The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-02-07
Loss OF the steamer Missouri,
F.,un TIL -

CAIRO, ILL.,, Jan. 81.
Mr.. W. &. P. Comfy, clerk of the steam,
er Taconey, reports the following facts in.
regard to thsslissouri disaster, About q
O'clock A. NJ, when near the mouth OF
Green river, the boiler exploded, the forcs
OF the explosion being downward, tearing
the fo:epart Of the boat to pieces. The
hull an1 all sunk in few minutes in deep
water, leaving only small portion of the
ladies' cabin exposed. The number Of per.
sons on board it is impossible TO state with
any accuracy. "A passenger who left the
boat at Evansville says at supper, on the
| night of the accident, there were Eve LADY,
passengers, includpx the wife Of Capt.
Hurd, commanding the boat The number
or male passengers was 90, including 7
returned soldiers. One female passenger
was young lady from New Orleans, where
she bad been engaged in teaching Capt.
Hurd had his whole family with him. Ons
son was second clerk, one pilot, the third.
an interesting little fellow about 6 years Of
age, was in the cabin with his mother. AL
were lost save Capt. Hurd, who was re-
ce'ved on board the Dic,Nor, and carried
to New Albany, Ind. He is believed to b.
fatally injured by inhaling steam. The
body OF Mrs. Hurd was fished up from the
wreck, and was the only oneithat had been
recovered when the Taconey left the place
where the Missouri sunk. Mrs. Hurd had
been killed by an iron bolt, which struck
her on the head, smashing her skull The
first engineer. Phillips, was blown to
pieces. All the engineers and fre,nen were
killed. The body Of the head steward was
blown into three pieces The f:st clerk
Malin, and wife are among the killed.
Thu niofotnv A.
saved, and took them to Newburg, Ind.,
where the wounded were properly cared
for.
Later advices show that the sons of
Capt. Hurd were all saved.
THE New York correspondent OF the
London Spectator tells the following pleas.
ant tale:
The same woman will be ut the opera on
one evening in full dress in private box
at the next performance in the stalls or tn,
payquette, with arms, shoulders and head,
all covered. A lady whom | kacw had
rather an unpleasant experience in attempt.
ing some years ago, to disregard this tacit
understanding among the sex in regard to
dinner dress at hotels. Size belonged to an
ultra fashionable set, and having married
South Carolina planter, soon adopted what
we call plantation manners" and affected
no little scorn of simple hammered, reserv-
ed New E ,gland folks. She was at New
port, our great seaside watering place, and
having just returned from Europe, took
great airs, upon herself. One evening, at
the tea table, gentleman sat dcwn near
her, and the butter plate before him hap
pened to have no butter knife by it at tbs.
he, instead of calling the waiter
aud waiting for one to be brought, used his
own perfectly fresh, bright knife to take a
bit Of butter. lie was man of culture
and sccial staadiag, but Yankee and ono
whose social pretension she wished to fout.
She seIz.d the opportunity, AMI calling
waiter, in an elao,rately subdued. but
decided tone, Take away that butter; that
gentleman has had his knife in it," He
too. no notice of the remark, which drew
all eyes upon him and upon the lady. But
by-and by she stretched out her hand and
took from the plate some Clipped dried
beef, which stood between her and her vic.
tim. This was well enough, Of course;
but he turned at onc,, and calling a wait
er said, only as if ne were asking f,r more
tea, "Fake away that dried beef, this lady
has had her tiager in it," In this encoun.
ter, such as it was, he was thought to have
uoh tAS oCSt VI ~, anu Suc Olu uOI IOTktVo,
or forget So few days afterward Ct
should have mentioned that there was the
slightest possible acquaintance between
them) they being at dinner, she. conspicu.
Gus in the full dress she ad opted since her
tour to Europe, AMI which was 50 very
'fulP' that it would have attracted atten.
tion under any circumstances, took one
from dish Of fresh figs before her, and
putting it in plate, handed it to him with
an expression Of eompaisance, but saying
in tone Of unmistakable significance,
which could be heard all around her with
"A fig for gu, SIR" He accepted it gra-
cious!y, and taking in his turn leaf from
the garniture of the dish, offered it to her
with "A fig teaf' for you, madam" She
fed the table, and kept her room until her
intended victim left the hotel 1t was gen.
orally agreed that he had done what gen-
tleman would shrink from doing; but the
provocation was such that he was held
ruil,less of offsnse. and applauded for his
wit; and nobody, except peshaps a few Of
her special friends. piticd her. This
IS the last instance that I know Of a
lady's appearance in full dress at q public
table. Bnt | am told that within the last
three or four years it is coming more in
fashion amomng the fastest sets at the
height of the season at Saratoga, and one,
Or two others of our gayest watering pla-
ces.
p. S.-Mothcr Ewes first dress wasa
fig l,af!