The Portland daily press., 1895-11-06
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

m. TO 100 p M Money order department,
m. to 800 p m. Registry department. 5.oo
a. M to 500 p m,
General Deliaery, Sundays excepted 7.3o
a. M to 700 p. M. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. IN.
Carriers Ds5iUeries SUNDAYS excepted)-1n
business section of the city between High and In
dia streets at 100 and 9.15 a. m. 1916 m, 30
and 5.15 p A.; in other sections at 500 a. m,
1.3o p. IN. Collection from Atlantic TO
Grove on Congress. 6. n. m. Sunday delivery at
Office window, 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
a rom o street BOXES Boxes a. ~ 100 a. m 400
| ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Western. intermediate
| offices and connections via Boston & Maine
| railroad, eastern diyision)-Arrive at 1890,
O., and l.3o p M close a. m and II m.
5;15 and 9.15 ?. M; Sunday, arrive LOO p M;
cloS33O and 9.15 p M
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter-
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad western divison)-Arrive at
1870. $50 and $50 p. M; close 6.SS a. NJ.
and 245 p. m.
Eastern. via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
a. m. and pm, close 1910 m. and 9.15
| p m.
AUGUSTA intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
800 a. N. and 6.15 p. M close at 600 O.
M. 2. 90 M, 4.15 and 915 D. m.
Pennington, intermediate offices and connec-
|
! ana els p. M; close at 745 a. M, and
| 1926 D. m
Rockla,,d, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln Authoritative l
| and p. m; close at 600 a. m. and 1925 p. M
SkolcheqdT, intermediate offices and connec-
tons. via Maine Central Authoritative at
! p. H.: close at 1925 p. m.
Island Pond, IT., intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at H. 8 p M; close at a. m. and LOO
| p m.
| Gorhan, NJ H., intermediate offices and con.
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrlve at
$40 a. m. and 1915 p. M; close at 3 a. m
LOO and 430 .. m.
Isacdnton, IT., intermediate offices and con-
nections. via Mountain Division M. G. r. r.
Arrive at $50 p. M; close at8.O0 a. IN.
! Bartlett ". H., intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. G. R. R.
/ Arrive at SEQ a. m. and $50 p m; close at
| 500 a. m. and 1928 p. m.
| Duck Pond, Prides Corner, WtrdIana, No.
| Wfndhdns. Raymond and South CoSeo-Arrlve
| at 2 90 m. close at lao p. N.
| Rochester, NJ H. intermediate Offices and con-
| noctions via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
| rive at 1.45 ana 600 p M. close at $50 and
| 11.4b a. N.
Cumberland Mius-Arrive at $40 a. M. 1.45
600 and $50 D. M; close at $50 a. M, ll.45
a. M. ana $50 p. m.
| IFestbrook (Sdccordppd) Arrive at $40 a.
m. 1.45 and 500 p Il. close $50 and l1.46 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
\ h1JtJfttVtto-kallitO
| 800 a. M. and P. M; close at a. m. and Las
| p. M
Bowery Beact-Arr.ve at p. NJ; clGse Las
p. m.
Classification Of Domestic Mail Mat
ter.-Domesti 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 unSedled except
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
| frequently as four times year. when bear
date of issue, and are numbered cOnSecut1Vely,
are issued from a known office OF publication.
are formed ofprihtd paper sheets without board.
| clnth leather other substantial binding.
To be of information of public
character or devoted to literature, the sciences,
| art, or some special indt stry, 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
| second-cass matter), proof sheets. corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
|
| 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 correspou-
dence."
A"circular' is defined by statute to be
printed letter. which, according to internal evil
| 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, OF the correction OF
mere typographical errors.
| 4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matte.
| not embraced in the first, second or thiro
| cassWhich 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 MdA M0tter.-No package
| weighing more than tour pounds shall De 70
| beiy ed for conveyance by mail. except slnsle
| cooks weighing In excess OF that amount. ana
| except books and documents published or
| circulated by order of Congress, or of1lcial
| matter emanating from any OF the
| Departments of the Government or rom
| the Smithsonian Institution.
| 80 Second-clasS matter mailed In packs geS
| at The pound rate is not subject to the II W.
pound limitation.
81. The above limit of weight does not ap,
| ply to matter in foreign mails regulated Dy
| postalS conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.