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Number of pupils enrolled in the district, 1003. Number of pupils 1 enrolled in the School, 454. Average attendance in the school, 400,
Salaries-Superintendent, $1,400 per year; Principal Grammar School $80 per month; Assistants in High School, $45 per month; Teachers in other schools, $45.
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Post Office-Third street, bet Walnut and Cont Avenue. Telegraph Office " Register, Building, Fourth street.
Adjutant General's Office-southwest corner Locust and Water. U. S. Marshal's Office-south-west corner Court House. . U. S. Pension Office-Sherman Block, comer Court Avenue and Third streets, second floor.
U. $ Land Office-in rear of Allen's Bank, corner Fourth and Court Avenue.
Collector of Internal Revenue-at Newman & Newton's, 72 Second. Mayor's Office-Sherman Block, corner Third and Court Avenue. City Marshal's Office-Sherman Block, corner Third and Court Av. Western Stage Co's Office-Third street, opposite Post Office. Omnibus Line-Office with Western Stage Qol .1. Express Office-Fourth street, next to Register Building, Passenger Depot C. R. L & P. R. R. corner Third and Vine.
Passenger Depot D. V. R. R .- corner Fifth and Market (East Side). Chief Engineer D. V. R. R. - Bush's Block, opposite Bavery House. Library Reading Rooms-over Allen's Bank, corner Third and Court Avenue. .
Mobre's Hall-corner Walnut and Fourth streets, W. W. Moore, Prop. Court House Hall-Court House, H. H. Griffith, Agent.
Turner's Hall-Court Avenue, opposite Avenue House, Dr. M. P. Turner, Proprietor.
Music Hall corner Walnut and Second streets. J. Ellerb, proprietor. Masonic Hall-Kuhn's Block, Court Avenue.
Odd Fellows Hall-Union Block, Court Avenue.
German Turners' Hall -- in Turner's Hall, Court Avenue.
Exchange Block-corner Walnut and Third streets.
Sherman Block-corner Court Avenue and Third street.
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EDUCATIONAL.
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School; Miss Maggie Lyon, Beventh Assistant Primary School; Mary Edwards, Eighth Assistant Primary School; Mrs. B. M. Lunt, Ninth Assistant Primary School.
Fourth Ward-Prof. C. Nourse, Principal Grammar School ; Mrs. Z. T. Dunlap, First Assistant Grammar School; Miss Libbie O Nell, Second Assistant Primary School; Miss Jennie Fagan, Third Assistant Primary School.
First Ward-Miss Lizzie A. Durgen, Principal
Salary'per year-Superintendent, $1,200 per year; Principal of fligh School, $1,000; Principal Fourth Ward School, $1,000; Assistants each $400; Principal First Ward School, $450. Average cost of tuition per week for each pupil in 1807-8, twenty-five and a half cents.
Whole qumber of pupils in the district entitled to attend schools, as by last enumeration, 2,100.' There are in the district four school Irfuses, representing a value, including grounds, of $126.000, and capdf le of seating 1,600 children.
EAST SIDE .- Board of Trustees, 1868-Hon. C. C. Carpenter, Pres- ident; Henry Perrior, Vice President; J. C. Read, Treasurer; Wm. . Lowry, Secretary.
Directors -H. N. Woods, Hon. Ed Wright, M. W. MOler.
School Board, 1860-John A. Elliott, President; Henry Perrior" Vice President; John W. Jones, Treasurer; William Lowry, Secretary.
Directors-S. P. Ives, Wesley Redhead, Charles G. Lewis.
Teachers-A, E. Roberts, Superintendent; Miss J. M. Clarko, Assist- ant Principal High School; Miss A. B. Freeman, Assistant Principal High School; Mr. G. N. Dowd, Principal Grammar School; Mre! M G. Thornton, First Intermediate School; Mrs. R. Harris, Second Inter- mediato School ; Miss E. S. Chamberlain, Third Intermediate School ; Maggie E. Barns, First Primary School ; Miss Cornelia, Turner, Second Primary School ; Miss Mary E. Bleakmore, Third Primary School ; Mrs. A. L. Libby, Fourth Primary School.
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Number of pupils enrolled in the district, 1008. Number of milpils enrolled in the School, 454. Average attendance in the school, 4001;
. Salaries-Superintendent, $1,400 per year; Principal Grammar School $80 per month; Assistants in High School, $15 per month; Teachers in wther schools, $15.
