Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-15

can bride were united.
The largest number. both of grooms
and brides. was between 20 and -
wears of age. While still under Is
years of age. II brides We're married:
in the ape-period l5-20 years. there
were 10 grooms and .430 brides: in
the period 20-e5 years, 1889 men and
900 women were married; from $3.50.
l.52O men and $50 women; from 3O-35.
g. men and 364 women: from 40.
364 men and 229 women: from 4O-45.
2lS men and LAG women: from 45-5o.
l12 men and % women: from 50-55. 100
men and 81 women: from $3.50, 90 men
and As women: from 60-1O. ~ men and
a. women: from 70-So so men and six
women: over 50. one man and one wo-
man.
In 1 533 marriages the groom was Older
than ,.e bride: while in 196 the bride was
the elder: 153 widowers and go widows
were remarked: 1874 men and 2o4 women
were remarked after having been d.
Vorced from a former marriage.
The figures show that Ash men ana
500 women were married the first time
that SS6 men and 1l3 women We're mar
red the second time: that 70 men and n
women were united In the third marriage.
II men and six women contracted mar
riage fourth time; and two men and one
woman contracted marriage NTH time.
The oldest groom was 81 years OF age.
and the Oldest bride was ~. In seven
marriages the bride was only IL years old.
In one case where the bride was only Is
years % OF ase !! was Sh her i EEcona maTrsase
Seventy hundred and ninety divorces
were decreed in the year 1899 t552 in 1872
627 in 1893, GA in 1894. Isl In 1885 Cts in
1896. 30 in 1897, and I6i in 1881. In 1899
there was drcreed in Maine one divorce
for every g. marriages SolemniZed, the
same rate in 1898
Some of the causes for which divorces
were granted are: Adultery. Il, or 80
per cent. of the whole number: eXtrem"
cruelty. g. or COS per cent: desertion
POI. or pa per cent: intoNication. ~
or ll.9 per cent: cruel and abusive treat
ment. 2S5. or Sol per cent. failure to
support. -. or 3.6 per cent. The other
divorces We're granted for multiple or as
ISOLATED causes.
The wife was the lbellant in $40 di
vorceS and the husband in I'll.
In the divorces granted for adultery
the husband was the libellant 10 times
and the wife - times.
ON account of extreme cruelty. the wife
was the libellant in all four cases.
For deSertion. the husband was the Ii
bellant ~ times. and the wife liz.
For intoXication. the husband was the
libtllant in FIVE eases. and the wife in ~,
For cruel and abusive treatment. the
husband was the lihelant in 6, instances.
and the wife in rs
For failure to support the wife was the
libelant in the - divorces decreed for
that cause.
inirty-siX divorces We're granted before
the marriage life had lasted one year: 2lN
after from one tn five years marriage; 2l6
after five To ~ years. H4 after IL to -
years: - after ~ t" ~ years; and - after
more than ~ years of married life.
MORTALITY FIGURES
The number Of deaths for this registra-
ton year was AZ more than that for
the year lSN. ia more than for 49,.
"A more than fer 1896 40 more than for
1895 :5S more t..an for 1884. 80 more than
for 1893. and 80 less than for 1892 Tn,
death rate for the State for the year 1879
was 1915 for every 1000 nf population.
according t" the estimated Formulation.
for 1899 G>.37 in 1872. 1854 in 1893. III ~
in 1874 l5N; in 1895. 100. in l>gi 1850 IL
1885,. and l6.I1 in 1888.
The largest number of deaths occurred
in February. l.Nia The smallest num-
in June. During the spring months. = 20
deaths occurred; during the summer.
2,5>2: during the autumn. 26l6; in thr
winter. 30.
The death rate OF Aroostook county WAS
lower than that of any other county,
being only 1913 The counties Ar"nst"ok.
Hancock. Knox. Lincoln. oxford. Pcnoh-
scot. Sagadahoc. Somerset anC Washing
ton had lower death rates than that OF
the whole state: while the counties
.tndroscogsin. Cumberland, Franklin,
rates larger than that of the State. ~ hc
highest county death rate was that ~
Androscoggin. 1852.
The death rate in the cities was l>.lo
1894, lS:6 in 1875. 1873 in 1896. Poll
in 1897, and 1874 in 1888 as compared
with that of the rest of the State with
the cities omitted. which death rate was
l5.52 u7ie in 1892 1854 in 1885, ia
in 1894, Az i'm 1885 1i.93 in 1896, 15tN III
1897, and l5.2i in 1888.
OF the l1,370 descendants. SOS Were
males; 5.ss6 females Among children
dying before they We're i've years old.
los were males. ana los females.
There Were rs more deaths among boys
under five than among girls within the
same age period ON the contrary at the
age periods from 10 to ~. there a
preponderancc Of deaths among females,
while there We're more deaths among
males from ~ to 50. Two persons, 10 n
women, died aged 100 or over.
Ten prominent causes accounted for
the following number of deaths: Brain
disease, l,4.s; pneumonia. 1907; heart
6i1; infantile diarrhoea. 5b5; cancer, 54l
kidney disease, sos; bronchitis 80: diph-
iberia and Group, l52.
With the exception of ls9. the various
diseases of the brain have occupied the
first place among the causes of death, and
consumption was the next most promi-
nent cause until 1895 when it was reduced
to third place on the list and in 1899 ii
occupies the fourth place.
In 1899 there were 62l deaths from in
fective diseases, 81 fewer than the pre-
ceding year. The mortality from diph
liberia and Group was less than for any
registration year except 1893 when it was
the same There We're y fewer deaths
from typhoid fever than in 1898
ACCIDENTAL. DEATHS
From accidents of various kinds 81;
persons met their death. OF deaths from
falls, there We're -; seven We're from :,
carnage four from a building: one
from load of hay: one from staging:
one from Il Scaifod in n barn; one on II
saw; one on the point of a knife: and
one, a child of two years. whil- washing
his face fell and struck on a kettle.
breaking his neck, while Il We're UNI
specified.
Fractures caused - deathS-fracture ,f
hip. l.; of skull. 10: of spine, seven: ol
thigh, two: of back. one, of ribs, one: 90
legs. one; and T. We're unspecied
Fourteen deaths We're from gun or Ills
tol shot.
From railway injuries there were %
From burns and scalds. ~ draths &C.
Cured Five deaths were from clcthin.
taking fire. two scaIdcd with not water.
one caused by gasoline stove: one from
kerosene stove. one, explosion kerosene
can, one. explosion of lamp: one play
ing with matches: the rest umsp""iIiei.
From poisoning y deaths occurred uf
two: choral. one: morphine. one: ars iair.
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