St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-04-07


III was incorporated in the winter Of: s. &C.,
'ihe Land Gniccwas removed in April s58, from
Sank Rapids to Upper town. The post Office:
ism Middle Town, which is Inhabited by In
dnstrious and well TO- do Ger1nan Catholics
The Catholic chapel il here, end the bell be-
longing to it, is the FIRST church going bell in
Stearns county and has also the distinction Of
being the first audible in Shcrturne ard Benton
count1e which conner on TIE opposite side OF
the river There TOO is d SCI, o. Kept by acosa-t
pany OF Benedic.ine Nuns here n.sic, da..sN
inn, needlework and German are we'll taught
by ladies OF polished manners and suausual
proficiency. 81 Il. - :.-s = T. 81 *ss - :
Lower Town has two protest ant 'ch,rches,::n
process OF erecti"n one, al ont g
have a public school in TIE #. 3;e.. IEt:ol
house, and a handsome Library ac,.: ca,,:. y; "
Hon. Edward Everett. The eng ines r :.x-s
ceilent saw mill ard p1aning l.t*: ~.
rvs AID OF n good Touring NIL VI: tE;ss =
n,ert putting ava; within ll..:f T. m ro;s z
our Office 10 We have from fiss to six'.; srlko:t
arrivals here weekly AID III; sma? So. =; 9ror-
ton Of drones We have ever seen. ii ~ ive.
In the fail of $50 Grasshoppcrs cane IN q
cloud and SCI lied Down in this arid q ic7n.l z
counties, destroy :tht greater rori n Of the
crops. They deposited their larvae and died:
Early in the" spring OF ~ the yor.l brood
fears Of famine were cnte:ta:1fed by a'fargs
portion CT the people; but they lett in 'u;y: ana
so many OF the late crops survived y at with
the full crops of particular places, Were they
Gid. not appear, there was a large amount Of
1od. In autumn il became question whether
there, was enough for Writer consumption with
what the people had the mc> rs of purclia sing
from below The German settlers were gencr-
ally OF the opinion that there was net, and the
Priests sent commissioners Ito ,D,lbueuei 0 ask
contributions, When this hbccsu.c Rlluwiiin
Lower st. sClepA 1naignatlon meet hsgss " ere
held, and stTrpg resolutions passed condemn
ing the measIre as altogether uEnecess 1 ~ and
one calculated to do the country great injury
by preventing emigration in ti.e ts3ring- .lse
Correctness Of this vicE OF the casefs Eow prev
en-. The third week Ct May is here, po,atcc:
sell at 25 cts. per bushel, co, @l,tV, wieat
ST ,25, oats SC cts. and we have lead OF no in
| stance in which any have suffered for want Of
food; while very large proportion OF the en-
| igrants who EaG las: year designed en,igra:ins
to this point have b.en deferred nv this bug
| bear cry Of famine, and have gene elsewhere.
The time is now pas 8, wl.ichtLe Grasskopners
appeared last sp''nG, ana IL Minds OF tie
ec they !c:i i:7aa. las, year. before the, ei,i-
grated. !, is evident that they went 70 ether
localities as Hey came l1ere to eat depo:;te
shei: eggs an6 G.e: il.ere is no sign that tley
bare -etsanyz deposits here, and every body
is puthngi. crop of. something god 10 eat
we EXPECT pe1t fall to be eneunl hxi &c with q
SUI pigs Of the geo. things Of til IS lie, and to
inunia!e St. anthony, Minneapolis .an1 St.
Paul., with vegetables: and grain aiter SUP. ~
ing the Pine regions and; the3 laborers ON the
ltill ROau.;F =;.f .4z,2,.I '..75s... ~ s.