January
Industry and Commerce
Sale of Colliery Horses and Ponies
Crime and Courts
Stealing Tinned Rabbit
Murderous Assault at Conisbro’
Sports
Concert at Denaby Main
Carnforth 0 Denaby Main 3
February
Industry and Commerce
Important Sale of Colliery Horses
Sale of Horses at Denaby Main
South Yorkhire Miners’ Association
South Yorkshire Coal Trade
Anticipated Stoppage of Collieries
Crime and Courts
Struck in Face with Thick Cloth
Stealing a Gun
March
Industry and Commerce
Denaby Dispute – Meeting of Men
Denaby Dispute – Settlement
Disturbance by Women (illustration)
Places
Good Friday at Conisbro’ Castle
Crime and Courts
Disturbances by Women
Breach of Contract
Excited Glass Blowers
Rotherham Perjury Case
Stealing Coal
A Violent Fellow Sent to Prison
Assaulting an Auctioneer
April
People
Virogus – Termagant Females
Industry and Commerce
Important Sale of Farming Stock
Riot at Denaby Main – Heavy Fines
Denaby Main Riots – Conclusion
Denaby Riots – 122 summonses
Damage to Glass & Woodwork
The Strike at Denaby Main Colliery.
Threatening Language
Unlawful Interference
Crime and Courts
Serious Results of Furious Driving.
Alleged Theft of Colliery Implements
The Clumsy Thieves (illustrated)
May
Places
Sheffield Lit. & Philos.Society
Castle at Conisborough
Annual School Sing
Crime and Courts
Court Cases
Theft from Doncaster
9 months for Unlawful Assault
Sports
Denaby Main 102 Manvers Main 18-5
June
Industry and Commerce
Tunnel Worker Dies
Miners’ Association – Mexbro’ Lodge Dinner
South Yorkshire Miners’ Association
Glass Bottle Makers in trouble
July
In July 1877 the Mexborough & Swinton Times published its first editions to include stories
About the death of a young miner at Denaby Main and the suspicious drowning of another miner at Swinton
A boy was kicked in the head by a runaway horse and the School Board electons take place
We read about the Methodist Anniversary and the Denaby Sunday School
And Brister’s Vegetable pills
August
In August the Church has an excursion to Roche Abbey
There’s a serious accident and a burglary at the Glass works
And a violent assault over a Pigsty
And a well known farmer, William Goodlad dies suddenly
September sees an assault over a NewspaperAnd a wounding whilst three men are stacking corn
And a Church visit to Wharncliffe Crags
more
October
People
Accident To a Gamekeeper
Industry and Commerce
Brister’s Vegetable Pills (advert)
Places
Swearing by Ivanhoe
Crime and Courts
Refusing To Support Wife and Child
Wilson, Sons, & Co. v. Denaby Main
Assault by a Collier
Assaults at Denaby
Black Sheep Assaulted
Brutal Assault At Denaby
Fight Between Two Colliers
– Alleged Use Of The Knife
November
The dispute at Denaby rumbles on with Miners receiving notice at the pit and to quit their houses and the new Weslyan Cha0pel is opened in Conisborough
December
People
A Child Scalded To Death
Industry and Commerce
Notices to Workmen at Colliery.
kKilner Brothers – Advertisemen
Crime and Courts
A Dangerous Practice
Alleged Case of Rape
Scale Offences