Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-18

cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
whereby l, the undersigned, Master in
On ancery of said Court, was authorized
and direc ted to make. conduct and carry
out the sale OF the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
MONDAY, the TWELFTH DAY
OF MAY, 1879,
Al the door of the Court House, in the
city of Los Ang in the county of Los
Angeles, in said district, | shall sell al
public auction, to the highest bidder, foI
cash in gold coin of the United States, in
separate parcels,as hereinafter described
the foil owing described property, or SO
much thereof as shall be necessary TO pay
pla1nant 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 situ-
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 Aos Angeles known and
describ ed in the public surveys OF the
United States of America as the south
hall of The southwest quarter OF section
seventeen 40 in township two t2), south
range thirteen (l3(, west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 50 acres.
more or less.
Second-Ali that tract ofland situated
in the county of Los Angeles known as
the Rancho Potrero Grande, bounded
u nd d 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 l
and following, Records of the County OF
Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
of the United States Surveyor-Genera
Il fiaII fni M nl
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-
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October Cd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1852, in book s, page s34,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Thrd-All that tract of land situated
in the county of Los Angeles, being a
ing that portion conveyed to William
workman by John Rowland. Sr., by q
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25th, 1865, 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 ,.lS6S, in book
U
William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 18th, 1870, and
recorded Septemb ber 18th. 1870, in book Is
OF deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrine Fitz-
hugh to l. 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 Workman 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 2Oth, 1873, and recorded N o.
vember goth, 1873, in book 27 OF deeds,
page 1913. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam Workman to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April 8th, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said Il tiact-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 a willow tree z inches in di-
ameter bears N 72% degrees w distant 9Sl
links; thence according to the true me-
Tidiau (the magnetic variation being I3
deg so minutes east) along the exterior
boundary of said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
States. as follows: n 30 deg E 10 chains 46
links to willow inches in diameter,
chains; thence N IA deg f 90 chains to
station 4, to a rock II Inches long. Sinches
wide ana 8 inches thick; thence N 10 deg
E 2iS 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-
tion line described in said deed of partf-
tion 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 So deg w 20 chains; S
4 deg w 20 chains; and s Sc degrees Z 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: y 4
deg w 3s chains ~ 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 a gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty inches diameter, bears s So deg w dis
tant 404 links, and the southern one of
said group bears S 50 deg w distant Ais
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over the San Jose Hills 5 22 degrees Il l0o
chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner of the tact of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to L 8 Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lOWSs . oo ueB w ~ cnaiHs ~ INKS 10 a
stake marked p Fitzhugh and William
Work man, on top of large hill; thence
S 33 deg w 20 chains and so links to a
stake in mound of stone marked p Fitz-
hugh and W Workman, close to a small
arroyoi thence n eG4 deg W p chains
of a hill, marked p F& W w; thence s
S7N deg w l5 chains and SO links, to q
stake marked p F d w W, with mound
and pits, posted on su N NIT OF high and
49, H. Aarr ,lxn
so links to a big pile OF rocks marked on
the northern side WV and on the south
ern side = #; thence s 81 deg w 20 chains
to stake marked 2 f n w w, on the
summit OF a high hill, with mound and
pits; thence IS deg " 45 chains IS links
to stake marked T f e. w w, with pits
in q mound; thence N "A deg w rs chains
to stake marked p Fitzhugh d w Work.
man, on top OF hill; thence S 65 deg w
AZ chains to a point in said partition line:
lows: N % 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
S4% degrees w ll8 chains to stake in q
mound; thence S deg W l05 chains so
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
deg W: the chapel bears 5 81 deg W; the
mill of John Rowland bears s deg K,
and his house bears S 1917 deg W; thence
s 221a 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
y % deg W chains 50 links to an offseti In |
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 68 deg w % links TO corner OF
fence; thence S % deg w 10 chains So
links to the center OF San Jose creek;
thence along the channel of said creek N
5lM deg w chains; S 81 deg w 2 chains; |
N 40h deg w 2 chains SO links; N SO deg
w 2chains so links; N IL deg w 2chains;
N 60 deg w 2 chains; N rs deg w 2 chains
30 links; N 80 deg w chain so links; N
5lk deg w chains 25 links to station 80, |
whence the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N IA deg
w chains so links; N 81 deg w chains
50 links; n 40 deg W 3 chains so links;
N As deg w 2 chains so links; N 74Js deg
w 8 chains, to station "A in said creek, |
from which the fence on the west side OF |
wheat field ranges s IL deg w,
4 nl,nt = "A *