Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-25
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

MAO En . DALE.
In the Circuit Court of the United States
Ninth Circuit, In and for the District oi
cAMiLo MARTIN. Complainant, VS.
WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
with the Will annexed of the esiaie OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased. ct al.
Defendants.
In pursuance OF decree OF said Circuit
Court, entered In the above entitl ed
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879
whereby l, the undersigned, Master IL
Oh ancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct anu carry
out 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
city of Los Angeles, in the county of Los
Angeles, in said district, l shall sell al
public auction, to The highest bidder, fol
cash in gold coin of the U nited states, In
separate parcels,as hereinafter desert ed
the following described property, or sc
much thereof as shall be ecessary 10 pay
complainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac.
cruing costs, eS cepb 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
hall of The southwest quarter OF section
seventeen (l7) in township two (2), south
range thirteen (lS), west san BernardinC
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 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
and field notes therein contai u ed, refer.
ence is hereby made for a 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 viii.
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1852, in book S, page 63i
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 25ih, 1888, in book 10 of 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: First-A
deed from William Workman to Marga
ret Workman de Temple, dated March
5th, 1865, recorded March 9th 1855, in book
8 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 II
William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz.
hugh to e u Beale and Robert y Baker
da.ed April LIST, 1872, and recorded Apri
I'd, 1872, in book 90 of deeds, page 81,
to Joseph w Work man, dated October
llth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
in book "a OF deeds, page 2S5. Fifth-A
deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
dated August 10Th, 1873, and recorded No
yem ber 20th, 1873, in book 27 Of deeds
page 1873. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam W Workman to the Southern facific
Railroad Company dated April 9Th, 1874
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 80 OF
deeds, page 81, all in Records of Los An.
geles county, which said tiact-after ex-
cepting the portions referred to in the
six deeds last aforementioned. lis bound.
ed and described as follows: Beginn.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
from which a willow tree inches in di-
ameter bears N 72H 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 LII Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states, as follows: \ 80 deg e IL chains II
links to q willow iucheS in diameter
marked sta. 2; thence N llL degrees e a
chains; thence N IA deg + 90 chains 10
station 4, to a rock II inches long, Sinches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
4 24S chains to sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to san Bernardino and
marked station S; thence along the parti-
ton line described in said deed of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, ST., = deg w 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
OF said rederick Lam bourn; thence
along said tract N SO deg w 20 chains; s
4 deg W 20 chains; and $ So degrees X 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: 4
deg w SO chains 50 links to 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 q gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty inches diameter, bears $ 81 deg w dis
tant 40i links, and the southern one of
said group 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 22 degrees Il lOo
chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner Of the tIact of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to + Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows; s So deg w Al chains 81 links to
stake marked p Fitzhugh and William
Workman, on top of a large hill; thence
s SO deg w 20 chains and so links to a
stake in mound of stone marked z Fitz-
hugh and W Workman, close to small
and 50 links to big pile of rocks on top
of hill, marked p F & w W; thence s
S754 deg w l5 chains and 50 links, TO a
stake marked p & w w, with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF q nigh ana
steep hill; thence s 500 deg w 45 chains
so links to big pile of rocks marked on
the northern side w w and on he SOUTH
ern side r #; thence = 81 deg w 90 chains
to a stake marked + + IL w w, on the
summit OF high hill, with mound and
to a stake marked + + d w w, with pits
In a mound; thence N "A dog W 75chains
to a stake marked P FitZhugh & w Work.
man, on top OF hill; thence = 85 deg w
az cudlus " AZ pOinL III sdlu pdTtlllOn line,
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N 2S deg w 20 chains to station IL,
at a stump of five prongs of an elder tree
in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
8412 degrees w ll8 chains to stake in
mound; thence S deg w l05 chains so
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 s 59h deg w and S COZ
deg W: the chapel bears 81 deg W; The
mill OF John Rowland bears s. deg L.,
and his house bears $ 1917 deg W; thence
! 22% deg w Is chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be-
,ween the enclosures OF Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
! % deg W chains so links to an Offset in
ence on the south bank oil an arroyo;
hence N 85 deg w % links TO corner oi
ence; thence 5 % deg w 10 chains SO
inks to the center of san Jose creek;
hence along the channel OF said creek n |
l% deg w 7 chains; S 81 deg w 2 chains; |
Y 40h deg w 2 chains so links; N 63 deg |
" chains so links; N IL deg w 2chains; |
Y 60 deg w 2 chains: n 70 deg w chains |
0 links: n SO deg w chain so links; N