Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1884 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Tho steamship Maasdam, from Rotterdam, was found burning' 700 miles from the coast of Ireland, and deserted by the crew and passengers, of whom no trace was discovered. The vessel was enveloped in smoke and flanks, and had evidently been burning for daj : s. It is hoped that tho crew and passengers have been picked up by a west-bound craft. The municipal authorities of Limerick, by a vote of twonty-sevon to five, decided to persist in their refusal to pay the tax assessed for extra police service. The arrest of several members ol the corporation is probable. .Rumors have reached London that a

severe type of cholera Is spreading through the French squadron under Admiral Courbet, now blockading Formosa. Admiral Courbet has telegraphed the French Minister of Marine that the sanitary condition of his troops is far from satisfactory. He fears that he will be compelled to abandon some of his projects against the Celestials. The French Government has ordered the dispatch of two cruisers and five gunboats to China. Italy will soon send two war vessels to the Congo region to 'xmserre commercial Interests.