Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-25

CAMllIO M ARTIN, Complainant, vs..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, administrator
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, ct al,
Defendants.
In pursuance OF decree of said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
whereby 4, the undersigned, Master in
Ch ancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct and carry
out the sale of the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
WEDNESDAY, the 10th DAY
OF JULY, 1879.
At IL O'Clock NJ, at the door of
the aosos Court House, n IN the city OF ao Los
les, in said district. 1 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, or SO
much thereof as shall be necessary TO pay
complainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruiDg 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.
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 ol section
seventeen (l7) in township two l2), south
range thirteen (l3), west San Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 50 acres,
more or less.
Second-All 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 IL, lS59,
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 certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October2d, 1852; record
ed october 3D., 1852, in book 5, 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 q
deed of partition dated June 3d. 1868, re-
corded June 25lh, 1868, in book 10 OF deeds,
page 80, Records of Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefrOm alfthose
portions thereof described and conveyed
in and by the following deeds: First-A
deed from William Workman to Marga-
ret Workman dc Temple, dated March
5lh, 1868, recorded March 9th ,.lS6S, in book
OF deeds, page 1923. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 18th, 1870, and
recorded september 18th. 1870, in book l5
of deeds, page 459. Third-A decd from
William Workman and Peregrine Fitz-
hugh to Beale and Robert S Baker,
dated April list, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page 81.
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph W Work man, dated October
llth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
In book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth-A
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 20th, 1873, and recorded N o.
vem ber goth, 1873, In book 27 of deeds,
page 1873. And sixth-A deed from VIII
| liam Workman to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April 9Th, 1871,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
| deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said Il act-after ex-
ceptlng the portions referred to in the
six deeds last tabove-mentioned.i is bound
| ed and described rs follows: Beginning
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 721a degrees w distant 0Sl
| links: thence according to the true me-
| ridian (the magnetic variation being ID
deg 80 minutes easD along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed ana patented by the United
States, as follows: N 81 deg II ID chains 46
| links to q willow o inches in diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence N ll12 degrees e 45
station 4, to rock l4inches long, Sinches
wide and inches thick; thence N rs deg
Il 248 chains to sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to san Bernardino and
marked station 8; thence along the parti-
tion line described in said deed of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, s deg w 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said frederick LambOurn; thence
along said tract N Sc deg w 20 chains; s
4 deg w 20 chains; and s SO degrees 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: S 4
deg W 3S chains 81 links to q stake east
| 1893 chains, to stake in mound in ravine,
| from which stake the northern one of u
group of three sycamores on the southern
| edge of gully or wash, all of about thir-
| ty inches diameter, bears 81 deg W dis
| tant 404 links, and the southern one of
said group bears S SO deg w distant 4l8
| links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over the san Jose Hills % degrees K lot
chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner OF the tact OF land conveyed by Will
| liam Workman and Peregrine FitZhugh
| to K 8 Beaie and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows; Ss deg " A. chains 81 links to q
stake marked P Fitzhugh and William
Workman, on top of a large hill; thence
33 deg w 40 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 a hill, marked PF & w w; thence s
S731 deg w l5 chains and 50 links, TO a
stake marked = + e. W w, with mound
steep hill; thence S 500 deg W 45 chains
50 links to big pile OF rocks marked on
the northern side w w and on the south
ern side p +; thence s. 81 deg w 22 chains
to a stake marked II w W, on the
sum nit OF high hill, with mound and
pits; thence 10 deg w 45 chains IS links
to a stake marked = r d W w, with pits
In mound; thence N "a deg W IS chains
to a stake marked II FitZhugh & w Work.
man, on top of hill; thence s s. deg w
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N 2S deg w 20 chains to station ii !,
at stump of five prongs of an elder tree
In the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
S41S degrees w llS chains to q stake in a
mound; thence 4 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 $ 50M deg w and y 60l$
deg w; the chapel bears y 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears s 7 deg K,
and his house bears $ 1917 deg W; thence
y 22L deg w As chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be-
tween the enclosures of Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
Il % deg W s chains 50 links to an Offset in
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 6S deg w % links 10 corner OF
fence; thence S 90 deg w 10 chains SO
links to the center of San Jose creek;
thence along the channel of said creek N
5ll deg w 7 chains; 81 deg W. chains;
N l0h deg w chains so links; N 63 deg
VIZ chains SO links; N IL deg w 2chains;
N 60 deg W 2 chains; N IS deg w 2 chains
50 links; N 85 deg W | chain SO links; N
5lh deg w 0 chains 25 links to station 80,
whence the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N "a deg |
w 8 chains so links; N "a deg w chains |
so links; N ~ deg w 8 chains so links; |
N 48 deg w chains 80 links; N TAN deg
w chains, to station A in said creek, |
from which the fence on the west side OF |
R0wlaudis wheat ii cid ranges q II der w |