St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-01-12

lott inhabitant Tho site 81 Lower 81. C1ou,,
was taken up as claim By Martin Wolly.
Norwegian, who sold his right to George r.
Nrott, who surveyed and plated the spring
lot o. About the same time John Il: Wilson
surveyed and plated what is now called middle
town, which I'D joins and lies higher III, the riy-
er, while General Lowry surveyed and plated
upper town, called Lowry Il Addition, the VIM
ter following. Twas Mr.. Wilson who rave
the town the name of St. Cloud; b. this name
! ], was Incorporated III the winter Of SIS o.
The Land Office was removed in april $50 from
Sank Rapids tothe Upper town. The post Office
| is in Middle town, which is inhabited ~ "a.
dustrous and well to do German Catholics
The Catholic chapel is here, and the bell be.
longing TO it, isthe first church going bell in
otearns County and has also the distinction Of
being the first audible in Sherbnrneand l;enton
counties which corner on the opposite side of
the river. There TOO is a school kept by COM
pany OF Bencdictine Nrns where music, draw
ing, necdlcwork and German are well taught
by ladies ST polished manners; and unusual
proficiency. va *#&
Lower town has two protestant churches, in
process Of erection, one quite completed We
have public school in the Everett School
house, and a handsome Library dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett. The engines OF an ,cx-
ceiIcnL saN l.lSit AHu p.llHt1tS Hiii safE lnCto-
ry and Of y good Touring nil! arc this mo
.nant putting away within ha!s a dozen rods OF
our office, We Larcfrora five to six steamboat
arrivals here weekly and the smallest proper
ton Of trones We have ever seen in any hive.
la the fall Of Sc Grasshoppers came tn o
cloud aud settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion of tue
crops. They deposited their latvm 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
so manr Of the late crops survived. that with
the full crops Of particular places, where they
lid 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
tkc 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 couatry 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
| S., % oats, 80 cta. and We have heard Of no
! instance in which any have suffered fer want
! Of food; while very large proportion Of the
! enigrants 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
! iok Of whether they left lave, last year, be-
f,r. nov crni grated 1T IA evident that they