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| LOCAL CHRONOLOGY - CONTINUED. |
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| June 10. - Wigan Infirmary Gala in the Mesnes Park. |
| June 16. - Mary Dury, of Ashton, killed at Bryn Station and her child badly mutilated. |
| June 19. - Conference between coal-owners and miners' representatives on the wages question : the masters concede five per cent. increase from July 1st, and another five per cent. from October 1st. - Commencement of the sale, in London, of the second portion of Lord Crawford's library. |
| June 20. - Death at his residence, Spring Bank, Pemberton, of Mr. William Hardy, barrister at law, and formerly deputy coroner for the county ; aged 52 years. |
| June 25. - Conference in London of the Central Association for dealing with Distress caused by Mining Accidents. |
| June 28. - Town Council Meeting : the Extension Bill and the paving of streets with granite setts again under discussion. |
| July 3. - Wigan Tradesmen's Holiday. - Close of the Inquest on the body of a labourer killed at the Roburite Works whilst cleaning a flue. |
| July 4. - Wigan Quarter Sessions : 8 prisoners. - Two men killed by a fall of roof at the Moss Hall Collieries. |
| July 5. - Appointment by the Wigan Board of Guardians of Mr. C. G. Durrant as Registrar for the Hindley Division. |
| July 6. - Visit of the Wigan Volunteers to Coppull Grange. |
| July 9. - Suicide of Mr. James Woodger, draper, Standishgate. |
| July 10. - A Wednesday half-holiday from 4 p.m. granted to their assistants by the Wigan tradesmen. |
| July 11. - The Wigan Extension Bill at last reached by the Special Committee of the House of Commons. |
| July 12. - The Extension Clauses in the Wigan Bill thrown out by the Parliamentary Committee. |
| July 13. - Annual Picnic in Haigh Park of the Wigan Conservative Club. - Crowning the Rose Queen at Lowton. |
| July 15. - Consecration of Shevington Churchyard by the Bishop of Manchester. |
| July 16. - Meeting in Wigan in connection with the proposed Catholic Poor Law School : Address by Bishop O'Reilly. |
| July 20. - Crowning of the Harvest Queen at Hindley Green. |
| July 23. - Jonathon Heyes, pupil teacher, killed at Beech Hill Farm by the accidental discharge of a gun. |
| July 25. - Visit of the Royal Manchester, Liverpool, and North Lancashire Agricultural Society to Wigan : Show in Whitley Park ; Opening of the Exhibition of Local Industries by the Earl of Crawford. |
| July 26. - Visit of the British Society of Mining Students to Wigan. |
| July 27. - Close of the Agricultural Show. |
| Aug. 2. - The Wigan Borough Improvement Bill passed the House of Lords Committee with certain alterations. - Resumed Discussion by the Manchester Geological Society on roburite. |