Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-09-19

Court, entered in the above entlt led
cause on the 18th day of February, 1871,
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
SATURDAY, the Goth 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, l shall sell al
public auction. to the highest bidder, Tor
cash in gold coin of the United states, in
separate parcels, AS hereinafter described
the following described property, OF so
much thereof as shall be ecessary TO pay
com plainant the amount due under said
decree, with interes. and costs and ac-
cruing costs, ca cept 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, ana 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 anu
described in the public surveys OF the
| United States of America as the south
hall of The southwest quarter OF section
| seventeen 40 in township two (2), south
range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardlnt
base and meridian, containing W acres
| more or less.
| Second--All that tract of land situated
| in the county of Los Angeles known a;
| the "kanchO Potrero Grande," bounded
| and described in the patent for the SAME
issued by. the United states Governmeena
| to Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July ~, 1859
recorded in Book l OF Patents, on page
and following, records of the County o
Los Angeles. to which, and to the survey
of the United states Surveyor-Genera
and field notes therein contained, refer
ence is hereby made for a 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 Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1862, in book 8, page 634
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third-All that tract OF land situated
in the county of Los Angeles. being 9
portion Of the 'Rancho La Puente" ant
beng that portion conveyed to william
Workman by John Rowland. ST., by {
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1865, re
corded June 25th, 1865, in book loot deeds
page 30, Records of Los Angeles county
saving and excepting therefrom all thost
portions thereof described and conveyed
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
0 o deeds, page 323. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
bOurn, dated september 10th, 1870, and
recorded september 18th. 1870, in book II
of deeds, page 459. Thrd-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz.
hugh 10 e u Beale and Robert ) Baker
da.ed April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page g.,
Fourth-A deed from William Work man
to Joseph w Work man, dated October
ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
in book u OF deeds, page 275. Fifth-A
deed from William Work imam to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
dated August 10th, 1873, and recorded No
VEN Der 10Th, 1873, in book ~ 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 oil
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tact after g x
cepting the portions referred TO in the
six deeds last above-me Toned rs 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 q willow tree 7 inches in d.
ameter bears N 721a degrees w distant 9Sl
links: thence according to the true me-
ridian Qhe magnetic variation being Il
deg 80 minutes east along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
states. as follows: n 30 deg f IL chains 4t
links to a willow b inches in diane ter,
marx ed sta. 2; thence N ~ degrees e a
chains; thence N Ii deg + 60 chains 10
station 4, to IA rock Il inches long, Sinches
wide and inches thick; thence n 20 deg
E 2iS chains to sycamore "A inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to san Bernardino ant
mark ed station b; thence along The part1-
ton line desert bed in said deed of partI-
hpt
John Rowland, Sr, ) 4 deg w 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract N Sd deg w ~ chains; ;
deg W 20 chains; and S So degrees e 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows:
deg W SO chains 81 links TO stake east
1903 chains, to Il stake in mound In raVIne,
from which stake the northern one OF
group OF three sycamores on the southern
edge OF gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty inches diam eter, bears ) 81 deg w dis
tant 40i links, and the southern one OF
said group bears S 50 deg w distant Ais
links: the middle one of said group not
being yisi BILE from the said stake; thence
over he san Jose Hills % degrees Il 100
chains and 90 links to the northeast cor
ner of the Tract of land conveyed by VIII
liam workman and Peregfine Fitzhugh
to 4 S Beale and Robert S Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows; S So deg w II chains 81 links to a
stake marked Z FitZhugh and William
Work man, on top of a large hill; thence
S SO deg w 40 chains and 81 links to a
stake in mound of stone marked up Fltz-
hugh and w Workman" close to small
arroyo; thence n 664 deg w 23 chains
and 81 links to q big pile OF rocks on top
of hill, marked up f d w W." thence 5
S7s1 deg w Is chains and 50 links, TO q
stake marked "P + & w w" with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF nigh ana
steep hill; thence S 59h deg W As chains
80 links to big pile OF rocks marked on
the northern side Nv W" and on
the southern side up Fl" thence
marked up f d w W." on the
summit of a high hill, with mound and
pits; thence = TO deg W 40 chains IS links
to stake marked"P F&W W." with pits
in mound; thence n "a deg w 75chains
to stake marke up Fitzhugh& W Work.
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 rs deg w 20 chains to station ii,
at a stump of five prOngs of an elder tree
cactus alches; thence over the plain \
S4H degrees w llS chains to stake in a
mound; thence S deg w l05 chains 50
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
deg W; the chapel bears 5 81 deg W; the
mill OF j I'm Rowland bears deg r.,
and his house bears 1917 deg w; thence
s 221a deg w As chains 81 links to The
northern end of the division fence be.
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
ROwland; thence along said fence
j % deg W s 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 5 p deg W 10 chains 80