The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-11-02

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CAExEaNE As AN oUTFITRINC
Being daily in receipt of letter.
making inquiry uS t6f-the distance
from here Ia the Black Hills, and ~
TO the facilities for Quitting when
here, we propose [ answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to the-iTiti~
and to the various points On the
route have already beeh published.
Cheyenne is situated at the juno
ton of the Union Pacifi- and Kansas
Pacific railroads., aud about seventeen
miles east Of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eieva-
ton of which IS about 6 GOA feel above
the sea level. A small stream, called
Crow Greek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (sutne-
times called Camp Cariiu) Il military
supply past, wi:ere there are a mum
her III Warehouses and Store huusps
for the safe Keeping of military and
Indian stores, IS two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has Il branch
railroad leading fromit ia the Union
Pacific. At this depot area gdvern-
ment wagon shop, bl IckSmiih shop
and other shops, where a large num-
Der of tradeSuten find employment
in h government service. A mile
htill further up Crow Greek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. J. j..
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hardware. stove and tin stores
Henry Housnlan and +. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
n carpenter fOalS are for sale; three
barge wholesale grocery hou~es-I.
g. Whippie, Pease & Taylur, L Nn-
gle where everything in the GROCERY,
provision and grain trade rIn be pro-
cured. Besides these There are n
number Of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby Il Co., Underwood x
McGregur, AT an Of which good
stocks of fresh groceries eau be
had. Fruit and Produce, S. H. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: III. H. EIlis, Underwood IL Me-
Gregor, and l. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually Kept IN II
baking and cpnfeeIinnery establish
tiNhA hhhg = HihNNalth. vi uIu8
stores there are two-Addoms &
Glover and Huribut Bros. Aaad there
will he no difficulty in procuring al
these places anything usually kept at
a first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goui~ ps-
Ia Observation-Disclosures Meyers, Geo.
D.~fogiesong & Co i. Herman &
CO.,-edch of whom keeps an eX-.
tensive and varied assortment nl all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three iurge
ready made Clothing" hnuseS-B.
HclunAns- Marks d MeyerI, Peter
SInith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well ms
retail. b. tieilman'h has Ia connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there. are thrPe-T. \. Kent,
l.. MurriR, Geo. q. MaSton,-at each
of which there * u good stock To
purchase from. In the furniture and
cr0csery line the large aud extensive
establishment of Converse q Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches Of trsaie. In tire boot and
shoe trade the store of Stephen Bon
and G. +. Thompson. can "outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes In jeAYCry establish tuents
Cheyenne boasts tWo-Joslln & Park
and David Miller. The former has II
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for fexceilrnce
of workmanship, an the place may
well be proud OF it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is n rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
hocks of the same. Eighteen miles
away tolthe west, the MetcaIf Min
ing District begins where good cop
per and silver ores are found In
abundance. This district is now
being develpped.by citizens of Chey-r
enne, and wifi, no doubt, prove Of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 1000 inhabi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. It-hasr five good,
su~bstantiali CHURCH edi6ces, as fol-
pastor i-Episcopal.. Rev. f. w. Hill
lizard - resiient clergyInen ; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
ministers, Methodist, Rev., W.. f.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gatiQnal, no resident. minister ct
present! There IS one good public
school, with an average attendance
OF two hundred scholars resided
over by N. p, Stark, as principal,
and Misses Penney, MeGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a connexions.
comfortable two story brick edihce,
and was erected in 1871, at a cost of
Sl26e0.f FfPhPreA is aisnE a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
q number of small scholars in attend
ance-Drohahly wanty-fya