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The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-30
A City of Begears.

Mexico is not a pleasant country
to live in. 1t has q fertile sill, a
charming climate, and rich mines.
But it's people are Icst!ess, and are
always longing for revolutions. If
it's government were secure, and
the citizens Industrious and quiet,
it would be beautiful home. An
exchange gives the following ac.
count of tho City Of Mexico
Nearly a quarter of a million
of people live in the City of Mexi.
co. How do they all gain a sub
sistence? The inquiry in a puz-
zie. With no mills, machine
shops. factories or public works,
what is there for the thousands
who people this city to do2 The
TODD of the poor is simple and
cheap: but whence comes even
the little required to purchase
their corn, tortillas and pepper
sonpss Many are carriers and
servants 4; thousands are in the
cl,ain-gang, and subsist on the city
thousands steal their bread and
apparel: thousands live no ont
knows how and thousands more
are panpers and mendieants, tread
ing the street as an army. Many
live on the strangers that como and
go. Beggars, eyeless and legless,
beset you on the street and mar.
kets-pitcous sights, holding ont
their withcred limbs and Ieprons.
eaten arms-pleadipg all day long,
of every passer-by, for aims, bread
or money, to prolong their wretch.
ed lives. In Mexico there are nc
asylums for the poor, or homes for
the crippled ; no institutions for
the blind or insane. They are Ii.
censed to beg so many hours eacl,
day, so you are encompassed, and
prayed to, and cntrcated. The
country swarms with these gentry
they meet you at every turn; and
a stranger scarcely sets foot npon
shore before he is bcset by scores
Of professional beggars. Many
may be seen sad and weeping. hag
gard and hungry in the morning,
and again at night happy, insult.
ING aud drunk.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-30

MAKE NOTE OF Tn1s.-If vou
wish to make any purchases, don't
go away from home to do it. En-
courage home industry and enter
prise, and give your trade to mer-
chants and mechanics, especially
those who advertise freely. That
is the way to build up lively
business in yom own town, and
benefit yourself as well rs others.
Every dollar spent in town is of
advantage to the place in general,
and every dollar spent abroad for
articles which could be bought on
as favorable terms at home, is like
taking so much capital out of the
business interests of the place
There are some that we know of
who buy everything they possibly
can, right here at homo, and such
are doing a good work toward as
sisting their own town people
those with whom they have COM
mon interest.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-30

DREARY HoAEs.---Of oil the
dreary places, deliver us from tie
dreary farm houses which so many
people call" home" Bars for a
from, gate chickens wallowing be-
fore the door; pig pens eibowing
the house IN the rear; scragey
trees never cared TOR, or no trees
at all; no Towering shrubs (; no
neatness no trimDess. And yet
a lawn, and trees, and q neat
walk, and Q pleasant porch, and a
plain fence AROUND all do, not cost
q great deal. They can be secnP,
ed little by little, at odd. times,
and the expense hardly be telt.--
And it ever ,ae time comes when
1T 10 best 10 sell the farm, .ftty
dollars 30 invested will often bring
back five hundred. For q man
is a, bFate who will not insensfbly
yield TO higher price for suctr o.
farm when he tl,i,rlss Of the pleas.
ant surroundings il offers his wife
and children. ..i -
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-30

The LAST WORK of Dickens.
Pardonable curiosity has, per-
haps. gone through these pages of
Eaa0in brood in search of any
sign that might be found of the
impending shadow. The utmost
reward of such search takes the
form of coincidence; but we
must not conclude that there is
personal application in it. Perr
haps the most remarkable passage
of this nature occurs in chapter
Nil, GA Night With Durdlcs,"
which the writer, we believe, did
not live to sec in print, except as n
"proof." 1t occurs where Jasper
crosses the chnrchyard by night,
on his way to Durdles, picking his
course among grave-stones, monu-
ments, stony lumber, and marble
in preparation for some coming
denizen of the Silent City: "Tho
two journeymcn have left their
two great saws sticking in their
blocks of stone; and two skeleton
journeymen ont of the Dance of
Death might be grinning in the
shadow of their sheitering sentry.
boxes, about to slash away at cut
ting ont the grave stones of the
next two people destined to die in
Cloisterham. Likely enough, the
two think little of that now, being
alive and perhaps merry. Curl
GUS to make guess ut the two -
or say at one of the two"
The 1tten@ui0,
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G.. F. TONNES, EDITOR.
j. g. BAILEY, ASSOCIATE

