Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-01

WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased. ct al,
Defendants.
In pursuance OF a decree of said Circuit
court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
Whereby /, the undersigned, Master in
Ch 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 til" Court House, III the city of Los
AngeIvs, 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,a, hereinafter described
the following described property, or so
much thereof as shall be Necessary TO pay
com plalnant the amount due under said
decree, with interes. and costs and ac-
cruiug costs, except the portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned ana
described, the said property being STU
ated in the county of Los Angeles, state
| of California, district Aforesaid, and par
| tculurly bounded ana described as fol-
| leWs, TO wit:
| First-AIl that piece OF land situated in
| the county OF .os 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 I'D in township Two w, suuth
| range thirteen (l3l, west san bernardino
base ana meridian, containing SO acres,
| more or less.
| Second-Ali that tr8e OF land situated
| in the county of Los Al geles 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 IL, 1907,
| recorded in Book OF Patents, on page
| "a f,slt irtr i.a n
| 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 a certain deed made by VIII
| liam Workman to Margerlta Workman
ue Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october 3D., 1862, in book b, page 63l,
| Records OF Los Angeles county.
| Thild-All that tract of land situated
in the county OF Los Angeles, being IA
portion of the "kancho La Puenten and
| being that portion conveyed to William
| Workman by John Rowland. ST., by II
deed of partition dated June sd, 1868, re-
corded June 20l h, 1865, i'll book 10 OF deeds,
| page 80, keco Ids 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
5lh, 1865, recorded March 5th ,.lS6S, in book
| OF deeds, page S23 Second-A deed from
| William Workman TO Frederick Lam
! bourn, dated September l6th, 1870, and
| recorded september 18th. 1870, in book 10
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
| william Workman and Peregrlne fitz-
hugh to e L Beale and Robert = Baker,
da.ed April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page 81.
| Fourlh-A deed from William Work man
to Joseph w Work man, dated October
llth, 1870, and recorded March 27th, 1873
in book y OF deeds, page 275. Filth-A
deed IRON William Workman to the
southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2Uth, 1873, and recorded Mo-
| VEN Der 10Th, 1873, in book n of deeds,
page 1923. And siXth-A deed from Will
| iiar " orkman to the southern facihc
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1871,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, IN book % Of
deeds, page 3l7, ali ill Records of Los An
geles county, which SAID tiact- alter ex-
ceptlng the portions referred to in the
sin deeds last above-mentioned. is bound
ed and describe as follows: beginning
at IA point in the centre of the old bed OF
Che liver San Gabriel OH The south side
of the road from Los Angeles to san Ber
nardino, in an Irregular mound of rock
from which willow tree Inches i'll dl-
ameter bears n 7219 degrees w distant 0Sl
links; thence according to the true me-
fiuian Qhe magnetic variation being IL
deg 80 minutes easU along the exterior
boundary OF said Kancho La Puente. as
states. q follows: n 81 deg + l3 chains 1d
links to a willow b tuches in diane ter,
marKed STA. 2; thence N ll1S degrees h i5
chains; thence n II deg U9 chains to
station 4, to II rock II inches long, Sinches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
~ 24S chains to II sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain sOuth OF ihe
road leading 10 san Bernardlno and
marked station 8; thence along the parti-
tion line described in SAID deed of partl-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, deg w 40 chains to
the northeast corner oil the ~ acre tract
OF said rederick Lam bourn; thence
along said tract n Sd deg w 20 chains;
ideg W 20 chains: and So degrees r. 20
chains back to said partition line thence
along said partition line as follows:
deg " So chains 81 LINKS 10 stake east
393 CHAINS. to stake in mound in ravine,
from which stake the northern one OF Il
group OF three sycamoies on the southern
edge OF a gull y or wash, all OF about thlr-
| ty inches diameter, bears > - deg w dis
taut l0i links, and the southern one OF
said gIoup bears $ 50 deg W distant AIS
links; the middle one OF said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over he san Jose Hills ) p degrees II l0U
chains and So links to the northeast cor
ner of the tact of land conveyed by VIII
liam Workman and PeregTine FitZhugh
| to f. Beale and Robert : Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of sad
Beale and Baker tract, as for
lows: S So deg W AZ chains 81 links TO
stake marked y FltZhugh ana William
| Workman, on top OF u large hill; thence
| $ 33 deg w 40 chains and 80 links to II
stake in mound of stone marked "P tltz-
hugh and W Workman" close to a small
arroyo; thence n t64 deg W % chains
aud 81 links to big pile OF rocks on top
of hill, marked "P + Il w W;'' thenceS
| S79l deg w 10 chains and 80 links, TO
stake marked "P f. IL w w :" with mound
and pits, posted Oh summit OF IA nigh ana
| steep hill; thence S 59Ia deg w 40 chains
| 30 links to a big pile oil rocks marked on
the northern side "W WV and on
the southern side "P Fl" thence
= 81 deg w % chains TO a stake
marked "P + " w w" on the
| summit OF a high hill, with mound and
| pits; thence 60 deg w 10 chains y5 links
to Stake marked "P fM W W." with pits
in mound; thence "a dc, W 75chains
to stak e marked "P Fl; lugh&W Work
man." on top OF Il hid; T. ence = 61 deg W
| " chains TO a point in said partition line;
| thence along said partition line as fol-
| lows: n Is deg w 20 chains to station II,
| at n stump of hve prongs of an elder tree
| in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
| cactus patches; thence over the plain
| s4% degrees W llS chains to n stake IN
| mound; thence S deg W 100 chains 80
| links to a stake in mound al the foot OF
| the western point of the san Jose Hills,
| from which stake the house Of William
| Workman bears > 59la deg W and : 61l@
| deg W: the chapel bears > 81 deg W; the
| mil OF John Rowland bears y deg +,
| and his house bears = l9l5 deg w; thence
| $ 22la deg w IS chains " links to The
| northern end of the division fence be
| tween the enclosures OF Work man and
| ROwland; thence along said fence
| y % deg W s chains so links to an o1lsetin