The Portland daily press., 1896-11-09
A DOVER FAMILY.
Children of Maine Woman Heir to Rich
Estate.

New York, Novem Der 1T will be re-
WONDERED that two children of Halsey
White of Canton. Mo-, now grown to
manhood and womanhood, were among
the heirs of the great Grouse estate of
Syracuse. The mother of these young
people WAS before her marriage a Miss
Greedy, n native OF Dover, Me- They
have received about $780, 900 each from
the state. The latest phase of the division
OF the great Grouse fortune is the report
OF George G. Austin as referee just filed
1E the Surrogate's court in which he
finds that 81, 500 year should be devoted
to the education and maintenance of
Dorothea Edgarita Grouse, nine years
old, and that TO her mother, Eula III.
Potulicka or Kosterlitz or Grouse,
S32, $50, which she has heretofore ex-
pended on behalf OF her young daughter,
should be repaid.
The New York Sun says the father Of
the child is understood to have been
David Edgar Grouse of Syracuse, who
died on Novemb Der 81, 1852. leaving an
estate estimated at $4,000, 900 His rela-
tives thought he had died a bachelor,
and were surprised when Euia II.
Potulika appeared rs his widow and with
her the child Dorothea, who, she declared
was LIE otbdH uuCIs IL W tAs INV IL tudu Uli0
child had been born near Hastings,
England, September 26. 1887, and that
Grouse and the mother had been abroad
together for a long time
while actions were pending to assert
the claims of the alleged wife and child,
d compromise was reached by which Cor
tain large sums were given to the daugh-
ter and her mother. The mother assigned
her claim to lawyer. She says that
Sd(ll Oft0 pJa hor o1aiy in
ment, and that she received 1925, 900. She
invested SIS, 900 of this sum and is draw
ing the income. The share of the
daughter in the compromise is said to
have been more than million dollars.
The New York Security and Trust COM
pany was made general guardian of the
Girl, and as such it has already received
Of her share Of the estate $40, 052. 70.
There is accumulated income of SIT, 343. 70
and 1t il expected that the income from
this SIZE, 052. ~ will be $23. 1888 for the
coming year, aside from what further
sums may be received for the girl from
the estate.
The mother of the girl testified before
the referee that on the death of Grouse
she had private estate of about $50, 600
which she has expended for the mainte-
nance and education of her daughter
She was able to prove the expenditure of
$50, 400, for which, the referee finds, shs
should be reimbursed. The mother has
been living in boarding houses here and
abroad with her daughter, spending part
of the time at the Swiss and Italian
lakes.
1t was shown that the daughter can
speak fuently English, French and Ger
man, and knows little Italian. She has
had lessons in music. drawing, dancing
and gymnastics. She has horses and
carriages, two coachmen maid a
governess, a laundress, and cook. The
mother said that to maintain AMI educate
the girl ancorcing to her station in life
would require an allowance from her in
core of from $4,000 to $40, 600 year.
The referee says that $500 as an allow
ance to the mother for the support of the
child is not excessive in view of the in
come of the girl and tho manner of life
in which the mother is bringing her up.