The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-07-26

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from falling down stairs; from a car
riage; and l each from an ice run, a
wharf, house and truck cart; while "A
were unspecified.
Fractures caused 40 deaths-fracture
of thigh, IA: of skull. 13: of spine, 3: of
hip. &: of cervical vertebrate, 2; of ira
chea, l. and abdominal confusion, /.
Nineteen deaths were from gun OF
pistol shot
From railway injuries there were 30
deaths.
From burns and scalds, 81 deaths oc-
CURED. Four deaths from clothing
taking fire: 3, scalded with hot water: l,
explosion of lamp: l, by using gasoline
on stove while there was still fire in it.;
the rest, unspecitied.
By drowning. 100 lives were lost.
There were 20 lives lost at sea: Is of
these We're lost from the steamer Port
land, November -.
The death-rate from accidents in this
State was 30
Homicide nder this group 6 deaths
were registered. This is equivalent to
a death-rate Of O09.
Within tive year SO persons took their
own lives (5% in 1892, the same number
in 1898. 80 IN 1894. sc in 1895. 81 in 1896
and II in 1897 ID males and II females.
OF the males, the occupation of Is was
farmer: of 6. laborer: 3. shoemaker: ?
merchants: ,, students: ?, teamster; l ::
wheelwright: |, mechanic: l, macheniSt:
/, cooper: |, salesman, |, editor and
printer: |, hotel keeper: l, tailor; l,
baker: l, blacksmith; I. no occupation
given.
OF the females, the occupation Of
was returned as housewife; ,. as house
keeper: ], hOuSeWork: /. domestic: l.,
school teacher: /, typewriter; and not
stated, i.
The youngest suicide was boy of -
years and months: the oldest a man of
50 years. The largest number of sui
cides in any month was 10 in May By
quarters, tie suicides were 8, p, Is and
Is. The largest number in any county
was !, each. in Cumberland and York:
the highest death-rate from suicide was
in Lincoln county. The rate for the
State per 10000 of population was O.s5.
The number OF marriages registered
in the State during the year 1898 was
5.144. We have, therefore, for the year
1898, a marriage-rate of 1856 persons
married. to every 1000 of population.
vi DIT lllt IdlS VI g.. 40 MARRIAGES per L.
600 persons.
The marriage-rat was higher in
ArooStook county than elsewhere in the
State, it being for that county 1864 per
/ 600 The lowest marriage rate, that
of 1920 per ZOO. was in York county.
OF the 5,0as records of marriages in
which there was statement of birth
place, in "A per cent. the groom and
bride were both American: in 10 per
cent. both were of foreign birth; in
per cent. the groom was American and
the bride of foreign birth: while in 9
per cent. foreign groom and an Ames-
lean bride were united
The largest number of marriages, 571,
was solemnized in June, while the
smallest number in any one month, 2733
occurred in February.
The largest number both of grooms
and brides, was between 20 and % wears
of age. While still under Is years Of
age, brides were married: iii age
period lh-2h years, there We're 40
grooms, and l,4l> brides: III the period
2o-25 wears, l.>40 men and 1879 women
We're married; from 25-:iV, ] 49> men and
>5i women: from 30-:,5, Gl3 men and 32S
women: from :}5-4o. 33I2 men and 2lS
women: from 40-+5. PA men and 1874
women: from 45-5o t4l men and -
women: from 5o-a5. % Aen aud 60
women; from $500, &c men and - Wo-
men; Go-.0 - men and II women: from
$3.50. 20 men and women: over 50. ,
men.
Ia 1895 marriages. the groom Was
older than the bride: While in ~. the
bride was the elder: III WidoWers and
I5l widows We're remarrled; lSH men
2+9 women We're remarked after having
been divorced from a former marriage.
Table No. - exhibits the fact that
/, 2o2 men and 4.}2T women We're mar
Iied the first time: that $40 men and 730
women We're married the second time:
that 100 men and III women We're united
i'll the third marriage: : men and I
women contracted marriage a fourth
time: men contracted marriage a fifth
time: While one MHn was married the
sixth time. Tie Oldest groom was -
years Of age. and the oldest bride was
-. In two marriages the bride WAS
only -, ana III only II years old. In
one ease where the bride was only 20
years of age, it WAS her third marriage
Seven hundred and siXty-four divorces
We're dtcreed i'll the year 1898 D122 in
1892, G21 III 1893. GA in 1894. Isl i'll 1885,
6G> IN 1896. and 122 in 1871. In l>!S.
there Was decretd III Maine one divorce
Tor every g., marriages solemnlzed.
Some of the causes for which divorces
We're granted are: Adultery. 81, or 1l.9
per cent OF the whole number: extreme
). or COZ per cent: desertion,
2o4, OF 2G.1 per cent: intoXicatlon. 81,
or 200 per cent: cruel and abusive
PCS. or H5.1 per cent: failure
to support, 81, OF rs per cent. The
erdivOrces were granted for multiple
OF associated causes. The wife was the
llbellant i'll 537 divorces, and the hus-
band in POI. In the divorces granted
for adultery, the husband was the libel
liant So times, and the wife 81 times.
On account of extreme cruelty the
wife was the ibellant in all ) cases.
For desertion, the husband was the
libellant 81 times, and the wife 1O7. For
the husband was the libel
liant in : cases, and the wife in So. For
cruel and abusive treatment, the hus-
band was the libellant in 80 instances,
and the wife in 2o3. For failure to
support, the wife was the libellant in
the 81 divorces decreed for that cause.
divorces were granted be
fore the marriage life had lasted one
year: 1871. after from | to ) years mar
riage; 24S, after ) to 10 years: 100, after
10 to 20 years; 81, after 20 to 30 years:
and -, after more than 80 years of
married life