Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-23

In the Circuit Court of the United States.
Ninth Circuit, in and Ior the District of
CAMiLo MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
with the will annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased. ct ALL
Defendants.
In pursuance of a decree OF said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitl
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
Whereby /, the undersigned, Master IN
Ch ancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct and carry
Notice is hereby given that on
SATURDAY, the Goth DAY
OF SEPTEMBER. 1879,
At 3 O'Clock p. M. fthat day, at the door
of tho Court House, In the city OF Los
Angeies, in the county of Los Ange-
les, in said district, 1 shall sell at
public 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 Ia Lecessary 10 pay
complainant the amount due under SAID
decree, with interes. and costs and ac-
cruing costs, o. 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
ticu1arly 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 Q7) in township two ~, south
range thirteen Q3), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing SO acres,
more or less.
| nt Nf Iop nd stt t,ya fod
| 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
recorded in Book l OF Patents, on page !
and following. Records of the County OF
| Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
| of the United states Surveyor-G General
and field notes therein contained, 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 Margerta Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1852, in book s, 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 Puen te" and
being that portion conveyed to William
| Workman by John Rowland. ST., by q
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25th, 1855, in book lOo 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 ,.l8GS, in book
| 9 OF deeds, page 1913. Second-A deed from
| William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 18th, 1870, and
| ix,h lr I
of deeds, page 450. Third-A deed from
| William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz
hugh to e l. Beale and Robert Baker
dated April lst, 1872, and recorded Apri
I'd, 1872, in book 20 Of ,, deeds, page o.!
to Joseph w Work man. dated October
Ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth.A
deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
dated August 2Utii, 1873, and recorded N o.
yember 2Oth, 1873, in book ~ OF deeds
page 1873. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam Workman to the southern facifit
Railroad Company dated April 9Th, 1874
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 ol
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records Of Los An
geles county, which said tact after ex-
cepting the portions referred to in the
| six deeds last aforementioned. is bound
ed and described as follows: Beginn, ne
at point in the centre of the old bed ol
the river San Gabriel on the south side
of the road from Los Angeles to San Ber
nardfno, in an irregular mound or rock
from which a willow tree inches in di.
ameter bears N 72h degrees w distant 9Sl
links; thence according to the true me-
ridian uhe magnetic variation being !;
deg 30 minutes easU along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states. as follows: n 80 deg E IL chains II
links to willow inches in diameter
marked sta. 2; thence N ll1 degrees Il a
l 4 l. 1n.r L. .l, Wi fE
station 4, to a rock liinches long, s inches
wide and 8 inches thick; thence 70 deg
| r. 2iS chains to u 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 tc
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said frederick Lambourn;. thence
along said tract N So deg w 70 chains;
4deg W 20 chains: and s SO degrees E &
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows:
deg W 33 chains 81 linkS 10 81 stake east
393 chains, to astake in mound in ravine
from which stake the northern one OF a
group of three sycamores on the southern
edge OF a gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty inches dianeter bears = 50 deg W dis.
tant 4Of LINKS, and the southern one OF
| said group bears s So deg w distant AIS
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over the san Jose Hills % degrees Il l0t
chains and 50 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
TO Il Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: S IS deg W Al chains 81 links to a
stake marked p Fitzhugh and William
Work man, on top OF large hill; thence
| S 33 deg W 40 chains and so links to a
| a fs.t.n Irn EE.f
hugh and W Workman" close to small
arroyo; thence N 66A deg w % chains
and 50 links to a big pile OF rocks on top
of hill, marked "P f d. W W." thence
stake marked "P + & W W." with mound
and pits, posted on su mmit OF nigh and
steep hill; thence 591S deg W As chains
80 links to big pile OF rocks marked on
the northern side "W w" and on On
marked "P'F e. W W." on the
summit OF high hill with mound and
pits; thence 8 65 deg " 45 chains Us links
in mound; thence N "a dog W IS chains
| to stake marked ''P Fitzhugh& w Work.
man." on top OF a hill; thence 8 s. deg w
42 chains TO a 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; thence over the plain N
S4% degrees w ll8 chains to q stake in a
mound; thence 8 deg W los chains 80
| 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 y 59h deg w and s 801s
| deg W; the chapel bears 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears > deg K,
and his house bears \ 1917 deg W; thence
| s 22% deg w 4S chains 81 links to the
northern end of the division fence be.
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
= % deg W s chains 50 links to an Offset in
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
| thence N 6s deg w % links TO corner OF
fence; thence s % deg w 10 chains 80
links to the center OF San Jose creek !;