Show I BENCH AND BAR I It looks as though our bar association tion would soon die from inanition as there is not vitality enough loft in it to put forth even a feoble effort in its own interests I is believed that with a little work on the part > of the association the bill providing for an increase of our judiciary would pass Congress and a meeting of the association vas called to consider the advisability of sending a representative to Washington to look after the matter Six members were present and Judge Sutherland finally adjourned I journed the meeting sine die Elliot Sandford the exchief justice of Utah who succeeded Judge Zane and who was afterward succeeded by the present chief justice is practicing law in New York city his offices being in the Mutual Life Insurance building on Nassau street County Attorney Murphy has recovered from an attack of the gripS grip-S Cases have been set for hearing in the supreme court until January 2 9 and it is not expected that the session will extend much beyond that time Clerk Bache is at work looking over the accounts of Receiver Lawrence and will file his second report as to the receivers compensation in a day or two Commissioner Norrell has returned from a trip to Tooele and resumed business at the old stand I Judge Anderson will not be able to hand down his decision in the Old JordanNiagara suit for some time yet As soon as the trial of this action was finished the judge bad to take up another important case and when that was submitted the supremo court met so that he has not yet been able to give any attention at-tention to the mining suit a I is understood that Attorney Oscar Zipf will become a benedict ere long Tho lady in the case is Miss Maria Bogardus a daughter of State Senator Bogardus of Paxton ilL and an heiress |