St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-04-12

est inhabitant." Tho site Of Lower St. Cloud
was taken up rs claim by Martin Wolly, a
Norwegian, who sold his right to George T.
Brott, who surveyed and p}atteti i, in the spring
Of $50. About the same time John l.. Wilson
surveyed and plated what is now called middle
town, which adjoins and lies higher up the riv-
er, while General Lowry surveyed and plated
upper town, called Lowry's Addition, the win
ter following. Il was MIR. Wilson who gave
the town the name Of st. Cloud; by this name,
it WAS incorporated in the winter Of '55 IT,
Sank Rapids 70 The Upper town. The post Office
is III Hii;idie town, which is inhabited by i'll
dus'r;ous and wei! TO do iermsu Catholics
I'll. Catholic chapel is here, and the bell be-
longing to-, 1t, ID the first churc. going bell in
StcarAS County and has also the distinction oi
being the first "udihle IN hcrburncand Benton
counties which cer,er or the opposite SIDE Ut
tho river. 1aere too IS a school kept by o com
rany oi Dencl:ictine Nrns where music, draw
<. ne:3!ewcrk and German are We'll taught
Ky ladies Of polished manners; and unusual
proficiency.
/ Lover town has two protestant churches, in
process * erection, ono quite completed We
have 1 public school in the Everett; School
house, aud &: handsome Library dedicated 10y
lion. Edward Everett. The engines If AL ax
cellvnt saw A'ii! and planning mill, sash taclo
~; and Of a good Touring lEili aye this mo-
ment putting away within, halt dozen rods Of
our Office. We have from Ave to six steamboat
| arrivals here weekly and the smallest proper
tioN 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 Of the
crops. They deposited their larI;s and died
EARLY III The spring Of ~ tho young brood
ca,l,e oHt and made such LaSvc that serious
fears Of famine W ere GRAINED by {. large
portion. of the people, bat they left in July, end
SO many Of The late crops survived, :liat with
1.-THE TIL: c:ops u particular places: where they
did not anpcar, there was large amount Of
HOOD. Ill aul u,n.l il became a question whutt.-
Ter ;ncre was enough for winter collsu:npiio
viii. what the people Ia! tho 1ueans IT pl.rcAa:-
in. from below. The German settlers were
enera:i:- G! the opinion that there was ;ioi AMI
=: Ia Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque to
ISL. contributions. When this became known
- lower 81. Cloud Ind; an.tio,. .:cct:ngs y ere
e!u aAj strong RESOLUTIONS passed c""de:ni;-
lag measure a: :ltOgatile: Unnecessary: and
one calculated 10 do the country great iii Jury
hE preventing emigration in the spring. The
Correctness OF this view Of Ike case is now FRO
ven The third week Of May is here, potatoes
sci. 4. 2;'cta. per busnel, corn 800, wheat
$t,25, oats, 80 cts. and We hare heard Ct uo
instance in which any have suffered for wan.
Of food; while a yer: large proportion Of the
c,l.iyra,lts who had last year designed cniie,a-
ting to this point have lcen deferred by this
i'ugi,c;:r cry OF :;a1'.ine, and lave gone else
w:.tge. The time is nov past at which tho
'tsrassiloppers appeared lust spring, and the
minds OF iiie people ses rest as t!l; ucs-
tiot # isctber they left lave, last year, be-
fore they e1nisrated. 1t is evident that they
went TO other localities as they came here to
eat depositc their eggs and sie. There is ma
ign thar they have left any deposits here. and
as everybody is putting in a crop Of so,ne-
hing good eat, We expect next tall 70 tc ca
'pmfared with a surplus Of ;ae good things Of
his life, and to inundate st. Anthony Minne-
aooi:s and S;. Paul: with Vegetables anal grain
alter supplying the Pine regions ANA the Ia
i.,a,- e,u tho RaiI ErsI