St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-06-16

I est innabitan1.' The cite 81 Lower ST. Cloud
was taken up IS claim by Martin Wolly, a
Norwegian, who sold his right to George 4.
Brott, who surveyed and plated il in tho spring
Of IS. About the sams. time John T. Wilson
Surveyed and plated what is now. called middle
town, which adjoins and lies higher up the riy-
er, while General Lowry surveyed and plated
ter following. Itwas Mr.. Wilson who rave
the town the name Of St. Cloud; 81 this name
it was Incorporated in the winter Of '55 Sc
The Land Office was removed in April SO from
Sauk KaPids tothe Upper town. The post etfice
is III Middle town, which is inhabited by in
dustrious and we'll to- do German Catholics -
The Catholic chapel is here, and the. bell be
longing to it, is the frst church going bell in
stearns County and has also the distinction OF
being the first audible in Sherburneand Benton
counties which corner on the opposite side Of
the river There too is q school kept by COM
pany of Bencdictine Nuns where music, draw
by ladies Of polished manners; and unusua,
proficiency. =, % ,.. -. .s..
T Lower town has two protestant churches, in
process Of erection, ono quite completed We
have public school in the Everett School
house, and a handsome Library dedicated by
Hon: Edward Everett. The engines of an ex-
cellent saw mill and planning mill, sash facto-
ry; and Of a good Touring mill are this mo-
ment putting away within halfa dozen rods Of
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 tho fall of SO Hrasshoppers came tn
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion of the
crops. They deposited their larva and died.
Early in the spring Of 81 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
SO many OF the late crops survived, that with
tue full crops Of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was a large amount of
food. In autumn it became question wheti-
CT there was enough for winter consumption
with What the people had the means of purchas
ing from below. The German settlers were
generally Of the opinion that there was not. and
IKE Prlcsts 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 iciu,v
by preventing emigration in the spring. The
Correctness Of this view of the case is now nro-
ven. The third week Of May is here potatoes
sell at 25cts. per bushel, corn S1,OO. wheat
81, 20, oats, 30 cts. and we .,aye heard of no
instance in which any have suffered for want
ol 1904; wh1io very large proportion of the
enneranta Who had last year designed emigra-
ting 10 thss point have been deferred by this
ougoear cry OF famine, and have gone else
Wncre. The time is now past at which the
drasshoppers appeared last spring, and the
minds OF the people are set on rest as the ques-
ton t. OF whether they left lava, last year, be-
fore they emigrated. 1t is evident that they
went to other localities as they came here to
eat dep oaite their eggs and sie. There is no
sign that they have left any deposits here, and
as ever ybody is putting in o crop of some
thlng good to eat, we expect next fall to be en-
cum .oercd 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 la
borers on the Rail Road.