The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-11
PORTLAND POST-OFFECE.
OFFICE HOURS.


OFFICE HOURS.
Cashiers Office Sundays excepted, $50
m. to 100 p. m. Money order department, y
m. to 800 p m. Registry department. S'oo
a. M to 600 p. m.
General Delivery, Sundays eXcepted $50
a. m. to 100 p. IN. Sunday 800 TO lo'oo a. 10.
Carriers D5iiceries Sundays excepted)-1n
business section of the city between Hlgh and m
and 5.15 p M; in other sections at 500 a. m,
1.3O p. M Collection from Atlantic to
Grove on Congress. 6. =; M Sunday delivery at
from street boxes at l1.00 a.. H., 4oo
and 500 p. IN. Sunday, 600 p M only
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern. and Western, intermediate
offices and connections via Boston q Name
5, and 11.3O p. m.; close s a. m. and 200
M, 5.15 and D. Is p. m. Sunday, arrive 1.25
pm; close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, .SoutIey7, and Western, and intel.
mediate Offices and connections, via Boston ana
Maine railroad (Western diyision)ZArrlye at
LOO, $50 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 1920 and S.l5
p.
augusta, intermediate Offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-ArrlVe at Z;oo anu
| 9.O0a. m, LOO and 600 p. M; close al o.lo DE-
Termination, intermediate Offices and connec-
| tions, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
| LOO and els p. N. close at 7.45 a. M, and
| 1920 p. m.
| Rockla1ad, intermediate Offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-ArrlYe LOO
and p. m. close at GID a. m. and III p m.
Skouacga1,, intermediate offices and connec.
| tons, via Maine Central rallroad-ArrlVe az
| LOO p. m. close at 1920 p. m.
auburn and Lewisto,,-Arrive 200 and 900
a. m. and LOO and 6.15 p M: close TAD q.
M, 1920, AIS and 9.15 p. m.
Bongor-Arrive 200 a. M. LOO and p M;
close at G. 5 a. M, 1920 and 9.1b p M
| BiddeJo9d and ,Soco-Acrive at !. 90, $50 and
$50 D. M; close at 600 800 a. m. and 12.oo
M, 2.45 and Bib p M
| Island Pond IT., intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Rafiway--Ar-
rive at u 80 p. NJ; close at 6.35 q. m. and LOO
| p. m.
Goyhdn1, NJ H., intermediate offices and con
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m. and 1890 p M; close at $50 a. nl.'
LOO and 4.30 p. M.
Scranton, IT, intermediate Offices and CON
nections, via Mountain Division M. c. r. R.
Arrive at 8.35 p. M; close at 500 a. m
Bartlett, NJ H., intermediate offices and con-
| nections via Mountain Division M. c. r. R.
| Arrive at 9.C0 a. m. and $3.50 p. m.; close at
| 500 a. m. and 2.45 p. m
Duck Pond, Pride's Corner Windhon1, No.
| Windhans, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arrlve
| at / 2. 90 m. close at 1.45 p. m.
| Rochester, NJ H., intermediate Offices and con-
nections via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at As and 600 p m; close at $50 and
| 11.4b a. M.
Cumberland M1us-Arrive at $40 a. M. Lao
1 600 and 8. D. m. close at $50 a. M, LAO
a. H., and 5.3O p. m.
| YeStbrook (SGccdr0pp0) ARRIVE at $40 a.
m. Lao and 600 p. m. close $50 and ll.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and Kr,ightvsle-Arriye az
| 500 a. M. and p. nj. close at a. N. and Las
| p. m.
Bocery Beach-Arrive at p. NJ; close 1.45
South Portland and WiUdrd-Arrive at 8 a.
NJ, and 2.15 p. M. close at a. m. and 200 p
M.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification Of Domestic Mail Nat
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 Glass; Written matter. namely, letters.
| postal cards. and all matter wholly or partly in
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
| corrected proof sheets of the same) 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
/
| date of issue, and are numbered eonsecutVely,
| are issued from known office otpubncaton.
are formed ofprintd paper sheets, without BOARD.
cloth leather or other substantial binding.
To be of information OF public
character or devoted to literature, the sciences,
art. or some special indt stry, and must nave 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 matter wholly in print mot included IN
second-cIass matter), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
| ng the same.
Printed 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. OF OF any
combination thereof, not having the
character OF anlactual ana personal correspoh
A"circular' is defined by statute to be :,
printed letter, which, according TO internal evl
| al PERSONS and does not lose It's character as
such by writing therein the date, name Of tns
addressed or of the sender, OF the correction OF
mere typographical errors.
not embraced in the first. second or tnlrd
cIasswhich is not in its form or nature ilanie 10
destroy. deface or otherwise damage the con-
tents Of the mail bag or harm the person OF
| any one engaged in the postal service, andnoe
| above the weight provided by law.
limit OF Wetght of EaI DIotter.-No package
weighing more than tour pounds shall De re
beiv ed for conveyance by mall except sing ,e
/ cooks weighing in excess of that amount ano
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or ofnciai
Departments of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
| so Second-class matter mailed In packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the four-
pound limitation. 49,
I'll. The above limit of weight does not ap-
1 ply to matter in foreign mails regulated oy
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter.-The rate o
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
/. On letters and other written matter,