The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-06
cHkYRaNE As An OUFFITTING
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POINT
Being daily in receipt of letters
making inquiry ns- Ia the distance
from here tO the Black Hills, and as
to the facilities for QUILTING when
here, we propose [ answer all these
correspondents through The LEADER.
The distances from here To the hiil~
aud to the variuus points IN n
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the june
ton OF the Union Pacifir and Kansas
Pacific railroads. anIabuut seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eieNa-
gtion of which is about q ,UOD feet ubnve
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 (snme-
times called Camp Carlin) "A military
supply post, where-thpre are Il mum
Der of warehOttSeS mud store HOUSES
for the safe Keeping OF military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Greek, and has a branch
railroad leading from il TO the Union
Pacific. Al this depot are a govern
I1tDl Wd8ll +SlipN, w lNhSillltu SilbIl
and other shops, where u large mum
Der of tradesmen tiud employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Cruw Creek is Fort
Russell, a 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
III n Fl kAyar A EffxFA and fin sf,p.aL
Henry Huusnlan and f. Schwpickert
where all of mining tools
and carpenter tools ara for sale; three
large wholesale gruccry houSeS-I.
G. Whippie, Prase d Taylor, l. Ma
g~le-where everythilRinthe grocery,
provision and grain trade can lie pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby * Co., Underwood Il
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can he
had. Fruit and Produce, ). II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery cs-
Establishments there are the ful!uw-
ing: III. II. Ellis, Underwood & Me.
Gregor, and L. w. Kepliuger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are two-Addoms 4
Glover and Hurlhut BroS.-and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
n first class drug establishments.
There are three large dry gnu,l- cs-
tablishments-Murks & Meyers, Geo.
ID. Fu@lesUng x Co. |. Herman Il
CO.,-each of whom keeps an eN-
tensive and varied assortment Of all
aFfislas ItGnaltt EAIt it Hr-f ..I.a-y Ire.
goods stores. There are three large
ready male clothing" hnuseS--B.
Hellman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-hl of them carry KITE
siVe stocks, and wholesale as well rs
retail. b. Hellnlan has in connection
with his. clothing emporium, IL first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. or wholesale liquor and ri gar
houses there. are thrpe-E a. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G. MastOu,--nt each
of which there Is II good stock To
purchase from. In the furniture and
cr0ckery fine the large and extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
car furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. Z. Thompson, ran "outft"
all who call upon them, with bouts
andshoeS. In jewUlry establishments
Cheyenne housts two-JdSlm & Park
and David Miller. The former has Il
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
Of workmanship, AM the place may
well be proud OF it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, we'll
adapted tn the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
focks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MptcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found IN
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chpy-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 3,0nO innahi-
tantS. This number does not include
transient persons. Ithas Ave good,
substantial church ~edifices, as fol
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor Episcopal. Rev. T. w. Hi
lard resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F..
Warren, resident minister; Congrp-
gational, no resident minister Ct
present. There is one gnnd public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by N. F. Stark, aS principal.
and Misses Tenuey, McGeehon aud
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building ia a commodious.
comfortable two story brick edifice.
and was erected in 1871, at a cost Of
$1,000. There is also a private
school Kept by a Miss Ellis, who has