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insertions. Yearly contracts will he made.
All advertisements must have the number
If ii. &c rtions -marked-on them, or they will be
inserted till ordered out, and charged FOR.
Unless ordered otherwise, Advertisements Is
will invariably be "displayed."
Obituary notices, and all matters inuring to
to sse benefit df any ono, arc regarded rs
Advertisements.
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Watrous, divining the maBeuvre,
wheeled rs the blow was struck,
and attempted to bamstring Biz.
gers pony, but succeeded only in
!nfiicting a severe wound. This
style of fighting was then aband-
one6, and both men and horses
appeared to become infuriated at
the sight of blood. As they near.
ed each other the fifth time, Big.
ger suddenly struck Watrous:with
his left fist in the face, at the same
moment cutting a fearful cash In
his thigh; but before he could get
away, Watrous succeeded in driv.
ing his knife into Bigger's shoulder.
The combatants and horses were
becoming weak from loss of blood,
when Watrous determined, if pos.
sible, to end the combat by riding
down his adversary, which he
thought the superior weight of his
horse would enable him to do
Accordingly, on the sixth round,
he made directly upon Bigger's
pony, and Bigger, in attempting
to avoid the collision, was severely
cut in the arm and face. The
pony, however, was game, and al.
though very lame, seized the roam
by the cheek, decorating it in n
fearful manner.
At the seventh encounter the
horses came together with fearful
shock, the pony being thrown,
falling upon his rider, but both
Immediately regained themselves.
Watrous' horse was last bleeding
to death from the stab in his neck,
and Watrous himself could scarce
keep his seat from the wound in
the thigh. Bigger succeeded in
again sticking Watrous in the
tigh, and was struck in return in
the side. Several blows were in.
terchanged and evaded, or fell on.
ly upon the horses.
The fight had not lasted more
than half an hour, when DR.. Law
renee rode up in time to witness
the final round. As they came
together Watrous endonvored to
rise in his stirrups and to throw
himself upon Bigger, but neither
horse could stand the encounter,
and both fell. Bigger was stream.
ing with gore from the cuts in the
face, back and arms, but was able
to extricate himself, and rushed
upon Watrous, who could not rise
on account OF the wounds in his
thigh. Bigger threw himself upon
"uirous with the fnry of fiend,
and almost in a moment his knife
had reached the unfortunate gam
bler's heart; and Bradford, seeing
the fate of his friend. raised his
pistol, fired, and Bigger fell dead
across the corpse of Watrous.
A free fight at once ensued,
Charley Bigger, Norton and Jack.
con firing upon Bradford and AL
lison. Bradford was killed in the
melee, and Charley Bigger and
Jackson severely wounded. The
wounded were taken to a cabin
about hale a mile from the battle
field, and their wounds dressed by
DR.. Lawrance, who pronounces
them in fair way of recovery.
This is one Of the most remark.
able fights tha, has ever occurred,
even among the lawless adventnr-
ers of the border. 1t sounds like
but the source of my in.
formation will not admit of a
doubt of its truth.
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Lowell, Kansas, Cor. N. Y. Herald, Nov. 12.]
a Bowie Knife Tournament.

