The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-02
Obituary Notes.

Judge Etyard Coke Billings Of the United
States District Court for the Eastern District
snmtner residence in New. Haven. Judge
Billings w va born in Hatfield. Mass and was
one OF the most eminent SON IuT ~ Of Mas.nahu
sets. and was grsdpated from Yale with the
amo Ss,S elias IS FIX p % and from the Harvard
firm OF Benedict & Boardmnn in New York,
wbero he remained until 1876. when he went
pointed to the District Judgeship in 1874
BY President Grant. and rendered some
lnted one asSn ,res. eS
brothers e. W billings Of Glen Cove, /; /. and
:; 7; Billings Of llnthsd Mass. Judge 81
and had been falling ever since, The death q
Judge Billings will give President Cleveland
unon the Federal bench in the south. Judge
billings vas candidate for Governor, Of Louisi-
garded as one OF the ablest Judges in tho
south. and was learned man. Tho deGrao ~
LIZ u. was conferred upon him by Yale about
three years ago.
Gen. William Lilly. Congressman ~ Large
from PENNSYLVANIA, died al his home in Mauch
Chunk yesterday. He had been i'll FOR several
cation OF diseases. ton Lilly was born Mt
Penn Yam. \. y: on June 3, 1927. and removed
was employed az "a conductor for the Bcaver
Meadow ltailroad and afterwurd was appoint
ed 70 place ia the executive department Of
the road. At the age Of twenty he was elected
Colonel Of one OF the State militia regiments,
and subsequently was made BriGadTer: Gen.
$50 and ISL. lie was piDS smocrst until
a delegate to six Nat onal Hcpubllcan Conven-
tions and to every, Republican state Conyen-
ton ,Tr since 1873; he was strong collective
Tariff Convention in 1881. He had been on
gagged in the mining Of anthracite coal since
Natural Sciences OF Philadelphia the Ameri-
can Association for the Adyancement, OF
ing Engineers lie was elected in iS.>2 as one
State.
The Row, Hiram Eddy OF Canaan Conn, died
weeks Of illness. lie was one o'the best known
c!.l ,S rnS,, IN the state H. was known as
being captured with a musket In his hand at
Bull Run when chaplain Of a Connection; reGi.
Libby Prison. and had a severe experience in
several other Southern prisons during tho
'as os ssTyf Th ys a AMER
halt and established the first ireedman's
school at the south. He WAS . feet 3 inches
tall. OF massive figure, and had on impressive
head and face
Major Charles J. Dickey. a retired officer OF
the regular army, died suddenly at his homo
pcRS aged 81 o wa. hntH RG ot 81
water. and entered tho service in 1871 as a
p tsrsn snP Geisd In iSS HeT twenty
Captain IN 1854 and Major in 1875 He was in
command OF regiment sent 10 suppress the
Chicago riots in 1871 ana also % d regiment
located In the Schuylkill region during the
miners riots. He was a brother OF the late
Congressman q, j. Dickey o. Lancaster
county.
Samuel Richards, an American artist. died
~ Denver on Thursday OF grip, lie came from
fhilaueiphlh year ago with consumption and
rapidly improved. but a recent attack nf the
grin undid the benefits he had gained. Rich.
ards was anatIve Of spencer, Ind. and studied
at Munich. where he lost his health by over
work. Ills hest painting. "Eyangeline." is in
ihe possession OF HE Detroit Art Museum. lilo
leSNes widow and one child
The Hon. Waterman Lippett died on We'd
nesiay IN Cham plain. Clinton county. \. Y.
aged 10 years. tie was native al Chatham
columbia county. and was member II the
Assembly in 1910. Mr. Lippett was warm
personal friend OF the late Samuel j. Tilden.
John A. Dowst, one OF the largest producers
OF cider IN the country and director In the
SeVenteenth Ward PaRk OF brooklyn. died at
MS nome l1I heserole avenue Gresnpoint.
after short lness. on Thursday night lilo
was 40 years old.
John w. Roger superintendent Of the PhIla-
uelphla ana leading Railroad Relief AssOcia-
non dlsl az MS home in Germlntnwn. Pa.
yesterday aged % years He had been In the
service ol the leading Railroad for thirty
James q. Cadmus. who owned the site Of
Ihe now nourlShlng town OF Garfield. n. a.,
wheh II was melon farm. died yesterday at
his nome 10 lassaic. aged Is
q Yates Hammond OF Fonda. y. Y. died yes
tsauhY' ngeu ~, years. lie was a Custom House
oniolAi Ia New lork many years.