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The last will and testament of ex-Treasurer John J. Douglass was presented for probate today.  The deceased makes the following bequests:

To. A.A. and S.M. Douglass, all decedent's immediate personal effects, their sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hazlett, having already received like benefits.  The household goods and furniture is given to the children in equal portions.

The executors are directed to sell the 27-acre tract purchased off the Wiles farm in Monroe Township and treat the proceeds as personal property, and likewise convert into money all the residue of the personal property and after the payment of all debts it is to be disposed of as follows:  

Five thousand dollars to be paid A.A. Douglass in lieu of what the other children received as a marriage portion;

$500 to be paid to the trustees of the First English Lutheran Church, to be invested, the interest thereon to be paid annually for the preaching of the gospel;

$500 to be retained by the executors and by them paid to the deceased's grandson, Silas A. Hazlett, when he became of age, or paid to him before he reaches his majority providing the legacy is used in obtaining a better education;

$50 given to Mary Schultz, who has lived with the family many years;  

the residue is to be divided into three equal shares and distributed as follows:  one-third to A.A. Douglass, one-third less $200 to S.M. Douglass, one-third  less $400 to be paid Elizabeth Hazlett.  The $600 remaining is to be divided into equal legacies of $100, the same to be paid to the six grandchildren of the deceased.

The house and lot on Marion Avenue, which is valued at $6,000, is to be given A.A. Douglass, who is to pay the other two heirs $2,000 each.

The 94-acre farm is devised to Mrs. Hazlett and the "home farm" in Monroe is to become the ---- property of A.A. and S.M. Douglass.

The will bears the date of October 1, 1892, and names the two sons, A.A. and S.M. Douglass, as executors and is witnessed by Judge N.M. Wolfe and George R. Marshall.  On account of the inconvenience and entanglements that would, from the very nature of things ensue were two executors to settle the affairs of the deceased, A.A. Douglass has declined the appointment and S.M. Douglass will be the sole executor.

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