Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-16
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

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In the Circuit Court of the United states:
Ninth Circuit, in and for the District OF
CAMiIo MARTIN, Com piainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
with the Will annexed of the estate or
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. lsIs,
Whereby /, the undersigned, Master In
Ch 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
SATURDAY, the Goth DAY
OF SEPTEMBER. 1879,
AT 8 O'Clock p. NJ. orthat day, al the door
of the Court House. in the city of Los
Angcies, i'll the county of Los Ange-
les, in said district, l shall sell Mt
puulic auction. to the highest bidder, for
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 l. ecessary 10 pay
| com mplainant the amount due under said
decree, with Interest and costs ana ac-
cruiDg costs, except 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, and par
| ticularly bounded and described as fol-
| lews, 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
| hall of the southwest quarter OF section
| seventeen (l7) in township two ~, south
range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardlno
| base and meridian, containing o0 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 NJ. sanchez, dated July 10, 1859,
recorded in Book OF Patents, on page !
and following, records of the County OF
| Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
| of the United States Surveyor-ieneral
| 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 anu de-
| scribed in q certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to Margeriia Workman
| de Temple, dated October I'd, 1852; record
| ed October 3D., 1862, in book s, page 6Si,
| 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. 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, 1868, recorded March 5th ,.lS6S, in book
| 8 OF deeds, page 1928. Second-A deed from
| William Workman TO Frederick Lam
I Co, "a. nd
recorded September 18th. 1870, in book Is
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
| William Workman and Peregrlne Fftz-
hugh to E l. Beale and Robert y Baker,
dated April lst, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, iS72, 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 book2i OF deeds, page 20. Fifth1A
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2OtlI, 1873, and recorded Mo-
| vember Goth, 1873, in book ~ OF deeds,
page l2S. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam Workman to the Southern facific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 30 OF
deeds. page 9l7, al in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tiact-after ex-
cepting 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 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 Inches in d.
ameter bears N 721a degrees w distant 9Sl
links: thence according to the true me-
ridian Qhe magnetic variation being l3
deg 20 minutes east along the exterior
boundary OF said rancho La Fuente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states. as follows: n 81 deg " 10 chains ID
links to willow inches in diameter,
| ,.,I 70 . thnnnp ~ lllZ slaprppG Al
chains; thence n II deg Il 90 chains 10
station 4, to a rock II inches long, inches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
f. 2iS chains to a sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to san Bernardino and
marked station 5; thence along the parti-
ton 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 Lam bourn; thence
along said tract N 50 deg w 70 chains; s
deg W 20 chains; and SO degrees Il 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: y
deg w IS chains 81 links 10 a stake east
S9S chains, to stake in mound in ravine,
from which stake the northern one of a
group of three sycamoies on the southern
edge OF gully or wash, all OF about thir-
ty inches diameter, bears ) % deg w dis
tant 4Oi links, and the southern one OF
said group bears S 50 deg w distant Ais
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over The san Jose Hills 5 22 degrees II l01
chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrlne Fitzhugh
to E Beale and Robert ) Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of SAID
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: S 8s deg w ~ chains 81 links to a
stake marked = Fitzhugh and William
| Workman, on top of large hill; thence
| = w 4O chains and m links In a
stake in mound of stone marked "P Fitz.
hugh and w Workman" close to a small
arroyo; thence N 66A deg w % chains
S e links K eF Pe q s1sEs ihends en
stake marked "P & w W." with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF nigh and
steep hill; thence S 500 deg w As chains
the northern Side "W W. and on
1.-THE southern side "P FS' thence
3 81 deg W q chains to a stake
marked "P F. d W w" on, the
pits; thence s 65 deg W As chains IS links
to stake marked "P F& W W." with pits
in mound; thence N "a dog w rs chains
to stake marked "P Fitzhugh&W Work
man." on top OF q hill; thence s. s. deg w
~ chains to point in said partition line;
| thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N % deg w 20 chains TO station II,
at stump of five prongs of an elder tree
III tne center Oh an arroyo, SuTTOuuueQ Dy
| cactus patches; thence over the plain N
| S4% degrees w llS chains to stake in q
mound; thence s A deg W los chains so
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 $ 5aH deg w and S 6OM
| deg W; the chapel bears 5l deg W: the
mill OF John Rowland bears $ deg E,
and his house bears s 1873 deg W; thence
| 8 22% deg w 4S chains 67 links to the
| northern end of the division fence be.
| tween the enclosures OF Workman and
| Rowland; thence along said fonce
: % deg w s chains 80 links to an Offset in
| fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
| thence N IS deg w % links TO corner OF
| fence; thence 5 % deg w 10 chains 80
| thence along the channel OF said creek N