The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-11-03
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Being daily in receipt Of letter.
making iAquiry as "a 1.-The distance
from here t. the Black Hills, and as
to the facilities for QUILTING when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here tusrhe hills
and to the various points m the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated AT The juno
ton of the Union Pacific anti Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau Of land, the eleva-
ton of which IS about 6 5000 feet above
the sea level ~Asmall 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 (Sninp-
times called Camp CarIin) u military
supply pest. where there area nnm-
Der off Warehouses and Store huqises
for the safe Keeping of military and
Indian stores, IS twO miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has II branch
railroad leading froIn it Ia the Union
Pacific. At Ills depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, hi rcksniilh shop
and other shops, where II large num-
Ter of tradeSmen find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up CruW Creek Is Furt
Russell, n fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. j.. j.
Reynolds. At~prPscnt there are but
nine companies Stationed there.
There are in the town two large.
Hardware, stove and tin stureS-
HenryIIpusnap+and Il. Sch weickert
-where all nInHHer of mining topls
And;carpenterJools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hou-es-I.
@. Whippie, Pease & TSylur, L MAJ
gle,-where evaryth in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby q Co., Underwood d
McGregor, satA hii0Fldf which good
stocks of frerb groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, ). III. Mood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: IL. H.sElTis, Under wood 4 Me
Gregqr, aud \ u. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually Kept IN Il
baking and Confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twh-Alldoms &
Glover and Hurlhut BrnS-aHd there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
n first class drug establishment.
There a%rewthree large dry goods rs-
tsbiRhmPutsA MhrKs& Movers, Gen.
D.NP,gtesong & Co, T.. Hprman Il
CO.,-each of whom keeps an pX-
tensive and varied, assortment OF all
articles usuaHyakept in first-clasS dry
goods stores. There are three large
ready male cfofhing" hnuse<--B.
Heltnarh ,Marksr& Meyer, Peter
Suith-@liS of atheriL carry exten-,
sive stocks, and wholesale us well us
retaiH SB. HietlhTAn-has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. Of7whnleSale liquor and cigar.
h~OuseS'tlfere are thfpe-T. a. Kent,
L. urEu, Geo, g, Mastou,--at each
of MhieA4 There Is a. good Stock 10
purchase from. In the furniture and
crOckerv- line the large aud extensive
eSasTEfbent Of Converse & Warren
ch furnish all 'demindS ON these
branches of~traie. In the boot aud
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and q. +. Thorn pspn, Al ''nutfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
anYfSfnipS. In jewelry establishments
Cheyenne hhastS two2Josiin & Park
and David Miller. The former has a
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe FIR excellence
of workmanship, an I the place may
well be proud of it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted tn the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
hockS3f the, same, Eighteen miles
awaN TSths, vest the Metcalf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found IN
abundance. This district is now
betpg developed by citizens of Chey-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value. a EY--r-E
Cheyenne has ,abont' 5000 inhahi-
tants. This number does not include
trspSiept persons. II HIS FL eTg1nd,
substantial churchE edifrps.c a[ fol,
lows: Catholic, Father McGnIdrick,
Episcopal, Rev. F-W. Hill
ifar9sreSiient~clergymen tPresby-
terrain, Rev. W. B. Reed, resident
minister;p Meth9dist,, Rev. w. F.
Warrth' resident minister; C6ngrr-
g%attonal, no resident minister ct
PRESENT. AfEhereais, one good public
cHlhlr1"lt an average attendance
observation-disclosures II rasided
over by N. +. Stark, NJ principal,
and Misses FeauRy, McGeehon and
Bryaut as RESISTANT teachers. The
sehooLsbhhding is a commodious.
comfortable two story brick edifce.
anil was erected in 1871. at a cost of
sf39W.SXgThere lis also a private
school kept by asNIiss Ellis, who has
"a number of smallscholars in attend
ance-probably twenty-five.
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