St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-11-24

est innAbitAnt." Tho site Of Lower St. Cloud
was taken up as claim by Martin Wolly, II
Norwegian, who sold his tight to George F.
Brott, who surveyed and plat,cdil in the spring
OF So. About the same. time John L. Wilson
| surveyed and plated what is now called middle
town, which adjoins and lies higher up the riv-
CIR, while General Lowry surveyed and plated
upper town, called Lowry's Addition, the win
ter following. It. was Mr.. Wilson who gave
| the town the name Of St. Cloud; by this maine
it was incorporated in the winter Of '55 ST.
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
lustrous and we'll TO do German Catholics =
The Catholic chapel is here, and the bell b.
long ing to it. is the first church going bell in
Stearns County and has also the distinction OF
being the first audible in Sl1erburne and l.en,on
counties which corner on the opposite side OF
he river. There too is Il school keep, by com
Pany Of Bcnclictine NJ ms where music. draw
by ladies III polished BANNERS; and unusual
proficiency.
Lower town has two protestant churches, in
process Of erection, one quite completed We
have Il public school in the Everett School
house. and handsome Library dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett. The engines of IN ex-
celeu, saw mill and planning mill, sash tacto-
~; 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
lion Of drone: We 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 i'll the spring Of 81 the young brood
came out and made such havoc that serious
fears Of ialnine were entertained by large
portion Of The people; but they left in July land
SO many of tho ia;c crops survived. that with
the full crops Of particular places, where they
did not appear. there was a large amount Of
food. In autumn it became a question wheth-
CT there was enough fer winter consumption
with what the people had the means Of purchase
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
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-
ven. The third week of May is here, POTATOES
sell at 25cts. per bushel. corn ST 90, wheat
81 ,25, oats, 81 cts. and we have heard of no
instance in which any have suffered fer want
OF food; while very large proportion Of the
emigranrs who had last year designed emipra-
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
Grasshoppers appeared last spring, and the
minds OF the people are set OIL rest rs the ques
ion Of whether they left lava, last year, he.
fore they emigrated. 1t is evident that they
went to other localities as they came here to
eat, deposte their eggs and Sie There is no
ign that they have left any deposits here, and
IS everybody is putting-;n a 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 mandate ST.. Anthony Mime
apolis and St. Paul, with vegetables and grain
after supplying the Pine regions and the H.
borers on Tie Rail Read =