Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-27
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

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In the Circuit Court of the United States.
Ninth Circuit, in and Tor the District of
California.
CAMiLo MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, administrators
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased. ct al,
Defendants.
In pursuance Of decree of said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
whereby L, the undersigned, Master in
Ch anoery 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
puYlic 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
omplalnant 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 sltu-
ated in the county of Los Angeles, state
| of California, district Aforesaid, and par
| ticularly bounded and described as fol-
| lews, to wit:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
the county OF Aos 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 W, south
range thirteen (lSl, west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 50 acres,
| more 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 ~, 1889,
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 n certain deed made by VIII
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd 1862; record
ed october sd, 1862, in book s, page 03i,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Thlrd-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. Sr.. by a
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25lh, 1868, in book ~ OF deeds
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
5,h, 1868 recorded March 5th ,.lS6S, in book
0 oil deeds, page S23. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
| Iatnl lbth lS7O nnf
, recorded Septemb ber 18th. 1870, in book Il
, of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrlne FitZ
hugh to i. Beale and Robert $ Baker
. dated April lst 1872, and recorded Apri
I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page 81
, Fourlh-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Work man, dated October
llth, 1870 and recorded March 9th, 1873
in book q OF deeds, page 275. Fifth-A
, deed from William Workman to tn,
, Southern Pacific Railroad Company
+ dated August 2uth, 1873, and recorded N o
vember goth, 1873, in book 27 of deeds
, page l23. And sixth-A deed from vii
:. liam " orkman to the Southern Pacifi
Z Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874
: and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 o
deeds, page 3i7, all in Records of Los A II
, geles county, which said tact after ex
ceptng the portions referred to in thu
six deeds last aforementioned lis bound
= cd and described as follows: Beginnin:
at point in the centre of the old bed o
| The river san SaDIlcl Otl Nllt sOuIH slu'
of the road from Los Angeles to San Ber
nardino, in an irregular mound of rocl
4 from which Willow tree inches in di
ameter bears N 72% degrees w distant 9S
links; thence according 10 the true me
ridian Qhe magnetic variation being l.
deg 80 minutes easO along the eXteriO
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, a
n surveyed and patented by the Unitet
! states, as follows: y " deg r l3 chains A
links to a willow q iuehes in diameter
: marked Sia. .; thence N lll@ degrees IL 4
/, chains; theGee n II deg h 90 chains Il
, station !, to Il rock II inches long, inche
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 de!
n 2iS chains TO Il sycamore "A inches II
diameter, about one chain south of thu
road leading TO san Bernardino anC
, mark ed station 5; thence along the parti
tion line described in said deed of parti
, ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, 5 deg w 40 chains tC
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre trac
of said rederick Lam bourn; thence
along said tract N 60 deg w 20 chains; :
deg w 20 chains; and $ So degrees Il q
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: y 4
deg W 3S chains 50 links TO stake eas
1893 CHAINS, to stake in mound in ravine
| from which stake the northern one of O
group OF three sycamores on the southern
| edge of gully or wash, all OF about thir-
| ty inches diameter, bears > ID deg w dis
tant 40i links, and the southern one OF
| said gIOup bears ) So deg w distant 4le
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over he san Jose Hills 5 p degrees Il l0t
| chains and 80 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tIact OF land conveyed by VIII
liam Workman and Peregrine FitZhugh
to Il s Beale and Robert ) Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows; SIS deg w AZ chains 81 links to a
stake marked = fitzhugh and William
Workman, on top of large hill; thence
S 33 deg w 30 chains and 80 links to a
stake in mound of stone marked Fttz-
hugh and W Workman, close TO small
arroyo; thence n 664 deg w 23 chains
and 90 links to big pile OF rocks on top
of hill, marked z + IL W w; thence
S734 deg w 10 chains and 50 links, 10 q
stake marked L + d w w, with mound
. and pits, posted on su N NIT OF IA nigh ana
steep hill; thence S 5D1a deg w 45 chains
80 links to big pile of rocks marked on
the northern side W W and on the south
ern side f; thence S 81 deg w % chains
to stake marked f d w w, on the
summit OF high hill, with mound and
pits; thence 20 deg W 45 chains y5 links
to a stake marked T. d w w, with pits
in mound; thence N n dog w 75ehains
to a stake marked p Fltzhugh & w Work
man, on top of hill; thence ; % deg w
~ chains to a point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N 2S 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
S4L degrees w Il8 chains to n stake in q
mound; thence S deg w l05 chains 81
links to stake in mound at the foot o
the western point of the san Jose Hills
from which stake the house OF William
Workman bears = 500 deg w and S CO.,
deg W: the chapel bears 5 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears . deg H.,
and his house bears $ 1917 deg w; thence
$ 221S deg w 48 chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
Rpwland; thence along said fence
: % deg w chains so links to an offsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N Is deg w % links 10 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
5l% deg w I chains; S 81 deg w chains;
N 40h deg w chains 90 links; N 63 deg
w chains SO links; N IL deg w 2chains;
N 60 deg w chains; N 70 deg w 2chains
so links: N 35 deg W | chain so links; N
5lh deg w 8 chains 25 links to station 49,
| 81 OF nr nf NNrlr