of the second-class
when sent 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 (exeepting
weel1Iies) and ON periodicals not exceeding TWO
ounces in weight, when the same aredeposlted In
is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces, TWO cents
each.
Newspapers and periodicals when de-
nosjted by the publishers OF news agent in a