The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-22
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speoIai COrrosposdence Daily News.

SpoclAi Correspondence Daily News.
This little city - Funded on seven, OF
more, limestone hills, snd 7, joices In 6
population OF six or eight thousand. Il
10 situation on the VandaliA railroad
about half way between Terre Haute and
Indianapolis. 1t lie the capital Of Put
nam county and Is old enough to have
apublIc square with the business houses
built around it. A Kansas man has toe
Isok good deal to zee the town. There
is no way TO get bird's- eye view of the
place, because Of the knobs aud great
fo;est trees. Que has TO go up and
down-thst's It-up and down the streets
and around the square to be convinced
that he is In . city. And then the loIG
are SO large and there are
go many old fashioned houses
standing away back from the. streets
among the trees that he Is liable to pass
unnoticed the occasional modern dwell.
ings. There are some elegant new res.
licences, and there will be many more
for De Pau~'s money is putting new life
into the old burg.
The town has two railroads and 4
street car line connecting the two de-
pots, large nail factory and an ezten.
siVe lightning-rod factory. / Wss told
that Missouri and Kansas are largely
supplied with nails and rods from these
establishments. But they declare they
have nothing 70 do with the making Of
our charming, brszen-faced, iron-heArted
lightning. rod peddlers
There are two large Methodist
churches ana q good Presbyterian
edince, and, believe, q Baptist
church In the place, but
for reasons which will appear, It is
large . Methodist town.
In the early struggles Of the Iudlana
State University. the regents Of that IN
stiIution, a. many believed. intention
ally snubbed the Methodists, whereupon
the preachers melted their people TO
withdraw their support from the state
institution and build mp q college Of
their own at Greencastie. They COM
menced with small means, true pluck
and big name, Indiana Asbury Uni
versity, and succeeded In a few years to
SO eclipse the state university that its
regents were compelled TO reconsider
some former actions, aud put at the
head of this waning Insulation a
veritsble Methodist doctor of divinity.
Thus the little, and at first despised one,
has grown to be an university 10 fact. !
believe that De Paw University, as it
Is now named, is the largest. best fur
nished and best endowed institution
west of the Alleghanies.
Such eminent men as Bishop Simp.
son. DR.. Curry and Bishop Bowman
have filed the presidential chair. To
the last named, who Is Its present chan.
cellOr, Il owes more than TO any other
one man for its present standing and
character. Through his influence W.
G. De Paw was induced to furnish
about half q million dollars for ion.
provements, apparatus, ETC., acd at least
a million for endowment. He and his
wealthy friend are planning to do still
greater things for their beloved
institution. They both have brains
and will. aud one has much
money They can, ana doubtless will,
with the help of others, whom they are
make Greencastle and its
great temple of learning the headquar-
ters OF MethOdism In the great west.
failed TO take notes, and do not re
the number of acres of grounds
and dimensions OF buildings, etc. But
there are four or five large, anv one of
them larger than the state Normal,
and q new observatory, which
Is about ready for the mounting of a
very fine telescope. The halls, offices,
library. laboratories and recitation rooms
are we'll, some of them finely, finished
and furnished.
There are hundreds of young men and
women there, from all parts of the coun-
try. seeking an education. They are
by men Of national fame. at
least; such - Drs. Martin. Johns, Rid
path, DE Motto, Lieut.. Col, and others
DIR. NJ. is president of the faculty.
G. r. r.