Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-08

Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February, lSl9,
whereby /, the undersigned, Master IN
Ch ancery 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, 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
puulic 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 10 pay
com plainant 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 situ
ated In the county OF Los Angeles, State
of fCalifornia, district Aforesaid, and par
ticularly bounded anu described as fol-
lews, to wit:
First-All that piece of land situated in
the county OF Los Angeles known and
describ ed in the public surveys OF the
United states Of America as the south
half of The southwest quarter OF section
seventeen (l7) In township two (2), south
range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 50 acres,
more or less.
Second-Ali that tract of land situated
In the county of Los Angeles known as
tho 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-Generai
NJ aa1I f.Ii Ina r.
ence Is hereby made for more particu-
| lar description thereof, saving and ex-
coptins 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
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1882, in book 5, page 634,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third-All that tract of land situated
| in the county OF Los Angeles, being II
portion OF the Rancho La Puente and be-
| ing that portion conveyed to William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr., by a
| deed of partition dated June 23d, 1858, re-
| corded June 25lh, 1883, in book l0of deeds,
| 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 Work man de Temple, dated March
| 5th, 1868, recorded March 9th ,,lSGS, in book
| 0 OF deeds, page S23. Second-A deed from
william Workman to Frederick Lam
| bourn, dated September 10th, 1870, and
recorded september 18th. 1870, in book Is
| of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
| william Workman and PeregrIne Fitz-
hugh to E Il Beale and Robert S Baker,
| da.ed April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
/ Fourth-A deed from William Work m an
/ to Joseph w Workman, dated October
| llth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth--A
deed from William Workma to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2Uth, 1873, and recorded N o.
vember Goth, 1873, in book 27 of deeds,
page 1913. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam Workman to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds. page 3l7, all in Records Of Los An
geles county, which said Il act after ex-
lcepting the portions referred to in the
six deeds last above-m entioned,i 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 TN degrees w distant 9Sl
links: thence according to the true me-
ridian Uhe magnetic variation being l3
deg so minutes easD along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, az
Surveyed and patented by the United
states. as follows: n 81 deg e Is chains 4d
links to willow o inches in diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence N III degrees E 45
chains; thence N II deg Il 90 chains 10
station 4, to a rock II inches long, inches
wide and inches thick; thence N 75 deg
C 24S chains to 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, s deg w 40 chains to
l.. ~..t1 1,a asf ...t
of said + frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract n S6 deg w 20 chains; S
deg w 20 chains; and $ SO degrees E 2C
chains back to said partition line; thence
deg w 3S chains 50 links 10 stake east
1893 chains, to stake in mound in ravine
from which stake the northern one of q
group OF three sycamores on the southern
edge OF gully or wash, all of about thir.
ty Inches diameter, bears IS deg w dis.
;ant 40i links, and the southern one OF
said group bears S So deg w distant 4ls
links; the middle one of said group not
over The San Jose Hills 8 % degrees T. lot
chains and 50 links to the northeast cor.
ner of the tract of land conveyed by VIII
liam Workman and Peregrine FitZhugh
to e 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 q
stake marked p Fitzhugh and William
| Work man, on top of a large hill; thence
8 SO deg w 10 chains and 50 links to O
stake in mound OF stone marked F1tz-
hugh and W Workman, close to q small
larroyo;. thence N 664 deg w 23 chains
and 50 links to big pile OF rocks on tor
S7A deg w 10 chains and so links, to Q
stake marked T. F & W w, with mound
and pits, posted on su mmit OF a nigh and
steep hill; thence s 59h deg w 45 chains
50 links to big pile Of rocks marked on
ern side +; thence s 81 deg w % chains
to a stake marked f & w w, on the
summit of high hill, with mound and
oits; thence e. ID deE Y a5 shans g3 links
in mound; thence N "A deg W rs chains
to astake marked Fitzhugh & w Work.
man, on top Of hill; thonce = 65 deg w
q chains to point in said partition line;
lows: N 2S deg w 20 chains to station II
at stump of five prongs of an elder tree
in the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
mound; thence s deg w l05 chains Sc
links to q stake in mound at the foot o
| the western point OF the San Jose Hills
from which stake the house OF william
Workman bears s 59% deg W and S COZ
deg W; the chapel bears 5 81 deg W; the
| mill of John Rowland bears s 7 deg f.,
and his house bears $ 1917 deg W; thence
: 22h deg w s8 chains by links to the
| northern end of the division fence be.
| tween the enclosures of Workman and
l Rowland; thence along said fence
| \ % deg W 5 chains so 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 SO
links to the center OF San Jose creek (;
| thence along the channel of said creek N
5lL deg w I chains; S 81 deg w chains;
| " 40N deg VIZ chains so links; N 6S deg
| VIZ chains so links; n l3 deg w 2chalns |;
| N 60 deg w 2chains: n rs deg w 2 chains
| 80 links; N 80 deg W l chain so links; N
| 81 u deg w 8 chains % links to station 80,
| whence the southeast corner of Work.
| mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N "A deg
| w Q chains so links; N 81 deg w chains
so links; " ~ deg w 8 chains 80 links;
| N 4S deg w 2 chains so links; N 7ik deg
| w 8 chains, to station A in said creek,
from which the fence on the west side of