The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-09-19
TELEGRAPHIC.
High Life in Kentucky.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 10. = Account
reaches this city of fresh outbreak il
Carter county, Kentucky, between the
Underwood and Holbrook families
Last Friday Squire Holbrook was shot
| and killed by party in ambush, and
| the Monday following one of the Under
woods was shot by member of the
| HolbrOOk faction. Both parties are re
ported arming for further bloodshed.
AT. & S. F. Will Build to Denver.
PUEBLO, Col, Sept. 10.-Chief engi
neer Robinson, of the A. T. g. s. F. rail
road stationed at this point, has received
| an order to at once commence the lOca
ton of a line for the extension of that
road from this city to Denver. In &C.
cOrdance with the above order a strong
party under the command of H. r. HOl.
brook, will begin 10 work tomorrow
morning. The proposed line will run
up the Fontane Quibonelle river, nearly
parallel with the d. s. r. G., passing
through Colorado Springs and other
important points. The work will be
done rapidly The line to be ready for
the graders at an early day. This looks
as though the railroad problem in
Southern Colorado is about to be solved.
Maryland Greenbackers.
BALTIMORE, Sept 10-Nine counties
were represented to-day at the state con-
vention of the Greenback labor party.
J. p. Devices, chairman of the nation
al executive Greenback-labO commit
tee, read long address, giving his his
tory of the Greenback party. The Gus
| tomary resolutions were adopted and
Howard Meeks, of Kent county, nomin-
ated for governor. The executive COM
mittee will name the remainder of the
ticket.
The New York Democratic Convention.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, Sept. 1.-THE Demo-
cratic convention re-assembled this
morning, and was called to order by
chairman John j. Jacobs. He insisted
that persons on the floor who were not
delegates. should retire. The Irving
Hall (Robinson) delegates from New
York City retired from their contest with
the Tammany delegates for seats in the
convention. The report of the commit
tee on resolutions was then read. The
nominations for governor being now in
order, the name of Lucius Robinson was
first presented by the Albany delegates.
and was received with cheers hootings
and Kisses, while ironical laughter greet
ed the statement that the governor was
personally opposed to the continuation
of official life. The Kings county dele
gates second the nomination of Robin
SON, saying we will give him from
twelve to thirteen thousand majority.
Cries, 'you haven't got it and can't give
it." Kings county, Eyes we have, and
we Will record it." A Tammany dele
gate nominated Gen Henry w, Slocum.
and another Tammany delegate Gen.
VIVA. F. Badly Smith. The second to
Slocum's nomination was received with
tremendous cheering. Assemblyman
Grady, Tammany delegate, denounced
Robinson, and said under no circum-
stance will Tammany support his nOmi-
nation if it is made. A Syracuse dele
gate named Robinson then nominated
chairman Jacobs for governor, and the
secretary put the question to a viva yoce
vote amid great excitement anduproar and
declared il carried, and that Jacobs was
the nominee. A dozen men moved to
take recess. When quiet was restored
Jacobs, chairman, SAID he regretted that
he had assumed the duties Of the chair
before he had authorized them to do so.
Ii he had been asked concerning the
nomination which had been made. he
would have declined. Brooks Insisted
that Jacobs accept, and moved a recess
Of two hours. The chair announced
different tallies on this question, one for
and one against the recess. A motion
for few hours recess was then made.
The chair appointed Faulkson and
Gamhleton tEtobinson and Robin
sony to keep tally. The motion for re-
cess was defeated.
and report his choice for governor was