The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-01-08
BITTER FIunr BETWEEN TEACHER

BITTER FIGHT BETWEEN TEhCHEI
AND PUPIL AUBURN, ILL.,, December 30
l-One ofthc most singular social disagree
mcnts that has ever divided communit,
has separated tho 800 inhabitants Of thi
peaceful village iuto two raucorous fac
tons. Between the families of j. Nj
Christopher aud James Il. Lewis, brothers
in-law and rich farmers, a feud has existed
for several years over an Inheritance, but
not until recently have the ncighbors
shown any disposition to champion the
cause of either.
Three months ago Miss Euuicc Christo>
pher was graduated n teacher and was
given what is known as the Finley School.
| She Is twenty-five years old and for some
time had been receiving attentions from
Frank Hitch cock, one Of the village beaus.
Among her scholars she was surprised to
find Miss Emily Lewis. her eiyhtcen> years
old cousin. Teacher aud pupil soon dc,
velopcd a hatred for one another which
the scholars were not slow to poicc. The
one was severe aud tyranical, the other
Gisobedicnt aud n; times intractablc. The
scholars told of the awful passages ut words
which the two girls passionately INDUCED
in, and the town, from discussing the
scandal, unconsciously began to take sides,
until at length many old frieuds found
their social relations completely severed.
just before the end of the hoI.,lay term an
unusually hotter controversy WAS had over
gecmctrical problem which terminated
in Miss Christopher calling Miss Lewis q
blockhcad and Miss LOWS accusing Miss
Christopher of knowing less about math-
cn,aticS than her pupils.
Miss Christopher undertook to chastisc Miss
Lewis for her insolence but after a violent
scufHc in which both young ladies lost their
bangs and inflicted several disfgurinc
scratches upon one another, the teacher re-
tired, little the worse off for the e;Ijrt. Tho
town scandal ran SO high that night that n
number of young men quarrelled and fought
over the mcrits Of the affair. Miss Christie
pher gave no intimation of her purpose, but
when school opened on the following morning
young Hitchcock, the lusty AMI obelient lover.
was the hrst to enter lie was given scat hc-
side Miss ca r;st opher's desk Miss Lewis was
called, but declined to leave her seat, VIII ern-
upon Miss Christopher walked up the aisle
Hitchcock anil, followed grasping the han,ls of
Miss Lewis, held them pinned behind her
back until Miss Christopher hal satisfactorily
abai hpry ctron = hpi n,
released the girl fled home in tears and relate
he method Of her chastisemcnt to her mother.
The mother flew into hystcrical rage aad.
up her husbands revolver haSt"ncl
over to the school. Discipline has. mcanwhiic
vanished, and when Mrs. Lewis arrived upon
the scene it was one of wild disorder in which
the scholars were loudly upbra:ljns the
teacher and mcr lover for Their conduct. Mrs
Lewis rushed into the room with pistol in ha.ii
and her finger the trigger, ana hal no;
couple of pucky boys taken the revolver away
from her she would doubtless hav. shot both
her niece and young Hitchcock. She sought the
next best retaliation by having them arrested
They were tried before magistrate for assault
and battery last Thursday anu the jury disa-
greed. Then they were re-arrcs,ed for disor-
derly conduct, and after q two days hearing
were last evening fncd $40 and costs ea>h BY
tho magistrate. The ablcst legal talent pro-
curablc at Springfield was engaged in the
case, and the arguments were rs elaborate and
graphic as if the trial was for murder and the
prisoners victims of circumsiantial evidence.
People from all the country around came in To-
the hearings with their best rigs rs Oh church
days.
Young Hitchcock took advantage oc the trial
to prop ose marriage to Miss Christopher, aud
his offer was accepted. She is disposed to re-
tire from the school but the Christopher fac.
tion insists that she must continue to teach.
On the other hand. the Lewis action declare
that Miss Emily shall pursue her studio at the
Finley School, and intimate that if Miss Chris
topher ever attempts to cha,tisc her again there
will be q tragedy. The Commissioners will
probably take the case in haul AMI dismiss
both teacher AMI pupil. The legal expenses OF
the two trials will sum up over $1,000.
McKenney, Texas, December %
Thomas Ilinson, boy aged fourteen years,
euticcl the three little daughters Of John
Gallagher residing at St. Paul, this county,
some distance from home yesterday cvrn>
ing about sunset. After getting them in
, srrlulcl suDt no brutnllv nsSIulfrl