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NEW-YORK CITY. The Receiver of the National of the Commonwealth has ordered the sale of the banking building at Nassau and Pine-sts., to take place next Tuesday. A gas explosion occurred yesterday afternoon under the sidewalk in front of Nos. 52 and 54 Murray-st., tearing up the flagstones and doing other damage, but without injuring any one. Thomas Kiernan, age 33 years, of No. 773 Seventh-ave., while at work yesterday afternoon cutting hay at the Eighth Railroad Depot at Fortyninth-st., was instantly killed by being eaught in the machinery. Owen Hammill, age 33 of No. 130 Bridge-st., Brooklyn, attempted suicide yesterday by jumping from the pier at the foot of Dover-st., East River, but be was rescued by Officer Kelly of the Fourth Precinct, and taken home. Prof. P. H. Vander Weyde will lecture this evening before the Polytechnic Association in Hall No. 24, Cooper Union, on the quadruplex system of telegraphy, by which four messages may be sent at once over the same wire. John Maloney, age 12 years, of No. 14 Vandewater-st., while flying a kite last evening from the roof of No. 3 Vandewater-st., a six-story building, fell to the sidewalk and was fatally injured. He was taken to the Park Hospital for treatment. In the Doric Room of the new Masonic Temple last evening a District Deputy Grand Master's jewel was presented by Ivanhoe Lodge No. 610 to District Deputy Mortimer C. Addoms. The presentation was made by Alfred A. Valentine, the First Master of the Lodge. The anniversary of the proclamation of the Cuban Republic, which occurred in 1868, occurs on Saturday, but the occasion will not be celebrated until Sunday, on which day there will be a grand musical celebration in the Church of Santiago, in Twenty-second-st., between Fifth and Sixth-aves. Detective Tilley arrested yesterday Louis Auzat, proprietor of a loan office at No. 761 Broadway, on a charge of fraudulent dealing. It is stated that he lends money on property and disposes of the same without waiting for the owners to reclaim it. When arrested yesterday no one appeared against him, and he is held to await a complainant. Weston completed his 182d mile at 3:05:45 yesterday morning, and went to bed. He slept until nearly 7 o'clock, when he resumed walking. At 10:13:03 he stopped for breakfast, having completed 192 miles. At 11:17:47 he finished his 195th mile, and at 11:51:12, the 197th. He walked steadily during a greater portion of the afternoon and evening, and said that be would accomplish 80 miles before he slept. He still appears to be in good condition. It is proposed by St. John's Guild to build next season a hospital barge expressly for the excursions of sick children. This barge is to be kept constantly employed, and will accommodate 2,500 persons. The upper deck is to be surrounded by wire screens, breast high. The lower deck will be fitted with sliding windows, heating apparatus, and hospital furniture. This deck can be occupied in rainy weather. The proposed cost of the barge is $20,000. The daily expense of running it will range from $150 to $200. In Winter this barge could be made available as a temporary hospital in the event of an epidemic among the poor. The Guild appeals for contributions to enable them to carry out this benevolent project. The tenth annual Convention of Wire Manufacturers of the United States was held at the St. Nicholas Hotel yesterday, the President, the Hon. J. W. Edmands of Massachusetts in the Chair. The Secretary gave in bis report a resume of the work of the Association since its organization, and the Treasurer reported that the condition of the Association Was very prosperous. A resolution presented by the Executive Committee strongly opposing the ratification of the proposed reciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada was unanimously adopted. Officers were elected as follows President, the Hon. Wiley Edmands; Vice-Presidents, John W. Stitt of New York, and Geo. D. Roberts of Hartford, Conn.: Secretary, John L. Hayes of Boston Treasurer, Samuel Fay of Boston. Committees on finance, statistics, machinery, and raw material were appointed, and a Board of Directors, consisting of representatives from each of the States, was chosen. BROOKLYN, The schools of the Brooklyn Art Association will open on Nov. and the sessions will be continued on Monday and Friday evenings until May 1. At a meeting of the Supply Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday sub-committees were appointed to attend to the ont-door relief in the different districts of the city and of the county towns. A Special Committee of the Board of Aldermen was engaged yesterday in examining the pay-rolls of the different city departments with a view to redueing salaries. It is understood that a large reduction has been decided upon. It was decided by Judge Pratt yesterday that the Board of Supervisors must pay the claims of the employés of the Charity Commissioners, inasmuch as the action of the Board was regular and in accordance with the law which went into operation on May 2, 1874. The Aldermanic Committee on the Budget met last night and reduced the amount previously appropriated for street cleaning purposes from $150,000 to $125,000, and transferred $25 000 to the Board of Health, also $5,500 for ambulance services to cover a deficiency. A sad case of destitution was brought to the notice of the Commissioners of Charity yesterday. A woman applied for admission to the Almshouse,whose husband, a shoemaker, has been out of employment during the entire Summer. She has striven to clothe and feed her family of six children, and has, with her husband, visited New- York and Philadelphia fruitlessly in search of employment. Returning to Brooklyn she exchanged all her furniture for bread. Finally, everything was gone, and the Almshouse only remained. She is woman of culture and more than ordinary intelligence. While Mr. Distrow, the cashier of the Manufacturers' National Bank, was engaged yesterday afternoon in counting some money, a man who gave his name as John Rooke entered the bank, and watching his opportunity, when the cashier's back was turned, suddenly reached over the cashier's desk, and seizing a pile of bills, amounting to $480. which had just been counted, ran out of the bank and down the street. He was pursued by Mr. Distrow, who overtook him at Broadway and Third-st., where a violent struggle oc. curred. Officer Longridge went to the rescue, and the man was secured and taken to the Fifth Precinet Station. The Investigating Committee of the Brooklyn Board of Supervisors, appointed to inquire into the affairs at the county buildings, resumed its sessions yesterday, and took a. large amount of testimony. The principal evidence was furnished by Dr. Ordronaux, State Commissioner of Lunacy, who testified that when he visited the asylum a few months ago the patients were in a deplorable condition. There was a great scarcity of bed-clothing, some of the beds having only a single sheet. There was a lack of seats for the patients to sit upon, and in consequence many were compelled to sit upon the floor. Meat was not supplied in proper quantities, and nearly one-halfofa "portion" (800 pounds) of corn beef was bone. The cooking was very bad, the patients actually suffered from want of good food. Dr. Ordronaux thought, however, that on the whole the Kings County Asylum was no worse than other lums in the State. LONG ISLAND. MINEOLA.-The Fall exhibition of the Queens County Agricultural Society opened yesterday complete in all its departments, and it will continue to-day and to-morrow. The display of cattle is very fine, and the