Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-06

Sully, former cotton king and a power in Wall street, now a resident of West erly, and who, with Mrs. Sully. con- ducts Kennethridge at Watch EIiIl. are to be disposed of at public auction in New York The disposal of his furni- ture, works of art, pictures and other belongings to the value of $250,00O, which have been in storage in New York since his failure in 1904, is said to have been forced by his daughter, the wife of Douglass Fairbanks, an actor. Several large rooms at the New York auctioneeT's are filled with goods that formerly adorned Sully's Rhode Is- land and New York homes. Rich tap esT1es, mahogany furniture, porcelains, aold and silver plate rugs and objects of art testify to the former splendor in which SuIly lived when his fortune was estimated st S50, ,0o0, 600. There is @ lt- brary of 1 800 volumes, many of them editions de luxe, and among the pie tures are some that are enyied by trustees of art museums. There is a heavily inlaid poker table, with an in teresting history, and at which games were played by big fiEanciers and for big stakes. A large case filled with rifles attests to Sully's love for outdoor sport. Sully paid $7,0O0 for some of Signorinis paintings, a grand piano cost S1, ,15o, a cabinet S2,000, and there are priceless cloisonne and Satsurna vases gold and silver dinner sets, lin
  hcient to supply half a dozen fashion able homes.
 Miss Mildred Chambers, daughter of the late William H. Chambers of Prov 5dence, and Wyman s. Pendleton, son of Rev. and lIrs. Charles H. Pendleton of Youngstown, Ohio formerly of Westerly, were married Wednesday, in Providence. The wedding took place at the home of the bfide's aunt, Mrs n performed by Rev. Charles w. Forster, rector of St James Episcopal church, and only members of the family were present. MT. and Mrs Pendleton will spend their honeymoon in the south, and on their return will reside In Providence
 The new posteffIes building is sup piled with modern vaults and safes, and in consequence the two safes that have been in use in the Westerly post ofioe are now unused and are held subject to the orders of the treasury depertrnens, to be loaned to some pest master where the office is located in leased quarters. One of these safes was purchased by Eugene B.. Pendle- ton when postmaster under the admin sstrstton of Postmaster General Mar shall Jewell of Hartford. The safe was tfle personal property of Postmaster William H. Tubbs of New London, and PostmaS Ster Pendleton was authorized to purchase the safe for S200 This is the smaller Of the two safes, the larger one being furnished by the department to Postmaster Rich ten years later.
 The probate appeal case of Emily Wellington Hayes from the estate of her mother and against the accounting of her brothers, exeCutore of the will, which was commenced before Judge %H7--xy los <5.N~P ky, 411sA superior court for Washington county, at Westerly, will occupy the entire session of the court The other four cases that were to have been tried in Westerly have been continued to the next term of court The appeal is from she probate court in North Kings town, and 1t is said the total value of the estate is about q, oo0, 900. The real point at issue Is whether an item of S22 O0G from Mrs. Wellington to her daughter, Mrs. Hayes, was a loan or a gift. The executors claim 1t was 8 loan and have treated 1t such, de- fucting the proper proportion Of that amount from Mrs. Hayes share of the estate
 Richard Benton Yelling was the first witness called when the court opened last Monday, and had not concluded his testimony when court adjourned Thursday afternoon until this (Friday) morning
 At tho annual meeting of the Peo- pIs's Mfssion officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: J. Frisbie Farnsworth, president; Ethan Wilcox, vice president; Mrs. J. F. Farnsworth, freasurer; David w. Shaw, recordin g secretary; Arthur E. Riley, corres- bonding secretary; George A. Ogston, superintendent; Joseph G. Herold, as- ststant superintendent; LeRoy B. Farnsworth. acting city missionary; Mrs, Lena B. Richards, Miss Elizabeth P. Nichols, Alexander Smith, Mrs. AL exander Smith. Mrs. LeRoy Earns worth directors.
 At the regular meeting of the West eriy board of trade a letter of thanks was received from employees of the At wood Machine company, Stonington, the Stonington velvet mill and the American Thread company, who are residents of Westerly and Pawcatuck. In appreciation of the improved trolley car arrangements furnished by the Norwich and Westerly Traction com pany, brought about through the eff forts of the traffic committee of the board of trade.
 A petition, bearing the signatures of