Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-19

WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
with the will annexed of the esia q of
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, ct al.
In pursuance OF a decree OF said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
whereby the undersigned, Master in
Oh ancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct AMI carry
out the sale of the properly 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, 1 shall sell at
public auction. to the highest bidder, for
cash In gold coin of the United states. in
separate parcels,a, hei einafter described
the following described property, or SO
much thereof as shall be Lecessary To pay
com plainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
crutD costs, eA cept 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
ticulurly bounded and described as fol-
iews, To wit.
Eirst-Ali that piece OF land situated in
the county OF Us Angeles known aud
described in the public surveys OF the
United states of America as The south
hall of the southwest quarter OF section
seventeen (l7) in township two (2l, south
range thirteen IL }, west san Bernariino
base and meridian, containing 50 acres,
more or less.
Second-Ali that tract of land situated
in the county of Los Angeles known as
the Rancho Potrero Grande, bounded
and escribed III The patent for the same
issued by the United states Government
to Juan Nj. sanchez, dated July ~, 1853.
recorded in Book of Patents, on page ]
and following, h ecords of the County OF
Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
of the United states Surveyor.General
and Held notes therein contained, refer
ence is 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 n certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1861 record
ed October 3D., 1852, in book 5, page 63i,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third-All that tract of land situated
in the county Of Los Angeles, being
portion Of the Rancho La Puente and be-
ing that portion conveyed TO William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr.. by n
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1858, re-
corded June 25th, 1868, in book l0of deeds,
page 80, Records CT Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefrOm all those
portions tnereOI ueScTlD6u ana conveyed
in and by the following deeds: First-A
deed from William Workman TO Marga-
ret Work m an de- Temple, dated March
5th, 1868, recorded March 5th ,.lS6S, in book
9 of deeds, page 1928. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn. dated September 18th, 1870, and
recorded september 18th. 1870, in book Is
of eeds, page AGO. Third-A deed from
william Workman and Peregrine Fitz-
hugh to E IL Beale and Robert \ Baker,
Il tril Lei rNri.
I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page 81.
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Work man, dated October
Ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2Otb, 1873, and recorded Mo-
vemb 10Th, 1873, in book 27 OF deeds,
page 1913. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam Workman to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds, page 3l7, al in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tiact-atter 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 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 inches in di-
anne ter bears N TN degrees w distant 9SI
links; thence according TO the true me-
ridian Qhe magnetic variation being Is
deg 80 minutes easU along the exterior
boundary of said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
States, as follows: II 81 deg Il IL chains 40
links to willow inches in diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence N ~ degrees E 45
chains; thence N IA deg Il 90 chains to
station 4, to a rock II inches long. s inches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
Il 24S 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-
tion line described In said deed of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, s 4 deg w 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
Of said + rederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract N 80 deg W 20 chains; S
4 deg W 20 chains; and s S6 degrees L 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: y
deg w SO chains 50 links 10 n stake east
1893 chains, to stake in mound in ravine,
from which stake the northern one of a
group of three sycamores on the southern
edge Of "a gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty inches diameter, bears s 81 deg w dis
tant 4Oi LINKS, and the southern one of
said gloup bears s 80 deg w distant AIS
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over The San Jose Hills $ q degrees T. LOT
chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to Z Beale and Robert s Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: S IS deg W IL chains 97 links to
stake marked FitZhugh and William
Work man, on top of large hill; thence
S 33 deg w 10 chains and so links to a
stake in mound of stone marked p F1tz-
hugh and W Workman, close to small
arroyo; thence N e6Z deg w % chains
and 50 links to q big pile of rocks on top
OF hill, marked p F Il W W; thence s
S75l deg w Is chains and 50 links, TO a
stake marked p & w w, with mound
and pits, posted on su mmit OF nigh ana
steep hill; thence S 59b deg w 40 chains
50 links to a big pile of rocks marked on
the northern side w w and on the south
ern side + f; thence 81 deg w 70 chains
to stake marked T F& w w, on the
summit OF high hill, with mound and
pits; thence s 65 deg " 45 chains IS links
to stake marked z + Il W w, with pits
in mound: thence n u deg W 75chains
to stake marked p Fitzhugh & W Work.
man, on top OF hill. thence S6I deg w
42 chains TO a point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N % deg w 20 chains TO station ii,
at stump of five prongs of an elder tree
in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
84% degrees w ll8 chains to stake in q
mound; thence s deg w l0J chains so
links to a stake in mound at the foot OF
from which stake the house CT William
Workman bears 5 59% deg w and 6)%
deg W. the chapel beals 81 deg W; The
mill Of John Rowland bears \ deg Il,
and his house bears y 1919 deg W; thence
) 221a deg w 4S chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be-
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
S % deg W s chains 50 links to an offsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N IS deg W % links TO corner OF
fence; thence 5 % deg w 10 chains 80
links to the center OF San Jose creek;
thence along the channel OF said creek N
5iL deg w chains; 81 deg w chains;
N 40h deg w chains 30 linksi N 63ldeg
w chains 50 Iinksi IL deg W 2chalns;
N GO deg w q chains. N u deg w 2 chains
so links: N SO deg W chain 80 links; N
81 u deg w chains 25 links to station SO,
whence the southeast corner OF Work
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N n deg
w Q chains so links; N 81 deg w chains
so links; N 50 deg w chains so links;
N 4s deg w 2 chains So links; N 7II6 deg
w 8 chains, TO station a In said creek,
from which the fenfs on the west side OF
Rowland's wheat field ranges II deg w