WOOD, JAMES F. 



WORLD'S FAIRS. 



68 ; the salaries at the State University amount- 

 ed to $48,429.40, and the Normal School salaries 

 to $59,642.84. 



In 1879 the Legislature of the State adopted 

 the compulsory education scheme. The at- 

 tendance of the children between seven and 

 fifteen years of age was required for at least 

 twelve weeks in each school year. 



Railroads. The comparative tables annually 

 prepared by the State Railroad Commissioner 

 show that the roads which traverse Wisconsin 

 have a total of $157,618,520.30 of common 

 stock, of which $40, 674, 630.17 are apportioned 

 to Wisconsin. The total of preferred stock is 

 $100,374,834.47; for Wisconsin, $19,888,974.- 

 63. Total debt of whole lines, $183,830,621.- 

 73; for Wisconsin, $57,556,114.68. The total 

 amount spent for construction and equipment 

 for the whole lines during the year, not includ- 

 ing the Northern Pacific, was $24,838,902.61 ; 

 for Wisconsin, $8,002,066.19. The earnings 

 for all lines in Wisconsin were, during the 

 year: From passengers, $5,306,176; from 

 freights, $13,299,305.95 ; from mails, express, 

 etc., $1,052,165.51 ; making the total earnings 

 for this State $19,706,857.84. For Wisconsin, 

 the taxes paid by railroads from June, 1882, to 

 June, 1883, were $648,395.27; rentals paid, 

 $543,056.47; interest paid, $3,603,390.88; divi- 

 dends paid, $1,812,128.65. 



Lumber. The report of lumber district No. 2 

 shows the following : 



Logs scaled at the mouth of Black river 178,589,490 ft. 



Lumber manufactured at La Crosse and imme- 

 diate vicinity 144,500,000 ft. 



Shingles manufactured in district 58,000,000 



Lath 27,600,000 



The report of district No. 11 contains the 

 following figures : Logs scaled, 46,000,000 feet ; 

 manufactures, 49,000,000 feet ; lath and shin- 

 gles, 14,700,000. 



WOOD, James Frederick, an American Roman 

 Catholic prelate, born in Philadelphia, April 

 27, 1813 ; died there June 20, 1883. His par- 

 ents were English, and came to America a 

 few years before his birth. His father was a 

 merchant and importer. After being educated 

 in England, he went to Cincinnati, in Novem- 

 ber, 1827, and, having taken a clerkship in the 

 United States Bank, he rose gradually, in the 

 course of eight yea *s, to the place of cashier. 

 He was also for three years in the Franklin Bank 

 of Cincinnati. Mr. Wood was of Protestant par- 

 entage, but became a Catholic, and was baptized 

 April 7, 1836. His attention was now turned to 

 the vocation of the priesthood, and he accord- 

 ingly went to Rome in 1838, studied there for 

 nearly seven years, and in March, 1844, was 

 made a priest. In the autumn of that year he 

 returned to the United States, and was appoint- 

 ed assistant rector of the cathedral in Cincin- 

 nati. He filled this place for ten years, when 

 he became pastor of St. Patrick's Church in 

 the same city. While discharging his duties as 

 pastor he was appointed Coadjutor-Bishop of 

 Philadelphia, with the right of succession. He 

 was consecrated bishop April 26, 1857. The 



diocese at that date included nearly all - 



sylvania, West New Jersey, and the whole of 

 Delaware. The diocese was in a very bad con- 

 dition financially, but the new bishop showed 

 himself equal to the situation. He began at 

 once to organize the cathedral . parish, built a 

 chapel, introduced a wider range of devotions, 



JAMBB FBEDEKICK WOOD. 



gathered the people together, and discharged 

 all the duties of a parish priest with a zeal and 

 regularity which soon made the parish one of 

 the strongest in the city. He gave particular 

 attention to financial questions, and it is not 

 too much to say that to him almost alone is 

 due the credit of extricating the diocese from 

 its difficulties. 



On the death of Bishop Neumann, Jan. 5, 

 1860, Bishop Wood succeeded to the title and 

 full administration of the diocese. In Novem- 

 ber, 1864, he consecrated his cathedral. All 

 the charitable institutions received improve- 

 ment and extension. New religious orders 

 were introduced. He established the Home for 

 Destitute Orphan Girls, enlarged St. Vincent's 

 Home, aided the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, 

 brought in the Little Sisters of the Poor, and 

 established the Sister Servants of the Immacu- 

 late Heart of Mary. He was especially urgent 

 in forwarding the interests of his Theological 

 Seminary at Overbrook, near Philadelphia, the 

 corner-stone of which was laid April 4, 1866. 



In February, 1875, Pope Pius IX erected 

 Philadelphia into a new metropolitan see, and 

 Bishop Wood attained to the dignity of arch- 

 bishop. He was invested with the pallium 

 June 17, 1875. Bishop Wood was a firm be- 

 liever in the doctrine of infallibility. 



WORLD'S FAIRS. Amsterdam. The Interna- 

 tional Colonial and General Exportation Ex- 

 position was opened in Amsterdam, Holland, 

 May 1, 1883, and closed on October 81st. It 



