The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-11-10
cHErKsSE As AN oUrPrrrINo
POINT

Being daily Ia receipt of letters
making inquiry hs-tn the distance
from here. to the Black Hills, and IT,
to the facilities for 0uttittrng when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondence through the LEADER.
The distances from here 10 The hills
and to the various points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the juuc-
ton of the Union Pacifi' and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eleva-
tieaeaf which is atput6 BOO feet abovs
the e level A siInll stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from mis-
range of Hills aud through the west
ern and southwestern part of the.
town site. Cheyenne Depot (Snuip-.
times called Camp Carlin) Il military
supply post, where there are a mum
Der ~ warehouses aud sture HOUSES
for the safe keeping Of military aud
Indian stores, is two mites dis'aul,
OH Crow Creek, and has II branch
railroad leading from it 10 the Union
Pacific. At this depnt are a govern
ment wag shop, bl tCkSiniih shop.
and other shops, where - large mum
tier of tradesuIen find employment
in the government service. a mile
stll-fHFther up Gruw CrreK i Fort
RuSSell,a fifteen Company ui.iHurN
garriSnn, commHuded hy Gen. j. }.
II 'ynoIds. AT present there are bui
MIN cOinp1nies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry Huusman and +. Sehweickert
where all manner OF mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grncery hnu-eS-I.
&. Whippie, PeaSe & Taylor, f. Ma
gle where everythiIg in the grocery,
provision aud grain trade can he pro
cur, d.. Besides these Iherd are Il
mruts-Leiby q CO., Underwood &
McGregor, Mt all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can he
had. Fruit aud Produce, >. III. Wood.
or bakery und confectionery rs-
Establishments there are the Follow
ing: Ii. III. Ellis, Underwood q Me
Gregur, aud Il. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept IS a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. or drug
stores there are two-AddouIS X
Glover and Hurlhut BrO-.-and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually Kept ut
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry gnO,l~ ps-
Observation-Disclosures & MeyrrS. Geo.
ID. FogleSong & Co, l.. Herman &
CO.,-each of whom keeps an en-
tensive and varied assortment Of ulI
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
''reaGy made clothing hDusp~--B.
Holman. Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry UXten-
sive stocks, aud wholesale ns well as
retail. b. HellnIau has in connection
with his clothing emporium, II first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. A. Kent.
l.. Murrin, Geo. e. Maston,-a each
of which there is IA good stock to
purchase rom. In the furniture aud
crockery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boo and
shoe trade the stores of stephen Bon
and G.. E. Thompson, can outfit
all who call upon them, with boots
andshoeS. In jewCirY establishments
Cheyenne boasts two-JnSlIn & Park
aud David Miller. The former has II
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe nr-Eexreftrnce
of workmanship, an the place may
well be proud OF it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
, sheep, and covered with herds and
flOcksnf the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the Metcalf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found IN
abundance. This district is nov
being developed by citizens of Chey-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove Of.
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhahi-
tantS. This number does not incIud,
transient persons. 1t has five good,
SUBSTANTIAL church edifireS. "a fol-
lows. sCatholic, Father McGnId rick.
pastor; Episcopal. Rev. F. w. Hill
lard, resilient clergymen; Preshy
terian, Rev. w. B. Reed, reSiden
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; Congrr
gatiOnal, M resident minister 81
present. There il n good puhlit
school, with an average attendant
of WI hundred scholars, rpSidpd
over by N. F., Stark. as principal
and Misses Tenney, McGeeh0n and
Bryant as assistant teachers. Tn,
school building is a commndious
comfortable two story brick ediice
and was erected in 1871 at a cost n
S12, 1000. There is also a privat'
school kept by-a Miss Ellis, who ha
II number of small scholars in attend
n e-probably Twenty-Five.
As ALI who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms and am
munition, for their own protection
and to SunflX the cnmmis.nr, dn