Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-27

WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
with the Will annexed of the estate of
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased. ct al,
Defendants.
In pursuance OF q decree OF said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February. 1879,
whereby 1, 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
WEDNESDAY, the 10Th DAY
OF JULY, 1879,
At IL O'Clock NJ, at the door OF
the Court House, In the city of Los
Angeles, in the county Of Los Apge.
les, in said district, l shall sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, for
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-
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:
First--All that piece of land situated in
the county or LOS Angeles known and
described in the public surveys OF the
United States of America as the south
hall of the southwest quarter OF section
seventeen I'D In township two (2), south
range thirteen l3), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing ~ 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 10, 1859,
recorded in Book 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-
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1852, in book 8, page G34,
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 be-
ing that portion conveyed to William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr., by "a
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1858, re-
corded June 25ih, 1858, in book ~ of deeds,
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 w orkm man de Temple, dated March
5th, 1868, recorded March 9Th ,:iS6S, 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 Is
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz-
hugh to E IL Beale and Robert = Baker,
dated April lst, 1872, and recorded April
! I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page 81.
Fourth-A deed from William Work man
Ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
| in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth-A
deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
vember 10th, 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 % OF
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tiact-after ex-
| cepting the portions referred to in the
| six deeds last ove-mentioned. 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 Bsr.
\ nardino, in an irregular mound of rock
| from which willow tree inches in di-
ameter bears N TN degrees W distant 9Sl
| links: thence according to the true me-
Iidian Qhe magnetic variation being la
| deg 80 minutes easU along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
| states, as follows: n 80 deg n l3 chains Al
links to willow inches in diameter
marked sta. 2; thence N ~ degrees e At
chains; thence N IA deg E SO chains to
station 4, to rock Il inches long. Sinches
| wide and 6 inches thick; thence N 70 deg
| N 248 chains to sycamore "A inches in
| diameter, about one chain south of the
| road leari-i IS San Eernardino and
go ,s.....v-4 ., tnence along the parti'
.Jn line described in said deed Of parti-
| 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 90 deg w 20 chains; S
| deg w 20 chains; and SO degrees II &c
chains back TO said partition line thence
| along said partition line as follows; =
| deg W 38 chains 81 links 10 q 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 q gully or wash, all of about thir-
| ty inches diameter bears y s. deg w dis
| tant 40I links, and the southern one OF
| said sioup bears s 50 deg w distant Ais
being visible from the said stake; thence
over he san Jose Hills ~ degrees K l0t
chains and 81 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tiact of land conveyed by Will
| liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
| TO Il 8 Beale and Robert y Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: s SSdeg w AZ chains 81 links to a
stake marked T. Fitzhugh and William
Work man, on top of large hill; thence
s 33 deg w 20 chains and so links to q
stake in mound OF stone marked + Fltz-
hugh and w Workman, close to a small
arroyo; thence n 66A deg w 23 chains
and 50 links to big pile OF rocks on top
S7sl deg w Is chains and 50 links, to a
stake marked Z + & W w, with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF a mig h and
steep hill; thence $ 50M deg w 40 chains
50 links to big pile Of rocks marked on
ern side Z +; thence S 81 deg w z2 chains
to a stake marked P + a. w w, on the
sum NIT OF a high hill, with mound and
pits; thence 50 deg " % chains % links
in mound; thence N "A dog W rs chains
to d stake marked p Fitzhugh & w Work.
man, on top of hill; thence = 6j deg w
AZ chains 10 point in said partition line !;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N Is deg w 20 chains to station II &,
at q stump of five prongs of an elder tree
In the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
san degrees w ll8 chains to stake in q
| inOunuI tuchCC . 4 ucS w iUO CDdluS SU
links to stake in mound at the foot OF
the western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake tho house OF William
Workman bears S 59n deg w and s COZ
deg W; the chapel bears s 81 deg w; The
mill OF John Rowland bears deg h,
and his house bears 1917 deg W; thence
s 221a deg w 48 chains by links 10 the
northern end of the division fence be.
tween the enclosures of Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
y % deg W s chains so links to an offsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 6S deg w % links TO corner OF
fence; thence 20 deg w 10 chains SO
links to the center OF San Jose creek
thence along the channel of said creek N
deg W chains; S 81 deg w 2 chains;
n 40h deg W 2 chains 50 links; N .8S deg
w 2 chains SO links; N IL deg w 2 chains;
N 60 deg w chains; N IS deg w chains
80 links: N 35 deg w chain SO links; N |
IL n deg w chains 25 links to station SO, |
the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N n deg |
w 8 chains so links; N 81 deg W chains |
80 links; N ~ deg w 8 chains 80 links;
n 48 deg w chains so links; N 74M deg
w chains, to station A in said creek,
rom which the fence on the west : ide OF |