The Portland daily press., 1895-02-25
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS,

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Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted) in
business section of the city between High and In
una streets, at 100 and 9.15 a. M, .oop m, l3O,
i.3o p NJ Collection from Atlantic to
6 Gsove on Congress, 6. a. m. Sunday delivery at
pt ra,, WINDOW, 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
a s1uii = o street boxes at HOO a. m, 400
anu 900 p. m. Sunday 600 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
81 Biosto's. Southern and Western, intermediate
ra;,,es ana connections via Boston & Maine
eaiaoau Eastern division) ARRIVE at 1890,
NJ, SIS and P1 m close sa M and 1899 O.
p. H. close $50 and 9.15 D. m
~ 6dGGston, Southern and Westera, and inter
Hnieu!Iate onces and connections, via Boston and
I M Ia western divison) -Arrive at
and 2.45 p. m. ~ -'''
eastern, via Maine Central Rairoad-Arrive
a. M. and LOO p. m; close 1920 and 9.l5
Pr
Vla Maine Central railroad-Arriye at 200 and
500 a. M, LOO and 600 p. M; close at 81 a.
M. 1920. 4.15 and 9.15 D. III.
| Farn,i7a9to,1, intermediate Offices and connec.
| tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye at
| LOO ana 6.15 p. M; close at 7.45 a. M, and
12.2op. m.
Rocktaald, intermediate offices and connections
VIA Knox and Lincoln railrOad-Arrive leo
anu p. M; close at 6. Id a. m. and IL. 10 p. m.
/ :. oKotc6egd1e, intermediate offices and connec-
IONS, via Maine Central railroad-Arriye at
LOO p. m. /; close at IL. 20 p. m.
! Auburn and Lopiston-Arrive 200 and 800
a. m. and LOO and 6.15 p. M; close TAB a.
nl., 1920. 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
| ,Bangor-Arrive 200 a. M, 100 and D. M;
| close at 81 q. M. 1920 and 9.15 y. m.
| Blddeford and Sdco-Arrive at 90, g. so and
$50 p M; close at 600, 500 a. M. and 1900
m.' 245 and Bio p. m.
Island Pond IT., intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway--Ar.
rive at II 80 p. M; close at 6.35 a. m. and 90
| p. m 80
Gorham NJ H., intermediate offices and con
nectlons. via Grand Trunk railroad-Arriye at
$40 a. m. and 12.30 p. m. ; close at 6.35 a. M
LOO and 4.30 o. M @5t
Sa,g;antoa, " Intermediate Offices and con-
Arrive at 8.35 p. M. close at 90 a. m M
Bartlett, N. H., intermediate offices and CON
necttons via Mountain Division NJ. c. r. r.
Arrive at 9.C0 a. m. and S.35 p. m; close al
$40 a. nj. and 2.45 p. m
| ,D0ck Pond, Pride's Corner WSndha,n. Ne
Wa,sdhana, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arfiva
| at 1900 m. close at 1.45 p. III.
Rochester. y; H., intermediate Offices and con-
ncctions, via Portland Chichester railroad-Ar.
rye at l.45 and 800 p. m; close at $50 and
l1.45 a. m. ~
Csta,abes,ond Af,tls-Arrive at $40 a. m, Las
6'oo and 9;3S p. M; close at $50 a. H., 1l.45
Westbrook (Saccarappa) ARRIVE at s. 40 a.
N. l.45 and 90 p. H.. close $50 and I1.45 a.
| m. and $50 p. m. srFlF
Cape Elizabeth and K,ssghtviue- Arrive a.
500 a. m. and P m.; close at 6 a. IN. and las
Boaeery Beact--Arr:ve at 6 D. m. close Las
p. m. ltisa-y tf 5ls.. 5
South Portland and Wallard--Arrive ASA.
m, and 2.l5 p M; close at a. m. and 200 D.,
m.
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:
lst CLASS. Written matter. namely, letters
postal cards. and all matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed or unselled Except
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.
I'd class. Periodical publications. namely all
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year, which bear
date OF issue, and are numbered CONSEQUENTLY
are issued from known office of publication,
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without board
q tn, leather or other substantial binding
To be of information of a public
character, or devoted to literature, the sciences
art, or some special indt Stry, and must have a
legitimate list of subscribers and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
Sd Glass; Books, circulars. periodicals and
other matter wholly in print mot 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
character of anIactual and personal correspon
dence."
A"clrcular' Is defined by statute to be
printed letter, which according to internal evi
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 tho
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
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 Motter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re
beived for conveyance by mail except single
cooks weighing IN excess of that amount. and
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or official
natter eman at IRON any Of the
the Smithsonian Institution.
80 Second-claSs matter mailed in packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the four
pound limitation.
81. The above limit of weight does not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
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On First Glass Motter.-The rate
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows: