St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-09-08

~ Rabitsnt. The site q LowSt3E Cloud
vas taken up a. claim by Martin 1Wolly, .
Norwegian, .who sold his right to George f.
Brott, Who surveyed and plattcdit Tin the spring
ofH65. About the same time John L. Wilson
survey ed and plated what is now called middle
soxa, which adjoins and lies higher up the riv-
err, while General Lowry surveyed and plated
tsr fallowing.I II was Mr.. Wilson who gave
theztown the name of'St. Cloud; by this name
it Was incorporated in the winter of IS &c.
The Land Office was removed in April SO from
9auk Rapids to the Upper town. The post ef6cs
10 IN Middle town, which is inhabited by in
dustrious and we'll to do. German Catholics
Ths Catholic chapel u here, and the bsll be.
longing it, il the frat church going bell in
Stearns County and has also the distinction of
being the first audible in Shsrburne and Benton
counties which corner on the opposite side Of
the river. There too is . school kept by com
pany Of Benedictine Nuns where music, draw
ing. neadlework and German are we'll taught
by ladies Of polished steamers; and unusual
proficiency. 3z=T s>ras. Is s."s'2-2e7ssss2 u.
- Lower town has two protestant churches, in
process Of erection, one quite completed We
have public school inethe Everett School
house. and.a handsome Library dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett. The engines If an ex-
cellent saw mill and planning mill, sash facto-
~; and Of good Aouring mill are this mo-
nent putting away within half dozen rods Of
our Office. We have from Eve to six steamboat
arrivals here weakly and the smallest proper
ton Of drones We have ever seen in any hive.
In the fall Of SO Grasshoppers came tn .
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion Of the
crops, TEsJ deposited their larvs and died:
Early in tho spring of 81 the young brood
came out and made such havoc that serious
fears Of famine were entertained by larxs
portion Of the people; but they left in July, and
80 many Of the late crops survived. that with
the full crops Of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was large amount Of
food. In an:umn it became question wheth-
er ::aers was enough for winter consumption
with what the peopleha the means Of purchas-
ing from below. The German settlers were
generally Of the opinion that there was not and
Ike Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque to
ask contributions. When this became known
in Lower St. Cloud Indignation meetings were
ing measure as altogether unnecessary, and
enc calculated to do the country great injury
by preventing emigration in the spring. The
Of this view of the case is now pro-
ven. The third week of May is here, potatoes
sell At 25cts. per bushel, corn $500, wheat
81 ,25, 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 enigra-
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 the
minds of the people are set on rest as the ques-
ton Of whether they left lava, last year, be-
hav tad - bn% he
went to other localities as they came here to
eat, deposite their eggs and die. There is no
sign that they have 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
this life, and to inundate st. Anthony Mime
apolis and St. Paul, with vegetables and grain
after supplying the Pine regions and the L.
bersrs on the Rail Road. ~''