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

CIT innabitant.". The site Of Lower St. Cloud
was taken up as claim, by Martin Wolly,
Norwegian, who sold his right to George r.
Brott, who surveyed and plated ii in the spring
Of '53. About the same time John L. Wilson
surveyed and plated what is now called middle
town, which adjoins and lies higher up the riy
er, while General Lowry suryc eyed and plated
upper town, called Lowry's Addition, tho win
ter following. 1t was Mr.. Wilson who gave
the town the name Ct ST. Cloud; by this name
i, WAS incorporated in the winter Of IS '66-
The Land Office was removed in April IS from
Sank Rapids the Upper town. The post Office
is in Middle town, which is Inhabited by in
.lustrous and vcl! TO do German Catholics
The Catholic chapel is here, and the bell be.
longing to it, ia the first church going bell in
stenrns County and has also the distinction OF
being the first audible in Shcrburne and Benton
counties which corner on the opposite side of
the r,vcr. There TOO is a schoo! kept by COM
paay Of Renclic,ine N'ns where music. draw
ing. needlcwork and German are we'll taught
by ladies 81 polished manncrs; and unusual
proficiency.
Lower town has two protestant churches, in
process Of erection, one quite completed We
have a public school in the Everett. School
house. and a handsome Library tedca:td BY
Hon Edward Everett. The engines Of an cH
cc!lcnt sa~ ,;l! and planning min SAIL, ;lcto-
ry and 9: sooi Touring nliN are this mo
:n3n. ru::in~ away within h:.!:: 3 dozen rods OF
cur o.i.cc We have fro1a i've to ,.x steamboat
arrivals here weekly and the smallest prepor~
ton Of drones We have ever seen iii any hive.
In the fall Of Sc Grasshoppers came tn
cloud aud se;,led down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion OF !l:c
:yops. They deposited thcir larvn and died.
t:er;y in the spring Of 81 the Young brood
came on, an>! made such havoc tina; serious
fears OF famine were entertained by large
nortion Of the people but they left in July ard
50 n4anr Of the la:c crops surviv ed, that with
;he full crops Of particular places, where they
lid not appear there was large amount o!
food In autumn it became question wheth~
or 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 vas not, and
Ike priests sent commissioners to Dubuque to
ask Contributions When this became known
in Lower St. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held, ana strong resolutions passed condemn
| ing measure as altogether unnecessary, and
| one calculated 10 do the country great injury
b. preventing EN- grafton in tic spring The
Correctness Of this view Of the case is now pro
ven. The third week Of May is here, potatoes
Sl,25, oats 50 c,a. and We have heard Of NJ
instance in which any have suffered fer wan
Of food; while very large proportion Of tn
eu,igran:s who had last year designed cmigra
lung to this point have been deferred by thi
bugbear cry Of famine, and have gene else
where The time is now past at which tn
Gsasshoppers appeared last spring. and tn
minds Of the people are set Ga rcst rs the ques
iok Of whether they left lave, last year, be
fore they cmigrated. 1t is evident that the
won't 10 other localities as they came here t
eat: lepssi,c their eggs and die There is n
i'm that they have left any deposits here, an
~ everybody is putting in a crop Of some
hing e. oil to cat, we expect next fall to be CT
i numbered VIII surplus of the good things {
/ his lie. and 10 irundate St. Anthony MINI!
apalis AMI St. r>ul, with vegetables and graz
> .f,cr supplying the Pine region. and the Il
G borars on the Rail -Soad