Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-06-04
some CURIOUS WILLS.
bow q Chicago Capitalist Made His Heir,
Feel Worry Bad.

g. Onlcrlorl., has OF Aate enjoyed an
elaborate joke ct tho expense of his
heirs. There was Eoc1 estate and
ma" czpoctant relatives, but deep was
their diaraay when it was found that no
ono could benefit under tho vii! who
did not reach an almost unattailablo
exaltation of life. No ono could SO ben
e., who was an idlcr, q Gluggard,
proflTatc, q drunl1ard or gambler Tho
u5o of liquor or tobacco would deprive
lcGatco of his portion. Io wcY also
dcbarred from ontoring any bar-room or
portor-housc, from getting m2ciiod be-
foro Tho age of twenty-five, or ovcn from
not having risen, brcakfastcd ;.ad got
rc;:ty Tor business by ninc o Iiccle in tho
morning. Wo havo not hoard if any
hcir has claimed, or il Tho money it still
uncopropriatcd, lilzo tho lcttor which
still lies in all American post-oGico ad-
dressed To "A Christian. Chicago"
Cremation clauses nro now bocominG
common, but those appear only in tho
wills of advanced and strong-mindod
people. Othcr provisions arc mado by
nervous people, moved chiefly by tn.
dread of being buried alive. This was
tho case with Mr.. John BIount Pr4cc, o
justice of tho poacc of Ellington, whose
will was recently published. Mr..
Ilount declared in his will that four
days after death two skillful surgeon
wcro to DO pail 25 each to perform such
an operation on his body rs would pre-
won't tho possibility of his coming to lilo
in his coffin.
Tho Vlscount do Carros Lima, who
threatened his hoirs with tho loss OF
their property if they buried :!in in tho
family vault, further cnjoincd on tho
tohavo his body watched until dccompo-
sition 6ot in. A similar provision was
mado by Mr.. Dennis Crorton, an Irish
gentleman, last year. Ono Vienna mil
lionGiro was 20 anxious about his corpse
that no would not let it bo left in tho
dark. Not only did no provide for tho
vault to 10 lighted by electricity, but II 4,
Glso ordered tho collin to DO 80 il
luE:incd, 9cicnco thus coming in a grow
some fashion to tho aid of security.
Lord Marlborough claimed by will tho
peculiar privilege Of being twice buried.
His remains AFRO now finally laid at res
in Eard3cy Island, off tho Welsh coast:
but TO tho dead poor'S honor DO it sail
that tho GtrictCSt economy was cnioincd
In his obocquics, and tho housch ccpor
at Eonvcan, who watched his over
glance, received legacy Of 5000 and
an annuity Of $500 year.
Tho waiting will' is q constant
source Of irritation. Tho professors of
Vionna University wcro delighted to
. learn this yoar that Count uartlcgg had
loft their inS;itution 4GO. 900, but when
1t can1o out that tho money YVES to &C.
cumulGtc for 100 years, by which timo
1T would have increased to SlS.0Ol, 10,
tho wits decided that Count IIardoGg
should have boon styled half-boilod.
Tho most hard-hoadod business men
occasionally like to keep thor hcirl
waiting Mr. McCalmont, tho sto"li-
brohor, provided that his nephew, Cap
tain McCalmont, must wait seven yo.r5
for his Inheritance Of $3.0ON,Oco.
Perhaps III" Iocatoo VINO has tho lcao+
chance OF realizing is tho ono mentioned
by q wicked Finn, who loft all his prop
crty TO tho devil Finland 10 now
probably tho only country whcro Tho
dovil IS & landowner. Some notice was
taken ~ tho t.mo of tho fact that tn
namo OF tho ]og&too appeared in capital
lettor3 throughout tho will. Tho infer
enco waJ that tho tcG;ator wished to
mako rood impression on him, with
M cyo TO securing indulGoncos whom
thoy mot. Evcn tho devils namo in
tho will Is better than mono, which has
been tho case with certain largo prop
critics this year and last
A fcati;ro OF tho year has boon tho
tondon"y Ct gentlemen to draw up will
In favor Of ladies TO whom tboy aro on
gagged. Mr.. lGalGton, for instance, loft
oil his property TO Miss Viaotolly. In
like manner u Miss Bessie Macdonald
n YOUNG lady Of Glasgow, has become
poss"aacd Of hardsomo iogacy AMI q
hotel III Now York, left to her by ono
who hoped to marry her. - London
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