Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-16

with the Will annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, OF AL,
Defendants.
In pursuance OF q decree OF said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February. 1879,
whereby | the undersigned, Master in
Chancery 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
WEDNESDAY, the 10th DAY
OF JULY, 1879,
AT l2 O'Clock NJ, at the door OF
the Court House, IN the city of Los
Angeles, in the county of Los Ange-
les, in said district, l 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 necessary TO pay
complainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
| cruing 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
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 (l7) in township two (2), south
| range thirteen (l3l, west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing S0 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 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-GeneraI
and 1eld 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 Will
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
lie Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed October Sd, 1862, 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 Puente and be-
Workman by John Rowland. ST., by q
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1858, re-
corded June 25ih, 1868, in book 10 of deeds,
page 80, Records Of Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefrom all those
portions IL o ,eof described and conveyed
in and by the following deeds First--A
deed from William Workman to Marga-
ret Workman de Iemple, dated uo March
0 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 10
William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz-
hugh to f l. Beale and Robert $ Baker,
da.ed April lst, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, in book 20 Of deeds, page 81.
to Joseph w Work man. dated October
llth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book u of deeds, page 275 Fifth--A
deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 10th, 1873, and recorded No
yember goth, 1873, in book 27 of deeds,
page 1873. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam workman to the Southern Pacific
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 80 OF
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records Of Los An
geles county, which said tiact-atter ex-
cepting the portions referred to in the
six deeds last abOve-m entiOned is bound
ed and described as follows: Beginning
at 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 willow tree inches in di-
ameter bears N 721a degrees w distant 9Sl
links: thence according to the true me-
iidian (lhe magnetic variation being 10
~ minutes edSiD stlOlS iAC eh tCIlOl
boundary or said Rancho La Puente, as
T surveyed and patented by the United
states. as follows: n 81 deg e l3 chains Al
links to willow inches in diameter,
marked sta. .; thence N ll12 degrees h 45
chains; thence N IA deg E 90 chains to
station 4, to rock lIfnches long, S inches
wide and 6 inches thick; thence N rs deg
E 2iS chains to sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to san Bernardino and
marked station 8: thence along the parti-
tion line described in said deed of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, s deg W 40 chainsto
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract n So deg w 20 chains; S
A deg w 20 chains; and Sc degrees Il 20
chains back TO said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: a
deg w 3S chains Sc links TO a stake east
1893 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 diameter, bears S 50 deg w dis
tant 40i links, and the southern one of
said group bears s SO deg w distant 4l8
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over the San Jose Hills s % degrees e lOb
chains and 90 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by VIII
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 fol-
lows: s So deg w AZ chains 81 links TO a
stake marked p Fitzhugh and William
Work imam, on top of large hill; thence
S 33 deg w 20 chains and SO links TO a
stake in mound of stone marked p F1tz-
hugh and w Workman, close to a small
arroyo; thence n G6A deg w % chains
afa S 81 INKS marked Pr e y W. 9ets tsencs an 0s
s74 deg W l5 chains and 50 links, to q
stake marked i r & w w, with mound
and pits, posted on su mmft OF o. high ana
steep hill; thence SOY deg w As chains
so links to q big pile of rocks marked on
the northern side w w and on the south
ern side Z f; thence s 81 deg w 20 chains
to stake marked r + Il w w, on the
summit of a high hill, with mound and
to stake marked r Il & W w, with pits
in q mound; thence N "A dog w 10 chains
| to stake marked p Fitzhugh & w Work.
man, on top Of a hill; thence 65 deg w
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N % deg w 20 chains to station II,
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
S4% degrees W ll8 chains to stake in q
mound; thence s deg w los chains so
i 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 60I
deg W: the chapel bears 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears 8 deg Il,
| and his house bears y 1917 deg W; thence
| y 22% deg w AS chains by links to The
northern end of the division fence be.
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
| Rowland; thence along said fence
y % deg w s chains so links to an oflsetin
| fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
| thence N 6S deg w % links 10 corner OF
| fence; thence s 20 deg w 10 chains SO
| links to the center Of san lose creek;
thence along the channel OF said creek N
5l1S deg w chains; S 81 deg W 2 chains;
N 40h deg w 2 chains so links; N 63 deg
W. chains so links; N Is deg w 2chains;
N 60 deg w 2 chains: N IS deg w 2 chains
| so links; N 35 deg w chain 90 links; N
5lh deg w chains % links to station 80
whence the southeast corner of Work
mans Chapel hears N 20 deg W; N "a deg
cha.hs SU iinksi aaf y o. ueg chains mans
N 48 deg w chains 80 links; N 74@ deg
w S chains, to station "A in said creek,
from which the fencs on the west side OF
T. l,a AsaI "a q lox-