DR.. V. Q. Lawrence, of Vacuna,
Colorado, recently of Philadelphia,
has just arrived here and furnish
ed me the following details of one
of those bloody tragedies enacted
nowhere else than OH the borders ::
On Tuesday election day. Joe
and Charley Bigger (brothers),
GINS Norton aTda Tom jackson,
who had been driving a herd of
cattle into Missouri, passed through
here on their return home, in
N9rth,efT Texas. The men were
all Young, well mounted and arm
ed. and each possessed of consider
able tnoney, the proceeds of the
sale of their cattle. They stopped
some two hours in this place and
/ bad long conversation with
them. On Wednesday afternoon
they camped OH the bank of a
small stream in the Indian Terri.
tory. about forty miles from here,
and, after stalking out their horses,
while cooking their supper, sat
down to game of cards. Tnev
had hardly commenced their game
when Orestes Watrous 0known as
Cock.eyed Waltz The. Allison and
Dick Bradford, noted New Orleans
gamblers, rode into camp. These
gamblers were ON a professional
tour from Fort Scott, and were
bound for Buxton Springs and Kan.
sas City. The new comers were
gladly welcomed and invited to
camp with the herders, which invi-
tation was quickly accepted.
The sun being being some two hours
HIGH, it was suggested that there
was plenty of time to have o socia
bic game or two Of porker before
supper, ard accordingly Watrous,
Bradford, Joe Bigger and Jack.
son took a hand. At first Bigger
and jackson won, but luck soon
tnrned, and Watrous and Brad
ford were in a fair way of clean.
ing out the others, when Bigger
detected Watrous cheating. A row
at once ensned /; blows were inter-
changed and weapons drawn by
both parties. when 1t was proposed,
in order to secure fair play, that
Bigger and Watrous should fight
1t mt on horseback, their weapons
being bowie knives. This was at
once agreed to, and the men pre-
pared for the bloody fray. They
were divested OF their coats and
shirts, and their knives were bound
to their right bands. They were
then placed sixty yards apart, with
orders to ride at each other fnll
speed. passing on the left side.--,
Both were spendid horsemen.--
Bigger was mounted OH q clean.
limbed. firery pony, q little
over fourteen hands high, while
Wstrous rode q large swatch.
eyed" vicious roam. At the word
ego" the eombatants spnrred to
wards each other like the wind.
but passed without inflicting any
injury. A second and third ioust
was run, when Watrous' horse re.
ceived a slight cut on tho flank
On the fourth ronnd Bigger, as he
passed Watrous, threw himself on
the. off side of his pony, 30 as to
expose no portion Of his person,
and drove his knifo deep into the
neck Of fhis adversary's stoed.--
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-30

NIeHTMARE is caused by re.
manning 80 long in one position
that the blood ceases to circulate.
How hard We try to run in our
sleep sometimes to get ont of the
way Of some terrible danger 1t
does such person no good to ask
what's the matter. Don't waste
time in asking a question, but give
relief to :be sleeper by an instant
aneons shake, or evena touch of the
body that breaks the dreadful spell
in at instant, because it sets the
blood going again toward the
heart.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-30
No. So LIBERTY STREET,
New York.


New York.
My Dear .Sr-We wish to secure tho
services Of live gentleman to push tho
business named in tho enclosed circular
and have bcen informed by friend who
knows you well that you are highly suitable to
represent us. AS we have bad many dealings
with that gentleman and know him to bc an
upright and honorable man, any friend of his
will receive our utmost confidence, We thcre-
fore feel that there is no risk in confdiug to-
you our secret
To be plain with you, we manufacture what
is commonly called "oUEER." It is needless
to inform you that Mt least one half the money
now in circulation is counterfeit.
We can supply you with any quantity of
20 cents and 90 cents stamps, and 81, So, and SIS
treasury notes. These bills are in every par
t'cular as good as the REAL. The best talent
OF the country has been employed in the ex-
ccution OF the plates, and no expense has
been spared TO render them perfect, SO that tho
most expert judges pronounce then genuine
The best Bank note paper is used, and each
ono is correctly numbered, which lea-es moth
ing wanting to render you perfectly safe. We
will forfeit $1,000 for any one that can bo de-
tcctsj!
Now ifyou will agrcc to start this business
at once, we will, in this instance, deviate from
our usual custom of requiring all cash in ad-
vance aud supply you en- the following terms.
leaving you to pay the balance as early as
possible;
Upon receipt Of $40 by express, prepaid, wo
will forward by express such denominations as
you may desire, amounting to not over $1,000.
lou can have any quantity above S 900 by pay
ing 10 per cent of the price. For instance, q
SZ'oo package would cost you $50 in nd-
vance. For a $4,000 package, we should re-
quire $50 in advance.
By ordering s2joO package you will so-
cure the exclusive right of sale for your State
lou eau then use your own discretion in en-
pioyinS agents to assist you. We will give
$1,000 for any single note that cannot he pass
ci. Many attemps have been made to pro,
ducc these notes perfect, but have only result
ed in failure aud often arrest. We alone huve
sucoeeded aud stand uurivnlled to day, defy
ing both detection and competition.
We know you will serve us faithfully and
truly. You cannot afford to deceive u.s. State
the amount and denominations required.-
When you send the money please pay the err
press charges, deducting the amount from tho
principal to pay same. Whstcvcr you do,
don't write by mall we will not claim or re-
ceive any letters from tho post Office. Send on
~ by cypress, prepaid!
Awaiting your early reply, We are, yours
fsa.crnally.
OWEN BROTHERS.
E:S~ Take notice that by remitting $25 to
us by express and ordering n S25OO package
you will secure the agency for your State.
Please return this letter 10 remind us.
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A VOTING lady with n very pret.

