The Warwickshire Herald. — 1891-10-08 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

OUTRAGE ON A PUBLICAN. About 8 o'clock on Friday night Mr. Milner, landlord of the White Lion Inn, Gainsborough, was driving home from Retford Fair, a distance of about 10 mlies,with two companions. When going up a bill near the village of Clarborough, about three miles out of Retford, they were shot at by a man standing on the road side. The shots failed to injure any of the occupants of the trap, and Milner got out, walked up to the man, and asked the reason of the outrage. The ruffian made no reply, but, clutching the gun by the barrel, struck Milner terrific blow on the head, felling him to the ground in an unconscious state. One of Mr. Milner's companions came to his assistance, when the assailant threatened to shoot him, and then made off. Mr. Milner, who was bleeding profus-ly, V. 14 put into the vehicle and brought back to the pe;iett-t:tation at Retford. He was then placed upon a stretcher and carried by the police into the Turk's Head Inn. Doctors were at once summoned, and they found Mr. Milner in a state of collapse and utterly insensible, the base of the skull being laid open by a large gaping wound. Restoratives were applied, and the injured man recovered sulheicutiv to ask for a drink of water, but immediate!: 5. tat,ed The police arrested Miler's assailant. Frank Parkin, at a late hour on Friday night, and he vas brought before the Retford County magistrates cc Saturday. The Superintendent of Pollee said when 111. arrested the prisoner and charged him with tie attempted murder of Milner, he denied the offence, and said Milner and two companions came into bin (prisoner's) house, commenced pulling him and his wife al out, and he hit the man who was molesting his wife on the shoulder with the butt end of the gun. The gun had only a blank charge in it, and he fired it into the air, and did not hit anyone. The prisoner was remanded for eight days.  Lieutenant Wells. R.N., one of the many candi. I dates for Captain Shaw's position as superinten. I The Highland tourist season has been brought to , dent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, is at present an untimely close by the frightful weather, which ' directing the manceuvres on the lake at the Naval has now prevailed for some weeks. The swill 0., 'mere are being laid up, and the hotels arc Exhibition. He joined the navy a good many years . . ago, and, after excellent service, has risen to the position of senior lieutenant of the torpedo instruc• Putting on their winter garments. It has been a Lion ship Defiance. He was lieutenant of the Iris Poor is well as a short season, and the hotel-keepers must have fared badly. The weather has not been during the Egyptian War, and wears the Egpytiat medal and Khedive's star. He is an excellent lltogother, although largely, to blame; for the electrician and a good organiser, and, although • !no 'ern craze for Norway has diverted much ot the strict disciplinarian, is a great favourite with hie tourist stream from Scotland. While hotel and coach men. Whether these qualities fit him for such I Proprietors have been complaining, however. the responsible berth as chief of the London Fire Western waters have been unusually well covered brigade is another matter with yachts—and no wonder, for there is no better ereteine ground in the world. Alter gun pract:ce zt Fort Canalev, near Audi. 1 ..., i.,. , association oh the United Kingdom land, it was found tnat one of the 13.t0n disappear. recently theiaed to form a collection of library ing guns was fractured. The gun was to be dig. appliances, plans, and bibliographical works, for mautleu, and sent to England. pennanent exhibition in London, and towards that Claims of £2),000 damago; hay, Leto made end are now soliciting contributions of specimens of against the Northern Railway Company of Spain by everything connected with books and libraries. the rclatives of Mr. Long and Mr. Cotton, who lost Already a good deal have been presented or promised, their lives through the Burgos accident, and it is hoped that in a year's time there may be In a field near Felinfoll, Carmarthushire, the formed a museum of practical value to persons dead body of a woman, partly covered with mud, interested in libraries. It is proposed in future to was found. She was the wife of William Jones, a make this museum a feature of the Library ganger. Nothing is known as to the rause of death Associations' work.