Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-07
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.


In the Circuit Court OF the United States.
Ninth Circuit, in and Tor the District of
CAMiLO MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
WILLIAM WORK MAN. 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
Oh ancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct amt 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 ut
puzzle auction, 10 the highest bidder, for
cash in gold coin OF the United states, in
separate parcels,a, hereinafter described
the following described property, OF so
much thereof as shall be Lecessary To pay
com plainanL the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruing costs, eA cept the portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned and
described, the said property being silu-
ated In the county ii Los Angeles state
of alifornia, district aforesaid, and par
ticularly bounded and described as fol-
lews, 10 vii:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
| the county OF os 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 (2), south
range thirteen (l3l. west san Bernardino
base ana meridian, containing So acres,
more or less.
Second-Ali that tract of land situated
in the county of Los Angeles known as
the Rancho Potrrro Grande, bounded
| and described in the patent for the same
issued by the United states Government
to Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July l9, 1859,
recorded in Book oi 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 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 VIII
liam Workman to Margerlta Workman
| de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed October Sd, 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 IA
| portion OF the Rancho La Puente and be-
ing that portion conveyed TO William
| Workman by John Rowland. Sr.. by
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25th, 1868, in book ~ 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 Workman de Temple, dated March
5,h, 1865, recorded March 9Th ,.lSGS, in book
OF deeds. page 1913. Second-A deed from
| william Workman to Frederick Lam
| bourn, dated September 10th, 1870, and
recorded September nth. 1870, in book Is
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
| William Workman and Peregrine Fitz-
hugh to f IL Beale and Robert = Baker,
da.ed April lst, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, in book 20 Of deeds, page 6,.
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Workman, dated October
llth, 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 2uth, 1878, and recorded No
vember 20th, 1873, in book 27 of deeds,
page 1928. And sixth-A deed from VIII
liam Workman to the Southern Pacitic
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1874.
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book % 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 lis bound
ed and described rs 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 di-
ameter bears N 7215 degrees w distant $751;
links; thence according to the true me-
ridian Ohe magnetic variation being l3
deg 30 minutes east along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed ana patented by the United
states, as follows: n 80 deg f. l3 chains Al
links to willow inches in diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence ~ degrees e 45
chains; thence N IA deg E 90 chains 10
station 4, to a rock l4inches long, 8 inches
wide and inc hes thick; thence N 10 deg
+ 24S chains to 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-
ton 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 SO deg W 70 chains; S
4 deg W % chains; and s SO degrees + 20
| chains back to said partition line; thence
| along said partition line as follows: S
deg " 3S chains so links to u stake east
| 1893 chains, to a stake in mound In ravine,
from which stake the northern one of u
group of three sycamOreS on the southern
| edge OF a gull y or wash, all of about thir-
| ty inches diam eter, bears 81 deg W dis
| tant 404 links, and the southern one of
said group bears s 50 deg w distant AIS
| links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
1 q
chains and so links to the northeast cor
| ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
| liam Work man and Peregfine FitZhugh
to E 8 Beale and Robert Baker; thence
alorg the northern boundary line of said
| Beale and Baker tract, as fo!-
lows: s SO deg W II chains 81 links to
stake marked p Fitzhugh and William
Work man, on top of large hill; thence
| S 33 deg w 40 chains and so links to q
stake in mound of stone marked + Fitz-
| hugh and W Workman, close to a small
arroyo; thence N 66l4 deg w 23 chains
and 50 links to big pile Of rocks on top
S754 deg W Is chains and 81 links, TO a
stake marked PF& W W, with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF \ nigh and
steep hill; thence S $50 deg w 45 chains
the northern side W W and on The south
| ern side PF; thence 8 81 deg w y chains
to a stake marked f w W, on The
| summit OF a high hill, with mound and
to stake marked Z f Il W w, with pits
| in mound; thence N "A deg w 75chains
| to a stake marked p FitZhugh Il W Work.
man, on top OF hill; thence 4 IS deg w
| AZ chains to point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
llows: N 2S deg w 20 chains to station IL,
at a stump of hve prongs of an elder tree
in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
s4% degrees w lis chains to stake in a
mound; thence deg w l05 chains 80
links 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 = 5912 deg w and S CO..
deg W: the chapel bears = 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears y deg r.,
and his house bears 1917 deg W; thence
$ 222 deg w 4S chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be-
tween the enclosures OF Workman aud
| Rowland; thence along said fence
$ 2! deg W chains 50 links to an offsetin
| fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence 6S deg w % links TO corner OF
| fence; thence > % deg w 10 chains SO
links to the center OF San Jose creek;
| thence along the channel OF said creek N
| 5l2 deg w chains; S 81 deg W chains;
N 4Qh deg w 2 chaius 60 links; N 63 deg
w 2 chains 80 links; N u deg w 2 chains;
| N 60 deg w chains: n Is deg w 2 chains
90 links: So deg w | chain SO links; N
| 5lk deg w chains % links to station SO,
| whence the southeast corner of Work.
mans Chapel bears N 20 deg w; N II deg
| q chains lIukS. N ha.r al.