Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-09-27


TEMPLE, administrator
with the will annexed of the estate OF
WORKMAN. deceased, ct al,
Defendants.
In pursuance OF q decree of said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
/, 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 8 O'Clock P. NJ. of that day, at the door
of the Court House, in the city of Los
Angeles, i'll the county of Los Ange-
les, in said district, l shall sell nj
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, or so
much thereof as shall be necessary TO pay
complainant the amount due under sald
decree, with Interest and costs and ac-
crulug costs, except the portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned and
described, the said property being STU
ated In the county OF Los Angeles, state
of California, district aforesaid, and par
ticuIarly 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 tne
United states of America as the south
half of the southwest quarter oil section
seventeen 10 in township two (2), south
range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing ~ acres
more or less.
Second-All 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 ID, 1853
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 partlcu
lar description thereof, saving and ex
cepting from the operation of said decree
SO much thereof as is contained and de
scribed in q certain deed made by VIII
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1862, in book 5, page 63i
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Thrd-All that tract OF land situated
in the county OF Los Angeles, being 6
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, 1868, re
corded June 25th, 1868, in book 1907 deeds
page 80, Records of Los Angeles county
saving and excepting therefrom all thos,
portions thereof described and conveyed
in and by the following deeds: First-A
deed from William Workman to Marga
ret Workman de Temple, dated Marcl
5th, 1868, recorded March 9th ,.lS6S, in bool
OF deeds, page 1913. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated Septem Der 10th, 1870, anC
recorded September 18th. 1870, in book Il
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
william Workman and Peregrlne Fitz
hugh to L L Beale and Robert $ Baker
da!ed April LIST, 1872, and recorded Apri
! I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page 81
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Work man, dated Octobe
18th, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
in book a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth-A
deed from William Workman to thu
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
dated August goth, 1873, and recorded No
vember goth, 1873, in book ~ of deeds
page 1913. And siXth-A deed from VIII
liam Workman to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April 8th, 1874
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book % o
deeds, page 81, all 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 o
the river San Gabriel on the south side
of the road from Los Angeles to San Der
from which q willow tree Z inches in di
am eter bears N 72L9 degrees w distant 98
links: thence according to the true me
ridian Uhe magnetic variation being Ii
deg 80 minutes east along the exterio
boundary of said Rancho La Puente, a
surveyed and patented by the United
States. as follows: n 81 deg e IL chains 4
| links to a willow d inches in diameter
marked sta. 2; thence N liz degrees K 4
chains; thence N II deg Il so chains I,
station 4, to rock II inches long, S inche
wide and 6 inches thick; thence N 70 de-
| e 2IS chains to a sycamore "a inches il
diameter, about one chain south OF tn
road leading 10 san BernardinO ant
mark ed station 5; thence along the parti
| ton line described in said deed of parti
| ton between William Workman ant
John Rowland, Sr, deg w 40 chains t.
| the northeast corner OF The 40 acre trac
of said frederick mbourn;. theme
| along said tract N 81 deg W " chains;
| deg w 20 chains; and S SO degrees II
chains back to said partition line; theme
along said partition line as follows: s
deg W 80 chains So links TO a stake cas-
| 393 chains, to a stake in mound in ravine
from which stake the northern one of
| group of three sycamOres on the southern
| edge OF a gully or wash, all of about thir
ty inches diam eter, bears S 50 deg W dis
| tant 404 LINKS, and the southern one o
| said gIoup bears S SO deg w distant Al
| links; the middle one of said group no
being visible from the said stake; thence
over The san Jose Hills s % degrees e 10
chains and 80 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by. VIII
liam Work man and Peregrine Fit2hugl
to d s Beale and Robert S Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of sale
Beale and Baker tract, as fol
lows: IS deg w A. chains 81 links to {
stake marked z FitZhugh and william
Work man, on top of large hill; thence
S 33 deg w 40 chains and so links to {
stake in mound of stone marked "P Fitz
hugh and w Workman" close to sma
arroyo; thence n 66A deg w q chain
and 80 links to big pile OF Il, rocks on toI
S7s4 deg w is chains and 50 links, to
stake marked "P h & w W." with mount
and pits, posted on summit OF nigh ant
steep hill; thence S 500 deg w 45 chain
50 links to big Pile OF l. TSc iv marked o,
the southern side "P F." thence
naked ri "P f & W W." on tn,
sum nit of high hill, with mound ant
to stake marked "P F& W W. with pitt
in mound; thence N "a deg w 75chains
to stake mark ed up Fitzhugh&W Work
man." on top OF hill; thence S G5 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
at a stump Olive prongs of an elder tree
in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
s4% degrees w lis chains to stake in a
mound; thence S deg W l05 chains sc
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
Workman bears s 50H deg w and S COZ
deg w; the chapel bears S 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears s deg Fl,
and his house bears S 1917 deg W; thence
s 22la deg w As chains " 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 offsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 6S deg w % links TO corner of