Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-14

whereby !, the undersigned, Master IN
Chancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. eonouct and carry
out the sale OF the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
MONDAY, the TWELFTH DAY
OF MAY, 1879,
At the door of the Court House, in the
city of Los Angeles, in the county of Los
Angeles, in said district, L shall sell at
public auction, TO the highest bidder, for
cash In gold coin OF the U United states, in
separate parcels las hereinafter desert bed
the following described property, or so
much thereof as shall be ecessary 10 pay
complainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruipg costs, Except the portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned and
described, the said property being stu
ated IN the county of Los Angeles, State
of california, district aforesaid, ana par
ticu1arly bounded and described as fol-
lews, to wit:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
the county of LOS Angeles known and
described in the public surveys OF the
United states OF America as the south
hall of The southwest quarter OF section
seventeen 10 in township two ~, south
range thirteen Q3), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 50 acres,
moro or less.
in the county of Los Angeles known as
the Rancho Potrero Grande, bounded
and described in the patent for the same
issued by the United states Government
TO Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July 10, 1859,
recorded in Book l OF Patents, on page
and following, Records of the County OF
Los Angeles, TO which, and TO the survey
of the United States Surveyor General
and field notes therein contained, refer
enco fs hereby made for n more particu-
lar description thereof, saving and eX-
cepting from the operation of said decree
so much thereof as is contained and de-
scribed in certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to Margerlta Workman
dc Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed October Sd, 1882, in book 5, page 63l.
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third-All that tract of land situated
in the county OF Los Angeles, being a
portion OF the Rancho La Puente and be-
ing that portion conveyed to William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr.. by
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25th, 1865, in book 10 OF deeds,
| page 80, Records Of Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefrom all those
nortiuns thereof described and conveyed
| in and by the following deeds: First-A
deed from William Workman to Marga-
| ret Workman de Temple, dated March
5lh, ISeS, recorded March 9Th ,.lS6s, in book
| 0 OF deeds, page 1928. Second-A deed from
william Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn. dated September 10th, 1870, and
recorded september 18th. 1870, in book l5
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
| William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz-
hugh to E IL Beale and Robert y Baker,
dated April lst, 1872, and recorded April
| I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page 81.
/ Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Work man. dated October
| llth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1875
| in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fitth--A
deed from William Workman to the
| southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2Oth, 1873, and recorded No
yember goth, 1873, in book 81 of deeds,
page 1913. And sixth-A deed from Will
| liam Workman to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
deeds, mage 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tIact-after ex-
cepting the portions referred to in the
| six deeds last above-mentioned.i is bound
ed and describe as follows: Beginning
at point in the centre of the old bed OF
the river San Gabriel on the south side
of the road from Los Angeles to San Ber
nardino, in an irregular mound of rock
from which willow tree Z inches in di-
ameter bears n 721a degrees w distant 9Sl
| links; thence according to the true me-
ridian Qhe magnetic variation being IL
| deg 80 minutes easD along the exterior
| boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
| states. as follows: n 81 deg f. l3 chains 40
links to willow inches in diam ter,
marked sta. 2; thence N ll2 degrees E 10
| CHAINS, tneDee N ii uep H. " CDainS
station q, to a rock II inches long, Sim ches
wide and inches thick; thence N rs deg
| E 2i8 chains to sycamore "A inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading 10 san Bernardino and
| marked station 5; thence along the parti-
| ton line described in said deed of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, deg w 40 chains to
| the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
| OF said Frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract N S5 deg w 20 chains; S
| deg w 20 chains; and s SO degrees Il 20
chains back TO said partition line; thence
| along said partition line as follows: 4
| deg w SO chains 50 links to stake east
| 1893 chains, to a stake in mound in ravine,
from which stake the northern one of a
group of three sycamoIes on the southern
| edge of a gul y or wash, all of about thir-
| ty inches diameter, bears ) 81 deg w dis
| tant 4Oi links, and the southern one of
| said group bears 50 deg w distant ais
| links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
| over the san Jose Hills 5 p degrees e l06
chains and 30 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tIact of land conveyed by Will
| liam Work man and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to f s Beale and Robert S Baker; thence
along the northern boundaryline of said
| Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: IS deg W II chains 81 links to a
stake marked Z FitZhugh and William
| Work man, on top of large hill; thence
| S 33 deg W 30 chains and 50 links to
stake in mound of stone marked 2 F1tz-
hugh and w Workman, close to q small
arroyo; thence N 66A deg w % chains
and 50 links to big pile of rocks on top
of q hill, marked + W W; thence s
S7A deg w 10 chains and So links, to q
stake marked + + S w w, with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF a nigh and
steep hill; thence S 50h deg W 45 chains
| so links to big pile of rocks marked on
the northern side w w and on the south
ern side Z +; thence 81 deg w % chains
TO stake marked p f q w w, on the
summit OF a high hill, with mound and
pits; thence s G5 deg " 10 chains 95 links
to stake marked p + q w W, with pits
in mound; thence n "A deg W 75chains
TO stake marked p Fitzhugh& & W Work.
man, on top OF n hill; thence 65 deg w
AZ chains to point in said partition line;
| thence along said partition line as fol-
| lows: N % deg w 20 chains to station II,
at q stump of five prongs of an elder tree
| in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
S4M degrees w lis chains toa stake in
mound; thence S deg w los chains 80
links to a stake in mound at the foot OF
| the western point of the San Jose Hills,
| from which stake the house OF William
| Workman bears S'59h deg W and S COZ
deg W; the chapel bears 5 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears $ 7 deg E,
| and hiSshouse bears = 1919 deg w; thence
5 2212 deg w dS chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be-
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
R0wland; thence along said fence
= % deg w s chains 50 links to an offsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 05 deg w % links TO corner OF
fence; thence S % deg w 10 chains 36
| links to the center of San Jose creek;
thence along the channel of said creek N
| 5ll5 deg w chains; S 81 deg w chains;
N 4OH deg w 2 chains so linksi N So deg
W. chains so links; N l3 deg w 2chains;
| N 60 deg w chains: N rs deg w chains
| 50 links; N 80 deg W | chain 50 links;
| 5lM deg w chains 25 links to station SO,
| whence the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N "A deg
| w ) chains so links; N 81 deg W 6 chains
| 80 links; N 40 deg w chains 90 links;
N As deg w 2 chains SO links; N 7I1 deg
w 8 chains, to station "A in said creek,
| from which the fence on the west side Of
Rowland's wheat.field ranges S II deg w,