Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-09-12
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

In the Circuit Court of the United states.
Ninth Circuit, In and Tor the District OF
CAMILO MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, ADMINISTRATOR
with the will annexed OF the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, ct al,
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 and carry
out the sale OF the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
SATURDAY, the Goth DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, 1879,
AT 3 O'Clock z. NJ. of that day, at the door
of the Court House, in The city of Los
AngcIes, 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, or so
much thereof rs shall be Necessary TO pay
conn lainant the amount due under said
decree, with interes. and costs and ac-
crutEE 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 lol-
| LEWIS, TO wit:
First-Ail that piece of land situated in
| the county of Los Angeles known and
described III the public surveys OF the
| United States OF America as the south
| half of The southwest quarter OF section
| seventeen % in township two (2), south
range thirteen l3l, west san Bernardino
| 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 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 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 n certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to magenta Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1852; record
| ed october 3D. 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 a
portion OF the "Rancho La Puente" and
| being that portion conveyed TO William
| Workman by John Rowland. ST., by q
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
| corded June 25,h, 1868, 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: tirst-A
deed from William Workman to Marga-
ret Workman de Temple, dated March
| 5th, 1868 recorded March 9TH ,.iSG8, In book
| 0 OF deeds page 323. seconds deed from
| William Workman to treder. elk Lam
bourn. dated september 18th, 1870, and
recorded september l7th. 1870, in book ID
| -. "a nrhirt-
| William Workman and Pere srne Fitz-
hugh to e i, Beale and Robert > Baker,
dated April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
"a, 1872, in book ~ OF deeds, page o..
to Joseph w Work man. dated October
llth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth--,A
deed from William Work man to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 10Th, 1873, and recorded Mo-
vember goth, 1873, in book 81 of deeds,
page 1873. And stxth-A deed from Will
liam Workman to the southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, In book ~ OF
deeds, page 81, all in Records of Los An
geIes county, which said II act-after ex-
| cepting the portions referred to in the
six deeds last aforementioned is bound
| ed and described as 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 willow tree inches in dl-
ameter bears N IN degrees w distant 9Sl
links; thence according to the true me
| fidian (the magnetic variation being IL
deg 80 minutes east along the exterior
| boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states. as follows: u 81 deg e IL chains ID
| links to willow inches In diamet ter,
marked sta. 2; thence N ~ degrees &c 10
| chains; thence n II deg h SO chains 10
| station 4, to rock II inches long, inches
| wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
| +. 2iS chains to a sycamore "a inches in
| diameter, about one chain south OF The
| road leading TO san Bernardino and
marked station 8; thence along The parti-
| ton line described in said deed of parti-
| ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, deg w 40 chains to
| the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said h frederick Lambourn; thence
| along said tract N 81 deg w 20 chains; >
| deg w 20 chains; and 5 So degrees Il 70
| chains back to said partition line thence
| along said partition line as follows: 4
| deg W IS chains 50 links TO stake east
| 1893 CHAINS, to stake in mound in 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 81 deg w dis
| tant 40i LINKS, and the southern one OF
| said gloup 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 $ ~ degrees Il lOb
| chains and 80 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by. VIII
| liam Work man and Peregrine Fitzhugh
| to e Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
alopg the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
| lows: S IS deg w Al chains 81 links to a
| stake marked p Fit2hugh and william
| Workman, on top of large hill; thence
| 5 80 deg w 40 chains and 90 links TO a
stake in mound of stone marked up F1tz-
hugh and w Workman" close to small
arroyo; thence n 66A deg w % chains
and 50 links to q big pile OF rocks on top
| of hill, marked "P * w W." thence s
S7s4 deg w Is chains and 50 links, to a
| stake marked "P & w W." with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF a nigh and
steep hill; thence S 500 deg w 45 chains
80 links to a big pile OF rocks marked on
the northern Side "W w" and on
marked sep l. W W." on the
summit OF high hill, with mound and
| pits; thence S Is deg W 45 chains IS links
to stake marked up F&W w" with pits
in mound; thence "a dog w IS chains
to stake marked up Fitzhugh&W Work
man." on top OF hill; thence $ s. deg w
| ~ chains TO Il point in said partition line;
| thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N 2S deg w 20 chains to station II,
| 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
| s4ls degrees w llS chains to n stake in a
mound; thence S A deg W 100 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 $ 59n deg w and ) 601
| deg W; the chape ,bears ) 81 deg W; The
| mill OF John Rowland bears y deg r.,
| and his house bears y 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