Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-04

WILLIAM TEMPLE, administrators
with the will annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, ct al,
Defendants.
In pursuance OF a decree of said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
Whereby 1, the undersigned, Master IN
Ch ancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct ant carry
out the sale OF the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
WEDNESDAY, the 16th DAY
OF JULY, 1879,
AT 10 O'Clock NJ, 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,a hereinafter described
the following described property, or SO
much thereof as shall be II 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
ucularly bounded anu described as IOl-
lews, TO wit:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
the county OF Los Angeles known ana
described in the public surveys OF the
United states of America as The south
hall of the southwest quarter OF section
seventeen I'D in township two (2), south
range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardlno
base and meridian, containing 50 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 ~, 1859
recorded IN Book l OF Patents, on page !
and following. h ecords of the County ol
Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
of the United states surveyor General
and neld notes therein contained, refer
ence is hereby made for a more particu-
lar description thereof, saving and ex'
cepting from the operation OF said decree
50 much thereof as is contained and de-
scribed in a certain deed made by VIII
ue Temple, dated October I'd. 1862; record
ed october 3D., 1862, in book 5, page 63i
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 be-
ing that portion conveyed TO William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr., by q
deed of PARTITION dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25.h, 1858, in book 10 OF deeds,
page 80, heco Dis uf Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefrom all those
portions thereof described and conveyed
in and by the following deeds: Flrst-A
deed from William Workman to Marga'
ret Workman de Temple, dated March
9Th, 1868 recorded March 5th ,,lS6S, in book
8 o deeds, page 323. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 10TH, 1870, and
recorded september l7th. 1870, in book Ia
of deeds, page 4o9. Ihlrd-A deeu from
William Workman and feregrine FiIz-
hugh to f. Il Beale and Robert = Baker,
dated April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page 81.
Fourth-A deed from William Work man
to Joseph w Work man, dated October
llth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
in book "a OF deeds, page 20 tifth-A
deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific railroad Company,
dated August 2vti, 1873, and recorded No
VEN ber goth, 1873, in book n OF deeds
page 1913. And siXth-A deed from VIII
liam W ork man to the Southern facific
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1871
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 oI
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tiact-after ex-
cepting the portions referred to in the
six deeds last abOve-mentfoned.is lis 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 q willow tree inches in d.
ameter bears N 72a degrees W distant 9Sl
links; thence according to the true me-
riGian Uhe magnetic variation being Il
deg 80 minutes easU along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states, as follows: n 81 deg e ID chains 4d
links to o willow g inches in diameter,
marked STA. 2; thence N III degrees E 4t
chains; thence N II deg l. so chains 10
station &, to a rock IA inches long, s inches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
H 2i8 chains to sycamore "A inches IN
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to San BernardlnO and
marked station 5; thence along the parti-
ton line described in said deed of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, S deg w 40 chains IL
The northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract N So deg w 70 chains; :
deg W 20 chains; and Sc degrees II 2C
chains back TO said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: s
deg W 3S chains 50 links 10 Il stake east
393 CHAINS, to stake in moundin ravine,
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 diam eter, bears s 50 deg w dis
tant 4O4 LINKS, and the southern one OF
said gIoup bears s 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 p degrees h lou
chains and 50 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine F1tZhugh
to Il 8 Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of SAID
Reale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: SS deg w Al chains 81 links to a
stake marked z Fitzhugh and William
Work man, on top of large hill; thence
S 80 deg w 40 chains and 30 links to a
stake IN mound of stone marked T. F1tz.
hugh and w Workman, close to a small
arroyo; thence N 664 deg w % chains
and 81 links to big pile OF rocks on top
| of a hill, marked 7 L Il W W; thence
S7X deg w Is chains and SO links, 10 a
Stake marked Z F. & w w, with mound
and pits, posted on su mmit OF a nigh and
steep hill; thence S 500 deg w DO chains
| 80 links to "a big pile OF rocks marked on
| the northern side w w and on the south
ern side + r; thence S 81 deg w 70 chains
| to a stake marked T + IL w W, on the
sum nit of a high hill, with mound and
pits; thence S 85 deg W 10 chains % links
| to stake marked z f & W W, with pits
| in a mound; thence N "A deg w 10 chains
to a stake marked p Fitzhugh & W Work.
man, on top Of hill; thence = 6j deg w
| ~ chains 10 a point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N % deg w 20 chains to station IL
at stump of nve prongs of All elder tree
in the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus pal ches; thence over The plain "
| s41a degrees w liz chains to a stake in a
mound; thence s deg w l05 chains 81
links TO STAKE IN mounu al the loot Ol
the western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house Of William
Workman bears = 59h deg W and 0OlS
deg W; the chapel bears S 81 deg W; the
mill OF Juhn Rowland bears \ deg H.,
and his house bears = 1917 deg W; thence
221a deg w As chains by links TO the
northern end of the division fence be
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
q deg W s chains so links to an Offset in
thence N 68 deg w % links to corner oi
fence; thence 5 90 deg w 10 chains 80
links to The center of san Jose creek
thence along the channel oil said creek n
5i% deg W chains; S 81 deg w chains ;
N 40N dog w Q chaius so links; N 63 deg
W2chains SO links; N Is deg w 2chains I;
N 60 deg w 2 chains: N 70 deg w chains
50 Inks: N 35 deg w chain SO links; N
5lH deg w 9chains % links TO station 80
whence the southeast corner of Work.
na :. n y. Chanel he Z. n 10 dt.g w. n II dog