Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-13
CAPITAL NOTES.
Hot Weather and Warm Times
Generally.
The New Posto&ce.
A Bee" Reporter Visits the
Capitol.

A bee" Reporter Visits the
Capitol.
CORRESPONDENCE OF H BKH.)
LINCOLN, July 8, 1874.
EDITOR OMAHA BEE:
Lincoln is hot, or rather q
weather is, which amounts to the
same thing. Yesterday was the
warmest of the season. The morn
ing was sultry and toward noon
the thermometers began to look as
though they felt unequal to the oc-
casion. After twelve o'clock they
got confused and unreliable, some
of them guessing it ought to be loS,
while others said it was at least lO6
or I07.
There has been a street advertising
thermometer man here lately and
his tubes, more enterprising han
the common kind, run their mer-
curry up to 40 and $50. Some OF
them overdid the business and col
lapsed.
1t was a sweaty day all around.
CITY architect Roberts went for
Stout Williams Jail contract, and
made him prespire under on In
vestigation hot as the day.
Diplomacy accomplishes wonders,
and in this case William was
"Stoutn enough to come out OF the
heat as cool and vigorous as though
he had enjoyed a Turkish bath.
Two railroad companies, big
| enough to know better, took each
other by the ear and tugged away
like a pair of hair-pulling boys, till
night and a drsnching shower re-
duced their heads to q more sensible
mood. That fight is unsettled yet.
They are calling names and throw
ing stones to-day, but each seems TO
avoid a closer contact. The end is not
yet.
Work on the new "~postof1ce" has
commenced. and Thomas, the
money-changer, who holds the ap-
pointment of disbursing agent, dis
tributed about s., 900 of Uncle Sans
ducats yesterday. Whether or not
this had anything to do with the in
tense heat, We are unprepared to
say.
There Is q fair amount of building
i'm progress, and more in contempla-
ton. Rumor hath it that Cunning
ham, Stout and Wilson are prepar-
ing to erect a private state treasury
building on the corner Of o and
Tenth streets. That banking firm,
with the long name, in Omaha, had
better slook a leedle out" The
Supreme Court is In session and has
quite q lengthy docket to dispose OF,
Judge Lake and his associates have
our sympathy.
We are ambitious. Our expecta.
tions are above common things, and
actually rise to the sublime heights Of
a contact for waste paper from the
capitoline departments at some time
In the dim future, if we are patient
and place a quantity Of lucre
"where it will do the most goOd.'
The day was quite the reverse Of
Frost(y), but desiring to view the
scene of our future trade in paper
stock We set our face toward the
"magniicentn structure which 4
the synosure of the longing eyes OF
90 many eminent Nebraskans, and
entered its square northern portal.
Ascending a fight of stairs, We
raped timidly on the door labelled
"Governor's Room" Here disap.
pointment awaited us, as bis much'
abused excellency was absent, and
We were confronted by a common
mortal, in the person Of his private
secretary, who, by the way, is a very
urbane gentleman. The only thing
we distinctly remember noticing
In this office was the correspondence
files, three in number; q small,
thin one labelled "personal;" 9
larger one, miscellaneous, " and the
third larger than both Of the 9th.
ers together, marked "Grangen."
This was suggestive Of efforts on
the part of the modest Patrons to
abolish "middle men," 4. e., those
who stand between them and the
State crib.
Secretary of State Gosper took us
under his wing, and kindly con-
Quoted us to the auditors Office,
where we had the honor Of q few
moments conversation with Judge
Weston, about the only man we
saw in the city who is not a candi-
date for Governor or U. s. Senator.
(The regular candidate for treasurer,
and the only n We have heard of
so far, is a Greeleyite nickel-counter
of Plattsmouth.)
The Judge has the best of reasons
for not being a candidate for Office.
The one he holds lasts two years
longer, if the Tecumseh 0ieftain
don't turn him out, and itself in.
While in the building, we visited
the Treasurer's Office, and exercised
our privilege of citizenship, by
looking at and into the strong box,
and through the books. Seeing the
various intricate and volumnious &C.