Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-13

WILLIAM TEMPLE, administrators
with the Will annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased. ct al,
Defendants.
In pursuance of O 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
MONDAY, the TWELFTH DAY
OF MAY, 1879,
AT the door of the Court House, in the
city of Los Ang eles, in the county of Los
Angeles, 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 hereluafter described
the following described property, or SO
much thereof as shall be l. Lecessary TO pay
complainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruipg costs, ca cept the portions thereof
herein after particularly mentioned and
described, the said property being STU
ated In the county of Los Angeles, state
of California, district Aforesaid, and par
tlcularly bounded and described as fol-
Jews, to wit:
First-Ail that piece OF land situated in
the county OF Us 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 l7) in township two (2), south
range thirteen (lS), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 50 acres,
more or less.
in the county of Los Angeles known as
the Rancho Potrero Grande, bounded
nd described in the patent for the same
issued by the United states Government
l..s. V..I.
recorded in Book OF Patents, on page
and following. hecords of the County OF
Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
of the United states surveyor General
and field notes therein contaiue ed, refer
ence Is hereby made for more particu-
lar description thereof, saving and ex-
ceptink 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 october Cd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1862, in book S, page 63i,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third-All that tract of land situated
in the county OF Los Angeles, being Il
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, 1868, in book 10 of deeds,
page 80, Record OF Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefrom all those
in and by the following deeds: First-A
deed from William Workman to Marga-
ret Work man de Temple, dated March
5lh, 1868, recorded March 9Th ,:lS6S, in book
OF deeds, page 323. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 10th, 1870, and
recorded september 18th. 1870, in book Is
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
hugh to e i Beale and Robert y Baker,
| da.ed April lst, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, In book 20 of deeds, page o..
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
| to Joseph w Work man, dated October
ilth, 1870. and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book - OF deeds, page 275. Filth-A
| deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2UtiI, 1873, and recorded Mo-
vember 10th, 1873, In book 27 OF deeds,
page 1913. And sixth-A deed from Will
| liam Workman to the Southern raciflc
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
| and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 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 aforementioned. lis 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 di-
| ameter bears N TN degrees w distant 9Sl
I
| Iidian uhe magnetic variation being ID
deg 30 minutes east along the exterior
| boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
| links to a willow 6 iuches in diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence N ll1a degrees K IS
chains; thence N IA deg h 90 chains 10
station 4, to a rock II inches long, Sinches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
+ 24S chains to a sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one Chain south Of the
road leading to San Bernardino and
marked station 5; thence along the parti-
ton line described in said deed OF part-
tion between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, s 4 deg w 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
OF said rederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract N 90 deg w 20 chains: s
deg W 20 chains; and s SO degrees f 20
chains back to said partition line thence
along said partition line as follows: y 4
deg W 80 chains 80 links TO stake east
1913 chains, to stake IN mound In ravine,
| from which stake the northern one of a
group OF three sycamores on the southern
edge of gully or wash, all ofabout thir-
ty inches diameter, bears 81 deg W dis
tant 404 links, and the southern one of
said EIoup bears S So deg w distant 4S
links; the middle one of said group not
being visi BILE from the said stake; thence
over the san Jose Hills $ 22 degrees 4 l0U
chains and SO links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fit2hugh
to E Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beals and Baker tract, as fol-
lows; s IS deg " A chains 81 links to a
Workman, on top of large hill; thence
S 33 deg w 90 chains and so links to a
stake in mound Of stone marked F1tz-
hugh and W Work man, close to small
and 81 links to big pile Of rocks on top
of hill, marked p f d w w; thence s
67s4 deg W l5 chains and 50 links, to a
stake marked + + d W w, with mound
steep hill; thence 8 59hS deg w 45 chains
so links to big pile of rocks marked on
the northern side w w and on the south
ern side +; thence s 81 deg w 20 chains
to a stake marked f g. w w, on the
summit OF a high hill, with mound and
pits; thence 85 deg W 45 chains IS links
TO stak marked p F& w w, with pits
In a mound; thence N "a dog W 75chains
to a stake marked p Fitzhugh& d w Work.
man, on top of hill; thence 4 8j deg W
~ chains 10 point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N 2S deg w 20 chains to station IL,
at stump of five prongs Of an elder tree
in the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
84x degrees w ll8 chains to a stake in
mound; thence deg w los chains 50
links to stake In mound at the foot OF
the western point of the San Jose Hills,
Workman bears 59% deg W and s GO%
deg W; the chapel bears s 81 deg W; the
mill Of John Rowland bears S 7 deg h,
and his house bears s 1917 deg w; thence
$ 221S deg w 4S chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
= % deg W chains 50 lin ks to an offset in
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 8S deg w % links to corner oi
fence; thence s % deg w 10 chains SO
links to the center OF San Jose creek
thence along the channel OF said creek N
5lk deg w Z chaiss; S 81 deg w chains; |
N l0h deg w chains SO links; N So deg
W. chains SO links; N IL deg W 2chains;
N 60 deg w 2 chains: N rs deg w 2chains |
50 links; N So deg w chain so links; N
GIN deg w 8 chains rs links to station 80, |
whence the southeast corner of Work. |
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N "A deg
W chains so links; N 81 deg w chains |
SO links; n ~ deg w chains SO links;
N 48 deg w 2 chains so links; N TAN deg
w chains, to station A in said creek, |
from which the fence on the west eide OF |
Rowland's wheat field ranges II deg W,
A chains. n TIL da d |