St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-08-11

~ innsbitant.' = The site 81 Lower st. Cloud
Fas taken up as . claim BY Martin Wolly, .
Norwegian, who sold his right to George +.
Brott, who surveyed andplatted it In the spring
Of '55. About the same time John Z. Wilson
surveyed and plated what IS now called middle
town, which adjoins and lies higher up the riv-
or, while General Lowry surveyed and plated
upper town, called Lowry's Addition, the win- I
ter following It was MIR. Wilson who gave |
the town the name of St. Cloud; by this name
it was incorporated in the winter Of So 3d.
The Land Office was removed in April SO from
Sank Rapids to the Upper town. The post Office i
il in Middle town, which is inhabited BY in
dustrious and well to do German Catholics
The Catholic chapel is here, and the bell be-
longing to it, 10 the first church going bell in
SteArns County and has also the distinction OF
bsing the first audible in Sherburne and Benton
counties which corner on the opposite side Of
pany Of Benedictine Nuns where music, draw
ing, neadlework and German are well taught
by ladies' Of polished manners; and unusual
proficiency. ..#
| Lower town has two protestant churches, in
process Of erection, one quite completed 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 facto-
ny and Of . good Touring mill are this mo-
ment putting away within half q dozen rods OF
our office. We have from Ave to six steamboat
arrivals here weekly and the smallest proper
ton Of drones We have ever seen in any hive.
! In the fall Of sc Grasshoppers came tn q
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion Of the
crops. They deposited their larve and died.
Esrly in the spring of '57 the young brood
came out and made such havoc that serious
fears Of famine were entertained by large
portion Of the people; but they left in July, and
| 90 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 autumn it became question wheth-
er there was enough fer winter consumption
with what the peoplehad 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
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 1t 25cts. per bushel, corn 81, 90, wheat
81 ,25, oats, 80 cts. and We have heard Of no
| instance in ~hich 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
bugbesr 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 rs the ques-
ton Of whether they left lave, last year, be-
| fore they emigrated. It is evident that they
! went to other localities as they came here to
eat, deposite their eggs and eie. There is no
Sign that they have left any. deposits here, and
q everybody is putting in crop Of some
hing good to eat, We expect next fall to be en-
this life, and to inundate St. anthony Mime
apolis and St. Paul, with vegetables and grain
| after supplying the Pine regions and the Ia
! bofers on the Rail Road. seE ~.