The Warwickshire Herald. — 1895-10-03 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

ACTRESS SHOT IN A THEATRE. The Brussels correspondent of the Globe telegraphs news of a sensational attempt to murder, which occurred at the Scala Theatre, there, late on Thursday atolit. A former lover of one of the actresses, e. Auousta tlenrct, called at the theatre about 11 o'clock and forced his way into the winos. There he met the object of his search, and drawing a revolver, shot at her three time=. The incident caused considerable excitement,and the performance was stoppel It was found th it the actress had re •eived two very dangerous wounds, and she was immediately conveyed in a cab to the Saint Jean losoital. The man, when arrested, cave the name of Virgile Martin, and stated that he was a waiter in a Paris café and a native of Nirlll33. Mlle. Donrot's wounds were examined, and the bullets extracted, but it is not expected that she will recover. The affair has errated considerable sensation in the city, as the injured woman was a wellknown singer.  The Queen has been pleased to approve of the apoointinent of the Right Hon. L ird Lainington to be tiovernor of Queensland on the approaching retireoent of General Sir Henrc Wylie Norman. Lord Limington (formerly Mr. (11,r os W. A. G)clirane' (ine), who was born in 1860, represented North t Pancras from 1886 to 1893„ when he succeeded Isther, who was raised to the peerage in IE3O. The sale of Lord Ancaster's Owydyr estate (tells ) supplied a touching instance of the eetion that the Welsh farmer hews for the "oid phie Alter offering £BOO for hi: holding the 'on .nt ex:.ressed the hope that as it I,cl been in his tor generat ions he would he able to buy it. icd it was sad to watch his face as the bidding se well in.." four figures. At length, amid eouraging plaudits, he made bid of Z 1,400, and or a short period of intorce exci'ement the lot , declared his. 'Ginn., liming to the audience, he 3 ;ared with rehooz, see hat he would have gone 0 another £1 .CO ....osier than lose the home of I ethers.  Her head had droved upon his shoulder. "If only." he whispe.red, "tiiy cheek could remain there for ever." Little thought he what was to be. Little thought he until he got home and tried to move her cheek fr.= his dress coat_ with ammonia and alcohol.  Small boy: "Mamma wants you to Rend her up two barrels of those apples she was looking at." Dealer: "All right, sonny." "I say, couldn't you pour the two barrels into one big barrel ?" "Eh ? What Los?" "then she couldn't get it through the door of the nantry."  Collector: "This is the last time I shall ask for the amount of this bill." Delinquent: "Yes? Collector: "Yes. The next time I shall standout in the street and yell for it." -  Caller: "Is your mistress in ?" Maid: "Did pa see her at the window as you came up the walk? Caller: "No." Maid: "Well, she said if yoa hadn't seen her to say that she was out."  Tommy: "Ps, the teacher says that if a man gets dyspepsia it may make him bald-headed. Is that so ?' Mr. Figg: "It is." Tommy: "Then if a man eats too much pie, would he be pie-bald?" Clerk: "That gentleman you sold a bottle of hairdye to three weeks ago was here again to-day." Chem.st: "Was he after another bottle ?" Clerk: "No. sir. He wanted to know if we kept wigs."