Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-22
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

WHO En = OHLE.
In the Circuit Court of the United States.
Ninth Circuit, in and ior the District of
California.
CAMiLo MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, administrator
with the Will annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, ct al,
Defendants.
In pursuance of a decree OF said Circuit
ourt, 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. eonduct am 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 Ans geles, in the county of Los
Angeles, in said district, | shall sell at
puuIic auction, TO the highest bidder, for
cash in gold coin of the United states, in
separate parcels,a ,as hereinafter described
the following described property, or so
much hereof as shall be ecessary TO pay
com plainant 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 Sllu-
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 os Angeles known ana
described in the public surveys OF the
| United states of America as the south
| hall of the southwest quarter OF secIlon
seventeen 40 in township two (2), south
range thirteen (l3l, west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 80 acres,
| more or less.
Seeond-Ali that tract ofland situated
| in the county of Los Angeles known as
| the Rancho Potrero Grande, bounded
| and described in the patent for the sam e
issued by the United states Government
| to Juan NJ, sanchez, dated July 10, 1853,
| recorded in Book | OF Patents, on page /
and following, kecords of the County OF
| Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
of the United states surveyor Genera
| 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 certain deed made by VIII
| liam Work to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1852, in book 8, page 634,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third-All that tract of land situated
| in the county Of Los Angeles, being d
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 25th, 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: first-A
deed from William workman to Marga'
ret Workman de Temple, dated March
5lh, 1868, recorded March 9Th, ,.lS6S, in book
. o deeds, page 1923. Second-A deed from
William Workman TO Frederick Lam
| bourn, dated september 18TH, 1870, and
recorded september nth. 1870, in book Ia
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
| William Workman and Peregr1ne Fitz-
hugh to Il IL Beale and Robert : Baker,
da.ed April lst, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds. page s..
tourth-A deed from William Workman
10 Joseph w Work man, dated October
| Ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1878
in book "a OF deeds, page 2I5. E1lth-A
deed 1rom William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
dated August 2Otu, 1873, and recorded No
yem ber goth, 1873, in book q of deeds
page 1873. And siXth-A deed from VIII
liam Workman TO the southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 ol
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said uact- eX-
| cpptlng the portions referred TO in the
siX deeds last aforementioned lis bound.
| ed and described as follows: Beginning
| at point in the centre OF the old bed ol
| 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-
ameter bears n 72la degrees w distant 9Sl
links; thence according to the true me-
liuian Qhe magnetic variation being IL
deg 50 minutes easD along the exterior
| boundary oil said Hancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states, as follows: n 81 deg u IL chains ID
links to willow Inches IN diameter,
| a 40 . ~ dpUVaaa
chains; thence n II deg h 90 chains TO
station 4, to "A rock IA Inches long, s inches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
| h. 24S chains to u 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 safd deed of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, ) deg W 4O chains to
the northeast corner OF the 20 acre tract
OF said frederick Lam bourn; thence
along said tract n go deg w 20 chains; :
4 deg W 20 chains; and S SO degrees E 70
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line AS iollows: 4
deg w IS chains 81 links TO stake east
1893 CHAINS, to astake in mound in ravine I,
from which stake the northern one of q
group oil three sycamofes on tne southern
edge OF a gully or wash, all of about thir-
| ~ inches diameter, bears 5 30 deg w dis
tant 40i links, and the southern one of
said group bears S 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 IL l0t
chains and 80 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tIact of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to f. Beale and Robert ) Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of SAID
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows; S SS deg w II chains 97 links to a
stake marked p titzhugh and William
Work man, on top of large hill; thence
| lno M 40 chains and Nh links tD
stake IN mound of stone marked Il Fltz-
hugh and W Workman, close to small
arroyo; thence n GGA deg W % chains
and 50 links to big pile OF rocks on TOP
s714 deg w 10 chains and 50 links, TO a
stake marked Z f a. w w, with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF a nigh ana
steep hill; thence S 59Ia deg w 10 chains
| so links to a big pile of rocks marked on
the northern side W w and on the south
ern side Z H; thence S 81 deg w % chains
| to "a stake marked z Il IL w w, ON the
summit OF a high hill, with mound and
| pits: thence 60 deg W 45 chains % links
to "a stake marked z II d. w w, with pits
in "a mound; thence n "a deg w 75 chains
to stake marked p FitZhugh IL w Work
| man, on top of a hill; thence = O. deg W
~ chains to a point in said partition line
thence along said partition line as fol
lows: N 2S deg w 20 chains TO station ii
at stump of flve prongs of an elder tree
In the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
| cactus patches; thence over the plain N
S4I4 degrees w llS chains to n stake in a
mound; thence S deg w l05 chains 50
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 = 59% deg w and 5 601s
deg W; the chapel bears 5 81 deg W; the
mill of John Rowland bears S deg f.,
and his house bears > 1919 deg w; thence
) 2215 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
: % deg W chains 50 links to an offset in
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence n GS deg w % links 10 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
5l% deg w chains; S 81 deg w 2 chains;
N 40H deg w chains 80 links; N 81 deg
| VIZ chains so links; N l3 deg w 2chalns;
N 80 deg w chains: N IS deg w chains
50 links; N 50 deg W | chain so links; N