News: Items From the Lancaster Intelligencer, August 23, 1897, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

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Items From the Lancaster Intelligencer, Monday, August 23, 1897


A Silver Wedding Anniversary.

Jacob Bork and wife, who live at 31 North Mulberry street, celebrated the 
twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding on Sunday.  Quite a large number of 
invited guests were present.  They partook of an excellent dinner and the couple 
received numerous presents.  Mrs. Bork was twice married her first husband being 
Henry Scheid, who died and left one son, Charles F. Scheid, of the Morning News 
composing room.  She next married Jacob Bork and they have two sons, Jacob and 
Daniel, besides one adopted daughter, Mrs. Katie Keller.  Among those in 
attendance at the celebration were the children and grandchildren of the couple, 
and all heartily enjoyed themselves.


Two Boys Hurt.

J. Hay Wenger, son of George W. Wenger, of Witmer, was assisting his father to 
move a lot of girders at the new Baptist church on Charlotte street.  The pile 
began rolling and the boy's foot was caught between two of the pieces, injuring 
it quite badly.

A boy named Pickel was assisting an ice man to deliver goods at Lemon and North 
Queen streets this morning.  While he was standing at the rear of the wagon a 
piece of ice weighing 100 pounds fell out, striking him on the head, cutting an 
ugly gash, which Dr. Ilyns sewed up.


A Cruelty Charge Dismissed.

This morning E. K. Bennett, of Mt. Joy, was given a hearing before Alderman Dean 
on a charge of cruelty to animals.  The prosecutor was Jacob S. Fissel, who 
claimed that Bennett treated a calf cruelly in tying its legs together in order 
to haul it in a wagon.  The defendant put quite a different face on the case 
when he took the stand.  He said that he was hauling the calf for his brother 
and at the time complained of the calf was dead, as he had cut its throat in the 
presence of two witnesses, whose names he gave, before he put it in the wagon.  
He did this in order that the legs of the calf would not catch in the wheels of 
the wagon.  After hearing that statement the prosecutors were astonished and 
they had no witnesses to show that the calf was not dead.  The case was 
therefore dismissed.