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The Mauston Star [Mauston, Juneau Co. WI]
Thursday June 1882
From our regular correspondent - Necedah, May 31
Thos. McConnell & Son have sold out the Signal to Mr. W.C. Brawley, formerly clerk in Burch & Co.'s Store, who we think will make his pen mightier than his sword, success to Mr. Brawley. He will undoubtedly give us a spicy little sheet as well as keeping up the reputation of the Signal. We are sorry to lose our former friends of the Signal as they make good citizens.
A. C. Willard, many years book keeper for T. Weston & Co., is going to leave Necedah soon and try some other place to make his fortune. He is thinking some of going to Minneapolis. Gus is a good fellow and hope he will succeed in whatever he undertakes.
A family by the name of Kingsbury living here in the village, were poisoned one day last week by eating canned corned beef, they are recovering from the effects of the poison except one which is very sick: Dr. Reed says they will recover all right.
Jake Grosse, one of the confectionery merchants here, is very sick. Hopes are entertained of his recovery soon.
M. G. Dustin returned from his weekly visit from Kilbourn City, Monday morning, where he has been to see a Mr. Pickard, a former resident of this place, but now very low with consumption.
Geo. A. Potter, of the model mills, Necedah, left for Tomah and other points, on Friday last for the purpose of purchasing wheat to supply the model mills. There being such a demand for the flour that it is difficult to get sufficient quantity of wheat, especially No. 2 hard.
The Necedah Lumber Co's. lumber yard began to look rather thin before they commenced sawing last week. The nine million feet of lumber in their yards last fall is now reduced to about one and one-half million feet.
Geo. B. Burch & Co.'s lumber yard begins to fill up quite rapidly again with piles of new sawed lumber.
It is reported that Mrs. Reed has purchased the S. B. Sarles
residence next to Hon. E. S. Miner. This was her former residence
in the early days of Necedah. It will make a pleasant home for her
and her three sons, Will, Frank and Silas.