The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-07-03
cHEYEaNE As AN oUIFIrrI>G
POINT

Being daily IN receipt OF letter.
making inquiry as To the distance
from here la the Black Hills. and rs
To the facilities Tor quitting when
here, we propose I answer all he~e
correspondents through the LEADER
The distances from here tO The hill
aud To the v~ariuuS points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne i situated at the june
tion of the Union Picifi" and Kan~as
Pacific railroads. and about seventeen
miles east of the Blurk Hills range,
OH a high plateau of baud, the elevl-
ton of which is about 6 ,Uun eel above
the sea level. A small stream, called
Grow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Dgpnf (%-'HH'-
times called Camp Cariin) II military
supply post, where there are a mum
Der nj warehouses aud store houses
for the safe Keeping of military and
Indian stores. Is two miles dis ant,
on Crnw Greek, and has a branch
railroad leading from IL Ia the Union
Pacific. At this depot are II govern
nient wagon shop. bl tcksmith shop
and other shops, where - large num-
ter of trade~men tind employment
in II government service. y mile
still further up CruN Or eK j. Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded 10y Gen. }. j.
II ynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The cnunlry for miles around
Cheyenne il ~ rolling prairie, we
adapted tn the raising Of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
tios:ks of the anne Eightet n miles
away tn the west, the MptCalf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per aud silver ores are found ia
abundance. This district Is now
being developed by citizens of Chry-
enne, and Will, no doubt, prove Of
great value.
Cntye me has about 3,OOO inhahi-
tants. rnis humber does not include
transient persons. IL has five gpud,
substantial church cdrtice-, a fnI-
lows: CaIiiUiic, Father MctiuIdrIcK,
pastor /; Episcopal. Rev. f. w. IN
lard, resilient ciergyuIen; Prrsby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident ministers; Cuugrr-
gatiatIat, no Resident minister At
pre-ent. There j. II good putiIc
scbsoi, with al average Attendance
of tMu iuEdreu ~CiiotHrS, resided
over by n L.. Stark, - principal,
AMI MI--v- Iennry, AlCGetrIou am
Bryan a. a--I-,auI tcdciirrS. The
scL0oi buHdIug Is Al ,~rtmuIu,liuus,
comfortable A. ~'urN hrICK CuIhcr.
an Wa erected IA 1871, al Il u7i al
Sl2,0IO. "a r. l. also n private
school hept uA II Mis- Ellis, ~hn ha-
II hummer ID -iIEnii scholars al attend
anre ~-pr"hHhIy twenty live.
A. al who rn5prd gong To the
Black His need lirr-IrdI- and am
muIIIiuu, for llucIr own projection
and Ia supply thu cJmmI,stry de-
partnrnI, we are often uShri wiIr,her
tusSc gund- can be obtained mere.
I'VE reter them Ia tine Wyoming
ArInnry and PIunrrr Gun Store ui
Frrund Bru-,, ON Eddy Street, who
keep a iarI- assortment of guns, piS-
tolls II u"mmuuItinn~ al ali kinds.
Tney are fir-t-riasS gunstuIths, au,I
repair firearms III The lust aud most
w"rk manlike manner.
There are in the Town w large
HARDWARE, stove and tin slur.S-
Henry Housinan and +. chweIckert
where Nil u of mining Tools
anu Carpenter louis are fur sale; three
large wholesale grocery huu-eS-I.
Z. Whippie, Pea-e x Taylor, h Ma
gle everything in the grucery,
provision and grain trade Van lac pro-
cnrrd, Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery estahtlSh-
n-nts-Leiby 4 Co., Underwood II
dcGregur, ut all, at which good
turkS of fresh groceries can he
1ah Fruit and Produce, >. ii. Wood.
Of bakery and confectionery es-
Adjustments there are the follow
ing: ii. II. Ellis, Underwood & Me-
Gregnr, and +. w. KeplIugpr,
where everything usually kept IN II
baking and confectionery establish.
ment may he procured. or drug
stores there are twn-AudomS d
Glover ami HurIhut BroS.-and there
will lie no Il .itiruIty in procuring at
.heSe places any thing usually kept at
4 first class drug establishment.
here. are three large dry gon,iS es
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
ID. FnglPSoug & Co., /. Herman &
Cn..-each nf whom keeps an eX-
tens We and varied assortment of all
articles usually kept in first class dry
gnudS stores. There are three large
''reaay made clothing" hnuseS--B.
Holman. Marks & Meyers, Peter
SnIith-all of them carry extern
sivr storkS, and wholesale as well rs
retail. b. lIellnlan has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. or wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrpe-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. q. Mastnn,--at each
of which there is II good stock To
purchase fran. In the furniture and
crockery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. E. Thompson. CAN ''nutht'f