Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-17
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

In the Circuit Court of the United States.
Ninth Circuit, in and for the District OF
CAMiLO MARTIN, Complainant, vs..
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 / 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 20th 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, / shall sell at
puzzle auction, to the highest bidder, for
| cash in gold coin of the United states, in
| separate parcels,as hereinafter described
| the following described property, Oh SO
much thereof as shall be necessary to pay
com plainant the amount due under said
| decree, with intereSt and costs ana ac-
| cruiDg costs, except the portions thereof
| hereinafter particularly mentioned ana
| described, the said property being s1tu-
ated In the county of Los Angeles, state
| of California, district aforesaid, and par
| ticularly bounded ana deserted as fol-
| lewS, to wit:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
| the county of LOS Angeles knoTn and
| describ ed in the public surveys OF the
| United States of America as the south
hall of The southwest quarter OF section
| seventeen (iIl in township two vi, south
| range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 50 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
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 ana De
scribed in certain deed made by Will
| liam Workman to Margerita Workman
| de Tenn pie, dated October2 I'd, 1862; record
| ed october Sd, 1852, in book ., 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' aud
beng that portion conveyed TO William
| Workman by John Rowland. Sr., By Il
| deed of partition dated June 3d. 1858, re-
| corded June 25ih, 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
5lh, 1868, recorded March 5th ,.lS6S, in book
8 OF deeds, page 323. Second-A deed from
| William Workman TO Frederick Lam
| bourn, dated September 18th, 1870, and
recorded September 18th. 1870, in book l5
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
hugh to f Il Beale and Robert i Baker,
dated April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page g..
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Work man. dated October
llth, 1870, and recorded March 27th, 1873,
in book "a of deeds, page 2I5. Fitth--A
deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2Util, 1873, and recorded No
vember goth, 1873, In book 27 of deeds,
page 1873. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam Workman to the southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds, page BIZ, al in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tact- 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 10 san Ber'
u p
from which Willow tree inches in d.
ameter bears N 721a degrees W distant SSl
| links; thence accordiog 10 the true me-
ridian (the magnetic variation being IL
deg 80 minutes easU along the exterior
| boundary OF said ttancho LA Puente, a.
| surveyed and patented by the United
| states. as follows. n 80 de- r. l3 CHAINS 40
links to a willow l4cheS In diameter,
marked STA. 2; thence n ma degrees i. is
chains; thence \ Ii deg l. 80 CHAINS to
station q, to rock liinches ions. Sinches
| wide and 6 inches thicS; thence y 10 deg
| h, 24S chains to a sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain suulh of he
| road leading TO san BeruaIdlnO ana
marked station 5; thence along the parti-
ton line described in said deed of partl-
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 n 81 deg " 20 chains;
deg W 20 chains; and $ SO degrees f 20
chains back TO said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: 5
| deg w IS chains 81 links to II stake east
| 1893 chains, to stake in mounuln ravine,
| from which stake the northern one of a
| group of three sycamores on the southern
| edge of a gull lg or wash, all of about thir-
| ty inches diam eter, bears 30 deg w dis
tant 40i links, and the southern one OF
said group bears $ SO deg W. distant Ais
| links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
| over the san Jose Hills $ % degrees u l0b
| chains ana DU Inks 10 tlt liOllutdSi COZ
ner OF the tract of land conveyed by VIII
| liam Workman and Peregrine Fftzhugh
| to Il Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
| along the northern boundary line OF said
seSe saa b9ksT Il 81 links * to io
stake marked p tilzhugh and William
Workman, on top of a large hill; thence
S 80 deg w 40 chains and 80 links TO n
stake in mound of stone marked "P FttZ-
hugh and W Workman" close to small
arroyo; thence n 66A deg w p chains
| and 80 links to big pile OF rocks on top
of hill, marked "P + & W w" thence S
stake marked "P F& w W." with mound
and pits, posted on su ummit OF a nigh ana
steep hill; thence S 59% deg W 40 chains
80 links to big pile OF rocks 70 ks, marked on on
Ithe southern side "P F." thence
Sarked ri de "p = & 0gnS " W." c on S'ihe the
summit OF high hill, with mound and
| to stalk g marked "P F&W W." with pits
| in q mound; thence N "A deg w 75 chains
| to a stake marked d"PFitzhugh&W Work
man." on top OF hill; thence $ 65 deg W
| AZ chains 10 a point in said partition line;
| thence along said partition line as fol-
| lows: N 2S 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
| 8415 degrees w llS chains to a stake in a
mound; thence S A deg W lO5 chains 50
links to stake In mound at the foot OF
| the western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house of William
Workman bears 591a deg w and $ 601a
deg W; the chapel bears S 81 deg w; the
mill OF John Rowland bears $ deg r.,
and his house bears 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
: % deg w chains 50 links to an Offset in
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 6S deg w % links TO corner ol