Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-11
THE LAST Will
OF THE LATE JACOB WISE ADMITTED TO
PROBATE.
The Main Features Of the Observation-Disclosures Z
Several Institutions and to The
Lutheran Church.

The last will OF Jacob Wise, deceased,
was admitted to record at Clerk Hooks
Office, yesterday. The essential feat
ures of the document are as follows:
81. l do hereby, give, beQueath and
devise out of my estate unto the Child
ren's Home $4,000 TO be applied to the
permanent fund of that corporation In
the furtherance Of the charity encour-
aged and furthered by that institution;
also, direct and require that the execu-
tor OF this my will shall, in addition to
the above beQuest, pay over to said Child
ren's Home my present subscription OF
500 each and every year for the term OF
ten years after my will shall have been
admitted to probate and record.
80. l hereby give. bequeath and de-
wise unto the Trustees OF the First
English Lutheran Church OF Wheeling,
out of my estate, the sum OF $4,000; yet
upon the condition that said Trustees
shall out of said fund or the proceeds
or income thereof raise the pastors
salary 500 or $500 each year over and
above what his salary now Is. My in
tention hereby is to have said sum used
for the purposes OF said church, but
desire that the salary OF the pastor
shall also be raised as | have above In
dictated.
"3. hereby give. bequeath and de-
wise out OF my estate unto the Trustees
of the Home for the Aged, called AL
tenheim, the sum of $500, to be used by
them for the purposes OF that institu-
| ton.
81 1 hereby give, bequeath and de-
wise out OF my estate unto the West
Virginia Home for Frendess and Aged
Women, located at No. 81 Thirteenth
street, in the city Of Wheeling, the
sum of $500, to be used for the pur-
poses of that charity.
"5. hereby give, bequeath and de-
wise out of my estate unto the New City
| Hospital Association OF Wheeling, the
sum of $500 for the use Of said Hos
pitai.
sc. hereby give, bequeath and de-
wise out of my estate to j. n. Vance,
in trust for the use OF the Young Mems
Christian Association of Wheeling, the
sum of $500, for the purpose OF said
Association in the city OF Wheeling.
~. hereby give, bequeath and de-
wise out of my estate unto the Trustees
OF the Mt. Wood cemetery, near Wheel
ing, the sum of $3.50, to be by them in,
vested and re-invested. so as 10 bring
interest each year, and | direct that
said Trustees shall each year apply so
much of such accrued interest coming
into their hands as may oe necessary TO
keep in order and maintain my family
burial lot in said cemetery In decent
and proper manner, and any surplus Of
interest then remaining In their hands
may be applied for the general pur-
poses OF said cemetery.
The eighth clause gives TO his daugh-
ter Virginia Wise any Of the household
goods she may desire, and the remain
der shall be sold by the executor and
the proceeds divided among the three
children.
The ninth clause says the children
they desire so to do; If not, the realty
may be sold and the proceeds divided
equally.
The tenth clause says that II, at any
time before the expiration OF the time
set for the final settlement OF the estate,
Virginia Wise shall desire to have a
home of her own, "she shall have the
right to build or purchase such home
as shall suit her and furnish it through
out and the same shall be paid for IN
full by sale of sufficient number Of my
per cent. United States government
bonds"
The eleventh clause made George
Wise the sole executor, and directs him
to make payment of the requests by
sale at his discretion Of stock of the
Wheeling Steel and Iron Company. All
investments shall continue for the term
of at least ten years, except as above
provided, and all incomes, rents and
dividends are to be divided by the ex-
ecutor equally, twice each year, among
the heirs. At the end OF the term OF
ten years the estate is to be divided
share and share alike.
The will is dated November %, 1892.