Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-10-01

Ninth Circuit, in aud Tor the District of
GAMiLo 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
Oh ancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct anu carry
out the sale OF the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
SATURDAY, the Goth DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, 1879,
At O'Clock P. NJ. of that day, at the door
of the Court House, i'll the city of Los
Angeies, i'll 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 l. ecessary 10 pay
com plainant the amount due under said
decree, with interes' and COSTS ana ac-
cruiBg 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 described as fol-
LEWIS, to wit:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
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 (l7) in township two ~, south
range thirteen OBJ, west san Bernardlno
base AMI meridian, con tanning gu acres,
more or less.
Second-Ali that tract of land situated
in the county of Los Angeles known as
the "Rancho Potrero Grande," bounded
u nd described in the patent for the same
issued by the United states Government
TO Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July IL, 1853,
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-ieneral
and field notes therein contained, refer
ence is hereby made for more particu-
lar description thereof, saving ana ex-
cepting from the operation OF SAID decree
so much thereof as Is contained ana de-
scribed in certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
| de Temple, dated October2d, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1862, in book b, page 63l,
| 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 Puenten and
| beng that portion conveyed to William
| Workman by joan Rowland. Sr., by
deed of partition dated June sd, 1868, re-
| corded June 18th, 1868, in book l0oi deeds,
page 80, kecotd DIS of Los Angeles county,
| saving and accepting therefrom ali those
portions thereof described and conveyed
| in and by the following deeds: tlrSt--A
deed from William Workman to Marga-
ret Workman de Temple, dated March
| 5lh, 1903, recorded March 9th ,.lS6S, in book
| 0 OF deeds, page 1913. 5econd-A deed from
William Workman TO Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 10TH, 1870, and
recorded Septem Der IIth. 1870, IN BOOK 10
| of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
| William Workman and Peregrlne titz-
hugh to l. Beale and Robert = Baker,
dated April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
! I'd, 1872, in book 20 OF deeds, page ~.
| Fourlh-A deed from William Workman
| to Joseph w Workman, dated October
| 18th, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book "a OF deeds, page 275. F1ith.A
deed from William Work man to the
southern Pacific Railroad Company,
| dated August 2Dtn, 1878, and recorded \ u
VEN Der 10Th, 1873, in book 81 OF deeds,
page 1873. And sixth-A deed from Will
| liam " erik man to the Southern facific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, IN book 20 oI
deeds, page 3l7, al in Records of Los An
geles county, which SAID u act after ex-
ceptlng the portions referred TO in the
| six deeds last aforementioned. is bound
| ed and described as follows: Beginning
at a point in the centre of The old bed of
| the rlver 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 " ilow tree inches in d.
ameter bears N IN degrees W distant 98l
| links; thence according to the true me-
| rioian Qhe magnetic variation being IL
| deg 80 mi N utes easU along the exterior
| boundary OF said tancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
| states. as follows: n 81 deg + Ii chains 40
| links to a willow inches in diameter,
ed sta. 2; thence N llR degrees h 40
chains; thenee n ii deg 4 SO chains 10
| station 4, to Il rock II inches long, 8 inches
| wide and 6 inches thick; thence N 70 deg
| r., 24S chains to Il sycamore "a Inches IN
diamet about one chain south of the
| road leading to san Bernardino and
| marked station 5; thence along the parti-
| ton line described IA said deed of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, ST., 5 deg w 40 chains To
| me northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
| OF said r. frederick Lambourn; thence
| along said tract N Sd deg w 20 chains; :
| deg w 20 chains; and s 50 degrees E 20
| chains back TO said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: ) 4
deg W 80 chains 50 links 10 stake east
| 1893 CHAINS, to a stake in mound in ravine,
| from which stake the northern one OF
group OF three sycamoies on the southern
edge of a gully or wash, all of a bout thir-
ty inches diameter, bears $ Sd deg W dis
| tant 40I LINKS, and the southern one OF
said gIoup bears SO deg w distant AIS
links: the middle one of said group not
| being visible from the said stake; thence
| over he san Jose Hills s % degrees h 1906
| chains and 81 links to the northeast cor
| ner of the tact of land conveyed by Will
| liam Workman and Peregrine titzhugh
| alopg the northern boundary line OF Sd d
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
| lows: IS deg w AZ chains 81 links to a
stake marked Fitzhugh and William
! Work man, on top of large hill; thence
| s 83 deg w 40 chains and so links to a
| stake IN mound OF stone marked "P FitZ-
hugh and w Workman" close to small
arroyo; thence n 66A deg w % chains
Il 1Eu .Iyp to- To n ann
Of a hill, mark ed up f & w W." thence 5
S7s4 deg w l5 chains and so links, to Il
| stake marked "P & W W." with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF nigh ana
| steep hill; thence S 59M deg w As chains
| 40 links to big pile oil rocks marked on
the northern side "W W" and on
the southern side up F;' thence
81 q, % deg W p g. ch W W. to or stake axe
summit OF high hill, with mound and
| pits; thence 65 deg W 10 chains IS links
to stake marked "P F& W W." with pits
in mound; thence N "a dog w 75chains
man." on top OF hill; thence = O. deg W
" chains TO II point in said partition line;
| thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N % deg W 20 chains to station II,
at q stump of i've prongs of an elder tree
| in the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus pal ches; thence over the plain n
S4L degrees w lis chains to n stake in a
mound; thence S deg W 100 chains 50
! inks 10 al Sbuke III inOunu Ut Lut lOOL Oh
the western point of the san Jose Hills,
from which stake the house OF William
| Workman bears y 59M deg w and $ COZ
deg W; the chapel bears > 81 deg W; the
| mill of ] hn Rowland bears \ deg Il ,
ami his house bears = 1917 deg W. thence
S 22% deg w IS chains 67 links to the
northern end of the division fence be
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
Ruwland; thence along said fence
| : % deg w chains 50 links to an Offset in
fence on the south bank oil an arroyo;
thence N 8S deg w % links 10 corner oi
fence; thence S 20 deg w 10 chains 80