The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-12
CaRYEHNE A. AN UPLIFTING
POINT


cHEYEaSE AZ AN OU.FITrINO
POINT
Being daily in receipt Of letters
making inquiry as Ia the distance
from here tn'the Black Hills, aud HS
to the facilities iur uuItit.mg when
here, we propose answer all these
correspondence through The LEADBII.
The distances from here To the mus
and Ia the various prints III the
route have already been published
Cheyenne i situated nj the june
ton OF the Union Picifi and Kansas
Pacific railroads. and about seventeen
miles east of the Biirk HIS riugr,
on a high plateau of baud, The e!eNH-
iion of wnirh is about q ,Uun tee Hbuvp
the sea level. a small stream, called
Cuiw Greek, flows down from Ini-
range of HIS and through The WEST
eru and southwestern rFirl OF The
town site. Cupyeiinp Depot (-numr-
times called Camp CartinJ II military
supply pISt, wher" there Hrc Il mum
her al wirrn1I~t.S AMI store hutI~eS
fnT he safe Keeping uf military and
Indian Siurt-S, /, Two mIIrs dre ant,
OH Crow Greek, and has Al branch
railroad leading rom il Ia the UuIun
Il hNluh- ~ ~ AAflhA ! ~ -fNtAil
ment wagon shop, hl ckSuiih shop
and other shops, whrr" - laIEr mum
her of Iradr~mrn tiud employment
ia the government SrTNice. y mite
still further up ruV Or, pK l. Furl
Russell, - fifteen comp my military
garrison, commanded 10y fpu. }. j..
IL ynnidS. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There ARE in the town IWu large
Hardware. stnV.' and tin ~tOrpS -
Henry llou-uIun and +. SclIwrIckurt
where all Iuuuc of mining toulS
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery lou~VS-I.
4. Whipplp, P,a~p * Taylur, f. Ma
gle everything IN the grocery,
provision and grain trade can np pro-
cur a. Besides these ther, arr Il
numher of retail grocery establish
m"uts-Leiby x Co., Underwood Il
McGregnr, at all of which good
stnrkS of fresh groceries can he
had. Fruit and Pruluce. =. IL. Mood.
OF bakery and confectionery c>-
Establishments there ARE the follow
Gregnr, aud +. W. krpluger,
where everything usually kept / II
baking auI Confectionery establish
mrn may he procured. CT drug
stores there ar" tWn-AldpuuS Il
Glover AN I IIurlhut Bros. aud there.
will lie no difficulty in procuring AT
these places ANYTHING usually keep at
a first class drug establishment.
There are three iarg" dry guml- IS
Establishments Mark & Meyers. Gen.
-. Fngip~uug K Co, l.. lI"ruau K
Co, -eaci of whom keeps an rN-
tpnSivr and varied assortment uf all
articles ASA thy kept in first e AS dry
gun i stores. Tnrrr are three. ARG"
realty mnlr rlpIhius" II riS,>--B.
II"Iim IN. Marks Il Meyers, Peter
Smith all TT them carry rxipn-
siv" stnrkS. and whnIr>a e 1t, well a.
ret Ill. b. IIpliman has ia r"unnrrIluu
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring '$InhIi~i,-
mpnt. OF wholesale liquor aud ri gar
houses there are thr"r-T. \. KpnI,
l.. Murrin. Cleo. q MaStnu, -lt each
uf which there i II good stock tn
purchase from In the furniture and
cru'kprr line the barge aud extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
cin furnish all demands on these
branrhrSof trade. Ia the hnnt aud
shoe trade the stores of stephen Bon
AMI /. Il. Thompson, III ''uultit"
all who call upon them. with hrni-
anlshprI. In j"wclry establishments
= Cheyenne boasts two-JnSlIn & Park
and David Miller. The former hats II
reputation throughout the United
States AMI Europe for excellence
of w"rkm 'n~lIip, AMI the place may
well hp proud u: it.
The country for miles arnun1
Cheyenne j. u rolling prairie, well
aIapted tn the RAISING uf cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds aud
flockS of the same. Fighter miles
away to : he west, the Metcalf Min
ing District hpginS. where good cop
per and silver ores are found IN
abuudance. This district i now
being developed nv citizens of Chry-
rnnr, and will, 10 doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 3,010 inIrahi-
tant|. This number hn"S not inr'ul,
transient persons. 1t hrs five good.
substantial church wlifi.pS. a< IL
lows: Catholic. Father MrG 'llrirk,
phS'nr; EniSropil. Rev. f. w. Hill
lard, resi- tent "lerg rmpn; PrpShv
t"ritn. R'v. w. B. IL "l. resilient
minister; Mhthp list. Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident minis ar; Cnrgrr.
gatinn1l, M resident minister ~
present. There j. one 90 III public
school. with an average ]attpndanr
of two hundrRl scholars, resided
I've by N. T.. Stark. ~ principal
an Misses Tenipy, MrGephon aud
Bryant ~ assistant teachers. Tho
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