The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-28
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from here To- the Black Hills. aud "a
to the facilities Tor uuttiUtIng when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondence through the LEADER.
The distances from here To the hiil-
and to the various points M h
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the juno
ton OF the Union Pacif' and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
Bn Il high plateau of land, the eleNd-
tion of which Is about G,Onn iee' above
the sea- levrl. 4 small stream, called
Crow Greek, flows down from this
range of Hills aud through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. cheyenne Depot l%SnrHc-
times called Camp CariiuJ II military
supply past, where there are n mum
Der ot warehouses aud stnrp huuses
for the safe Keeping of military aud
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has Il branch
railroad leading from it tu the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, I'll tckSmith shop
and other shops, where n large mum
her of tradeSnIen find employment
in the government service. y mile
It'll further up Crow CroeE is Fort
Russell, Il fifteen company military
garrison, commanded toy Gen. }. j.
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stureS-
Henry HuusuIan and f.. Schwpickcrt
where Hll manner of mining tools
and carpenter t0nlS ARE for sale; three
large wholesale grocery honses-I.
G. Whipple, Pea~e IL Taylor. + Ma
gle Where everything la the grocery,
provision and graiu trade can lac pro-
cured. Besides these theirs are "A
number of retail grocery establish
m"nts-Leihy x ca, Undcrwuml u
McGregOr, at all uf which good
stocks of fresh groceries can tc
hati. Fruit and Produce. >. H. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery -
ing: Ii. IL. Ellis, Underwood & Ne
Gregnr, and L. W. kepliuger,
where everything usually Kept in II
baking aud confectionery establish
meut may he procured. Ot drug
stores there are two-Addoms 4
Glover aud IurlIut Bros. and there
will he uO difficulty ia prn~uriug az
these places anything usually kept at
q first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry gnmi- o.
Observation-Disclosures & Movers, Geo.
-. Fogle>ung & Co, l.. IrrIuiR <
CO.,-each of whom keeps an px-
teuSiv" and varied assortment of ali
articles Usually kept ia first c'aSS dry
goods stores. TiIprr are three arg.
ready madp cluthingr huuspS--B.
HcllniAn. Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks. aud Wholesale rs well us
retail. b. lielluIan has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
Inent. or Wholesale liquor AMI cigar
houses there are thrpp-T. y. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Gen. e. NaStnu,-at each
of which there Is Il good stock Ia
purchase from. In the furniture and
crockery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse Il Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. Ia the bnut aud
shoe trade the stores of Stephen BON
and G.. L. Thompson, eau "nuifit"
all who call upon them, with lnut>
aud shoes. In jewrlry establishments
Cheyenne loaSts two-JaSlIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has II
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, an | the place ma
well be proud al it.
The country for ruiIeS around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising Of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
dockS nf the same. EightPe miles
away to the west, the MptraIf Min
ing District hpgiuS, where gnnd cop
per and silver ore are found IN
abundance. This district i NOW
being developed by citizens of Chpy-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 3,Og0 inhahi-
tantS. This number does not incIudr
transient persons. II has FIVE gnnd.
substantial church edifirPS. a fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGnIdrirk,
pastor; Episcopal. Rev. f. w. Hill
lizard, resilient clergvmen; PreSby-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; Cougr--
gational, M resident minister st
present. There Is one gord public
school, with an average ATTENDANCE
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by N. F.. Stark. A. principal.
AMI Misses Tenney, MrGephon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a cnmmodfous.
comfortable two story brick pdifce
AMI was erected in 1871. at a roSt of
$4,000. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who ha~
Il number of small scholars in attend
ance-probably twenty-ive.
As all who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms and am
munition, for their own protection
n tn supply the cpmmiSsarv de
partment. we are often asked whether
these goods can be obtained here.