St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-06-23


est innabitant." The site of Lower st. Cloud
was taken up>as~ elAim by Martin Wolly, a
Norwegian, who sold his right to George F.
Brott, who survey ed and plated il in the spring
Of '55. About the same time John T. Wilson
surveyed and plated what is now called middle
town, which aa ioins and Hes higher up'the riy-
CIR, while General Lowry surveyed and plutted
upper town, called Lowry Addition, the win
ter following. Il was Mr.. Wilson who gave
the town the name Of st. Cloud; by this name
it was incorporated in the winter Of '65 '56..--
TAs 1sppa Q|es Xas genioye in April '5s from
}dustrieus.a and veil do German Catholics. -
The Catholic chapel is here ana fhe4 Benz be-
longing TO it, is the first church going bell in
Stearns County and has Also the distinction Of
being the first audible iuISherburncan and Benton
counties which corner on the opposite side of
the river. There too is school kept by COM
pany of Bercdictinc Nuns where music, draw
ing, neetllework and German are we'll taught
by ladies Of polished xlanners; and unusual
proficiency. 3%'' s,'i.' ."''1|;I " @'-a" ..@
|. :: 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 nm sex-
cellcnt saw mill and planning mill, sash facto-
ry; and Of good Touring mill are this mo
our Office. We have, from FIVE to six steamboat
arrivals here weekly and the smallest proper
ton Of drones we have ever seen in any hive.
In the fail 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 larvu and died.
Early in the spring Of 81 1.-The young brood
came out and made such havoc that serious
tears OF famine were entertained by a large
portion Of the people; but they left in July and
80 many Of the late crops survived, that with
the full crops ofparticular places, where they
dld not appear, there was large amount OF
food. In autumn it became question wheth-
er there was enough fer winter consumption
with what the people had the means Of purchas-
ing from below. The German settlers were
generally ofthe opinion that there was MOI, 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 2octs. per bushel, corn 800, wheat
$l,2o, oats, 50 cts. and we have heard of no
instance in which any have suffered for want
81 food; while very large proportion of the
emigrants who had last year designed cnigra-
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 on rest as the Ques-
ton Of whether they left larm, last year, be-
fore they emigrated., 1t is evident that they
went to other localities as they came hero to
eat, deposite their eggs and die. There is no
sign that they have left any deposits here, and
as everybody is putting in crop Of some
thing good to eat, we expect next fall to be en-:
numbered With a surplus of the good thin s 81
this life, and to inundate St. Anthony Mime
apolis and St. Paul, with vegetables and grain
after supp1ymg't the Pine regions and the Ia.
borers on the Rail Road - = =. L IL