Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-09-24

with the VIII annexed OF the estate OIL
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, ct al,
Defendants.
In pursuance of a decree of said Circuit
[ ourt, entered In the above emitted
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 property hereinafter
described
Notice is hereby given that on
SATURDAY, the Goth DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, 1879,
At O'Clock P. NJ. of that day, at the door
of the Court House, in the city of Los
Angeies, In the county of Los Ange-
les, in said district, l shall sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash in gold coin of the United states, in
separate parcels, as hef einafter described
the following described property, or so
much thereof as snail be .ecessary 10 pay
complainant the amount due under said
decree with intereS. and costs and ac-
cruiug 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-Al ii that piece of land situated in
the county OF os Angeles known ana
United states of America as the sou Til
hall of The southwest quarter OF section
seventeen 90 in township two W, south
range thirteen (13l, west san Bernardlno
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 "kancho Potrero Grande," bounded
and described in the patent for the same
issued by the United states Government
| to Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July 10, 1853,
recorded In Book | OF Patents, on page !
and following, records OF the County oil
Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
of the United states surveyors General
and field notes therein contain ed, 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
dc Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october 3D., 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 a
portion OF The "Rancho La Puente" and
| being that portion conveyed to William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr., by a
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25th, 1868, in book 10 OF deeds,
page 80, Records OF Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefrom all those
portions thereof described and conveyed
deed from William Workman to Marga.
ret Workman de Temple, dated March
5lh, 1908 recorded March 9th 1855, in book
o deeds, page 1913. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 10th, 1870, and
recorded september nth. 1870 in book 10
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and teregrlne Fitz-
hugh to f l. Beale and Robert = Baker,
dated 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
| nth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
| in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fiith-A
| deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2uth, 1873, and recorded Mo-
VEN Der 10th, 1873, in book II of deeds,
page 1913. And siXLh-A deed from Will
liam Workman to the southern facific
Railroad Company dated April Sih, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, ,Io7i, IN book 70 III
deeds, page BIZ, al in Records OF Los A n
geles county, which said tIact- after ca
ceptIng the portions referred 10 in the
six deeds last aforementioned bound
ed and described as follows: Beginning
at point in the centre OF tES old bed of
the river San Gabriel on the south side
of the road from Los Angeles to san Beer
nardilo, in an irregular mound OF rock
from which a willow tree inches in d.
ameter bears N 721S degrees W distant 9Sl
links; thence according TO the true me-
Iidian Uhe magnetic variation being 10
deg 30 minutes easU along the exterior
boundary OF said kancho La puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states. as follows: n 81 deg r IL chains ID
links to a willow Inches in diameter,
marked Sta. 2; thence N llR degrees e 40
chains; thence N IA deg Il 90 chains 10
station 4, to "a rock IA inches long, Sinches
wide and inches thick; thence N 10 deg
i. 2iS 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 partl-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, 5 deg w 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 10 acre tract
OF said frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract " Sb deg w ~ chains; :
4deg W 20 chains; and S Sc degrees h 20
chains back to said partition line thence
along said partition line as follows: 5
deg w 80 chains 81 Inks 10 stake east
800 CHAINS. to "a stake in mound In ravlne,
from which stake the northern one OF
group OF three sycamoIes on the southern
edge Of a gully or wash, all OF about thir-
ty inches diameter, bears 50 deg w dis
liant 40l links, and the southern one OF
said group bears $ SO deg w distant AIS
links; the middle one OF said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over The san Jose Hills s p degrees Il lOb
chains and 90 LINKS to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam Workm man and Peregrine FitZhugh
to Il Beale and Robert Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of sad
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows; s IS deg w AZ chains 81 links to
stake marked Fitzhugh and William
Work man, on top of a large hill; thence
S SO deg w 40 chains and so links to
stake in mound OF stone marked "P FltZ-
hugh and W Workman" close TO small
arroyo thence \ ~ deg W We - chains Oh, id
of hill, marked "P + d w W." thence 5
s7A deg w 10 chains and 80 links, TO
stake marked "P Il w W." with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF q nigh ana
steep hill; thence S 500 deg w 40 chains
~ links to a big pile OF rocks marked Oh
the northern side "W W" and on
the southern side ""P Fl" thence
; 81 deg W r 2 c6 W We to on stake axe
summit OF high hill, with mound and
otis; thence 65 deg W 45 chains IS links
to stake marked "P F& " w" with pits
In mound; thence n "A do W 70 chaius
to stake marked up Filzhugh& W Work
man." on top OF hill; thence = 65 deg W
" chains TO "a point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line rs fol-
lows: N % deg w 20 chains to station II,
at Il stump of ive prongs of an elder tree
in the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus pal ches; thence over The plain n
S4% degrees w llS chains to stake in a
mound; thence s A deg W 100 chains 80
links to stake in mound AT the foot OF
the western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house OF William
Work man bears = 59h deg W and 5 601S
deg W; the chapel bears 81 deg w; the
mill OF John Rowland bears = deg H.,
ant his house bears = 1917 deg W; thence
s 221a deg w As chains 81 links to the |
northern end Of the division fence be |
tween the enclosures OF Workman and |
thence along said fence |
) % deg w s chains so links to an Offset in |
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo; |
thence N 6S deg w % links 10 corner oi
fence; thence 5 % deg w 10 chains SO
links to the center of san Jose creek
thence along the channel OF said creek N