Saturday 28 Sep 1844 (p. 2, col. 5-7) There is now living at Kirkoswald, a person of the name of John DODD, aged 97 years; and at Blunderfield, in the parish of Kirkoswald, one Mrs. FOSTER, aged 104 years; and within 20 yards of the last-named, one Mrs. TEASDALE, aged 94 years;—ages that few survive. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT DEARHAM.—Soon after the recent unfortunate accident at Dearham, by which five lives were lost, subscription was set on foot in the neighbourhood for the relief of the widows and families of the sufferers. Nearly twenty pounds were collected, but we grieve to add that the two persons who took upon themselves the duties of collectors exhibited so little sympathy with the destitute condition of those for whom the charity was intended, as to make a charge of nearly £5 for their labour. Comment upon such conduct is unnecessary. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—An extraordinary and fatal circumstance occurred on the shore, near Hest Bank, on Tuesday last. On the morning of that day Mr. Adam CLARK, of Hest Bank, and a man of the name of John TEESDALE, who is from the neighbourhood of Appleby, and has for some time been living off and on in the neighbourhood, were returning along the shore from eel-spearing, and had arrived so far home as within 200 yards of the ascending footpath that leads from the beach to the high land, and thence over the canal bridge to the hamlet of Hest Bank:— At this spot grows in considerable abundance the deadly nightshade, astropa belladonna a perennial plant with herbaceous stem. The fruit has a berry as large as a small grape, and a dark purple colour. Two elderly women, one of the name of Jane SANDHAM and the other Betsy WAINHOUSE, and both residing in Lancaster, were standing amongst the plants and eating the berries when Mr. CLARK and TEESDALE came up. Mr. CLARK inquired what the berries were, and on being told by the females that they were blaeberries or barberries, he began to gather and eat also, as did TEESDALE. The parties separated, Mr. CLARK and TEESDALE coming on to the Hest Bank Hotel (which belongs to Mr. CROSKELL, Mr. CLARK's father-in-law), and bringing with them several of the berries which were immediately pronounced by Mr. CROSKELL and a neighbour (Mr. KNIPE) to be poison. Finding this, Mr. CLARK swallowed a dose of such medicine as was at hand, and that, luckily for him, served all the purpose of an emetic. Nevertheless he was seized with alarming illness, parched tongue, dizziness, difficulty of swallowing, swollen face and eyes, and delirium. Mr. ELLERY, surgeon, of Bolton, was sent for, and by the unremitting attention of that gentleman Mr. CLARK was eventually brought round in the course of the following morning, and he is now quite restored, but still exhibiting some effects of the deadly character of the poison. Meanwhile the two women, who had come out from Lancaster merely to enjoy a little excursion on the seashore, made the best of their way home, but they had not proceeded far before the symptoms described above began to manifest themselves. Parched and thirsty the great desire was for drink, but one of the two having heard that drink ought to be avoided in such cases (for they had suspicion they were poisoned) had the fortitude to abstain. They succeeded in reaching their dwelling in Bridge-lane, in Lancaster, and one of them instantly repaired to Messrs. RESTON and LEACK, surgeons, and those gentlemen were in immediate attendance. The condition in which both the patients were was most alarming, and but for the constant application of remedial measures, and the great exertions of the medical gentlemen, no doubt both would have died. They were in a state of mania throughout the night, but eventually the means adopted proved successful, and after much suffering the poor women both recovered. It should be mentioned that the one who abstained from drink, though she had eaten most, suffered the least. One ate about a pint of the berries, and the other about a dozen. Mr. CLARK thinks he could not have swallowed half-a-dozen at most. The poor fellow, TEESDALE, had been missed soon after his arrival at the Hest Bank Hotel, which would be about noon on Tuesday. He was nowhere seen, and the wonder was where could he be. The day and the night passed away, and he did not make his appearance. It happened that Mr. CROSKELL had a load of straw coming home, and it arrived about 11 o'clock on Wednesday. In order to prepare a place for its reception, Mr. CROSKELL went up into the hay-loft, and began to clear away the old straw, when he discovered TEESDALE lying stiff and insensible, with his body swollen to an extraordinary size, eyes closed, &c. Mr. CROSKELL returned immediately to the house and gave the alarm, and TEESDALE was carefully brought down from his retreat and put to bed. Without loss of time Mr. ELLERY was sent for again, and again that gentleman applied himself with praiseworthy diligence. Every means were taken to neutralize the effects of the poison, and, in fact, Mr. ELLERY stopped the whole, night with his patient. After some time the medicines answered their intended purpose, and there was a considerable rallying, so that at one time there appeared some hope of recovery. However, the patient again grew worse, and on Thursday Dr. DE VITRE was sent for from Lancaster, but human aid was of no avail. The poor fellow lingered on through Thursday night, and yesterday morning, between 6 and 7, breathed his last, in a state of perfect exhaustion. The deceased was about 60 years of age, and of robust constitution.—Lancaster Gazette. ELOPEMENT.—On Friday night, about 11 o'clock, a post-chaise, containing a lady and gentleman, neither of them arrived at years of discretion, drove up to the Commercial Inn, Dumfries. Fresh horses were speedily harnessed; and, although the nerves of the male passenger were a little discomposed by the appearance of another carriage, which he supposed to contain the lady's father, who was believed to be in full pursuit, nothing disagreeable occurred; and the young hopefuls were, in a short time, and at full speed, en route for the Gretna blacksmith, where, it may gratify some of our fair readers to know, they arrived in safety, got wedded in due form; and immediately afterwards set off, via Carlisle, for Preston, where the bridegroom resides. The lady, who is said to be very pretty, is from the neighbourhood of Newton-Stewart.