, 1889-12-29
BUSINESS MEN.
The Cheyenne Commercial World
in August, 1867.
All Branches of Business Licensed
at That Time.
A Petition for the Annexation of
this Section to Colorado.

OOhOAhAbs oHlNaAo III AiG
council proceedings of Aug. 20, 1867,
when the gentleman qualified as city
treasurer and collector. AT the same
meeting j. d. Sweeney filed a bond as
constable; VIM. Laramie as police magis-
trate aud Judge j. r. Whitehead as city
attorney, 1t was ordered that all mer-
chants and others doing business in the
city be required to apply for licenses
within eight days.
H FIRST KICK.
Next day, Aug. 81, there was another
meeting and the first opposition to the
struggling young government took tangi-
BILE form. A committee of citizens rep
resenting the retail liquor interest APP
peared before the council and verbally pc
titioned for a reduction of license. Ac-
ton in the premises was deferred.
DULL DAY
Cheyenne's first quiet day was Aug. &c,
1867. That evening the council met as
usual and Clerk McLeland made the start
ling discovery that there was no business
on the table. After this announcement
an adjournment for twenty four hours
was at once taken.
4 PETE DOWNS.
Police officer Jake Overlander. finding
THE position unsuited to his tastes and &C.
n eomplishments, resigned at the next coun-
ill meeting. Peter j. Downs, now a
prominent business man of Evanston and
q nee a member of the territorial legisla-
Il hre, was appointed to fill the vacancy.
J. II POOR.
At this stage poverty made its appear
bee in the city. The council was Off
oily apprised of the fact that a number
4 d persons in destitute circumstances and
r%lu,rinG medical attendance, were with
1.-THE town limits. The council at first
hwned on the movement to relieve the
, %stferers, but when the marshal set
fifth that a few cases demanded immedi-
al attention a reconsideration was had
al the marshal was instructed to care
E I'd the needy and send the bill to the
Z cdncil.
is thus seen that a spirit of open
chtlty early manifested itself in Chey-
ene.
. RULES AND PENALTIES.
q motion of President 1'apley the
r rule and order of business of the com
r mo- council of Denver we're adopted and
it kas ordained that commissions of
crlues against the city laws should be
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h tai.
ANNEXATION.
Althis meeting the council endorsed a
memrial to congress praying for the an
nexatn OF all of Dakota south of the
4lst h~rallel to Colorado.
NO GAMBLING.
I Datd +. White asked the privilege of
, conditing the games of keno and rondo
in hisaloon, but was promptly sat upon.
CITY ENGINEER.
A. J.. Ferguson was appointed city en-
/ Gineci at the meeting of Aug. 81. This
is tf man who named most of the
street, not forgetting to honor himself
, in thb manner.
CF Attorney Whitehead suggested
that Ferguson be instructed to establish a
stirred grade. THIS was objected to on
the bore of a needless expenditure of
money and the statement hat the town
w%asonly a temporary affair anyhow was
serbuslv made. Later a street grade was
ordered and Ferguson performed the
work.
IN BUSINESS.
The business men commenced to take
out licenses in the time and under the
terms prescribed by ordinance. This list
shows the carly commercial world:
L. G. Davis, boarding house and Job
wagons; Smith & futile, dairy; Thomas
Ii. johnson & Co, dray line; N. II.
Heath, auctioneer, Thomas Copforth,
grocery; II. H. Donnard, saloon; Ste
phens & Boswell, bakery; NJ. +. Met
calf. saloon and meat and vegetable mar
ket; James Mastison. boarding house;
Otto Herman, saloon; James Irwin to
practice medicine and surgery; Kenyon
& Cunningham, saloon: Sidney Lacey,
saloon; A. l.. Wait & Co. lumber yard;
s.. NJ. preshaw, contractor and builder;
jas. VI. Taylor, saloon; Corle,t 4 John
sou, to practice law: Charles Bennett,
saloon; NJ. G. Tom, grocery; NJ. Has
%sclberc, meats aud vegetables; Rusfedge
& Potter, contractors and builders; A. &.
Beckwith & Co. groceries; A. Arbor,
saloon and restaurant. John Boswell,
bakery; j. G. Willis, wholesale and re-
tail liquor and general merchandise; Har-
low X Donaldson, saloon and billiard
hall; Robert Hopkins 4 Co, saloon; d.
j. Shaw. hack; Pat Mullaly, bar room;
Jas Askew. restaurant; c. f. 0ttowav,
carpenter; D. W. Scott, physician and
surgeon and real estate aud insurance
agent; John Kupfer, ieweler; Langston
& Braham. saloon; Thomas Norton,