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Post Office-Third street, bet Walnut and Can't Avenue. Telegraph Office -- Register Building, Fourth street.
Adjutant, General's Office, southwest corner Licuist and Water; U. S. Marshal's Office-south-west corner Court House. 1. U. S. Pension Office-Sherman Block, corper Court Avenue and Third streets, second floor
U. 8 |Land Office-In rear of Allen's Bank, corner Fourth and Court Avenue.
Collector of Internal Revenue-at Nowman & Newton's, 72 Second. Mayor's Office-Sherman Block, corner Third and Court Avenue. City Marshal's Office+-Sherman| Block, corner Third and Court Av. Western Stage Op.'s Office- Third street, opposite Post Office. Omnibus Line-Office with Western Stage Co Express Office-Fourth street, next to Register Building. Passenger Depot O. R. L & P. R. R .- corner Third and Vine.
Passenger Depot D. V. R. R .-- corner Fifth and Market (East Side). Chief Engineer D. V. R. R .- Bush's Block, opposite Bavery House. Library Reading Rooms-over Aflen's Bank, corner Third and Court Avenue. .
Moore's Hall-corner Walnut and Fourth streets, W. W. Moore, Prop. Court House Hall -- Court House, H. H. Griffith, Agent.
Turner's Hall-Court Avenue, opposite Avenue House, Dr, M. P. Turner, Proprietor.
. Music Hall- corner Walnut and Second streets, J. Hierb, proprietor. Masonic Hall-Kubn's Block, Court Avenue. .
Odd Fellows Hall- Union Block, Court Avenue German Turners' Hall-in Turner's Hall, Court Avenue. Exchange Block- corner Walnut and Third streets.
Sherman Block-corner Court Avenue and Third street.
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Register Building-Fourth street, near Bavery House. Turner's Block-Court Avenue, opposite Avenue House. Union Block-corner Court Avenue and Fourth street. Bush's Block-Walnut street, opposite Savery House. Vincent's Block -Walnut street, opposite the Savery House. . Jones' Block-Locust street between 4th and 5th (East Side). Good Templars' Hall, Howell's Block, 33 Court Avenue. Hierb's Block-corner Walnut and Second streets. Firemen's Building -- Fourth street, near Walnut. U. S. Post Office Building -- corner Court Avenue and Fifth street.
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Saveryi House-G. W. Savery, Proprietor, corner Fourth and Walnut. De Moine House-John Carron, Proprietor, cor. Water and Waight. City Hotel-Kinnick & Barngrover, Proprietors, Third street, between Walnut and Court Avenue.
Avenue House-J. H. Long, Proprieter, Court Avenue, bet Tk rd and Fourth.
Pacific House-John Hilbert, Proprietor, Fourth, near C. R. I.f& Pac.
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Buckeye House-Woodbury & Co., Proprietors, corner Third and Market. 1
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Alleghany House-L. Frantz, Proprietor, corner Second and Market. South Des Moines House-Smith Martin, Proprietor.
Washington House-Cyrus Millner, Proprietor, corner Front and Washington, South Des Moines.
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Hawkeye House -- John Anderson, Proprietor, Market st., East Side.
Capitol House-A. Groves, Proprietor, Court Avenue, East Side.
Shannon House -- Shannon & McCaulley, Proprietors, Fifth street, East Side.
Pennsylvania House-Lewis between Second and Third.
Huegle, Proprietor, Court Avenne,
Valley House-A. L. Bryan, Proprietor, Market, between First and Second, East Side.
New York House-Alfred Blashier, Proprietor, Third, between Court Avenue and Vine, East Side;
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DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
Officers-President, A. Faylor, Jasper county; Vice President, D. V. Cole, Polk county ; Secretary, A. H. Swan, Warren county; Treasurer, J. Jacoby, Warren county; Marshal, D. McCard, Jasper county.
This Association embraces the counties of Story, Polk, Marshall, Jasper, Webster, Hardin, Boone, Hamilton, Dallas, Madison, Warren, Adair, Mahaska, Greene, Poweshiek, Marion, and Lucas. Its annual exhibitions are held on the grounds of the Driving Park Association, which are amply sufficient for the display of articles presented for exf hibition. There is water in abundance about the grounds, a splendid half-mile track, an extensive amphitheater, good and convenient stalls.
DRIVING PARK ASSOCIATION.