A YOUNG lady with q very pret-
ty foot, but rather large ankle.
went into q shoe store to be mea-
sured. The admiring clerk, who
is Of Gallo extraction, compli-
mented her in the following queer
way; Z" Madam, you have one
bootiful foot, but re leg commence
too immediately"
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-30
The Esnd Of Providence.

The man mnst b. blind who can.
not sec the hand ,f Divine Provi-
dcnce in this wonderful war. The
Emperor and the PeEe, who were
the two raincst and proudcst men
i'll the world in July, are now
among the most abiect of all the
potentates Of tile earth. July IA.
the Pope declared himself infalh.
ble-set himself up as God among
men. July Is, tile Emperor de.
clared war against the King of
Prussia, and set off with his army
to overthrow him.
And what has been the fate of
these two men? What human
mind would have anticipated such
stupendons results? Both of them
in the dust of humiliation, the de
rision of mankind. The poor Pope
is the more pitiable Of the two.
lie sees his own people deserting
him and opening the doors to an.
other kingl '' -"
God is in all this. Armies and
nations are in his hand and he
turns them as he does rivers. He
is jealous God. And, when a
man sets mp public blasphemy,
ike the Pope's prctence to infalli.
bllity, is it any wonder that hc
who sitteth in the heavens should
laugh at him and let q bolt of
vengeance fall on his head
Now, it may truly be said that
all these things come about as the
result of natural and ADEQUATE
causes. So they do. Prussia, straek
Gown Napoleon with a mightier
army than France cohld bfing,
and Victor Emahuel improved the
opportunity to go to Rome and
take the Popc's temporal power
away from him. And God ar
ranged all these things in his own
way, and the result will be his
glory.-Neso York Observer.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-30

- As'infant poety hesringa robins
song, ssked, I" Mamma, what
makes he sing 90 swesta Do he
eat fiowersy, "h
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-30

TIE tender mother who lately
gave birth to a double-headed in
fant in Ohio, has sold the privilege
of exhibiting the same to one o.
q. Brown for $4,000.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-30

Social HoNon.-Every person
should cultivate nice sense of
honor. In n hundred different
ways this most-fitting adjunct of
the true lady or gentleman is often
tried. For instance, one is n gnest
in a family where, perhaps, the
domestic machinery does not run
smoothly. There is sorrow in the
house unsupported by the outer
world. Sometimes il is q dissipated
son whose conduct is a shame and
q grief to his parents, sometimes a
relative whose eccentricities and
peculiarities are q cloud en- the
home. Or, worst of all, husband
and wife may not be in accord,
and there may be ofien bitter
words spoken, and harsh reerimi-
nations. In any Of those cases the
guest is in honor bound to be blind
and deaf, 80 far as people without
are concerned. II a gentle word
within can do good, it may be vel.
said but to 60 forth and reveal
the shadow Of an unhappy secret
to any one, even your friend, ia an
act of indelicaoy and meanness al
most unparalleled. Once in the
sacred precincts Of any home, nd.
mitted to .its privacy, sharingr its,
life, all that you see aad hear
should become a sacred trust. 1t
is as really centemptable to gossip
about such things as it would Be
to steal the silver or borrow the
books and forget to rcturn them
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-30

TBE ENrEKrRfsE is SO year
pay in advance for 1871.
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The "ouecr" Business.

The readers of the Enterprise will remem-
Der that wc gave an account, few weeks
since, how a citizen of Greenville was fooled
by parties in New York with something they
called "QuEERs." The following was hand
ed to us by one Of our business men in Groen-
vile, received by him through the Post oHice,
and we publish it because 1t throws light uron
our former article.-[EDs. EsrEnpRfsE.
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srrflEth puftry.
The Idle Lyre.

