Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-03

WORKMAN. deceased. ct al,
In pursuance Of decree of said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February. 1879,
/, the undersigned, Master IN
Oh ancery 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
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 necessary 10 pay
complainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruipg 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 lol-
iews, TO wit:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
the county OF Los Angeles known ana
describ ed 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 (2), south
range thirteen 13), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 80 acres,
more or less.
in the county OF Los Angeles known as
the Rancho Potrero Grande, bounded
and described in the patent for the sam g
issued by the United States Government
TO Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July 10, 1853,
laA in l PafanfS.
and following, records of the County OF
Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
of the United states surveyor Generai
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 ana de-
scribed in a certain deed made by Will
liam Workman 70 Margerita WORKMAN
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed october Sd, 1862, in book 8, page 634,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third-All that tract of land situated
i'm 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 25th, 1868, in book 10 OF deeds,
page 80, Records Of Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefrom all those
portions thereof described and conveyed
deed from William Workman to Marga-
RET Workman de Temple, dated March
5th, 1865, recorded March 9th .lS6S, in book
9 OF deeds, page 323. 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 Peregrlne Fitz-
hugh to f l. Beale and Robert = Baker,
da.ed April LIST, 1872, and recorded Apri
adj. 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page 81.
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Work man, dated October
Ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
in book "a OF deeds. page 275. Fitth.-A
Southerh Pacific Railroad Company
dated August 2Uth, 1878, and recorded 20.
vember goth, 1873, in book "a OF deeds
page 1913. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam workman to the southern facitic if,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 80 oi
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said u act after ex-
cepting the portions referred to in the
sin deeds last a 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 willow tree z inches in d.
ameter bears N TN degrees w distant 9Sl
links; thence according to the true me-
ridian (the magnetic variation being la
deg 30 minutes easD along the exterior
boundary OF said hancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states, as follows: n 81 deg X l3chains 4d
links to q willow 6 inches in diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence N NJ degrees K 45
chains; thence N "A deg K SO chains TO
station 4, to a rock II inches long, inches
wide and inches thick; thence N 10 deg
h 24S chains to a sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south OF the
road leading to San Bernardino and
marked station 5; thence along the parti-
tIon line described in said deed OF parti-
lion 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 % deg W 70 chains; s
4 deg W 20 chains; and s SO degrees + &c
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: s
deg w 3S chains 50 links 10 stake esst
393 chains, to stake in mound in ravfne,
from which stake the northern one of q
group of three sycamores on the southern
edge OF gully or wash, all Of about thir-
ty Inches diameter, bears s 30 deg W dis
tant 4O4 LINKS, and the southern one OF
said group bears 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 S % degrees 4 l0t
chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to q 8 Beale and Robert s Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: SS deg W AZ chains 81 links to a
stake marked p FitZhugh and William
Workman, on top OF large MI; thence
S 83 deg w 20 chains and 80 lipkS to q
stake in mound of stope ciosa ,i,slAeo t Fitz,
hugh and nSe W 6sT dec eiVSe " % % chnni smhi
and so links to a big pile OF rocks on top
of a hill, marked F Il w W; thence S
67A deg W 10 chains and 90 links, to a
stake marked Il w w, with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF nigh ar
steep hill; thence s 59h deg w 45 ,eAslhs
gu links to big pile of rocks -4arked on
the northern side W w a,a on the south
ern side r.; Themes . 81 deg W " chains
to stake S mfIaSd fgaS III, Win W W, on tne
pits; thence s 65 deg W 45 chains 95 links
to stake marked p r d w W, with pits
In mound; thence N "a deg W 75chains
to stake marked p Fitzhugh & w Work.
man, on top OF q hill; thence : O. deg w
AZ chains 10 point in said partition line; I;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N 2S deg w 20 chains to station IL,
at stump of five 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 n
mound; THENCE 8 4 deg " lo5 chains 81 aJas g 80
tnu western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house OF william
Workman bears S 59h deg w and s 6OIs
deg W; the chapel bears 5 81 deg w; the
mill OF John Rowland bears y deg r.,
and his house bears s 1917 deg W; thence
$ 22% deg w 48 chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
thence along said fence
) % deg w s chains so links to an offset in
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 88 deg w % links TO 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 chains; S 81 deg w 2 chains;
N 40h deg w Q chains so links; N 81 deg
w 2 chains so links; N IL deg W 2 chains;
N go deg w chains: N 75 deg w chains
80 links; N 35 deg W l chain so links; N
il u deg w 0 chains % links to station 80,
whence the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg W; N IA deg
w Q chains so links; N 81 deg w chains
80 links; N ~ deg w 8 chains so links;
N 48 deg W 2 chains so links, N IAN deg
w chains, TO station A in said creek,
rom which the fence on the west side OF |
wheat field ranges s IL deg W,
n 35 degrees w 4 chains; N 771l deg w |
,hains so links; N 80 deg w chains 81 |
inks; N I'm deg WA chains to station 48
N said creek: N 60k deg w q ohains az