The Portland daily press., 1895-07-08
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

General Delivery Sundays excepted) 73o
a. m. TO 700 p m. Sunday 300 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted)-In
business section of the city between High and In
and 5.15 p. M; in other sections at 500 a. M,
l.30 p. m. Collection from Atlantic to
Grove on Congress. 6. a; m; Sunday delivery at
Office window, 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
from street boxes at 11.oo a. M. 400
and 800 p m. Sunday, 600 p. M only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
Boston, Southern and Westsr71. intermediate
offices and connections via Boston y Maine
railroad, Eastern diyision) )-ArriVe at 1880,
., and l1.30 p. M; close a. M and 11.So
a. m. 1880, 6.15 and 9.15 p. M; Sunday,
arrive 1.25 p M; close 4.3o and 9.16 p m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western division) )-Arriye at
ll.30 a. m. and 1890 $50 and $50 p M;
close 500 a. M. and 2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
ga. m. and 2. 80 p. M; close 1900 m. and 9,15
pm
augusta, intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central raroad-Arrive at 200 and
s,00a m 1890 and 81 p. M. close at 600 d.
M. 1900 m., 4.15 and 9.15 p. M
Fdrnair,gton intermediate offices and connec-
tons. via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
12.15 and 6.l5 p. m; close at .45 a. M, and
12.00 m.
.Roekla,la, intermediate offices and connections
| via Knox iand Lincoln Tailroad-Arrive 1890
and p. m.; close at 500 a. m. and 1920 pm.
Skouhegon, intermediate Offices and connee-
tons, via Maine Central railroad-ATriYe at
l2,l5 p. M; close at 1920 p. m.
Auburn and Lelciston-Arrive 200 and 900
a. m. and 1915 and 615 p. m.: close T.45aa.
m., 1920. 4.15 and 9.15 p. m
Ba',gor-Arrive 200 a. M, 1890 and 6.15
p. M; close at 6 a. m. IL m., and 9.16 p. m.
Biddeford and Sdoo-Arrive at 1890. $50
and $50 p. M close at 500, 500 a. m. and
11.30 p. M. 2.45 and 5.15 p. m. S
Island Pond, IT, intermediate offices and
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar
rive at IL. 5 p. M. close at 8 a. m. and l.. 90
p. m.
Gorhana, N. H., intermediate Offices and con-
nectlonS, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arriye at
g. 80 a. m. and II. l5 p. M; close at a. m.
LOO and 4.30 p m.
Saco7aton, IT., intermediate offices and con
nections. via Mountain Division NJ. G. r. R.
Arrive at 81 p NJ. close at 500 a. m.
Bartlett N. e., intermediate Offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. @. R. R.
Arrive at 9.c0 a. m. and 8.15 p. m.; close at
800 a. m. and 1.25 p. m.
DUCK Pond, Fride's Corner Wdndhoan, No.
Wt,edhane, Raymond and South Casco-Arriye
at 1900 m. close at l. As p. III.
Rochester, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
neetions, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at Lao and 600 p. m; close at $50 and
| 11.46 a. m.
Cumberland M,Is-Arrive at 84oa. m. l.45
600 and 8.l5 D. NJ; close at $50 a. m., 11.45
o. m, and $50 p. m
Westbrook (saccarappo) ARRIVE at $40 a.
m. 40 and 600 p. H.; close $50 and l1.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and Knightviue-Arrive at
500 a. m. and P. m.; close at a. m. and Las
4 p. m.
Boacery Beacls-Arrive at p. M; close Las
p m.
South Portland and WiNard-Arrive at 8 a.
M, and 2.15 y. m.; close at a. m. and 200 p.
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:
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
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
are issued from a known office OF publication,
are formed OF printd paper sheets, without board.
soth be leather or otnss ondn n
character, or devoted to literature, the sciences,
| art or some special indt stry, and must have a
be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
Sd Class. Books. circulars. periodicals and
other matter wholly in print (not included in
second class matterl, 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
| DerSOnaI
dence."
A"circular" is defined by statute to be a
printed letter, which, according to internal eYi-
dence, Is being sent i'll 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 correction of
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first, second or third
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the coz
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 1fatter.-No package
weighing more than tour pounds shall be re
| beiv ved for conveyance by mail. except single
cooks weighing IN excess OF that amount. ant
except books and documents published or
circulated by order OF Congress. or official
Departments of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
80. Second-class matter mailed in packa ges
at the pound rate is not subject to the ft ur-
pound limitation
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 o
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
| 1. On letters and other written matters
except that specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
| otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof.
| On postel cards one cent each, the price
fol which they are sold.
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and one cent for each ounce or
fraction thereof'at Offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established
On Second Class Matter. The rate of
postage on second-class matter when sent by
the publisher thereof, and from the office of
publication. including samples copies, or when
sent from q news agency TO actual subscribers
thereto, or to other news agents, is one cent per
pound or fraction thereof.
The irate of postage on newspapers and
periodical publications of the second-class
when sent by other than the publisher or news
agent. is one cent for each four ounces or