Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-28

WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, et aI.'
Defendants.
In pursuance OF o decree of said Circuit
Court, entered in the above emitted
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
whereby 1 the undersigned, Master IN
Ch ancery OF said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct and carry
out the sale OF the properly hereinafter
described.
n office is hereby given that on
WEDNESDAY, the 18th DAY
OF JULY, 1879,
At IL 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, 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 Il Eecessary TO 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 stu
ated in the county of Los Angeles, State
of California, district Aforesaid, and par
ticularly bounded and desert bed as fol-
lews, TO wilt:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
the county of LOS Angeles known and
described in the public surveys OF the
hall of the southwest quarter oil section
seventeen (l7) In township two (2l, 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
the Rancho Potrero Grande, bounded
and described in the patent for the same
| issued by the United States Government
| to Juan M. sanchez, dated July 10, 1853,
recorded in Book l OF Patents, on page l
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 Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1852, 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-
ing that portion conveyed to William
workman by John Rowland. ST., by a
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
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, 1865, recorded March 9Th, ,.lS8S, in book
| 0 oil deeds, page 1923. Second-A deed from
| William Workman to Frederick Lam.
bourn, dated September 18th, 1870, and
recorded September nth. 1870, in book l5
| of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
| William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz-
hugh to Z l. Beale and Robert = Baker,
| da.ed April lst, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, In book 20 Of deeds, page o..
| to Joseph w Work man. dated October
| 18th, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
in book "a of deeds, page 275. Fifth-A
deed from William Workman to the
dated August 2Oth, 1879, and recorded o.
vember 10Th, 1873, in book 27 OF deeds
page 1928. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam work man to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April Sth' 1874
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An.
geles county, which said hact- alter ex-
4 ceptng the portions referred to in the
six deeds last aforementioned is bound
ed and described as follows: Beginning
ut point in the centre of the old bed ol
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 O willow tree inches in dl.
links; thence according to the true me-
ridian (the magnetic variation being |;
deg 80 minutes easU along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, al
surveyed and patented by the United
states, as follows: n 30 deg II l3 chains 4,
links to q willow iuches in diameter
marked sta. 2; thence N llla degrees &c 4!
chains; thence N IA deg h so chains tt
station q, to a rock liinches long. Sinche'
wide and inches thick; thence 70 des
Il 248 chains to a sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading TO san Bernardino and
marked station s; thence along the parti'
tion 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 r rederick Lambourn;, thence
sdeg % " 20 chains; and 8 So degrees 4 K
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: = 4
deg W IS chains 80 links 10 a stake easi
1893 CHAINS, to astake In mound in ravine
from which stake the northern ono of Q
group OF three sycamofes on the southern
edge of gully or wash, all of about thir'
ty inches diameter, bears 81 deg W dis.
tant 404 links, and the southern one o
said gIoup bears s 50 deg w distant Az
links; the middle one of said group moi
being visible from the said stake; thence
over The san Jose Hills $ % degrees h lot
chains and 50 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tIact of land conveyed BY VIII
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to 4 Beale and Robert S Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line OF said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol.
lows: S 88 deg w II chains 81 links to a
| stake marked Fitzhugh and William
Work man, on top of large hill; thence
S 80 deg w 40 chains and SO links to q
stake IN mound of stone marked + F1tz-
hugh and W Workman, close to a small
arroyo; thence n 66A deg w 2s chains
Of a hill, marked F + & W W; thence
S7N deg w is chains and 50 links, to q
stake marked T + Il W w, with mound
and pits, posted on su mmit OF n nigh ana
| steep hill; thence 59I5 deg w 45 chains
SO links to big pile OF rocks marked on
| the northern side W w and on the south
| ern side T F.; thence s 81 deg w 20 chains
| to a stake marked T. + u w w, on the
summit Of high hill, with mound and
pits; thence s 60 deg " 45 chains IS links
| to a stake marked r f. & W w, with pits
| In mound thence N "a dog W rs chains
| to stake marked p Fitzhugh & W Work.
man, on top OF hill; thence 6j deg w
| AZ chains to q point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
| lows: N % deg w 20 chains to station IL,
| at q stump of five prongs of an elder tree
| in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
| cactus patches; thence over the plain N
| SAY degrees w ll8 chains to n stake in q
mound; thence s deg W los chains so
| 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
w OCuio . oO/2 ot W anu 2 OV1a
deg W; the chapel bears s 81 deg w; The
mill OF John Rowland bears 8 deg n,
and his house bears $ 1917 deg W; thence
S 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
y % deg w s chains 80 links to an offsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 6S deg W % links TO corner OF
fence; thence s 20 deg w 10 chains 36
links to the center of San Jose creek;
thence along the channel OF said creek N
5lh deg w chains; S 81 deg. w chains;
N 4Ok deg w chains so links; N So deg
W Q chains so links; N IL deg w 2chalns;
N 60 deg w 2chains: N 75 deg va chains
so links: N 80 deg W | chain so links; N
5lh deg w chains 25 links to station SO.
whence the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N "a deg
w chains so links; N 81 deg w 8 chains
so links; n ~ deg w chains so links;
N 48 deg w 2 chains so links; N TN deg
w 5 chains, to station A in said creek,
from which the fence on the west side OF
Rowland's wheat field ranges ii deg W,
N IS degrees w 4 chains; N 77A deg w
chains 80 links; N 80 deg w chains 81