Officers-S. F. Spoford, President . John Mc Williams, Vice President ; F. R. West, Treasurer ; 1, F. Bartle, Secretary.
Directors J. B. Stewart, Martin Tuttle, Hort Sherman, George Crawford.
This Association was incorporated May 1st, 1860 with a capital stock' of $10,000. The grounds comprise about sixty-six acres, which Are; nearly surrounded by water, The Park is beautifully situated, about one-half mile from the Court House, is covered with forest trees, and enclosed with a high fence, inside of which is growing finely an ()Hago' Orange hedge. [On] the grounds'la a good half-mile track, an pmphi-" theater which will accommodate fifteen| hundred people, stafle for horses, etc. The Park is a favorite resort for pic-nlos, parties, cut.
The office of the President and Secretary is in Sherman Block, corner Court Avenue and Third streets.
PIONEER MUTUAL SAVINGS, LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
Officers-J. M. Moody, President, A. L, F. Mower, Vice President ; | G. B. Hammer, Secretary ; T. E, Settle, Treasurer !!
Directors-HI. Marion Fagan, M. D., John A. Elliott, J. W. Randolph, . D. V. Touzelin, M. W. Miller, James R. Crawshaw, Samuel Stansbery, John Duff, A. J. Flynn. Banker, B. F. Allen's Bank, Des Moines, .
This Association was incorporated August 26th, 1808. Its object is the accumulation of a fund by the savings of the members thereof,
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sufficient to enable them respectively to purchase lots, or to build or · purchase for themselves dwelling-Houses, or to invest in such a manner as they severally may deem most advantageous.
. The number of shares issued; by the Association is twenty-five hun- dred, but may be increased to five -thousand, and the value of each share is $200; No stockholder, shall hold more than fifteen whole shares, or be entitled to more than one vote. Any person being of the age of twenty one years or upward, may become members. Females and minors may hold stock.
DES MOINES IRON WORKS
Officers-F. M. Mills, President; F. H. Boyer, Secretary and Treas- urer; A. J. Fhunck, Superintendent Reaper Factory ; Chas. C. Little, Superintendent of Foundry and Machine Shop.
Works on Walnut street, near Walnut street bridge, (East Side). Manufactures Machines and Engines of all kinds, Reapers, Cane Mills, Flows, and Cultivators.
DES MOINES GAS COMPANY.
Oficerx-E. F. Hooker, President ; B. F. Allen, Treasurer; John . Morris, Secretary ; G. B. Wicks Superintendent.
Office at the Gas Works, corner Second and Elm streets.
IOWA LAND COMPANY. 1
Officers-P. ; M. Casady, President; J. M. Tuttle, Vice President; H. L. Tidrick, Secretary.
Capital Stock, $200,000. Offre No. 4, Sherman Block, Third street,
DES MOINES COAL COMPANY.
Ofkers-S. F. Spofford, Presidenti; Wesley Redhead, Secretary ; B. F. Allen, Treasurer ; Wesley Redhead, Superintendent ; Wm. Phillips, Attorney.
Directors-Hoyt Sherman, S. F. Spoford, J. W. Rodefer, L. W. Dennis, Wesley Redhead.
AMERICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY.
Oficers-George M. Bartholomew, President, Hartford, Conn .; Danic L. Harris, Vice President, Springfield, Mass .; Geo. H. Warner, Secre- tary, Hartford, Conn ; 3. C. Suvery, Superintendent, office No. Bowling Green, N. Y, and No, 60-Walnut, Des Moines, Iowa. .
This Company furnishes emigrants with; through tickets, (at lowest rates), going or returning beteen Europe and all inland places in the United States and Canndas, exercise ample protection over all consigned to their care, make exchanges of money, and grant letters of credit between the different countries, bity lands and sell (to actual settlers only). Central offices at all the princigal emigrani ports both sides the Atlantic, and the Company refer to leading bankers at such places.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
INSURANCE COMPANIES
EQUITABLE LIFE OF IOWA.
Capital Stock, $100,000.
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Oficers-P. M. Casady, President; Hoyt Sherman, Secretary; H. L. Whitman, M. D., Medical Examiner ; Wesley Redhead, Vice President ; F. F. West, Treasurer; J. S. Polk, Counsel; A. Morris General Agent. Directors for 1860-B. F. Alleb. F. R. West, F. M. Hubbell, P. M. Casady, J. C. Jordan, J. M. Tuttle, W. Redhead, W. 8. Pritchard, Isaac Cooper, Hoyt Sherman, F. M. Mills R. L. Tidrick. A. Bowers, Wm. T. Smith, G. C. Tichenor.
