St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-11-01

I oSC 1uH1UltAHt. sE Ing elte OF I0Wer 81. Cloud
was taken up Al q claim BY Martin Wolly, a
Brott, who surveyed ndplatteditint the spring
of IS. About the same time John L. Wilson
surveyed aud plated what is now sslied middle
town, awhiehl adjoins and lies higher Up the nv
Ter, While General Lowry surveyed and plated
upper town, called Lowry Addition, the win
ter following. twas Mr.. Wilson who gave
tho iowa the name Of Sc. Cloud; BY this maine
ttt was incorporated in the winter of'55 So
The Land Office was removed in April '68 from
Ssuk Rapids tothes Upper town. The post office
! IL In Middle town, which Is inhabited by in
dastrious and wellsto do German Catholics.-
The Catholic chapel is here, and the bell be-
longing % IL, Is thu first church going bell in
Stearns County and has also The distinction of
being the first audible III Sherburne md Benton
counties which corner on the opposite side of
the river. There too ID =. school kept by d com
pany Of Benediotine Nuns where music, draw
ing, needlework and German are well taught
by ladies If polished manners; and unusual
proficiency. IT e. i. .l2
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 faoto-
ry; 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
ton Of drones we have ever seen in any hive.
p In the fall of '56 Grasshoppers came tn
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion Of the
crops. They deposited their larvae and died.
Early in the spring Of ST the young brood
came out and made such havoc that serious
fears Of famine were entertained by q large
portion Of the people; but they left in July and
so many Of the late 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 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 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. Tho
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 1,00,n wheat
81 rs, oats, 80 cts. and we have heard Of no
Of food; while very large proportion Of the
emigrants who had last year designed emigra-
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
appeared last spring, and the
minds of the people are set on rest as the ques-
ton Of whether they left lave, last year, be-
fore they emigrated. 1t is evident that they
went to other localities as they came here to I
eat, deposite their eggs and die. There is no
sign that they have left any deposits here, and
rs everybody is putting in . crop Of some
thing good to eat, we expect next fall to be en-
umbered with a surplus of the good things Of
his life, and to inundate St. Anthony Mime !
apolis and St. Paul, with vegetables aud, grain |
after supplying the Pine regions and the Ia
borers on the Rail Road. ..5i