St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-04-05

eat inhabitant." Tho site Of Lowcr st. Cloud
was taken up as claim by Martin Wolly.
Norwegian, who sold his right to George r.
Bro!t, who surveyed and plattedit in the spring
# IS. Abou: tho same time John L. Wilson
surveyed and plated what is now called middle
town, which adjoins and lies higher up the riv-
sr while General Lowry surveyed and plated
upper town, called Lowry's Addition, the win
ter following 1t was Mr.. Wilson who gave
the town tho name Of St. Cloud; by this name
it Was incorporated In the winter Of IS &c.,
The Land Office was removed in April go from
Sank Rapids to the Upper town: The post Office
dustrious and we'll 10 do Herman 5Catholics.-
The Catholic chapel 10 here, and the bell be-
longing to it, 10 the first church going bell in
Stearns County and has also the distinction Of
being the frst audible in Sherburne and Benton
counties which corner on tho opposite side Of
the river There too is school kept by com
pany Of Eenelictine Nuns where music, draw
ixg needlework and German are we'll taught
by ladies Of pelishcd manners; and unusual
proficiency.
Lower town hos two protestant churches, in
process Of erection, ono quito 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-
ry; and Of 4 good Touring mill are this mo-
ment putting away within half a 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.
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 81 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
80 many Of the late crops survived. that with
the fall 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 people had the means Of purchas
ing from below. The German settlers were
generally Of tho opinion that there was not, and
Ike Priests sert commissioners to Dubuque to
nsk contributions When this became known
in Lower St. Cloud Indignation meetings were
ing measure as altogether unnecessary, and
one calculated to do tho 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 25cts. per bushel, corn $500, wheat
$1,c5, oats, so cts. and We have heard Of no
instance in which any have suffered for want
Of food; while o 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
Grasshoppers appeared last spring, and the
minds OF the people are set on rest as tho ques-
ton Of whether they left lave, last year, be-
FIRE they emigrated. 1t is evident that they
went to other localities as they came here to
eat, deposite their eggs and die. There is no
ign that they have left any deposits here, and
as everybody is putting in . crop Of some
hing good to cat, we expect next fall to be en-
numbered with surplus Of the good things Of
his 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.