Show CHURCH SOCIETIES I 1 GET A FORTUNE chicago april 18 A dispatch to the record herald from bloomington ills says after atria a trial I 1 lasting two weeks a jury in the patt county circuit court yesterday brought in a verdict sustaining the will of thomas E bind arant of monticello who left over half a million dollars to church institutions ignoring contesting relatives the first trial resulted in a victory for the relatives and the second ver vict sg Is a surprise by the will an annuity of is left for missionary purposes in chicago one fourth of the residue of the estate goes to the american christian missionary society of cincinnati and another fourth to the same society for tho the church extension fund another fourth goes to the illinois ChT christian iStian missionary society and still another to the foreign christian missionary society of illinois |