The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-30
ChEAaANE A. An OJaFIrTIAC


W AAAN b8ANN AllAlHr ana l1
10 the facilities Tor uuitittIng when
here, We pTupu>e I answer all these
correspondence through the LEADER.
The d.s,uHrCs from here To the hIll~
and 10 thv various points m the
route hUVv a~irpa'ly been published.
Cheyenne i-" ~itu.tpI at tie iuuC-
ton uI The Onion P.rIH" and Kansas
Pacific railroads, ami ubuul seventeen
mite ,u-i OF the Black Hills rurgp,
un a high plateau OF land, the cluva-
tl0n at winch j. about & .uUu feet above
the STA iryy.i. y small stream. vailt4I
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range Of liIilS aud through the west
CTn ard SOuihWe -tgTn jurt Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot l-nnr-
q nres called Camp Cariin) n military
supply post, where there are a mum.
Der -uL Warehouses and Store HOUSES
iDI 'H" SAFE keeping of military AND.
Inul9u stores, j. TWO m,Ilc- L,-.ant,
on Crow Greek, aud has a L-uucn
railroad leading from IL 60 the T'Hjun
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
rrneut wagon shop, hl irksmi;h shop
and Ctiier Shops, where a large mum
ber Of tradeSuIuu fuG employment
IN the-EoEerumpnt service. \ mile
still further up Cruw Creek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
L; ynnlds. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, we'll
auapied-to the raising Of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
Hooks "f the II Eighteen miles
away to the west, the Mctcalf Min
IuT District lfrFF- Vr1nra - -
per and silver ores are found in.
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chey-
eune, and will, 10 doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tauts. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has FIVE good,
substantial church edifces, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGnIdrick.
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. l.. w. Hill
lard, resilient clergymen; Prpsby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. 4.
Warren, resident ministers; Cungre-
g%atiunul, no resident minister ct
present. There j. one good public
school, with an average attendance
OF two-huHdred scholars, resided
over by n. +. Stark, as principal,
ana Misses !Ienucy, MCGephon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building Is n commodiOus,
comfortable. two story brick edihce,
ami was erected in 1871, at Il cost of
ST. ,O00. There is also a private
school Kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
II lumber of small scholars in attend
Observation-Disclosures.
There are in the town TWO large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry lIOuSnun and +. Schwpickert
-wh"re Nil manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale: three
large wholesale grocery houses-I.
{. Mhipple, Pease & Taylor, L Ma
gle Where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number Of retail grocery establish
nrnts-Lpihy & Co., Underwood &
MctircgUr,S IL. Wood, at all of (which
good stocks Of fresh groceries can he
had. or bakery and confectionery
establishments there are the follow
ing: II. ii. Eli, Underwood & Nc
Grrgnr, and T.. w. kcpliuger,
where everything usually kept in Il
mixing and confectionery establish
mrnt may be procured. OF drug
stores there are tWu-AddOuS d
Glover and IiUr!hut BroS.-nnd there
viii be no difficulty in procuring at
llcSc places anything usually kept at
Il hr>t class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods ps-
Observation-Disclosures e Meyers, Geo.
ID. f0glrsong * Co, l.. Herman d
Cn.,-etch of whom keeps an eX-
tensIVr and varied assortment OF all
articles usually kept in first class dry.
I, goods stores. There are three large
ready made clothing" hOuseS+-B,
Ilellman, Marks & MryerS, Peter
Smlth-ali of them carry extern
sivc stocks, and wholesale as WEI as
retail. Is. HelIman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
mrnt. OF Wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrpp-T. 4. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G.. MnS:On,-- IA each
Of which there is a good stock In
purchase from. In the furniture and
CruckCry Inc the large and extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
sine trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and 81. E. Thompson, can ''outfitr
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jrwClry establishments
Cheyenne boasts twO-JoslIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has a
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
Of workmanship, AMI the place may
well be proud of it.
There are a number of good hotels
in the place. the principal among
which are DyCrs Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res
taurants in the place, where meals
can be obtained at any time. There
are three blacksmith and wagon
Shops-John Nealon, II. Haas, and