Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-09

WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
with the will annexed of the estate OF
Defendants.
In pursuance of a decree of said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day Of February. 1879,
whereby 1, the undersigned, Master in
Oh ancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct and carry
out the sale OF the property hereinafter
described.
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 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
IL UGH thereof as shall be Lecessary 10 pay
C m claimant the aplount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruiDg costs, 81 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
ticulsrly bounded and described rs 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 (2l, south
range thirteen (l3l, west san 'Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 80 acres,
more or less.
Second-All that tract of land situated
in the county of los Angeles known as
the Rancho Potrero Graude, bounded
and described in the patent for the same
issued by the United States Government
- sl.sr. .l.., N rAI ItrIw
recorded in Book OF Patents, on page
and following, Il ecords 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 a more particu-
lar description thereof, saving and ex.
cepting from the operation Of said decree
SO much thereof as IL contained and de-
scribed In a certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1852; record
ed October Sd, 1852, in book 8, page 634,
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 Puente and be-
ing that portion conveyed to William
workman by John Rowland. Sr., by
deed of PARTITION dated June 23d, 1858, re-
corded June 25lh, 1858, in book 10 OF deeds,
page 80, Records Of Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefr0m all those
portions thereof described and conveyed
in and by the following deeds: Eirst-A
deed from William Workman TO Marga-
ret Workman de Temple. dated March
5th, 1865 recorded March 9th 1889, in book
OF deeds, page 1923. second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated september 18th, 1870, and
recorded Septem ber 18th. 1870, IN book ID
of deeds, page $50. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrlne Fits
hugh to E IL Beale and Robert y Baker,
da.ed April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
! I'd, 1872, In book 70 Of deeds, page 6s.
Fourth-A deed from William Work man
| 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 2oth, 1878, and recorded N o.
vember goth. 1873, In book ~ of deeds,
page 1873. And sfxth-A deed from Will
| liam Workman TO the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April 8th, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds. page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said Il tiact-after ex-
| cepting the portions referred to in the
| six deeds last u aforementioned is bound
ed and describe as follows: Beginning
| at point in the centre of the old bed OF
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 TN degrees w distant 9Sl
|
ridian Qhs magnetic variation being l3
| deg 80 minutes east) along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states, as follows: n 80 deg e l3 chains ID
| links to a willow inches in diameter,
marked STA. 2; thence N ~ degrees E 45
chains; thence N IA deg Il SO chains TO
| station 4, to rock II inches long, s inches
wide aad inc hes thick; thence N 70 deg
| Il 248 chains to sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to San BernardinO and
mark ed station s; thence along the parti-
| ton line described in said deed of parti-
| tiOn between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, s deg W 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said frederick Lamb bourn; thence
along said tract N So deg W 20 chains; S
4 deg W 20 chains; and s S6 degrees Il 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: y 4
deg W 80 chains 50 links TO a stake east
393 CHAINS, to stake in mound In ravine,
from which stake the northern one of
group OF three sycamores on the southern
edge of gully or wash, all Of about thir-
ty Inches diam eter, bears s. deg W dis
tant 4O4 LINKS, and the southern one of
said group bears 8 50 deg w distant AIS
being visible from the said stake; thence
over The San Jose Hills s 22 degrees 4 lou
chains and 50 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tIact of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and PeregIine Fitzhugh
to E Beale and Robert Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line fsaid
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: 8 8S deg w Al chains 81 links to o
stake marked r Fitzhugh and William
Work man, on top of a large hill; thence
s S3 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 66H deg w 23 chains
and 3? links to al big PILE % q re. rocks on TOP
S7A deg W Is chains and so links, 10 a
stake marked PF& w w, with mound
and pits, posted on su m nit OF nigh ana
steep hill; thence 8 591S deg w 45 chains
the northern side W W and ON the south
ern side T +; thence 81 deg w 20 chains
to a stake marked r f Il w w, on the
OF a high hill, with mound and
pits thence &c S5 deg y 70 CHAINS al y5 links nix,
in a mound; thence N z! dog W 75chains
to q stake marked T Fitz hugh & w Work.
man, on top of hill; thence 65 deg w
AZ chains to a point In said partition line;
lows: N Is deg W 20 chains to station ii,
at stump of five pr0ngs of an elder tree
In the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
84E degrees w ll8 chains to a stake In q
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 = 5915 deg w and 60h
deg W; the chapel bears 81 deg W; The
mill of John Rowland bears deg Il,
and his house bears 4 1917 deg W; thence
= 22a deg w 1S 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 chains so links to an Offset in |
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 68 deg w % links TO corner OF |
fence; thence s % deg w 10 chains 36 |
links to the center Of San Jose creek; |
thence along the chann ell OF said creek N |
5l% deg w chains; S 81 deg W 2 chains;
N 40h deg w 2 chaius SO links; N SO deg
w 2 chains so links; N IL deg W chains:
N 90 deg w 2 chains: N rs deg w chains
50 links: n So deg w | chain so links; N
SIN deg w 0 chains % links to station 80,
whence the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N n deg
" chains SO links: N 81 deg W & chains
50 links; N 40 deg w 8 chains so links;
n 4S deg W chains 80 links; N 7ih deg
w chains, TO station A In said creek,
from which the fencs on the west eide OF
wheat field ranges ii deg w,
A Nj a wv, I,