Connecticut western news., 1884-10-15
Rhea plays in Hartford Oct 20 and 21.


 Col A. H. Fenn of Winsted and others will address the citizens of North Canaan and vicinity at Town hall, this village, on Friday evening, October IT.
 This meeting is under the auspices of the Cleveland and Hendricks club. All are invited.
 The side walk from Frederick Wat sons to s. ". Barnes residence has been greatly improved. The Village Improvement society had no funds to expend for side walks, but Miss s. ". Adam generously came to the rescue and sent Lorenzo Lawrence to make the improvement. Lo has worked faithful ly, drawn many loads of dirt, cinders and clay and permanently improved the walk, which will be appreciated by all.
 The Cavalry company elected the following military officers last Satur- | day: Captain, E. I. Dudley, Falls Will lage; 1st Lieutenant, J. l.. Dunham, Sharon; 1st Sergeant, Samuel A. Eddy, Canaan; 2d Sergeant, Wm. R. Bush, Cornwall; 1st Corporal, Frank Emmons Canaan Valley; 2d Corporal, George L. Harrison, Cornwall Hollow. There is room for few more recruits. Applica- tion for membership may be made in writing to any member.
 Last Wednesday evening Moses B. Mead was driving one of E. W. War ner's horses past the upper furnace at East Canaan, when the escaping steam from the boilers frightened the horse which whirled around suddenly capsized the wagon, throwing out Mir Mead and quite severely bruising him. The horse fell down and died instantly, whether from fright or from natural causes does not appear.
 As our correspondents have spoken of the Danbury fair we will but briefly allude to it. It is without exception the finest of all fairs. The weather dur ing the entire week was unexceptionally fine, the exhibits were fine, the trotting was fine, and all who were fortunate to find sittings at the tables pronounced the dinners and lunches fine. The at tendance at the fair was greater than ever before, and the popularity of this immense exhibition is increasing yearly.
 -Messrs Charles Barnes Sons have been experimenting with petroleum as fuel in making lime. By request we have not mentioned the subject, but as the experiment was concluded last Sat urday we are now at liberty to mention the result and attempt to describe the process. In the oil regions of Pennsyl- vania petroleum is successfully used as fuel in making lime, but the kilns are constructed differently from a wood burning kiln. The experiment. has con- vinced Messrs Barnes that lime can be easily and cheaply made in kiln adap ted for petroleum. A wood-burning kiln is so thick or wide at the ovens that the blaze from the petroleum loses part of its force before coming in contact with the limestone. The recent expert ment with petroleum was made in wood burning kiln and the result was a daily output of the quantity of lime that can be made with wood. The pro- cess Is very simple and is as follows:- From the oil tank standing in one cor ner of the shed, an inch pipe extends to the kiln and forms a complete circle around the base of the stack about three feet below the ovens. In another cor her of the shed is a steam boiler with half inch pipe extending to the kiln and forming complete circle around 1t about three feet above the oil pipe. Di- rectly in front of each oven a small pipe connects the oil pipe with the steam pipe and gas jet or burner projects into the ov- en. When the steam is turned on the oil rises into this burner and forms a gas which being ignited is forced by the steam into the over, thus coming in contact with the limestone. The inven- tljn or process is patented and if we are correctly informed, is owned by the Fly dro Carbon Fuel company, of Philadel- phia, Pa., operating under the Cald- wells patent for crude petroleum fuel.