St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-11-10

-. innsfk.nt. 49, n. &. Of Lower ST. Cloud
Wa1 taken Up % . claim BIZ Martin Wo1ly, .
Neewoeian, vhe 1eld his fikhl to 0ooree r.
bree& Vie surveyed and lsatsd Il inths spring
,ef'56 About The same time John L. Wilson
surveyed and plated what 10 now called middle
town. which adjoins and lies higher up the ris-
o., While General Lowry surveyed and plated
upper town, called Lowry's Addition, tho win
ter following It was Mr.. Wilson Who gave
the town the name Of St. Cloud; BY this name
1t Was incorporated in the winter Of IS 80
The Land Office was removed in April '58 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, 'snd 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 Sherburnc and Benton
counties which corner on the opposite side of
the river. Theretoo is school kept by q COM
pany of Benediftine Nuns where music, draw
ing, needleweik and German are we'll taught
BY ladies Of pelished manners; and unusual
proficiency. !" W. ~,.1r
Lower town has two protestant churches. in
process Of erection, one quite completed j We
have public, school: in the Everett School
house, and handsome Library dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett The engines of an ex-
cellent saw mill and planning mill, sash rfacto-
~; and Of good Touring mill are this mo-
ment putting away within half q dozen rods Of
our Office. We have from FIVE to six steamboat
arrivals here weekly and tho smallest proper
ton of drones we have ever seen in any hive,
: In the fall of'56 0rasshoppers came tn q
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion Of the
crops. They deposited their larvee 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 sarge
portion Of the people; but they left in July,an
50 many Of the late crops survived. that. with
tho full crops Of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was . large amount Of
food. 1nsautumn It became . question wheth-
er there was enough for winter consumption
with what The people had the mesns Of purchas-
generally Of the cripion that there was not, and
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 tho 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 $1,00, wheat
81 rs, oats, 80 cts. and we have heard of no
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
bugbear cry Of famine, and have gone else
where: The time is now past At which the
appeared last spring; and tho
minds Of the people are set on rest As the ques-
ton Of whether they Left laws, last year, be-
fore they .emi9 grated. II 10 evident that they
went to other localities 6 they came here to
eat, deposite their eggs and de There is no
ign that they haNs left any deposits here, and
IS 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 L.
borers on the Rail Road, :..:-