Principal office, No. 4 Sherman Block, Des Moines, Ibwai
HAWKEYE-FIRE.
Assets, $140,003 26. Officers-E. J. Ingersoll, President; E. B. Whitcomb, Secretary; B. F. Allen, Treasurer. -
Directors-J. Callanan, Jr., B. F. Allen, J. B. Tiffin, F. W. Palmer, W. 8. Pritchard, E. J. Ingersoll .. Office, Fourth street, near Court Avenne.
" STATE-FIRE.
Assets, $107,595 44| * Officers-M. S. Dickerson, President; J. W. Cattell Treasurer ; C. P. Holmes, Secretary. Directors-M. S. Dickerson, Ira Cook, J. W. Cattell, F. M. Mille R. W. Dickey, Jas. McQuiston, O. B. Ayers, W. J. Carpenter, Jas. Mathews.
Office, Exchange Block.
WESTERN-FIRE.
Net Assets, $131,173.12. Offers-Geo. W. Clark, President; Jno. Mc Williams, Treasurer; W. H. Quick, Secretary! Directors-Geo. W. Jones, 8. F. Spofford, Jno. Mc Williams, W. H. Quick, Geo. W. Clark, Hon. C. C. Nourse, Des Moines; J. J. Browne, Hon. Alvin Saunders, E. Creighton, Omaha, Neb. Office, Sanford's Block, 87 Court Avenue
UNION-FIRE.
Paid up Capital, $100,000.00. Officers-G. M. Hippee, President; R. C. Doty, Vice President ; R. H. Eddy, Secretary ; S. F. Spofford, Treasurer; Chas. F. Spofford, General Agent!
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LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
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Directors-B. F. Allen, F. M. Mills, I. S. Dicks, H. M. Bush, Geo W. Jones, N. T. Vorst, G. M. Hippee, S. F. Spofford, Chas. G. Lewis, 3.8. Spofford, A. S. Vorse, D O. Finch, T. W. Hallam, D. Hallam, Tho las Hatton, jrl; Dt. D. V. Cole.
Office, Turner's Building, Court Avenue.
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LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Rooms cfirner Fourth and Court Avenue streets.
Oficers-President, John A. Elliott ; Vice-President, Geo. P. Jones; Treasurer, W. S. Pritchard; 'Recording Secretary, George J. North ; Jas. L. Kendal, Corresponding Secretary.
Directors-Seward Smith, C. R. Ainsworth, J. II. Given, G. A. Stewith John McWilliams, John A. Elliott,
Executive Committee-Rev. H. B. De Forest, Seward Smith, Jo in Mc Williams, Jas. L. Kendall, C. A. Dudley.
Lecture Committee-Levi J. Brown, John McWilliams, Geo. P. Jones, Will. J. Sharman, F. J. Cressey.
Committee on Arts and Relics-Rev. J. A. Nash, Rev. E. Lounsbery, Hoyt Sherman, Thos. Cavanagh; N. B. Baker.
Rooms open from 2 to 5 r. j. and from 6 to 10 P. M.
The officers apd directors are elected annually on the first Monday in May. The oficers are also ex officio members of the Board of Directors. The number of members is unlimited. The payment of fifty dollars in cash, books or other property constitutes a life-membership; twenty five dollars, a membership for ten years; fifteen dollars, five years ; fort dollars, one year. It is from the proceeds of these memberships th. the Association Is sustained.
The Association was organized December 13, 1866, and was incorpo rated on the 17th of the same month. The number of life-members in May, 1868, mas eighty-six. The rooms of the Association are nicely fitted up, and supplied with the necessary furniture. The library was opened September, 1867, with 3,300 books on its shelves, which were selected with great care. Since that time numerous additions by put chase and donation have been made, so that the library now consists Poetry, 178; Fiction, 273; Amed Memoir, 215; Religion, Theology, and 195; Travel, Adventure, and Discovery, French and Ancient History, 118; Con- 2,741 volumes, classified as follows : ican History, 209;| Life and Church History, 199 ; Science, 149; American Literature, 86; tinental and European History, 138; English Literature, 202; Bohn's
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Classical Library, 42; books not classified, 734. The Reading Room is furnished with forty-nine newspapers and periodicals. The foundation has been laid for a museum of curiosities, art-relics and geological specimens. Several contributions have already been made to this department.
