The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-11-07

The Galveston News. in moralizing on the results in Ohio, says:
 It IS needless to say that the recent cam paign in 0hie, which was a sort of intro ductDry battle to the Presidential contest Of next year, has resulted in a manner pro- fOundly unpromising for the Democratic ticket in that contest. It looks as though the Democrati; leaders have managed to maintain kind of mechanical unity for the party by processes fatal to Its prospects of national success snd ascendency.
 Mir. Hendricks has invented new way of lodging that everlasting question about the second place on the Democratic ticket. At the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New Yerk, Mir Blackburn asked him: "Mr. Hendricks, would you accept the second position on the ticket under certain circumstances 2'' His wife immediately answered for hIm, "Under no circumstances"
 tis conceded in the South that the re- suit in Ohio kills Thurman and cripples Iiiden. The coming msn seem to be By ara and Hancock No one mentions Gen eral Palmer, of Illinois; but Chalmers, of Mississippi, is supposed to squint in that direction when he says that the Democratic candidate must be an old Union IGan with State rights prediIections.
 Apostle Walford Woodruff. ot the Latter Day Saints, and son-in-lsw to the late Brig ham Young, having married Dora Young, recently unloaded his bosom to the Mormon Church as follow3: "I will never abandon my wives and children at the demand of a Nation steeped in sin and ripe for the dam. nation of he'll" Woodruff is unoer indiLt- ment at Salt Lake for practicing polygamy
 There is in California, Oregon. Nevada. Washington Territory and Arizona 35i eos. = 100 acres of public lands, of which only about 96, 100000 have been surveyed. It is safe to estimate that over 100 ,000, ,000 acres Of this unsurveyed land is capable of culti- vation, and at least one-half of the re- mainder would graze sheep and wool-bear- ing goats.
 Victorio, the unruly Indian chief who caused the murder of SO many men, women and children in New Mexico of late, has made good his escape into old Mexico. May the authorities across the line drive him back into the lines of the United States. where he may receive proper chastisement for past deeds.
 At the assay office of the Consolidated Virginia Company, General and Mrs. Grant and Ulysses, IT,, were weighed on the fine scales used in weighing bullion. They weighed IS follows: General Grant, 17OIS pounds; Mrs. Grant, 160 pounds, and Ulys- ses, Jr., l76 pounds.
 John W. Young, second counsellor of the Mormon chuch, now in this territory, was indicted for polygamy at Sat Lake on the 25th ut. This will be another test as ts the right of enc man to have duplicity of wives.
 Gen. Grant, who is just about the "big- gest' Grant m the world. at present, has re- ceived ovations at nearly every station along the route from San Francisco to the Missis- sippi river.
 We hear that Delegate Campbell con- templates leaving, at an early day, for Washington. May he do something good for Northern Arizona.
 Elsewhere we give our readers au article on the Irdian question from the Inter- Ocean of Chicago, which is the most sensi- ble uttersnce we have found in cur numer- ous exchanges in the east.