Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-27
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.


In the Circuit Court of the United States,
Ninth Circuit, in and ior the District of
California.
CAMiLO MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, administrator
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 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 z. NJ. of that day, at the door
of the Court House, III the city of Los
AngeIes, i'll the county of Los Ange-
les, in said district, l shall sell at
public auction. TO the highest bidder, for
cash i'll gold coin of the United states, in
separate parcels,as hereinafter described
the following described property, or so
much thereof as shall be L ecessary TO pay
complainant 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 situ-
sted in the county of Los Angeles, state
of California, district Aforesaid, and par
ticularly bounded and described as lol-
leWS, TO VIII:
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
| hall of the southwest quarter OF section
seventeen (l7) in township two (2), 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 sam 9
issued by the United states Government
| to Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July 10, 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 contained, refer
ence is hereby made for more particu-
| lar description thereof, saving and ex-
SO much thereof as is contained and de-
| scribed in n certain deed made by VIII
liam Workman to Marger "1rkman
de Temple, dated October ! 81 record
| ed october Sd, 1862 in l. ~. ., age 63i,
Records of Los Angeles .Hdis,
Third-All that tract O. leni situated
in the county OF Los Ange.es, being a
portion OF the "Rancho La Puenten and
| being that portion conveyed to William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr.. by a
deed of PARTITION dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25th, 1868, 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 5th ,.lS6S, in book
9 oil deeds, page 1923. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam.
bourn. dated September 18th, 1870, and
recorded september 18th. 1870, in book IL
lit a frE,,
William Workman and Peregrine Fitz.
hugh to e il Beale and Robert = Baker
da.ed April lst, 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, 1878
in book q OF deeds, page 275. Fifth-A
deed from William Workman to the
dated August 2Uth, 1873, and recorded No.
| VEN ber Goth, 1873, in book q OF deeds,
page 1913. And sixth-A deed from VIII
liam Workman to the Southern fai fc
Railroad Company dated April Sth, ~,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said hact-aft ex-
cepting 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.
|
from which a willow tree 7 inches in di-
ameter bears N TN degrees W distant 98l
links; thence according to the true me-
ridian Qhe magnetic variation being IL
deg 80 minutes easU along the exterior
boundary OF said Hancho LA Puente, as
SURVEYED and patented by the United
states. as follows. n 30 deg Is chains 40
links to a willow Inches in diameter,
marked STA. 2; thence n liz degrees Il 40
chains; thence n ii deg II 50 chains 10
station q, to a rock IA incnes long, inches
wide and 8 inches thick; thence N 10 deg
+. 24S chains to II sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south OF The
road leading TO san Bernardino and
marked station 5; thence along the parti-
tion line described in said deed of partl-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, S deg w 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said rederick ambourn; thence
along said tract N % deg w ~ chains; $
4deg W 20 chains; and sc degrees Il 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: s 4
deg W 3S chains 80 links to stake east
1893 chains, to stake in mound In ravine,
from which stake the northern one of a
group of three sycamOres on the southern
edge of q gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty inches diam eter, bears S 80 deg w dis
tant 4Oi links, and the southern one OF
said group bears s So deg W distant 4lS
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over The san Jose Hills S % degrees l. l06
| chains and so links to the northeast cor
| ner of the tract of land conveyed by VIII
| liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
| to Z 8 Beale and Robert S Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows; SS deg W A chains 81 iinks TO
stake marked = FitZhugh and William
| Workman, on top of large hill; thence
| $ 33 deg w 40 chains and 80 links to
| stake in mound of stone marked "P Fitz-
hugh and w Workman" close to a small
of a hill, mark ed up + Il w W." thenceS
| S7s4 deg w l5 chains and 50 links, 10
stake marked "p F& w W." with mound
steep hill; thence S 500 deg w 45 chains
| 10 links to big pile OF rocks marked on
the northern side "W w" and on
the southern side up Fl" thence
marked "P F q W W. on the
| summit OF high hill, with mound and
pits; thence S 65 deg W 40 chains 95 links
to stake marked"P F&W W." with pits
| to a stake marked "P FitZhugh& w Work
man ;" ON top OF q hill; thence s IS deg w
AZ chains TO point in said partition line;
| thence along said partition line as fol-
at stump Of five prongs of an elder tree
| in the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
| cactus patches; Themes over the plain
| s41a degrees w llS chains to stake in q
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 II ills,
from which stake the house OF william
Workman bears 59M deg w and 5 60b
deg W; the chapel bears = 81 de- w; the
mill OF John Rowland bears deg n,
and his house bears y 1917 de thence
s 221a deg w As chains 67 ,. as to the
northern end of the division lance be.
tween the enclosures OF WorAman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
= % deg W s chains so links to an oflsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;