Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-11

one woman were married the hftn
time. The Oldest groom was 80 years
| of age and the Oldest bride was Oh
| years old. The youngest groom was
| 16 years of age and the youngest Driue
was 10. At the age of 16 years, three
| grooms were married; at II. IL; at 10
wears 65: and at 10 years, 10. AT the
age of 10 wears, one bride was married,
| at IA years. seven; at Is years, "a, at
16 wears IT'S; at II years, 1924; and at
Is wears. 59S One man was married
| for the first time at the age or %
| wears. one at IS, one at o.
and one at 81 years. four
brides were married second tlihe q.
the age Of II years, one at the age vi
| 16 and one at IS years. In one instance
the bride was married the fourth time
when % wears of age, while in another
case the bride was married a hith
| time when but % years OF age. one
| woman contracted marriage for the
first time at the age of 81 years, while
the groom was but u years of age
Eight hundred and forty eight d.
| vorces were dccrccd in this State dur
in,- tho mast wear. one divorce for
c,nry "a marriage solcminZcd. Some
| of the causes for which divorces were
granted are as follows: Adultery, "a or
III per cent of the whole number;
| cruelty. 80 or 3.S per cent; desertlon.
pa and 26.4 per cent; intoxicatlon
| 100 or 1928 per cent; cruel and abusive
treatment, 800 or 35.4 per cent; failu,c
to support, - or 30 per cent. The
| other divorces were granted for multi
| pie or associated causes. The wife
was the lbcllant in so divorces and
the husband in 23S. In the divorces
granted for adultery the husband was
the libellant 81 times and the wife 50
| times For intoXication the husband
was the libelIant in two cases and the
wife in 107 cases
| Four divorces were granted before
the marriage life lasted six months.
| eight before one years marriage: pa
| after from one to five years marriage;
| 237 after from five to 10 years; q
after from 10 to 20 years: "a after from
| 20 to 80 years; Il after more than 80
years Of married life.
| The death rate in Aroostonk county
Was lower than that Of any other
county. being only 12.3S. The counties
Of Androscoggin, Aroostook Franklin,
Hancock. Knox, Lincoln, oxford. Pts
catauuis. Sagadahoc and Washington
had lower death rates than that of the
| Who'll" State, while the counties OF
| Cumberland KcnncbcC, Penobsc1L
Somerset. Waldo and York had death
rates larger than that of the State. The
highest county death rate was that OF
kcnnehcc. 1918 per cent.
The largest number of deaths. 1877,
| in 10
number, 76G. in July. During the
spring months 3177 deaths occurred:
during the summer, 2604; during the
autumn, 2794; and during the winter,
27S9. Among children dying before
they were five years of age. 1868 were
males and 965 were females; there
| were 29S more deaths among boys I'M
der five years of age than among girls
within the same age period. On the
contrary, at the age periods from 10 to
so years there was prepondcrance of
lcaths among females, while there
| were more deaths among males at the
ages of from so to so; and from 81 to
100 years of age. more among females.
Four women died at the age of 100
years and over. The 10 prominent
causes of mortality were as follows:
Brain disease. heart disease, pneu-
monia, consumption, old age, cancer,
kidney disease infantile diarrhea, bron-
chitis diphthcria and Group.
Within the past year S4 persons took
their own lives, 67 males and II fc-
males. OF the males the occupation of
IS was farmers; labOrcrS, eight; car
pcntcrs, six: bookkccpCrS, three; NOR
chants and soldiers two each; and ui.c
each of barber, blacksmith. brak mln
clerk, dentist doctor. cncin"cr. cxlIr-S-
man, foreman, lawyer, mlchiniEl, mas
ter mariner, packer. paintc". potato
buyer. railroad cmployc, sailor, shoe
factory employe, spool maker, stone
cutter, teamstcr, telegraph operator.
OF the females the occupation OF
seven WAS registered as housewife:
three as housckcepcr; one as teacher;
one as domestic AS to tn" means en-
ploycd. - committed suicide by shoot
ing; % by hanging; H. by poisoning
-, by drowning; nine, by cutting
throat; and one by asphyXiation by H.
Illuminating gas.
The youngest suicide was a boy q
IA years and the oldest a man of s.
years. Tho largest number of suicide:
in any one month was Is in September
BY quarters the suicides were II, &c
"a and Il. The largest number in any
one county was 16 in Cumberland. The