Mrs Betty Webster of Aysgarth, Yorkshire, will have reached the great age of 107 years, she having been born at Thwaite in Swaledale towards the end of February 1790. Mrs Webster’s father was a centenarian as also were three of her aunts.

We take the following from the Stock Keeper - A hound belonging to the Swaledale Harriers, Westmoreland, kept by a Mrs Bearpark of Low Row, evinces an extraordinary amount of sagacity in connection with the delivery of letters at its mistress’s house. Every day he plants himself in front of the house which overlooks the road, and watches eagerly for the mail cart, and upon its approach runs to meet it, places his forepaws upon the wheel, and in his mouth takes from the driver the letters and papers for the house. One day recently he started off with the rest of the pack to a hunt, but as the time approached for the arrival of the mail cart, he left the rest of the hounds, went home, and performed his daily duty of carrying the letters from the mail cart to the house, afterwards rejoining the hunt.

These came before the Richmond Petty Sessions George Reynoldson, the landlord of the King's head in Gunnerside, was charged with serving liquor during prohibited hours. The Police Constable was called Mair. The landlord said that he had been trying to get rid of the two men but they would not go home and that their glasses had not been filled up after ten o'clock. As the constable did not see their glasses being filled up the case was dismissed. But the men were charged with being on the premises during prohibited hours, but one said that he was there to transact some business, and was a flour dealer. He was fined 1/- with 10/4 costs. The other man was local to the village, Richard Raw, but because his sister was confined there was nowhere to sleep at home and had gone tot he King's head for a bed. Case dismissed. second was a case of Margaret Littlefair, innkeeper of Reeth who was charged by Sergeant Watson of having her house open to sell intoxicating liquor out of hours. Her son was involved in this and said that he was transacting some business regarding buying horses at 11.30 p.m. when the policeman walked in. They had not gone to the house for drink but to do business over the horses. But as Margaret Littlefair had previous convictions regarding selling liquor she was fined 40/1 and 16/- costs and the conviction was endorsed on her license.