St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-07-19

est inn.sstant. The isitsf Of Lover st. Cloud
was TAX sup as 9 clain tbIs Martin Wolly,; .
Norwegian, Who sold his risht sstos George F.;
'Brott, whossurvsysd5 and platteditin the spring
Of '55. Aboutstks same time John tL,ss AVE- lson
surveyedsan plated what is now ealled middle
town, which adjoins and lies higher up theriy-
or, while General LoNry. surveyed and. plated
uppertoMn called sLoNry's,A Add ition, the win-
tor following It was Mr.. Wilson who gave
the town the name of St. Cloud; by this name
it was incorporated in the Nintersof IS &c.
The Land Office was removed in April '68 from
Sank Rapids to the Upper town. The post office
dustrious and well to do German Catholics
The Catholic chapetis here, and the bell be-
longing to it, IS the first church going bell in
Stearns County and has also the distinction Of
being the first audible in Sherburnc and Benton
count hich corner on the opposite, side sot
the river. There too Isl school, kept BY acon
,pany Of Bencdictine Nuns where music, draw
ing, needlework% 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 id the Everett School
house, and a handsome Library dedicated BY
Hon. Edward Everett. The engines of an ex-
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 weeklyand the smallest proper
ton of drones we have ever seen in any hive.
In the fall Of SO Grasshoppers came tn q
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion 81 tic
crops. They deposited their larvse and died.
Early in the spring :of s,67 the young brood
came out and made. such havoc that serious
fears of famine were entertain ~ large
50 many of the late cropssuryiyed, that will,
the full crops of ticalar 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 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 Ind gnation 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
Correctnessaof this view Of the case is now pro-
ven. The third week Of May IS here, potatoes
sell at 25cts. per bushel, corn 81 ,0O,a wheat
81, rs, oats, 80 cts. and We have heard of no
instance in which any have suffered for want
Of food; while q very large proportion, Of the
emigrants who had last year designed emiera-
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 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 die. There is no
sign that they have left any deposits here, and
as everybody is putting in . crop some
thing good to eat, We expect next fallto DO on
numbered with q surplus Of the good things of
his life, and to inundate St: Anthony Mime
apolis and St. Paul, with vegetables and grain
borers n liz Rail Road: = - = - ! :,