Nebraska News

1870: The city of Lincoln passed an ordinance prohibiting public indecency and "houses of ill fame."

1870: Gov. David Butler returned from Washington, D.C., where he registered state lands for railroad grants.

1870: Wreckage of a fallen smokestack at the Salt Basin west of town was cleared away. Wind had blown down the stack several weeks earlier. At the same time, work was progressing on a rail line to ship the mined…