The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-12
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
| Cashiers Office, (Snndays excepted, 7;30
M. to 100 p. M; Money order department. o d
m. to 500 D. m Registry department, 300
a. m. to 500 p III,
General Deliyery Sundays excepted $50
a. NJ to 700 p. m. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. M.
| Carriers Ds5iueries, Sundays excepted)Iln
business section of the city between High ana IN
and 5.15 p, NJ; in other sections at 500 a. No.,
! 100 p. m. Collection from Atiantlc 70
Grove on Congress, 6. 4. m. Sunday delivery at
| Office window, 900 to 1000 q. m. CollecuonS
from street boxes at HOO a.. M, 400
and 500 D. m. Sunday, 500 p. M. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Rostoa, Southern, and Western. intermediate
offices and connections via Boston Name
Q, and 11.30 p. M; close a. m. ana I7'9 ~
M, OLD and 9.f5 p. M; Sunday, arrive l2o
p m. close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western ana inter- ae6
mediate offices and connections via Boston ana
| Maine railroad (Western divlslon)[ArrlVe at
LOO, $50 and $50 p. M; close 800 a. H'
and 2.45 p. N.
Eastern, via Maine Central Ralroad-Arriye
a. m. and 100 p. M; close 1920 and $40
! p m.
augusta, intermediate Offices and connections:
via Maine Central railroad-Arrlve al Itoo ana
| 800 "a. n LOO and 600 p. M; close aI o'Ao d.
M. 1920. Al and o. p. M.
! Fdrnai,eqto7,, intermediate offices and connec-
! tons, via Maine Central Railroad-ArrlVe at
| LOO ana els p. M; close at 7. 40 a. ni'' anu
| 12.2Op m.
Rocklond. intermediate Offices and connections
! via Knox and Lincoln raifOad-Arr1Ve l'Ou
and p. M; close at GID a. m. and lilo p. IN.
| Skoailegd1t, intermediate offices and connee-
! tons, via Maine Central rallroad-ArrlVe as
! LOO p. m. close at 12.20 p. nj.
| Aytba77, and Leacisto7s-Arrve 200 and SOC
| a. m. and LOO and CID p M; close $50 d.
H., 1920, 4.15 and 9-15 p. m.
| Bongor-Arrive 200 a. M, LOO and p m;
close at 81 a. H., 1920 and 9.15 p. M
| Biddeford and Saco-Arrive at LOO $50 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 635 a. m. ana LOU
| p. M
Gorhdnq N. H., intermediate Offices and con
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
! $40 q. nj. and 1880 p NJ close at $50 a. H.
| 100 and 4.30 q. m.
Scranton, IT., intermediate offices and CON
nections via Mountain Division M. c. H. h.
Arrive at 1856 p. m. close at 800 a. NJ
| Bartlett, N Il, intermediate OFFICES and CON
nections via Mountain Division nj. c. H. RI
Arrive at SEQ a. M and S.35 p. NJ; close at
| 500 a. N. and 2.45 p InHf
.D,tck Pond, Prides Corner, Windhdns, No
Hdndhans, Raymond and South CdSco-ArrlVs
| at r. 90 m. close at Ia p. III.
| Rochester, N. H. intermediate offices and con-
nections via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar-
rive at 1.45 and 800 p. H.. close at $50 and
| II. 40 a. m.
| Cumberland Afsus--Arrive at $40 a. M, Las
600 and 8.35 p. M; close at $50 a. M, ll.46
a. H. and $50 p. m.
| JVestbrook (S1ccardppd) Arrive at $40 a.
M. .45 and 600 p. m. close $50 and ll.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
| 500 a. m. and 2. M. close at 6 a. m. and Las
/ p III.
Boevery Beach-Arr!ve at 6 p. M; close 1.45
! p. m.
m, and 2.15 p. NJ; close at s a. m. and 200 p.
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
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets OF
| corrected proof sheets of the sameJ All mat
| ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
I'd class. Periodical publications, namely all
newspapers and other perlod1cal puollcatlons
which are issued at stated intervals ana as
/
! date of issue, and are numbered consecutlvely,
are issued from a known office OF publication,
are formed ofprntd paper sheets wtnc1t D9ard.
To be of information OF public
character or devoted to literature, the sciences,
art or some special indl 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 Glass; Books circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print mot included IN
second-class matte0, proof sheets, corrected
| proof-sheetS and manuscript copy accompany
! ng the same.
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 aniactual anu personal corlespon
| dence."
printed letter, which, according TO Internal eyl
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 tns
addressee or Of the sender, OF the correction Oh
'' 4tH TIass Merchandise namely all matter
not embraced in the first. second or third
is not IN It's form Or matne b soi co 10
! cents of the mail bag, or harm TIE person OK
any one engaged in the postal service, andnos
| above the weight provided by law.
| Limit of Weigiat Of Mail tfotter.-No package
! weighing more than toup pounds shall be re
| beiyed for conveyance by mail. except s7Arle
/ cooks weighing IN excess of that amount. ana
| except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or Official
matter emanating from any OF the
Departments of the Government or from
| the Smithsonian Institution
80 Second-class matter mailed In packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the Jour-
pound limitation.
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter.-The rate o
postage on matter of the first class is as
| follows:
/. On letters and other written matter,
except tha6 specially authorized to pass al