St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-12-15

cM inhabitant." The site of Lower St. Cloud
| was taken up as claim by Martin Wolly, a
Norwegian, who sold his right to- George r.
Brott, who surveyed and plated it in the spring
OF 81. About the same time John l.. Wilson
surveyed and plated what is now called middle
Town, which adioins and lies higher up the riv-
er, while General Lowry surveyed and plated
upper town, called Lowry's Addition, the vim
Ter. following. It was Mr. Wilson who gave
the town the tame OF St. Cloud; by this name:
it was Incorporated in the winter Of '55 '5t.-
The Land Office was removed in April So from
Sank Rapids to the Upper town. The post Office
is III Middle town, which is inhabited by in
dus'rious and well 10 do German Catholics
The Catholic chapel is here, and the bell be-
longing to it, is the first church going bell in
Stearns County and has also the distinction Of
b,ing the first audible in Sherburne and lsenton
counties which corner on the opposite side Of
the river. There too is school kept by a COM
pany Of Bencdictine Nrns where music, draw
ing, necdlework and German are we'll taught
by ladies Of polished manners; and unusual
proficiency.
Lower town has two protestant churches, in
process Of erection, one quite completed We
have public school in the Everett School
house, and a handsome Library dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett. The engines of m OK
ccllent saw mill and planning MILL sash facto-
ry; and Of good Touring mill are this mo-
ment putting away within half dozen rods Of
our Office. We have from five to six steamboat
| arrivals here weekly and the smallest proper
ton Of drones VIC have ever seen in any hive.
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 ~ the young brood
ox,I, nIr ,,l, A..
fears Of famine were entertained by-@a large
so many of the late crops survived, TINT with
the full crops ofparticular places, where they
did not appear, there was large amount Of
food. In autumn it became question wheth-
err there was enough fer winter consumption
with what the people had the means Of purchas-
irg from below. The German settlers were
n rally of the opinion that there was not and
tke 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 emigration in the spring. The
Correctness OF this view Of the case is now pro-
sell at 25cts. per bushel, corn $1,OO, wheat
1926, oats, 80 cts. and we have heard of no
instance in which any have suffered for want
Of food; while a very large proportion Of the
en-: grants who had last year designed emisra-
ting to this point have been deferred by this
bugbcar cry Of famine, and have gone else
where. The time is now past 1T which the
Grasshoppers appeared last spring, and the
minds Of the people are set on rest as the qucs-
on of whether they left lave, last year, be-
fore they emigrated. It is evident that they
went to other localities as they came here to
eat, opposite their eggs and die. There is no
ign that they have left any deposits here, and
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 Of
his life, and to inundate St. Anthony Mime
apolis and ST. Paul, with vegetables and grain
after supplying the Pine regions and the la
borers on the Rail Road.