c.h iu:r nan.Tin* nextstep, after this distribution, will he u settlement with the State as to the inherit:!net* tax, and that, too,has been practically agreed upon, a ml no witnesses will be called be Core- Commissioner Bendy unless the affair take* a very abrupt turn. The State hum agreed to n com promt so, it is said, and the terms are that the Crouse cousins shall pay 5 per cent on the amount of! their inheritance and tin* child will pay hut 1 per cent. There is a rumor that the attorneys Cor the Ivostorlitz child submitted -satisfactory proof to the Suite that the infant was legitimate, hut none of the attorneys will talk.about the matter and it will remain for the prosent, at least, merely a liiatteir of conjecture.After ex.-Surrogate Cook had moved the case and stated that, the cousins had. supposed IX Edgar Crouse to he a bachelor, ex-.l us dee Kennedy suggested whether it would not be better to ]mvlt;* the issues pending brought, to the Supreme court where a more speedy determination might be reached. Th* question was left open.Maurice F. Graves was called andtestified to the circumstances of Mr. Crouse’s death. The will was then offered in evidence, and Jacob Crous** testified as to the family ireneulogy.George . X.' Grouse testified on th* same line*. George Brown of Kirkvill*