Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-06

WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
with the Will annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, ct AL,
In pursuance of 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. eonduct and carry
out the sale OF the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
MONDAY, the TWELFTH DAY
OF MAY, 1879,
At the door of the Court House, in the
city of Los Angeles, in the county of Los
Angeles, in said district, 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
the following described property, or SO
much thereof as shall be L ecessary TO pay
com plainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruipg costs, except the portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned and
described, the said property being sltu-
ated In the county of Los Angeles, State
of California, district Aforesaid, and par
ticularly bounded and described as fol-
iews, TO wit:
First-All that piece Of land situated In
the county of LOS Angeles known and
described in the public surveys OF the
United States of America as the south
seventeen Q7) in township two (2l, south
range thirteen I3), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 80 acres,
more or less.
in the county of Los Angeles known as
the Rancho Potrero Grande, bounded
and d described in the patent for the same
issued by the Emitted states government
to Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July ID, 1859,
recorded in Book OF Patents, on page !
and following, X hecords 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 certain deed made by Will
liam Work man to Margerita Workman
dc Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1882, in book 5, page 634,
Records of Los Angeles county.
Third-AlI that tract OF land situated
in the county of Los Angeles, being a
portion OF the Rancho La Puen tie and be-
ing that portion conveyed to William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr., by q
deed of partition dated June 2Sd, 1868, re-
corded June 25lh, 1868, in book 10 of deeds,
page SO, 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, 1868, recorded March 9th ,.lS6S, in book
9 OF deeds, page 323. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated Septemb ber 10th, 1870, and
recorded Septem Der 18th. 1870, in book l5
OF deeds, page 49, Third-A deed from
william Workman and Peregrlne Fitz-
hugh to e l. Beale and Robert Baker,
da!ed April lst, 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
In book q of deeds, page 275. Fifth-A
deed from William Workman to the
southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2uth, 1873, and recorded No
vember goth, 1873, in book 27 of deeds,
page 1928. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam Work man to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds. page BIZ, AZ in Records of Los An
ceptlng the portions referred to in the
six deeds last aforementioned. is 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 willow tree z inches in di-
ameter bears N 721a degrees w distant 9Sl
links: thence according TO the true me-
ridian (the magnetic variation being Is
deg so minutes east) along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
States. as follows: N 32 deg l3 chains 46
links to a willow 6 inches in diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence N ll% degrees E 45
chains; thence N II deg e SO chains to
station 4, to a rock II inches long, 8inches
wide and inches thick; thence N rs deg
Il 2IS chains to q sycamore "a inches in
Ito nta GnI1fh nf q
road leading to San Bernardtno and
marked station 5; thence along the parti-
tion line described in said deed OF parti-
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 Sc deg w 20 chains; s
deg w 20 chains; and Sc degrees r 20
along said partition line as follows: y
deg W 38 chains 80 links to q 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 gully or wash, all OF about thir-
ty inches diameter, bears s s. deg w dis
tant 4O4 links, and the southern one of
said group bears s SO 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 e l06
chains and 50 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tact of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to e 8 Beale and Robert s Baker; thence
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: s 88 deg W Al chains 81 links to a
stake marked Fitzhugh and William
Workman, on top of large hill; thence
S 33 deg w 10 chains and so links to a
stake in mound OF stone marked P Fitz-
arroyo; thence N e6N deg W 2s chains
and 50 links to big pile Of rocks on top
of a hill, marked ? f & W W; thence s
stake marked p + & w w, with mound
and pits, posted on su mmit OF a nigh and
steep hill; thence s 59h deg w 45 chains
SO links to big pile of rocks marked on
ern @ Side M r ? F; thence s 81 deg W % Chains
to a stake marked P f w w, on the
summit of high hill, with mound and
pits; thence % deg y 45 chains 95 links
o io ssas MOUND an thence a S5chdRns sh Rss
to stake marked Fitzhugh & w Work.
man, ON top OF q hill; thence Il 81 deg w
AZ chains to a point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
at o stump of five prongs of an elder tree
In the center Of an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
S4H degrees W liz chains to stake in a
mound; thence s 4 deg w l05 chains 80
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 . 59H deg W and s 601a
deg W; the chapel bears s 81 deg w; the
mill Of John Rowland bears 9 deg Il,
and his house bears 8 1917 deg w; thence
s 22La deg w 4S chains by links to the
northern end Of the division fence be;
RowIand: thence along said fence
) % deg W chains 50 links to an Offset in
thence n 6s deg " q links to 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
6l% deg w chains; 81 deg w chains;
N zOh deg w chains so links; N So deg
W. chains 50 links; N Is deg W 2chains;
N go deg w 2 chains: N rs deg w 2 chains
so links: N IS deg w chain so links; N
SIN deg w chains 25 links to station SO,
whence the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N "a deg
w chains so links; N 81 deg w 8 chains
SO links; N ~ deg w 8 chains 90 links;
N 48 deg w chains 80 links; N IAN deg
w s chains, to station "A in said creek,
from which the fence on the west side OF
Rowland's wheat field ranges s IL deg W,
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