The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-02
In enc marriage in which the bride was

In one marriage in which the bride was
Al, it was her fifth marriage.
aIhe Oldest groom was "a wears of age
and--the Oldest bride WAS 10; In IL mar
riages the bride was only Ia years old.
six hundred and eight-one DIVORCES
were decreed IN the year 1895 (s52 in 1891 sSo,
627 in. 1898, and 674 in l894.) In lo9o
there, was .decreed in Maine one divorce
for every S.4 marriages solemnized within
the same year; IN New hampshire, one
to everya9.8; In Vermont, one to 81; IN
Massachusetts, one to 24.2; in Rhode Is
land, one to "a; in Connecticut, one to
1853. The divorce-rate is, therefore,
greater in Maine than in any other New
England state, and much greater than IN
some of them.
Some of the causes for which divorces
were granted are: Aultery, 1903, or lo.I
per cent of the whole number; extreme
cruelty, II, or 1.6 per cent; desertion wv,
or 30. 4 per cent; intexication, 50, or VI
per cent: cruel and abusive treatment,
145, or 8 per cent; failure to support,
So, or 81 per cent. The other divor ces
were granted for multiple or assoclateo
causes. :,
The wife was the liballant In 480 d.
vorces, and the husband in 201.
In the divorces granted for adultery
the husband was the libellant 81 times
and the wife 40 times. .
On account of extreme cruelty, the wlIe
was the libellant in all Of the II cases.
For desertion, the husband was tne
ll6ellant 95 times, and the wife In liz.
For intoxication, the husband was tne
&c.
FOR cruel and abusive treatment, tne
husband was the libellant In 33 instances
and the wife in 1i2.
For failure to support, the wife was the
Iipeiiant In the SO divorces decreed ZOE
that cause
ma FRIED life had lasted eix months; 8,
before one year; 2lS, after from one to
i've years marriage; 161, after five to ten
years; 1856, after 10 to 90 years; So, after
~ 10 ~ years; and q, after more than ~
years OF married life.
THE DEATH RATE.
The death-rate of Piscataquis
county was lower than that Of any other
ties Cum berland, Kennebec, Knox, and
York show death-rates of 1871, 1919,
1913, and 1870, respectively.
The death rate In the cities was 1885
20. 46 in 1899, 1889 in 1898, and 1886 in
lS94) as compared with that of the rest OF
the state with the cities omitted, which
death rate was l4.T (17.46 in 1892, 1854
III AoOo3 anu 1C.Co III l0Hf.
Death-rates compared-For the year
1893. the death-rate Of Maine was 1888;
OF New Hampshire, 17.7l; of Vermont,
1851; of Massachusetts,, 1901; of Rhode
Island. 1906; and of Connecticut, 17.8.
Season and Mortality-The largest
number Of deaths occurred in March, 1868.
In 1884 the largest number was in Janu
airy, 1865. The smallest number of deaths
In any one month was 715 in June. In
the preceding year the smallest number
was 76l in November. During the spring
months $3.50 deaths occurred; during the
summer, 1856; during the autumn, 2,66S;
in the winter, 1855.
In 1892 the highest mortality occurred
in January; in 1898, in August; I'm 1894,
in January; in 1895, in March. Tho
smallest number of deaths in all four
years has been in November.
Sex and Mortality-Of the 10, 464 deced-
ents, 52s6 we're males and 1928 were
females. The sex of 10 was unstated.
Among children dying before they were
five years old, 1929 were males and 1915
were females; there were 307 more deaths
among boys under years OF age than
among girls within the same age-period.
On the contrary, at the age periods from
10 to 30 years there was q preponderanoe
of deaths among females while there
were more deaths among males at the
ages from 80 to 80. At the age of 100
years and over, four persons died, two
men and two women.
Infectious Diseases-Disregarding in
huenza, the numb of deaths caused by
this group of diseases was 6S4 in 1899, 678
in 1898, 536 in 1894, and 575 in 1895. In
1895 there were, therefore, 80 more deaths
from these causes than in the preceding
year. The number of deaths
from measles, scarlet5 fever,
cerebro- spinal meningitis, and typhoid
fever was smaller. than in any previous
registration year, from whooping
cough the mortality was much greater,
and the combined mortality from
diphtheria and Group was larger than for
the two preceding years, but smaller than
in the year 1892.