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Show CHIEF LECTURED THE THREE BOYS Yesterday, three boys with their pockeu filled with peanuts, station cd themselves on the city hall park und proceeded to cover the lawn with tho shells. They were admonished by the keepers of the park to desist, but the boys were of the smart set and they advised the keeper that they had a right to be on tho park and that If they desired to crack peanut3 thcrq, they guessed they could do so. 1 The matter was reported to the tk- ! Lee station and Officer Lever was detailed, de-tailed, lie arrested the boys and took them. to the station They were rather rath-er young, and, seemingly quite inoj-feosivo inoj-feosivo toys, and the officers had no disposition, to deal harshly with them. Chief Browning was at the elation at the tlrcn and he called the youn? men to his office, where he gave them a lecturing that they will not soon for-1 gt. The boys foon became penitent and offered to do anything within tbolr power to right the wrong. Tho case was finally compromised hy the boys agreeing to return to the place where they had left the peanut shells and gather them and place them In the garba.ee can. |