Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-10-16

In the Circuit Court of the United States.
Ninth Circuit, in and Tor the District OF
California.
CAMiLo MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, ADMINISTRATOR
| with the will annexed of the estate of
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, ct al,
| Defendants.
In pursuance of n decree of said Circuit
| Court, entered in the above entit led
cause on tue 18th day of February, 1879,
Whereby l, 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
SATURDAY, the Goth DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, 1879,
Ats o'clock p. N. of that day, at the door
of the Court House, i'll the city OF Los
| Angcles, in the county of Los Ange-
| les, in said district, L shall sell al
| 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 necessary 10 pay
| complainant 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 stu
| ated in the county of Los Angeles, state
| OF California, district aforesaid, ana par
tcularly bounded and described as fol-
| lewS, TO wit:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
| the county OF LOS Angeles known and
described i'll the public surveys OF the
| United States of America as the south
| hall of the southwest quarter OF section
seventeen 40 in township two (2), south
range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardino
| base and meridian, containing 81 acres
more or less.
| Second-All 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 M. sanchez, dated July 10, 1859
| recorded in Book / OF Patents, ON page
| and following, Records of the County oi
| 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 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 a certain deed made by Will
| liam Workman to Margerita Workman
| de Temple, dated October I'd 1862; record
| ed October Sd, 1862 in book 8, page 63l
Records OF Los Angeles county.
| Third-All that tract of land situated
in the county OF Los Angeles, being q
portion OF the "Raneho La Puente" and
beng that portion conveyed TO William
| Workman by John Rowland. Sr., by a
/
corded June 25th, 1858, 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: Ejrst--A
deed from William Workman to Marga'
| ret Work imam de Temple, dated March
| 5th, 1868, recorded March 9th ,lS6S, in book
| 8 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 Ii
| of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
| William Workman and Peregrlne fitz-
hugh to e Il Beale and Robert 5 Baker
| dated April LIST, 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
| 18th, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
| in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fitth-A
deed from William Workman to the
| Southern Pacific Railroad Company
| dated August 20th, 1873, and recorded No
| VEN Der Goth, 1873, in book 81 of deeds,
page 1885, And siXth-A deed from Will
| Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874,
| and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds, page 81, all in Records of Los An
| geles county, which said tiact-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
| oil the rDuu from LOS Angeles W san Der
nardino, in an irregular mound of rock
from which a willow tree 7 inches i'll di-
ameter bears N 721a degrees w distant 9Sl
| links; thence according TO the true me-
ridian Qhe magnetic variation being Is
| deg 80 minutes easD along the exterior
| boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
| surveyed and patented by the United
| states. as follows; n - deg e IL chains I'D
| links to willow b inches in diameter,
marked sta. .; thence N ~ degrees E 81
\ chains; thence N II deg 90 chains TO
station 4, to a rock Il inches long, s inches
wide and 6 inches thick; thence N 70 deg
| r 2iS chains to a sycamore "A inches in
diameter, about one Chain south of the
road leading TO san Bernardino and
marked station 3; thence along the parti-
ton line described in said deed of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, S deg w 40 chain S to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract N 50 deg w 70 chains; >
| deg W 20 chains; and $ SO degrees N 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: s 4
deg w IS chains 50 links to a stake east
1893 chains, to a stake in mound in ravine,
| from which stake the northern one OF q
group ofthree sycamores on the southern
edge of gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty inches diam eter, bears $ 50 deg w dis
tant 404 links, and the southern one of
said group bears s So deg W distant AIS
links; the middle one OF said group not
over the san Jose Hills $ % degrees h l0t
chains and 50 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to e 8 Beale and Robert Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows: S So deg w Al chains 81 links TO a
stake marked p Fitzhugh and William
Work man, on top of large hill; thence
S 33 deg w 40 chains and so links to a
stake in mound of stone marked "P Fltz-
hugh and w Workman" close to a small
arroyo; thence n 66A deg w % chains
and 80 links to a big pile OF rocks ON top
of a hill, marked 'fP f d. w W." thence s
S7% deg W Is chains and 50 links, 10 a
stake marked "P & W w" with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF u nigh ana
steep hill; thence S 59h deg w 40 chains
50 links to big pile OF rocks marked on
the southern side "P F." thence
Is 81 deg w % chains to stake
marked "P + e. w W." on the
sum nit OF high hill, with mound and
pits; thence S IS deg W 40 chains 50 links
| to a stake marked "P F&W W." with pits
in a mound; thence N "A dog W 75chains
| to stake marked "P Fitzhugh&W Work.
man." on top OF hill; thence % deg W
| AZ chains to a point in said partition line;
| thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: Is deg w 20 chains to station IL,
at a stump of five prongs of an elder tree
in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; tnence over lne pialH ~
Si% degrees w lis chains to a stake In q
mound; thence s 4 deg w los chains 50
links to stake in mound at the foot OF
the western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house of William
Workman bears $ 500 deg W and ) 6Oh
deg W. the chapel bears 5 81 deg W; The
mill OF John Rowland bears s deg r.,
andfhis house bears S 1917 deg w; thence
S ~ deg w As chains 67 links to the
northern end of the division fence be.
tween the enclosures of Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
5 % deg w S chains 50 links to an offsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N Go deg w % links to corner OF
fence; thence $ % deg w 10 chains 81
links to the center of san Jose creek;
then cn along the channel of said creek n