Eighty Thousand Pounds of Bones.
March 25, 1889New York, March 25.—Eighty thousand pounds of bones formed part of the cargo of the steamer Wingate, from Alexandria, Egypt, which arrived here a day or two ago. These bones are to be used in this country as fertilizers. They were gathered from the deserts of Egypt; some of them are human bones and some the bones of camels, horses, and jackasses.
source: Alton Daily Telegraph
location: Alton, Illinois
