The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-10
COMMERCIAL JOB PRINTING
CHEYENNE As AN UPLIFTING
POINT!

Being daily in receipt of letters
making inquiry as To the distance
from here to the Black Hills, aud rs
to the facilities for uutfittIng when
here, We propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to the hills
and TO the various points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne i situated at the juno
ton nf the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
On Il high plateau of land, the eleva-
ton of which Is about 1910 feel above
the sea level. a small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down trum this
range of Hills aud through the west
ern and southwestern part OF the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (Snme-
times called Camp Cariinl ii military
supply past, where there are Il mum
her of warehouses and store HOUSES
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is W miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has "A branch
railroad leading from IL io the Union
Pacific. At this depot are "a govern
ment wagon shop, bi rcksmith shop
and other shops, where II large mum
btl va dhhA17AAlNi NV NAANlfARg ANAl
in the government service. y mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, Il fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j..
Reynolds. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stnve and tin stores
Henry Housnrun and +. Schwpickert
-NplNAFA .4l n1atttt4r nE Ttinipr tHRlS
and carpenter TOOLS are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery huuses-I.
&. Whippie, Peit~e * Taylor, l. Ma
gle where everything in the grocery,
provision aud grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these theTa ARE a
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby 81 Co., Underwood &
McGrcgOr, at all Of which good
stocks of fresh groceries cau be
had. Fruit and Produce, >. II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery Cs-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: II. II. Ellis, Underwood IL Nc
Gregnr, and Il. w. Kvplinger,
where everything usually kept IN IA
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are two-Addnms &
Glover and Hurlhut BroS.-hnd there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept AT
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Gen.
d.. FOgIesOng & Co, /. Herman &
CO.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
tensive and varied assortment Of all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
a.-,n,,, ,,,,yIa ,INrIfp,rr1 I,,,-n. ID
Hellman. Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-aIl of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale us well ms
retail. b. Hellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrpe-r. a. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G.. MaSton,--at each
of which there is q good stock to
purchase from. In the furniture and
crockery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. +. Thompson, can "outfit'
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts two-JoSlIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has a
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, AMI the place may
well be proud OF it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
hOcks of the same. Eighteen miles
away TO the west, the MetcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found In
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chey-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove OF
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edifices, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGnldrick,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. F. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Preshy-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gational, no resident minister ct
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by N. z. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodinus,
comfortable two story brick edifce,
n was erected in 1871, at a cost OF
$1,000. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
Of small scholars in attend
ahce-probably twenty-five.
AS all who intend going to the
biack Hills need firearms and am
Ilunitlon, for their own protection