The city may well be proud of so valuable a contributor to its literary and educational advancement as this Association. It is only necessary to complete the work begun, to inaugurate a system of endowment so as to throw open its doors free to the public. I
NEWSPAPERS.
Daily Register, Register Building, Fourth street, near Savery House. · ssued every morning except Monday.
Weekly Register, Register Building, issued every Wednesday morning.
Iowa Statesman, Upion Block. | Issued each evening except Sunday.
Daily Bulletin, Fourth street, near Register Building !. Issued each
evening except Sunday.
Iowa Homestead and Farm Journal, Register Building. Issued each
Tuesday.
Temperance Standard and Platform, Jones' Block, (East Side), Issued every Saturday.'
Western Jurist, Register Building, Fourth street. Issued bi-monthly. Iowa School Journal, Register Building, Fourth street. Issued monthly.
OFFICIAL |DIRECTORY
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UNITED STATES OFFICERB.
U. S. Land Office .- Stewart Goodrell, Receiver; F. G. Clarke, Regis- ter. Office in rear of Allen's Bank.
U. S. Marshal-George W. Clark; office s. w. corner |Court House. Alexander Bowers, Deputy.
Pension : Agency. +J. D. Thompson, Agent ; office in Sherman Block, second floor, Third street. Dr. C. HI. Rawson, Medical Examiner for Pensions; office over Reed's leather store, 61 Walnut street.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
U. S. Ravenue.L. P. Sherman, Collector; office with U. S. Marshal. A. Newton, Deputy Assessor and Gauger; office with Newman & Newton, 52 Second street.
Representative in Congress-Hon. Francis W. Palmer.
STATE OFFICERS.
Gorernor-Samuel Merrill.
Private Secretary to the Governor-John S. Runnells. Lieutenant Governor-John Scott, Nevada. Adjutant- and Inspector-General-Nathaniel B. Baker. Clerk to the Adjutant General-Frank Sutton. Acting Quartermaster-General-Nathaniel B. Baker. Clerk to the Quartermaster-General-George W. Bourne. Secretary of State-Ed Wright.
Deputy Secretary of State-William H. Fleming.
Auditor of State-John A. Elliott. Deputy Auditor of State-Samuel A. Ayres.
Treasurer of State-Samuel E. Rankin.
Deputy Treasurer of State-Isaac Brandt.
Register of the State Land Office-Cyrus C. Carpenter. Deputy Register of the State Land Office-John M. Davia Attorney-General-Henry O'Connor, Muscatine.
Superintendent of Public Instruction-Abraham S. Kissell. Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction-Lewis L Coulter. State Printer-Frank M. Mills.
State Rinder-James S. Carter.
State Geologist-Charles A. White, Iowa, City. istant State Geologist-O. H. St. John, Waterloo. Suite Librarian-John C. Merrill,
Superintendent of Weights and Measures-A. N. Currier, Iowa City. Commissioner of Land Claims-Josiah A. Harvey, Sidney. 1
Commissioner of War Claims-John N. Dewey.
Where not otherwise stated, the post-office address of State officers is Des Moines.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Clerk -Harry H. Griffiths. Deputy-J. M. Griffiths.
Treasurer-Chas. G. Lewis. Deputy-S. 8. Geddis.
Sheriy-P. H. Van Slyck. Deputy -Oscar A. Persing.
Recorder-I. N. Th mas.
Judge-John B. Miller.
Auditor-John B. Miller.
Attorney-Chas. C. Nourse.
Surveyor-J. B. Bausthan!
Physician-A. G. Field.
Superintendent of Common Schools-Rev. J. A. Nashi; oflice in the . Court House.
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DES MOINES TOWNSHIP . OFFICERS.
Supervisors-Hoyt Sherman J. H. McClaland. Justices of the Place-L. A. Crane, M. W. Folsom. Constables-V. E. Rowley, William De Ford : Clerk-Samuel Moore. Assessor-Charles Rommel. Trustees-Ira Cook, E. 8. Stout, James M. Ballinger.
LEE TOWNSHIP OFFROERA.
Supervisors-Joslah B. Timp, M. H. King. Justices of the Peace-G. B. Hammer, William Hallett. Constable-Andrew Butt. Clerk-William Matthews. Assessor-C. O. Fisher.
Trustees-H. A. Cregg, A. Boys, John Raling.
POST OFFICE.
