St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-06-28

SIT inhabitant. 1" Thessite' of Lower st. Cloud
was taken up as q claim by Martin Wolly, .
who sold his right to- George F.
Brott, who surveyed and plat dit IN the spring
Of rs. About the Same time John T. Wilson
surveyed and platte what j now sallcd middle
er, while General Lowry surveyed and platted
ter following. Il was Mr.. Wilson who gave
the town the name of St. Cloud; BY this Sname
it Was incorporated ia the $winter Of 90 80
The Land Office was removed in April SO from
Sank Rapids to the Upper town. The post office
is in Middle town, which is inhabited by in
dustrious and we'll to do German Catholics
The Catholic chapel is here, and tho bell be-
longing to it, is the first church going bell in
Stearns County and has also the distinction OF
being the first audible inSherburne and Benton
counties which corner on the opposite side of
pany Of Bencdictine Nuns where music, draw
ing, needlework and German are we'll 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 in the Everett School
house, and a handsome Library dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett. The engines Of an ex'
cellent saw mill and planning mill, sash facto'
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.
In the fall of sc Grasshoppers came tn {
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion of thu
crops. They deposited their larvee and died
Early in the spring Of 81 the young broot
came out and made such havoc that serious
fears of famine were entertained by large
portion of the people; but they left in July ,ane
| 50 many of the late crops survived. that will
the full crops of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was large amount O.
food. In autumn it became question wheth
with what the people had the means of purchas
ing from below. The German settlers wer'
generally of the opinion that there was not, ant
ike Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque tt
ask contributions. When this became known
in Lower St. Cloud Indignation meetings wer,
held, and strong resolutions passed condemn
ing measure as altogether unnecessary. ant
one calculated to do the country great injury
by preventing emigration in the spring. TIT
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 ST. 90, whea
$l,25, oats, 80 cts. and we have heard Of NJ
instance in, which any have suffered for want
of food; while very large proportion Of thu
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 ut which thu
Grasshoppers appeared last spring, and thu
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 tt
eat, deposite their eggs and die. There is ne
sign that they have left any deposits here, and
as everybody is putting in crop Of some
thing good to eat, we expect next fall to be en-.
his life, and to inundate St. Anthony Mime.
apolis and St. Paul, with vegetables and grain
after supplying the Pine regions and the Ia
horers on the Rail Road.