Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-26
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

MASIEh , DALE.
In the Circuit Court of the United States.
Ninth Circuit, In and Tor the District OF
CAMiLo MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
with the will annexed of the esIa OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, ct al,
Defendants.
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. conduct ant 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 az
public auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash in gold coin of the United states, in
separate parcels,a, hereinafter described
the following described property, or so
much thereof as shall be Lecessary 10 pay
plainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruiu costs, u \ cept 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
ticulurly bounded and described us fol-
lewS, 10 wit.
First-All that piece OF land situated in
the county OF os Angeles known and
described In the public surveys OF the
United States of America as the south
hall of the southwest quarter oil section
seventeen (l7) in township two (2), south
range thirteen (l3l, west san Bernar,iino
I.,p. "a "A Aiu, M N "a nj m o.
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 N. 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-General
and field notes therein cOntai ned, 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 VIII
| liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october 3D., 1852, in book 3, page 63i,
| Records OF Los Angeles county.
| Third-All that tract of land situated
in the county OF Los Angeles. being n
portion OF the Rancho La Puen to and be-
| ing that portion conveyed TO William
| Workman by John Rowland. Sr., by a
deed of partition dated June sd, 1868, re-
corded June 25lh, 1858, 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: kirst-A
deed from William Workman to Marga'
ret Workman de Temple, dated March
5th, 1865, recorded March 9th .lS6S, in book
9 OF deeds, page 1913. Second-A deed from
| William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 18th, 1870, and
recorded september l7th. 1870, in book Il
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrlne F1tz'
hugh to + il Beale and Robert y Baker
da.ed April list, 1877, and recorded Apri
Fourth-A deed from William Workm al
to Joseph w Work man, dated October
llth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fiith1-,A
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
dated August 2Utn, 1873, and recorded No
vem ber 10th, 1873, In book 27 of deeds
page 1913. And sixth-A deed from Will
Railroad Company dated April Sth,' 1874
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 o
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tact after ex
ceptlng the portions referred to In tht
six deeds last aforementioned is bound
ed and described as follows: Beginn. ms
at a point She centre of the old bed o
the river sd Gabriel on the south side
of the road from Los Angeles to San Ber
i. nardino, in an irregular mound OF roch
from which q willow tree 7 inches in di
ameter bears N TN degrees w distant 9S
links; thence according TO the true me
lidian Qhe magnetic variation being Il
deg 30 minutes eaSU along the exterio
boundary OF said itanoho La Puente. a
surveyed and patented by the United
states, as follows: n 81 deg r l3 chains 4
links to a willow iuches in diameter
marked sta. 2; thence ~ degrees E 4
station :, to rock Il inches long, Sinche.
wide and inches thick; thence 70 des
II 2iS chains TO sycamore "a inches IL
diameter, about one chain south or the
road leading TO San Bernardino and
marked station 5; thence along he parti
ton line described in said deed of parti'
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, deg w 40 chains tt
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre trac
OF said frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract N 60 deg w 70 chains; 5
4 deg W 20 chains; and S Sc degrees E Y
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows! 4
deg W 3S chains 80 links 10 a stake cas-
1893 CHAINS, to a stake in mound in ravine
from which stake the northern one OF q
group OF three sycamores on the southern
edge OF gully or wash, all OF about thlr
ty inches diameter, bears s Sd deg W dis
tant 4Oi links, and the southern one ol
said gloup bears S 50 deg w distant AIS
links; the middle one of said group moi
being visible from the said stake; thence
over he san Jose Hills s % degrees IL IOt
chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner of the tIact of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to Il 8 Beale and Robert > Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fo.'
lows: IS deg W AZ chains 81 links to a
stake marked titzhugh and William
Workman, on top OF large hill; thence
S S3 deg W % chains and 90 links TO
stake in mound of stone marked = F1tz
hugh and W Workman, close to small
arroyo; thence N 66H deg w % chains
and 50 links to big pile of rocks on toI
of a hill, marked T + Il W w; thence
stake marked p f IL W W, with mound
and pits, posted on su mmiJ OF "A nigh anC
steep hili; thence 59h deg w 40 chains
so links to "a big pile OF rocks marked OF
ern side Fl; thence $ 81 deg w - chain'
to a stake marked F ~ w w, on the
summit OF a high hill, with mound and
pits; thence s Is deg W 40 chains IS links
to u stake marked w W, with pits
in a mound; thence N "A dog w 75 chains
to stake marked Fitzhugh d. w Work
man, on top of hill; thence : 8j deg W
AZ chains 10 pointin said partition line
thence along said partition line as fol
lows: N % deg w 20 chains TO station IL
at a stump of five prongs of an elder tree
in the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain n
SAY degrees w ll8 chains to stake in g
mound; thence S deg W l05 chains 81
links to O stake in mound Mt the foot o.
the western point of The san Jose Hills
from which stake the house Of William
Workman bears y 59% deg w and > 6JM
deg W; the chapel beais ) 81 deg W; The
mill OF John Rowland bears $ deg f.,
and his house bears = 1917 deg w; thence
) 221 deg w 4S chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be.
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
| Rowland; thence along said fence
| y q deg W s chains so links to an Offset In
| fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 6S deg w % links 10 corner OF
fence; thence $ % deg w 10 chains 90
| links to the center OF San Jose creek
| thence along the channel OF said creek N
6l% deg w 7 chsins; S 81 deg w . chains;
| N 40h deg w 2 chains 90 links; N 81 deg
w chains so links; N Is deg w 2chalns;
| N go deg w chains: N Is deg w chains
| so links: N 35 deg W chain so links; N