The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-31
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE-
OFFICE HOURS 9.

Coshfeys 06fce, Sundays excepted, $50
IN. to 500 p. m. Registry department, 900
a. m. TO 600 p. m.
General DeLiueyN fSundays excepted 7.3G
a. m. to 100 p. IN. Sunday 800 TO 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deiiueries, Sundays excepted)---fn
business section oil the city between High and In
dia streets at 100 and 9.15 4. m. II. 40 m, 1.3o
and 5.l5 D. n; in other sections at 500 d. H.,
1.3o p. n. Collection from Atlantic to
Grove on Congress, g. u. m Sunday delivery al
Office window 900 to 1000 a. M Collections
from street boxes at 11.00 a. m. 400
and 800 p. m. Sunday, 600 p. IN. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS,
Boston, Southern and IVester1, intermediate
Offices and connections via Boston & Maine
railroad. eastern dyision)-Arriye at 1890.
Q, and l1.30 p. M. close a. In. and II m.
g. and 9.15 p M Sunday, arrive 1.25 p. m.
clos3.30 ana 9I5 p. IN.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter-
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western division)-Arrive at
1890. $50 and $50 p. M; close G.SS a. m.,
and 245 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
a. m. and L p.m.i close 1900 m, and 915
p. III.
augusta. intermediate Offices and connections.
via Maine Central railroad-Arriye at 200 and
9.ooa. N. and 6.l5 p. M; close at 600 d
M. ZOO m., Alb and 9.15 p. m.
EufH1i1lgfOT, intermediate Offices ana COnnSS-
tons via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye at
] and 6.15 p. M; close at 40 a. m, and
1925 p. m.
Rocltland, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln rallroad-Arrlye
and p. m; close at 600 a. m. and l2Z5 p m.
Skolcfegd17 intermediate offices and connec-
tons. via Maine Central railroad-Arriye at
1 p M; close at 1925 p. M
Island Pond, u, intermediate offices and
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
q * n m n of o M
p. m.
Gorha,n, N. H., intermediate offices and con
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive az
$40 a. IN. and II. 10 p. M; close at 8 a. m.
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
Scranton, IT., intermediate Offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division M. C. r. r.
Arrive at $50 p. M; close at 500 a. IN.
Bartlett N. H., intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. G. R. R.
Arrive at geo q. m. and 8.30p. M; close az
500 a. M. and 1928 p. m.
Duck Pond, Pr'ide's Corner, Windhana, No
WindhdDa, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arriya
at 2. 90 m. ; close at 1.45p p. III.
Rochester. NJ H., intermediate offices and con-
noctiOns via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at Lao ana 600 p. N; close at $50 ana
11.45 a. m.
Cumberland Msus-Arrive at $40 a. NJ. Lao
500 and $50 D. M; close at $50 a. M. LAO
a. M, and $50 p m.
Restbrook (,Saccarappa)- at $40 a.
m. 1.45 and 500 p. III close $50 and ll.45 a.
m. and 5.3O p m.
Cape Elizabeth and Knightuile-Arrive at
500 a. NJ and F. M; close at a. IN. and Lao
p. m.
Bowery Beach-Arrive at p M; clcse Las
p. m.
Classification OF Domestic Nail 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:
LIST class. Written matter. namely, letters.
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly IN
writing whether sealed or unseaed except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the samel All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against lnspecllon
is also of the first class.
newspapers and other periodical pubhcations
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year., when bear a
date of issue, and are numbered conseeutlyely,
are issued from known once o. Ruoi1teSatlo rd
f 70 be sea'u Of VI information Of a public
| character or devoted to literature, the sciences,
art. or some special indt stry, and must have 2
| legitimate list of subscribers, and must not
| be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
ed Class, Books, circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print (not included 10
second class lnatter), proof sheets, corrected
proof-sbeets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same.
Printed matter is defined by statute to be
othe reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that of handwriting, of any words.
I'ietters, characters figures or images or OF any
combination thereof, not having the
character of aniactual and personal cofrespou-
dence."
A"crcular' is defined by statute to be
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
| addressee or of the sender, or the correctlon OF
mere typographical errors
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all maItes
not embraced in the hrst, second OF tniro
cIasswhich is not in its form or nature liable TO
| destroy, deface OF otherwise damage the con-
| tents OF the mail bag, or harm the person Oh
| any one engaged in the postal service, andnos
above the weight provided by law
| Limit of Weight of Mail AfGtter.-No package
weighing more than tour pounds snail pc 10
| beiyed for conveyance by mail. except Single
| 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 from
| the Smithsonian Institution.
| 90 Second-clasS matter mailed IN pacKS ges
| AT The pound rate is not subject to the telf-
| pound limitation. .,a,,4 49,, -. -,
| ply TO matter in foreign mails regulated by
postals conventions.