St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-08-05
was incorp oratedin the ter OF 90 OBJ,
,ha fa,rd Office ras Ire rpcaeAin APRIL IS, FROM

it. was incorporated in t!.egssinser OF '65 3d.
The Iard ftiics VI as Ire ,pcseair April IS, FROM
Sank Rapids to Upper towns Ike post office
is in Middle iowa, Th;cl, i inhaklted ~ in-sI
dustrous ana well-tosdp German tattieAcs =
Tie Catholic chapel Is here, and1sthe bell be
longing toaia III ,hs trstscstprsa going peg N
Stearils county aud ESS a7So !he distinction, Oh
Game tic t4E auaias liz sbcrb,. and l;e'.tpu
counties sSke connection the qppaaae siAe Ct
the river There too is & school kept ny @cotn-
pany IF 3tneaictte Nuns wiiereEnaaslc, draw!
inn, needleEork5&aild eIeiman arc well taught
by ladies Of polished, manners; and unpsuai
proficiency.
| Tower io~u liza tw 0 protestant churches, in
,,reetss Of erection one, about completed. We
puav, a.. ,sunlic school in the Everett School
house and Il - handsome Library dedicated BY
Hon Edw,nf r. syet,. The engines Of All ez-
fcealent 1saTy mill aud planning mil sash taeio-
ry ana of 8 good He,s,sngq mil ;re tins mo-
ment pulling away within h,*1l ne2ch foa' % l
our Office. " ealavc fro FIVE " Six steam po't
arrivals tBcre weekly and the smh nes' proper
ton sof dnncs s, We have yer see. IN a'ts pi>'
In the fall Of SO Grasshoppers came II d
cloud and settled down this and aaj Joining
counties destroying the greater portion Of 'hc
lc,ors' They, deposited their larvae und died.
Early IN the spring Of 81 the young brood
came ont ard made such havoc that serious
fears Of famine wcrc entertained by large
portion of the people ;st..they et il July, and
so many Of the late crops survived, that with
I the Full crops Of particular places. where they
did not appear, there was u large AMOUNT Of
! food. In autumn it became question whether
! there was enough loi winter consumption with
what the people lad :lse means Of purchasing
| from below. The German settlers were gcncI~
aI1y'ot' the opinion that there was not, and the
{, Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque TO ask
contributions. Nie,, this became known IN
! Lower st. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held aud strong resolutions passed condemn
! ing the measure as altogether unnecessary, and
4 one ealculated to do the country great injury
=, Is preventing emigration IN the spring. The
Correctness Of this view Of the ease is now prov
en- The third week Of May is here, potatoes
sell ut rs cts. per bushcl, corn ST GO, wheat
81 ,23, oats 50 cts. and We have heard of no in
Stance III which any have suffered for want OF
food while very large proportion OF the en-
i@rants who had last year designed euligrating
to this point have been deferred by this bug
bear cry Of famine, and have gone elsewhere.
Tie time is now past at which the Grasshonpers
appeared last spring. and the minds Of the
people are set on rest as the question Of wieth-
er they left lavae, last year, before they erni-
grated 1t is evident that they went to other
localities as they came here to eat. deposite
their eggs and die There is no sign that Lev
have left any deposits here, a.. as ever, ,,j1
is putting in CROP o. sometime ao1,a to en-
we expect @iext fall 20 be eacur bered viii, s
surplus Of he good things OF this life, and Il
lln,,.., ale St. Anthony, minneapolis and ST
Paul, with vegetables and grain after supply.
ing the Pine regions AMI the laboj'crs On the
Rail Road