The Portland daily press., 1895-11-09
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
Cdshter's Office, Sundays excepted, 7.3o a
M MI 70 1.O0 p. M; Money order department oo
d. M to 600 p m.
General DeliucYy Sundays excepted 7.3o
{" H. 70 700 p. m. Sunday 900 to looo a. Ill.
1oTrters' Dsliveries, Sundays eXcepted)JI!lh
do section of the city between High anu On
a an streets at 100 and 9.15 a. M ~ 90 H. loo
ai! ~ Ola p A.; in other sections at o:Oo q. II,
G 10y p. A. Collection from A1laiiIlc W "
3aove on Congress, 6. q. m Sunday deliVeIy as
Dce window, 900 to 1000 a: m Collectto nS
IRON street boxes at HOO a. m' 4.oo
anu csoo p. m. Sunday, 600 p. M only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Souther,, and JYestens intermediate
ollces and connections via Boston Y MAINE
rallroad, eastern division)-Arrive at ESQ
ana ll.30 p. M; close 9 a. III. az, az - IN.
o;l5 and 9.15 ,. m. Sunday. arrive l25 p. IN. !;
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter.
n I9late offices and connections, via Boston ana
n, NAME a railroad (Western diylslon)mArrlVe at
aa,So 5:30 and $50 p. M; close $3.50 d. H.
anu 2.45 p. IN.
Eastern via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
p. m.
augusta, intermediate offices and connections,
wa Maine Central railroad-Arrlye at 10y ana
300 a. N. l and 6.15 p. NJ; close at 600 a.
m. 1900 m 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
Farn,ington intermediate offices and connec-
Iions. via Maine Central Rallroad-ArriVe az
l and 615 p. NJ; close at I.4o a. M, and
12.25 p. m.
wa Knox and Lincoln rallroad-ArrlVe l
and 8 p. M; close at 500 a. m. and l2.26 p. M
Skouhcgd7,, intermediate offices and connec
uons. via Maine Central railroad-ArrlVe AT
i N. of x n
Island Pond, IT., intermediate offices and
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar.
rive at IL. II p. M; close at a. NJ ana LOO
p. m.
Gorhaan, N. H., intermediate offices and con.
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrlve az
$40 a. m and 12.15 p. M; close at 3 a. H.,
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
Scranton, IT., intermediate offices and con-
Arrive at $50 p. m.; close at3.0O a. IN.
Bartlett NJ H., intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
Arrive at 9.C0 a. m. and 8.3Op. M; close az
500 a. m. and 1925 p. m.
Duck Pond, Prtdes Corner, Windhaan, No
Wi,adhaae, RAYMOND and South Cdsco-Arriye
at IL 90 M. close at 1.45 p. NJ.
Rochester, ~. H., intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at Lao and 600 p. NJ; close at $50 and
11.45 a. m.
Cumberland Aills-Arrive at 8.4oa M. Lao
900 and $50 D. M; close at $50 a. M, LA
a. M, and $50 p. m.
Westbrook (saccarappa) Arrive at $40 a.
m. 1.45 and 600 p. IL. close $50 and 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and Kntghtville- Arrive at
500 a. m. and 2. NJ; close at a. M and Las
p. m.
Boacery Beach-Arrive at p. m.; close Las
p. m.
Classification Of Domestic Nail Mot
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:
LIST CLASS. Written matter. namely, letters
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed OF. unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets Of the samie.l 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 consecutively,
are issued from known office of publication
are formed ofprintd paper sheets. without board.
To be of information of public
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.
Sd Class Books, circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print (not included In
second-class matter), proOf-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same
Printed NATTER is defined by statute to be
1.-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 a
printed letter, which, according to internal evil
dence, is being sent in 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 matte:
not embraced in the nrst, second OF thiro
cIasSwhich 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, andnos
| above the weight provided by law
| Limit of Weight of Mail Mdtter.-No package
weighing more than tour pounds snail ne IT,
| beiYed for conveyance by mail. except slnGle
| cooks weighing In excess OF that amount. ano
except books and documents ,puDllsheu OF
circulated by order of Congress, or OMEGA tsa
Departments Of the Government or from
| the Smithsonian Institution.
80 Second-claSS matter mailed IN packS yes
| at the pound rate is not subject to the II ur-
pound limitation.
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
| postals conventions.
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