Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-13
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

,ith the will annexed of the estate of
WILLIAM WORKMAN deceased, ct al,
In pursuance OF decree OF said Circuit
'ourt, entered in the above entitled
ause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
/, the undersigned, Master In
Jh ancery of said Court, was authorized
md directed to make. conduct and carry
tut 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
,ity of Los Angeles, in the county of Los
in said district, / shall sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash in gold coin of the U United States, in
separate parcels,as hereinafter described
the following described property, or SO
much thereof as shall be necessary to pay
com plainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruirg costs, except the portions thereof
particularly mentioned and
described, the said property being stu
ated in the county of Los Angeles, State
of California, district Aforesaid, and par
bounded and described as fol-
iews, TO wit:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
the county OF ios 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 ~, south
range thirteen (lS), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing so acres,
more or less.
Second-All that trsct 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 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
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 a certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1862, in book 5, page 634,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third-All that tract of land situated
in the county OF Los Angeles. being q
portion OF the Rancho La Pnente 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 Goth, 1868, in book 10 OF deeds,
page 80, Records of Los Angeles county,
portions thereof described and conveyed
In and by the following deeds: First-A
deed from William Workman to Marga-
ret Work man de Temple, dated March
5th, 1865, recorded March 9th ,.lS6S, in book
9 OF deeds, page 1923. Second-A deed from
william Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 10th, 1870, and
recorded september 18th. 1870, in book 10
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz-
hugh to z L Beale and Robert > Baker,
dated April lst, 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
Ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth-A
southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 10th, 1878, and recorded N o.
yem Der 2Oth, 1878, 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,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geIes county, which said tIact-after ex-
cepting the portions referred to in the
six deeds last above-mentioned.i lis bound
ed and described as 1olloWs: Beginning
at point in the centre of the old bed oi
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 n Willow tree 7 inches in di-
ameter bears N 721a degrees W distant $751;
links; thence according to the true me-
Iidian (the magnetic variation being Is
deg 90 minutes east along the exterior
boundary of said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
States, as follows: n ~ deg q l3 chains 4t
links to a willow g inches in diameter
marked sta. 2; thence N 1l1a degrees E Al
chains; thence N II deg + SO chains to
station 4, to q rock II inches long, Sinches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
24S chains to a sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to 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 S6 deg w 20 chains; S
deg W 20 chains; and S Sc degrees E 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: y 4
deg w 38 chains 81 links to q stake east
1913 chains, to a 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 50 deg w dis
tant 4Ol links, and the southern one of
said gIoup bears S SO deg w distant 4lS
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over the San Jose Hills s % degrees f l06
chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner of the tact of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to e s Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: So deg w At chains 81 links to a
stake marked p Fitzhugh and William
Workman, on top of large hill; thence
S 80 deg w 20 chains and SO links to a
stake in mound of stone marked z F1tz-
hugh and W Workman, close to a small
arroyo; thence N 66A deg w % chains
and 50 links to a big pile OF rocks on top
57A deg w I5 chains and 50 links, to a
stake marked p f d w w, with mound
and pits, posted on su mmit OF a high ana
steep hill; thence S 591 deg w 45 chains
30 links to big pile of rocks marked on
ern side 2 F; thence S ST deg w % chains
to stake marked p + d w w, on the
summit OF high hill, with mound and
pits; thence 65 deg " 90 chains 95 links
to stake marked Z Il d w w, with pits
In mound; thence n u deg W Is chains
to a stake marked P Fitzhugh & w Work.
man, on top OF hill; thence S 65 deg w
~ chains to point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N % deg w 20 chains to station IL +,
at a stump of tive prongs of an elder tree
in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
s4L degrees w IlS chains to stake in a
mound; thence S deg W l05 chains so
links to q 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 SOY deg w and GO1s
deg W; the chapel bears 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears s. deg f.,
and his house bears s 1917 deg w; thence
) 222% deg w 48 chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be-
,ween the enclosures of Workman and
thence along said fence
) % deg W chains so links to an offsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 6S deg w % links TO corner OF
fence; thence % deg w 10 chains So
links to the center of San Jose creek;
thence along the channel OF said creek N
5l& deg w chains; S 81 deg w 2 chains;
40H deg w Q chains so links; N 63 deg
w chains so links; N IL deg w 2 chains;
N go deg w chains: N rs deg w 2 chains
30 links; N 35 deg w chain so links; N
ilh deg w chains 25 links to station 80,
the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N "A deg
w chains so links; N 81 deg w s chains
50 links; N ~ deg w 8 chains so links;
N 48 deg w 2 chains so links; N 74h deg
w chains, to station A in said creek,
rom which the fence on the west side OF
wheat-field ranges s IL deg W,
35 degrees w chains; N 77H deg w