Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-08
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

in the Circuit Court of the United States.
Ninth Circuit, in and Tor the District OF
California.
CAMiLo MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, administrators
with the will annexed of the estate OF
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 ana 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 HouEe, in the
city of Los Angeles, in the county of Los
Angeles, in said district, shall sell at
puuiic auction, 10 the highest bidder, for
cash in gold coin of the United states, In
separate parccls,a, hereinafter described
the following described property, or so
much thereof as shall be l. ecessary 10 pay
complainant the mount due under SAID
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruil costs, 90 cept The portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned and
described, the saiu property being STU
ated In the county of Los Angeles, state
Of California, district Aforesaid, ana par
ticularly bounded and described as fol-
lews, 10 VIII:
Flrst-AIl that piece OF land situated in
the county OF /, os Angeles known ana
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 (l3l, west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing ~ 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 he patent for the same
issued by the United states Government
to Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July ~, 1888,
recorded in Book Of Patents, on page
ana following, Records of the County OF
Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
of the United states surveyor-General
and field notes therein contain ed, refer
ence is hereby made for more particu-
lar description thereof, saving and ex.
ceptinx 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
ed october Sd, 1862, in book s, page 63i,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third--All that tract of land situated
in the county OF Los Angeles, being
portion OF the Rancho La Puente and be-
ing that portion conveyed to William
deed of Partition dated June 23d, 1858, re-
corded June 25th, 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: First-A
deed from William Workman to Marga-
ret Workman de Temple, dated March
5th, 1868, recorded March 5th ,.lS8S, in book
81 deeds, page sls. secondmA Nd deed from
bourn. dated Septembe 10th, 1870, and
recorded September nth. 1870, in book Is
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrine Fftz-
hugh to f L Beale and Robert 3 Baker,
dated April lst, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, In book 20 of deeds, page 81.
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Workma dated October
llth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2uth 1873, and recorded N o.
vember 10th, 1873, In book 81 OF deeds,
page I23. And sixth-A deed from Will
| liam " erk man to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 of
deeds, page 3l7, al in Records OF Los An
geles county, which said tiact.after ex-
cepting the portions referred to in the
six deeds last above-mentioned.i is bound
ed and described as follows: Beginning
at a 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 q willow tree 7 inches in di-
ameter bears N TN degrees W distant 9Sl
links; thence according to the true me-
ridian (the magnetic variation being l3
deg 50 minutes easD along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states. as follows: n 30 deg E l3 chains 45
links to o willow iuches in diameter,
~ 4 tn o. y, 4
chains; thence N ii deg K 80 chains to
station q, to u rock II inches long, inches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
Il 248 chains to u sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading 10 San Bernard!nO and
marked station 5; thence along the parti-
ton line described in said deed of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, S deg w 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said frederick Lam bourn; thence
along said tract N So deg w 70 chains; S
4 deg W 20 chains; and s SO degrees Il 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: = 4
deg W 3S chains 50 links TO a stake east
393 chains, to stake in mound in ravine,
from which stake the northern one of a
group of three sycamores on the southern
edge OF gully or wash, all OF about thlr-
ty inches diameter, bears s 81 deg w dis
tant 4OI links, and the southern one of
said gtoup bears S Sc deg w distant AIS
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over The san Jose Hills S p degrees + los
chains and 80 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by VIII
liam Workman and Peregrine FitZhugh
to E 9 Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line OF said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: So deg W II chains 81 links to a
stake marked Eitzhugh and William
Work man, on top of a large hill; thence
s 33 deg W 90 chains and 80 links TO a
stake in mound of stone marked Z Fltz-
hugh and w Workman, close to small
arroyo; thence n 66A deg w % chains
Of a hill, marked PF& w W; thence s
s734 deg W l5 chains and 50 links, to a
and pits, posted on summit OF nigh and
steep hill; thence S 59h deg w 45 chains
| so links to big pile of rocks marked on
the northern side w W and on the south
to a stake marked T Il Il W W, on the
summit OF high hill, with mound and
pits; thence IS deg y 20 chains % links
to q stake marked z + " W W, with pits
in mound; thence "A dog W IS chains
to a stak marked z Fitzhugh & W Work.
man, on top of n hill; thence \ 6j deg w
AZ 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
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
| S415 degrees w ll8 chains to a stake in q
mound; thence s deg W l05 chains 80
| links to q stake in mound at the foot OF
| the western point OF the San Jose Hills,
| from which stake the house OF William
| Work man bears y 59h deg W and s 601S
| deg w; the chapel bears 81 deg w; the
mill of John Rowland bears s deg f.,
and his house bears y 1919 deg W; thence
22% deg w 48 chains by. 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 so links to an offset in
fence on the south hank OF an arroyo;
thence n Gs deg W.. links 70 corner OF
fence; thence % deg w 10 chains 36
links to The center of San Jose creek:
thence along the channel OF said creek N
5l% deg w chains; S 81 deg w . chains;
N 40x deg w 2 chains SO links; N 63 deg
W2chains so links; N l3 deg w 2chains;
N 80 deg w 2 chains: N 70 deg w chains
| so links: N 35 deg w | chain so links; N
5lh deg W 0 chains % links to station 80,
whence the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N "A deg
w 8 chains so links; N 81 deg w chains