The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1876-02-26 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

KINGSHLLL ENGINEMEN'S MEETING. A crowded meeting of the enginemen of Kingshill, Wednesbury, and neighbourhood, was held on Tues. day evening at the Scott's Arms Inn,- Kingshill. The Chairman opened the meeting with an able speech, showing very forcibly the advantages and necessity of trade societies, especially among the  enginenien. Mr. T. Rhodes, the enginemen's agent, then addressed the meeting at some length, showing the great responsibilities and liabilities under which they ,as enginemen laboured. He pointed out the advisability of Boards of Examiners being appointed to examine all persons wishing to take charge of either engines or boilers, and to grant certificates to those they found competent. He thought also that those persons employing any one without a certificate shodld be subject to a heavy penalty. He then went on to show the necessity of a thorough organisation of the enginemen for protection, and also for settling wages and other disputes, strongly recommending a I Board of Conciliation being formed between them and their employers, similar to the ironworkers and their employers. That mode of settling disputes, he said, was far better that either strikes or lock-outs, both for employers and employed. The enginemen, he said, on Cannock Chase were in favour of such a Board being formed. He said he had attended a meeting the night before at the Queen's Hotel, Chase Town. But the night being so very wet,dley agreed to have another meeting on the 18th inst., at the same plane. The usual votes of thanks brought the meeting to , a close.  It if proposed to start a socitty for educating three hundred Dublin street aralas as soon as a training ship shall be granted to Dublin. It is reported from New Yqrk that the leading Churche.s of several States have taken steps to call a council for the thorough investigation of the charges against Mr. Beecher. At a meeting of the Society of Arts, last week, Mr. Sparke Evans read a paper recommending the employ. moot of vessels of the Castalia type for sonveying to I England live cattle from the Plata By this; means, Its argued, an abundant supply of cheap and excellent meat ; might be obtained. Lord Aberdare presided on Saturday evenin; at the annual dinner at the Royal Historical Society. He deprecated the notion that history was mere poetry, and stated that its real use was to keep before mankind the secret of the progress and the fall of previously . existing ; aatious. so as to'avoid the causes of their decay, and to ; act upon the principles which secured their greatness and their success. Last week, an inquest was held at Saltburn, near Middleaborough, on the body of William Whittaker, aged 16. Deceased was on the previous day riding on a velocipede, when he, from inability to check the machine, ran into a horse attached to a lurry. The horse reared and started into a run, the lorry passing over the velocipade. Deceased, falling under the hind wheel, was shockingly crushed, and died in an hour afterwards in grsat pain. A Detroit boby prid his first visit to one of the union Majority for Bright ... 1,561 schools, the other day, az a scholar, and when he came ' Great excitement prevailed in Manchester home at eight, his father inquired : "Well, Henry, how during the day. do you like going to school !" "sully," he replied in In analysis of the votes recorded for each cram. an excited voice; "I saw four boys get licked, one girl didate yesterday has shown that Mr. Jacob Haight gat her ear pulled, slid a big scholar burned his elbow has been elected by a majority of 1.785 instead of lon the stove! I don't want to misa a day." 1,561, as reported last night. The majority has A young man in Chicago was recently found dead an surprised even the most ardent Liberals. his bed, aril the supposition was that he committed • suicide by poisaning, but upon analysing the contents of ' 'naiad