The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS
III Cashiers Office, Sundays excepted, 7.3o a
M 10 100 p H.; Money order department
m to 500 p. m Registry department, 900
a. m. to 600 p. m,
Genera1 = De1trcrg, Sundays excepted 7.3o
a. M to TOO p m. Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Dsitvertes, Sundays excepted In
business section OF the city between High ana ID N
ula Streets at 100 and g. a. III. 12.45 p m, I5o
and OLD p. ~; in other sections at 500 q. m
d.5o p. 70. Collection from Atlantic 70
ee on G0npe oo g. sunday Gesefy
from street boxes at 100 a. M. 400
and zoo p m. Sunday, 600 D. M ouly
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Western. intermediate
eof1ces and connections via Boston y NAME
railroad. eastern division) -Arrlve at lz.oo'
8, and 11.30 p. M; close a. M and ~ m.
clos33O and 9.I5 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter-
mediate offices and connections, via Boston ana
Maine railroad (Western d1y1Slon) Arrive az
1880. $50 and $50 D. m close 6.59 a. m.,
| and 2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
2 a. m. and 1 pm; close l2.0O m. and 9.l5
p. m.
via Maine Central rairoad-Arrive at 200 and
900 a. ~ / and 6.15 p. M; close at 600 a.
M, IL. 90 nl., 4.15 and 81 D. m.
Farnstpgto,,, intermediate Offices and eonnec-
lions. via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
| and 6.15 p. M; close at 745 a. M, and
1926 p. m.
Rockland, intermediate Offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arriye l
| lSkoarhegan, intermediate offices and connec-
| tons. via Maine Central railrOad-Arriye at
1 p. m; close at 12.25 p. M
| int
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar
rive at 1890 p. M. close at a. m. and 90
| y. m.
Gorhdno, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
| nectionS via Grand Trunk Authoritative at
$40 a. m. and 1880 p. M; close at 7 a. M,
| LOO and 4.30 p. m.
| Savanton IT., intermediate offices and CON
nections, via Mountain Division M. c. r. R.
Arrive at $50 p. M. close at 800 a. IN.
| Bartlett, N, H., intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
| Arrive at 600 a, m. and $50 p. M; close at
! 500 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
puck Pond. Prtde's Corner, Wt,adhana, No.
! Wdndhan,. Raymond and South Caseo-Arrive
at 1900 M; close at Las p H.
Rochester, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
| rive at Lao and 600 p. m; close at $50 and
IL ID a. m.
Ctsn,bersas,d Atlls-Arrive at $40 a. M. Las
| 600 and s. 80 D. M close aJ 6. so a. m. 1145
g. m, and $50 p. NJ.
Westbrook (Saocarappa) Arrive 1T $40 a.
m 145 and 800 p. L.; close $50 ana 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p. M
Cape Elizabeth and Kssigttvi1e--Arrive at
| 500 a. NJ and 6 p m.; close at a. m. and l. As
/ p. IN.
| Bol0ery Beach-Arr!Ye at 6 p. M; close 1.45
p. NJ
Classification Of Domestic Mail Ma
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
corrected proof sheets of the same.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
| is also of the first class.
I'd class. Periodical publications, namely all
new ;papers and other periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year,, which bear a
are issued from known office of publication.
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without board.
b ea'n Of Or o1nes Ct pub:
character, or devoted to literature the sciences,
art, or some special indt stry, 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 Class. Books, circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly i'll print mot included in
second-elass 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 aniactual and personal correspou-
| aance."
A"circular" is defined by statute to be a
printed letter, which, according to internal evil
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
addresses or OF the sender, or the correction of
mere Typographical errors.
Ath Class Merchandise. namely all matte
| not embraced in the nrst, second or third
| classWhich 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 1ddN MGtter.-No package
| weighing more than four pounds shall be re
| beived Tor conveyance by mail. except single
| cooks weighing in excess OF that amount. and
except books 2nd documents published OF
| circulated by order of Congress, or official
matter emanating from any OF the
| Department 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 Il ur-
| pound limitation.
81. The above limit of weight does not APP
| ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
| postals conventions