1880

January

January Stories included

An Unhappy Married Couple at Denaby
Denaby Main Miners – Excellent Repast – Request for 5%

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February

February Stories included

Alleged Theft by Farm Servants
An Alarming Epidemic of Measles at Denaby
Feb – Outbreak of Measles – Water at Denaby
Important Meeting Of Denaby Main Miners. – The Five Percent Question
The Hunt – An Accident with a Donkey at Conisborough
The Hunt – An Exciting Chase
The Trickery of a Birmingham Traveller – Trapped at Conisborough
Water Supply Startling Statements – Alleged deaths from Impure Water.

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March

March Stories include:

A Landlady and her Lodger at Denaby
Conisborough Castle Football Challenge Cup – Conisborough 1 Doncaster 0
Fatal Accident at Denaby – Jas. Morris
Service of Song at Conisborough – The Pilgrim Fathers

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April

April Stories include:

Castle Cricket Club Concert
Conisborough Glassblowers causing an Affray
Cruelty to Horses on Good Griday
Denaby Glittering Star – Kilnhurst White Rose, Mexborough Red, White and Blue, Mexborough (seconds)
Felony by a Lodger at Denaby.
Glassblower Brothers in Trouble at Conisborough
Stealing corn at Conisborough.

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May

May Stories include:

A Stack Set on Fire by a Lad at Conisborough.
Allen and another v Bamford
Castle Ruins attracts Visitors by Boat and Waggonette
Rent Dinner at Denaby – Speeches on Agriculture and Local Questions
Sale of Conisborough Windmill
Shocking Fatality at Denaby Main – Joseph Stacey
The New Church, Cemetery and Reading Room at Denaby.

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June

June Stories include:

An Aggravated Assault upon a Woman at Conisborough.
Conisborough Gas Company – Annual Meeting
Determined to Break his Neck
Irregularities in School Attendance at Conisbrough
Land and Property Sale
The Recent Application by the Denaby Main Colliery – The Economist

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July

July Stories include:

Assaulting a Father at Conisborough Feast.
Conisborough C.C. – Well beaten by Mexborough
Conisborough Feast
Conisborough Fishmonger Drunk and Disorderly – No Appearance.
Conisborough Glassblower Drunk and Asleep in Hedge Bottom.
Death of Mr Thomas Henry Simpson.
Denaby GS – Kilnhurst White Rose
Disorderly and Refusing to Quit Licensed Premises at Denaby.
Fatal Accident at Denaby – John Wall
Insulted by a Beggar at Cadeby – Prison for 21 days
Miner’s Trip – Liverpool and New Brighton
School Board Election – Notice on Church and Chapel Doors
School Board Election – Result
Singular Adventure on a Steam Yacht.
The Claim for Wages by a Conisborough Farm Labourer.
Wesleyan Anniversary – Public Meeting and Children’s Games

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August

August Stories include:

Accident at the Colliery – Run over by Tubs
Death of Oldest Inhabitant – The Man who escorted Sir Walter Scott
Denaby GS – Mexborough Red, White and Blue and Swinton
The Fraud by a Commercial Traveller – Leeds Assizes

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September

September Stories include:

13 Year Old Lamp Cleaner fatally burned at Denaby
Conisborough Floral and Horticultural Show.
Conisborough Glassblowers After Potatoes.
Damaging Growing Grass
Sad Bathing Fatality at Conisborough
Stack Fire
Theft of Money by a Denaby Collier.

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October

October Stories include:

Conisborough School Board – Attendance Officer’s Salary
Denaby Main Colliery – Wages Reduction – Banksmen Strike
Floods – Serious Floods in the District.
Mexborough Victoria v Conisborough – “off side” dispute
Murderous Assault at Station Hotel – Trial
Serious Accident at the Colliery
Strike at Denaby Main Colliery
The 5% Question – the Sliding Scale – the Coming Prosperity.
Theft of Turnips at Conisborough.
Youthful Shepherdess – “Bo Peep” drove 20 Sheep to Sheffield

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November

November Stories include:

Accident at Pit on Day of Marriage
Fatal Accident at Denaby – John Wood
Floods – Conisborough Works under Water
Floods – Narrow Escape from Drowning at Denaby.
Floods – The Colliery Flooded and the Railway Embankment in Danger.
Murderous Assault at Station Hotel
Neglecting to Maintain a Wife at Conisborough

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December

December Stories include:

Bastardy Case from Conisborough.
Conisborough Castle
Doncaster v Conisborough – Conisborough Beaten for First Time
Notorious Character from Conisborough.
Outrage on the Highway
Quarrel over a Knurr and Spell Match at Conisborough.
Dispute – 1000 Hands out of Work
Dispute – 800 Men and Boys under Notice.
Dispute – 800 men given notice
Dispute – Indignation – What is the Cause?
Dispute – State of Affairs at Denaby – 800 hands under notice.
Dispute – The Crisis at Denaby Main Colliery – What is the Cause?

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