The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-22
CHEEEASE A. An OUEFITTENG
FOENTE

man AAAE INJURY rs u the aAl-IAntH
from here 10 The Black Hills, and ;
To the FACILITIES Tor uUthttnC when.
here, We propose t. ANSWER all these
vurrrspundents through the LEADER.
The DISTANCES from here 10 the hits
and 10 the various points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne l. situated 1T the juno
ton CT the Union Pucifir and Kansas
Pacific T]aIlrOIdS, and about seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills EIugc,
on = high PLATEAU Of land, The elcva-
ton of which l. uuUII G,UUU feet above
Inc SEA level. y small stTUaIn, called
crow Greek, flows down from this
range OF llnls aud through the west
ern and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Drsput some
tEpGs called Camp CarIiu a military
supply posi-, where there are z NUM-
Der Ut warehouses aud store houses
for The safe keeping Of military and
Indian stores, i Two miles distant.
OH Crow Creek, and has a branch
railroad leading from it 10 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are Il govern
ment wagon shop, blacksmith shop
and other shops, where n large num-
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. y mile
.Ni'a AiN ~ NADN .SANNN - K u.
Russell, Il fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
nolds.~At- PFesenf-ther are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of, cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
tlOcks of the anne Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetCalf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores arc 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 1900 inhabi-
tants. This number doesuUt include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edifices, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. L. w. Hill
lard, resiuent clergymen Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b Reed, resident.
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gational, no resident minister ct
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
Of two hundred scholars, presided
W. ~ - S'uAhp W pillGi E'uls
and Misses TCnney, McGCehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodious,
comfortable two story brick edince,
and was erected in 1871, at n cost Of
$4,000. There is also n private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
II number of small scholars in attend
unexpectedly twenty-five.
There are in the town two large
hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and f. Schweickcrt
where all manner OF mining tools
and carpenter tools are for saiei three
large Wholesale grocery houScS-t.
Z. Whlpple, Pease IL Taylor, Il MAJ
gle-where everything IN the grocery,
provision ana gram trudec al be pro-
cured. BESIDES these there are a
NUMBER OF retAIi grocery cSiRoIlsh-
m"hts-LelOy " Co., underwood y
McItIrSoT, ~ All or Whicii %"nd
stocks OF lTfSn groceries c;t! be
hlh; fru!t and IlFouuce' ,. II. o"d.
~ BAKERY ana contemporary. ra-
doII7hntEts therr are the i"IIUW-
ing; II. II. Ems, Jm!erW""d ( Nc
NteE"F, ana l.. w.. hrP'lhE"T,
mere everything usually Kept IN L
naKlnE ana c"AISct!3ntty
tleht nay u ProCoI'". 81 drug
aI1reS mere are lW"-Addnnls *
H!0NeF ana ilurIhut bro7.-ahH there
VIII DC IL" "iiIlcui'? IN procuring at
theSc PAGES anything usually kept al
n hrst c'ass orug eStapllshinent.
InGre are llrSG large 9ry goods es-
taoiISihleIlu9-NlaThs NIGGerS' Geo.
~. Eosle9onS * 20, l. HERMAN "
Go,,Meacm o. wnGin Keeps an Ell
| IL III A<<NlEl N 81
uLtlSies usuoiiA hept III HrsL cltt9S ury
goods stores: Ihere are ihree large
LGTuy uiaTe cIolningr nouse2Ib
IIeiIildh, NlaIhS * meyers, refer