N.M. PUSEY, Council Bluffs, became a resident of Council Bluffs May 17, 1877; he was born in Washington County, Penn., June 21, 1841; removed to Baltimore, MD., in the fall of 1849, where he was educated, and continued to reside until his removal to Council Bluffs. He read law under the tuition of Messrs. Cochran & Stockbridge, and practiced at the Baltimore bar from 1864 until his removal west. He was married in May, 1865, to Miss Gertrude A. Morgan, the daughter of Rev. N. J. B. Morgan, a celebrated Methodist divine. He has been a continuous practitioner of law since his admission to the bar in 1864.