The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-09
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To the liabilities Tor UuttittIng when
here, We propose answer all these
! cOrrr>pondciiL~ through The LEADER.
Ihc distances from here to The hills
and To the various points III the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne = situated al the Juno
ton al the Union PaCif. aud Kansas
Pacific raiiruuu-, and about seventeen
miic= east OF the Back His raugc,
on u high plateau of land, the eleva-
t!r:i cal which Is about b,GUu feel above
tAU >eH level. \ mail stream, called
Crow Greek, flows down from this
range Of Hills aud through the west
CEu = southwestern FAR Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot tS0mC-
} times called Camp CarIinl 4 military
supply pu-t, where there are "A mum
Der OF warehouses and store houses
tOr the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, Is ~ miles distant,
Un Crow Greek, and has Il branch
railroad leading from it 10 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
meut wagon shop, bl Icksmilh shop
and other shops, where a large num-
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. 4 mile
still further up Crow Greek is Fort
Russell, n fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. J.
Il ynoids. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising Of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
f1OUkS of The same. Eighteen miles
away 10 the west, the AIetcaIf 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-
tauts. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has tive good,
substantial church edifices, a1 fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. W. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. +.
Warren, resident minister; COngre-
gatiOnal, no resident minister at
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
OF two hundred scholars, presided
over by n. L. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenney, MCGeehon and
Bryant IA assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodious,
comfortable two story brick ediiice,
and was erected in 1871, at "A cost Of
Sl2 900. There is also IA private
school kept by q Miss Ellis, who has
II number of small scholars in attend
ance-probably Twenty-Five.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HOusnIan and f.. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOuScS-I.
c. Whipple, Pease d Taylor, + Ma
| ~gIe-where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number Of retail grocery establish
m~rnts-Leihy & Co., Underwood Il
McGregUr, 5. II. Wood, at all of which
good stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. or bakery aud confectionery
establishments there are the follow
ing: II. IL. Ellis, Underwood & Ne
Gregor, and f.. W. k"u'irgur,
where everything usually kept IN Il
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twO-AddHms &
Glover and IUrlhut BrOs.-pud there
will he no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
Il first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods cs-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
ID. FogIs5ong q Co, L. Herman &
Co.,-each of whom keeps an cX-
tensive and varied assortment Of all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
READY made clothing" houseS--B.
Hoilman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
SnIith-ail of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. b. Hellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G.. MastOn,--at each
of which there is a 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.. f. Thompson, can outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
audshOes. 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, and the place may
well be proud of it.
There are a number of good hotels
in the place, the principal among
which are Dyers Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res
taurants in the place, where meals
can be obtained at any time. There
are three blacksmith and wagon
shops-John NeaIOn, H. Haas, and
Droner a, Coat which n good SuD-