Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-14

W1LLl n NJ In I'M fIEs AumiuistfatOL
with the will annexed OF the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased. ct al.i
Defendants.
In pursuance OF decree OF said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February. 1879
Ch ancery OF said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct and carry
out the sale Of the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
WEDNESDAY, the 10th DAY
OF JULY, 1879,
AT IL O'Clock Df., at the door Of
the Court House, IN the city OF Los
les, In said district, 1 shall sell al
public auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash in gold coin of the United states, In
separate parcels las hereinafter described
the following described property, or SO
much thereof as shall be necessary to pay
complainant the amount due under said
decree, with Interest and costs and &C.
cruing 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, and par
ticularly 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
half of the southwest quarter OF section
seventeen (l7) in township two (2), south
range thirteen (13), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing SO acres,
more or less.
Second-All that tract of land situated
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 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
ence is hereby made for 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
de Temple, dated October2d, 1892 record
ed October Sd, 1882, in book 5, page 634,
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 a
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25th, 1865, in book 10 of deeds.
page 80, Records OF Los Angeles county,
portions tie eof described and conveyed
in and by the following deeds: First-A
deed from william Workman to Marga-
ret Workman de Temple, dated March
5,h, 1868, recorded March 6th ,.lS6S, in book
OF deeds, page 323. Second-A deed from
william Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 18th, 1870, and
recorded september nth. 1870, in book Is
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz-
a pa lrnr
da.ed April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page g..
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
TO Joseph w Work man, dated October
llth, 1870. and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth-A
deed from william Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
dated August goth, 1873, and recorded No
VEN ber goth, 1873, in book 27 OF deeds,
page 1923. And sixth-A deed from VIII
| Railroad Company dated April 8th, 1874
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tlact- ex-
cepting the portions referred to In the
six deeds last aforementioned is bound
ed and described as follows: Beginning
| at point in the centre of the old bed OF
the liver San Gabriel on the south side
| of the road from Los Angeles to San Ber.
nardino, in an irregular mound OF rock
| q
ameter bears N 721a degrees W distant 9Sl
| links; thence according to the true me.
ridian (the magnetic variation being IL
deg 80 minutes east along the exterior
| boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states. as follows: n 30 deg r Ii chains Al
| links to a willow inches in diameter
marked sta. 2; thence N liz degrees e Al
chains; thence N IA deg + SO chains tC
| station q, to a rock l4tnches long, inches
wide and inches thick; thence N 75 deg
Il 2iS chains to sycamore "A inches In
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to san Bernardino and
marked station 8; thence along the parti'
| ton line described in said deed of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, s deg w 40 chains tc
| the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
| of said + rederick Lambourn; thence
| along said tract n So deg w 20 chains; S
| deg w 20 chains; and Sc degrees E q
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: Il 4
| deg W IS chains 50 links to q stake easi
| 1893 chains, to stake in mound in ravine
| from which stake the northern one Of o
group of three sycamores on the southern
edge OF gully or wash, all of about thir.
| ty Inches diameter, bears s IS deg w dis.
| tant 404 links, and the southern one Of
said group bears 8 50 deg w distant 4ls
links; the middle one of said group moi
being visible from the said stake; thence
over the San Jose Hills s % degrees L lot
chains and so links to the northeast cor
| ner of the tact of land conveyed by VIII
| liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to E 8 Beale and Robert s Baker; thence
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: s 8S deg W Al chains 81 links to Q
stake marked p Fitzhugh and William
| Work man, on top of large hill; thence
s 3s deg w 20 chains and 80 links to 9
stake in mound of stone marked p Fitz
hugh and w Workman, close to small
arroyo; thence N 66A deg w % chainI
| and 50 links to big pile OF rocks on toI
| OF q hill, marked p + d w w; thence !
S7s4 deg w 10 chains and so links, to {
and pits, posted on summit OF a nigh anC
steep hill; thence s 59h deg w 45 chain.
80 links to big pile of rocks marked OIL
the northern side WV and on the south
to stake marked P f d W w, on tn,
summit OF a high hill, with mound ant
pits; thence 8 Go deg W 45 chains 95 link
to stake marked p + d W w, with pit
in mound; thence N "A dog W rs chain
to stake marked P Fitzhugh & W Work
man, on top Of hill; thence 8 IS deg v
42 chains to point in said partition line
thence along said partition line as fol
lows: N 2S deg w 20 chains to station II
at q stump of five prongs of an elder tire
in the center OF an arroyo surrounded b,
cactus patches; thence over the plain
84k degrees w ll8 chains to stake in
mound; thence s 4 deg w los chains
links to stake In mound at the foot q
the western point of the San Jose Hills
from which stake the house OF William
Workman bears 3 59H deg W and 8 CO.,
deg w; the chapel bears S 81 deg W; tn
mill OF John Rowland bears deg Il
and his house bears s 1915 deg W; theme,
= 22]a deg w 48 chains by links to tn,
northern end of the division fence be
tween the enclosures of Workman ant
RowIand; thence along said fencl
y % deg " chains so links to an Offset II
| fence on the south bank OF an arroyo
thence N 6S deg w ~ links TO corner o
fence; thence S % deg w 10 chains 81
| links to the center of San Jose creek
| thence along the channel OF said creek \
| 5l15 deg w 7 chains; S 81 deg w chains
| N 40h deg w chains so links; N 63 del
| wa chains 50 links; N IL deg W 2chains
N go deg w chains: N rs deg w 2 chain
| 50 links: N 85 deg w chain so links; N
5lh deg w 0 chains rs links to station 80
whence the southeast corner Of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg W; N "a deg
VS. chains so links; N "a deg w 8 chains
| 50 links; N ~ deg w chains 90 links:
| N 4S deg w chains 90 links; N 74h 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,
| N IS degrees w chains; N 77L deg w