Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-10
WuEEI.BARROw WHEEL
lNG.
x. Iamau Potter His Curi"st-
ties Trip Across the CONT
ucnt ttair- breadth Escapes
nn,I NNnnderful STORIES.

Last might Il. Lamar Potter, that at
Iraslls the Cugunmrm oiphc gentleman ~
hv assumes Il hChind the whcClharroM,
turned M in the CITY at Wheeling. u.
Lamar is a gculus, aud W. can't but say
that there's mrthnd IN his madncSS. Il,
Lamar Is the gCntlCuau who started
lrnm Albany, \. Y, Ia wheel u whrc',
barrow tn san Francisco IN stipulated
time. l. Lamar accomplished thls oh-
ir,t. aud ~ consideration therefor he re-
rriyrd thcs sum at II 900 With this mon,y
az started Gu his return travels, thSSing
through the wilds at the Rocky Noun
Trims and the still wilder Sierra Nc\a-
Las K. lamau collected many curlnsI,
ties. aud ~ hC saws, has nov some LOW
oi them uu exhibition, which ho pro
pose, to show our people Il. Lamar In
"A SOFT ui J,HUS homo, known as the hn'"i
irr, hut as before stated, there IN incth"d
u K laman's madness. IL" IN, RcCnrd-
,ug t. his own CnulCssIou, after tho Al
mighty Dollar. tie appeared before
the tribunal at the REuIsrEg scribe, ina
gru,a mond llls conversation, while
Courhcd IN uucouth phrases, Was never
tibet, ~ sensible, L. Lamar newer TOT
moment lorsot his object, tie stated to
thr REvIsrEg man that The had been
thnr That ~, he had seen perhaps
more at this world than ordinary NOR
tails llc had been attacked while cross
my the plains somo three time 10y IN
dlans tribes capturing him being
the muchdrvaded SIOUX, Arrapahoes
aud p,gscrs Zach time he escaped
through allrcted CraGiuesvs. The In
daus, It il well known, have
supentitious tear vt dealing
harshlV with crazy man. Escaping
the savagcS, L. Lamar further states
that he WAS at one time aCcosted 10y a
band oi prairie bandits, nr pirates, and
the party lnr sport began shooting at
him. l.. Lamar, taking one cons,dcra-
ton With another, sat upon his wheel
barrow. As result M ono tried to
harm "A hair on his head, although his
barrow WAS shot through aud through,
hts hat was knocked from his heat
hy pistol bullet and hc
vcrv badly scared, Was Afterwards made
a hero aud invited ~ join the gang at
dpSpcradors, which honor he respect
FULLY aud politely drcbued, Pursuing
his Journey, Lamar arrived ut Iruckec,
A smau town on the Central Pacific
RAILWAY. Here again he MAS assaulted,
thus tunc hV rOughs, aud he was cum-
pellrd IN scli.dcirnse Ia shoot one at the
PARTY. This Il, lAmau did, but the man
did not die, aud Ia this day ho
thinks his enemy II on hts track.
For this reason L. iaman carries Rem.
,ngtou gun strapped on hls neither parts,
hut which he SAYS he has never
had use Tor, aud hopes never IL have.
K Lamar is dressed alter the fashion at
a Texas hull.whacker, his coat trimmed
with tur pants ut pure huCkskiu with
lriuEc, aud a couutenance hotoken,ng
evil II molesicl, hut perfectly good'na'
tured II not tritcd with. In his
way he is genius and
somemh hat resembles General
James A. Garfield, hut is better hooking
than tho picture stuck IN tho hielhgcn'
orr window oi that gcntlemsn In the
language oi the poet
Thrr,'s Jimmy Rlaiuc. ot Naiue,
Bul somehow daracld SGT stuck GA the 'nsoh
gcHNr pane,
But 10 our hero; he has go curiosi-
ties, So hc SAYS, which he proposes Ia
exhibit, among which arc u tarantula,
two live snakes, u Cayotc wolf, and u
wax figure oi the late nominated tpsl'
dent When thCo months old. Il. la
man is deserving oi success, and We
hope hc will set II,