Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-06

casket. W h ich
 stands three feet EXETER MEMORIAL six inches high, CROSS
 divided Into an upper and lower recep- tacle, each opened, like a small cabinet, by folding doors. The lower part, which is fifteen inches high and nineteen inches wide, is surmounted by figures of e1nus and kangaroo, native black fellow with his 'lubra'' or wife, and yuccaS, ferns and semi-tropical Australian plants, One of the lower doors, in panel ar- tistically chased, presents the view of a cornfield, with a reaping machine at work, and church in the distance; the the Waterfall Gully. The upper doors have several panels, two of which dis play, in like manner, the building of the postoffice and townhall at Adelaide; flock of sheep, and a steamship entering the harbor are represented on other panels, and baskets of fruits and flowers. At the sides are two winged female fig ures, in half-relief, their lower part dis appearing in clusters of foliage. On the top are the figures of Britannia, seated and welding the trident, and South Aus tralia, supporting the Union flag and the Australian flag, both gilded, the latter pouring from cornucopia the varied riches of the colony.a The interior of the casket exhibits the shield with the royal arms, bearing an inscription re- cording the gift and it's date. The jew elry deposited in the lower part of the cabinet, forms a beautiful set of orna- ments for @ lady. The collarette has twenty-five large flat links, each set with three rubies and four diamonds i; the pendant contains large central ruby and three other pretty colored rubies, with seven diamonds. The gold bangles are sent with great number of large rub1es and multitude of diamonds, and the ornamental workmanship Is in ex- cellent taste.
 One of the most shocking of those frightful disasters, which have been oc- casioned by the faulty design of build- tngs erected for theatrical purposes, with narrow passages and winding staircases from the upper galleries, will be remem- bered as having taken place at Exeter on the night of Sept. 5, 1887. More than the victims were buried in the Exeter cemetery, including brave soldier of the royal artillery, Bombardier Scattergood, who lost his own life in heroic efforts to save others, and to whose memory a especial tombstone was erected by his comrades in the Exeter barracks. The illustration send shows the memorial cross WnlCn mas been erecCeu Ill Guo cemetery over the common grave of those who perished on the same lament 1 able occasion. 1t Is the work of Harry Hems, sculptor of Exeter.
 The grand Duchy of Luxemburg, in ao- cordance with the treaty of 1867 and the constitution of 1868, will now be separated l from the dominions of the crown of | Holland, and passed to another branch of | the House of Nassau, in the person of | Duke Adolph William Charles Augustus Frederick, born July 24, 1877, soh of Duke William of Nassau and his successor, as duke of Nassau in 1889, also bearing the old feudal title of Frederick, prince ot Anhalt, and has son, born in 1852, and a daughter who married the hereditary grand duke of Baden. Luxemburg is a small State, with German population oi a quarter of million, on the border oi Lorraine and its position, with the for. tress of historical renown, which was garrisoned by German troops, gave il ome political and military importance
 before the war of 1870 between Ger many and France. The Luxemburg cham
 Der of deputies on April s, resolved te
 accept the duke of Nassau as regent un 1 til tho death of king William of Hol
 land.
 GEORGE LAMBLEY.