Show Stray Shots i Repeatedly the papers have had I occasion to refer to the practice indulged in-dulged in by boys firing ofl guns indifferent j in-different parts of the city but especially es-pecially those in the Seventh Ward Several persons have narrowly missed being treated to leaden pills The police have taken steps to prevent a recurrence of tho practice heretofore without eOecl but on ThurEday Officer Phillips went to the residences of several of the parents of the boss and warned them that if tbeir ofi springs did not desist they would be arrested ar-rested and punished The police are in earnest and tho result will be many arrests if the boys continue this dangerous dan-gerous pastime This does not apply to the youth of the Seventh Ward alone but to those in all parts of the oily for in all parts of the city has the practice become too common |