St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-06-30

est inhabitant." The site Of Lower ST. Cloud
was taken up 20 : claim BY Martin Wolly.
Norwegian, who sold his right to George f..
Brott, who surveyed andplatted it in the spring
Of '66. About the same time John L. Wilson
surveyed and platted what 10 now called middle
town, which adjoins and lies higher up the riv-
or, while General Lowry surveyed and plated
upper town, called Loxry's Addition, tho win
ter following. It vas Mr. Wilson Who gave
ehe toUn IL 49, Of St. Cloud; by this name
It - Incorporated u the winter of '65 &c.
9Es ia2d 0&ce oes removed in April 80 from
senk Aarias to the Up4sr town. The post efice
= N Middle toss, which . inhabited by in
dsstrieus and cell to 10 German Catholics
The Catholic chapel 10 hare, and tho bell be-
..sa6iAg to i, Is The fsst church going bell in
S4ea<Rs County end has also the Distinction OF
EboiRg ~ 1rst oui6ble n 9horharaeaad Benton
easntias which sosasr - The oppoaite eide Of
~ nssf: Toess teo . sahesl kept By son-
paay Of Beaedietins Nuns ~kars music, dsav-
ing. neodlework and German are well taught
by !adies Of polished manners; AID unusual
prs3siency. .z} s.. - 49, :.
Lover town has tvo protestant churches. in
process Of srectioo, 49, quito completed We
kavs pu6lls saheal il ~ Everett School
Acaas, and AanAssos Library dedicated by
Aea. 3d~aN Rserstt. The engines Of IN *
eealaat Saw NH aaa paaiainG mill, sash faeto-
r.; - ct Goe1 1eszig Mill are this NO.
Dent ps1aG ssey withia half dozen rods Of
osr oakae. We AsSs 1rea I've to six steamboat
arriv61s bsCs weekly aad The smallest proper
tioa Of droass vs have ever seen in sny hive.
In To fall Of '66 0rssshoppees eaaas tn .
cloud and settlsA dova in th;s aad adjoining
souatiss. dsstroyins the grsstsr portion Of tie
sreFs. They deposited their larv0 aad died.
Esrly in ~ apzinE Of 81 the young brood
ssses sst end aaA1e saeh haSos that serious
fsas: Of faaaias wers satsa+ainsd BY lerge
PARTON sf ~ people; but they aaft in July .aad
% many Of the late crops survived; that uith
the full crops Of particular places, where they
did not appear, there We large amount Of
food. In autumn it became question wheth-
er there wss enough fer winter consumption
with what the people had the means Of purchas-
ing from below. The German settlers we're
generally Of ths opinion that thare YES not, aad
Ike Priests cent commissioners to Dubuque to
tx contributions. When this became kne~n
in Lossr st. Cloud Iidieaation meetings we're
hold, aad streog resolutions passed cendemn-
ing measure % altogether unnecessary, and
one calculated to do the country great injury
by preventing emigration in ths spring. The
Correctness Of this view of the case 10 nov pro-
ven. The third week Of May IL here, potatoes
sell It 26cts. per bushel, corn 81 100, wheat
1875, oats, 80 cts. aud ~ 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 snigrs-
ting to this point have besn deferred by this
bugbear cry Of famine, and have gone else
where. The tine 10 now pant at which the
draeshoppers appeared last spring, and the
minds Of the people ore ct on rest o. the ques-
ton Of whether they lett lave, Last year. b.
fore they emiErAtod. It il evident that they
went to other localities - they came here to
eat, deposite their egg and die. There i no
sign thst they Aass hft any deposits here, and
. everybody i putting u crop Of some
thing good to at, Ne expect next fall to be en-
cambsrsd with aksurplus Of the good things Of
this life, and to inuadate st, Anthony Mime
apolis and st. Paul, With vegetables and grain
after supplying the Pine regions aad the h.
borers on the Rail Road.