Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-29
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.


In the Circuit Court of the United states.
Ninth Circuit, in and Tor the District of
California.
CAMlLO MARTIN. Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
WILLIAM WORK MAN. 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, lS79,
Ch 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 18th DAY
OFJULY. 1879.
At l2 O'Clock NJ, at the door of
the Court House, IN the city of Los
les, in said district, L shall sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash in gold coin of the U nited states, in
separate parcels,aS hereinafter described
much thereof as shall be necessary TO 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, and par
ticularly bounded and described as fol-
lews, TO wit:
First-Al ii that piece OF land situated in
the county of Los 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 (l7 in township two (2), south
range thirteen (13), west San Bernardino
base and meridian, containing so 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 M. sanchez, dated July ~, 1853,
recorded in Book 1 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 containe ed, 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-
scribed in a certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October2d, 1862; record
ed October Sd, 1862, In book 5, page 6S4,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
I. 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
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25th, 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
5th, 1865, recorded March 9th ,lS6S, in book
0 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 $50. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz-
hugh to e l. Beale and Robert 3 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 Work man. dated October
llth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book "a OF % deeas, page & S,1; on FiIthuA ~ tba
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 20th 1873, and recorded N o.
vember goth, 1878, in book q of deeds,
page 1913. 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 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said Il tlact-a ex-
ceptlng the portions referred to In the
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 "a willow tree inches in di-
ameter bears N 72% degrees w distant 9Sl
| links; thence according to the true me-
ridian Uhe magnetic variation being l3
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 r l3 chains Al
links to willow inches in diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence 1lM degrees AZ
| chains; thence N IA deg + SO chains to
| station 4, to rock II inches long, s inches
wide and 8 inches thick; thence N rs deg
K 24S chains to sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south OF the
road leading to San Bernardino and
tion line described in said deed of parti-
ton 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 86 deg w 20 chains; S
| deg W 20 chains; and 5 S6 degrees K 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: S
deg w 3S chains 81 links 10 stake east
| 393 ch aims, to stake in mound in ravine,
from which stake the northern one of a
group OF three sycamores on the southern
edge OF gull y or wash, all of about thir-
| ty inches diameter, bears 81 deg w dis
tant 404 LINKS, and the southern one of
said group bears 50 deg w distant 4l8
| links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over the San Jose Hills s % degrees + l06
chains and 80 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
TO E 8 Beale and Robert S Baker; thence
alobg the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
stake marked P Fitzhugh and William
Work man, on top of a large hill; thence
S 33 deg w 20 chains and so links to a
stake in mound of stone marked p F1tZ-
hugh and W Workman, close to small
and 50 links to o big pile of rocks on top
of a hill, marked r f & w W; thence s
S731 deg w Is chains and SO links, to
stake marked = + & w w, with mound
and pits, posted on ummit OF nigh ana
steep hill; thence S 591a 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 y 81 deg w % chains
to a stake marked + f Il w w, on the
pits; thence s 65 deg " 45 chains 95 links
to stake marked p + d w w, with pits
in mound; thence N "a deg W rs chains
to stake marked P Fitzhugh w Work.
man, on top OF hill; thence s 85 deg w
AZ chains TO point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N 28 deg w 20 chains to station II, i,
at stump of five prongs of an elder tree
in the center OF an arroyo, surrOu nded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
84% degrees w ll8 chains to a stake in
mound; thence S A deg w l05 chains so
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 59% deg W and 6Oh
deg w; the chapel bears s 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears s deg L.,
and his house bears s l9h deg W; thence
s 221S deg w 48 chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be-
tween the enclosures of Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
s % deg w chains so links to an offsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N IS deg w % links 10 corner OF
fence, thence s ~ deg w 10 chains 36
links to. the center of San Jose creek;
thence along the channel of said creek N
5l% deg w 7 chains; 81 deg W chains;
N 40h deg w 2chains 50 linksi N SO deg
VIZ chains so links; N Is deg w chains;
N go deg w 2 chains: N rs deg w 2 chains
so links; N 35 deg W | chain so links; N
SIN deg w 0 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 3 chains so links;