Postal Affairs

The report of the Posfcmaster General lor tlio last ñscal year will show a gre.at many iutorosting statistics regarding tho I busiue&s of the country. It is shown that Chicago stands third in postal ! ness in tho United Staten, and that eornpared with Ht. Lonis ita bnainesa was ! nearly doublé. The aggregate mnnber of pieees of mail matter handled by the ' Chicago Postoffice last year was ; 000, white the St. Louis Postofflce handled only 23,i)00,000. St. Louis purohased $440,000 wort h of postagestamps; OhioagO purchased more than dii]b](i ; that iiinount, $903,000 worth.