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New Postal Regulations. 
If you will cut this out and stick it in 
your memorandum book, says the Chicago 
Times , you will find it convenient for ref¬ 
erence, and be spared the trouble and ex¬ 
pense of writing letters of inquiry to the 
newspapers. On and after October 1, 1883, 
letter postage will be two cents for each 
half ounce or fractional part thereof be¬ 
tween all points in the United States. The 
rate will then be the same on drop letters 
and all others. No changes have been made 
in rates on other classes of matter. On 
and after July 1, 1883, you can obtain at 
any money order office postal notes in 
the sums of $5 and under by payiug a fee 
of three cents. These postal notes will be 
made payable to bearer without corre¬ 
sponding advices. They will be payable 
at any money order office within three 
months of the date of issue. After the 
lapse of that time the holder can obtain 
the par value only by applying to the 
postoffice department at Washington. On 
and after July 1, 1883, you can obtain a 
postal money order for as large a sum as 
$100. The present limit is $50. The fees 
on and after that date for orders will be as 
follows: Not exceeding $10, eight cents; 
from $10 to $15, ten cents; from $15 to $30, 
fifteen cents; from $30 to $40 twenty cents; 
from $40 to $50, twenty-five cents; from 
$50 to $60, thirty cents; from $60 to $70, 
thirty-five cents; from $70 to $80, forty 
cents; from $80 to $100, forty-five cents. 
The postal notes will, no doubt, be found 
more convenient in one respect than the 
fractional paper currency was, since they 
can be obtained for any number of cents 
under $5. There will also be less liability 
to loss by theft than there was when frac¬ 
tional notes were used for transmission 
through the mails, esiiecially if the de¬ 
partment uses judgment in prescribing the 
size and form of the notes, and in selecting 
the paper on which they are to be printed. 
On the other hand, they will be less con¬ 
venient in that they can only be obtained 
at money order offices at a considerable 
sacrifice of time, especially in large cities. 
It will be observed that after the 1st of 
October the cost of sending any sum under 
$5 by postal note will be five cents—two 
cents postage and three cents fee. The new 
fees on orders are considerably less than 
the old; but it will be found, no doubt, 
that they can be reduced still further and 
considerably simplified without loss to the 
department. The postmasters will have a 
little more to do probably, when the new 
provisions of law come into operation. It 
is not likely, however, that many of them 
will resign in consequence. Congress, it 
may be added, has taken care to protect 
postmasters against the consequences of 
the reduced rate of postage on letters. 
An Expert Swindle. 
From the Chicago Daily Times. 
A new scheme devised by a couple of 
young sharpers to wheedle the rustics out 
of their dollars was nipped in the bud yes¬ 
terday by the police, and its devisers now 
languish behind the bars. A few days ago, 
W. M. Johnson & Co., manufacturers of 
sour-kraut at No. 23 South Water street, 
received a letter from Isaac F. Tillinghast, 
a gentleman living at La Plume, Lacka¬ 
wanna Co, Pa., with whom they had busi¬ 
ness relations, asking them to make in¬ 
quiries in regard to the “Union Package 
Delivery Company,” of No. 2, West Lake 
street. Mr. Tillinghast had received from 
the alleged company a postal-card reading 
as follows: 
Union Package Delivery, No. 27 West Lake 
Street Chicago, April 6, 1883.— Dear Sir: There is 
at this office at your disposal one package, which 
will be forwarded to you by mail upon receipt of the 
required charges—64 cents. Please give this your 
earliest attention. Respectfully yours, 
Uni n Package Delivery. 
Said to contain .valued at $_ 
Contracts taken for delivering merchandise, etc., 
to any part of the world. 
Mr. Tillinghast wrote that he had never 
heard of the Union package delivery, and 
did not want to be swindled, even for a 
small sum. W. M. Johnson & Co. sent 
the gentlemen's communication to Supt. 
Doyle, and asked him to investigate the 
matter. 
The case was placed in the hands of 
officers Bruton and Hanley, of the Des- 
plaines street station. They called at No. 
27 West Lake street, and in room No. 5, a 
