Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-07-19
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A Woman Assaulted with an Axe by her

Yesterday morning the citizens residing il
the vicinity Of Water street, North Knoxville
suffered the infction of disgraceful family
broiEg between two women of the TMagdalen
school, which came near having 8 tragic termi.
nation.
The ,combatants are sisters, and are known
respectively as Mrs. Nancy Arnold and Aman-
da Gibson, and it was at the residence of the
former thatthe difficulty occurred, AS we are
told, Mrs. ARNOLD, for some time past had for
saken the error of her ways and had made a
PRECISION Fofy religion, and looked with holy
horror on anything that savored of evil, and
this spirit provoked the encounter.
yIt'seems that some relations of Nancy stayed
at her house en- Monday night, and yesterday
morning Mrs. Gibson, her sister, went over to
see them, and IN course of conversation spoke
IN allow tone This incensed Mrs. Arnold and
she ordered her TO leave. Mrs. G.. replied that
she would prefer eating breakfast, and sat down
to the table and was about to commence eating,
when Mrs. A. seized the plate and again order
edher toleaye.- She made a wild grab after the
contents of the plate; whereupon her sister
seized an axe, when Mrs. G.. followed suit with
a Ratchet, but they were both disarmed The
woman then left, but shortly returned, when
Mrs. Arnold again got hold of the axe and be-
fore any one could prevent her, struck her sister
a fearful blowon the side of the head infictinp
a severe wound, which, however is not consid1
cred dangerous: Her injuries were attended to
by DIR. Ludlow, -t-r. 5cl-frv
Arnold and she was brought before the Record
er,-when the facts as set forth above were proven
substantially. She attempted to justify her
conduct by rejecting against the virtue of her
sister1 bntsEas checked by the Recorder, who
told her that the law was no respecter of per-
sons, and that however deplorable such conduct
might be-, yet it gave no one right to use such
harsh measures ,is she had done. Mrs. Arnold
was fined S25, and the Recorder would have
given her the extent of the law, but doubted
Der +'uan 81 eiad ability m TA-2
improvements.
-Four more large store houses are going up on
Gay street between Union and Asylum
The, Messrs. Rofgers are building three
story house, extending back 40 feet to be oc-
eupied by McClung, Gillespie & Co, wholesale
dealers in dry goods
DR., Morrow and Mr.. James Kennedy are
each building large houses which extend back
rs feet and win be for rent when completed.
Gilbert & Bro, are also putting up a large
three-stOry house extending back 100 feet to
which they expect to remove their retail store
Nearly all the mercantile houses that are be-
ing put up are situated near Cowan, McClung
" Co.'S, mammoth house, 0r % is9a i2
W. are informed that W. W. Woodruff &
Co, intend building a large house next season
adjoining b. J, Sanford & Co., in order to ac-
commodate their large and increasing wholesale
hardware trade. r..s....
The wholesale business is nearly all settling
down in this vicinity, which will soon be the
most business portion of the city. Trade is
travelling rapidly toward the depot. Already
the former lively portions Of the city nearer the
TYerbegfn to look lonely and deserted.
Simmons Liver Regulator if persisted in
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