The Portland daily press., 1895-02-01
PORTLAND P0ST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
Coshfer's office, Sundays excepted, 100
m. to 7 90 p. In. I; Money order department, 8
m. to 500 p. m. Registry department, 500
a. m. to 600 p m,
General Dettuery, Sundays excepted 7.3o
a. M to 100 p. m. Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deiiueries, Sundays excepted)-In
business section of the city between High and In
dia streets, at 700 and 9.15 a. m, LOO m, l.3o,
and 5.l5 p. m; in other sections at 500 a. NJ,
| l.3O p. m. Collection from Auanuc TO
Grove on Congress, 6. a. m. Sunday delivery at
Office window, 9.oOt to 1000 a. M Collections
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 ~ Maine
railroad, eastern division) Arrive at ESQ;
8, and 11.30 p m. close s a. m. and and l2.o 90
p. M; close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
| Maine railroad (Western diylson)-Arrlv at
| LOO, $50 and $50 p NJ; close S.oo d. M
and 2.45 p. m.
Eastern via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye
"a, m and LOO p. NJ; close l2.2o ana $40
p. nj.
augusta. intermediate Offices and connections
| via Maine Central rairoad-Arrive at 200 and
9.00a. H.. ]. 90 and 500 p. M. close at Glib a.
M. 1920 Ais and 9.15 p. m.
Pennington, intermediate Offices and connec-
loo and 6.15 p M; close at 40 a. H. ana
12.20p. m.
Rockldnd intermediate Offices and connections
via Knox ana Lincoln rallroad-ATrlVe 1'oo
| and p. M; close at 6.15 a. m. and lilo p IN.
| Skouhega,a, intermediate offices and eonnec-
tons, via Maine Central railroad-Arrlve at
LOO p. M; close at 1920 p. m.
Arba3n and Leuiston-Arrive 200 and 200
| a. IN. and 90 and 6.15 p. M: close 7.45 a.
H., 1920, 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
| Ba,,gor-Arrive 200 a. M. loo and p M;
close at 6.15 a. M, 1920 and 9.15 p M
| Biddeford and ,Sdco-Arriye at 90, $50 and
$50 p. M; close at 600, 500 a. m. ana lZ.oo
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 $50 a. m. and LOU
| p. m.
Gorhona. N. IT., intermediate offices and con
nectionS via Grand Trunk Authoritative al
$40 a. m. and 1890 p. M; close at $50 a. m.'
| LOO and 4.30 p m.
SaUonton IT., intermediate Offices and con-
| nections, via Mountain Division NJ G. II. H.
| Arrive at 8.35 p. M. close at 500 a. M
Bartlett, N IT,, intermediate OFFICES and con-
nections via Mountain Division NJ G. R. r.
| Arrive at 800 a. m. and $50 p. M; close az
| 500 a. III. and 2.45 p. M
Duel; Pond, Pytde's Corner, Windhon,, No.
V9ndhans, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arriye
at ~. 90 M; close at Lao p. M.
Rochester, n, e., intermediate Offices and con-
| rive at Lao and 600 p M; close at $50 and
| 11.45 a. m.
Cumberland Mius-Arrive at $40 a. M, Las
800 and S.35 p. NJ. close at $50 a. H., ll.45
a. m, and 5.30p M.
WestbrooE (Soccdrappu) Arrive at $40 a.
M Lao and 600 p. m. close $50 and 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
| Cape Elizabeth, and KaigttVtUe-Arfive at
| 500 a. m. and F. M. close at 6 a. m. and Lao
| p. m. f9E
| Bowery Beach-Arriye at 6 p. m. close 145
South Portland aud Wallard-Arrive at 4.
M. and 2.15 p. M; close at 8 a. m. and 200 p.
m. ~S.4.8
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
| is also Of the first class.
newspapers and other periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
| frequently as four times year.. which bear. a
date of ISSUE and are numbered c0nsecutlVely,
are issued from a known office OF publication,
are formed ofprintd paper sheets. without board
oth be leather S5hsa Of pub
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 Class. Books, circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print mot included IN
dalai fnntr
proof-sEeets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same. 4s+s GE9
''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, or of any
combination thereof not having the
character of anlactual and personal correspon
Ascircular' is defined by statute to be
printed letter, winch, according TO internal eW
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
ADDRESSED or OF the sender, or the correction OF
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first, second or third
casswheh is not in its form or n nature t liable 70
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 Ifai1 Mdtter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re
beved for conveyance by mail. except single
cooks weighing III excess VI bilde duiOuiit. onu
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or oflclal
Departments of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
80. Second-clsss matter mailed in packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the four
pound limitation. $500,
Ill. 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 o