Show GOTHAM GOSSIP A trip to tappan toppan prince vanderbilt metropolitan melange lily illy our gorre correspondent pon dent TOPPLED OVEE AT LAST enemies of the andre monument should be satisfied now that at last after repeated efforts to dest destroy roy it it lies prone on tho tile ground rop nd in mute obeisance to tile vandalism whose exhibitions hibit ions are becoming alarmingly frequent I 1 went vera up to tappan yesterday to lookyat it but there is nothing specially exciting exciting in the spectacle of a polished shaft shafto of granite four feel feet square at the base and not much longer from base to apex lying on tho the ground as though that was its normal condition I 1 suppose that it will lie there indefinitely although the sur suggestion has been made that tile shaft itself bo be exploded with nitro glycerine on the coming fourth the people of tappan and tho the sleepy hollaw wol sort a village itself which is now blooming like a garden are far moro more entertaining than mr fields field dismantled block of stone d headquarters 11 every well regulated village in this immediate vicinity has its kiowa quaint stone structure dating back back to the early part of last cantu century ry is now lost in a tangle of trees and shrubbery the olds tono building in which andre was confined before his execution now in a tumble down and ricket rickety condition is still as closely locked ana and as strongly barred and impregnably bolted as though this architectural skeleton was trying to hold the unfortunate andres ghost even as its stancl ier self once held his body while lie the faded and weatherworn weather worn medallion head of washington on the sign that swings swing s before gre gorys corys village inn inn creeks as ominously as though when general washington sentenced andre to the gallows liis his own head set to swiD swinging ging in iq perpetual sympathy the view from the hill where the execution took place is far reaching and beautiful in tho the extreme while I 1 was enjoying it and thinking how fortunate one must be to have bis his last glance of this world from such a standpoint the tile inevitable small boy put in his appearance who tipped this monument over I 1 severely demanded oh oil shob slie blew lety over herself was the satisfactory response given in the expressive vernacular naci flar of the Tap you have been accustomed I 1 know to speak of WILLIAM vanderbilt as a rail railroad road king in his own realm we must all acknowledge his life autocratic power now I 1 propose to tell you a secret you did not know did you that lie is in point of fact and anday by r right lit of a genuine title prince VanderW tt a few days ago that mat an intimate friend of this gentleman told roe me for a fact that mr vanderbilt has purchased that rank from the pope constituting him a 1 prince of rome for which he lie paid tho the sum of it is further stated that on liis his furniture and in the decorations of liia his new palace on fifth avenue the prince uses liis s coronet if you doubt it look for yourself the next time you call there meantime fu rive ie prince Vander biU 11 TUB THE WEEK IS 11 NEW the great arm hand and torch which has stood for or a long time in madison square and which is to form ft a j part art of mr Bart holdis work of liberty enlightening the world is to be returned to pans paris to be adjusted to tha alio gigantic figure it is is said that a now new gambling house lias has been opened in boston for tho the use of the students at harvard college prof rogers one of the founders of tho the institute of technology in boston on eap exp expired red suddenly while delivering an address before the graduating class six thousand immigrants landed at castle garden yesterday ninety thousand landed in the month of may all ail of the five children of tho the late moses taylor are living and are millionaires lion aires irrespective of tile enormous estate left to them by their father fat lier A number of the public school buildings building are sare reported in an unhealthy condition A lot of land on liberty st part of the jumel estate broue brought bt the enormous sum of it being the highest price over ever realized for real estate in this city A firm of italian padroni have imported laborers on a contract to be farmed out the importers were to receive twenty cents per daa day from the laborers for three years the immigrants seemed delighted to loam loani from the tile commissioners Commissi onera of emigration that the contract was no not t binding in this country about persona persons visited coney colley island yesterday the weather was more favorable for out of d door or sports than for several days provi previous cus the season promises to be un unusually gay in newport A list of the cottagers fills nearly three columns of a local paper charges of a serious nature have been preferred against tho the united states consul at san domingo the ceremonies attending the theun un availing of statue on the steps of the sub treasury in wall st will be very imposing the passenger steamers on the hudson river are doing a splendid busl bual liess tho the annual report of the cotton exchange shows the sale of bales for the year In investigation tion shows the government title to the I 1 land nd on which the gayy yard in brooklyn is located is perfectly clear A man named bibbers bibbens attempted without success to swim across tho tile east fast river with hia his hands and feet tied together ho ila will try again sing sing prison shows a stir surplus tai ins of over the expenses of alie past month the produce lias has three thousand members the committee of the italian school of this city have presented signer signor campanini with a beautiful gold medal in acknowledgment of liis his generosity to that institution an ali elevated railroad to be operated by electricity ia is to bo be constructed in chicago the estimated cost is per mile the electrical current is to be transmitted through tho the track mils the effort to reduce the car faro on the fourth avenue road from six to five fire rents cents has lims BO so far proved a failure NEW YORK yorm june 3 3 3 |