Show CLERKS WILL PAY for any injury done articles passing through the the recent issuance of on order by the drat assistant postmaster general 0 o the that postal clerks hereafter be held personally responsible for injury to contents of mail packages will of particular to everyone ho makes nse of the molls for purpose to any great extent lu this connection the incident which resulted in the issuance of theor derwill be read with interest few weeks alp a gentleman Rent leman in sioux city mailed a pair ot gloves to a lady in worcester mass the calce clerk in tho sioux city postoffice post office the bulky envelope containing the gloyna through the stamp cancelling cancel linc machine aad it was sent on to ita destination when the lady at worcester rec clyed be letter from the there and bad opened it she found that three fingers of the clovo had been amputated she complained to the and demanded that bo bottle with her for abe glove this of course he refused to do but in order to placate her promised to refer tho matter the postoffice post office department at washington winch he did all the of tho matter as hear as could be learned were laid before the first assistant general who gave it all the attention it would have received had abe letter contained a 1000 greenback instead of a pair of ladles gloves and as a result in about a week later a letter wag received by abe postmaster at S bax city ordering him to assess his cancellation clerk a pair 01 no 7 kide it is claimed that the clerk negligent in putting the bulky envelope through the machine as it is intended that these shall be ported out and cancelled by band and upon that theory is abe clerk made liable |