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


| Cashiers Office, (Snndays excepted, 7.30
m, to 100 D. IN. Money order departments
m. to 500 p. m. Registry department. 5'oo
a. m. to 600 p. m,
General Deltuery, Sundays excepted 80
a. H. to 700 p. M. sunday 9.oo 10 lo'oo q. III.
Carriers DoiiveYies Sundays exceptedl1ln
business section of the city between High ana m
dia streets, at 90 and 915 a. H., Loo M LOO,
and BIB p. m. in other sections at 500 a. M,
1.30 p. m. Collection from AtianVc 20
Grove on Congress. 6. 4. m. Sunday demVery az
Office window, 800 to 1000 a. m Collectons
ind 81 street boxes a. M g q d a. 4oo
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Western, intermediate
Offices and connections via Boston y Maine
railroad, Eastern division) at 12;3o,
& a9d 1ls na B j. close ssn q arrive S5
p. M. close $50 and 9:15 p m.
Boston, Southern and Westet7s. and inter.
mediate Offices and connections, VIA Boston ana
| Maine railroad western diviSlon)-ArrlVe AT
100 $50 and $50 p. M; close 500 a. m.'
and 2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Rairoad--Arriye
a. m. and LOOP. M; close l2,2o ana $40
p.
.4s9usto intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arriye at zoo anu
900 a. NJ. LOO and 600 p M; close al olo d.
M. 1920. Ali and OF p. m.
Termination, intermediate Offices and connec--
tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
| 100 and 6.15 p. m; close at LAD a. m.' ana
| 12.20p. m.
Rocklo1,d, intermediate offices and connections
and p. NJ; close at 6.15 a. m. and Il. 10 ?. M
| Skotrhego,a, intermediate offices and connec-
| tons, via Maine Central railroao-ArriVe al
| LOO p. M. close at 1920 p. m.
| Auburn and Le1cisto,l-Arrive 200 and 9.Qc
| a. m. and 90 and 6.15 p. M: close TAD a.
H., 1920, Alb and 9.15 p. M
Bangor-Arrive 200 a. M. LOO and p. M;
close at 6 5 a. M. 1920 and SIS p. m.
! 90 md
$50 p. M. close at 600, 500 a. m. and 12.oo
H., 2.45 and 5.15 p m.
| ( Island Pond IT., intermediate offices and
/ connections, via Grand Trunk Railway Ar,
rive at 1890 p M; close at $50 a. m ana Luz
p. m.
Gorhane, N. IT,, intermediate Offices and con.
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m. and 1890 p. M; close at $50 a. m.'
LOO and 4.30 p. M
Sacanton IT.. intermediate Offices and CON
nectons, via Mountain Division M. c. r. r.
Arrive at 8.35 p. M. close at 500 a. m.
Bartlett, N. H. intermediate offices ana con-
nectons via Mountain Division M. q 4; b.
| Arrive at geo a. m. and $3.50 p. M; close AZ
! 500 a. m. and 2.45 p. M
/ D,tcIs Pond, Pride's Corner Wtndhan,, No.
/ WindhaDa, RAYMOND and South Cdsco-AfriVe
| at IL. 90 M. close at LAO p. nj.
Rochester, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
| nections. via Portland chichester Railroads.&c..
rive at 1.45 and 600 p M close at $50 ana
| 11.4b a. m.
Cssmberland MslEs-Arrive at s.4o a. m.,. Lao
| 600 and S.35 p. m. close at $50 g. H., LAD
a. M, and $50 p. m.
Festbrook (Saccarappa)- Arrive at $40 a.
m. 1.45 and 600 p. M; close $50 and 11.45a-
m. and $50 p. m.
Cane Elizabeth and Knightvtue- Arrive at
| 500 a. NJ and p. NJ; close at 6 a. m. and Las
p. m.
Bowery Beact--Arriye at p. NJ; close 1.45
south Portland and Walard-Arrive at 8 a.
| nd Il N m a Z.OO ID,
M.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
+, Classification of Domestic Malt Mat
ter,-Domestic mail matter, 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
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the same) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
is also of the first class. .
ID class Periodical publications, namely all
newspapers and other periodical puDncatlons
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year, which Dear a
date of issue, and are numbered consecutlsey'
are issued from aknown office ofpubllcatlon
!
cl,th, leather or other substantial binding
To be of information OF puDllc
character or devoted to literature, the sciences,
art or some special indt stry, and must nave
legitimate list OF subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes;
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
i I'D Class. Books. circulars periodicals and
other matter wholly in print tnot included in
4 second-class matIer). proof Sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
! ng the same.
"Pr,ntea Natter is defined by statute to be
except that of handwriting, of any words,
letters, characters, figures or images or OF any
character of anIactual and personal correspoa
dence."
printed letter, which according to internal cyl
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
aadressce or Of the sender, or the correction OF
mere typographical errors
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first. second or ullro
classwhich is not i'll its form or nature ilaple 10
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 Weiqht of Mail Natter o package
weighing more than tour pounds snaL Sinala
cooks weighing III excess OF Inat an i; aLr
except books and documents pubnshed OF
circulated Dy Ord6f OF COHSIcco, VI cnI,esA
matter emanating from any OF the
nensrtments of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
SO Second-class matter mailed in packages
nj The pound rate is not subject to the four
al. The above limit of weight does not APP
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated py
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter.-The rate 0
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows: