The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-16
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CHEYENSE A. An OUIFIErING
v POINT

TO the facilities for Quilting when
here, we propose [ answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here 10 the hiIl-
and to the various points IN the
route have already been p%ublishrd.
Cheyenne is Situated at the juno
tion OF the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads. and about seventeen
miles east OF tire Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the elera-
ton of which Is about g 1000 ieet above
the SEA Level. A small stream, called
Cruw Creek, flows down from thi-
range Of IiifiS and through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
wi site. Cheyenne Depot tsome-
times called Camp Cariinl IA military
supply past, where there are a num-
ber of warehouses aud store houses
FIR me safe keeping ~ military and
Indian stores, Is two miles dis ant,
OH Crow Creek, aud has n branch
railroad leading from il to the Union
Pacific. AT this depot are n govern
ment wagon ship, il rcksnIith shop
and other shops, where a large mum
ber uf tradeSInen tiuh employment
i'm the government service. a mile
htiIt further up t'ruW Creek is Fort
Russell, "A fifteen company military
garrison, commanded 10y Glen. }. j..
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are IN the town two large
Hardware. stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and +. Schweickert
where all I'M of mining tools
and carpenter tnnis are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOu-es-I.
&. WhippIe, PCa~e q Taylor, l. Ma
gle where everythi.!g ia the grocery,
provision and grain trade can hp pro-
cured. Besides these thers are a
number of retail grocery establish
m-nts-Leiby d Co., Underwood IL
MeGrcgor, at all fof which good
stocks of fresh groceries can Ice
had. Fruit and Produce, =. III. Wood.
Of bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments here are the follow
ing: IL. III. Ellis, Underwood & Me-
Gregor, and f. W. k-plinger,
where everything usually kept In Il
taking aud confectionery establish
mrnt may he procured. CT drug
stores there ar. two-Aldouus &
Glover ant Ilurlhut BroS.-snti there
will lie no dilliculty in proCuriug at
these places anything usually kept ut
II first class drug establishment.
There are. three large dry gnnd- es.
Observation-Disclosures K Meyers. Geo.
d.. F.'giesoug & Ca, l. Herman n
CO.,-each uf whom keeps an PIX
tenSivr and varied assortment nf all
articles .ISu,diy kept Ia first cHaSS dry
gOolS ItAr.'S. There are three Iarge
''-eady mad. cIotting" hnnsp---B.
Hetlmdu, Marks & Meyer. Peter
Smith -aIl of them carry extern
sivr stnCkS. and wholesale AS weli AZ
retail. B. IIellman 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. q. MaSion,--at zach
of which there is a good stock to
purchase from. In the furniture and
croekery hnr the large and extensive
establishment OF Converse & Warren
Il furnish all de,nandS on these
branches Of trade. In the boot aud
shoe trade The stores of Stephen Bon
AMI q. +. Thompson, can "uutfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jew,lry establishments
Cheyenne boasts twO-JoslIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has a
reputation Throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, an the place may
well be proud of II.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, we'll
adapted to the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
iOcks of the same. Fighter miles
away to the west, the MetcaIf Min
ing. District begins, where good r-np
per and silver IRE are found IN
abundance. This district i now
being developed nv citizens of Chey-
enne, andswiIl, no doubt, prove Of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhahi-
tantS. THIS number does not include
transient persons. II has five good,
substantial church edifireS.a| fol-
lows: Catholic. Father McGpIdrirk,
pastor; Episcopal. Rev, f. w. Hill
liard- resi- tent clergrneu; PreSbv-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Rln1. rpSideu'
ministers Methodist, Rev. w. F..
Warren, resident minis'ar; Congrr-
gatinnai, no resident minister 81
present. There IL, one goBl public
school. with an average attendants,
of two hundred scholars, resided
q nv N. f.. Stark. ~ PRINCIPAL
anil Misses Tenney, McGeehon and
Bryant-aS assistant tearh6rs. The
school building is a rnmmodinus
comfortable two story brick ediice
an was erected in 1871, at a cost nf
SD Thrrp is also a privat,.
school kent by a Miss Ellis, who ha.
n number of small scholars in attend
ance -prnbably twenty-five.
As all who intend going to tho
back Hills need frp-arniS and am
Hlhiti"n, for their w protection
ana to snppty the crmmis~ary de
partmAnt, we are often asked whethe,
tnsSe geois can be obtained here.
we refer Them to the Wvominr