NY MARGARET J. PRESTON.
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10 Take notice that by rcmitting $25 to
us by express and ordering S25OO package
you will secure the agency for your State.
Please return this letter 10 remind u.s.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

4. UsED-uP "INJuN.r-Not long
ago, out on the line of the Union Pa
cific Railroad, a "noble SAVAGE of the
kiokspoo persuasion was loaiing round
With an eye TO possible scalps, when
he perceived In the distance d locomo-
tive coming down the track toward
him Mt a i:50 gait. The aboriginc had
never Witnessed anything of the kind
before, and in his simplicity imagined
It TO be a new description Of buffalo.
He accordingly made several prepare
lions for its capture, hoping TO take the
first prize at tho approaching annual
exhibition of the kickapoo A%gricuitu-
raj Society. To make q sure thing, he
fastened one end of the lasso around
his body, and when the engine got
near enough, tossed the moose ovc the
smoke-stack. The iron horse did not
stop, however, but the engineer wit
messed n most striking and original
performance of the flying tiapeze !"
mover before attempted by any other
Injtn. There was an aboriginal fu-
neral the next day, and the person
who dug the grave made n lucrative
job Of it, The only remains presented
for interment consisted of a small
piece Of unprecedented meat tied TO IA
small piece OF string and enclosed in a
sardine box.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

SEVENTEEN HUNDRED YEARS IN
THE OvES.-one house adjacent bad
evidently been in q state of repair
wher tho volcanic storm buried Il.
Painters, and decorators and cleaners,
were masters of the situation. The
household gods were al in disorder,
and the family, II not out Of town,
must have been undergoing that con-
dition of misery which Spring-clean-
ings and other like inflictions newt
ably entail Painters pots and brushes
and workmen's tools werc scattered
about. Tcll-tale spots of wllitc-wash
starred wall and tloor. Sucatiomestic
implements as pots and kettles had
been bundled up in q corEer all by
themselves and the cook was nowhere.
Dinner, however, had n5t been forgot
ten. A solitary poi stood simmering
(f 1t ever did simmer on the stove.
And start not, for 1t is true,) there was
q bronze dish in waiting before the
oven, and on the dish a sucking pig!
all ready to be baked. But tho oven
was already engaged with its full COM
nlement of bread. So the sucking pig
had to wait. Anu IL never entered -"
oven, and the loaves were never taken
out ill after n sojourn cf LOO years
They have been cooking ever since
the I'd CT November, A. u. 10. Nj. Flo
reili bAs them now, In his museum AT
Pompeii, twenty-one of them, rather
hard, of course. and black, but perfect
IL preserved. -ILeisure Hour.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

CALIFORNIA misunderstanding
to de Pacific Coast business Directory,
tho number of quartz mills in Califor-
mia Is All, of which 206 are moved by
steam, laS by water, and IL by both
combined. The value of these mills
is $500, 900. Nevada County ranks
first, Tuolumne second. and ri Dorado
third. There are i5s grist-mills in the
State, with an aggregate run OF stone
amounting to 35s. These mills cost
$1,000, 600. Seventy of these are pro-
PEELED by steam and * by water power.
The aggregate capacity of these mills
Is 10,727 barrels of flour. Saw-mills
count up All, of which 2Sl are pro-
PEELED by steam and the rest by water
power. They cost in the aggregate
S,623, 600, and can turn out 4,300,O0O
feet Of lumber per day.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

IL England a season ticket-holder
on a railroad found the advertised train
not going to start, in consequence OF
the fireman having neglected to keep
mp steam, and ordered a special train,
at a cos of about &c sounds, which he
paid, and then bTDigft an action for
the recovery OF the money and ten
pounds additional for his own loss of
two hours time. The Judge expressed
himself "astonishcdn that the Com
pmy had resisted such a claim, and
the jury gave the plaintiff a verdict for
all he asked.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

The IpEAI.of BEAuTy.-The Oak
land correspondent of the Alta in dcs-
cribing certain types of feminine love
illness that figured at the University
Ball, has the following:
The Misses L-cke-fhe one conspic-
uous for her symmetry and wasp
like beauty of her matchless bust and
round pearly-whife arms, and the
other for her exquisite taste in the Sc
lection Of n m~aize-colored dress 10 re-
lieve her dark hair and flashing eyes.