Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-07

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
Chancery 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, l shall sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash in gold coin of the United states, in
separate parcels ms hereinafter described
the following described property, or SO
mplainant 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 situ-
ated in the county of Los Angeles, State
of California, district Aforesaid, and par
ticularly bounded and described as fol-
lews, to wit:
ElfSb-All tnab plCCe VI SlJudl6u III
the county of Los Angeles known and
described in the public surveys OF the
United states of America as the south
half of the southwest quarter OF section
seventeen (l7) in township two (2), south
range thirteen (l8), west San Bernardino
base and meridian, containing so acres,
more or less.
second-Ail that tract of land situated
in the county of Los Angeles known as
the Rancho Potrero Grande, bounded
"a vxfl a nYih n ~ n n 90 ppna
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. General
and field notes therein contained, refer
ence is hereby made for moro particu-
lar description thereof, saving and ex-
cepting from the operation OF said decree
so much thereof as is contained and de-
scribed in a certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to Margerlta Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed October Sd, 1882, in book s, page G34,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third-Ali that tract OF land situated
in the county Of Los Angeles. being u
portion of the Rancho La Puente and be-
ing that portion conveyed to William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr., by a
corded June 25th, 1869, in book 10 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 Work man de Temple, dated March
9Th, 1858. recorded March 5th ,,lS68, in book
8 of deeds, page 1923. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
boarn. dated September 18th, 1870. and
recorded September l7th. 1870, in book Is
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz-
hugh to e i, Beale and Robert s Baker,
dased April list, 1872, and recorded April
Cd, 1872, in book 90 of deeds, page g..
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Work man, dated October
llth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
In book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth..A
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August goth, 1873, and recorded N o.
vember goth, 1873, in book 27 OF deeds,
page 1923. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam Workman to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records OF Los An
geles county, which said tiact-after ex-
ceptng the portions referred to in the
six deeds last above-mentioned.i 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
ameter bears N 72% degrees w distant 98l
links: thence according to the true me-
ridian Qhe magnetic variation being l3
deg 80 minutes eastl along the exterior
boundary of said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed ana patented. by the United
States. as follows: II 80 deg e Is chains 48
links to q willow inches in diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence N ll% degrees K 40
chains; thence n 4 deg E 90 chains to
wide and Q inches thick; thence N 70 deg
f 2iS chains to sycamore "A inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to San Bernardino and
marked station 6; thence along the parti-
tion between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, s 4 deg w 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said Frederick Lambourn;, thence
deg W 20 chains; and SO degrees 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as followsi y 4
deg W as chains " links to y etake east
393ohains. to stake in mound In ravine,
from which stake the northern one of
group of three sycamOres on the southern
edge of gully or wash, all OF about thir-
ty inches diameter, bears s s. deg w dis
said EIoup bears 8 SO deg w distant 4ls
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over the San Jose Hills s % degrees ~ 100
chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner OF the tIact OF land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and FeregIine FitShugh
to e Beale and Robert s Baker; thence
along tho northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as TO-,
stake marked p Fitehugh and william
Work man, on top of q large hill; thenoe
s 83 deg w 20 chains and 80 links to a
stake In mound of stone marked p Fttz-
arroyo; ansg ant thence s n az deg W " % Chains
aF aPa Sli & nm marked % Pe W; thencs n e0
s7A deg w Is chains and so links, to q
stake i en- marked + 80 " ", " VIII hiaS mound u,d
steep hill; thence s 5s% deg w 40 chains
SO links to big pile Of rocks marked on
the northern side W w and on the south
ern side p F; thence 81 deg w % chains
summit OF a high hill with mound and
pits; thence 65 deg w 15 chains 95 links
10 q stake marked p r d w w, with pits
in moundj thence N "a deg W 75chaips
man, on top OF hill; thence 4 6j deg w
42 chains TO point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N % deg w 20 chains to station II,
at stump Of five prongs OF an elder tree
in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
S4I degrees w lib chains to q stake in
mound; theAce = deg w lo5 chains 80
inks 10 Sphke In mOunu al the IOOJ Oh
the western point OF the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house of William
Workman bears 8 59% deg w and s COZ
deg W; the chapel bears = 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears deg E,
and hts house bears laH deg W; thence
s 22la deg w As chains by links 30 the
northern end of the division fence be.
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
> % deg W 8 chains 50 links to an offsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo
thence N 68 deg w % links to corner OF
fence; thence s 20 deg w 10 chains 30
links to the center Of San , lose e.Nn,e creek; S
6% deg w chains; s 81 deg w chains;
n soY deg " chains 20 dsa Inks 81 SbSnse 50 Deg
N 60 deg w q ohains; N rs deg w chains
50 links n s0 deg W. chain J, 90 links; y
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N "A deg
w 9 chains SO links. N 81 deg w 8 chains
so links; N 40 deg W 8 chains 50 links;