Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-10-18

In the Circuit Court OF the United states.
Ninth Circuit, in and ior the District OF
California.
with the viii annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, et all
Defendants.
In pursuance OF 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 ana 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. fthat day, at the door
of the Court House, in the city OF Los
AngeIes, i'll 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 hereinafter described
the following described property, OF so
much thereof as shall be necessary TO pay
| complainant the amount due under said
| decree, with Interest and costs and ac-
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
ticuIarly bounded and described Us fol-
| LEWIS, to VIII:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
| the county OF Los Angeles known ana
| 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 49,, west san Bernardino
| base and meridian, containing 50 acres,
| more or less.
Second-Ali that tract of land situated
| t,.f 1,r, of ng a lr AZ
| 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 ID, 1909,
| 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 teld notes therein contai 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 ana de-
| scribed in q certain deed made by Will
| liam Workman TO magenta Workman
| de Temple, dated October I'd 1852; record
| ed october Sd, 1862, in book 5, page 1884,
| Records OF Los Angeles county.
| Third-All that tract of land situated
| in the county OF Los Angeles, being Il
portion Of the "Rancho La Puente" and
| being that portion conveyed TO william
| Workman by John Rowland. Sr, by u
| deed of partition dated June 23d, 1858, re-
| corded June 25lh, 1865, in book 0of deeds,
| page 80, Records of Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefrom all those
| portions thereof described and conveyed
| in and by the following deeds: trst-A
| deed from William Workman to Marga-
| ret Workman de Temple, dated March
5th, lSoS recorded March 9Th ,.lS68, in book
. OF deeds, page 323 Second-A deed from
| William Workman TO Frederick LAM
| bourn, dated Septembe 18Th, 1870, and
recorded Septem Der Eth. 1870, in book l5
of deeds, page 459. Thrd-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrlne titz-
hugh to n Il Beale and Robert y Baker,
dated April list, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, lo72, in book 90 of deeds, page g..
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w WORK man, dated October
18th, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book q OF deeds, page 275. Fiith-A
deed from William Workman to the
southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2lti, 1873, and recorded No
vember goth, 1873, in book n Of deeds,
page 1913. And siXth-A deed from Will
liam Workman to the southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1871,
and recorded May attn, lo7l, IN BOOK ~ OF
deeds. page 81, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said TIA after ex-
ceptng the portions referred to in the
six deeds last aforementioned. is bound
| ed and described as follows: BeginnI ng
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
| rom WHICH Ill Willow lIGb Z lutHtS III III
ameter bears N 7219 degrees w distant ISL
links; thence according TO the true me-
ridian (he magnetic variation being Is
deg 50 minutes east along the exterior
| boundary OF said Rancho La Puente. as
surveyed ana patented by the United
states. "a follows: \ 81 deg r l3 chains 10
links to a willow b inches in diameter,
marked STA. .; thence n Ia degrees Il 20
chains; thence n Ii deg II 90 chains TO
station j, to rock II inches long, s inches
wide and inches thick; thence N 20 deg
IL 2lS chains To q sycamore u inches IN
diameter, about one Chain south OF the
road leading TO san Bernardino and
| marked station 3; thence along the parti-
ton line described in said deed of partI-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, s deg w ~ chains to
the northeast corner OF the 10 acre tract
OF said frederick IambOurn; thence
along said tract N So deg w 20 chains; S
deg w 20 chains; and : So degrees h 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: s 4
deg w 80 chains 81 links TO stake east
1893 chains, to astak G in moundtn ravine,
from which stake the northern one of q
group OF three sycamores on the southern
edge OF a gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty inches diameter, bears 5 s. deg w dis
tant 4Oi 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 % degrees h I06
chains and 80 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by VIII
| liam Work man and PeregIine FitZhugh
TO Z s Beale and Robert ) Baker; thence
| along the northern boundary line of SAID
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
| lows; S IS deg w AZ chains 81 links to
| stake marked z kitzhugh and William
| Work man, on top of large hill; thence
| S 80 deg w 30 chains and so links to a
| stake in mound of stone marked "P FltZ-
| hugh and w Workman" close to small
| arroyo; thence n G614 deg W % chains
| and Al links tn hl1 pile OF rocks ION
OF a hill, marked "P + d W w" thence S
| S754 deg w 10 chains aud 50 links, to a
| stake mark ed "I' + d W W." with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF nigh ana
| steep hill; thence $ 500 deg W As chains
80 links to a big pile OF rocks marked on
the northern side CIV W" and on
the southern side "P F." thence
marked "P f q w w" on the
summit of a high NIL, with mound and
pits; thence S 65 deg W % chains 50 links
to IA Stake marked up FH W W." with pits
in mound; thence n "A dog W IS chains
| to a stake marked up Fitzhugh& w Work.
man." on top OF hill; thence S s. deg w
| AZ chains TO Il point in said partition line;
| thence along said partition line as fol-
! lows: n % deg w 20 chains to station IL,
at stump of i've prongs of an elder tree
| in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
| cactus patches; thence over The plain
| S419 degrees w lis chains to stake in
mound; thence S deg w l05 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 5 500 deg w and 5 60%
deg W; the chapel bears 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears s. deg H,
and his house bears : 1917 deg W; thence
s 22% deg w as chains 81 links TO the
northern end of the division fence be
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
) % deg W chains so links to an offseti in
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N IS deg w y links TO corner OF
fame. fhnncn 4 % deg w 10 chninS 2h