The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-14
COMMERCIAL JOB PRINTING
CHEYENNE As AN QUITTING
POINT

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making inquiry IA To the distance
from here To the Black Hills, and as
to the facilities for Quitting when
here, we propose t answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here To the hills
and to the various points on the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the juno
ton OF the Union Pacifr and 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 6 900 feet above
the sea level. A small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
n of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot lsnme-
times called Camp CarIiu) IA military
supply post, where there are II mum
Der of warehouses aud store HOUSES
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has Il branch
railroad leading from it to the Union
Pacific. At this depot are II govern
Inent wagon shop, bl tckSniih shop
and other shops, where Al large mum
her of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. n mile
still further up Crow Creek il Fort
Russell, Il fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the own TWO large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HousnIan and +. Schweickert
where all mnnuer of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hUu-es-I.
&. Whipple, Pease d Taylor, L Ma
gle-where everything in the grocery,
provision aud grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby 81 Co., Underwood Il
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can lie
had. Fruit and Produce, ). ii. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
ing: III. H. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Gregor, and L. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept in u
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are two-AddOms &
Glover and Hurlhut Bros.-Rnd there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
tablishments-Marks 81 Meyers, Geo.
ID. FoglesOng * Co, |. Herman &
Co.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
tensive and varied assortment Of all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
''reauy made clothing" hOuses--B.
Hellnan. Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
Sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. b. Hellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. CT. M%aston,--at each
of which there is "a good stock to
purchase from. In the furniture and
crockery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse G. Warren
a furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G. e. Thompson, can ''Outft"
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts twO-JOSlIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has Il
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, and the place may
well be proud OF it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
focks of the anne. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found in
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chey-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tantS. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edifices, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoIdrick,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. F. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gational, no resident minister ct
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
OF two hundred scholars, resided
over by N. d. Stark, as principal,
n Misses Tenney, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodious,
comfortable two story brick ediice.
ana was erected in 1871, at a cost of
$1,000. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
number of small scholars in attend
ahce-probably twenty-five.
p,As all who intend going to the
piack Hills need firearms and am
.nuhitlon, for their own protection
~nu 10 supply the commissary de-
paos.npnl, we are often asked whether