Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-10
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

In the Circuit Court of the United States.
Ninth Circuit, in and Tor the District of
California.
WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrators
with the VIII 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 /, the undersigned, Master in
Oh hancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct and carry
out the sale of the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
MONDAY, the TWELFTH DAY
OF MAY, 1870,
At the door of the Court House, in the
city of Los Angeles, in the county of Los
Angeles, in said district, l shall sell at
public auction, TO the highest bidder, for
cash in gold coin OF the U Untted states, in
separate parcels,a hereinafter described
the following described property, or so
much thereof as shall be l. ecessary To pay
com plainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruing costs, eAcepL The portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned aud
described, the safd property being STU
ated In the couutsigf Los Angeles, state
of California, district Aforesaid, and par
ticularly bounded and described as fol-
lews, 10 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 I'D in township two (2), south
range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardino
base ana meridian. containing so acres,
more or less.
Second-Ali that tract of land situated
In the county of Los Angeles known as
tho Rancho PotrrrO Grande, bounded
and described in the patent for the same
issued by the United States Government
to Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July -, 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 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 a certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Tenn pie, dated October I'd, 1867 record
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 Il
portion OF the Rancho La Pnente and be-
ing that portion conveyed TO William
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25th, 1885, in book ~ 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
decd from William Workman to Marga.
| ret Work man de Temple, dated March
| 5th, 1868, recorded March 9Th ,.lS68, in book
| 9 OF deeds, page S23. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
| bourn, dated September 18th, 1870, and
recorded September 18th. 1870, in book Is
| of deeds, page 450. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrine Fftz-
hugh to e l. Beale and Robert y Baker,
da.ed April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, in book % of deeds, page 81.
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
| to Joseph w Work man, dated October
Ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1878,
| in book "a of deeds, page 275. Fifth-A
| deed from William Workman to the
| Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
| dated August 2Uth, 1873, and recorded Mo-
vem ber 10Th, 1878, in book "a OF deeds,
| page l23. 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 % OF
| deeds, page 3l7, 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 OF
I
| OF the road from Los Angeles to San Ber.
| nardino, in an irregular mound OF rock
| from which willow tree inches in di-
ameter bears N 72a degrees W distant 9Sl
| links; thence according to the true me-
lidian Qhe magnetic variation being l3
deg 80 minutes easO along the exterior
boundary of said Rancho La Puente, as
| surveyed and patented by the United
| states, as follows: n 81 deg e l3 chains Al
links to willow inches in diameter
marked sta. 2; thence N llH degrees E 4t
chains; thence N II deg K go chains to
| station 4, to a rock ii inches long, Sfnches
wide and inches thick; thence 20 deg
| k 24S 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-
tlon line described in said deed OF parti.
tion between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, deg w 40 chains to
| the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
| OF said Frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract n So deg w 20 chains; S
4deg w 20 chains; and Sc degrees f &c
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: y 4
deg W 50 chains 80 links to a stake east
| 1893 chains, to astake in mound In rayine,
from which stake the northern one of a
group OF three sycamores on the southern
edge of gully or wash, all of about thir-
| ty inches diameter, bears = 81 deg w dis
| tant 40i LINKS, and the southern one OF
| said group bears s SO deg w distant Ais
Il d
being visible from the said stake; thence
| over the San Jose Hills s 22 degrees X l0t
chains and 80 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tact of land conveyed by VIII
| liam Work man and Peregrine Fitzhugh
| to f Beale and Robert : Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beals and Baker tract, as fol-
| lows: S S5 deg w A. chains 81 links to a
| Work man, on top of a large hill; thence
s SO deg w 20 chains and SO links TO a
stake in mound of stone marked + F1tz-
hugh and W Workman, close to small
arroyo; thence n een deg W p chains
OF hill, marked P F& w w; thence s
| S7N deg w 10 chains and 50 links, 10 a
stake marked + II II W w, with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF mig h and
steep hill; thence s 500 deg w As chains
| SO links to a big pile of rocks marked on
the northern side W w and on the sou TIL
ern side +; thence 81 deg w 20 chains
to q stake marked r F Il w w, on the
sum NIT OF u high hill, with mound and
pits; thence s IS deg W 10 chains IS links
to a stake marked Z + Il w w, with pits
in a mound: thence N "A dog W 20 chains
to q stake marked p FitZhugh & w Work.
man, on top OF a hill; thence y s. deg w
~ chains TO point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N q deg w 20 chains to station H.,
at n stump OF five prongs OF an elder tree
in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
| s4l& degrees w ll3 chains to q stake in a
mound; thence s 4 deg w 100 chains so
| 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 y 59M deg w and $ 60M
deg W: the chapel bears 5 81 deg W; the
| mill OF John Rowland bears = deg E.
and his house bears $ 1917 deg W; thence
221s 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
S % deg VS. chains 50 links to an ofIsetln
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N IS deg w ~ links 10 corner OF
fence; thence $ % deg w 10 chains 30
links to the center Of san Jose creek;
thence along the channel OF said creek N
5i15 deg w chains: S 81 deg w 2 chains;
40h deg w 2 chains so links; N 63 deg
w chains SO links; N IL deg w chains;
N 60 deg w chains: N 70 deg w chains
so links; N 30 deg W | chain 50 links; N
51h deg w chains % links to station 80,
whence the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg W; N "a deg
W chains 50 links; N 81 deg w s chains
so links; N 40 deg w chains so links;