St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-10-13

eat inhahitant." The site OF Lower St.. Cloud
WAS taken up asa claim BY Martin Wolly. a |
Norwegian, who sold his right, 10 George +.
brott, WHO surveyed and platteditinthe spring
of '55. About the same time John L. Wilson
surveyed and plated what is now called middle
town, which adjoins and lies higher up the riy,
CT, while General Lowry surveyed alla plated
upper town, called Lowry's Addition, The win
ter following. !; WAS Nir, Wilson VINO care
the town the name CT St. Cloud; by this name
it was incorporated in the winter Of '55 So
The Land Office was removed in April So from
| Sank Rapids to the Upper town. The post office
is in Middle town, which is Inhabited by in
dustrious and we'll to do German Catholics
The Catholic chapel is here, md the bell be-
longing to it, is the first church going bell in
S'earns County and has also the distinction OF
! being the frs, audible in Sherburue and Ecnton
counties which corner on the opposite side Of
the river. There too is school kept BY COM
puDy Of Benolictine Nuns where music, draw
/ ing, needEcwork and German are we'll taught
BY ladies Of polished zaanners: AID unusual
proficiency.
| Lower town has two protestant churches, in
! process Of erection ono quite completed We
! have public school in the EverGtt School
house, and handsome Library Dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett. The engines of in ex-
cellent saw mill and planning 1aill, sash fstcto-
ry; ana Of 4 good Touring mill are this mo
lncnt putting away within half . dozen rods of
our office We have from five to six steamboat
arrivals here weekly and the smallest proper
| tom Of droncs we have ever seen III any hive e
! In the fall of So Grasshoppers came tn a
| cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion of the
crops They deposited their larvae and died.
, Early in the spring OF 81 the young brood
came out and made such havoc that serious
fears Of famine were entertained by a large
portion Of the people; but they left in July, and
so many Of the late crops survived, that with
| the full crops Of particular places, where they
| did not appear, there was q large amount Of
food. In autumn it became o question wheth-
er there was enough fer winter consumption
I with what the people had the means Of purchas-
ing from below. The German settlers were
generally Of the opinion that there was not ,an,l
tkc Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque to
ask contributions. When this became known
in Lower ST. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held, and strong resolutions passed condemn
ing measure as altogether unnecessary, and
one calculated to do the country great injury
by preventing emf grafton in the spring. The
Correctness Of this view Of the case is now pro-
ven. The third week Of May is here, potatoes
sell at 25cts. per bushel, corn $l,OO, wheat
81 ,25, oats, SO cts and we have heard Of nc
instance in which any have suffered for want
Of food; while very large proportion Of the
emigrants who had last year designed emigra-
ting to this point have been deferred by this
hugbear cry Of famine, and have gone else
where. The time is now past at which the
Grasstoppers appeared last spring, and the
minds OF the people are set on rest as the ques-
lion of whether they left lav@, last year, be-
fore they emigrated. 1t is evident that they
went to other localities as they came here te
eat, deposite their eggs and die There is nj
ign that they have left any deposits here ant
as everybody is putting in crop of some
hing good to eat, We expect next fall to be en-
!, numbered with surplus Of the good things o
his life, and to inundate st. Anthony Mime
apolis and st. Paul. with vegetables and grair
after supplying the Pine regions and the Ia
, borers On the Rail Road.