Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-19

Ninth Circuit, in and Tor the District of
SAMiLo MARTIN. Complainant, vs..
with the will annexed of the estate of
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased. ct al,
Defendants.
Court, entered In the above entitled
cause ON the 18th day of February, 1879,
Whereby l, the undersigned, Master In
Oh ancery OF said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct ana carry
out the sale Of the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
SATURDAY, the Goth DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 1870,
At O'Clock p. NJ. ofthat day, at the door
| of the Court House, in the city of Los
Angeies, in the county OF Los Ange-
| les, in said district, l 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, OF so
much thereof as shall be necessary 10 pay
complainant the amount due under said
decree, with interes. and costs and ac-
cruing 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-
| lews, TO vii:
| 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 Q3), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing 80 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, 1853,
| recorded in Book l OF Patents, on page i
and following, Records of the County OF
Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
of the United states Surveyor-9eneral
and field notes therein contain ed, 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 deed made by Will
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed October Sd, 1862, in book 5, page G3i
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 Puente" and
being that portion conveyed TO William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr.. by n
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25h, 1858, in book 10 Of deeds,
page so, 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
5th, 1868, recorded March 9th ,.lS6S, in book
OF deeds, page 1923. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 10th, 1870, and
recorded september 18th. 1870, in book 10
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrine Fitz-
hugh to L l. Beale and Robert = Baker,
dated April lst, 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
Ilth, 1870, and recorded March 27th, 1873
in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth--A
deed from William Workman to the
dated August 2UtL, 1878, and recorded N o.
vember goth, 1873, in book 81 OF deeds,
page 1873. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam Workman to the Southern tacific
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 uact-a after ex-
cepting the portions referred TO IN the
six deeds last aforementioned. 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 72h degrees W distant 9Sl
links; thence according to the true me-
ridian (the magnetic val iation being 10
deg 30 minutes east along the exterior
boundary OF said hancho LA Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states. as follows. 81 deg n l3 chains 40
links to q willow iuches in diameter,
marRed sta. 2; thence ~ degrees T. 40
chains; thence n Ii deg l. 80 CHAINS 10
station &, to rock ii inches long, inches
wide and inches thick; thence n 70 deg
II 2i8 chains to IA sycamore "a inches IN
diameter, about one chain south of The
road leading to san Bernardino and
marked station 8; thence along The parti-
tion line described in said deed of parti-
lion between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, deg w 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said rederick Lambourn; thence
deg W 20 chains; and SO degrees Il 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: Is
deg w 3S chains 81 links TO a stake east
1893 chains, to a stake in mound in ravine,
from which stake the northern one of
group of three sycamores on the southern
edge OF a gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty inches diameter, bears % deg w dis.
liant 4H links, and the southern one OF
said group bears S So 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 + l0b
| chains and 50 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: s SS deg w AZ chains 81 links to q
stake marked Fitzhugh and William
| Work man, on top of a large hill; thence
S S3 deg w 40 chains and so links to
stake in mound of stone marked "P Fitz-
hugh and w Workman" close to a small
arroyo. thence y 66A deg 2S chains
81 links K eF Pe S W S9eks hende en ,ee
S7s4 deg w is chains and so links, to a
stake marked "P n Il w W." with mound
and pits, posted on su mmit of nigh ana
SO links to big pile OF rocks marked on
the southern side "P Fl" thence
8 81 deg W = e chSins "a " to Q stake take
summit of high hill, with mound and
pits; thence S 65 deg W 45 chains 95 links
to a stake marked "P F&W w" with pits
in mound; thence N "a dog w 75chains
man." on top OF hill; thence 65 deg W
AZ chains TO 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
S4% degrees W ll8 chains to stake in
| mound; thence s deg w l05 chains so
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 59% deg w and 5 6On
deg W; the chapel bears y 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears y deg II,
| and his house bears s 1917 deg w; thence
s 221 deg w as chains 81 links to The
| northern end of the division fence be-.
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
| Rowland; thence along said fence
| = % deg w S chains so links to an offsetin
| fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
| thence N 6S deg W % links TO corner OF
| fence; thence s 20 deg w 10 chains So
| links to the center of san Jose creek;