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Show A Kolltu Trump. Chicago, 23. R, Lyman Potter the whcelbsrrow pedestriau, arrivei here this morning en route for Sat Francisco. The wheelbarrow wbicl he rolls bci'jre him, letting Ihi handles rest in the hollows of bit arms, is a Binall box, painted drab with red trimmings, weighs forty-fiv pounds, and bears on the top tht inscription, "From Albany, N. Y., tt San Francisco in 250 days. Sundayi our, 215 duys Started April 10th 1878." He has averat;td twenty-seven twenty-seven and one-half miles per day He is nine duys ahead of time, and it gaining flush. Ho makes the journey i'jr a purse ut 1,000 made up by Cal ifornia friends. |