The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-08
PORTLAND POST-0FFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

Cashiers Office, Sundays excepted, $50 a
IN. to 100 p. M; Money order department., 8
M to 800 p m. Registry department 500
a. m. to 600 p m.
General De1ircry Sundays excepted) 7.30
a. m. to 100 p. m. Sunday 300 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Dsituertes, Sundays excepted)-In
business section of the city between High and In
iastreets at 700 and 9.15 a. M e. - m, l.3o
and 5.15 p. 81; in other sections at 500 a. M,
1.30 p. m. Collection from Atlantic to
Grove on Congress. 6. a. m. Sunday delivery at
Office window, 900 to 1000 a. IN. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a. M, 400
and 800 p m. Sunday, 600 p. M only
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Westsr7t intermediate
offices and connections via Boston & Maine
railroad, eastern division)-Arrive at 1890.
3, and i 80 p M !; close a. m. ana IL m.
5; 10 and 9.15 ?. M; Sunday, arrive 1.26 p. M;
clos3.30 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Yesterm and inter-
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad western division)-.Arrive at
1890. $50 and $50 p M; close 6.S8 a. M,
and 2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrve
Q a. m. and l pm; close 1900 m. and 9.15
p.
augusta intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central rairoad-Arriye at zoo and
9.OOa. N. and 6.15 p. M; close at 900 d.
m. 90 m., 10 and 9.15 p. m.
F1rDein1ton. intermediate Offices andgconnec-
tons. via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
ana 6.15 p. M; close at TAO a. m, and
1926 p. N.
RocIIa1,d, intermediate Offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrlye
and p. M. close at 600 a. m. ana 1925 p. m.
Skouhegan; intermediate offices and conne &C.
tons, via Maine Central rallroad-Arrlve az
p. M; close at 1925 p. IN.
Island Pond, IT., intermediate offices and
connections via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at 12.l p. H.; close at a. m. and LOO
p. m.
Gortans, N. IT.. intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad Arrive at
$40 a. M and IL. Is p. M; close at 8 a. m.
LOO and 4.30 D. m.
swonton. IT., intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division NJ. G. Il. r.
Arrive at $50 p M; close at 500 a. IN.
Bartlett, ". IT,, intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
Arrive at 600 a. m. and $50 p. M; close az
800 a. M and l2.25 p. m.
Duck Pond, Priele's Corner, Wiadhan,, No.
Wfndtdne, Raymond and South Cdsco--Arriye
at IL. 90 M. close at 1.45 p NJ
Rochester NJ H., intermediate Offices and con-
noctions, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at Lao ana 500 p. nj close at $50 and
11.45 a. m.
Cumberland Asus-Arrive at $40 a. NJ. Las
600 and $50 D. M; close at $50 a. M, 11.45
a. H., and $50 p. m.
Westbroob (saccaroppo) -Arrive at $40 a.
m. LAB and 600 p. L.; close $50 and LAO a.
m. and $50 p m.
Cape Elizabeth and KnightviVe-Arriye at
500 a. N. and 2. M; close at a. IN. and Las
p. N.
Boscery seach-Arriye at 6 p. M; close 1.45
p. m.
Classification Of Domestic Nail Nat
tes.-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 unsealed Except
| manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the sanle.) 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 a
date of ISSUE and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from a known ONCE OF pubhcation.
are formed ofprin5d paper sheets, without board.
To be OF information of public
character or devoted to literature, the sciences,
| art or some special industry, 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.
other matter wholly in print mot included IN
second-class matter), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same.
Printed matter" 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 anactual and personal correspoa-
dence."
| A"circular' is defined by statute to be 8
printed letter, which according to internal evl-
dence is being sent in identical terms to sever
| al persons" and does not lose It's character as
| such by writing therein the date, name OF the
| ADDRESSED or of the sender, or the correctlon Oh
mere typographical errors. ,
not embraced in the irst, second or third
ciasswhich is not in its form or nature liable 10
| 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 Mai Mdtter.-No packago
weighing more than four pounds snail De 70
! beiyed for conveyance by mail. except slngle
! cooks weighing In excess of that amount, ana
circulated by order of Congress, or officlal
| matter emanating from any OF the
j3enartments of the Government or from
| the Smithsonian Institution.
| "a SecOnd-class matter mailed in paeks geS
at The pound rate is not subject to the II ur-
~ 81 The above limit of weight does not ap-
/ NV TO matter in foreign mails regulated oS
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.