The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-21
CHEYKnNE A. AN oUTFrrrING
POINT!

Being daily IN receipt OF Letters
making inquiry as to- the DISTANCE
from here t0 the Black Hills. aud AS
to the facilities for uuifitting when
here, We propose I answer all thtSe
correspondence through the LEADER.
The distances from here to Ile hiil-
aud to the v~arions paints IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne il situated at the juuc-
ton OF the Union Pacific And Kansas
Pacific railroads, pnd about seventeen
miles east OF thef Black Hills range,
on a high plateau-uf land, the eleva-
tioR OF with j. about 6 900 feel above
the sea levet. "A small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range Of Hiifs and through the west
cru and southwestern part OF the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (Snult-
times called Camp Cariinl II military
supply post, where there area mum
Der at warehOlI<eS aud Sture HOUSES
for the safe kesping of military and
Indian stores, Is two miles dts ant,
on Crow Greek, and has a branch
railroad leading from ii To the Union
Pacific. AT this depot are u govern
ment wagon Ship, bl rcksiniih shop
and other shops, where II large mum
Ter of trudeSnIen find employment
in the government service. n mile
still further up Cru" Or, eK il FnrI
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. J. j.
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine cornpanies Stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hnr1 ware. stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and +. Schweickert
where wi manner Drumming tools
and csrprutrrt0plS are for sale; three
large wholesale grucery hou-es-I.
&. Whippie, PraSe X Taylor, l. Ma
gle -whprepvprythi.lg ia the grocery,
provision aud grain trade IAN be pro-
cured. Besides these there are "a
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby Il Co.. Underwood d
stocks of fresh groceries can he
had. Frnit and Produce. >. II. Mood.
or bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: II. IL Ellis, Under wood 4 Mr-
Gregur, aud T. W. keplingvr,
where Everything usually Kept ia q
baking and confectionery establish,
mpnt may be procured. OF drug
stores there ARE two-Addouns Il
Glover AMI IIurlhut Brns.-and there.
will he 40 difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry gon,iS es.
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Gsn..
D.% Fngles0ng & Co. /. Herman x
Co.,-each of whom keeps an aex-
tensive aud varied assortment ui all
articles Usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. Their. are three large
''-eaay4tnAde eHIthiay" hanse---B.
Holman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smhh-all of them carry extern
sice stocks, and wholesale as well MS
retail. b. Hellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G. Mastun, lat each
OF, WHICH there is a good stock Ia
purchase from. In the furniture aud
crockery-lIpe the large and extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
q furnish all demands ON thr-e
branches nf trade. In the lant and
shoe-tratfpsthe stores of Stephen Bon
and O.. f. Thompson, ran ''outfit''
all who call upon them. with buDl-
n dshoeS. In jewolry establishments
ChYyenne t,oasis twoIJ oSIin& Park
and David Miller. The former has u
.-eputatIon throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship.anit the place may
well he proud of 1t.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
f1Ocks of the same. Eighteen miles
away TO the west, the sMetcaIf Min
ing DiStrictbeginF, where good cop
per and silver ores are found IN
abundance. This district is now
being developed. bv citizens of Chey-
enne, and will, m doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenneha about 5000 inhahi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has Ave good,
substantially Church edifiees. as FOL
lows: Catholic. Father McGnldrirk
pastor Episcopal, Rev. F. w. Hill
lizard, resilient flergvmen; Preshy,
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warrrn, resident minister; conprp-
gational, M resident minister fi
present. HThereais one good pul,Iic
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over ny N. F.. Stark. a. principal
anil Misses Tenney, McGeehon and
Bryant aS~aSsiStaat teachers. The
school building is a cnmmodious.
cppfertable two story brick edifce.
anil was erected in 1871. at a cost Of
$1,000, Thpre il also private
sehnnfS Kept ny a Miss Ellis, who has
n number of small scholars in attend
ance-probahly twenty-five.
LAS all who intend going to the
Black Hills need fre-arnis and am
munitlon, for their w protection
ana to supply the cpmmissarv de.