The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-09
WHITE STORE.
Congress St.
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

Cashiers Office. Sundays excepted, 7.So
m. to 9. 90 p NJ; Money order department, 9
M to 200 2. M Registry department, 900
General Dettrerp, Sundays excepted) 7So
an. 10 100 p. m Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Dssivertes Sundays excepted)-In
business section OF the city between High and In
dia streets at 100 and s.1o a. M. IL 40 m. 1.30
and Id p. ~; in other sections at 500 a. m,
1.3O p. 81. Collection from Atlantic to
Gso Na on Congress, g. 2, m; Sunday delivery at
from street boxes a. iioo a. oo me- 4oo
and 600 p. m. Sunday, 600 p. m. ouly.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
Boston, Southern ana Westsrn intermediate
OFFICES and connections via Boston Maine
railroad, eastern division) at 1890.
Q, and ll.30 p. m. close a. m. and IL m.
5:15 and 9.15 ?. M; Sunday arrive LBS p m;
clos3.30 and 9.15 p m.
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 6.88 d. H.
and 2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
2 a. m. and pm; close 1900 NJ and els
pm.
augusta, intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arriye at 200 and
zoo q. m. l and 6.l5 P. M; close at 600 d
M. 1900 H., 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
Pennington, intermediate offices and connec-
| tons. via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye at
! ana 6.15 p. m.; close st 7.45 a. m. and
1925 D. m.
.Roekaand. intermediate Offices and connections
via KlIox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive
and 6 p. M; close at 600 a. m. and 1926 p. m
SkoHhegan, intermediate offices and connec
tons. via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at
p M: close at 1925 D. m.
Island Pond, IT., intermediat to offices and
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar
rive at 1890 p. m.; close at a. m. and 100
.. m.
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive
$40 a. m. and 1890 p. m.; close at 7 a. m.
LOO and 4.3o .. m.
Scranton, IT., intermediate Offices and con-
nectlons, via Mountain Division NJ. G. r. r.
Arrive at $50 p. NJ; close at 500 a. m.
Bartlett N. a., intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. G. R. r.
Arrive at SEQ a. M and $50 p H.; close as
800 a. m. and 2.45 p m.
Duck Pond, Pyides Corner, Wi,dhana, No.
| Wt'ldhana, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arrive
at 1900 m. close at 40 p. II.
Rochester, y. H. intermediate offices and con-
noctions, via Portland &Roehester railroad-Ar-
rive at Las ana 500 p. M; close at so and
11.4b a. M
Cumberland Ktus-Arrive at $40 M. Las
600 and $50 D. NJ. close az so a. m. 1l.45
a. NJ, ana $50 p. NJ.
Rest6rook (Soccarappa) ARRIVE 1t $40 a.
m. 40 and 90 p L.. close $50 ana Las a
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and MISUNDERSTANDING at
800 a. m. and 2. NJ; close at a. m. and AS
pm.
Bo,cery Beach-Arrive at p. No.. ; clGse Las
p m.
4 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:
LIST CLASS. Written matter namely, letters.
postal cards and all matter wholly or partly ~
! writing, whether sealed or unssaled (except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the same.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against Inspection
I'd class. Periodical publications, namely. all
new spapers and other periodical puohcatiohs
whith are issued at stated m'ery hicn a hsar
date of issue, and are numeerea consS SsiS'
are issued from known ONCE OF puoncatlon,
clth. leather or other substantial binding.
TO be of information OF public
character, devoted to literature, ans sciences
legitimste list of subscribers, and must not
he designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
al ;,lass. Books, circulars, periodicals and
Other matter wholly in print (not included in
: second-class matter), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
NJ P siiH matter" is defined by statute 10 be
che 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"ctrcular" is defined by statute to be
printed letter, wnich, 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
ADDRESSED or OF the sender, Or the correction OF
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise namely all matte
not embraced in the iirst, second or third
cIasswhich is not in its form or nature liable to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con.
tents OF The mall bag, or harm the person or
any one engaged in the postal service, andnoe
above the weight provided by law
limit of Weight of Mol Mdtter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds snail be re
beiyed for conveyance by mail except single
cooks weighing In excess OF that amount. ana
except books and documents pubhsned or
circulated by order of Congress, or on1clal
matter emanating from any OF the
Departments of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
80 Second-claSs matter mailed in packs ges
at the pound rate is not subject to the tt ur-
pound limitation.
81. The above limit of weight does not APP
J ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
postals conventions.