The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-30
CHEYENNE As AN OUFFITrING
" POINT

POINT
Being daily in receipt of letters
making Inquiry as To the distance
from here To the Black Hills, and us
TO the facilities for QUILTING when
here, we propose t 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 ImbtishPd.
Cheyenne is situated ut the JUNG
ton OF the Union PacifirHnd Kansas
Pacific railroads, and ahuut seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau uf-laud, the eieva-
ton of which is about g ,UUO feel above
The sea level. Al small stream, called
CnOW Creek, flows down from this
rangg-uf His and through the west
ern and southwestern WIrl Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot iSuInr-
times called Camp Cariin) a military
supply post. where there Hre "A NUM-
berrpf w~arenStt-es AND ltore houscs
fnsif Ire safe Keeping az military and
Indian stores, is vi miles dis ant,
on Crow Creek, aud has Il brunch
railroad leading from it 10 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
meut wagon shop, bl tckSthiihr~hup
AAlNN . EtAt.En "a ~ q 80 -. lAAAFAh
Der of tradesmen fluid employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Cruz Creek s. Fort
Russell, Il fifteen Company military
garrison, commanded by fipu. -.
Reynolds. At-prrsputtherc are but
nine companies statIoaed there.
There are III tide town tWu large
Hardware, stove and tin Sturc.-
Henry Housnun and +. Schwrickert
where all mnuncr Of mining tools
aud ,earprnter tools are f~ur'sule; three
large Wholesale grocery huu-es-I.
G.. Whipple, PeI~e q Taylor, L Ma
gley-wdlsrs everything iurthc grocery,
provision aud grain trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these thcrb arr. a
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby & Ca, Underwood &
McGreg0r, at all .of which goud
stocks OF, fresh groceries can lac
hHu. Frhit-ahd Produce, \. II. Mood.
of bakery aud confectionery uS-
Establishments there ure the futluw-
ing: Ii. Ia liliis, Underwood q Nc
Gregnr, aud e ". Kepliuger,
where everything usually Kept IN n
baking and confectionery establish
Hent may be procured. ct drug
stores there are twn-Addnins d
Glover gni 1urlhut Bra&.=aud there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
Il first class drug establishment.
There are three largp-dry goods ps-
tastishmeutS- Murks1& Meyers, Gnu.
@Eogle~ong & Co, I.-lIUrrnuH x
Co.,-euch of whom keeps an pX-
tensive and varied assortment 81 all
articles usually Sept in tir-tCasShry
goods Sores There are three large
IL. Id IT, I...- . -
Holman. Marks d Meyer, Peter
SulNh-al9 of them carry rNlen-
sive Stocks, and wholesale nS well rs
TetHtl% b. IIetlnIan has ia connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thTpe-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G.. Ma~tOn,-Ht each
of, which Illere is a good stock I %
purchase from. In the furniture and
crsrkerr- trtr tire large and extensive
establishment al. Converse & Warren
cah 4urnislI all demands on these
branches3of trade. In the bunt and
shoe tfade-the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. f, Thompson, ran "oulfit"
all who call upon them. with boots
and shoes. In iewclry establishments
Chryenbe b9hsts twe-JpslIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has Il
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe fer eexeelence
Of workmanship. ansN 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
awaytOthe west the .Metcalf Min
ing District hegims,y where good cop.
per and silver ores are found IN
abundance. This district i now
beiRgsdeveloped hv c~itizens of Chey-
enie land WILL inosdonbt, prove Of
great value.
C~heyenneha "a ahaut 3,0OO inhahi-
tantS. This number does not include
transient persons. II has five gund.
suhsturtibI CHURCH ehi6rps. IA f1l-
lows: Catholic. Father MrG nldrirk.
pastor; Episcopal. Rev. F. W. Hit
lard Eesideht-c lergHlnen; Preshy-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed. resident
munster; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident minister; Congrp-
gatinnal, no resident minister rt
present. -Theresi is one good purllic
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
e by N. r.. Stark, aS PRINCIPAL
+ and Misses TeHRey AIcGeehon and
BrYant-as Assistant teachers. The
school Building is a connexions.
c0mfortable two story brick pdifcp
AMI was erected in 1871, at Il cost Of
S29ap. -~THpre is also a-privato
sci'dnF kept by Miss Ellis, who has
Il number Of small scholars in attend
ance-prnbably twenty-five.
AS all who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms and~am-