St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-08-30

est nhabitant. = 8 TIE site or LowSlSk Cloud
wae1aken upsasA claina by Martin Wolly, a
NorWsGtsa, who sold his Sfahb to George F!
brott, Nhosl srveyed aud dltJn the spring
ef't5. About the same time John Alison
surveyed and platted what ii nar called nsddle
town, Nhish ad}oinssnds lies hieh 81 fthe riv!
er, While QsnsE:l Lowry, suryeysd md Plated
ter following II Vas MI Wilson who gave
the town the name Of ST. rload; BY this. name
it wei. INCORPORATED insthe winter of,56 de-
The Land Office was removed in April SO from
Sauk' Rapidsto heeUpper town.vYhs post Office
IL ID Middle town, which IL Inhibited BY in
dnstrious and well to do German Catholics
Ths Catholio chapel is here and the bell Be.
longing to it, is the first church going bell in
Stearns Countysa and has. also the distinction oil
being the first audible In Sherburne and Benton
counties Which corner on tho Opposite .s,deoi
the river. There too is q school kept by com
pany of Benedictine Nuns where music, draw
ing, Qeedlexork and German are wall Taught
by'laqies Of polished manners; and unusual
proficiency. - ,,,x,,,.>,...r,~-~.u =.
Lower town has two Observation-Disclosures, in
process Of erection, one quite completed I'VE
HAYES public school in Tho 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 q good Touring mill are this mo-
ment putting away within half dozen rods OF
our Office. We have from FIVE to sixsteamboat
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 O
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion Of the
crops. They deposited their slarvse and died.
Early in the spring Of 81 the young brood
came out and made such havoc that serious
fears of famine we're entertained Sby large
portion ofthe people; but they left in July, and
so many ofthe late crops survived, that with
the full crops Of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was large amount OF
er there was enough fer winter consumption
with Wharf.-The peoplehadt 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
askscontributions.T 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 country great injury
by preventing emigration in tho spring. The
Correctness ofthis viex 81 the case is now pro-
ven. The third week Of May is here, potatoes
sell at 25cts. per bushel, corn 81, 90, wheat
$1,z5, oats, W cts. and we have heard Of nc
instance in which any have suffered for want
Of food; while very large proportion Of the
emigrants who had last year designed emigra-
ting to this point have been deferred by this
b9 1 cry q famine, and have gone, else
GrasshopPers appeared last spring, and the
minds Of the people are set on rest as the ques-
ton Of whether they left laws, 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 of some
thing good to eat, 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 Ia
borers onsthe Rail Road. ~: - VI Nv