The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-02-03
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CHEYENNE.
aTHl GATEWAY TO THE LAND OF GOLD
The Great Supply Depot for the Black
Hills Mines. s

Ahc Sicat ouPpiy bcpot iof tne DiaCk
Hills Mines.
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Among the letters of inquiry address,
ed to the publisher of THE LEADER,
many relate to Cheyenne and its re-
sources and facilities for outitting large
and small parties en- route for the new
gold mines. Not having the time to
pen replies to these letters, we have
prepared the following statistics. which,
we think, will furnish the information
desired by our correspondents. t,.if
Cheyenne is situated at the junction
of the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific
railroads, and about seventeen miles
east of the Black Hills range. There are
in town three hardware, stove and tin
stores-Draper 6 Hammond, Cassels s.
Co., F. Observation-Disclosures all kinds of
mining and carpenter tools are kept for
sale; three large wholesale grocery
houses Whipple & Hay, Pease Sc Tay-
lor and E. Nagle-where everything in
the grocery, provision and grain trade
can be procured. There are also two
retail stores-Foglesong & Co. and I'm
derwood 6 McGregor. These firms do
large retail business, and supply min
ing parties at reasonable prices.
WAGONS, ETC. gW
We have in Cheyenne three first
class blacksmith and wagon shops-H.
Haas, Nealon & O'Brien, A. D. But
ler-at which large assortment of
two, four and six-horse wagons of the
leading eastern manufacturers, can
be found.
DRY-GOODS AND CLOTHING.
There are two large dry-goods stores
Marks s. Myers and o. F. Cowhick-
each of whom keeps an extensive and
varied assortment of all articles gen.
orally found at 6rst-class stores. OF
clothing houses we have-B. Hellman,
Smith, Guiterman s. Harrington,
Marks s. Myers and Henry Wagner
all of them carry extensive stocks, and
wholesale as well as retail. b. He'll
man has in connection with his cloth
ing emporium first-class merchant
tailoring establishment. F
FAMILY MEDICINE.
Liquors, cigars and wines can be
found at the wholesale depots Of Col.
Murrin and Mcnamara s. Co., both ON
Seventeenth street. These firms have
large trade, and sell at a small profit.
Messrs. Hannafin & Ryan, Ferguson
street, also deal in family medicines of
all kinds. They are honorable gentle
men and have large circle of GUS
toners.
FURNITURE, BOOTS AND SHOES, JEW
ELRY.
In the furniture and crockery line,
the extensive establishment Of Con-
verse & Warren can furnish all
demands in these branches of trade.
In the boot and shoe trade, the store of
Stephen Bon can eoutfit" all who call
upon him for boots and shoes. OF
jewelry stores we have one first-class
establishment, where native jewelry Of
the richest kinds is produced by set
of skilled workmen. 1t is the house of
Joslin & Park, who have well earned
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence Of
workmanship.
There are number of fine hotels in
the city, among which .Dyer's hotel, the
Railroad house, Metropolitan, Western
hotel, and Eagle house occupy the front
rank The Central house, opposite the
postofice, furnishes lodgings at a very
low rate. az
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
Guns and ammunition can be -pur-
chased at the lowest living rates at the
Wyoming Armory, Freund Brothers,
proprietors. They keep on hand q
large assortment Of Sharp's and Win
chester rifles, and all the latest sporting
arms. s@
Two banks of sound financial stand
ing-the s'First National'' and Steb-
bins, Post 6 Co.-attend to the wants
of our merchants in the financial line.
No better or safer banking houses can
be found west Of the Mississippi river.
M sADDLER SHOPS. -
Harness, saddlery and similar goods
arc Suppueu ny ". n. q v. .. SOuluS dIiu
E. L. Gallatin & Co., who keep on
hand a large stock, and manufacture to
order.
FEED AND SALE STABLES.
OF feed and sale stables, where trav-
elers, can put up and receive good ac-
commodations for their stock, We have
three-the Lone Star stables, J. d. May,
proprietor; the Central Corral, Milton
Taylor, proprietor, and the x L.,
Terry 8 Hunter, proprietors. {
The public may rest assured that
Cheyenne has abundant facilities to take
care of and outfit everybody that may
want to go to the Black Hills, or
! Northern Wyoming; and that it can be