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The following Obituaries were supplied from Patty Godesky in her researches.
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette 17 June 1881
PORTER-On Wednesday evening June 15, 1881 at 5 o'clock Harry Porter, son of Henry E and M.L. Porter of Mt. Oliver, aged 9 months. Funeral services will be held
at the residence of his parents, Mt. Oliver, on Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.  Friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend.

JOHNSTON-On Thursday evening June 16th, 1881, at 5 o'clock, James McFarland, son of John and Kate
Johnston, in his 3rd year.  Funeral from the residence
of his parents, number 98 Irwin avenue, Allegheny, on
Saturday morning, June 18, 1881 at 9 o'clock. Friends
of the family are respectfully invited to attend.

EGLEY-On Thursday, June 16, 1881, Ada J., daughter of George and Flora B Egley, age 1 year, 4 months and 30 days. Notice of funeral later.

IRWIN-At 7 ½ o'clock am Thursday, June 16, 1881, of scarlet fever, Horace Murray, youngest son of James
and Corence Y. Irwin age 2 years, 2 months and 10
days. Funeral services from the residence of his
parents, West End and Home avenues, West Bellvue today at 10 o'clock am. Interment private.

MORROW-At 10:30 am Wednesday June 15, 1881, Earl Alexander, son and youngest child of James E. and
Clara J. Morrow, age 2 years and 2 days.  Interment in
Brooke Cemetery, Wellsburg, WV this morning.

EGAN-At his residence Number 54 Roberts street on
Wednesday morning 15 June 1881 at 8 o'clock, Peter
Egan, aged 80 years.  Friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral this
afternoon at 2 o'clock.

GREINER-At 4 o'clock pm June 15, 1881, Carrie L,
daughter of John A and the late Mary C. Greiner nee
Freese, age 3 years, 6 months and 24 days.  Funeral
from the residence of her parents number 407 Carson
street, Friday, at 2 pm. Friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend. Little Carrie was our darling
Pride of all our hearts at home But the Angels came and whispered Little Carrie do come home.

HOWE-Of consumption, on Wednesday evening, June 15, 1881, at 11 o'clock, at the residence of his sister,
Mrs. Donahue, number 21 Liberty street, John R. Howe,
age 36 years.  Funeral on Friday afternoon, at 2
o'clock.  The friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend.

 Under "BREVITIES" on June 17, 1881:
--A child of John Fisher who lives in the Butcher Run
district died from small pox yesterday.
--Mr. Jacob Kopp, of Allegheny City is mentioned as
the prospective Democratic candidate for Sheriff.
--A case of smallpox is reported in the home of
William Finman, on Bedford avenue. The victim is a two
year old child.
--Matthew Winterhalter of the thirty-second ward had
his arm broken yesterday by falling off a fence he was
attempting to climb.
--Jacob Bettler of the Twenty-Seventh ward gave bail
yesterday in $300 dollars, before the Mayor, to answer
a charge of selling liquor on Sunday.  Lititia Shenkle
made the information in this case.
--The explosion of a lamp set fire to the furniture in
one of the rooms of John Harper's house at Sharpsburg
on Wednesday night and the flames inflated damage to
the amount of $50 before being extinguished.
--Harry Carfell, a printer who went to Cleveland the
other day and went to work there during the strike,
was waylaid and terribly beaten the first night he
went to work.  He has been taken to his home in
Monogahela City.
--Before Alderman Peter Charles Adams, John Moon and William Tarsing are charged with selling scrap iron
from Carnegie Brothers.  A woman named Mrs. Rusk, on whose premises a lot of the iron was found, was
charged with receiving stolen goods and held for a
hearing.
--A man named John Keeley who was placed in the
Twelfth Ward station on a charge of disorderly
conduct, preferred by his wife, attempted suicide by
hanging in his cell but was prevented by the captain
from accomplishing his object.  He was sent to the
workhouse yesterday.
--Alderman Porter yesterday committed William Moore to jail on a charge of false pretense.  Moore went to a
Lawrenceville man named Gordon and borrowed his horse and wagon, representing that he had been sent by
Andrew Carr.  He then sold the rig for $50 and disappeared until nabbed by the constable yesterday.
--An elderly lady named Mrs. Gauster, who lives in
Etna boro was bitten on the arm by a blacksnake
yesterday morning while opening a window shutter.  She
called for help and her husband killed the reptile which had located itself between the shutter and the
window sash.  Mrs. Gauster's arm was badly swollen but
proper antidotes were administered by Dr. Kreeson.
--A drunken man named Feehan was thrown out of J.
Gribben's grocery store, corner of Tunnel street and
Webster avenue yesterday afternoon.  He fell on his
head and cut it badly.  His wife and about a hundred
women in the neighborhood booed and commenced yelling which created an excitement for a while.  He was
carried to his home nearby and a physician called. He
was not seriously injured and by this morning will
have a worse headache on account of the bad whiskey he had in him than from the effect of the fall.