Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-08

Defendants.
In pursuance OF a 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
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 l. ecessary TO pay
omplainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruing costs, eA cept the portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned and
ated In the county of Los Angeles, State
of California, district Aforesaid, and par
ticularly bounded and described us fol-
iews, TO wit:
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 (li) IN township Two vi, kOupn
range thirteen (l3), west San Bernardino
base and meridian, containing so 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 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-General
and field notes therein contained, refer
ence is hereby made for q more particu-
lar description thereof, saving and ex-
cepttng from the operation of said decree
so much thereof as is contained and de-
scribed in certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to Msrgerlta ,oSs Workman
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 q
portion OF the Rancho La Puente and be-
Workman by John Rowland. ST., by a
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1858, re-
corded June 25th, 1858, in book 10 Of deeds,
page 80, Records Of Los Angeles county,
portions thereof described and conveyed
in and by the following deeds: First-A
deed from William workman to Marga-
ret Work an de Temple, dated March
5th, 1868, recorded March 9th ,.lS6S, in book
Q OF deeds. page S2s. 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 l. Beale and Robert y Baker,
da.ed April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, in book 20 Of deeds. page 81.
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Work man, dated October
n rapnrdRd
in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Ftfth-A
deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2vtn, 1873, and recorded Mo-
page 1913. 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 20 OF
geles county, which said tact- after ex-
cepting the portions referred to in the
six deeds last Labove-menttoned.is 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 d.
ameter bears n 721s degrees " distant 98l
links: thence according TO the true me-
Tidi ian Qhe magnetic variation being Is
deg so minutes east) along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed ana patented Z, by the United
links to a willow 6 inches in diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence N ll% degrees e 45
chains; thence N IA deg X SO chains TO
station 4, to a rock II inches long. 8 inches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
h 248 chains to 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 partl-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, s deg W 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
Of said frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract N So deg " 20 chains; s
chains back to said partition line thence
along said partition line as follows: IS 4
deg W 3S chains so links 10 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 diameter, bears % deg W dis
tant 40i links, and the southern one of
said group bears S SO deg w distant AIS
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over the san Jose Hills 8 20 degrees + l0B
chains and 80 links to- the northeast cor
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
TO Z Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
alopg the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
stake marked P Fitzhueh and William
Workman, on top of large hill; thence
s 33 deg W 20 chains and so links to a
stake IN mound of stone marked r F1tZ-
hugh and W WoTkamG,aan, close to (, a small
and 50 links to big pile Of rocks on top
Of q hill, marked p f & W w; thence s
S7s< deg w Is chains and SO links, to a
stake marked + + & W w. with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF a nigh ana
steep hiii; thence s 59hs deg w As chains
so links to a big pile of rocks marked on
the northern side w w and on the south
ern side F; thence 81 deg W 20 chains
summit of high hill, with mound and
to a stake 9 marked r + & W w, with pits
In a mound; thence N "a deg W IS chains
man, on top OF hill; thence s 85 deg W
AZ chains to a point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol.
lows: N 2S deg w 20 chains TO station IL,
at stump of dve 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 a
mound; thence 8 4 deg W l05 chains 80
links to stake in mound at the foot oil
the western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house OF William
Workman bears 59h deg w and 8 COZ
deg W; the chapel bears S 81 deg W; the
mill Of Sonn kowiana koS ao pears aas y t, deg n,
s 22% deg W IS chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be.
tween the enclosures of Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
i "a deg W chains so links to an Offset In
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 6S deg w % links to corner oil
fence; thence 3 % deg w 10 chains 80
thence along the channel OF said creek N
6lL deg w chains; S 81 deg w 2 chains;
N l0h deg w 2 chains so links; N SO deg
w chains so links; N IL deg w 2chains;
So links; N 35 deg W l chain so links; N
81 n deg w chains 25 links to station 80,
whence the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg W; N "a deg
SO links: N 4O deg w 3 chains 30 links: