Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-10-14
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

In the Circuit Court of the United States.
Ninth Circuit, in and Tor the District OF
CAMlLO MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
with the will annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, ct al,
Defendants.
In pursuance OF decree of said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
whereby l, 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 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
| Anseles, in the county of Los Ange-
| les, in said district, l shall sell at
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, or so
| much thereof as shall be necessary 10 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 sltu-
|
| of California, district aforesaid, and par
| ticularly bounded and described as fol-
| Jews, to wit:
First-All 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 ~ in township two ~, south
range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing so 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
to Juan M. sanchez, dated July 10, 1853,
| recorded in Book l of Patents, on page l
and following, Records of the County OF
| Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
| of the United states Surveyor-9enerai
and field notes therein contained, refer
| ence is hereby made for q 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 VIII
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October2d, 1862; record
ed October Sd, 1852, in book 5, page 634
| Records of Los Angeles county.
Third-All that tract of land situated
| in the county of Los Angeles, being a
portion OF the "Rancho La Puente' and
| being that portion conveyed to William
| Workman by John Rowland. ST., by a
deed of partition dated June Esd, 1868, re-
corded June 18th, 1865 in book 1907 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
9Th, 1868, recorded March 9th ,.l66S, in book
| 0 OF deeds, page 1923. Second-A deed from
| William Workman to Frederick Lam
| bourn, dated September 18th, 1870, and
| recorded september llth. 1870, in book 10
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
| William Workman and Peregrne Fitz-
| hugh to Il A. Beale and Robert = Baker,
dated April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
3D., 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page 81.
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
| to Joseph w Work man, dated October
Ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
| in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fitth-A
deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
dated August 2Uth, 1873, and recorded No
| vember 10th, 1873, in book 81 of deeds,
page 1913. And siXth-A deed from Will
| liam Workman to the Southern Pacific
| Railroad Company dated April 9th, 1874,
| and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
| geles county, which said llact- after eX-
ceptlng 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 cold bed OF
| the river San Gabriel on the south side
| of the road from Los Angeles to san Der.
nardino, in an irregular mound of rock
| from which willow tree inches in dl-
| ameter bears N 7212 degrees w distant 9Sl
| links: thence according TO the true me-
| ridian the magnetic variation being Is
| deg 80 minutes easU along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed ana patented by the United
states. as follows: n 81 deg f. 10 chains 10
| links to willow b inches in diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence H. degrees Il Do
| chains; thence N ii deg II 60 chains to
| station 4, to a rock II inches long, inches
wide and 8 inches thick; thence N 70 deg
| T. 2iS chains to a sycamore "A inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
| road leading to san Bernardtno and
| marked station 5; thence along the parti-
| ton 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 So deg w 20 chains; 5
| deg w 20 chains; and S So degrees Il 20
| chains back to said partition line; thence
| along said partition line as follows: S 4
deg w 80 chains 81 links 10 stake east
| 1893 chains, to stake in mound in ravine,
| from which stake the northern one OF Il
group of three sycamores on the southern
edge of gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty inches diam eter, bears 80 deg w dis
tant 4O4 links, and the southern one of
said group bears S S3 deg w distant AIS
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over The san Jose Hills S % degrees Il 100
chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to Z s Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of SAID
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows; S IS deg W a. chains 81 links to
stake marked z Fitzhugh and William
Workman, on top of large hill; thence
S 80 deg w 40 chains and 90 links to u
II aot1Dl Nf utf arlr rod a 40
hugh and W Workman" close to small
arroyo; thence N 68A deg w % chains
and 50 links to big pile OF rocks on top
of a hill, marked "P f a. W W." thence S
stake marked up + & w W." with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF a nigh and
steep hill; thence S 59h deg w 40 chains
50 links to big pile o! r re u.s. marked on
the southern side "P F;' thence
p ri np F & " W. :, on S't the
summit OF high hill, with mound and
to stake marked 'P F&W W." with pits
in mound; thence "A dog w rs chains
to a stake marked up Fitzhugh& Work
man." on top OF hill; thence s 6j deg w
AZ chains to a point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N % deg w 20 chains to station II i,
at stump of five prongs of an elder tree
in the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches, Iueuce over tue pam ~
S41a degrees w ll8 chains to n stake in a
mound; thence S deg w 100 chains 80
links to q stake in mound at the foot OF
the western point of The san jose Hills,
from which stake the house of William
Workman bears $ 500 deg w and 60l5
deg W; the chapel bears 81 deg w; the
mill OF John Rowland bears s. deg r.,
and his house bears 1917 deg w; thence
s 225 deg w 4S 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 80 links to an offs etin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 6S deg w ~ links TO corner OF