The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-18
From The Omaha Herald:
CHEYENNE, 9 ID,


Your correspondent was no less
surprised than pleased with the won
derful growth OF this so-called "Magic
City Of the Palms." since his last
visit here. Evidences of prosperity
are everywhere Visible, and the mer-
chants aud business men are especi-
ally prosperous. From Information
obtained here from reliable business
e and those whose judgment can
be relied upon, / am more than ever
convinced of the richness of the
Black Hills country, in both mineral
resources and those natural GRASSES
and qualifications which render il
peculiarly adapted to the grazing of
large herds of cattle. There is not
only gold and silver. with probably
other metals there, but there Is tim
Der and prairie, aud large ranges COW
cred wild timothy and u species of
red-top, such as grows on some OF the
best meadows in the east. / am also
informed by stnckmen, that the new
er the range the better the cattle
thrive, and that this IS n reason of
the remarkable increase in the cattle
business of Wyoming, Nebraska and
Colorado. The vast region of terri
tory embraced within the two arms
of the Pate river, and extending
west beyond the limits of the greet
Laramie plains, south beyond Dem
yer, and north To tile base of the Big
Horn Mountains, is now more or less
occupied by ''the lowing herds" To
do well, cattle want plenty of DOM
large ranges with water convenient
of access. These conditions are es-
pecially favorable 10 winter grazing.
.e CHEYENNE /
Is the headquarters Of n large num-
Der of stock men, and they have and
are investing n good deal OF capital
in the town, both in private rcsiden-
ces and business blocks. In fact, its
prosperity this year is due To two sour
ces: one, the Black Hills immigrat o.,
and the other the investment of the
stock men above spoken of. Last
spring some time, the city council
passed "a fire ordinance, aud hence all
blocks erected in the compact bust
ness portion of thn city this year have
been Of brick. Outside of the fire
limits, a large number of frame resi-
tlences have been erected and the de
mand for them is ~uubOuHded.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND THE ELEC-
TIoN.
1 arrived here on the day of cleo
tiun and witnessed, for the first time
in my life, the operations of the
woman suffrage law. From what
little / saw Of the workings of this
law, and from what | have learned
since l came here, l do not
think it amounts to much, or that it
adds TO the safety, protection or pros
perity of this yeople. There is a
larger vote TO be sure, but the same
relative majorities remain, for wives
and daughters usually vote as do
their husbands and brothers. | be-
lieve this woman suffrage law was
enacted under the auspices of a dem
ocratic Legislature, and l heard sew
eral prominent democrats express
their disappointment as to the result
of the experiment. In II frontier
town like this, bold, bad women will
not hesitate to exercise the right of
suffrage, while the true women, and
the modest unasSuIning ladies hest.
tate about the exercise of the privi-
lcge. 1 did not intend to
DISCUSS THIS QUESTION,
because it is foreign to the object for
which | am here; but its being one
of the prominent features of this
Territory, must be my excuse. |
propose to give your readers in this
communication II partial view of the
details of the growth of Cheyenne
this season. The fact of its proXimi-
ty to the large stock interests of the
Territory | consider, more than the
Black Hills excitement, to be the
chief cause Of its prosperity.
OF THE NEW BUILDINGS
erected this season, the largest and
most prominent is thei Inter-Ocean
Hotel, built by B. L.. Ford. 1t is
truly a magnificent structure, and
ranks with the finest hotels In the
country. 1t is thrae stories high, is
elegantly furnished throughout, has
fifty rooms, and in style and magnif-
cenee is fully equal to the Grand
Central, in Omaha. In the basement
may be found the barber shop. On
the first floor are the office or recep-
ton room, the reading room, elegant
ly carpeted and mirrored, a fine large
dining room and ladies ordinary,
kitchen, wash Don and baggage
room. On this floor may also be
found the incest billiard parlor in the
west. 1t is carpeted with megnih-
cent Brussels carpet, has two of
Brunswick's best tables, and an ele-
giant walnut bar adjoining. This
apartment has been rented by u
old Omaha friend
oE dick RICHARDS,
and his acquaintance IN your city
will raioica tn hear of his hatterinU