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DEATH OF HON. W. H. M. PUSEY. Pioneer Settler and Capitalist of Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs, Nov. 16.-William H. M. Pusey, of the private banking firm of Officer & Pusey, now in the hands of receivers, died yesterday at the state insane asylum at Clarinda, where he was committed Oct. 10. William H. M. Pusey was born in Washington county, Pa., July 29, 1826. He was of English Quaker ancestry, his forefathers having settled in Philadelphia with William Penn. He graduated at the Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pa., in 1847, and removed to Iowa in 1856. From that time until his death his home was in this city. He formed a partnership with Thomas Officer, his brother-in-law, and they conducted a private banking business from 1857 until the death of Mr. Officer in September of the present year and the illness of Mr. Pusey made the appointment of receivers necessary. Mr. Pusey was elected state senator in 1858 from the Pottawattamie senatorial district then embracingtwenty-seven counties bordering on the Mississippi river. In 1882 he was elected to congress from the Ninth Iowa congressional district. Mr. Pusey leaves a widow and three children-Mrs. Ella Pinney, of this city; Frank S. Pusey, of Denver, and Mrs. Kate McGee, of this city. Williams. Special to Times-Republican. Williams, Nov. 16.-Miss Kate Hood, of Independence, is visiting at Rev. Wylie's. The State Bank is moving into their new building. They have the nicest corner in town and the best building of any town of this size in Iowa. The First National Bank commenced business last Monday. They have E neat building and a good room well furnished to do business in. J. D. Fiddler expects to move in next week where the State Bank moved out. J. F. Warham has built a new sidewalk in front of his livery and feed barn. Ben Loveline, five miles north of town, has sold his 120-acre farm to F. J. Gade at $45 per acre. County Superintendent Gerber was visiting the city schools Monday. L. Martenson, who was operated on at Merch hospital, Des Moines, is expected home today. much improved in health. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Clark, who have been on a three weeks' visit to Boston, Mass., are expected home tonight. Their son, Hon. R. G. Clark, of Webster City, is here to meet them. Supervisor J. P. Tuttle is attending a meeting of the board this week at Webster City. Ralph Mallory was in Webster City Wednesday.
