Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-20

Defendants.
In pursuance OF decree of said Circuit
Court, entered in the above enLiti ed
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879
whereby 1, the undersigned, Master IL
Ch ancery of said Court, was nuthoriz u
and directed to mako. conduct and carry
out the sale OF the property nereinsttW
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
WEDNESDAY, the 10th DAY
OF JULY, 1879,
At l2 O'Clock NJ, at the door o
the Court House, IN the city of Lo
les, in said district, 1 shall sell q
public auction, to the highest bidder, fol
cash In gold coin of the United states, In
separate parcels,as hereinafter describet
the following described property, or sc
much thereof as shall be L. ecessary 10 pay
decree. with interest and costs and &C
cruing costs, except the portions thereo
hereinafter particularly mentioned ant
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, 10 wit.
First-All II that piece of land situated d In
the county of Hos Angeles known and
described in the public surveys OF The
hall of the southwest quarter OF section
seventeen I'D In township two (2), south
range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardinc
base and meridian, containing 80 acres
more or less.
Second-Ali that tract of land situated
in the county of Los Angeles known a.
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, 1853
lnI in 1 Af p.sf0 q nrrn a
and following. records of the County ol
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.
ceptina 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 Margerita Workman
ue Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october sd, 1862, in book 6, page 63i
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third--All that tract of land stu ated
In the county of Los Angeles, being u
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 25th, 1888, in book 10 OF deeds
page 80, Records u Los Angeles county
saving and excepting therefrOm all those
portions thereof described and conveyed
deed from William Workman to Marga'
ret Work man de Temple, dated March
9Th, 1868, recorded March 5th ,.lS6S, in book
9 oi deeds, page 1928. 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
William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz-
hugh to e u Beale and Robert y Baker,
dated April lst, 1872, and recorded April
NJ l. <F q
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Work man: dated October
Ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
in book3l OF deeds. page 275. Fifth--A
deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
vem ber Goth, 1873, in book ~ OF deeds,
page 1873. And sixth-A deed from VIII
liam Workman to the Southern facific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds, page BIT, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tiact-after ex-
ceptIng the portions referred to in the
six deeds last aforementioned. is bound.
ed and desert bed as follows: BegiDn. ne
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 z inches In di-
ameter bears N TN degrees w distant $751;
links: thence according to the true me-
lioian (the magnetic variation being lS
deg 80 minutes east) along the exterior
boundary oil said hancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states, as follows: \ 80 deg K IL chains 4o
links to willow fnches In diameter.
chains; thence N II deg E 90 chains 10
station ., to u rock IA inches long, s Sinches
Wide and inc hes thick; thence N rs deg
II 2iS chains to sycamore "A Inches in
diameter, about one chain south OF the
road leading to san Bernardino and
marked station s; thence along the parti-
ton line described In said deed OF partl-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, y deg w 40 chains to
The northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
OF said frederick LambOurn; thence
along said tract n 80 deg w 70 chains; =
4 deg W 20 chains; and s SO degrees X 20
chains back to said partition line thence
along said partition line as follows:
deg W 38 chains " links 10 a stake east
393 CHAINS, to "a stake in mound in ravine,
from which stake the northern one OF a
group of three sycamores on the southern
sdge OF "a gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty inches diameter, bears s s. deg W dis
tant 4OI LINKS, and the southern one OF
said gioup bears Is SO deg w distant 4lS
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over tho san Jose Hills s "a degrees K l05
chains and 80 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tact of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fttzhugh
along the northern boundary line of SAID
Beals and Baker tract, as fol-
lows; S 88 deg W AZ chains VI links to a
stake marked p FitZhugh and William
Workman, ou top Of large hill; thence
S So deg w 40 chains and SO links to a
stake In mound of stone marked p F1tz-
hugh and W Workman, close to small
arroyo; thence N 66H deg w 23 chains
and 81 links to big pile OF rocks on top
of Q hill, marked ? F & " W; thence 8
stake marked PFC w w. with mound
and pits, posted on sn mmit OF = nigh ana
steep hlll; thence s 5015 deg w 45 chains
81 links to big pile OF rocks marked Oh
the northern side W w and on The south
TO stake marked p II Il W w, on the
SUNNI OF IA high hill, with mound and
pits; thence 8 90 deg W 45 chains IS links
to stake marked z n d W w, with pits
In mound; thence N "a dog w 75cha aims
man, on top of hill; thence 81 deg w
AZ chains TO point In said partition line; /;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N 2s deg W 90 chains to station II,
at q stump of 1ve prongs of an elder tree
In the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain "
s4% degrees w ll8 chains to a stake in a
mound; thence s 4 deg w l05 chains 81
links to a stake IN mound at the foot OF
the western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house Of William
Workman bears y 69% deg W and y 60i&
deg W; the chapel bears s 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears y deg h,
and his house bears = l9ls deg W; thence
II 221S deg w 48 chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
thence along said fence
= 2ldeg W s chains so links to an offsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N IS dsg W "a links TO corner oi
fence; thence s % deg w 10 chains 80
links to the center OF san Jose creek;
thence along the channel oil said creek N
5i% deg w chains; S 81 deg w chains;
" l0k deg w 2 chains SO links; N 63 deg
w 2 chains so links; N IL deg w 2 2chains;
N 80 deg w chains: N 70 deg w 2 chains
50 links; N 85 deg w chain so links; N
81 y deg w 8 chains 25 links TO station 49,
the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bear. N 20 deg w; N ii deg
W 8 chains so links; N 81 deg W 8 chains
30 links; N 4U deg w 8 chains so links;
N 48 deg w 2 chains so links; N 7ih deg
w chains, to station Al In said creek,
rom which the fence on the west side of
wheat field ranges s II deg w,
35 degrees w 4 chains; N III deg w
,hains 80 links; N 80 deg w 3 chains 81,