The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-19
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from here To- the Black Hills, and as
TO the fariIitie~ for outfit. ng when
here, we propose I answer all thpSe
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here la the hills
and To the vuriuus points III the
route have already heen published.
Cheyenne Is situated at the june
tiun OF the Union Pacii" aud Kansas
Pacific railroads., and about seventeen
mile- east OF the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eleva-
stiOn of which i about q .nUu fee; above
the sea- level. A small stream called
Crow Creek, hpws down from this
range of Hits and through the WEST
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne D,'poi (sume-
times called Camp CHriinl II military
supply post, where there are IA num-
Der ut warehouses and store hnuses
fOH the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is Two miles DIS ani,
on Crow Creek, and has Al hrauch
railroad leading from it Ia the Uninu
Pacific. AT this depot are n govern
ment wagon shop, til tcksmith shop
and other shops, where II large num-
Ter Of trade-neu tind employment
in the government service. a mile
ENlll uIiilt Ul NihN Aitth - VII
Russell, "A fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
r ynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town Two large
Hardware, stnve and lin stureS-
Henry Housnian and f.. Srhwpirkert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tnulS are fur sale; three
large Wholesale grucery hOu~eS-I.
g. Whipple, Pcase X Taylor. + MAJ
gle where everything in the grncery,
provision and grain trade can hP pro-
cur-d. Besides these there ARE a
number Of retail or Icrry establish
mruts-Leiby x CO., Underwood *
McGregur, at all OF which good
stocks of fresh groceries ran he
hat. Fruit and Produce. =. II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery e--
Establishments there are the follow
ing: IL. H. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Gregor, and f. w. Kepiinger,
where everything usually Kept IN II
baking aud confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stureS there ar" AddonS *
Glover AN I IInrlhut Bros. -and there
will I've no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually krptnf
II HTSl tidN~ tFuE pSlhllll~llI1ltitls
There are three large dry gumi- -
tdbliShmputS-MarkS & Meyers. Geo.
ID. Fuglesung & Co |. Herman &
CO.,-edch at whom keeps an ex-
tensivp aud varied assortment at ali
articles .ISu Iily kept in first cIaSS dry
gnni[ stores. There are three. large
''reany 4mada clothing" hIusp---B.
Holman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith all of them carry Gxfen-
sive Storks, and wholUSa'p us well nS
retail. B4Iiellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring pSlHhliSh-
ment. or wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrpe-r. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. q. MaStun, al each
of which there il II good stock Ia
purchase from. In the furniture and
crockery line the large aud extensive
establishment of Converse Il Warren
can furnish all demands on these.
branches of truie. In the boot nnd
sine trutle the stores of Stephen Bon
and q. +. Thompson, ran ''nuttit"
all who call upon them. with bnnie
andshorS. In jewt Try establishments
Cheyenne boasts two-JnSlm & Park
and David Miller. The former has Il
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship. an the place may
well he proud nf it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is II rolling prairie, we'll
adapted tn the raising nf cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
focks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MIetcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cup
Wanr MD afl,.gs F.I -
abundance. This district is now
being developed nv citizrns of Chry-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhahi-
tant|. This number does NOT include
transient persons. II has Ave gund,
substantial church ediffj|S. a. fol-
lows: Catholic, Father MEG ridrick,
pastor; Episcopal. Rev. f. w. Hill
lard, resiiput "lergvmpn; PrpShv-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Il ed resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; Cnngrr-
gatinnal, no resident minister IT
present. There IL one gpnl public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by N. f. Stark. ~ PRINCIPAL
AMI Misses Tennpy, MrGeehon aud
BRYANT "a assistant teachers. The
school building is a cnmmodinus.
comfortable two story brick phifcp
an was erected in 1871. at a cost OF
$1,000. Thhre is alSn- a privat"
school kent by a Miss EtIiS, who haS
ii number nf small scholars in attend
hnce- probably Twenty-Five.
As all who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms AMI am
m1nition, for their own protection
ana To supply tho cpm'nisS4rv de-
partmnnt. we are often aske,I whether
thnsn Ilnll nln he nLLninnl Lnr.