Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-10-17
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

In the Circuit Court of the United States.
Ninth Circuit, in ana Tor the District OF
California.
CAMlLO MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrators
with the viii annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, gu al,
Defendants.
In pursuance OF u decree of said Circuit
Court, entered in the above EMIT LED
cause on the 18th day of February, 1873,
whereby 1, the undersigned, Master In
Oh ancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct ana carry
out the sale of the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
SATURDAY, the Goth DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, 1879,
At O'Clock P. NJ. of that day, at the door
of the Court House, in the city of Los
AngeIes, in the county of Los Ange-
les, in said district, l shall sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, Tor
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 10 pay
complainant 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 stu
ated in the county of Los Angeles, State
of California, district Aforesaid, anu par
ticularly bounded and described as fol-
lewS, to wit:
First-All that piece of land situated in
the county OF Los Angeles known ana
described in the public surveys OF the
United States of America as the south
hall of the southwest quarter OF section
seventeen (l7l in township two 20, south
range thirteen Q3), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 80 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 ~, 1909,
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-General
and field notes therein contained, refer
ence is hereby made for more partlcu-
| 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, 1862; record
ed October Sd, 1862, in book 8, page 634,
| Records of Los Angeles county.
| Third-Ali that tract of land situated
| in the county OF Los Angeles, being a
portion of the "Rancho La Puen te" and
| being that portion conveyed to William
| Dy JOnn 1tOWldnu. of.s ny u
| deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25th, 1868, in book 10 OF deeds,
| page SO, 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 1858, in book
OF deeds, page 1928. Second-A deed from
| William Workman to Frederick Lam
| bourn, dated Septem Der 10th, 1870, and
| recorded September 18th. 1870, in book Is
| of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
| William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz-
/ hugh to f Il Beale and Robert > Baker,
da.ed 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
| 18th, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
| deed from William Workman to the
| southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2Oth, 1873, and recorded No
mber goth, 1873, in book ~ OF deeds,
| page 1913. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam Workman to the Southern Pacific
/ Railroad Company dated April 9Th, 1874,
| and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tlact-after ex-
| cepting the portions referred to in the
| six deeds last above-m entiOned.i lis bound
| ed and described as follows: Beginning
| at point in the centre of the old bed OF
|
of the road from Los Angeles TO San Der.
nardino, in an irregular mound OF rock
| from which q willow tree inches in di-
| ameter bears N 721a degrees w distant 98l
| links; thence according to the true me-
| ridian Uhe magnetic variation being ID
| deg 80 minutes east along the exterior
| boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
| surveyed and patented by the United
| states. as follows: n 81 deg e IL chains 40
| links to willow inches in diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence N ~ degrees &c 45
! chains; thence N IA deg e 80 chains TO
station 4, to rock liinches long, ) inches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
h 2iS chains to q 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 + frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract " So deg w 20 chains; S
| deg w 20 chains; and 5 Sc degrees X 20
| chains back to said partition line; thence
| along said partition line as follows: 4
| deg w 3S chains 80 links to a stake east
1903 chains, to stake in mound In ravine,
| from which stake the northern one of a
group of three sycamores on the southern
| edge ola gully or wash, all of about thir-
| ty inches diameter, bears 80 deg w dis
| tant 4O4 links, and the southern one of
said gIoup 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 5 % degrees X l06
chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner of the tact of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to E 8 Beale and Robert s Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: IS deg w Al chains 81 links to a
stake marked p Fitzhugh and William
Workman, on top of a large hill; thence
S 33 deg w 40 chains and 90 links to
stake in mound of stone marked up F1tz-
hugh and w Workman" close to small
and 50 links to big pile of rocks on top
of a hill, marked .'P + & w W." thence s
| S7sA deg w 10 chains and so links, to a
stake marked "P + e. w W." with mound
steep hill; thence s 59% deg W IS chains
so links to big pile OF rocks marked on
the northern side "W W" and on
the southern side up Fl" thence
marked "P F & W w" on the
summit OF a high hill, with mound and
| pits; thence S 20 deg W 40 chains IS links
to stake marked "P F&W W." with pits
| in a mound; thence "a dog W 75chains
to a stake marked up Fitzhugh& W Work
man." on top OF n hill; thence 5 IS deg w
| AZ chains to point in said partition line;
| thence along said partition line as fol-
| lows: N 2S deg w 20 chains to station ii,
| at O 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 IlS chains to a stake in a
| mound; thence S deg W l05 chains so
links to O 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 500 deg w and S COZ
deg W; the chapel bears s 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears s deg K,
and his house bears s 1917 deg w; thence
s 22% deg w As chains CT links to the
northern end of the division fence be-
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
| s % deg W s chains 50 links to an offsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N IS deg w % links to corner OF