The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-02
CHEYENNE As AN OUtEITEING
POINT!

u IlG ldEIilAlGH IVA AlAtAAlhAtll- n WI
here, we propose { answer ali THESE
correspondents through thu LEADER.
The distances from here to The hills
and to the various points ia tise
route have already hrcu puhli-hsd.
Cheyenne is situated at tie JUNE
ton OF the Union Pdcifi''aud Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
On a high plateau of land, the eieNu-
ton Of which is about 6 ,0Ul feel above
the sea level. 4 small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot tsnme-
times called Camp CarlinJ IL military
supply post, where there are a mum
Der OF warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping az military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has ii branch
railroad leading from it 10 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, I'll ICksiuith shop
and other shops, where Il large num-
Der of tradesmeu find employment
in the government service. \ mile
still further up CruW CreeS l. Fort
Russell, a fifteen company nriiitHry
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
Reynolds. AT present there are bat
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin sturp--
Henry Housman and +. SchwciCkcrt
where all maune of mining Tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery huu~es-l.
G. Whipple, Pcase & Taylor, 4 Ma
gle-where everything in the Irucery,
provision and grain trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these there are Il
number of retail grocery establish
ments-Leiby d Co, Underwood *
McGregOr, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries eau hP
had. Fruit and Produce, ). IL. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery ps-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: II. H. Ellis. Underwood & Me
Gregor, and T.. w. kepliGger,
where everything usually Kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
store there are two-AddnnJs &
Glover and Hurlbut Bros.-and there
will be no difficulty in procuring mt
these places anything usually kept at
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry gonds es-
Observation-Disclosures & MEYERS, Gen.
j.. Foglesung IL Co, l.. Herman x
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
''ready made clothing huuSeS--B.
Holman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well rs
retail. B. HelinIan has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrPe-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G.. MastOn,--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 & Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G. E. Thompson, ran outfit
all who call upon them, with boots
andshoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts two-JoSlIn 4 Park
and David Miller. The former has Il
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, AMI the place may
well be proud OF it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie. we'll
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
fiocks of the same. 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, ut doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has ABOUT 5000 inhahi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church cdifrps, as fol
lows: Catholic, Father Mc(fnldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. z. W. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident ministers; COngre-
g%atiOnal, no resident minister At
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, I resided
over by N. f. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Teuney, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a conmodinus.
comfortable two story brick edificP.
and was erected in 1871, at n cost of
$4,000. There j. also a pri vatp
school kept by q Miss Ellis, who has
number of small scholars in attend
ance-probably twenty-five.
AS all who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms and am
munition, for their W protection
and to supply the commissary de-
partment, we are often asked whether
ehese goods can be obtained here.
We refer them to the Wyoming
Armory and Pioneer Gun Store of