The Portland daily press., 1895-06-05
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
coshfer's Office lSnndays excepteG, 7.so
M TO ZOO p. n. Money order department a
M to 300 p. m. Registry department., 800
a. m. to 600 p. m.
General Delivery, (Sundays excepted) 7.3o
a. m. TO 100 p. m. Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deauertes, Sundays excepted)-In
business section of the city between High and In
dia streets, at 700 and bis a. m, lOOpm, l. 80,
and Ola p. M. In other sections at 90 A. M
dsaoo 1So p dnnrsao M Collection from Atlantic to
Office window, 800 to 1000 a. m. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a. M, 400
and 500 p. m. Sunday 500 p. M only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, So1dher7. and Western, intermediate
offices and a., connections via Boston & Maine
m 515 and S15 p. aDGe m snnday d w. arrive a1 1 rs
p M; close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Wester7,, and inter
Maine railroad western division)-Arrive at
LOO 5.5o and $50 p m.; close 500 a. M.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
| p m.
| augusta, intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central rairoad-Arrive at 200 and
| 500 q. m, LOO and 600 p. m.; close at els a.
| Harrington, intermediate offices and connec
| tions, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
LOO and 6.l5 p. NJ; close at z. 40 a. m., and
1920 p. m.
Rqsxlamd, intermediate offices and connections
| via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive 100
and e p. m.; close at 6.15 a. m. and 10. 10 p. m.
| Skoarhegon, intermediate offices and connec-
| tlonS, VIA Maine Central railroad-Arrive at
| LOO p. M close at 1920 p. m.
| Auburn and Letciston-Arrive 200 and 600
| a. M ana LOO and 6.15 p. m. close 7.45 a.
H., 1920 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
| BGngor-Afrive 2. 90 a. m.. LOO and p. M;
close at 615 a. m., 1920 and 9.15 p. m.
Biddeford and Saco-Arrive at 1 90, 80 and
$50 p M; close at 600, 500 a. m. and 1900
M, 2.45 and 5.15 p. m.
| Island Pond, IT., intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at 1870 p M; close at 6.35 a. m. and 100
p. m
| Gorhana, N. H., intermediate offices and con
nectlons via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m. and 1890 p. m.; close at 6.35 a. m
| LOO and 4.3O 2. m
| Scranton, IT. intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division NJ c. r. r.
Arrive at 9.35 p. m. /; close at 500 a. m.
Bartlett, N. e., intermediate offices and con.
nectionS via Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
Arrive at 9.CO a. m. and S.35 p. M; close at
! 500 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, Wi,,dhon,, No.
| WdndhaD,, Raymond and South CdSco-Arrive
| at II. 90 M close at /. 40 p H..
| Rochester, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
nections via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at Las and 600 p. m.; close at $50 and
| 11.45 a. m.
| Cumberland AfiUs-Arrive at $40 a. M, Las
600 and S.35 p. m.; close at $50 a. m, 11.45
! q. m and $50 p. m.
| Westbrook (Saccarappa) Arrive at $40 a.
m. 1.45 and 600 p. L. close $50 and IL. .45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
| Cape Elizabeth and R,,ightville-Arrive at
500 a. N. and 2. M; close at a. M and 1.45
| p m.
| Boavery Beacb-Arr!ve at 6 p. m. close Las
South Portland and WaUard-Arrive at sa,
m, and 2.l5 y. m. close at s a. m and 200 D.
m.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
| Classification OF Domestic Mail Matss
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
| writing, whether sealed or unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
! corrected proof sheets of the sanie) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against Inspection
! is also OF the first class.
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, whcn bear a
date of issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known office of publication,
cloth, leather or other substantial binding.
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.
| Sd Glass; Books, circulars, periodicals and
/ Otbar matter wholly in nrint (nOt Incn1nd in
| second-cass matrer), 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 aniactual and personal correspon
| dence."
A"circuar" is defined by statute to be
printed letter, which, according to internal evi
| dence, is being sent in identical terms to sever
| al alpersons," 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 an matter
not embraced in the 1rst, 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, andnot
| above the weight provided by law
Limit of Weight of Mail Mattcr.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re
| beived for conveyance by mail. except slngle
| cooks weighing IN excess OF that amount. and
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 fCur
81. The above limit of weight does not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated By
| postalS conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter.-The rate
postage on matter of the first class is as
| follows:
| 1. On letters and other written matter
| except that specially authorized t0 pass at
| third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
| otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
mar ounce or fraction thereof
On postel cards one cent each, the price