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Office at present, Third Street, near Court Avenue.
POSTAL RULES
To insure their correct transmission and delivery, letters should be plainly Idirected in ink; if to a large city the street and number, or . letter box, should be given ; and if not to by important city or town, the county as well as, office and State should be given.
Prepayment by stamps is required on all letters to places within the United States at the rate of three cents per half ounce on fraction thereof.
Letters insufficiently stamped are returned to the writers, if known, for the additional postage; otherwise they ate forwarded ! and the! amount due collected on delivery.
Letters not prepaid by stamps, those bearing stamps cut from stamped envelopes, or reyeque stamps, or such stamps' as were in use prior to 1861, are treated as " unmailable," and, unless the writers are known, are sent to the Dead Letter Office. .
Full prepayment by stamps is required os all transient printed matter, foreign and domestic.
All drop-letters must be prepaid by postage stamps.
. ] Letters addressed to initials and fictitious persons or firms are not de- liverable.
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POST OFFICE.
Samples of flour, sugar, tobacco, and packages containing poisons, explosive chemicals, oils, liquids of any kind, or any thing liable to · injure or endanger the safety of the mails, will' not be received.
Valuable letters should in all cases be registered when money is designed to be sent, money orders or drafts should,&# practicable, bo procured. MONEY should never be enclosed in an ordine y letter.
1 Letters bearing ai request to return to the writer if & bclaimed within thirty days or less, written or printed, with the writer's name, post-office and State across the left-hand side of the envelope, will be so returned free of postage. This precaution is recommended de a certain and early means of recovering valuable letters not delivered, and also of knowing whether letters are received by the persons to whom they are addressed. 1
Lettere are " forwarded" to any place in the United States without additional postage, but neither newspapers to regula! subscribers, or transient printed matter, can be re-mailed or forwarded without prepay- ment at transient rates.
Any written communication in or upon any newspaper, pamphlet, magazine, or other printed matter sent in the mail, subjects the package to letter postige and the person sending the same to a severe penalty.
OFFICE RULES.
Box Rents are by law payable in advance at the beginning of each quarter, and all boxes and drawers on which the rent remains due and . unpaid on the 10th day of each quarter , will be held and declared " rucant." All the mail matter in one box must be taken out by one party, and will not be separated for different persons renting the same box.
Persons haring boxes are cautioned to have their letters and papers ad- dressed to the same. This precaution is necessary, as the large and rapidly increasing number of boxes occupied, and the great Sumber of persons of the same nod similar names using different boxe fenders ft imipossible for clerks to make accurate distribution unles the box is indicatedl.
Clerks are instructed to deliver mail matter from boxes only to person's renting the same, or upon their written order, or to those known to be authorized to receive it.
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Clerks aro instructed in no case to open mail pouches after they have been locked, for the purpose of mailing letters for individuals .; The times of closing of the mails are published in the city papers so that all. can be advised, and the mails are never closed until the latest moment of the time fiked.
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OFFICE HOURS
For the delivery of mail and sale of #amps, 7 A. M. to 7} P. M. On Sundays, 87 to 10 A. M. For money order business, from 8 A. M. to 6 r. M except Sundays. "Registered lettera are received or delivered during all regular office hours.
These rules will be varlod should changes, from accident or otherwise, in the arrival of important mails, make it necessary for the accommo- dation of the public.
MONEY ORDER DEPARTMENT.
The money order system presents all safe, cheap, and convenient method of transmitting small sums through the mails. It is not the design of the system to facilitate the financial transactions of the mer- cantile community by assuming the functions of banks in the furnishing of exchange for large sums of money, but to promote the convenience of the general public in the transmission of amall sums to all parts of the country. . Orders are limited to $50, but additional orders not exceeding the aggregate sum of $150 00, can be procured by the same person at the same time,
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RATES.
Orders not exceeding $20.00. .10 cents.
Orders over $20.00 and not exceeding 0.00 15 cents. Orders over $20,00 and not exceeding $40.00 .20 cents.
Orders, over $40,00 and not exceeding $50.00 25 cents.
REGISTRY DEPARTMENT
Valuable lettters will, upon application be registered to any part of the United States, or to Canada, Great Britain, Holland, tlie Italian States, or States of the North German Union, Including Austria. The postage and fee to be prepaid. Fee 20 cents to any place in the United States; 5 cents to Canada and Nova Scotia,- 8 cents to the other .countries named.
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