The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-13
NUMBER Z.
AS 4 IOOSIER FARMER


He married in December 1852 and
removed to st. Joseph County. Ind,
where he bought Il small tract of timber
,ahd and began 10 clear it for farm.
lie was not successful in the undertake
in", and in 1870, he went Ia Southwest
Missouri and purchased u farm in Morecp
County. Then the war trouble came on
and as he had expressed strong Union
sentiments, it became pru dent for him to
make another movc--this inc to Warren
County, ILL.,, where he rented farm. put
IN Il general crop, and in August, lSG2.
he enlisted as private i'm COMPANY f..
OF the SD regiment, Illinois Infantry.
IN THE ARMY.
Private Pfeffcr was commissioned us
second lieutenant, and was subsequently,
fSe asR2t 9parisR2fttsaF IN iRrtlhitifHy tlhif fHyiHS ei
supplies for the military divisions OF
mississippi under General Sherman. lie
served without sick leave or furlourn
until June &c, 1865. when he was honor-
ably discharged.
such leisure as came to him i'm tho
army ne had devoted To study, and after
ms discharge he opened law office i'm
't"rksvllie, Tenn. lie secured a number
oi important eases growing out Of the
war; and prosecuted them successfully.
IN the work of establishing peace and
Eood Will in the South he took issue with
thc extreme radicaliSm of Govcrnor
brownlow and laborcd for the orcaniza-
u"n OF CONSERVATIVES Union party in
harmony with the National Republican
parry, After four years residence at
ClarkSvillc he grew tired of the social
ana political condition. and sacrificing
ms property there, he removed to Wilson
county, Kan, in 1870. There he located
claim and again engaged in agriculture.
lie also established q. .nrWsnanGr and
he was in tha alassi.ls>k>...-.,f-, -,naA..--o--
ator from Wilson aud Montgomery coun-
tics.
AS JoURNALIsT
He met with financial rcvcrscs in 1875,
and changed his location to- Coiicyvillc,
Montgomery county, where he started
the Cotfeyvillc journal and abandoned
his law practice on account of failing
health. He was II Republican Presidep-
tial clcctor in 1880, and gave up party
politics with the election of Garfield
and removed to Topeka in 1881, and
subsequently accepted the cditorship %
tEc Kansas Farmer and became special
editorial writer for the Topeka Daily
Capital.
HIS HOBBIES.
iir ffcircrhas been prominent cham
pion Of the interests of the farmers for
many years. and was their principal
spokesman in the successful campaign
oi lS9o. lie lsa strong prol,ibitiouist.
but has always acted with the Republic
can party. He is Il member Of tho Pro-
testant Episcopal church and is a E--------
Mason and "A Knight of Labor. He fa-
vorS free coinage and endorses the de-
mands of the st. Louis platform, upon
which the Peoples party was founded.
His principal hobby is the construction
by the Government OF north and south
railroads in the west, and the loaning OF
money by the Government TO the farmers
al low rate OF interest. His article i'm
the Forum on the "Defensivc Movement
OF Farmers gave him the general favor
Of the farmers. He is the author of
''PGcifcrs Tariff Manual" which was con-
Sidcrcd good Republican campaign
document in 1888. lie also published
an",hcr pamphlet in 1880 under the title
of The Way Out" which embodied his
peculiar ideas Of government loans to
farmers.
Judge Pfeffcr is six feet in height, OF
slender build, wears full black bcaid q
ANA i'll general appearance is plain ana
unprCtcntious. He is slow and mcthodi
cal in manner, but in addressing an au-
dicncc he talks rapidly, earnestly, per-
SistcAtly and ditfusivcly
As the representative of the Alliance,
hi whole effort will be devoted to secur-
ing a more abundant circulation of money
and cheaper rates of transportation.
Judge Pteffer lives quietly and COM
G"itahly in small cottage on Fillmore
street in Topeka. His tastes are domcs-
tic and Studious, and his home life is de-
void of display or fashion. He has n
wife and four childrcn-two girls and
two boys-thc latter being practical
printers working in this city.
Onyx in Missouri.