Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-02


WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
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
Ch 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,
At 3 O'Clock p. NJ. ofthat day, at the door
of the Court House, IN the city of Los
Angeles, i'll the county of Los Ange-
les, in said district, l shall sell at
public auction, 10 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 hecessary 10 pay
com plainant the amount due under SAID
decree, with interes' and costs ana ac-
cruiug 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
tlculariy bounded ana described as iol-
Iews, TO vii:
First-A Ii 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 Q7) in township two w, south
range thirteen (l3l, west san bernardlno
| base and meridian, CO tanning 50 acres
more or less.
| Second-Ali that tract fiand 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 l9, 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 surveyors General
| and field 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
| so much thereof as is contained ana de-
| scribed in u certain deed made by VIII
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
| de Temple, dated October I'd 1862; record
| ed october Sd, 1862, in book 5, page 63i
| Records of Los Angeles county.
| ThiTd-All that tract OF land situated
| in the county OF Los Angeles, being n
portion of the "Rancho La Puente" and
| being that portion conveyed to William
| Workman by John Rowland. Sr, by Il
| deed of partition dated June 23d, 1865, re-
| corded June 25th, 1865, 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: kirst-A
| ret Work man de Temple, dated March
| 5lh 1865, recorded March 9Th, ,lS6S, in book
| . oil deeds, page 323. Second-A deed from
| William Workman to Freder.ck Lam,
| recorded september l7th.. 1870, in book Ii
| of deeds, page 459. Third--A deed from
| William Workman and Peregrlpe Fltz-
hugh to f. l. Beale and Rooert = Baker
l A ,,-i lot nd rnnnrdnh mr.
! I'd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page s.,
| Fourth-A deed from William Workman
| to Joseph w Work man, dated october
| ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
| in book "a OF deeds, page 2I5. titth-A
deed from william Workman to the
! southern Pacific Railroad Company,
| dated August 2Jth, 1873, and recorded No
| vember 10th, 1875, in book n Of deeds
| page 1913. And siXth-A deed from VIII
| liam Workman to the southern facitc
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- after ex-
| cepting the portions referred to in the
| SIX deeds last aforementioned lis bound
| ed and described as follows: Beginning
| at point i'll the centre OF the old bed ol
| 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 721a degrees W distant 9Sl
links; thence according to the true me,
| ridian (the magnetic variation being IL
deg 30 minutes easU along the exterior
| boundary OF said kancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
| states. q follows: n 81 deg h IL chains iC
| links to q willow b iuches in diameter
marked sta. 2; thence n H. degrees iG i5
chains; thence n II deg Il % chains lo
station 4, to u rock II inches long, Inches
wide and inches thick; thence n 70 deg
| r. 2iS chains to a sycamore "a inches in
| 4 ,afn oh
| road leading TO san BernardinO and
| marked station 5; thence along the parti-
| ton line described in said deed of partl-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, 5 deg w 40 chains t.
| the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
OF said rederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract N Sb deg w 70 chains; :
ideg W 20 chains; and So degrees E e
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: y
deg w 3S chains 81 links to IL stake easi
393 CHAINS, to astake in mound in ravine,
from which stake the northern one OF Il
| group OF three sycamores on the southern
edge OF a gully or wash, all of about thir-
| ty inches diameter, bears 5 80 deg w dis
| tant i04 links, and the southern one OF
| said gIoup bears > 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 $ u degrees e l0t
| chains and 80 links to the northeast cor
| ner of the tIact of land conveyed by Will
| liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
| to e Beale and Robert ) Baker; thence
| along the northern boundary line of sad
| Beale and Baker tract, as fO-
| lows: S SS deg W AZ chains 81 links to a
stake marked p FitZhugh and William
| Workman, on top of Il large hill; thence
| $ 33 deg w 30 chains and so links to a
| stake in mound of stone marked "P FitZ-
hugh and W Workman" close to small
arroyo; thence N 66A deg w % chains
OF ana Eli 81 i,nns .1 T @ W." % thence @ e
| sT34 deg W 10 chains and so links, 10 a
| stake M arked "P f IL w W." with mound
and pits, posted On summit OF a nigh ana
steep hill; thence 50,s deg w 45 chains
the northern side "W W" and on
| the southern side "P Fl" thence
s 81 deg w % chains to stake
marked "P F Il w w" on the
| summit OF high hill, with mound and
| pits; thence s % deg W 46 chains IS links
| to a stake marked "P F&W w" with pits
| in mound; thence n "A do W 75 chains
| to stak marked up Fitzf~~h&W w Work
man, on top OF a hill; til nee s 6) deg w
| ~ chains to II point in sald partition line;
| thence along said partition line as fol-
| lows n 2S 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 pal ches; thence over The plain N
| S4% degrees w ll8 chains to stake IN a
| mound; thence g deg w l05 chains 80
| 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 ) 59lS deg w and ) 60Ia
| deg W; the chapel bears = 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears y deg h.,
and his house bears = 1917 deg w; thence
| S 221a deg w 4S 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 60 links to an offSetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 6S deg w % links 10 corner oi
fence; thence % deg " 10 chains 30