Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-29
NEARBY NOTES

Mrs. Agnes Lotus Frey was again
selected to represent the Crawford
county part of the village of DeSoto
on the Crawford county board next
fall.
The River Transit company's barge
LA Crosse" went up last week with
a stern wheel steamer pushing it. 1t
had an unusual cargo-300 barrels of
vinegar.
Miss Ruth Woods, aged II, died at
Finley hospital, Dubuque, last Tues
day after lingering Illness The
body was shipped to Benton, her home,
for burial.
The little daughter, 10 months old,
If Herman Alderman of Soldiers
Grove. was drowned last week in a
tub of wash water that was on the
floor. The mother went to the line to
hang out some clothes and when she
came in the little one was driwned
Claude Buehler, thirteen years old,
living on a farm near Cresco, was the
victim of a storm Saturday afternoon
which swept across that section. Just
before the storm broke, he ran to
the barn to close a big door. After
fhe storm was over, the father took
the body from the wire fence, several
rods away, where he had been blown.
Nels ]. Nelson, of Bear Creek, and
his nephew, Charles Nelson, of Spring
Green, left Monday on a trip to Den
mark. They will sail from New York.
The former was born in Denmark and
came to America 81 years ago at the
age of II. He has two sisters and nu-
merous cousins still living there at
FAKE. the town where he was born
Spring Green News.
Some twenty railroad crossings on
the old Iowa military road between
MOnona and Calmar are to be elimin-
ated. The Iowa highway commission
is planning to eliminate them this
wear with the grading of thirteen
miles of roadway along the Milwau-
kee railroad line. the past six years
the number of accidents along this
stretch of highway has been appalling
4 big barn on the Peter Ryan farm
near Waukon was destroyed by fire
early Sunday morning. The authori-
tias are of the unquestionable opinion
that the act was incendiary as has
heen a number of fires in that vicin-
itv during the past two years, all of
which happened on Sunday night. In
this fire a quantity of hay and grain
was burned, together with some live
stock.
John Donald Gleason, 20, son of
Mrs. Mary Gleason of Dubuque, died
of pneumonia at Laramie, Wyo., while
on a motor trip with Harry Morris,
q to the Pacific coast. Young Gleas-
on was taken ill at Bosler Wyo., and
was conveyed to the hospital at Lar
annie. for treatment The body was
shipped home for burial. The disease
came on following severe exposure to
wind and snow.
Elton, 6, son of Herbert Harrison OF
Milwaukee, formerly of Darlington,
was run down and killed by a motor
truck at 18th and Clybourn Ave-, Mill
Yankee. while on an errand for his
mother Tuesday. The right rear wheel
passed over the boys body, causing
fatal internal injuries. A. B. Kingdom,
driver of the truck, said he was drlV-
ing slowly down Clybourn when the
child darted in front of the machne:
The palatial home of Frank Lloyd
Wright on the southern bank OF the
Wisconsin river a few miles from
Spring Green. was destroyed by ire
caused by crossed electric wire last
Monday night Wright and number
of guests were at dinner when the
blaze started. They managed to save
numerous valuable curios and ART Cd
iects but the building was left prey
to the flames. "Taliesin," as the nome
was called, was noted all over the
world as Wright's famous love COT
tage." where he took Mamah Borth-
wick, Oak Park matron, on a loVe
hegira about Is years ago. Mrs. Borth-
wick was killed by a crazed negro
who set fire to the place. Later MI
Wright rebuilt the place ana occu-
pied it at intervals when he was not
globe-trotting. 1t is located on the
brow of hill about 200 feet up from
a creek valley. The entire design IS
one-story open on one side only with
a central court and flower gardens
The house was built in sections with
covered runways connecting. one
wing the north, was used for llVns
quarters. The west wing was USED TOT
a drafting room. The south wing con-
tanned the servants quarters, STABLES
etc. Nearby on the landscape were
huge windmills of Dutch design USED
for pumping water The building was
built almost entirely of concrete WIN
stone floors and how it could Durn
completely is mystery. Wright VIII
rebuild at once.