Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-04-17

her to the good care of trustworthy
Mr.. Wescott. Miss Hall was sent here
with the intention of furthering her
education in music, but the OppOr-
tunity to become man and wife was so
good that it was taken advantage
of. The twain returned last night in
the hopes of reconciling the old folks.
Mr.. Wescott is employed by the Con-
gress Gold company and has wide
/ circle of acquaintance in Congress.
He was asked last night why the mar
riage did not take place in Congress.
He replied jokingly that he could trust
none of the preachers of the place and
the justice of the peace. ]. L. Hall,
was the father of his wife
RARITIES OF VEGETATION. =
! Many eastern visitors have been de-
| lighted with trip to the ranch of
Dwight B. Heard, about six miles
northwest of town. The place is bios
soming with roses and many other
| beautiful flowers. Mr. Heard has dem
onstrated that almost any kind of plant
! if properly cultivated will thrive in
this valley. One CT the curiosities of
the ranch is a breadfruit plant The
plant was imported to San Francisco
from the south sea islands and with
stood the dry weather of last summer,
beginning a new growth now. a Whip
lima Yucca is another feature. The
plant sends up a stalk like that from
century plant, and is very closely re
lated to the ordinary Spanish bayonet
but the stalk is crowned with myriad
of white blossoms. There are four
varieties of eucalyptus on the grounds
and what are not frequently seen in the
valley are loquat and sage palm trses
gaining good height
Yesterdays BALL GAME. The
base ball game at the park Yesterday
demonstrated clearly the inability of
the Congress boys to cope with the Asal-
falfa eaters" The contest resulteG in
score of 81 to 8 A liberal attend
ance was the principal feature of the
event and the south side roc tersT with
their usual Chimes of Normandy
c0wbells, were decidedly in evidence.
They were there ostensibly for the pur-
pose of roofing for the DeMunds.
wearing a green ribhcn which they
announced as representing alfalfa, but
screened behind the display was a
white ribbon which designated
their love of fair play Congress
lost the game by a succession of costly
errors and their inability to support
the pitcher The nine did not make
run until the latter part CT the game.
when DeMund5 relaxed somewhat.
Heavy batting and one home run was
accredited to the DeMunds. who also
had good man III the box. After the
game the Congress boys expressed
themselves as being well treated and
they hope to muster more strength il
they ever agree to another contest
They admitted that they We're simply
outclassed. The DeMund nine is
billed to play Tempe next Sunday.
LONG LOST UNCLE. "A recent ar
rival at the Hotel Adams is Thomas
MO@an, who is here combining business
with hunting for a long lost uncle.
His uncle is named Dan {. Clarke, ana
WAS one of the '49ers of Califor-
MIA. Mr.. Moran's mother, Mrs. n. j.
Moran, who lives at 1882 Ellis street,
san Francisco, is growing Old and is
very desirCus of seeing her. lost
brother 'befo-. she dies. Mr.. Clarke
left California in 1880 and he was last
heard of five years later when he was
reported to be connected with some
springs in Arizona. Two years. later
the family heard a similar reI, Jrt, but
they have never been able to establish
communication with him. Mr. Moran
thinks that M Clarke may yet be
found in Arizona. He is becoming ac-
quainted with the OLD timers of this
place but trusts moftly to the press
in locating hts uncle. Mr.. Moran is a
commercial man of San Francisco and
has transacted considerable business
in the west, but previously he has
never visited this territory His tip
this time would probably never have
been made except that it was actuated
by the desire to find his uncle. He eX-
z. essed a great deal of surprise yester-