Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-15
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

In the Circuit Court of the United states.
Ninth Circuit, III and Tor the District OF
CAMiLo MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
with the Will annexed of the estate OF
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 /, the undersigned, Master In
Ch ancery of said Court, was authorized
out the sale OF the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
SATURDAY, the Goth DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, 1879,
At 8 O'Clock P. NJ. of that day, at tho door
of tbe Court House, i'll the city of Los
Angeies, iii the county of Los Ange-
les, in said district, L 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 ecessary TO pay
complainant the amount due under said
decree, with interes. and costs and ac-
cruiug costs, except the portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned and
described, the said property being situ-
ated in the county of Los Angeles, state
of California, district Aforesaid, and par
tIcu1arly bounded and described rs fol-
lews, TO wit:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
the county of LOS Angeles known and
desert ed in the public surveys of the
| United States of America as the south
hall of the southwest quarter OF section
| seventeen Q7) in township two (2), south
range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 50 acres,
| more or less.
Second-All 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 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-Ienerai
and field notes therein contai ued, 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 certain decd made by Will
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
ue Temple, dated October I'd, 1852; record
| cd october Sd, 1862, in book 8, page 634,
| Records OF Los Angeles county.
| Third-All that tract of land situated
| in the county OF Los Angeies. being n
portion OF the "Rancho La Puente" and
| being that portion conveyed to William
| Workman by John Rowland. Sr., by u
| deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25h, 1865, in book 10 of deeds,
| page 80, heco DIS Of Los Angeles county,
| saving and excepting therefrOm ali those
portions thereof described and conveyed
| in and by the following deeds: Flrst-A
deed from William Wor kman TO Marga.
ret Workman de Temple, dated March
| 5lh, 1865 rec rded March 9th 1858, in book
0 o. deed, page 1913. oecond-A de Il from
| William Workman to Frederick LAM
| bourn. dated September 18Th, $40. and
recorded september nth. 1870, in DoUk 10
of deeds, page 459. Third A ueed from
| william Workman and reregrlne Fitz-
hugh to r L. Beale and Roherl = Baker,
dated April lst, 1872, and recorded Apri.
I'd, 1872, In book 20 Of deeds; page g..
Fouth-A deed from William Work man
TO Joseph w Work muII, dated October
ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth1A
deed from William Workman to the
southern Pacific kailroad Company.
dated August 2Uth, 1878, and recorded No
vem ber 10Th, 1873, in book ~ OF deeds,
page 1913. And sixth--A deed from Will
liam " orkman to the Southern facific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, IN book % Of
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which SAID tiact- after ex-
ceptlng the portions referred to in the
six deeds last aforementioned. lis bound
ed and described as follows: Beginning
at q 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 a WillOw tree inches in di-
ameter bears N 7212 degrees w distant 98l
links; thence according TO the true me-
rioian (the magnetic variation being Is
deg 80 minutes easD along the exterior
boundary OF said ttancho La PCente, as
survey ed and patented by the United
states. aS follows: N 81 deg n IL chains 40
links to a willow inches In diam eter,
mara ed STA. 2; thence N Il1S degrees E 10
chains; thence N Ii deg Il SO chains TO
station q, to rock II inches long, Sinches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
| H. 2l8 chains to a sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to San Bernardino and
marx ed station 8; thence along the parti-
ton line described in said deed OF parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, ST., s deg W 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said rederiek Lam mbOurn; thence
along said tract N So deg w 20 chains; :
4deg W 20 chains; and SO degrees Il 20
chains bacK to said partition line thence
along said partition line as follows: > 4
deg w 80 chains SO links 10 q stake east
393 CHAINS, to u stake in mound in ravine,
from which stake the northern one of a
group OF three sycamores on the southern
edge of gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty inches diameter, bears s 81 deg w dis
tant 404 LINKS, and the southern one OF
said group bears 50 deg W. distant 4l8
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over The san Jose Hills % degrees E l0b
| chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
| to e Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of SAID
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows; S sS deg W a chains 81 links to a
stake marked Fitzhugh and William
| Work man, on top of large hill; thence
S 33 deg w 40 chains and 50 links to a
stake in mound OF stone marked "P F1tz-
hugh and W Workman" close to small
arroyo; thence N 66H deg w % chains
of a hill, marked ''P + & w W." thence s
S7sz deg w is chains and 50 links, TO a
stake marked up F& W W." with mound
steep hill; thence S 59h deg w As chains
SO links to big pile OF rocks marked on
the northern side "W W. and on
1.-THE southern side "P Fl" thence
naked "P & " W." on the the
summit OF high hill, with mound and
pits; thence s G5 deg W 40 chains 95 links
to stake marked Up F& W W." with pits
to stake marked "P Fiizhugh& W Work
man, on top OF hill; thence S 61 deg W
AZ chains to poi mt in said PARTITION line;
thence a long said partition line as fol-
lows: N 28 deg w 20 chains to station ii,
at stump of five prongs of an elder tres
| in the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus pa ches; thence over the plain n
| s4% degrees w lis chains to q stake in a
monud; thence deg w l05 chains 81
| Inks to a stake in mound at the foot OF
| the western point of The San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house OF William
| Workman bears Il 59h dt 6 W and 60hs
| deg W: the chapel beals y 81 deg W; the
mill OF hn Rowland bears deg r. +,
| ant his house bears = 1917 deg w; thence
8 22h deg w 48 chains CT links to the
| northern end of the division fence be
| tween the enclosures OF Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
| % dog W s chains so links to an Offset in
| fence on the south bank o. an arroyo;
| thence N 6S Dig W q links 10 corner ni
fence thence 20 deg w 10 CHAINS 81
links to the center of san se creek; ;